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 Second Annual Diversity Week
Hocking College's Second Annual Diversity Week will be held next week, May 7 - 10, 2012. Events celebrating diversity include the following:
Monday, May 7- English as a Second Language (ESL) Presentation - Oakley 208, 1 - 3 p.m.
Presentations, music, and demonstration of various traditions of Hocking ESL students from Oman, Venezuela, and Senegal. - Diversity Games - Student Center Conference Room C, 7:30 p.m.
Play games! Win prizes! Enjoy free food!
Wednesday, May 9
Movie: "Goodbye Solo" - Student Center, 7 p.m.
A Senegalese taxi driver living in Winston-Salem, NC, makes the decision to befriend a depressive passenger with a tragic plan in director Ramin Bahrani's deeply humanistic drama.
Thursday May 10
Diversity Dance/DJ Battle - Student Center Multiplex, 7:30 - 10 p.m.
All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the events. For more information, contact Scot Danhart.
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Faculty Published During National Poetry Month
Deni Naffziger, Communications Faculty, recently published the poem entitled, "Changeable," on the website YARN during a National Poetry Month project.
YARN is an award-winning independent online literary journal dedicated to young adult (YA) literature. YARN was founded in 2010 to showcase a diversity of fresh voices in YA. In April, YARN invited writers to start a poetry mail chain, with the final goal of reaching across the country to all 50 states. These poets then invited a poet from another state to write a poem in response to, or inspired by, the original poem. Deni's poem was part of this literary project.
Visit the YARN website for more information, and to read "Changeable."
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President's List Applications Available
Students with a 3.5 or higher accumulative grade point average and a minimum of 30 Hocking College credit hours have received an invitation to apply for consideration for the President's List. Students are selected for the President's List by demonstrating outstanding leadership and service, and maintaining the highest academic standards.
Faculty and staff endorsements are critical in the selection process. Endorsements with specific information, completed by staff that work closely with a student and have first-hand knowledge of leadership skills and service activities, are a powerful point of consideration in the process. If you cannot provide specific information on leadership and service, please refer the student to another staff member for endorsement.
Students are ineligible for consideration if endorsement forms are not part of their portfolios at the time of review. This year's endorsements are due May 8, 2012. Additionally, should you know of a worthy candidate who has not been invited to apply, please ask them to stop in JL 154 to pick up the necessary paperwork. Applications will also be made available at the Perry Campus.
We thank you in advance for providing the supporting documentation necessary to assist us in making these selections. Your time in this process is very much appreciated.
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 Broadcast Students "Dance with the Stars"
The Broadcast Production and Engineering students recently provided video support for the third annual Dancing With The Athens Stars fundraiser for the American Red Cross. Hocking students produced 12 unique video packages, one for each of the 12 dancers, and provided multi-camera video coverage of the live event that was streamed live over the Internet and will be edited into a DVD.
Students also edited music for each dance routine, prepared a PowerPoint presentation for pre-show display and a humorous outtake video for the intermission. Saturday's event grossed over $70,000 for the Athens County Chapter of the American Red Cross. This has been the most successful Red Cross Fundraiser to date and is being heralded as the single largest fundraiser in the history of Athens County.
Great job to Coordinating Instructor Harry Tompkins, and his Broadcast Production students!
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All Employee Learning Day is May 2
All Employee Learning Day is Wednesday, May 2, 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, in which President Erickson will provide a status report on the progress of the implementation of the Hocking College Strategic Plan. The afternoon will feature further sessions for academic departments. 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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NRTI Grads Excel in Field
Two graduates of the Hocking College Ranger Training Institute recently made the news with their excellence in the field.
According to The Ironton Tribune, Travis Kling, NRTI grad and Hanging Rock Police Officer, stopped a pickup truck for a stop sign violation just off the State Route 650 exit about 10:30 pm. April 7. Officers arrested four men on multiple felony charges including illegal manufacturing of methamphetamine and possession of drugs and drug instruments.
Heidi Greenleaf, NRTI grad, landed a position at Cape Cod National Seashore after graduation. In the course of training, she was one of 54 students ranging in skill level from beginner to advanced to take part in a week-long basic technical rescue training session at the Delaware Water Gap. The training, accompanied by a video, can be viewed on the WFMZ website.
Both are stories detailed on the National Ranger Training Institute blog, by Bill DeWeese, NRTI Coordinating Instructor.
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 Participants Needed for Mobile Research Study
Participants can be male or female, but must be older than 50. They will own an iPhone or iPod, or have experience with smart phones. Participants will use four apps and evaluate them during the experiment. They will be paid $25 for their participation, approximately two hours.
Anyone interested should contact Emily (Shijing) Liu at 347.687.7051 or sl427210@ohio.edu.
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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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Culinary Faculty Qualifies for Regional Competition
| Congratulations to Meegan Roberts, adjunct faculty in the Culinary Arts program and pastry chef at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, who is one of three chefs competing to earn the title of Northeast Regional Pastry Chef of the Year in New York on April 28, in a regional competition hosted by the American Culinary Federation.
The pastry chefs will prepare four portions of a hot or warm dessert featuring pineapple. They will have 15 minutes to set up, 60 minutes to cook, 10 minutes to plate the dessert and 15 minutes to clean up. Judges will evaluate cooking skills, taste and professionalism. The winner will be announced April 30, and will advance to the national finals in Orlando, Fla., with an opportunity to win $5,000.
Meegan is a 2005 Hocking College Culinary Arts graduate. Prior to joining the staff at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Roberts worked at the Athletic Club of Columbus and at Handke's Cuisine.
"I love cooking for people ... and bringing happiness to them when I see them smile after a meal," Meegan said.
For the complete article, visit ThisWeek Community Newspaper.
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