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Overview - 04/28/2021 - 11:13am

Whether military and Veteran students are pursuing a new career, advancing a current career, or simply want to expand upon their education, they have found great success at COTC. Read about some of the experiences our military and student veterans are pur ...

Overview - 07/22/2024 - 11:05am

chain specialist, he has never worked anywhere else. Shawn’s story speaks to both the level of student ...

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

We invite you to meet a few of our graduates who have gone from here to follow their passions and build outstanding careers. ...

Pod - 09/18/2020 - 12:29pm

After conducting a thorough study of the needs of the district, the Board of Trustees submitted the Official Plan for the creation of the Central Ohio Technical Institute on January 26, 1971, and received its charter from the Ohio Board of Regents on Febr ...

Post - 10/13/2020 - 2:06pm

Whether military and Veteran students are pursuing a new career, advancing a current career, or simply want to expand upon their education, they have found great success at COTC. Read about some of the experiences our military and student veterans are pur ...

Post - 09/08/2020 - 9:07pm

communities. We invite you to read their stories. ...

Overview - 10/09/2020 - 11:26am

serve. It’s a celebration of impact — one story at a time. No ...

Overview - 10/20/2025 - 10:08am

serve. It’s a celebration of impact — one story at a time. No ...

Post - 11/12/2025 - 7:26am

serve. It’s a celebration of impact — one story at a time. read more No ...

Post - 12/15/2025 - 1:56pm

Heather’s story. “I loved it. I felt like in addition to not having a wait list, small class sizes, the ...

Landing Page - 04/22/2024 - 8:50am

heights. It’s one thing to share these stories. It’s another to have lived them. I’m hopeful that you will ...

Overview - 10/20/2025 - 10:18am

has kept the story — and Kinser — alive. Where you get your education matters. COTC saved my life. Now ...

Post - 10/20/2025 - 10:26am

Los Angeles Review and Sierra Nevada Review, with one of his stories to be featured in an upcoming ...

Post - 06/03/2024 - 8:13am

To Justin Glass, a first-year student pursuing his associate degree in business management technology, COTC “feels homey.” Glass joined the Marine Corps when he was 20 and served eight years. As his time in the Marines was ending, Glass and his fellow sol ...

Student Spotlight - 06/18/2024 - 6:12am

their expertise. Here’s an opportunity to put them in the spotlight and share their story. To celebrate ...

News - 12/31/2020 - 2:36pm

Melissa Warner Bow endowed fund. Youth Edition — 2026 Book selection: Frizzy Discover the story of Frizzy ...

Post - 11/21/2025 - 9:13am

unique stories of COTC and Ohio State Newark with our students and the broader community.” No ...

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

reflection of COTC’s mission and values. The story of our mascot begins with identifying who COTC is and what ...

Post - 04/25/2024 - 1:46pm

century by fostering relationships across our communities – and by sharing stories about philanthropy and ...

Overview - 08/25/2020 - 2:16pm

As a part of our commitment to the health and well-being of faculty, staff, students and visitors, all COTC campuses are 100% tobacco-free. Tobacco-Free Policy ... Tobacco-Free COTC Guide to Successful Implementation: his/her side of story. 3. Be respectful and cognizant that this change can be difficult for tobacco users. ...

Post - 01/28/2021 - 12:40pm

design skills in a supervised work experience with Storied Rivals Sports Media, LLC.  “They do sports ...

Student Spotlight - 02/12/2021 - 7:10am

Billi Gross and Matayah Berry, it’s both. The story started when Billi began her educational journey at ...

Student Spotlight - 05/20/2024 - 1:51pm

and embroidery. She also has interests in theater and drama, writing poetry and short stories, and ...

Student Spotlight - 03/15/2024 - 12:03pm

When he moved to the United States from his home country of Ghana, Ben Anyigbavor had a degree in geodetic engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and 10 years of experience in land surveying. In terms of careers, the healthcar ...

Student Spotlight - 02/19/2024 - 7:31am

While she knew she wanted to pursue a career in healthcare, Melanie Gibson hasn’t had a straight path to her dream position. Gibson is a currently pursuing her associate degree in nursing at Central Ohio Technical College (COTC), but it wasn’t her first s ...

Student Spotlight - 04/15/2024 - 7:28am

Just a few years ago, information technology (IT) student Kennard Haynie Jr., known as KJ, would lay his head down at night in his Baltimore, Maryland, home thinking that higher education would always be just a dream for him. After leaving family, friends ...

Student Spotlight - 12/08/2020 - 8:54am

From a young age, Reina Arey wanted to be a nurse. Back then, she was in awe of the nurses who cared for her younger siblings in the NICU. Today, it is the nurses braving the COVID-19 pandemic who continue to inspire her as she pursues a nursing degree at ...

Student Spotlight - 04/08/2021 - 6:53am

Lexi King is a high school senior that recently joined the ranks of COTC alumni. King attended COTC through College Credit Plus (CCP) and graduated with an Associate of Science this month, a few weeks before getting her high school diploma from East Knox ...

Student Spotlight - 05/13/2021 - 6:53am

COVID-19-related life changes caused many to struggle to find balance with their children being at home, but Nicole Wells, mother of five and grandmother of three, found it to be the opportunity she needed to complete the Central Ohio Technical College (C ...

Student Spotlight - 06/16/2021 - 7:12am