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A love story of institutions and the people they unite
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chain specialist, he has never worked anywhere else. Shawn’s story speaks to both the level of student ...

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

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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 ...

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

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New Director of Marketing and Public Relations Named
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unique stories of COTC and Ohio State Newark with our students and the broader community.” No ...

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

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Dual-Enrollment Led COTC Engineering Technology Student Sydney Palur to Early Start in Dream Career
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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 ...

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Lacey McCombs
Lacey McCombs stands in front of her storefront in Coshocton.

Upon returning to civilian life — at that point a trained combat lifesaver — McCombs chose to pursue a nursing career. She enrolled at COTC’s Coshocton campus because she “loved the idea of staying local. Plus, the classes were smaller and more personable ...

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Staten sisters accelerate college with CCP
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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
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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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Sheriff Randy Thorp
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people in this field, and in other areas and industries in town, we share stories about going to COTC. ...

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Free Community Book Club

she’s forcibly quarantined at the Carville Lepers Home. This page-turning story of courage, resilience ...

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Comisford Reaches Service Milestone
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stories like this is a very rewarding part of my job.” Comisford holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape ...

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Director of Marketing and Public Relations Named
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Additionally, he will develop marketing and advertising campaigns, including written content and story material ...

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COTC Celebrates Graduates at Autumn Commencement
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Berry expounded upon the idea of service with a story about a stranger helping another.  “You were ...

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COTC, Ohio State Newark Host Community Intercultural Relations Conference
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relationships. Sara Abou Rashed, an Arab American poet, storyteller and public speaker, shared her personal story ...

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Watch Us Grow
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and Ohio State Newark spoke at the event to tell their inspirational stories.  “I never thought I’d be ...

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New Science and Technology Building Opens at Newark Campus
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Alford Center occupies the southwest region of the campus’s academic core. The three-story ...

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New STEM Building at Ohio State Newark/COTC Nearing Completion

completion. The $32 million John and Mary Alford Center for Science and Technology, a three-story ...

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COTC and Ohio State Newark Celebrate Partnership
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reputation that has been built over many, many years. We need to keep telling that story. Such is the plan ...

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Donors and student award recipients recognized
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stories of students working tirelessly to create better lives for themselves and their families, ...

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Heather Prince, DNP, APRN-CNP
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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 ...

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Toby Starr
Toby Starr

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 ...

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Sophia Tosi
COTC alumna Sophia Tosi stands outside TrueCore Federal Credit Union where she works.

Sophia Tosi was a distance runner until she decided to focus on sprinting through her education. As a high school senior, four years into the College Credit Plus (CCP) program, she discontinued extracurriculars to finish her associate degree in business m ...

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