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Sinclair Community College has been selected to join a new national center focused on creating and scaling up the high-demand training needed to fuel the country’s technology-enabled economic growth.   The National Information Technology Innovation Center (NITIC) will work with employers, community colleges across the country, and others to prepare highly skilled technicians through credential programs that take two years or less to complete. Sinclair Community College is joinin...

Sinclair Community College is introducing three new data courses as enrollment increases for data analytics degrees. The new courses are funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant and are designed to equip students with the skills they need to succeed as data analysts.    Sinclair will launch the courses in Spring 2023 and include Intro to Data Literacy, Intro to Data Science, and Advanced Python for Data Analytics. Over the past three years, enrollment for Sinclair’s...

Sinclair Community College is partnering with leading research colleges and universities in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana to form the form the Midwest Regional Network to Address National Needs in Semiconductor and Microelectronics.   The network will collaboratively develop innovative solutions in higher education to best support the onshoring of the advanced semiconductor and microelectronics industry and address the industries’ research and workforce needs.   “...

Sinclair Community College is inviting adult learners to the 2022 SEEK Conference on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. inside the Smith Auditorium in Building 12 at Sinclair’s Dayton campus. The SEEK (Sharing, Education, Experience, Knowledge) Conference is hosted by Sinclair’s College for Lifelong Learning and includes a full day of sessions focused on a variety of topics including navigating healthcare, how to live longer and healthier, long-term care, inter...

Sinclair’s Fast Forward Re-Engagement Center is teaming up with Montgomery County Workforce Development for the “Academic Re-Engagement & Career (ARC) Festival” on Friday, July 22, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. outside Building 14 at Sinclair’s Dayton campus. Youth and parents are encouraged to attend this free event.    The ARC Fest is a community outreach event designed to provide a space for disconnected youth ages 15 and up to connect with edu...

Sinclair Community College is partnering with the Dayton Metro Library to invite individuals to the “Exploring Careers in Manufacturing and Technology Hiring Event” on Thursday, July 21st from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Trotwood Branch Library, 855 East Main Street, Trotwood, OH. The free event is open to the public. Area employers as well as Sinclair faculty, advisors, and staff will be on hand to help adults of all ages explore in-demand, rewarding careers and learn how to g...

Sinclair Community College is offering a free, 2-day workshop for high school teachers in the Dayton region to help them better prepare their students for careers in data analytics. The workshop will take place July 12th and 13th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Sinclair’s Centerville Campus, 5800 Clyo Road in Centerville.  “Sinclair Community College is excited to offer this free training to high school teachers who are passionate about teaching the data skills that students n...

Premier Health and Sinclair Community College have partnered to create education and career advancement opportunities for Premier Health employees. Premier Health is the first employer to work with Sinclair Community College to develop such a program. Premier Health and Sinclair are two of the largest civilian employers in the Dayton region. The goal of the academy is to upskill Premier Health employees as Sinclair students to create a national model to train critically needed health care person...

Sinclair Community College has been recognized as one of America’s Best Online Learning Schools of 2022 by Newsweek. Sinclair ranked 104 out of 150 colleges and universities in the nation that offer online degree programs, including hybrid programs with online and offline courses or exams.  Newsweek and Statista selected America’s Best Online Learning Schools based on an online survey among United States residents who have used online learning services to obtain an academic d...

For the eighth consecutive year, the Sinclair College Board of Trustees is reducing textbook costs for high schools participating in College Credit Plus (CCP). The Trustees approved $350,000 in price reductions for its 142 CCP partner high schools.    CCP is Ohio’s dual-enrollment program giving students in grades 7-12 the opportunity to take college courses for free and earn high school and college credit before graduating high school.  CCP provides high school studen...

Sinclair College is building a data degree pathway for high school students after receiving a $576,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).   With the NSF grant, Sinclair College is developing a data analytics technician pathway for students that will enable them to earn short-term certificates while still in high school and support their transition into completing additional certificates and degrees at the college level. The project aims to prepare students for the gro...

As a result of the winter storm, all Sinclair Community College campus locations will be closed on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.  This closure includes the cancellation of on-campus, in-person clinicals and labs.  However, all online courses will go on as scheduled on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.   In addition, Sinclair Community College employees will work from home if able to do so.

