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From the Provost
 Our 80% Campaign
As I'm sure you're aware, today is the first day of Priority Registration for spring semester 2013. In order to ensure we have the best possible spring re-enrollment for returning students, we have kicked-off the "I'm one of the 80%" campaign.
So what is the "80%"? It's our goal for spring semester 2013 enrollment. Simply, we want to make sure that 80% of our students who are enrolled currently for autumn semester 2012 return for spring 2013. Some of the ways we are encouraging spring re-enrollment include:
- Giving t-shirts to the first 1,500 students who register for spring semester by December 14. Students on main campus should see Cindy Wasson in JL 154 for their t-shirt coupon. For students at the Perry Campus, they can pick-up their t-shirt from Christine Woodgeard; At Logan Campus, Nancy Holcomb has the t-shirts.
- Allowing students to quickly register on WebAdvisor before December 14 without making immediate payment. Students need to make sure they either have paid in full, enrolled in the Payment Plan or have financial aid in place by January 2, or they will be de-registered.
- Offering early financial aid overage checks. Any financial aid eligible returning student who is in good standing and registers prior to December 14 will receive their overage check in the second week of classes on January 17.
However, making sure that we maximize spring semester enrollment is something that each and every one of us at the institution can impact.
For our faculty, it's going to take all of us working together one student at a time. Don't leave it up to the students to call for advising. Be proactive - contact each of them to find out their plans for spring semester. As an added incentive, I'm going to invite the faculty members from the first five programs to reach 80% spring semester re-enrollment to a dinner at the Rhapsody with Dr. Erickson and me.
For non-instructional staff, you can help by making it as easy as possible for students to re-enroll for spring semester. By going the extra step to assist our students, whether it be: making sure their financial aid is packaged a day earlier; returning a phone call in one hour instead of two; or, keeping the corridor clean and tidy so a new student has a great first impression of Hocking College, each of us is important to our successful enrollment efforts.
Our goal is to have the most outstanding re-enrollment we've ever had. But, we can only accomplish this with everyone's participation. Thank you for your assistance, and stay tuned for further updates.
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 EcoSustainability Class Holds Campus Clean-Up
On November 8 and 9, three EcoSustainability classes, part of the Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Program, worked to clean up the Hocking Riverfront and the Hocking College campus.
The classes cleared and repaired two miles of trail, including improving three damaged bridges, removing downed trees and creating a water diversion channel. They also trimmed multiflora rose and removed items that would impede walkers on the trails behind the Nature Center.
On main campus, students gathered 11 bags of trash. Near the river along campus, students gathered 13 bags of trash, which they recycled or disposed of. The group also recovered three shopping carts and more than 24 tires.
The students chose these three projects to help make the Hocking Riverfront and the Hocking College campus a little cleaner and easier to get around.
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Daubenmire Named Dean of Arts, Business and Information Technology
Jeff Daubenmire has been named the new Dean of Arts, Business and Information Technology (ABIT). Daubenmire has been the Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences for the past year. He has also coordinated the efforts of the University Center, which facilitates transfer options for students.
Daubenmire has over 23 years of teaching and administrative experience. In the Logan-Hocking School District, he held roles as principal and Director of Curriculum and Instruction. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Hocking since 2005 and has also taught at Ohio University and University of Rio Grande. Daubenmire earned his Bachelor's in Music Education and his Master's in Educational Administration from Ohio University. Daubenmire also served as the Logan-Hocking Chamber of Commerce President and served on the Hocking County Community Improvement Corporation.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for me. I have thoroughly enjoyed my work at Hocking College and look forward to continuing to work with faculty and staff in this new role," Daubenmire said.
Through his previous position, Daubenmire has experience providing leadership and support to faculty and staff in the unit and developing, implementing and evaluating learning experiences. He has also worked to build relationships with other colleges and the local community, maintained approval and accreditation of unit programs, developed and marketed articulation and transfer programs, and provided transfer services to students.
"We are very excited to have Jeff as a member of the leadership team and look forward to working with him," Dr. Carl Bridges, Provost / Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, said.
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 ESL International Students "Travel the World" with Logan School District Students
Hocking College English as a Second Language (ESL) international students gave presentations about their countries and cultures to students in the Logan-Hocking School District.
The ESL students presented at Logan-Hocking Middle School on Friday, November 16 and will give a presentation in Green Elementary on Tuesday, November 20 from 10-11:30 a.m.
