Take the next step toward your future!

CollegeASPIRE is a hands-on series of workshops designed to provide high school and middle school students with technology-based, engaging activities in a college-like setting.  The main purpose of CollegeASPIRE is to demonstrate to central Ohio's students and families that college is possible and accessible; to ensure that everyone is encouraged to pursue a college education, regardless of their circumstances.

These workshops are offered free-of-charge, yet in a high-quality environment, taught by college faculty.  COTC has received limited grant funding.  Donations are being accepted, and will help ensure the continuation of these programs in the future.

Application due no later than June 1, 2009.

Increase your chance of acceptance by returning an application as soon as possible.

Workshop Offerings                   Ages 15-18      

Monday through Friday, June 15-19 from 1-5pm

• Crime and Clues - Newark Campus
• Culinary Collage - Newark Campus
• Medical Madness - Coshocton, Knox, and Pataskala Campuses
• Photographs, Photoshop and Beyond  - - Newark Campus
• The Artist's e-Canvas - Coshocton Campus

Workshop Offerings         
Ages 11-14      

Monday through Friday, June 15-19 from 1-5pm       

***Dabble in Design and Building Blocks is full.  If you choose to submit an application for these workshops, you will be placed on a waitlist.

• Building Blocks - Newark Campus
• Dabble in Design - Newark Campus

Crime and Clues  - Newark Campus
Who done it? Discover criminalistics, impressions evidence, ballistics and solve a crime by the end of the week.

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Culinary Collage - Newark Campus
Knife skills, grilling, roasting, sautéing, basic sanitation, a judged competition and nitrogen ice cream.

Medical Madness - Coshocton, Knox and Pataskala Campuses
A glimpse of the first responder and provider of emergency acute medical care, plus First Aid and CPR Certifications.
 

Photographs, Photoshop and Beyond -Newark Campus
Manipulate photographic images, change colors, remove unwanted elements, import other items, crop, rotate, mirror, flip, flop and distort---the possibilities are endless.

The Artists's e-Canvas - Coshocton Campus
Showcase digital images taken and manipulated within an internet-based portfolio, digital photography, photoshop basics and web design.

Building Blocks - Newark Campus
Start building with your hands, then build using Google SketchUp and export your image into a 4D Cinema Model, end with a judged competition, drafting and digital design at its best.

Dabble in Design - Newark Campus
A little bit of digital photography followed by the programming and building of a Robot-sumo and ending with a robotics pushing competition to see which group’s creation is stronger.