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From the President

Status of Our Academic Leadership
With the retirement of Provost Molly Weiland just days away, I am writing today to inform the campus community about our plans for leadership in Academic Affairs during the first few months of 2012.

I have decided to temporarily assume the role as Acting Provost, overseeing both the divisions of Academic and Student Affairs.  Associate Provost Sue Chiki will continue in her critical role as Associate Provost, and Dr. Sally Lozada will report directly to my office as the Dean of Student Affairs.  Our conversion from quarters to semesters will continue to be overseen by Joe Wakeman and Kensey Love, who have shown great leadership and perseverance in providing day-to-day management to our ongoing Q2S project.

For the next several weeks, I will be meeting regularly with the Academic Affairs Council to address several pressing issues, including the development and launch of a new Periodic Program Review schedule.  This will address a major recommendation to be included in our upcoming Site Visit report from the Higher Learning Commission.  The AAC will also be helping me and my administrative team prepare for an upcoming discussion in January with the Professional Bargaining Unit of the OEA about instructional credit load under a semester calendar, a review that is mandated in the current bargaining unit agreement.

I anticipate beginning the search for a new academic leader sometime before the end of our winter term, and view this search as an exciting opportunity to once again bring new leadership and ideas to the academy of professors and curricula that lies at the heart of our mission and our integrity as a great educational institution.
Sales Class Earns Money for Park

Hocking Instructor Mary Leffler's Sales class (BUS 130) raised $1,170 for a service-learning project conducted this quarter. 


The students sold Domino's Pizza "Dough Cards"for the Haydenville Community Improvement Project, which is supported through the Haydenville Community Improvement Committee. The committee is a non-profit corporation founded by a Hocking College student whose purpose is to improve the local park at Haydenville and make other improvements to help ensure the community is safe and enjoyable for its families.


"The service learning project for sales class allows students to exercise "real-life" practice of selling techniques learned during the quarter; provides a way for them to connect with a local community; and creates a documented legacy of their hard work-in this case, new playground equipment at the Haydenville Community Park," Leffler said.


The park was dedicated to the community of Haydenville in 2009 and is a gathering place for older youth to play basketball. The current equipment consists of one small playground set for ages five and under.

Student Accepted for NASA Program
Second year Advanced Energy & Fuel Cells student John Corliss was recently accepted as one of 200 national participants in the National Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program, hosted by NASA.

Community college students from across the nation compete to become a National Community College Aerospace Scholar.  Aerospace Scholars are a select group of students who may be invited to visit NASA to participate in an on-site team project.  They also participate in web-based activities as well as behind the scenes tours of NASA, and get the chance to interact with NASA engineers, educators, astronauts, and community college students from across the nation.

This opportunity will provide a hands-on project featuring engineering career possibilities. Selected students will begin the semester commitment with competitive web-based coursework prior to being chosen to visit NASA, including:
  • Twenty hours of pre-work
  • Online interaction with participants and NASA engineers
After the web-based portion is complete, the program chairs will review the work and select a group to attend the three-day workshop at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

According to the NASA website, "As the United States begins the second century of flight, the Nation must maintain its commitment to excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education to ensure that the next generation of Americans can accept the full measure of their roles and responsibilities in shaping the future."
Buck to Present National Webinar
Dr. Roger Buck, Director of the Counseling Center, will present an upcoming webinar for Innovative Educators entitled, "Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: How to Improve the Academic Success of Student Veterans on Your Campus."
 
The seminar will explore the scope of mental health, neuro-cognitive, and readjustment problems that previously deployed military veteran students face as they return to our college campuses. It will also explore some unique issues military veterans who have not been deployed to a war zone may bring to college campuses.

"You may be permanently changed by experiencing traumatic events, however, you do not have to be permanently damaged," Buck said regarding the webinar.

Dr. Buck is a retired Navy veteran with 22 years active duty serving during the Vietnam War era.  Dr. Buck is a licensed professional Clinical Counselor, a Doctoral Addictions Counselor and a retired U.S. Navy Veteran.  He has extensive advanced training and research in human responses to Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  Dr. Buck also has extensive experience as a counselor, teacher, consultant and administrator spanning a 25-year career.
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Kudos Korner
 


GeoEnvironmental Student Publishes Article

Congratulations to GeoEnvironmental Science student Brooke Frusher who recently published an article in the Wisconsin Society of Professional Soil Scientists (WSPSS) Fall/Winter newsletter.

The article details Brooke's work in Chuck Simmons' Soil class spring quarter 2011, regarding Wisconsin's Antigo Silt Loam.

Chuck commented to Brooke, "It seems the WSPSS has paid you a remarkable compliment on the amount of time and effort you put in on the project assignment. As for me, I felt you were a wonderful addition to our class and provide a great example of how far you can take a project such as this one to future students."

Kudos to Brooke for her outstanding national representation of Hocking College, and to Chuck for leading this student to excellence.



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