Jon Hull Drums His Way Into Music Career

Jon Hull '12 has proven himself to be a professional musician as well as someone with diverse abilities. He is currently the drum technician/backline gear manager for country music star Jason Aldean.

In the past, Jon has been the personal assistant to Rich Redmond, who is part of the Jason Aldean band. Jon has also shadowed Randy Baja, who is the production manager of Keith Urban. Jon has definitely made his way into the big leagues.

He has eight years of diverse professional drumming experience and graduated from Hocking in the Music Management program with an impressive 3.76 GPA.

Always searching for new gigs, Jon would appreciate a referral to any musicians you may know. To learn more about Jon or contact him, email him at jon@jonnyfletch.com.

 

Jason Warren '06 was recently assigned as the new Ashtabula County Wildlife Officer.
 
Warren is a graduate in Wildlife Management. He has been serving the residents of Wayne County since 2010, until his recent promotion.
 
Congratulations, Jason. Hocking College is proud to have another graduate serving in statewide natural resources preservation.
 
Read more about Jason's accomplishments online.  

Hocking College is putting money saved from utility upgrades to good use.  The AEP rebates received due to upgrading campus lighting have been used to fund exterior building and directional signs on main campus. The new signs are currently being installed around campus.  The confusion caused by no building identification will soon be a thing of the past! 

Hocking College Alumnus, Matthew Fitzpatrick '11, is taking a very unique and rewarding route, moving to Zambia, Africa for 27 months with the Peace Corps. 

Before beginning the Forest Management program at Hocking, Fitzpatrick had no idea what it entailed. As he progressed through college, it seemed more and more logical for him to join the Peace Corps, Fitzpatrick said. "I have a passion for helping people and the environment as well as a great desire to live in an environment foreign from my own and the Peace Corps seems like a great organization to do these things." 

During his time in Zambia, Fitzpatrick will work as a Forestry Agent. The tasks he will face are varied, but concentration is on increased food production and agribusiness. He will assist rural communities to adopt agricultural technologies and techniques that will lead to increased food production. In agribusiness, he will help community members to increase their incomes and income-generating opportunities. 

Fitzpatrick believes his knowledge from his environmental degree helped him get in the Peace Corps. He spent most of his summers during school working for a nonprofit forest conservation organization, Western Wildlife Corridor in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

His work in the Peace Corps seems vast and varied, and he will not know what all it will entail until he is there, said Fitzpatrick.

 The Elevator Speech Marketing Tool

When you're on the search for a new job, it's important to pull out all the stops. The competition for jobs is fierce; in order to stand out amongst the crowd you have to market yourself in the best way possible. For some of us, that doesn't come as easily as others but creating an "Elevator Speech" concisely stating who you are and your most valuable assets can get you on the right track.

For those of you who haven't heard of an Elevator Speech, it's a speech designed to sell an organization or individual's brand to someone in the amount of time it takes to ride in an elevator with a stranger from the top of the building to the bottom floor. It should be engaging, persuasive and brief so that you could theoretically tell it to anyone you meet for career networking, job fairs, during job interviews if asked to talk about yourself, or in everyday situations where you might meet someone and describe what you do in your professional life.

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Kathy Pittman, English faculty member, has been recognized by Inside Higher Education for her outstanding work with student success. 

Pittman has attended workshops hosted by Ohio's student success center, where she gave various speeches on how to improve student success. She also led a discussion at a center-sponsored symposium where she described for her peers how she teaches remedial English to fire science students by using material that relates to their work - known as "high-interest material."

This lesson can apply to instructors at other two-year colleges around the state, even if they are not teaching fire science students, according to Pittman.

Hocking College is proud to have one of their faculty recognized as a national example of modeling student success. Read the entire article at Inside Higher Ed.

Rob Aiken '74

Rob is a Recreation and Wildlife grad.  After leaving Hocking College, he went to OSU for three years and worked for a landscaping firm, Colyn Landscaping. In 1978, he backpacked England visiting his brother, a USAF member who was flying for NATO, and went to Europe using the Euro rail pass.  He also studied Russian and has visited there.

Rob worked a variety of jobs in the late '70's and '80's.  In 1987 he started his own business, Rob Aiken Backyard Gardener.  In 1990 Rob joined the Worthington Chorus, an exciting turning point in his life.

After volunteering for America Flora in 1992, Rob once again became excited about education and re-enrolled in the OSU College of Agriculture and graduated in Agronomy.

Rob has invented compost tools for the home gardener and groundskeepers to provide Green Living alternatives.

