Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) presented three alumni awards to graduates who have reached remarkable heights in their careers and shown extraordinary dedication to the communities they serve. ...

News - 12/10/2025 - 8:55am

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) hosted commencement on Dec. 12, celebrating graduates who completed their degree and/or certificate requirements in the summer and autumn 2025 semesters. COTC President John M. Berry, PhD, presided over the ceremony a ...

News - 12/18/2025 - 10:56am

Since 1971, Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and The Ohio State University at Newark have shared more than just an expansive campus — they have shared a vision to expand access to education in this community. ...

News - 01/05/2026 - 10:47am

Farhan* was hungry to improve himself upon moving to the United States as a high school senior. He always wanted to go to college, and that approach made it possible. Then he was just flat out hungry. ...

News - 01/16/2026 - 1:47pm

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) has released the President’s Honors List and the Dean’s Honors List for autumn semester 2025 to recognize students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement. ...

News - 02/02/2026 - 8:03am

Since 1971, COTC and Ohio State Newark have nurtured a special cost-shared partnership, combining resources and facilities to save money without sacrificing any student support services. Couples like the St. Johns — Mary Ellen who taught at COTC for 27 ye ...

News - 02/11/2026 - 11:50am

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) is continuing its commitment to changing students’ lives by instituting its new Licking County Promise program. Building upon the success of the college’s existing Knox County Promise and Coshocton County Promise init ...

News - 02/27/2026 - 8:35am

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) is expanding its Coshocton County Promise and Knox County Promise programs to offer free college tuition to more residents of Coshocton and Knox counties. As a part of its rollout of new and enhanced Promise programs, ...

News - 02/27/2026 - 9:21am

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) received funding from two generous local donors to purchase a pair of new, state-of-the-art ultrasound machines for its Diagnostic Medical Sonography Technology (DMS) lab. These contributions bolster the DMS program’s ...

News - 03/23/2026 - 7:55am

COTC and Ohio State Newark will jointly host a free screening of “Johnny Shiloh” — a 1963 television film that originally aired as two episodes of “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color” — on the shared Newark campus as part of the statewide Ohio Goes to ...

News - 03/30/2026 - 1:44pm

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 ...

News - 04/25/2025 - 10:09am

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 ...

News - 03/16/2026 - 1:46pm

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. ...

News - 04/15/2024 - 6:40am

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 ...

News - 04/21/2026 - 9:50am

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 ...

News - 04/24/2026 - 8:09am

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. ...

News - 04/27/2026 - 7:24am

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. ...

News - 05/01/2026 - 8:44am

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) hosted a landmark commencement on May 8, honoring all graduates who completed their degree and/or certificate requirements in the spring 2026 semester. ...

News - 05/14/2026 - 9:53am

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) recently earned a 2025-26 Innovation of the Year Award for the development of its Promise programs, through which students in its service region who exhibit financial need can receive free tuition. The award is presen ...

News - 05/20/2026 - 12:17pm

Seniors in Licking County will soon benefit from free expanded lifelong learning opportunities. Thanks to a generous patron gift, the Licking County Library (LCL) will begin offering its new Empowered Minds program in March 2021 to provide area seniors wi ...

News - 09/28/2020 - 3:53am

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) presented three alumni awards to graduates who demonstrated achievement in their careers with exceptional dedication to the populations they serve.  ...

News - 02/09/2022 - 9:00am

The 13 cadets collectively scored better than 95% on this year’s state certification exam, and every graduate has either solidified or is pending employment with an agency in central Ohio. ...

News - 06/08/2026 - 6:06am