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 Facilities Advisory Council Accepting Applications
The FAC is an advisory body to the President for current and multi-year physical plant issues, project priorities and policies having an impact on the physical plant. It is chaired by the Vice President of Administrative Services, with the Vice President of Financial Services and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs/Provost serving as Vice-Chairs.
Council members are appointed by the President and are expected to serve as representatives of the entire college community as they conduct Council business. They communicate to and provide feedback from the campus on matters that impact facilities, land acquisition and/or disposal, grounds, health and safety and the overall look and feel of the campus. The Chair and Vice-Chairs communicate FAC recommendations to the President.
FAC members serve two-year terms. Employees interested in joining FAC should email one paragraph expressing why they are interested in serving to Myriah Short, Vice President of Administrative Services. Membership requests will be placed into one of the following categories and forwarded on to the President to make the appointments:
- Three faculty members from the Professional Bargaining Unit
- One non-academic member from the Professional Bargaining Unit
- One member from the Support Staff Bargaining Unit
- One member from the Police Bargaining Unit
- One dean
- One representative from the Perry Campus (may also be from among any of the previous categories)
- One representative from the Logan Campus (may also be from among any of the previous categories)
- Five at-large members (may also be from among any of the previous categories)
- Three representatives from the student body
- Five alternates - Two at-large; One Support Staff Bargaining Unit; One faculty member of Professional Bargaining Unit; One faculty non-bargaining
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New Payroll Deduction Options for Scholarships
Faculty and staff may now have the option of donating to the Susan K. Ipacs Scholarship and Goal: Graduation! Scholarship through payroll deductions.
The Susan K. Ipacs Nursing Legacy Scholarship Fund was established at the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio to honor the work and life of Susan Ipacs, former Associate Dean of the Hocking College School of Nursing. As so many depended on Sue for her compassion and dedication to the profession, it is the hope that students pursuing their nursing degree remember the reason behind their studies, and the importance of compassion for people each day, as a result of the scholarship. The scholarship awards a qualified second year Hocking College nursing student financial aid.
Goal: Graduation! Scholarships are designed to assist students in continuing with their studies without interruption, as students sometimes find financing college more difficult as they progress through their program. The minimum eligibility requirements are as follows: student must have at least a 2.75 grade point average, 45 semester hours toward degree completion, exhausted all sources of eligible financial aid (including federal aid), a letter of recommendation from a Hocking College faculty member, and a brief personal statement addressing career goals upon degree completion and difficulties encountered. The appropriate aid-year Federal Application for Financial Aid must also be filed.
Hocking College employees can make donations to these scholarships through payroll deductions. A minimum of 12 participants with a donation total exceeding $100 is needed to establish and maintain payroll deduction. For more information, or to request payroll deduction, please complete the donation form and return it to Ted Swallow at 740.753.6559.
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 Q2S Advising Training Sessions
Kensey Love, Beth McKenzie and Joe Wakeman will offer Q2S advising training sessions for the next three weeks or until needed. These sessions will be identical to those offered last week at the All Employee Learning Day, reviewing the Student Educational Plan (SEP) application.
Full-time faculty with advising responsibilities are strongly encouraged to attend at least one session to help your students navigate through the quarters to semesters transition. Please note that some deans are making attendance mandatory for full-time faculty; check with your unit.
If you want to experiment with the tutorial before a session, follow the directions on the PDF entitled "Student SEP Tutorial."
The sessions are as follows:
- Monday, 2/20 and 2/27, PSS 201, 12-1pm
- Tuesday, 2/14, 2/21 and 2/28, DVD 314, 10-11am
- Wednesday, 2/15, 2/22 and 2/29, JL 347, 3-4pm
- Thursday, 2/16, 2/23 and 3/1, JL 347, 4-5 pm
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Important Budget Information and BAC Update
Gina Fetty, Hocking College's Vice President of Financial Services, announced the official closing of the 2011 fiscal year and changes in budget policies.
The state auditor's office recently accepted the audit report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, meaning the fiscal year is officially closed and carry-forward funds are now available. The Fiscal Office will now provide the carry-forward report and the document that needs to be completed to inform the fiscal office of intended use of carry-forward funds. Gina must approve the timing of funds being released, but she is no longer required to approve requisitions of $1,000 or more. Budget Planning Unit Heads will still need to approve requisitions for their planning units in excess of $2,000, but the fiscal office is also looking into changes in that arena.
Within the next week, the fiscal office will enable system controls to aid in ensuring that budgets are not overspent. The system will not allow transactions to go through without adequate budgets in place in the line items being charged. Payroll rosters are now available to departments on a monthly basis to assist with controlling payroll costs within their areas. The payroll rosters will be posted to the website.
A number of departments will be contacted in the near future to participate in budget hearings before the Budget Advisory Council (BAC). The BAC has determined the breakdown of the planning units into sessions of presentations. All areas utilizing unrestricted funds of the College will have an opportunity to showcase their unit in a very concise presentation and request additional funding for specific needs in the next fiscal period.
