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From the President
Reflecting on 2012
Happy New Year! As our very first spring semester gets underway, it's rewarding to look back to our last year together as a campus community, and remind ourselves of the many accomplishments and milestones we met in 2012. What follows is just a partial list of our collective achievements:
- Hocking College was granted five-year reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
- Alfonso Contrisciani, one of only 67 Certified Master Chefs in the U.S., was hired and became Dean of the Hocking College McClenaghan Center for Hospitality Training.
- Hocking College expanded the
 Logan Campus by relocating four associate degree programs, including Industrial Ceramics Engineering, Construction Management - Carpentry, Construction Management - Electrical and Architectural and Mechanical Design. - Gail Jordan, coordinating instructor for the Industrial Ceramics Engineering program, was recognized as one of the Top 10 Athens County volunteers with the greatest impact on the community in the Athens News "2012 Annual Manual."
- Hocking College entered into a partnership with the Tri-County Adult Career Center to expand local workforce development opportunities called the Business Training Center.
- Deni Naffziger, Communications Instructor, received the Jeff Bierlein Community Service Award at the Disabilities Awareness Festival held by the Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
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The "Travel Around the World" program launched by pairing Hocking College International English as a Second Language (ESL) students with students from Nelsonville-York Elementary School and two schools in the Logan-Hocking School District. - Two Hocking College Perry Campus students were honored at a luncheon held in their honor at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. Robert Alexander of Crooksville and Colton Barnhart of New Lexington were named to the All-Ohio Academic Third Team for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Dr. Carl Bridges was selected as the new Hocking College Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs/Provost. Dr. Bridges was previously the Senior Vice President of Education/Chief Academic Officer for Empire Education Group, the largest provider of cosmetology education in the United States.
- Ken Bowald, Dean of Natural Resources, was recognized as 2012 Ohio Outstanding Educator at
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the Project Learning Tree (PLT) International Conference on May 15, 2012. He was also promoted to Dean of Natural Resources in 2012. - Hocking College welcomed 779 new graduates to the ranks of alumni, the largest in its history.
- Joel Bitters, EMS Program Instructor, was awarded the Emergency Medical Services Award from the Ewings Chapter of The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
- The Landscape Management program completed three campus projects, including a new amphitheater, the Unity Gardens and Student Center Patio and plantings around the Student Center.
- On May 25, 2012, the first class graduated from the Hocking College National Ranger Training Institute's newly accredited program.
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- Hocking College held our first Homecoming ever, inviting alumni to campus. More than 200 alumni, faculty, staff, students, and members of the community attended the First Annual Hocking College Homecoming on Saturday, October 6, 2012.
- Community College Week once again named Hocking College the top Natural Resources and Conservation Associate Degree producer in the country.
- Hocking College was awarded the Military Friendly SchoolsŪ title from Victory Media Inc. for the third year in a row. The 2013 Military Friendly SchoolsŪ list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are embracing America's military service members and veterans as students.
- Hocking College opened the hot glass studio in the newly named Visual Arts Center as part of the Art, Design and Marketing program. Hocking College is the only two-year college in the state, and the only college in the region, with a hot glass studio.
- The "Apply Your Passion" Hocking College marketing campaign, launched in 2011, placed in the top three in the District 3 National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) for Community Colleges 2012 Medallion Awards competition.
- Nine students and Giles Lee, Director of Co-curricular Activities, traveled to Staten Island to help the Baw
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atnehs, a family whose house was badly damaged by the hurricane. - Hocking College School of Nursing completed their Ohio Board of Nursing (OBN) five-year visit. The preliminary results of the visit found the program to be in full compliance. The program will receive their final full approval by the OBN in January.
As 2013 begins, I look forward to a number of exciting efforts in better serving our students, and supporting each other's efforts in ensuring their success. Next week, I'll provide an overview of what this new year has in store, as we continue to meet the ambitious objectives articulated in our 2010-2015 Strategic Plan.
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Hocking College to Share Printing Services with Ohio University
Hocking College has agreed to a shared services arrangement with Ohio University (OU) in the delivery of printing services. Over the course of the next two and a half months, all printing will be transitioned from our campus print shop to Ohio University Printing Services, utilizing a similar ordering process. Prices will be competitive, and, in all cases, must be cheaper than the cost of having it prepared externally in the community.
