August 30, 2011
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Brooks, Budzik Appointed to Board of Trustees
Mike Budzik, former Chief of the Ohio Division of Wildlife, and Mike Brooks, retired Chief Executive Officer of Rocky Brands Inc., have been appointed by Governor John Kasich to three-year terms on the Hocking College Board of Trustees.
Budzik, a Hocking College alumni, began his career with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife in January 1975 as a conservation aide. Throughout his career, he held various statewide wildlife positions, finally retiring as the Chief of the Ohio Division of Wildlife in 2003. Budzik has been honored by both the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate for his "Distinguished Career in Wildlife." He recently served as the 2011 Hocking College commencement speaker.
Brooks was previously appointed to the Hocking College Board of Trustees February 24, 2011 to fulfill the remainder of a three-year term vacated by former board member Steve Swart. He has been reappointed by the Governor to a full three-year term. As a native Nelsonville resident, Brooks is extremely committed to the Athens County community. His participation on the Hocking College Board Board of Trustees further exemplifies this dedication.
The Hocking College Board is comprised of nine members, three of which are Governor appointees.
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 New Hocking College Marketing Campaign
The billboards are being placed within a 50-mile radius of the college, and the radio ads will be at stations within this parameter. The billboards will be in place September - October and February - March. The radio spots will run for 16 weeks, the first two weeks of each month from September 2011 through May 2012.
The campaign kicks-off after eight months of research and planning, which involved input from students, parents, faculty, staff and administration.
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Student Center Hosts "Involvement Fair"
Fall quarter 2011 kick-off day will be Monday, September 26, with two involvement fairs in the Student Center, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
These fairs will provide the students a chance to meet the leaders of clubs, organizations and societies, to ask questions and to get involved.
If you or your organization would like a table at these events, please contact Giles Lee .
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New Registration Policy
Please share with your students that Hocking College has enacted a new Registration Policy. Beginning fall quarter 2011, course registration will close after the first Friday of each quarter. Students will still be permitted to enroll in courses that have not yet started and those in the areas served by the Office of Educational Outreach, Oakley 210.
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 Broadcast Production Students Embrace Service Learning
The Hocking College Broadcast Production and Engineering students provided all of the sound and video support for the show. Pre-production begins months in advance, when the students shoot and edit a video package for each of the 11 celebrity stars in the show. During the actual production, students are responsible for operating cameras, adjusting microphones, playing back pre-recorded packages and the music that the couples dance to. The two-hour program is recorded and later edited and distributed as a DVD.
Dancing with the Athens Stars is by far the largest and most elaborate production ever engineered by our students. The show requires us to use every piece of audio and video equipment we own and every skill and talent we possess. This is truly an all-encompassing capstone event for the Broadcasting students," Harry Tompkins, Coordinating Instructor, said.
Broadcasting students also participate in the recording and distribution of the Nelsonville Music Festival and A Night with the Legends, which are both fundraisers for the Stuart's Opera House.
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Campus Paving Project Begins
Activity has started on a major campus paving project. Cycle one of paving, to be concluded in fiscal year 2012, includes the lots around the police building and residence halls, along with the gravel lots on campus. Cycle two, in fiscal year 2013, will cover the paving of the rest of the lots on campus. The paving project will be funded through the student parking fees instituted last year.
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Mission
Hocking College provides a unique, innovative, and quality education in a supportive experience- based learning environment, preparing students for employment and transfer education opportunities, while teaching the value of lifelong learning, promoting diversity and developing citizens who are engaged in their local and global communities.
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Hocking Alumni Expands Career in Nursing
Congratulations to Kim Stout, Hocking College 2009 graduate in the Registered Nursing Program, who has recently joined Health Care Plus in Columbus.
Kim has years of experience in home care, acute and long-term care, and lives in Sunbury, Ohio. She will be Care Managing patients for both the Columbus and Mansfield offices.
"We have never had the kind of talent working for Health Care Plus as we do today, both in administrative roles and in our front line clinical staff," Angela Thompson, Executive Director of Health Care Plus, commented.
Health Care Plus has been providing home care services to Central and southeastern Ohio since 1991. The company provides skilled nursing, therapy and social services to clients in the comfort of their own home.
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