November 14, 2011
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Hocking College Hosts "We Are STEM"
Hocking College will host "We Are STEM" (science, technology, engineering and math) on Friday, November 18, 2011. "We Are STEM" is a one-day program offered to ninth-grade girls from area high schools designed to promote STEM careers.
Hocking College, one of the original participating schools, is in its fifth year of offering the program. "We Are STEM" is funded by a grant from the Ohio Department of Education. Each November on a given date, participating colleges throughout Ohio take part in this popular event.
Faculty, staff and community volunteers work together to impact and influence the students in a positive manner and setting. Students also have the opportunity to meet and interact with female mentors from area businesses and engage in hands-on activities with faculty and staff.
All participants will receive backpacks, t-shirts, flash drives and other prizes. Registration and refreshments will be available from 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. in the Student Center with an introduction and welcome by Sue Chiki, Associate Provost, and Dr. Ron Erickson, President. The remainder of the day will consist of STEM activities with an hour break for lunch. The event will conclude at 1:30 p.m. in the student center.
If you would like more information about the event, contact Linda Howard at 740.753.6557.
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Hocking College Earns Auditor of State Award
A recent financial audit of Hocking College by the Office of Dave Yost, Auditor of State, has returned a clean audit report. Hocking College's excellent record has earned it the Auditor of State Award. The award is presented to local governments and school districts upon the completion of a financial audit. Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a clean audit report:
- Must be a GAAP entity without a Certified Annual Financial Report (CAFR) that timely files their financial report with the Auditor of State;
- The audit report does not contain any findings for recovery, material citations, material weaknesses, significant deficiencies, Single Audit findings or questioned costs;
- The entity's management letter contains no comments related to:
- Ethics referrals
- Questioned costs less than $10,000
- Lack of timely report submission
- Reconciliation
- Failure to obtain a timely audit
- Findings for recovery less than $100
- Public meetings or public records
Congratulations to Gina Fetty, Bill Hill and everyone in the college fiscal department for a great job in earning this award!
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 Alum Named New Brown County Wildlife Officer
Eric says that although the two counties are under the same district, there is a significant difference between them.
"Brown County definitely has more complaints of hunting without permission and trespassing," he said. "That's been a lot more active. There are a lot more complaints of spotlighting at night than in Hamilton County. Hamilton County is one of our busiest fishing enforcing counties. In Brown, its definitely a big hunting county, so there's been a little switch in gears here."
Eric said working in a new county is always a lot of work. Making new relationships and finding out how each law enforcement agency likes to do business is essential to the operations of the wildlife officer.
Eric is just another example of the successful and wonderful graduates Hocking College produces. Congrats to Eric on his new job!
To read a full article about Eric's new job, please visit the Brown County News Democrat.
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 Adverse Weather Guidelines
As we enter the time period for inclement weather, please review the following information about campus closure.
Hocking College will be open for classes except in cases of extreme danger (such as ice), emergency, or mandated closing by public officials (such as when the water supply is unavailable.) There will be a number of times when the public schools might close while the campus remains open.
Also, the campus may cancel only morning classes and reopen for afternoon and evening classes. We may reopen for evening classes because many students and staff miss hearing cancellation announcements due to the wide range of commuters and various radio stations, and some of these stations may not announce closings frequently. Also, scattered student and staff schedules, with various beginning times such as 10 a.m., 11 a.m., or even later, mean that some people snowed in at 8 a.m. could easily make it by 10 a.m. or 12 p.m. We may not close school at 8 a.m., as many people arrive later when roads are often clear. Be safe.
Any change of schedule or cancellation of classes will be posted on our website (hocking.edu) and our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/HockingCollege.Ohio) and announced on these radio or television stations. The stations will be notified by at least 7 a.m. Do not call the college switchboard.
RADIO
Nelsonville
WAIS 770 AM
WAIS 89.1 FM
WSEO 107.7 FM
Athens
WATH 970 AM
WXTQ 105.5 FM
WOUB 91.3 FM
Logan
WLGN 98.3 FM
WLGN 1510 AM
Lancaster
WHOK 95.5 FM
WLVQ 96 FM
Chillicothe
WBEX 93.3 FM
WBEX 1490 AM
Columbus
WNCI 97.9 FM
WCOL 92.3 FM
NFJX 105.7 FM
WTVN 610 AM
WFII 1230 AM
New Lexington
WWJM 105.9 FM
Jackson
WHOV 96.7 FM
Parkersburg
WXIL 95.1 FM
TELEVISION
Ohio News Network
Columbus
WBNS TV 10
WSYX TV 6
WCMH TV 4
Zanesville
WHIZ
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 Tobacco-Free Campus Reminder
Please remember that Hocking College is a tobacco-free campus, per a policy passed by the Hocking College Board of Trustees in 2007. The use of any tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco/snuff, and chewing tobacco, is banned from Hocking College owned and/or managed properties, except in private vehicles.
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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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Thank You for Assistance with HLC Visit
Molly Weiland sends out a campus-wide thank you to all who helped prepare the campus for our HLC visit, set up our resource room, collected documents, responded to last minute calls for help, brought thoughtfulness and a critical eye to our self study, provided editing help and provided wonderful meals, coffee, snacks and services for our visitors.
The list could go on forever, and maybe should, but the greatest thanks goes to all of you who serve our students well in whatever role you play at the college. Our visitors heard this from our students and had the opportunity to witness your commitment to putting students at the center of what you do.
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