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COTC and Ohio State Newark Celebrate Partnership
TC the Central Ohio Technical College cat mascot and Brutus Buckeye stand with one arm around each other and the other held out to point a finger toward the viewer.

Since 1971, Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and The Ohio State University at Newark have shared more than just an expansive campus — they have shared a vision to expand access to education in this community. ...

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Food pantry provides hope to hungry students
A student puts boxed food in a paper bag inside the food pantry while a staff members stands by holding more boxes.

Farhan* was hungry to improve himself upon moving to the United States as a high school senior. He always wanted to go to college, and that approach made it possible. Then he was just flat out hungry. ...

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Autumn 2025 President’s and Dean’s Honors Lists

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) has released the President’s Honors List and the Dean’s Honors List for autumn semester 2025 to recognize students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement. ...

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A love story of institutions and the people they unite
Portrait of Mary Ellen and Lee St. John outside of a greenhouse.

Since 1971, COTC and Ohio State Newark have nurtured a special cost-shared partnership, combining resources and facilities to save money without sacrificing any student support services. Couples like the St. Johns — Mary Ellen who taught at COTC for 27 ye ...

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COTC Offers Free College to Eligible Licking County Students

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) is continuing its commitment to changing students’ lives by instituting its new Licking County Promise program. Building upon the success of the college’s existing Knox County Promise and Coshocton County Promise init ...

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Portfolio Assessment
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Work experience and informal training that does not result in an industry-recognized credential (certification or licensure) may be evaluated for college credit through a portfolio review process. Students may be eligible for college credit due to things ...

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Industry-Recognized Credentials
Paramedic Students

Some professions require employees to become certified or licensed. If you completed formal training that resulted in an industry-recognized credential, you may be eligible for college credit. The state of Ohio also has programs like the One-Year Option a ...

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Prior Learning

You may receive transfer credit for completing college-level coursework or training at high schools, career centers or the military. ...

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Alternative Credit Options
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Many people enjoy learning to enhance their knowledge and/or to expand upon an existing job or career. There are companies that offer learning and, in line with the American Council on Education (ACE), many colleges across the United States recognize the ...

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Ohio Goes to the Movies for America's 250th Birthday

COTC and Ohio State Newark will jointly host a free screening of “Johnny Shiloh” — a 1963 television film that originally aired as two episodes of “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color” — on the shared Newark campus as part of the statewide Ohio Goes to ...

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COTC Helps Reward Ohioans Pursuing Crucial Careers

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) is creating opportunities for affordable higher education — and contributing to the future of the state’s workforce — by utilizing Ohio Work Ready Grant (OWRG) funding, which provides grants to new and current student ...

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Newark Campus Agrees to Host Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra Shows
A conductor stands in the middle of several rows of musicians playing stringed instruments arranged in a semi-circle.

One of Ohio’s oldest orchestras will soon be calling the Newark campus home. The Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) recently agreed to host Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra (NGSO) performances for the 2026-27 seas ...

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New Director of Marketing and Public Relations Named
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Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and The Ohio State University at Newark have announced the appointment of Ashton Lahman as the campus’s director of marketing and public relations. ...

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Award Winners, New Scholarships Announced
Fifteen students who received a scholarship from the Reese family stand in the J. Gilbert Reese Center.

Through the selfless acts of hundreds of such campus supporters, COTC and Ohio State Newark students received a combined $2.6 million in scholarships during the 2025-26 academic year. ...

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Promise Programs Honored with Innovation of the Year Award
Amanda Waser holds her League Excellence Award certificate while standing between COTC Provost Gregory Ferenchak and COTC President John Berry.

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) recently earned a 2025-26 Innovation of the Year Award for the development of its Promise programs, through which students in its service region who exhibit financial need can receive free tuition. The award is presen ...

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colleges. The Ohio State University – Digital Media Design What type of financial assistance is available to ...

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Media Design What type of financial assistance is available to help me pay for college?  COTC awards ...

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Benjamin Anyigbavor
Benjamin Anyigbavor and his wife Suzzie walk across campus in their scrubs.

alleviate their pain and what they were going through before they came, that makes me feel better,” she ...

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Justin Glass
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everyday life, to people.” When asked what helped the most with that transition, he cited his wife.   Being ...

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COTC Student Veteran Stories
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engineering technology student, Sydney Palur is doing what she loves thanks to COTC. After being ...

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NWK-studentfinancialservices@mail.cotc.edu. What type of projects or work do students do in digital media design technology? Throughout the ...

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Central Ohio Technical College
Central Ohio Technical College

knowledge and confidence to redefine what’s possible. Apply Contact Us Visit campus Academic Programs ...

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Handling the Pressure
Portrait of Affiong Hawkins in front of COTC's Pataskala campus.

institution that could have given me what I had at COTC.” Make an online gift to the COTC Alumni Scholarship. ...

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Paving His Own Way
James Golden stands along a country road with cornfield behind him.

company,” he said. “That was what I saw myself doing the rest of my career.” That was not quite how it ...

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An Innovative Idea
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there now. “He’s experiencing what we created, what we literally built from the ground up,” she said. ...

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referred to as interdisciplinary study.   What type of financial assistance is available to help me pay for ...

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Megan Connell-Cox
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me what it means to me today,” she said. In late summer of 2002, Connell-Cox was injured when loading ...

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students who attend part time (and take 1-2 classes on average per semester). What type of financial ...

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or on-campus. Some courses will require students to attend in-person.   What type of financial ...

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DeVry University Franklin University Ohio Dominican University The Ohio State University What type of ...

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