As the Dayton region braces for the first significant winter weather event of the season, Sinclair Community College is closing all of its campus locations on Monday, February 15, 2021.  This closure includes the cancellation of on-campus clinicals and labs.  All online courses will go on as scheduled on Monday, February 15, 2021.    In addition, Sinclair Community College employees will work from home if able to do so.

Dayton, OH –Sinclair’s College Credit Plus Program (CCP) - high-school students completing college credits while still in school - has seen record enrollment numbers with more than 6,600 students currently in the program this academic year. CCP is available to students in grades 7-12 who are college-ready, with the goal of helping students and families save time and money towards earning college credentials. This is a critical program that helps the Miami Valley region and the state ...

Sinclair College was recently named by the American Council on Education as one of six U.S. colleges and universities to be part of the US Japan Collaborative Online International Learning Initiative (COIL), which aims to expand US-Japan higher education ties through collaborative online teaching. The goal of COIL is to expand opportunities for greater numbers of students enrolled at collaborating institutions to gain international exposure. The American Council on Education recognizes the CO...

October 22, 2018 -- Elizabeth Sicking’s dominance of the OCCAC D-II Volleyball Player of the Week award continues while Summer Sweeting lifted Owens Community College to a clinching of the conference title to earn her first career D-III Player of the Week recognition. Elizabeth Nicole Sicking (5-11/FR – Fairfield H.S./Hamilton, OH) gathered her third consecutive and fifth of 2019 weekly league accolade after crushing it in a pair of road OCCAC clashes. For the week, she racked up ...

October 16, 2018 -- Sinclair Community College rose to the top of the 2018-19 OCCAC Women’s Basketball Pre-season Coaches Poll after receiving five of nine first-place votes and being slotted no worse than second by any of the other head coaches across the conference. Owens Community College is ranked second while Cuyahoga sits third overall. In addition, Bryant & Stratton (Ohio) joins the conference as a provisional member for the 2018-18 campaign. Sinclair is coming off a re...

Sinclair announced on October 23, 2018 that the college has received a grant for more than $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to implement a four-year Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program. CCAMPIS grant funds will be used to provide childcare assistance to low-income students while connecting student-parents with the resources they need to persist through degree completion. “Sinclair has and continues to work towards closing the equity gap in educat...

Joe Sciabica, President of Universal Technology Corporation (UTC), was appointed recently to the Sinclair College Board of Trustees. The Sinclair Board of Trustees are appointed to five-year terms and have the governance authority over the entire operations of the college. Sciabica began his career with the Air Force in 1982 and has served for over 30 years in a variety of roles within the Air Force Laboratory System. As Executive Director of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) he worked...

Sinclair President Steven Johnson has recently been appointed to the national executive committee of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) based in Washington, D.C. AACC represents the interests of over 1,000 community colleges and their twelve million students across the nation. The seven-member executive committee has the authority to act on behalf of the full board, and provides leadership over initiatives impacting the accessible and affordable education provided by the natio...

Sinclair Community College’s Automotive Program hosted an Automated and Connected Vehicles summer conference August 2018 to provide technical training on autonomous vehicle technology to over 40 participating college automotive instructors. Sinclair has partnered with General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, American Honda, Subaru, Toyota and Delphi to conduct the training sessions. Manufacturers provided training on advanced driver assist systems relating to aut...

Sinclair College’s National UAS Training and Certification Center along with Aker, a nationally recognized industry leader in providing in-season crop protection data for farm operations, have created a new partnership to leverage unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technology to monitor crops for disease, insects, and other stresses. “The Agriculture sector is the number one industry in the Midwest region," said Jeffrey A. Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Unmanned Aerial Systems a...

Sinclair College’s Workforce Development division has been ranked the largest Workforce Development Program for the seventh-straight year by the Dayton Business Journal. The College finished the 2017 calendar year with 12,746 participants. “Sinclair is honored to be listed as the largest Dayton-Area Workforce Development program in the region,” said Shannon E. Bryant, Interim Vice President of Workforce Development for Sinclair College. “Serving our regional employers ...

On Tuesday, July 10 the Dayton Correctional Institution (DCI) celebrated 115 women graduating from the Prison Education Program offered through Sinclair Community College. Out of these women, 46 have already been released from the institution. This is a record year for certificate completion at DCI with over 350 certificates awarded between Fall 2017 and Summer 2018. Sinclair began offering post-secondary programming to incarcerated individuals in 1987 at the Dayton Correctional Institution. ...

