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Students and donors attend scholarship breakfast
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ties to build the skills and fortitude essential to becom-
ing engaged citizens through leadership development
and ambassador opportunities.
This year’s event was also extraordinary because of
the announcement of a new scholarship: The J. Gilbert
Reese Next Generation Community Leadership Award.
The award is in memory of J. Gilbert Reese - an incred-
ible community supporter and leader whose efforts to
support the campus and education will forever influence
all those who come to COTC and Ohio State Newark.
Reese is considered one of the founders of the Newark
campus. His impact on the campus began in 1957 when
he and friends Howard LeFevre and Al Milliken advocat-
ed for a permanent state-owned building to house Ohio
State Newark. Throughout his lifetime, Reese and his
wife, Louella, continually helped lead fundraising efforts
to develop the campus and guide the creation of COTC.
In 2010, the Reeses called the community to action with
the Next Generation Challenge campaign, the campaign
that truly defines their incredible legacy. The challenge
resulted in the raising of $21 million in scholarship funds
to benefit COTC and Ohio State Newark students. Reese
passed away at the age of 93 last November, and in an
effort to recognize his legacy COTC, Ohio State Newark
and the Newark Campus Development Fund established
this new leadership award that was given out for the first
time at this year’s scholarship breakfast. The first COTC
recipient was engineering technology student Adam
Taylor and the first Ohio State Newark recipient was
psychology student Ashley Moore.
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NEWARK - The Annual Scholarship Breakfast is an oppor-
tunity for Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and
The Ohio State University at Newark students to meet and
thank the donors who have helped make their education-
al journeys a little easier. This year’s event was extraor-
dinary. It celebrated 721 scholarship recipients and was
the first time that the total combined annual scholarship
dollars available to students exceeded $2 million.
COTC President John M. Berry, PhD, noted the sup-
port of the Licking County Foundation, which provided
$118,000 in scholarships just this year to COTC and Ohio
State Newark students. Berry was also proud to thank
the Coshocton Foundation, which provided more than
$61,000 in scholarships just this year to support the
Coshocton Promise which fills the tuition gap for eligible
students after all other aid options have been exhausted.
To date, $260,000 of guaranteed tuition and fees have
benefitted 148 students thanks to the Coshocton Prom-
ise and the support of the Coshocton Foundation.
Ohio State Newark Dean/Director William L. Mac-
Donald, PhD, noted that the Newark Campus Develop-
ment Fund provided more than $1.4 million in scholar-
ships to Ohio State Newark and COTC students this year.
He also gave thanks for the support for the John and
Mary Alford Center for Science and Technology, which
is scheduled to be completed in spring 2021. Lastly, he
conveyed the excitement of celebrating The Ohio State
University’s sesquicentennial. MacDonald announced
that 10 Ohio State Newark students were chosen to rep-
resent the campus as Sesquicentennial Student Scholars.
The scholarship program awarded $2,500 scholarships
to 150 students while also involving them in opportuni-
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