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COTC Alumna Opens Childcare Center
Portrait of Brittany Klinkert and her three children.

focused and got my state approval (for a daycare license), I could make this dream happen — and I did,” ...

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Tim Blunn
Group of radiologists at Grant Medical Center

a traveling CT technologist. “I love my job at Grant. The hospital, the pace, the variety and the types of ...

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Toby Starr
Toby Starr

close to home. “As the public affairs manager here in Ohio…my primary role is to engage with neighbors ...

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Jeff, Julie and Collin Pillow

my department, but they advance within Park.” The Pillows left it up to their children to choose ...

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Bryanna Stigger
Brianna Stigger in Ohio Union

to provide support and encouragement. “COTC impacted my life because it transformed my career,” said ...

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Jennifer McDonald
Jennifer McDonald with foam number one finger at the Licking County Chamber of Commerce office.

in my career and have succeeded from there.” ...

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Sophia Tosi
COTC alumna Sophia Tosi stands outside TrueCore Federal Credit Union where she works.

really apply my knowledge right away.” Tosi’s journey was swift and intense, truly a sprint through the ...

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Kori Caughenbaugh

of jobs and have a close relationship with all my co-workers and clients. With so much time to still ...

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Jennifer Ellis-Brunn
Portrait of Jennifer Ellis Brunn standing in downtown Newark.

door for me to have a great career, and as I grew professionally, I then obtained my bachelor’s degree ...

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A Career to Build
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program,” she said. “It was a major foundation for my career as a medical professional and gave me ...

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Archana Rajendran
Archana Rajendran standing next to ultrasound machine.

working. It works out very well,” said Rajendran. “I love my job, and I would not be here if it wasn’t for ...

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Chase Ghiloni
Chase Ghiloni stands with arms crosses, smiling in office.

always give my time.” ...

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Vickie Sant
Vickie Sant sands in the COTC Knox campus lobby for a portrait.

better paying positions with career opportunities. This meant a better quality of life for me and my ...

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Billi Gross and Matayah Berry
Portrait of Billi Gross and Matayah Berry at COTC's Coshocton campus.

around it. I swore up and down I would never do it,” she asserts. “And then as soon as I got my feet into ...

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Tina Gibson
Portrait of Tina Gibson in a nurse's cap and cape holding a porcelain lamp.

the only adult learner in her cohort. “There were a lot of students my age, and I liked that; it was ...

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Becca Saxton
Becca Saxton stands wither her mom on the day of her pinning ceremony at COTC.

celebrated with her hero. “I saw my mom and burst into tears,” Saxton said. “She just hugged me and held me, ...

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Mother and Daughter Earn Same COTC Degree 20 Years Apart
Lora Smith stands next to Lydia Smith who is holding her COTC diploma after just walking across the stage at COTC's commencement ceremony in December 2022.

she was in my corner at home and also in the classroom,” Fink said. “Being able to have that ...

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COTC Alumna Reflects on Nursing Career
Sherry Engle stands next to a mannequin in a nursing lab at COTC's Pataskala campus.

that she was able to bring hope to so many patients. “My patients were number one, and I would do ...

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COTC Alumna Bolin Inspires Hope Through Change
COTC human services graduate Melody Bolin stands outside of The Main Place where she works as a mental health case manager.

“COTC was a good stepping stone for me when I went on to my bachelor’s degree,” she said, adding that ...

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Dual-Enrollment Led COTC Engineering Technology Student Sydney Palur to Early Start in Dream Career
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and becoming a commissioned officer in the Army. “Without my military experiences, education as ...

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Angela Simmons

away. I had a family first,” said Simmons. “I later got divorced and knew I couldn’t support my two ...

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Sheriff Randy Thorp
Sheriff Randy Thorp in uniform holding a blue number one foam finger

said Thorp. “It’s in my hometown. It’s here in Licking County, and I’m proud of Newark and Licking ...

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Julio Valladares
Alumni Julio Valladares receiving Community Service Award

said Valladares. “It feels great to be back in Newark because it is giving me the chance to apply my ...

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Braden Patchett
Alumni Braden Patchett

used to be a thing,” he confessed. “My career looks bright.” Before enrolling at COTC, Patchett was ...

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The Right Thing
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Holmes, Knox, Licking, Morrow and Muskingum. “My dad was a very caring individual,” recalled Kyle, adding ...

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Heather Prince, DNP, APRN-CNP
Portrait of Heather Prince standing outside COTC's Pataskala campus.

time I filled out everything and signed everything, and I didn’t have to worry about my credits ...

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Lacey McCombs
Lacey McCombs stands in front of her storefront in Coshocton.

I learned in the service, what I learned at COTC pushed me forward and prepared me for my whole professional ...

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