Sinclair Community College completed an exceptional 2017-2018 fiscal year on June 30, 2018. The college acquired a new campus location in Centerville, earned the right to award bachelor degrees, received a perfect 5.0 financial rating from the State of Ohio and received ten more years of full accreditation and a spotless academic review from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). “This is a singular and incredible year of achievement for Sinclair,” said Sinclair College President, ...

Board recognizes Chairman Rob Connelly, nursing student Morgan Glover, and Sinclair Baseball Team At the June 12, 2018 meeting of the Sinclair College’s Board of Trustees, the Board approved changes to the college’s strategic priorities and strategies to keep Sinclair fresh and aligned with the needs of the community well into the future. Trustees also recognized outgoing Board Chairman Rob Connelly for his inspiring leadership from 2015-2018. Sinclair’s incoming Board Ch...

TechSolve has received a grant from the Ohio Development Services Agency (ODSA) in support of the State's Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership program (Ohio MEP) to provide discounted incumbent worker training opportunities to Southwest Ohio regional manufacturers. The purpose of the program is to expand the skill set of current employees of area manufacturers. This upgrade in skills will allow employees to add more value and improve the organizations for which they work. Because of its v...

Dayton, OH – A partnership between Sinclair College and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) simulation systems provider Simlat will provide students at the National UAS Training and Certification Center with a leading-edge resource for simulated flight operations. Housed in Building 13 of Sinclair's Dayton campus, The UAS Simulation Lab features industry-leading simulation systems in a 20-seat classroom. Five student stations and one instructor station will feature the Simlat IMPACT System, w...

Dayton, OH –Sinclair College cut the ribbon Monday, Aug. 24, officially opening the doors of the National UAS Training and Certification Center, a $5 million investment that provides new capabilities for students seeking the opportunity to work with UAS technologies in an immersive and hands-on environment, supported by leading-edge technologies and instruction. "With unmanned aerial systems (UAS), we're looking at an industry that's forecast to yield more than 100,000 jobs nationa...

Dayton, OH –Sinclair College and Motoman have signed a partnership designed to leverage combined expertise in advanced manufacturing and robotics to provide new job-focused training opportunities for the region's workforce.  Sinclair and Motoman will collaborate on the development and delivery of certification training on intelligent systems, sharing subject-matter expertise related to robotics, advanced and additive manufacturing. "This partnership brings Sinclair together...

Dayton, OH (8-4-15)--Sinclair College's Board of Trustees today approved language to place a 1 mill levy on the November ballot in Montgomery County that will provide the college with the resources it needs to continue delivering world class job focused education and training program. Sinclair has produced more completers than any other community college in Ohio over the past 10 years at over 31,000 graduates and is a national leader in affordable and employer aligned training and education. Sin...

Sinclair College's Workforce Development division has been named the top workforce development program for the fourth-straight year by the Dayton Business Journal.Sinclair finished the 2014 calendar year with 13,386 program participants, an increase of more than 1,500 from the previous year to earn the top ranking. In the four years that Sinclair has held the top spot in workforce development for the Dayton region, approximately 45,000 program participants have received some form of training thr...

Dayton, OH – Sinclair Community College is pleased to announce that Jeff Price has been named 2014-15 OCCAC Athletic Director of the Year. Price and fellow OCCAC Athletic Director Scott Nichols (Columbus State) will share the award this year as they received the honor last Tuesday the 10th at the fall OCCAC Athletic Directors' meeting.  The announcement was posted on the OCCAC.org website and tweeted @OCCAC_official on Friday June 12, 2015 In just his second year as Athletic Dir...

Sinclair College's Board of Trustees approved a $124 million operating budget June 16, 2015 for the upcoming year. The budget contains no planned tuition increases, a 1% increase in salary for the nearly 2,200 full and part-time Sinclair faculty and staff, and assumes an overall net savings on personnel spending thanks to realized efficiencies. This prudent financial management is a hallmark of Sinclair, which offers Montgomery County students the lowest tuition rates in Ohio and also compiles a...

Dayton, OH - Sinclair Community College has announced the 2014-15 Men's Basketball schedule. Sinclair is coming off a 21-9 record, its 5th 20 plus win season in the last 7 years and the third seed in the NJCAA District Tournament.  The Pride spent 11 weeks during the 2013-14 season ranked in the Top 20 of the NJCAA Division II Men's Basketball Polls topping out with a three week stint as the 4th ranked team in the nation. This year, Sinclair will play 16 home contests with a number of...

