Multiple college departments will be open extended hours as autumn semester begins to help students have a smooth start to the academic year.

 

Concourse Hours - August 18 - 22

• Monday, August 18, Open from 8 - 11 a.m.; Closed from 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. for Autumn Start Week Activities; Open from 3:30 - 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 19, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 20, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Thursday, August 21, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Friday, August 22, Regular hours, based on department

Concourse Hours for Student Move-In       

• Saturday, August 23, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Sunday, August 24, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Concourse Hours - August 25 - 29

• Monday, August 25, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 26, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 27, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Thursday, August 28 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Friday August 29, Back to regular hours, based on department.

In addition to their normal hours, the Bookstore will be open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on August 16 - 17 and August 23 - 24. The Bookstore will also be open until 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday both weeks. The Light Dining Hall also has regular hours during both weeks/weekends.

Hocking College will be sponsoring The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!), an innovative program that educates local middle and high school students how to be a young entrepreneur.

According to the Logan Daily, the YEA! program will be at Logan High School this fall with the college's investment of $5,000. This new program trains students between ages 11 and 18 how to launch and develop a real business or social movement over the course of an academic year. By the end of the year, students own and operate fully formed and functioning businesses, which may be carried on after the program's graduation.

"Hocking College is delighted to become a sponsor of this great initiative. The Logan-Hocking Chamber of Commerce and the Logan-Hocking School District are one of three districts in the entire state to receive funding for this effort, and the college recognizes its important role in supporting small business development in the region,"  Dr. Ron Erickson, Hocking College President, said. "We look forward to collaborating with YEA! in helping to make the dream of business ownership come true for students enrolled in this program."

The Hocking College Police Department (HCPD) will offer free Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Systems classes for women this September.

Each class will be three days long and will run from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. each evening. The class schedule is as follows:

• Class One: September 2, September 3 and September 4
• Class Two: September 8, September 9 and September 10
• Class Three: September 16, September 17 and September
• Class Four: September 22, September 23 and September 24

Hocking College Landscape Management students and Campus Greens staff recently partnered with the City of Nelsonville and Rocky Brands to beautify the roundabout near Dorr Run.

Andy Freeman, director of physical plant operations, drew up the plans for the roundabout landscaping and presented them to Nelsonville City Council for approval.

• Cynthia Bauers accepted the Biological Sciences Instructor position. Bauers was previously a research assistant for the Midwest Biodiversity Institute and a senior biologist with Kleski Environmental Services. She received her Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology in 2001 at Ohio University as an undergraduate. As a graduate student of Ohio University, she received her Master of Science, Environmental Studies in 2003. Bauers will use her previous experience to provide a hands-on learning approach for students to understand applied science.
   
• Stephanie Downs, previously an adjunct Forest Management Instructor at Hocking College, has accepted a full-time instructor position. During the past year, Downs has taught classes in forest ecology, forest soils, introduction to forestry, forest management, reforestation and pesticides and forest issues and policy. Prior to teaching at Hocking College, Downs worked as the Forest Health Specialist for the Ohio Division of Forestry. Through her experience and knowledge gained in her prior positions, Downs will bring her enthusiastic and organizational personality to Hocking College to make a positive contribution to students and colleagues in the Natural Resources department.
   
• Mary Ann Simon recently accepted the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Program Coordinating Instructor position. Simon was previously the director of the PTA program at Remington College near Cleveland, OH. The program recently received both candidacy and full accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). Simon will use her communication abilities, organizational skills and strong work ethic to provide management and effective teaching method.

Please pass the word along to any students who may be interested that the Work Station will host its first Seasonal Hiring Event on Tuesday, August 19, 2014.

 

Five employers (Adecco, Bellisio Foods, Career Connections, Ed Map and Residential Programs, Inc.) will be accepting resumes and interviewing applicants for various seasonal positions.

 

Capacity is limited, so interested job seekers must set an appointment to attend the event by calling Nancy Stotts of The Work Station. She can be reached at 740.677.4240.

 

Candidates should bring their resume and to dress appropriately for a possible on-the-spot job interview.

Five students at Hocking College placed third in the national 2014 Global Dialogues contest. The team of five talented students consisted of Victoria Moyer of New Lexington, Lakota Boetcher of Rockbridge, Courtney Carsey of Albany, Jeff Barnes of Circleville and Clarence David Harris of Glouster.

Global Dialogues is an organization that strives to encourage creative young people to cultivate empathy, compassion and unity through the power of media. The organization hosts yearly contests to empower young people across the world to speak out about serious taboo topics such as child abuse and sexuality. The contest gives participants creative freedom to write fiction or non-fiction, create a video, play, poem or short story; but all creations must be related to a given subject.

The team created a narrative called, "The Story of Ronnie," for a college psychology course. The story was about Ronnie's transgender life journey. The students divided the work, each concentrating on a segment of Ronnie's life to focus on the challenges and supports that Ronnie would face as she matured. The students mixed their segments together to finalize the story, ending with Ronnie's wedding and eventually finding true happiness.

Hocking College student Ndeye Penda Leye of Senegal, was also selected as one of the 20 international winners of the contest. Penda wrote the heart wrenching, fictional account of the circumcision of a five-year-old girl. This was Penda's second year placing in the top 20 of the Global Dialogues contest.

The August 2014 Issue of Impact on Wellness  covers a variety of health and wellness topics including teen drug use, diabetes and depression in college. 

The Hocking College Health and Wellness Committee is pleased to offer a new benefit to Hocking College employees and retirees. Ohio University's WellWorks is the OU employee health and wellness facility - undergrads are not permitted to join. The facility is open to not only OU employees, but also community members. Hocking College has joined WellWorks as a corporate member, which means that our employees, their immediate family (children 13 - 20 years of age), and retirees are now eligible to join WellWorks at the corporate rate - a significant savings!

WellWorks Corporate Gold annual membership rates are $175 for an individual or $265 per family.  WellWorks offers a fitness facility on OU Campus in Grover Center E124 and many different types of group fitness classes, all included in the annual membership rate. Parking for the facility is free and accessible directly in front of the building. Personal training is also available, and both members and non-members can take advantage of on-site massage therapists and nutrition counseling.

For more information and rates, visit their website at http://www.ohio.edu/wellworks. The Human Resources department currently has free day pass coupons available so that you can try out the facility before you commit to membership. Be sure to notify them that you are an employee/retiree of Hocking College when you join, in order to get the special rate.

Hocking College graduate, Josh Hinty is the new lunch chef at 9 Tables on North Shafer Street in Athens. He received a culinary arts degree in 2013, but has worked his way up in the dining industry for 20 years.

He was recently featured in the Athens Messenger where he was interviewed about his new position at 9 Tables Express. He mentioned that the training he received at Hocking College helped him learn what he hadn't been able to learn elsewhere. "There are teachers there that have forgotten more than I know," Hinty said.

His mom was a waitress at a restaurant in Chillicothe when he was younger and he always helped her out. "I probably wouldn't have the passion that I do without my mom," Hinty said.

9 Tables was a reservation-only restaurant, which only served multiple-course dinners. Hinty's wife, Courtney previously spoke with the owner, Bill Justice to get the family a spot on the menu. After Justice spoke with Courtney and observed Josh's work, the restaurant offered the Hinty family a spot to serve lunch. The restaurant is open for lunch Monday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and is known as 9 Tables Express.

Courtney is in charge of the business aspects and Hinty has a small lunch menu including a variety of dishes. The menu ranges from mussels in white wine, to pulled pork and hamburgers and a signature sherry-soaked trifle for dessert.

Read the full article here.