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

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

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

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

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

When Megan Connell-Cox joined the U.S. Navy at 21, she was trying to run away from a life of problems that wasn’t working for her anymore, but she was also unknowingly running toward a life with direction filled by her true purpose and passion.  “I wasn’t ...

Post - 07/22/2024 - 11:09am

George Clark isn’t your typical cadet in Central Ohio Technical College’s Peace Officer Basic Training (POBT) academy. This 46-year-old army veteran just completed the academy as part of the law enforcement technology degree program and is awaiting the st ...

Post - 07/22/2024 - 11:11am

Whether Suzanne Smith is traveling the globe working on communications and navigation for the U.S. Air Force, keeping busy raising a family or attending classes to become a registered nurse, Smith is a self-dubbed “do-er,” and she’s found her fit at Centr ...

Post - 07/22/2024 - 11:15am

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Post - 11/14/2024 - 6:32am

Perrine is pursuing her associate degree in business, as well as certificates in management and office administration. She’s worked in offices in some capacity for nearly 13 years, and enrolled with 20 credit hours under her belt. ...

Student Spotlight - 07/17/2024 - 7:00am

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

campus’s academic core. The three-story, 60,000-square-foot building houses classrooms, science labs, ...

Post - 02/19/2024 - 9:45am

degree and landed a job — all before graduating high school. Read her story Future Start Dates Summer ...

Degrees & Certificates - 04/12/2024 - 10:20am

As a transplant to the Buckeye State from Colorado Springs, Heather Prince used to drive past the Pataskala campus of COTC and wonder what went on there. Prince was in her 30s at the time and, as it happened, seeking a new career direction. Turns out, she ...

Post - 02/27/2024 - 6:31am

As Ohio public affairs manager for Intel Corporation, 2016 COTC graduate Toby Starr has a front-row seat to the exciting changes that are taking place as Licking County settles into its place at the center of the Silicon Heartland. Building on the skills ...

Post - 04/22/2024 - 10:53am