Sollar vowed to find a positive path toward his new future, despite the dismal economic climate.
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Employment options for a high school graduate in the Dayton, Ohio, area were bleak when Sollar lost his job in 2008.
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In the Fall quarter of 2008, Sollar enrolled in Sinclair Community College in Dayton and pursued an associate degree in applied science in automation and control technology with robotics.