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Master Chef Joins Culinary Arts Program
Alfonso Contrisciani, one of only 67 Certified Master Chefs in the U.S., has joined the Hocking College McClenaghan Center for Hospitality Training. Contrisciani has 32 years of culinary experience, including orchestrating several presidential dinners in Washington D.C., as well as President Obama's Inaugural balls, and has been featured on the Food Network.
He will teach savory, baking and pastry; and meat, poultry and fish fabrication classes, and will serve as Director of Continuing Education and Contract Food Service.
"Hocking College culinary program currently has all the elements key to training the chefs and hospitality operators of tomorrow," Contrisciani said.
He earned an associate's degree and a bachelor's degree in culinary arts from Johnson and Whales University. In 1996, Contrisciani earned the title of Certified Master Chef from the American Culinary Federation, a distinction only 67 chefs in the U.S. can claim, involving rigorous training, including an eight-day examination.
Contrisciani has held numerous vice president and director positions in some of the country's leading hotels, restaurants, universities and food service companies. As Vice President of Culinary Development for Centerplate, Inc., he directed several of the largest convention centers in the country.
He has garnered more than 75 national and international awards and competed as a member of Team USA in the International Culinary Olympics. Contrisciani is a member of the American Culinary Federation, World Master Chefs Societies, Global Master Chefs Society and the International Food and Beverage Forum.
Contrisciani believes in sustainable foods and green initiatives and applies them to his daily operations. He is an active member of the Ohio Community Agriculture System and believes our future is in a sustainable, organic farming system to preserve our ecosystem.
"Sustainability, farm to table, all natural and organics is the way of the future. Hocking's program is continually improving to meet the needs of tomorrow's food service industry," Contrisciani said.
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All Employee Learning Day is February 8
All Employee Learning Day is Wednesday, February 8, 2012. The Employee Learning Day will feature activities for all employees, so both faculty and non-faculty employees should plan to attend.
An all-employee assembly will be held in the morning to provide the latest information on our conversion from quarters to semesters. The afternoon will feature further sessions for academic departments to discuss the quarters to semesters conversion. Several topical workshops will be offered to non-faculty employees in the afternoon. A final agenda will be distributed soon.
All college offices will be closed for the entire day, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., in order for all members of the campus community to participate. Please post signs about the closure in your departments as soon as possible, so our students are aware that offices are closed.
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 Buck Speaks About Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Buck explained how it can be difficult for veterans with PTSD to return to school because they often no longer fit in with the typical college crowd. He said childish behavior on the part of "traditional teenage students" can be disrespectful to veterans with PTSD, who tend to have more leadership and life experience than their peers.
Faculty and staff as well as students tend toward a less than compassionate attitude toward PTSD sufferers and a lack of respect for the sacrifices of veterans' friends who were killed or injured, according to Buck.
"These guys have seen horrible events, smelled horrible stuff and experienced extreme human emotions," Buck said. "People need to be more understanding."
Read more in The Lantern.
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Love Named Director of Institutional Research
Congratulations to Kensey Love on her move from Director of Articulation and Transfer to Director of Institutional Research, Planning and Policy.
Love has worked for Hocking in different capacities since October of 2001. Her positions have included advisor, counselor, partnership associate, instructor and director. She has also worked for the University of Rio Grande as an adjunct professor of public administration since 2007.
Love earned her associate's degree in applied science of natural resources from Hocking College, her bachelor's in public administration from University of Rio Grande and her master's in higher education from Ohio University.
In her new position, Love will serve as the college's primary resource for all institutional research, reports and planning efforts. This position's major responsibilities are to provide valid and reliable information to support informed decision making by the College administration and faculty, and direct college-wide master planning.
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 Workshop Offers Free Books, Literacy Training to Parents
Whether a child is four days old or four years old, it is not too early or too late to start building early literacy skills. The Athens County Public Libraries are offering this free one-hour workshop to Hocking College students and staff who are parents and/or caregivers of children from birth to age five.
Every Child Ready to Read is a nationally recognized, research-based training program that teaches techniques to develop early literacy skills in the very young. Everyday routines can easily be adapted to include opportunities for learning. Singing, talking, reading, writing and playing can help caregivers and parents prepare young children to be ready to learn when they reach school age.
The Hocking College Community Outreach Center is proud to co-sponsor this program as a means to boost literacy and encourage students and staff to achieve a work/life balance.
Each workshop is limited to 20 participants. Please email Suzanne Brooks-Korner to register. The event is for parents and/or caregivers only, please do not bring children. You may bring your lunch to the workshop.
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Provost and VP of Academic and Student Affairs National Search Begins
Hocking College recently began the national search for our new Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs. Previous Provost Molly Weiland retired at the end of December. The Provost/VP, under the direct supervision of the president, is responsible for providing vision, leadership, coordination, accountability, advocacy, program development, financial management, and personnel administration for all academic and student affairs functions, in support of the College's mission.
Job duties and responsibilities include: strategic planning and allocation of resources; providing leadership in continuous improvement processes and for academic departments and student affairs staff and functions; guiding professional development activities for faculty and staff; networking; securing grants; providing leadership; overseeing development of new degree and certificate programs; evaluating academic program viability and making recommendations; and serving as lead campus administrator when the president is not available or indisposed.
To be considered, applicants must have at least a master's degree (Ph.D. preferred), college teaching experience, administrative or leadership experience, and excellent communication skills.
Hocking College employees interested in applying should submit an updated resume to the Human Resources office by February 29, 2012 at 5 p.m.
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Spotlight: Hocking College Geology Club
 The Hocking College Geology Club is a campus organization that mainly consists of students in the GeoEnvironmental Science program - but anyone is able to join. Founded in the fall of 2009, the purpose of the Geology Club is to promote the advancement of Geology and GeoEnvironmental Science at Hocking College.
The group is active in community service and has volunteered with the Friends of the Hocking River, Raccoon Creek Watershed Partnership and the Salvation Army Bell Ringing Campaign. The club also helps clean a two-mile section of State Route 691 in front of Hocking College through the Adopt-a-Highway program.
Throughout the year, the club holds fundraisers such as raffles and soup/bake sales to pay for their annual trip. Each year the group takes a trip that is both educational and fun. Last year, they went to Mammoth Cave National Park in central Kentucky.
The Geology Club meets every other Monday in NR120 (Geology Lab) at 2 p.m. For more information, visit the club's Facebook page. |
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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 Instructor Receives Markwood Award
Kudos to adjunct fire instructor and Lancaster firefighter Craig Spiller, who received the Brett Markwood Award from the Lancaster Police Department recognizing personal and professional integrity, responsibility, appearance, perfect attendance and extra commitment to job, family and community. "While reading the description of the Brett Markwood award, I notice words like 'commitment, responsibility, extra duty, training and education.' I don't know a person that better represents these qualities and that is more deserving of this award," Assistant Chief Jack Mattlin wrote in a letter nominating Spiller. Spiller has wanted to be a firefighter since he was a child and became a volunteer at age 16. He joined the Lancaster Fire Department in 1998. Spiller trains the Lancaster crews, implements training schedules and recently helped the medic service by programming a new computer system. He is a mentor for young firefighters and assistant chief of the Fairfield County special operations team, which takes care of hazardous material. The award is dedicated to the memory of Brett Markwood, a Lancaster police officer killed in the line of duty on February 21, 1993. |
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