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- A love story of institutions and the people they unite
chain specialist, he has never worked anywhere else. Shawn’s story speaks to both the level of student ...
News - 02/11/2026 - 11:50am
- Our Story
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
- COTC Student Veteran Stories
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
- Impact Report
serve. It’s a celebration of impact — one story at a time. No ...
Post - 11/12/2025 - 7:26am
- Impact Report
serve. It’s a celebration of impact — one story at a time. read more No ...
Post - 12/15/2025 - 1:56pm
- Central Ohio Technical College
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
- A Seemingly Impossible Path
has kept the story — and Kinser — alive. Where you get your education matters. COTC saved my life. Now ...
Post - 10/20/2025 - 10:26am
- Mir Arif
Los Angeles Review and Sierra Nevada Review, with one of his stories to be featured in an upcoming ...
Post - 06/03/2024 - 8:13am
- Justin Glass
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
- COTC Seeking Nominations for 50 Notable Alumni
their expertise. Here’s an opportunity to put them in the spotlight and share their story. To celebrate ...
News - 12/31/2020 - 2:36pm
- One Book, One Community
Melissa Warner Bow endowed fund. Youth Edition — 2026 Book selection: Frizzy Discover the story of Frizzy ...
Post - 11/21/2025 - 9:13am
- New Director of Marketing and Public Relations Named
unique stories of COTC and Ohio State Newark with our students and the broader community.” No ...
News - 04/27/2026 - 7:24am
- Mascot
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
- COTC is Tobacco-Free
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
- Clair Fink
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
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
- Naomi Nichols
and embroidery. She also has interests in theater and drama, writing poetry and short stories, and ...
Student Spotlight - 03/15/2024 - 12:03pm
- Benjamin Anyigbavor
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
- Melanie Gibson
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
- Kennard Haynie Jr.
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
- Reina Arey
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
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
- Nicole Wells
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
- Jacob Ward
Thirteen years after starting a degree at a different college, Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) student Jacob Ward is pursuing an Associate of Applied Science in Digital Media Design Technology to redefine his career. “I like the idea of creating and ...
Student Spotlight - 08/16/2021 - 10:37am
- Adiza Okine
From Africa to Ohio, Central Ohio Technical College student Adiza Okine has found a supportive community that will help her achieve her career goals. After moving to Newark five years ago, she realized that she could pursue a degree in information technol ...
Student Spotlight - 09/16/2021 - 9:14am
- Samuel Wolf
In celebration of National Radiologic Technology Week® this November, COTC recognizes the vital work of faculty, students and alumni. Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) radiologic science technology student Samuel Wolf is well on his way to his dream c ...
Student Spotlight - 11/19/2021 - 9:31am
- Katherine McCoy
After being diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder alopecia universalis in 2016 and losing her hair to it, Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) student Katherine McCoy thought she had lost herself. “Initially it was devastating for me. I felt as if I had ...
Student Spotlight - 12/21/2021 - 12:46pm
- Kristen Eblin
The fall after she graduated from Chillicothe High School, Kristen Eblin started a radiologic sciences degree at a four-year university. About halfway through, she realized that she was in the wrong major at the wrong school. Fortunately, she discovered a ...
Student Spotlight - 02/15/2022 - 7:28am
- Dual-Enrollment Led COTC Engineering Technology Student Sydney Palur to Early Start in Dream Career
From being a dual-enrollment student at C-TEC and Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) to being an employee at Salas O’Brien in Granville, Ohio, an Army reservist and COTC engineering technology student, Sydney Palur is doing what she loves thanks to COT ...
News - 08/26/2021 - 5:24pm
- Megan Connell-Cox
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