2017 Outstanding Alumni Winners

Photo: Logan Mitchell, Candice DeWitt and Tyler Lowe. Dylon Caudill pictured below.

Tri-Rivers Outstanding Alumnus were honored at the 2017 board dinner at the Career Center.

The Tri-Rivers Outstanding Alumni awards recognize Career Center and Adult Center graduates who have contributed to their communities, are outstanding in their career fields and/or have furthered their educations. These individuals are Tri-Rivers success stories.

Tyler Lowe is a graduate of Tri-Rivers Center For Adult Education’s paramedicine program. Lowe attended Hocking College and then continued his training at Tri-Rivers Center For Adult Education.

He started his career as a volunteer at Fort Morrow Fire in Waldo in 2003 and he continues to volunteer there. He worked at Marion Township Fire from 2004-2007 and throughout paramedic school. Since 2007 he has worked for First Consolidated Fire District as a full-time firefighter/paramedic. He also has been a Marion County Sheriff Tactical SWAT Team Medic since 2012. He received the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Lifesaving Award from Sheriff Tim Bailey in 2017.

Logan Mitchell is a 2010 graduate of Elgin High School; he also attended Tri-Rivers Career Center majoring in diversified health occupations. Upon graduation, Logan chose to continue his education in Tri-Rivers Adult Education’s patient care technician program, where he earned his credentials as a state tested nurse aide, certified home health care provider, patient care technician, medical administrative assistant, clinical medical assistant and as a phlebotomist.

“Logan continues to give back by allowing our current patient care technician students a clinical site setting at his facility,” said Billie Fields-Baer, patient care technician program coordinator for Tri-Rivers. “Logan is living out our mission of contributing, advancing, and succeeding.”

After graduation, he began his career at Memorial Hospital of Union County in Marysville, where he utilized his medical assisting, medical administrative assisting, patient care technician and phlebotomy certifications. He then pursued a career as a phlebotomist at The Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW). During his time at ORW, he was promoted to lead phlebotomist, and director of the phlebotomy lab. Currently, Mitchell is employed by Quest Diagnostic, where he is a phlebotomist in a private physician’s office.

Candice DeWitt is a graduate of the Career Center’s business program. When Candice was a student at Tri-Rivers, the business program was a combination of business/computer programming/hardware modules. She became the lead website designer for NuWave Media/Marion Online, then started Neighborhood Image and purchased Marion Online in 2010. She also worked as the fiscal specialist for the Delaware County Auditor’s Office from 2009-2016.

“Candice is truly MarionMade and a blessing to the community. She is a Tri-Rivers success story,” said Ellen Bryant Messenger, director of communications.

In 2016 she became the budget director for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and accepted the challenge and responsibility of managing the day-to-day financials of the multiple departments at the sheriff’s office. In December she was named “Civilian of the Year” by the Sheriff’s Department.