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Hocking College Discontinues ODRC Contract
Due to decreased revenue, Hocking College will end their contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) to provide educational services to state prisons effective June 30, 2012.
Currently, Hocking College offers certificate-training programs at five prisons located throughout the state. The college's contracted amount with the ODRC decreased by 15 percent in fiscal year 2010, and remained at this rate for the last three fiscal years. Furthermore, federal funding for this program was eliminated in the amount of $120,000 during fiscal year 2012. Finally, State Share of Instruction (SSI) for the college decreased by 12.5 percent from fiscal year 2011 to 2012. Therefore, revenue for this program has drastically decreased.
Because expenses, primarily consisting of payroll, have maintained at the same level, Hocking College has determined this funding model cannot be sustained. The college estimates it will lose approximately $400,000 on this program in fiscal year 2012. Although Hocking College has been affiliated with educating incarcerated students for many years, the college's renewed focus is to assess all programs relative to its current strategic plan and ongoing fiscal viability.
Six professional bargaining unit faculty, who all maintain displacement rights, and as many as 16 quarterly and adjunct faculty will be impacted by the closure.
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 Students Present Capstone Research at Archaeology Conference
"It's not often, nor commonplace, for undergraduate students, particularly those that are only sophomores to have abstracts accepted to a regional conference," Dr. Annette Ericksen, Archaeology program Coordinating Instructor, said.
Sampson will give a 20 minute presentation on her article, coauthored by Ericksen, titled: W.C. Stiles, Entrepreneur of the Volcano Oil Fields West Virginia: an Archaeological Collaboration. The paper outlines the work Hocking College Archaeology students have completed at the Stiles Mansion to date, the development of a public archaeology venue for the region and the Archaeology program's ongoing partnership with the Friends of Mountwood Park. Sampson's paper has the option of review for publication.
Matt Steinmetz will present a poster titled: The Hocking Valley Salines. His presentation will summarize the historic development, geographic distribution, geology and geomorphology of salt production, as well as investigate the relationship between the Hocking Valley Salines and the famous saltworks of West Virginia's Kanawha Valley.
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Office Moves
Looking for locations of your colleagues? The following 24 people/departments have moved offices in the last two weeks:
Rev. Bill Bales - Student Center 204
Mike Belcher - JL 171
Julie Brown - JL 157
Sue Chiki - JL 353B
Julie Conrad - Oakley 210I
Ben Dalton - JL 155
Linda Deeds - Oakley 210 & JL 353
Bob Florek - JL 176
Debbie Gyure - JL 148
Crystal Howard - JL 180
Job & Family Services - JL 241
Laura Kreider - Oakley 204B
Kensey Love - JL 167
Alan Markovich - JL 191
Chris Mays - JL 181
Brad McGrath - JL 198
Adeana Meadows - JL 154
Mindy Roggow - Oakley 210B
Mary Russell - Oakley 210I
Amy Shaner - JL 353
Lisa Steffensen - JL 194
Lisa Stevens - JL 159
Ted Swallow - JL 148
Joe Wakeman - Oakley 210E
Additionally, the mailroom will be relocating to the warehouse this Thursday, March 15, 2012. It will be closed for the move, but should resume operations on Friday, March 16, 2012.
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 Hocking College Awards Scholarship to Archers
Hocking College offered scholarships to the first, second and third place winners in both the male and female divisions of the final shoot-out of the 2012 National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament in Columbus on March 2, 2012.
The tournament was coordinated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife and held in conjunction with the Arnold Sports Festival. A total of 1,319 students from 55 teams statewide competed in the tournament. Competitors could score a maximum of 300 points by shooting arrows as close to the center of a target as possible. The top male and female archers were determined by a shoot-off between the top three boys and top three girls from each of three age divisions. Logan High School was the overall winner of the tournament.
Thirty-three Ohio teams qualified to compete in the NASP National Invitation Tournament to be held in Kentucky this May. For more information and names of the scholarship winners, see the article on the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website.
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Assessment Office Update
Per the e-mail from Hocking President Dr. Ron Erickson last week, access to the Hocking College E-Portfolio Management System will be discontinued on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Please be sure to review any student portfolios used in your classes prior to this deadline. Students have been instructed to download any artifacts that are stored on the system to their personal jump drives if they wish to keep them for future reference.
