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A Career to Build
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classroom, laboratory and clinical learning situations to provide students with the knowledge and skills ...

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Vorley Taylor Recognized for Years of Dedication to COTC and Ohio State Newark
Vorley Taylor stands at a podium speaking at the Legacy and Leadership Dinner in 2023.

developed relationships with internal and external partners to facilitate and grow educational and awareness ...

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Dual-Enrollment Led COTC Engineering Technology Student Sydney Palur to Early Start in Dream Career
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a college degree, Palur thought going to a four-year university known for engineering would be the right ...

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Tina Gibson
Portrait of Tina Gibson in a nurse's cap and cape holding a porcelain lamp.

jobs throughout my life in the medical field.” While her nursing career started in some part due to ...

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DeLane King
DeLane King standing in front of police cruiser.

I want to make sure people have help when needed and at their lowest time they know somebody has their ...

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Toby Starr
Toby Starr

relies on his ability to network with various segments of the public as part of his everyday life. “That ...

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Alumni Spotlight

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COTC Alumna Reflects on Nursing Career
Sherry Engle stands next to a mannequin in a nursing lab at COTC's Pataskala campus.

well-being. In one instance, she recalls offering to stay after her shift to bathe a knee replacement surgery ...

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Angela Simmons

this service to the area I grew up in.” Simmons is the program director at the Air Evac Lifeteam base ...

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Chase Ghiloni
Chase Ghiloni stands with arms crosses, smiling in office.

a classmate teamed up to open a video production company. “COTC gave me confidence. It boosted my confidence,” ...

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Jennifer Ellis-Brunn
Portrait of Jennifer Ellis Brunn standing in downtown Newark.

flexible class schedules allowed her to work full time and also attend classes, resulting in her Associate ...

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Jennifer McDonald
Jennifer McDonald with foam number one finger at the Licking County Chamber of Commerce office.

“They need to know how the workforce will be trained, and we can turn to COTC for that technical ...

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Becca Saxton
Becca Saxton stands wither her mom on the day of her pinning ceremony at COTC.

on the move. When it comes to her career, her first move was always clear. Saxton’s mom is a home ...

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COTC Alumna Opens Childcare Center
Portrait of Brittany Klinkert and her three children.

pregnant with her third child and had a hard time thinking of leaving him to return to work. Then when her ...

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Julio Valladares
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a roof over his head and support in helping to learn English, Valladares worked odd jobs until he could ...

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Julio Valladares
Alumni Julio Valladares receiving Community Service Award

recipient of the John C. “Jay” Barker Community Service Alumni Award. ”It is an honor to be one of the ...

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Kori Caughenbaugh

engineering. Second, she decided the best way to begin her career was to earn a two-year degree and get started ...

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Billi Gross and Matayah Berry
Portrait of Billi Gross and Matayah Berry at COTC's Coshocton campus.

to go; I had plans on going to college.” Billi was there for the opening of the Coshocton campus, ...

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Heather Prince, DNP, APRN-CNP
Portrait of Heather Prince standing outside COTC's Pataskala campus.

the time and, as it happened, seeking a new career direction. Turns out, she wouldn’t have to look far ...

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Tim Blunn
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his knee. The x-rays proved to be “shockingly interesting,” and he was hooked on radiology. Soon after ...

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Timothy Young
Sonja Darsee and Timothy Young stand in front of the Licking Knox Goodwill building.

board from 1995 to 2008 and is now the company’s president and CEO, a position he accepted in 2011. “I ...

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Randy Thorp, Mark Weiner and Nick Shuster
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a few miles away. He responded immediately, arriving in time to move DiSario to the safety of his ...

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Bryanna Stigger
Brianna Stigger in Ohio Union

and Stigger was able to be front and center during the planning. She also was accepted into the ...

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Vickie Sant
Vickie Sant sands in the COTC Knox campus lobby for a portrait.

of us need to live a little and gain exposure to some options. I’m grateful that COTC was there when ...

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COTC Alumna Bolin Inspires Hope Through Change
COTC human services graduate Melody Bolin stands outside of The Main Place where she works as a mental health case manager.

around, I decided I wanted to help people who have struggled. I wanted to inspire and show others that ...

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Alumni Award Winners Honored
Terry Bertiaux holds his Outstanding Alumni Award certificate and glass trophy.

professional achievement that brings honor and distinction to the college as well as individual attainment and ...

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COTC Recognizes Three Alumni with College Awards
Portrait of COTC President John M. Berry, PhD;  alumni Bryanna Stigger; and Jay Barker.

County Executive Director Dan Moder wrote, “It’s one thing to create beautiful, compelling marketing, but ...

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Mother and Daughter Earn Same COTC Degree 20 Years Apart
Lora Smith stands next to Lydia Smith who is holding her COTC diploma after just walking across the stage at COTC's commencement ceremony in December 2022.

town, she was the first person in her family to graduate from high school. With high hopes for a career ...

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Braden Patchett
Alumni Braden Patchett

2015, the then 37-year-old decided to act. What Patchett gained, however, was more than he ever dreamed. ...

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