The student presentations are a part of the "Travel the World" Hocking College service-learning program developed by Dominika Adamova, a Hocking College's ESL coordinator. Every semester, ESL students visit and present in a local school as a way to educate about diversity and to give back to community. The "Travel the World" program, launched on May 8, 2012, paired Hocking College International English as a Second Language (ESL) students with fifth-graders from Nelsonville-York Elementary School.
This fall, Hocking ESL students will provide interactive presentations, including information about their country and culture, to 120 elementary students and 300 middle schoolers in Logan. The ESL students from China, Venezuela, Qatar, Senegal, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Oman will teach the children to dance Korean pop, make a traditional Venezuelan dish called arepa, write their names in Chinese, Korean and Arabic, and practice Chinese school break exercises.
"The program is based on the premise that becoming familiar with other cultures opens up horizons for young people. As such, it promotes diversity, and it has a potential to prevent bullying and to support intercultural communication," Adamova said.
Not only will the ESL students share their culture, but they will also use this as an opportunity to learn about the American educational system. The presentations serve as the final exam / project to evaluate the ESL students' vocabulary, speaking and listening skills.
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 Students Take "Memorial Voices" Trip to Washington, D.C.
Over Veterans Day weekend, November 10-12, students in English 1152 classes visited Washington D.C. as a part of the Memorial Voices trip. This year's trip marked the fourth year that the classes had visited. Students visited various memorial sites around the nation's capitol as well as visiting many Smithsonian Museums.
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 Counselor's Corner
Counseling Center Working with Suicide Prevention Coalition
Hocking College Counselor Kathleen Kutsko, M.Ed. LPC has been working with the Athens County Suicide Prevention Coalition. The coalition was awarded a grant to provide prevention and intervention training to members of the Hocking College and Ohio University community.
Suicide is a leading cause of death for college students. Research indicates that 10 percent of college students contemplate suicide in a year, and that in the USA, 1,100 college students complete suicide each year. Those are alarming statistics. With those numbers in mind, here at Hocking College, 370 students could be contemplating suicide this year.
In an effort to make sure that those students are more likely to receive help and not become a completed suicide, two trainings were successfully implemented this autumn semester. The first training took place on Staff Development Day in October. Close to 30 people, including many residence life staff, attended the Suicide Talk training. Michael Thompson from Washington State Community College presented this community-oriented program exploring issues in suicide prevention. This basic presentation is a condensed, yet meaningful, interactive presentation on the problem of suicide and suicide prevention. The participants learned about suicide as a community health problem; how to encourage life-protection, preservation and promotion activities; support the spread of training opportunities and networking activities. Most importantly, the participants learned about the importance of identifying the warning signs, listening, asking directly if they are thinking about suicide, and knowing how and where to get help.
At the end of October, 15 Hocking College staff, together with staff from Ohio University, and some local law enforcement and social service agencies met for a two-day training in Athens. The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training was a highly effective interactive learning experience. Participants learned about creating a suicide safer community that preserves, protects and promotes life. For two days, they learned how to connect with, understand by listening, and assist in developing a safe plan for individuals contemplating suicide.
Hocking College now has a team of trained staff who will continue to work together and develop skills to assist students on this campus and create a suicide-safer community.
Some Warning Signs of Suicide:
- Expresses depression, anxiety, stress, and feelings of hopelessness
- Has increased conflict with or aggression toward others.
- Talks or writes about death and dying, killing oneself, or ending it all
- Starts giving away possessions or tying up loose ends
- Withdraws from family, friends, and activities once enjoyed
- Increases use of alcohol and/or drugs or engages in reckless behaviors
- Gains access to guns, pills or knives
Please visit the Hocking College Counseling Center in JL 256, or call 740.753.6095 to talk to a counselor if you notice any or all of these warning signs in one of your students. Please contact Kathleen in JL 256 at 740.753.6099 if you have questions, concerns, and/or would like a presentation in your classroom.
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Student Awarded National Davey Tree Scholarship
Second-year Hocking College Forest Management student Nathan Tway was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from The Davey Tree Expert Company on Thursday, November 15, 2012.
