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 Music Class Raises Donations Through "Ten Dollar Challenge"
The Hocking College Music Entrepreneurship class raised $677.75 for two local charities through the Great Ten Dollar Entrepreneurial Challenge, an exercise implemented by Music Management program coordinating instructor Neal Schmitt.
Each student in Neal's class received $10 to invest in their own micro-businesses. Students were not permitted to spend any money starting their business, other than the $10 provided by Schmitt. After their initial $10 investment, students could use the profits from the first venture to invest in another as many times as they wanted. At the end of the challenge, the initial $10 investment had to be returned.
The challenge took place over four weeks, and students were required to keep records of their activities. Some of their activities included selling food and supplies to other students, creating and selling compilation compact discs, renting items to other students and other fundraisers.
This year's class raised $677.75 from $220 in seed money. The class decided to donate half of the money to the Athens Animal Shelter. The student who raises the most money is the winner of the challenge, and decides the charity that will benefit from the other half of the money. This year's winner chose the Nelsonville High School Marching Band.
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 President of Foundation Board Recognized for Volunteer Work
ACEnet operates three facilities to assist entrepreneurs: the Athens Business Incubation Center, the Food Manufacturing and Commercial Kitchen Facility and the Nelsonville Incubation. The organization offers office and manufacturing space for below market rates. ACEnet also makes available specialty equipment and services, as well as venture loans and e-commerce.
Wood is Board Chair of ACEnet, and Chief Chair of its sister loan organization, ACEnet Ventures. Angie Hawk Maiden, CEO and president of both organizations, nominated him. Maiden said Wood is always eager to help out and can lend practical knowledge and help others starting a business due to his experiences as owner of Don Wood Automotive.
According to the article, Wood said he was excited to be chosen for the list but was happier to have the chance to increase exposure for ACEnet.
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 Personal Computer and Software DiscountsHocking College employees and students are eligible for several different types of computer and software discounts.
Dell, in addition to the Hocking College discount, which offers 30 percent off select systems and 10 percent off Dell mobility products, is now offering a $100 coupon on new computers. Additionally, if you find a better offer on the day you buy a new computer, Dell will beat the price. For more information, please refer to the attached PDF.
Hocking College employees can also receive a discount on software from Academic Superstore. This website offers discounts to students, teachers and schools.
Additionally, the Apple Store offers Hocking students, faculty and staff up to $200 off the price of a new Mac.
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 National Act "Hit the Lights" at Hocking College
National recording artist Hit the Lights, along with supporting acts Call it Fiction, The Grand Kids, Let It Happen, Livethisdown and Midwest Revival, will transform the Hocking College Student Center into a two-stage concert venue on Friday, March 9, 2012.
After the release of their first full-length album This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, Hit the Lights spent six years touring nonstop with bands such as New Found Glory and Paramore. They also released four more albums, the latest of which, Invicta, was released on January 31, 2012. Since the album's release, Hit the Lights have been touring.
The show's opening bands include Call It Fiction, a pop punk band from Akron, Ohio, as well as The Grand Kids, a pop punk band from Zanesville, Ohio. In between main stage acts, a side stage will feature performances by Midwest Revival and Livethisdown, both of which have members attending Hocking College, as well as Let It Happen from Cincinnati.
The concert will run from 6-10 p.m., with music on the side stage starting at 6:30 p.m. and Hit The Lights at 8:45 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are $5, or $6 at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://clwrecords.bigcartel.com.
The concert was organized by two students in the School of Music: Larissa Roman, who started Unsigned Ohio, a music promotion website geared towards Ohio bands; and Jacob Tender, who writes for Under The Gun Review, a music news, reviews, and interviews website.
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Employee Handicapped Parking Relocated
Beginning Monday, February 27, 2012, in order to enhance student access to handicapped parking, employees requiring handicapped parking will no longer be permitted to utilize the handicapped parking spaces directly beside John Light Hall, lot number 11. New signs will be erected in lot 11, indicating "Student Handicapped Parking Only." New options for employee handicapped parking will be located behind John Light Hall, in the current employee parking lot 10, with direct access to Loop Road. See the map below for location information.
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Wild Berry Garden Volunteers Needed
As part of a class project, Natural and Historical Interpretation student Lindsey Kraft has began work on cultivating a community wild berry garden at the Hocking College Nature Center.
The path to the Nature Center is currently overgrown with vines and invasive plant species, such as multiflora rose. Kraft, along with Nature Center director Dave Sagan, have planned three phases to clear the area, plant berries and provide a space for the community to relax and enjoy the garden. Kraft and Sagan are currently evaluating the site and clearing some of the unwanted plants.
Kraft would like the college and entire campus community to become involved in the project. The community will be free to visit the garden at anytime and pick berries, as long as the area is kept clean. Kraft is now writing a proposal for the Community Garden Grant, in which she hopes to fund the project.
Kraft and Sagan are looking for volunteers to help them clear and plant the land. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Lindsey Kraft at 856.383.9242 or Dave Sagan at 740.753.6326. |
 ODOT Recruiting Volunteers for State Roadway Cleanup
The Athens County location for the cleanup is the Wayne National Forest Headquarters and Welcome Center located off of U.S. Route 33 between The Plains and Nelsonville. Volunteers should arrive by 8:30 a.m. At 9 a.m., a short kick-off ceremony will be held, after which volunteers will be shuttled to area roadways. The cleanup is expected to end by noon.
On average, ODOT spends $4 million each year picking up nearly 400,000 bags of trash from highways and interchanges. The cost and time involved for crews to remove litter, however, could be used for much-needed equipment or highway repairs.
Event organizers are inviting area groups, businesses and organizations to join in this event by pre-registering online.
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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 Alum Travels on Mission Trip to Nicaragua
| Tiffany McCombs, 2006 Hocking College graduate from the surgical / operating room technology program and daughter of Jan Six who works in the information technology department at Hocking, recently returned from a mission trip to Nicaragua where she assisted in over 150 eye procedures.
After trying her hand at other businesses, Tiffany decided to enroll in a medical program at Hocking College so she could help people. She was hired by the Columbus Eye Surgery Center, within a week of finishing her clinicals at Marietta Memorial Hospital, where she has worked for the last six years.
Tiffany recently had the opportunity to assist a team of eye surgeons in running a clinic on an all-expense paid six-day trip to Nicaragua. After one day of set-up, the team worked from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the next three days, working on 151 cataracts and glaucoma cases, performing three operations and providing post-operation care.
After the clinic was finished, the group spent a day relaxing at a resort on the Pacific Ocean, but Tiffany said that was not the best part. "The prayers and thanks from the patients was the best part to me. I am very fortunate to have gotten that opportunity and look forward to another trip next year," Tiffany said.
Kudos to Tiffany for her important work in giving back to the global community, and for her excellent international representation of our Hocking College students! |
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