The $23 million grant will increase the number of spots in the program by more than 70%.

A new endowed scholarship is available for students studying business or education thanks to the Scharer Family.

The grant comes via the Mellon Foundation and will support the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages mission to help indigenous people use archival documentation to revitalize their languages.

The grant comes via the Ohio Campus Safety Grant program and will give the school $321,500 to make improvements to safety measures on campus.

The funding will both improve student mental health services available on campus and provide scholarships for students in the new Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s degree program.

The college is a member of the Appalachian Educator EmPOWERment Consortium which has been awarded funding via the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization initiative.

The Osher Center for Integrative Health at UC will expand its programming to provide faculty and staff opportunities to immerse themselves in nature as medicine.

The new concentrations will provide education students with streamlined pathways to their careers.

The grant will support the establishment of the college’s Student Resilience Center, which will help students with basic needs and mental health support.

The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor to the North Shore Manufacturing Workforce Partnership, a consortium of community colleges in Ohio, of which Owens Community College is part. The grant will support advanced manufacturing training.