The new support from the The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation will join the two Austin E. Knowlton Memorial Scholarships the university awards annually. The newest grant-funded scholarship will provide financial support to STEM students in need.

The new program is part of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and will be available in both online and in-person formats.

The partnership, which officially started on July 1, 2025, will help expand the region’s access to healthcare education, with enhanced programming, employment pipelines, and tuition reimbursement opportunities.

The two new funds are the Ken Ludlow Athletics Scholarship Endowment Fund and the Kenneth E. Ludlow Fund for Cancer Research, inspired by his partner’s cancer journey through UC Health.

The partnership will give Sinclair Community College students in 10 associate degree programs the opportunity to transfer seamlessly into Wright State University’s Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology degree program.

The new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Completion Program will become part of the School of Nursing and Health Professions and will begin in the Summer 2026 semester.

The scholarship has been established by alumnus Rick Lyon and his wife Terry. The scholarship will be awarded to engineering students, with preference to those who graduated from River Valley High School.

The college is partnering with the YMCA of Central Ohio to propose a new YMCA facility to be built on the college’s downtown campus to serve CSCC students with services like drop-in childcare, intramural sports, wellness programming, and more.

The program is an elders-in-residence program that will invite elders from three Potawatomi tribes to hold office hours on campus and participate in cultural events throughout the year.

The new programs, business analytics and cybersecurity, have both been developed to meet current workforce needs and to help students get into in-demand careers.