Tway is a Chillicothe native and has been named to the Dean's List several times for academic excellence. Tway was recruited to be a paid dendrology tutor this autumn semester. He also volunteers additional free-time, extending his tutoring help to Hocking College first year Forestry students. He was invited to be a paid intern during summer quarter 2012 for Sabo Forestry LLC. Additionally, he helped with his FFA chapter food drives during high school, has monetarily donated to his FFA chapter banquets since high school and has provided at-cost landscaping services for the past four years to victims of various personal tragedies.
"Nathan invariably displays a high level of interest, diligence, work ethic, leadership, cooperation and professionalism in everything he does," Bob Sabo, Associate Professor of Forestry, said. "I have never observed him as anything but dependable, hardworking, mature, honest and polite."
The Davey Foundation Arbor Grant awarded 40 $1,000 scholarships. Students from colleges and universities throughout North America including Canada applied for the scholarship.
Davey Tree was established in 1880, and offers tree care, vegetation management and utility consulting service, and grounds management or large tree removal. For more information about The Davey Tree Expert Company, visit www.davey.com.
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Hocking College Hosts WIDEN Conference for Inclusion and Diversity
The Diversity Without Division Alliance of Hocking College will host the Winter Inclusion & Diversity Education Network (WIDEN) Conference on December 6 and 7 at the Inn at Hocking College.
The WIDEN program aims to create a heightened awareness of how historical, social, and structural dimensions affect contemporary intergroup relations, empower participants with resources and enhance professional networks in order to provide diversity programming to their organizations and communities.
During the conference, participants will identify their own cultural bias and how it impacts their communication and relationships with others. They will also gain an awareness of how their life experiences have shaped their existing perceptions of diversity.
This program has been approved for an award of 1.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by Ohio University for those who wish to obtain this recognition for participation. There is an additional cost of $20 for the CEUs.
Conference registration is $100 for faculty and staff and $60 for students. The registration includes both days, with a continental breakfast and lunch each day. To register for the WIDEN Conference, please visit the WIDEN Registration Page.
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 Poinsettia Fundraiser for Kappa Beta Delta
Projects in the past funded through the poinsettia sale have included the Rotary bicycle project in Hocking County, blanket throws for Athens County shelters, various church food projects for the needy, Salvation Army stockings, a reception for Kimberly Meadows Senior Apartments while decorating their Christmas tree, donation for a service dog, the American Heart Association and many more. Additionally, if you know of any project that is dear to your heart at this holiday time, please let Kappa Beta Delta know, and they will consider your request.
Please email Barb Sunderlin for an order form. All orders and money must be placed by Tuesday, November 27 at 2 p.m. Checks can be made payable to Kappa Beta Delta. The poinsettias may be picked up on Monday, December 3 between 12-2 p.m. at the warehouse, located next to the Bookstore. Contact Barb at 740.753.7157 or 740.503.9222 if you have any other questions.
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An Update from Chef Alfonso
Starbrick Bistro Spring Schedule
The Starbrick Bistro at the Inn at Hocking College will be closed for lunch beginning November 21 and reopen on January 22 with extended hours. Beginning January 22, lunch hours will be from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and themed days will begin. During spring semester, the Culinary Arts program will slowly introduce "Farm to Table Products" in programs and practicum properties.
Culinary Arts Catering
At McClenaghan Center, the Culinary Arts program can fulfill personal catering needs. Whether it's a department event, a pot luck dish to-go, a family wedding, birthday or retirement party, they can help plan an event. They also are available to provide a free consultation for those working with another caterer or establishment and needing assistance with budgeting. Provide our students with hands-on training to better prepare them for their field of choice by booking a party at the Inn. The Culinary Arts program can cater an event for 20 percent less than the best competitive price.
Hunting Recipes
With hunting season in full swing, Chef Alfonso can provide recipes for venison, rabbit, squirrel, raccoon, possum or game birds. The McClenaghan Center faculty will introduce a Continuing Education program soon, where Chef Alfonso will teach classes on how to butcher, process a catch, cure, brine and smoke it. They will also conduct charcuterie classes and teach how to make summer sausage, pepperoni, salami and other country pantry delicacies.
Holiday Baking
Lastly, the Culinary Arts program is available for holiday baking needs. They will provide the recipes for do-it-yourself meals or prepare it.
Tip from Chef Alfonso: If you are not brining the Holiday turkey or deep frying it, it will taste like cardboard! See Chef Alfonso's recent email for his turkey brining recipe. The open-faced turkey sandwiches now being served at the Starbrick Bistro are all brined.
