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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.

single course, graduates are eligible to take the state nurse aide test and be placed on the Ohio Nurse ...

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Timothy Young
Sonja Darsee and Timothy Young stand in front of the Licking Knox Goodwill building.

professors asked him to sit on the board for the nascent Licking/Knox Goodwill Industries. He sat on the ...

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Toby Starr
Toby Starr

is something I’ve leaned on throughout my entire career. I think communication can solve most ...

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Jennifer McDonald and Brittany Misner
Jennifer McDonald and Brittany Misner stand next to each other outside local businesses  in downtown Newark.

to serving on the Lakewood School Board to serving on the Licking County Courthouse Lighting Board of ...

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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.

and community-like atmosphere. “Instructors focused on the students as individuals. I could tell that ...

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Braden Feick
Brandon Fienk sits at a desk with his hand on a mouse in front of a wall of monitors.

knew dorm life wasn’t for him; he was ready to get a jump on a career and stay close to his family. ...

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Randy Thorp, Mark Weiner and Nick Shuster
Two men in police uniforms and one man in a suit stand inside a courtroom of the Licking County Courthouse.

County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Nick Shuster was the first on the scene following the shooting of ...

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Tim Blunn
Group of radiologists at Grant Medical Center

important role his COTC instructors and radiology staff at his clinical sites had on his motivation to ...

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Alumni Award Winners Honored
Terry Bertiaux holds his Outstanding Alumni Award certificate and glass trophy.

influence, the program has maintained its perfect pass rate on the national radiography credentialing exam. ...

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

signaled her transition from student to nurse. Now, Saxton works on the observational unit at Genesis ...

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The Right Thing
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went on to earn a master’s degree and work as a nurse practitioner. Neighbarger is employed at the Knox ...

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

make sure that everyone is taken care of and always has a smile on her face,” enthuses Matayah. One of ...

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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.

on,” said Fink. As a younger student in the program just starting her career, she connected to older ...

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

opportunity for me,” said Ghiloni. “I was so excited to take the position.” Ghiloni now serves on the COTC ...

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DeLane King
DeLane King standing in front of police cruiser.

that made such an impact on him. He takes time to stop and play ball or even just talk to the youth in ...

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

of the Year in 1986 and, in 2010, named the Knox County Business Woman of the Year. She also went on ...

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Dual-Enrollment Led COTC Engineering Technology Student Sydney Palur to Early Start in Dream Career
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with several of them. Palur has less than a year on her contract with the Army Reserves. If she ...

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A love story of institutions and the people they unite
Portrait of Mary Ellen and Lee St. John outside of a greenhouse.

attended Ohio State Newark. “Our youngest one actually met his wife on campus,” Jennifer added, “so I guess ...

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Vorley Taylor Recognized for Years of Dedication to COTC and Ohio State Newark
Vorley Taylor stands at a podium speaking at the Legacy and Leadership Dinner in 2023.

and mentoring them toward their personal growth and development. Her one-on-one work with students is ...

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Archana Rajendran
Archana Rajendran standing next to ultrasound machine.

It’s not invasive for the patient,” said Rajendran. Rajendran said she knows the training and hands-on ...

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

online classes because that really helped me,” she said. “I used to have my baby on my lap while doing ...

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

“It’s hard to focus on your classes if you’re experiencing food insecurity, or if you’re worried about ...

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

continued her education. A bona fide lifelong learner, she went on to obtain her master’s and doctorate ...

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

likes to travel, spend time with her family and focus on her work for the Mid-East Ohio Nurse’s Honor ...

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Braden Patchett
Alumni Braden Patchett

responsibilities and moved him to a client field site where he is gaining valuable hands-on experience and ...

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Jeff, Julie and Collin Pillow

one-on-one time, which every professor offered. My friends couldn’t get that at a bigger school. That’s the ...

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

career. There was a lot of hands-on training. The professors did a great job of preparing me for my future ...

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Julio Valladares
Julio Valladres' headshot.

save enough to make it on his own. In 1985, he was granted citizenship, and five years later, he ...

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

Business Management Technology Sophia Tosi was a distance runner until she decided to focus on ...

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