The Hocking College Television Studio will continue to provide services with regards to recording student speeches for faculty that view the process as an important component of student self-assessment. Some instructors have already indicated that they would like to continue recording student speeches for their Capstone and speech classes. The process for making reservations and scheduling the recordings may be modified as future needs are evaluated. Contact Todd Whited at ext. 6073 with any questions.
Name the newsletter!
The Assessment Office is looking for your help to name the Assessment of Student Learning Newsletter. Select one of 32 name options in an online survey by 5 p.m. on March 14, 2012.
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 2012: A Big Year at the Nelsonville Community Garden
"Because of all the double digging, composting, cover cropping and garlic planting last year, there is a lot of easy, productive gardening that can be done at the site starting now," Johnson said.
If you plan to attend the meeting, or are interested in a plot at the garden, contact Badger Johnson at 859.801.3137 (Mobile) / 740.593.5971 (Work).
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Students Present Program on Local History
Three Natural and Historical Interpretation students presented a program on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Multicultural Genealogical Center in Chesterhill about the United States Colored Troops from Athens, Morgan and Washington Counties.
Dana Gisser, Curtis Hightower and Logan Lowe worked with Ada Woodson Adams and Nancy Aiken of the Multicultural Genealogical Center to document the histories of the USCT as part of the Civil War 150th anniversary. The students collected documents on the events and lives of the soldiers.
For more information, check out the article in the Zanesville Times Recorder.
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 Lactation Room Opens
Thank you to Robin Wheeler and the maintenance team for their timely completion of this important resource for new moms!
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Updating Degree Pathway Articulations
As we continue to approach the transition to semesters, Linda Howard and Mindy Roggow are in the process of updating Degree Pathway Articulations and Programs of Study with high schools and career centers across Ohio and West Virginia.
In order to make the process as easy as possible, Linda and Mindy plan to match course outcomes against the high school and career center syllabus and course information before submitting for department review. To facilitate this process, faculty should send course title and outcomes for all semester courses to Linda Howard or Mindy Roggow. They will then work to articulate credits to help bring more students to Hocking in the autumn semester.
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Verbatim Hiatus
Verbatim will be on hiatus next week over Spring Break. In the meantime, please continue to submit your article ideas and feedback to verbatim@hocking.edu for when we return.
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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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Communications Instructor to Receive Award
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Deni Naffziger, communications instructor, is slated to receive the Jeff Bierlein Community Service Award at the Disabilities Awareness Festival held by the Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities at the Beacon School in Athens on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. as part of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
In January of 2000, Deni began taking Hocking College students to Atco Adult Services in Athens to pair them with adults with disabilities for the purpose of collaborative writing, including short stories, essays, poetry and songs. Through the course, students learn civic responsibility and, according to Deni, realize they are a part of something far bigger than themselves.
In 2005, Deni, her students and their Atco partners collaborated with area musicians to put their words to music. A compact disk, "Get Up and Fly," was produced, and more than 1,000 copies were sold/distributed. The project culminated in a three-day celebration of community, collaboration, and the arts at Stuart's Opera House during three sold-out shows. Dancers from Factory Street Studio, ages 8-18, choreographed and performed dances to accompany the songs that had been written by Hocking College students and their Atco partners. The local musicians who had put the words to song performed live at the celebration. More recently, the group created another CD titled, "My Little Pancake Button."
Deni's class also works with Passion Works, a collaboration between artists with and without developmental disabilities where studio artists create one-of-a-kind art pieces that provide employment and generate a renewable funding source to continue art programming. The writing produced by the class is often used in Passion Works projects.
Deni has been honored previously for her work with the class. In April 2008, she was also awarded the David Hock Memorial Award for Excellence in Service by the Ohio Campus Compact, an annual award recognizing outstanding community service projects.
The Athens County Disabilities Awareness festival is held annually and is free and open to the public.
Congratulations Deni on your well-deserved award!
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| Hocking Grad Recognized By AlternaCare
Kathi Wise, a graduate of the Hocking College Nursing Program, was recognized as AlternaCare Home Health Service's Employee of the Month for the Fourth Quarter of 2011.
Wise is a registered nursed with 16 years of experience in medical office, hospital and extended care settings. She has been working at AlternaCare as a patient care coordinator and office nurse for the last two years.
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