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LinkedIn and Resume Workshop

Location: Warner Center 126 — Performance Platform Looking for a job or internship? Join the Office of Student Life for an instructive workshop that will improve your LinkedIn presence and your resume.  All students may receive a professional headshot. Pr ...

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Suicide Prevention Training

Location: Warner 126- Performance Platform Anyone can help prevent suicide. We'll teach you how. Learn the risks, warning signs and how to intervene with our REACH training program. Open to all faculty, staff and students. Register by emailing  depri ...

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Depression: The Invisible Elephant (workshop)

Location: Warner 201 Join Counseling Services for a quick, informative mental health workshop this spring. Registration is not required. ...

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Zenna Stirling
Portrait of Zenna Stirling outside LeFevre Hall.

Zenna Stirling’s signature wrestling move was called the dragon. A fire-breather in her own right, she had no choice but to join her high school’s boys team. Doing so set the tone for her current experiences as a woman in STEM, a field with a predominantl ...

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

Sonja Darsee, both a first-generation college student and a first-generation Hungarian American, used to work in data entry. “I just felt like it was mundane, doing the same thing over and over,” she said. “I just wanted to be in a field that felt more re ...

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Ohio Goes to the Movies

Location: John Gilbert Reese Center Alford Performing Arts Hall (auditorium)  1209 University Drive, Newark Help us celebrate Newark history. COTC and Ohio State Newark are participating in the Ohio Goes to the Movies campaign, a statewide celebration sho ...

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Donors and student award recipients recognized
Portrait of Melissa Molzan holding their award certificate.

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and The Ohio State University at Newark celebrated student leaders and organizations on April 16 at the annual Scholarship and Student Leadership Dinner. The schools also invited scholarship donors to the event, givin ...

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Accounting Technology
In a row of students, one rests their hands on the keyboard of a laptop computer in a classroom.

This degree program is being discontinued and is no longer accepting applications. ...

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Digital Media Design Technology
Digital Media Design Technology

Associate of Applied Science Digital Media Design Technology 61 Credit Hours   Location Newark Format On campus; most online       Admission Open enrollment Financial Aid Eligible Yes       Credential Earned Adobe Visit campus Contact us Apply Program Upd ...

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Associate of Science with a Concentration in Business
Students sit in a row at a table with one on a laptop looking toward the front of room.

This degree program is being discontinued and is no longer accepting applications. ...

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Staten sisters accelerate college with CCP
Sisters Avery and Reese Staten walk down a hallway carrying books and a laptop looking ahead with bright eyes and with smiles.

Avery Staten will graduate from high school having never taken a high school class. The last four years, she has effectively been a college student — learning exclusively through College Credit Plus (CCP) courses offered by Central Ohio Technical College ...

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COTC Student Awarded Intel Scholarship and Tour of Arizona Facility
Portrait of Lexi McPeck standing next to a COTC logo on the wall of the Pataskala campus.

Alexis McPeck received the Intel Scholarship for Women in Technology, awarded to only 25 women in Ohio who enroll in an associate degree or one-year certificate program in semiconductor manufacturing. ...

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Brain Break: Needle Felting

Location: Warner Center Game Room Join the Office of Student Life on alternating Wednesdays for a return of our Brain Breaks series! These fun and relaxing events are open to all students. ...

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National Library Week therapy dogs

Location: Warner Library Book it to the library for therapy dogs! These furry friends are a feature of National Library Week, April 20-24. Also join us for self-led wellness activities and book decorating every day this week. ...

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Wellness Week: Relaxation stations

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COTC Helps Reward Ohioans Pursuing Crucial Careers

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) is creating opportunities for affordable higher education — and contributing to the future of the state’s workforce — by utilizing Ohio Work Ready Grant (OWRG) funding, which provides grants to new and current student ...

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Kickball Tournament

Location: Adena Recreation Center gymnasium Register Our last Tournament Tuesday of the semester is kickball! Practice for the tournament will be held on Tuesdays from 5-8 p.m. leading up to the tournament. Attending practice/open gym is not required to p ...

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Wellness Week: Guided meditation with sleepy sheep

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Wellness Week: Butterfly garden

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Student Leadership Awards

Location: Warner 126- Performance Platform register now The Office of Student Life presents a reimagined student leadership awards ceremony this year to better highlight and celebrate our incredible campus organizations and student leaders. Join us for a  ...

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Wellness Week: Aromatherapy satchels

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Newark Campus Agrees to Host Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra Shows
A conductor stands in the middle of several rows of musicians playing stringed instruments arranged in a semi-circle.

One of Ohio’s oldest orchestras will soon be calling the Newark campus home. The Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) recently agreed to host Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra (NGSO) performances for the 2026-27 seas ...

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Amphitheatre Alive Music Festival

Location:  Martha Grace Reese Amphitheatre  Rain location: Adena gymnasium Get your groove on. Join the Campus Activities Board (CAB) and the Office of Student Life for this 2nd annual, free on-campus music festival featuring: music from local acts Danny ...

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New Director of Marketing and Public Relations Named
Ashton Lahman headshot.

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and The Ohio State University at Newark have announced the appointment of Ashton Lahman as the campus’s director of marketing and public relations. ...

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Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
A blue cat mascot stands in front of a semi tractor trailer with the COTC logo on it.

Non-Credit Workforce Training Commercial Driver’s License $53,700 Median Annual Wage*   Location Pataskala Format On campus 9,311 Annual Job Openings**   Admission Program-specific requirements Financial Aid Eligible State aid available Visit campus Conta ...

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Office Administration
A student's hands rest on the keyboard of a laptop that has a design program on its screen.

One-Year Certificate Office Administration 30 Credit Hours   Location Newark Format On campus and online       Admission Open enrollment Financial Aid Eligible Yes       Credential earned IAAP Certified Administrative Professional Visit campus Contact us ...

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Award Winners, New Scholarships Announced
Fifteen students who received a scholarship from the Reese family stand in the J. Gilbert Reese Center.

Through the selfless acts of hundreds of such campus supporters, COTC and Ohio State Newark students received a combined $2.6 million in scholarships during the 2025-26 academic year. ...

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Business Management Technology
Students sit in a row at a table with one on a laptop looking toward the front of room.

Associate of Applied Business Business Management Technology 60 Credit Hours   Location Newark Format On campus and online       Admission Open enrollment Financial Aid Eligible Yes       Credentials Earned SHIRM, IIAP and ICPM Visit campus Contact us App ...

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