Jude Barton '90

Jude is a Hotel and Restaurant Management grad.  Since graduating, he has been working in Columbus, Ohio in various hotels holding positions from Maintenance Tech to Chief Engineer.  He now works as Maintenance Engineer for TMI Hospitality.

Jim Brofft '80

Jim is a graduate of the Environmental Science program.  He is the owner of Jim Brofft Salon Central in Cincinnati.

Allen Gilliland '77

Allen is a Police Science graduate.  He worked for a short time at the Coshocton County Sheriff's Department and then became a US Army MP in Ft Richardson, Alaska.  He worked for the Soldotna Alaska Police Department and retired from the Bristol Bay Borough Police Department in 2003.  Allen is a bush pilot for Katmai National Park in King Salmon, Alaska.  He visited Hocking a few years ago and comments that it has grown since the days of a gravel road and no dorms.

Brandy (Piper) Hanusosky '97

Brandy graduated with degrees in Fish & Wildlife Management, Ranger Services, and Interpretive Services and was the 1995 Miss Paul Bunyan Queen.  She was hired by Lake Metroparks in Lake County, Ohio in September of 1997 and worked part-time as a Farmpark Interpreter, Ranger, Naturalist and Visitor Services Assistant.  She married Matt Hanusosky '96 in September 1998.  In 1999, Brandy was hired as a full-time officer at Perry Village Police Department to work as the School Resource Officer at Perry Public Schools (Lake County).  In 2009 she was hired full-time as a Ranger with Lake Metroparks  where she is still currently employed.  She and Matt live in Leroy, Ohio on a small hobby farm with their two children. 

Matthew J. Hanusosky '96
Matt graduated with a degree in Fish & Wildlife Management and certificates in Tree Care and Timber Harvesting.  He was hired by Lake Metroparks in Lake County, Ohio in December of 1996 due to his training and certifications in tree care and later became a certified arborist with ISA.  In the fall of 2012, Matt changed careers and now works for Lake County Department of Utilities, Water Department.  He still conducts wildlife management consultation and projects as a side business.

Tim Havice '81

Tim is a graduate of the Recreation and Wildlife Program.  He spent 20 years with ODNR with the Civilian Conservation Corps and the last 10 years working with a private non-profit program called WSOS Community Action Commission in Fremont, Ohio in various programs incorporating the Americorp program.

Joel Hirt '82

Joel is a Wildlife Management graduate who was able to work at both the state and federal levels in the parks system and he even spent some time as an EMT.  Joel joined the U.S. Navy and served for 20 years as a nuclear trained electrician and served aboard 3 different submarines.  He is the plank owner of the USS Cheyenne, SSN 773.  Joel has lived in Illinois, Florida, New York, Virginia, South Carolina, and Hawaii.  While serving in the Navy, Joel traveled to Alaska, the Virgin Islands, Korea, Bahrain, Guam and Puerto Rico.  Joel has been married for over 25 years and has four children, 3 boys and 1 girl.  His sons have spent time in the Navy as well.  Joel is currently living close to where he grew up in Ohio and is the assistant plant manager for a large industrial gas plant.

Brien K. Hutt '94

Brien is a graduate of the Nursing program.  He lives in Phoenix, Arizona where he currently works at a skilled nursing facility as the Hemodialysis Coordinator/Infection Control Nurse/Laboratory Supervisor.  He attributes much of his success to his start at Hocking College.

Jeremiah Louden CHA '01

Jeremiah is a graduate of Hotel and Restaurant Management.  He is currently the Lead Regional Revenue Manager at InterContinental Hotels Group in Canton, Ohio.  His past positions include Regional Revenue Manager at IHG, General Manager at Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express and Night Auditor at AmeriHost Inn.

Dennis Quinn '79

Dennis obtained his associate degree in Heat Processing technology and then attended Cleveland State Fenn College of Engineering to receive his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.  He went to work in the labs of North American Combustion Manufacturing in Cleveland, Ohio, which was later purchased by the French company Fives (pronounced Feeves) to become Fives North American Combustion.

Over a 33 year career there, Dennis was head of their marketing division, authoring several patents for burners of industrial furnaces.  He has also been an author in combustion related books and magazines, has traveled the world for the company and currently is the lead managing engineer in their innovation and design division.  Dennis has also taught combustion classes for the Department of Energy all over the United States.

Ronald Vance '94

Ronald is a graduate of the Nursing program. He was recently promoted from assistant professor to associate professor and also received tenure at Ohio University-Chillicothe. He earned his bachelor's degree in nursing and master's degree in nursing, with a focus on education, both from Ohio University and joined the OU-C faculty in 2006.