Hocking College currently works with Ohio University Printing Services for some items already, such as business cards and high-end printed materials, which could not be done in our print shop. OU Printing Services has a staff of 13 employees to assist with all our printing needs and have won awards for the quality of their printed pieces from the International Publishing Management Association and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
They pride themselves on meeting deadlines, and are accustomed to servicing OU's regional campuses so the procedures for dealing with remote sites have already been established. Furthermore, Ohio University Printing Services has graphic designers on staff to assist in ensuring a quality printed presence. At some point soon, the staff of Ohio University's Printing Services will be on campus to meet with Deans and departmental staff to forge the partnership between our needs and their services.
The concept of shared services is an initiative of the Board of Regents pursuant to Ohio Law to create operational efficiencies and cost reduction by combining efforts of campuses across the state. Two employees displaced as a result of this effort will be provided with career transition services by the Lee Hecht Harrison Company.
Questions may be addressed to Sonja Hill, Director of Retail and Dining Services, at extension 7118.
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 From the Provost
FYI...About First Week Class Attendance
For our first week of classes, please make sure that students are registered properly, that their financial aid is processed, and/or that payment plans are arranged. Faculty: Please print your rosters and take attendance. If you have any students who are not listed on you roster, please send them immediately to Cashier and Records (CARS), the department dean's office or the Provost's office. In most cases, these students have been de-registered, and we need to make sure that their accounts are current. We should never allow students to sit in our classes without being registered or somehow documented in our student information system as being approved to be present. I would appreciate the staff's support in this effort by also directing students to the proper place to get issues resolved.
In addition, if you have any students who did not attend class the entire first week and have made no contact with you, please send their names to your Student Affairs Coordinator (SAC.) For Nursing, Allied Health and Public Safety Services students, please send the names to me. I am in the process of putting together some specific strategies for dealing with student attendance that will involve faculty and staff.
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Ohio Colleges and Universities Establish Remediation-Free Standards 
Ohio's public colleges and universities issued uniform statewide standards on January 3, 2013 for students to be considered remediation-free for college-level English, writing, math and science. Approximately 41% of all public high school students entering a public college or university in the state are currently taking at least one remedial course in English or math.
The report comes as part of the state's effort to reduce the number of college- and career-bound students who need non-credit-bearing remedial courses before they can begin their credit-bearing work.
"We currently have too many students graduating from Ohio high schools who are not ready to enter the work place or be successful in non-remedial college coursework," Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro said. "These uniform standards will help make it clear to students, parents and educators exactly what is needed to be considered remediation-free at any Ohio public college and university."
The remediation-free standards and thresholds are not intended to replace college and university admissions policies; any admitted student who has earned remediation-free status in a subject will be eligible to enroll in a college credit-bearing course in that subject. However, colleges and universities may still require placement examinations to determine the entering course that provides a student the best opportunity to succeed in his/her program of study.
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 NRA Basic Pistol Course Offered
The Hocking College School of Public Safety is offering the National Rifle Association (NRA) Basic Pistol Course on January 19 - 20, 2013 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
This course will qualify the student to apply for their Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) license. The class focuses on low or non-experienced shooters and will be held at the Public Safety Services building and the firing range, both on Hocking College campus. Handguns are available and ammunition will be provided.
The cost is $150 and is open to faculty, students and the general public.
For more information, contact Betty Dalton at 740.753.6451 or Curtis Martin at 740.753.6473.
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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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Alum Named District Wildlife Manager
Congratulations to Hocking College alumnus Tim Parrett of Lancaster, who was recently named the new Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife Southeast Ohio wildlife manager. Parrett was a Hocking College recreation and wildlife graduate and later received a bachelor's degree in fisheries management from The Ohio State University. Parrett began his career with the ODNR Division of Wildlife in 1992 as a fish management unit leader. In an Athens Messenger article, Parrett commented that his experience at Hocking College helped him solidify his career goals. "At Hocking, there's a requirement to do an internship with some sort of agency related to your major," Parrett said. "My time with the fish hatchery as an intern confirmed to me that ODNR was the agency I really wanted to work for." |
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