The fiscal office is planning formal training sessions on different aspects of managing a departmental budget, but individual training sessions are also available. For more information or to schedule a training, please contact Gina Fetty at 740.753.6445.
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 Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators Association to Offer Class
This course, or equivalent, is required for those interested in obtaining their own Category I Ohio Division of Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit. The training covers state regulations, handling wildlife calls, neonatal care of orphaned wildlife, zoonotic diseases, stabilization, and transportation of Category I species (tree squirrels, ground squirrels, and Eastern Cottontail Rabbits).
The registration fee is $35 for OWRA members and $50 for non-members and includes a manual, handouts, certificate of completion, and lunch. Further details and registration are available online.
OWRA is a non-profit organization with members from a wide range of backgrounds. OWRA provides training, networking and referral information to wildlife rehabilitators so they can better assist the public when injured, orphaned, or diseased wildlife are encountered. OWRA also works to improve the quality of care given to Ohio's native wildlife and inform the public about issues impacting wildlife.
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Medical Mutual Donates to Scholarship Fund
Medical Mutual, Hocking College's insurance carrier, entered into a four-year scholarship donation plan with Hocking College, beginning with giving $10,000 to the John Light Scholarship fund Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Kim Blunt, Medical Mutual service representative for Hocking College, said Medical mutual has made a four-year commitment to donate $5,000 to the scholarship fund, the $10,000 payment going towards 2011 and 2012. This is the second scholarship funding agreement Medical Mutual has had with Hocking. The last agreement, which ended in 2010, provided $4,000 annually for four years.
The money donated by Medical Mutual will go towards building the endowment for the John Light Scholarship Fund, which is a Hocking College Foundation Scholarship. No criteria have yet been established for awarding the scholarship. |
 OEA Support Staff Holds Blanket Drive for Athens Red Cross
The Red Cross distributes blankets to those who have lost their possessions in events such as fires, floods and tornadoes. They also use the blankets in their emergency shelters.
Queen and full size blankets are preferred, but twin size blankets can be donated for children. Any type of clean, new blanket can be donated.
The following people will accept donations: Tarra Begley Hoops (DVD 217), Cindy Wasson (PSS 101), Jodie Lewis (JL 179), Adeana Meadows (JL 148), Kim Coy (JL 367) and Cindy Dillinger (NNR 202). |
 Archaeology Students to Attend Summer Dig
The dig, which is the second archaeological dig at the site, is hosted by non-profit volunteer organization Friends of Mountwood Park. This year's dig will cost an estimated $4,511, which will be raised through donations. Wood county commissioners have agreed to donate $2,000 from video lottery funds to the dig.
The dig is being conducted at the former home of oil and gas pioneer W.C. Stiles. Stiles, also known as the "Father of Volcano," built the mansion in 1874.
At the conclusion of the dig, the artifacts will be taken back to Hocking College where they will be cleaned, conserved, analyzed and returned to be placed on display. Some ceramic and porcelain fragments may be able to be pieced back together.
Ericksen and four students in the archaeology program attended last year's dig, which took place from August 15-25, 2011.
This year, the dig is open to the public. For more information, see the article, "Commission gives $2K to dig" in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
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Wayne National Forest Offers Activities for Kids
The Wayne National Forest features its Wild Weekend Discovery series for kids on the first Saturday of every month at its headquarters on US Hwy 33 between Nelsonville and Athens.
A different educational topic aimed at children in the preschool to fifth grade age range is featured monthly. The kids can participate in activities and crafts related to the day's theme. Each child receives a Smokey Bear punch card that is punched for each day they participate. Children will receive a patch on their sixth visit with the card.
The featured topic on March 3, 2012 will be reptiles. On April 7, 2012 children can learn about the weather and clouds. The day is divided into three one-hour sessions starting at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. Space is limited to 15 seats per session. To preregister, call 740.753.0101. For more information, follow the Wayne National Forest on Twitter @waynenationalfs.
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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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Physical Therapy Instructor Recognized |  |
The American Physical Therapy Association has recognized Tobe Gillogly, an instructor in the Physical Therapy Assistant program, for advanced proficiency in the neuromuscular field of pediatric physical therapy. She will be honored at the 2012 American Physical Therapy Association honors and awards ceremony during the association's annual conference June 6-9, 2012 in Tampa, Fla.Gillogly, who is also a pediatric physical therapy assistant at Ohio University Therapy Associates, received her bachelor of fine arts degree in dance from Ohio University in 1993. She graduated from the physical therapy assistant program at Hocking College in 2003, and last summer she received a master of science degree in family studies from OU. Gillogly completed all of her programs with honors.
Requirements for the recognition of advanced proficiency by the American Physical Therapy Association include having five years of work experience including a minimum of 2,000 hours total and at least 500 hours in the past year in the one of the following areas - aquatic, cardiovascular/pulmonary, geriatric, integumentary, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular and/or pediatric physical therapy; completing at least 60 contact hours of continuing education in physical therapy within the past five years; displaying consistent, above average job performance; and demonstrating involvement in at least three activities that showcase leadership abilities and contributions to an employer, profession and/or the community.
Congratulations to Tobe for her achievement in this area!
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