Dayton, OH – The Sinclair Community College Board of Trustees announced May 13, 2014 that they are approving $1.1 million in funding to support the launch of a new Sinclair Corporate College at Austin Landing in Southern Montgomery County. The new Corporate College would focus on the needs of major employers in the Information Technology, Data Analytics, and Cyber-Security fields and is targeted for opening in November of 2014.   "The Sinclair Corporate College is the exten...

DAYTON, OH – Ohio Governor John Kasich will serve as the keynote speaker for Sinclair's commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 4, 2014 at the University of Dayton Arena. The event is a celebration for the students and their families and a reflection of the hard work of the students, faculty, and staff of Sinclair. The event will begin at 6 p.m. and graduates and families are encouraged to both attend and to arrive early. "We are honored to have Governor John Kasich as our keynot...

Sinclair Community College President and CEO Steven Johnson and the Sinclair College Board of Trustees were honored with the Exemplary CEO and Board Award of Excellence by the American Association of Community Colleges on April 7, 2014. Sinclair is only the second college to be so honored and was selected via a competitive process open to over 1,000 community colleges. The award recognizes, "a community college whose Board of Trustees and CEO collaboration and working relationship are exemp...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  February 24, 2014 - Sinclair Workforce Development has submitted applications for two new Certificates of Authorization (COA) to operate a new unmanned aerial system (UAS) platform at Wilmington Air Park and Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport. With the approval of the COAs, Sinclair's UAS Training and Certification Center will be permitted to operate the new platform, a Lockheed Martin Indago VTOL, which stands for "vertical take-off and landing," a...

A State-wide Effort to Assist Students with Financial Aid Preparation   January 30, 2014 - For the third consecutive year, Sinclair College will host College Goal Sunday from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 9.  The FREE event is part of a state-wide effort coordinated by the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) and the Ohio College Access Network (OCAN) to guide students and their families through the process of applying for Federal financi...

New Program Called 'COASmart' is Latest Element in Ohio's UAS Strategy   December 9, 2013 (Dayton, OH) –Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio is unveiling an innovative new online course that teaches students how to get approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly  Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the same airspace as other aircraft. Students in the class will learn how to apply for a Certificate of Authorization (COA), which is required to fly UAS in unrestric...

Chaney the Second Sinclair Professor to be So Honored – A First for Ohio's Colleges   November 15, 2013 (DAYTON, OH) – Sinclair College is pleased to announce that mathematics Professor Bob Chaney was honored today as the National Professor of the Year by CASE in Washington, D.C. This is an extremely competitive and prestigious award that is a mark of true distinction, and it is the second time in Sinclair's history that a faculty member has been so honored. Dr. Kathy Rowe...

Courseview Doubles in Size on Way to Eventual 10,000 Student Campus   October 29, 2013 (Dayton,OH) - Sinclair College will formally open its second facility, "Building B", on its Courseview Campus in Mason, Ohio on Friday morning at 8:00 a.m.  The building, which doubles the capacity of the Courseview Campus, is a key step as Sinclair continues to grow along with the Warren County community and develop the workforce that one of the fastest growing counties in the State ...

October 25, 2013 - Sinclair Community College has been named the 2013 Technical School of the Year by Tomorrow's Tech magazine and WIX® Filters. The award was presented Friday, October 25 during a ceremony at Sinclair's Building 20 for students and instructors of the college's Automotive Technology program. Sinclair is the sixth recipient of the annual program to find and name the best automotive technician training school in the country. WIX and O'Reilly Auto Parts are title sponsors of ...

Project Seeks to Strengthen Academic Advising and Build Career Communities September 20, 2013 (Dayton, OH) - Sinclair College received word today from the U. S. Department of Education that the college will receive a highly competitive approximately $2.25 million Title III grant that will focus on strengthening academic advising functions and forming "career communities". The new Title III grant is targeted toward students who are seeking credentials and are attempting college for t...

August 19, 2013 - Sinclair Community College began its fall session today and this term will see the 400,000th student enrolled at the Dayton campus since its opening at the present address some 40 years ago. This term has also seen the highest ever number of students assigned to associate degree programs, up 5.5% from the previous year. This is in keeping with the college's efforts to create clearer academic pathways that encourage degree completion. Finally, in a reflection of the college's hi...