Amanda Bowdle returns to OUC after paper mill closure
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Amanda Bowdle spent seven years mastering the machines at Pixelle Specialty Solutions. Then the mill closed, and everything stopped.
The Frankfort resident faced a major transition.
"It makes you think, after you lose your job, what's my next path?" she said. "What should I do?"
The answer, it turned out, was something she had tried and walked away from before.
Now she is pursuing an associate degree in computer technology from Ohio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology at the Chillicothe Campus. She plans to graduate in 2028.