Columbus State's 60th Anniversary Celebration

On Oct. 10, faculty, staff, and students gathered outside Mitchell Hall to form a “60” to mark Columbus State’s 60th anniversary. The event has become a tradition marking each decade. Gene Strickland, Art, Media, & Design professor, took the photograph.
Sixty years ago, Columbus was a city in need of skilled workers. The Columbus Board of Education, headed by Superintendent Harold Eibling, decided that a trade school designed to provide an additional two years of technical training after high school would be the ideal post-secondary education for area students. And the Columbus Area Technician’s School - also known as CATS - was born. (Early documents and the first official sign referred to it as Columbus Area Technician School.)
The first CATS classes were held on Sept. 30, 1963, with an enrollment of 67 students. CATS offered three in-demand trades: business data processing, electronics, and mechanical engineering technology. The college added chemical engineering and wholesale mid-management programs the following year.
In 1967, the Ohio Board of Regents chartered the college to award associate degrees in 11 technical programs. It also assigned a Board of Trustees and renamed the college Columbus Technical Institute, which was commonly known as CTI. In 1987, Columbus Technical Institute was re-chartered as Columbus State Community College.

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