Cincinnati State salutes scholarship winners, givers
More than 150 scholarship winners at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will be recognized at a dinner Thursday, Nov. 20.
The Scholarship Recognition Dinner is held annually to salute not only students who are awarded scholarships, but also those who help pay for the education of these deserving men and women.
With tuition currently at $80.20 a credit hour for Ohio residents (as well as Northern Kentucky residents enrolled in degree-seeking programs), Cincinnati State offers one of the most affordable entry points available into the region’s system of higher education.
In an effort to ensure that its campus is open to deserving students regardless of their wealth -- and to reward outstanding achievement in high school, and encourage students to consider careers in a variety of disciplines -- Cincinnati State maintains more than 50 separate scholarship funds. Some have multiple recipients each year. Though many scholarships incorporate financial need into the award decisions, a number are based solely on the scholastic merit of the applicant or criterion established by a donor.
“A big part of our mission is to remove the barrier of cost,’’ said John McClure, chairman of the board of directors of the Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Foundation. “But we also want to use our scholarship funds to attract the best and brightest students to Cincinnati State for programs that are a good match to their talents and interests.’’
McClure noted, for example, that Cincinnati State’s health sciences programs have proven to be a productive conduit for thousands of students seeking careers as nurses, health care technicians and the like. And, he said, the College is seeing growing interest in its business, environmental engineering technology and culinary offerings – in no small part because students have discovered that all or nearly all the credits earned at Cincinnati State will transfer to the University of Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky University and other universities in the region.
In addition to gifts from outside donors, Cincinnati State raises funds for scholarships through such internal events as its annual golf outing, the ‘’1 Night 12 Kitchens’’ culinary affair and the Surge 5K, a student-sponsored run/walk competition.
For information about establishing a scholarship fund or making donations to an existing scholarship program, please contact Elliott Ruther at (513) 569-4699.
Thursday’s dinner will begin at 6 p.m. in the Conference Center in the Main Building at Cincinnati State’s Clifton campus.
About Cincinnati State
Cincinnati State offers more than 75 associate degree and 40 certificate programs in business technologies, health and public safety, engineering technologies, humanity and sciences and information technologies. About 8,150 students were enrolled in the early fall 2008 term; last year 14,000 separate students participated in credit and non-credit classes.
Cincinnati State has a 93% placement rate within three months of graduation, and its students have a 91% pass rate on required licensing and registry exams. It has the largest co-op program among two-year colleges in the U.S.