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 Higher Education Program Offered by University of Toledo
The University of Toledo is offering professional development opportunities for higher education administrators, faculty and professional staff. A new Professional Master's Cohort program will be offered, beginning in the summer of 2013 at Owens Community College in Toledo. This master's degree program is designed to develop leadership skills for entry- and mid-level professionals working in the field of higher education.
Twenty individuals will be admitted to this inaugural cohort. The 34-hour program includes coursework scheduled over five academic semesters, with summer classes that meet in-person for three Saturdays and online for three weeks. Classes in the fall and spring semesters will meet in-person on Thursday evenings from 5-10 p.m. for eight weeks. All classes will be held at Owens Community College. The members of this program will finish their degree at the end of the fall semester of 2014.
The University of Toledo will be hosting three information session beginning in January to discuss the details of this Professional Master's Cohort:
- Monday, January 14 from 6 - 7 p.m. at Owens Community College, College Hall 119, Fireside Conference Room
- Tuesday, February 12 from 6 - 7 p.m. at University of Toledo, Rocket Hall 1546
- Wednesday, March 13 from 6 - 7 p.m. at Owens Community College, College Hall 158, Faculty Development Center
All admissions materials are due electronically to the University of Toledo College of Graduate Studies by Friday, April 12, 2013.
If you are interested or would like more information, contact Dr. Snejana Slantcheva-Durst, Master's Program Coordinator at 419.530.5673. See the attached flyer for more information.
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 Reminder: Foundation Hosts Retiree Breakfast
To celebrate and honor former Hocking College employees who dedicated their careers to enhancing the lives of Hocking College students and the community, Hocking College will be holding a Retiree Breakfast, Wednesday, November 28, 2012 from 8 - 9:30 a.m. at the Inn at Hocking College.
Although personal invitations have been sent, we are still continuing to collect the names of Hocking College retirees. Please feel free to pass along the information about the breakfast to any retiree who may not have received a personal invitation.
Those retired from Hocking College who would like to attend the luncheon should RSVP to Jestinah McDonald at 740.753.7010.
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 Reminder: Book Drive Sponsored by ESL Class
Two weeks remain on the book drive sponsored by students in the ESL 1143 Composition class.
The students are working to collect a variety of books to support the ongoing literacy efforts of Better World Books, which has raised over $12 million towards literacy programs and libraries in the USA and Africa through the daily sale online of donated books.
Better World Books receives donations into their warehouse, separates them into books to be shipped to teachers and schools in Africa without sufficient book resources, and then puts all other donated books up for sale online. The program has also kept over 92 million books from landfills.
All types of books are welcome, even reference books and textbooks. Magazines and journals cannot be donated. Green collection boxes are located at the following places around campus:
- Natural Resources building
- JL Dining Hall
- JL 312
- DVD 1st floor (near library)
- Student Center
You are welcome to donate books from home. Please contact Carla Ryan-Hirst if you have a stack of books and would like students to pick them up from you.
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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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Student Government Travels to Staten Island to Help Hurricane Victims
Kudos and terrific job to Giles Lee and Michael Whittemore, Hocking Americorps representative, who escorted a Student Government-led trip to Staten Island to provide assistance to Hurricane Sandy victims on November 16-18. Stay tuned for more details regarding their amazing trip!
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 Tenth Annual Weightlifting Competition Results
Great job to the Fitness Management Program and Instructors who held an extremely successful Weightlifting Competition on November 8 in the Student Center. More than 43 contestants were evaluated on the following three events: bench press, squat and dead lift. Scores were based on relative body weight (lifted weight divided by body-weight). More than 200 students attended throughout the competition.
The results are as follows:
Males
1st place: BJ Robinson
2nd place: Joe Robinette
3rd place: David Gordon
Females
1st place:
Tiffanie Harmon
2nd place:
Jamie Frolicher
3rd place:
Shawna Holmes
Bench Champion:
Kyle Chaney (350lbs)
Squat Champion: Brandon Graham (500lbs)
Deadlift Champion:
Matt Riehl (600lbs)
All participants were given free t-shirts. Sponsors for the event included: Rocky Boots, Oxy Water, Movies 10, Paradise Beach Tanning, Spring Street Sports, Muscle Milk, T & J Auto Body, Canal Street Barbell, Athens Crossfit, and True Fit Athletics.
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