Owens receives commercial truck driver student aid awards

    Owens Community College has been awarded a total of $130,758 to help students seeking to earn a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
        The Toledo-area Campus was awarded $98,754 and the new addition of the program to the Findlay-area Campus was awarded $32,004. The money is part of $2.54 million from the Ohio Department of Education distributed to 35 institutions to help fuel this high-demand career.
        The financial aid will be provided to in-state students who complete the program and agree to live and work in Ohio for at least one year upon earning their CDL. “Northwest Ohio is a major hub for commerce for our country and the CDL drivers are heartbeat of it all,” said Quinton Roberts, Dean of Workforce and Community Services at Owens. “With this award to Owens, we will be able to boost the economy in our region and continue to train more CDL drivers for this in-demand occupation.”
        This financial aid will be distributed to students as a 50% grant, and 50% loan, that will be forgiven upon the graduate working for an Ohio transportation company within a year following their graduation from the CDL program.
        For more information on the Truck Driving program at Owens, visit owens.edu/cdl.