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 Welcome Week Events
Monday, August 25:
Tuesday, August 26:
- Ice Cream at the Student Center, 12 - 2 p.m.
- Visual Arts
Center Open House, 3 - 5 p.m.
Wednesday, August 27:
- Cotton Candy at the Student Center, 12 - 2 p.m.
- Library Open House, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Thursday, August 28:
- Student Center Open House and Water Slide / Slip-N-Slide, 12 - 4 p.m.
Friday, August 29:
- Hot Dogs on Patio at the Student Center, hosted by Student Government, 12 - 2 p.m.
Welcome Week sponsored by:
Rocky Outdoor Gear Store
L'Heureux Properties
Domino's Pizza Nelsonville
Kroger Nelsonville
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Change in Payment and Scheduling Policy
This semester, students who do not submit some form of payment will no longer automatically have their class schedules dropped due to non-payment.
Any student that wants to withdraw from autumn semester classes must complete the withdraw process by Sunday, August 24, 2014 to receive a 100 percent refund. Tuesday, September 9, 2014 is the last day to withdraw at an 85 percent refund. Anyone withdrawing after September 9 will owe the full amount of any charges due.
By the first day of class, each student must sign and submit a Hocking College Registration Terms and Promissory Note (link) and establish a method of payment. You can download the Registration Terms and Promissory Note and submit the form to the Cashier's Office in the Student Services Concourse. Please note that the Hocking College Registration Terms and Promissory Note is different than the Master Promissory Note required to receive federal student loans.
If you have not established a method of payment for the 2014 autumn semester, please contact the Cashier's Office in person or at cashiers@hocking.edu indicating your planned method of payment.
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Thanks to everyone who participated. Remember you can come back next year as a peer mentor. We hope you had the time of your life!
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Tips For Starting College
- Go to class. Students who succeed show up!
- Find out how you learn. Some students take notes, some students record lectures. Others work best by studying in a group or with a buddy. Many students find that breaking up their studying into small chunks helps them learn. Find out what works for you!
- Get a planner. Get a book or use an on-line calendar to schedule your class times, appointments, due dates for homework and papers. Schedule time to work, study and play.
- Get involved, get active and eat right! Join a club, get involved in sports, climb, go to Student Government, check out TLC or see if the Access Center is right for you. Students who get involved have friends and support groups to help them get through college! Make working out a part of your routine. Avoid fast fast food and include fruit and vegetables with every meal to help your body and mind.
- Get help early. If you are having problems in a class, talk to the instructor about your options. See if tutoring is available or perhaps a student who is doing well in the class can help you out.
- Make a budget and stick to it. Plan out your weekly income and anticipated expenses. Do all you can to stick to your budget.
- Avoid using credit cards if you possibly can. Some students have run up huge bills on credit cards which have forced them to drop out of school.
- Drugs and alcohol: Make sensible choices and do the right thing. Too many students have their college careers cut short because of the decisions they make in these areas.
- Do you have issues that need to be addressed? Are you lonely, depressed, dealing with anxiety or going through a hard time? Make an appointment with our counselors in Oakley 204. Take care of small problems before they become big problems.
- Stay in college whatever it takes! You will have a more rewarding career and a better life with a college degree. Make the commitment now that you are going to graduate from Hocking College.
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 Are You All Set for College?
Hopefully, you have everything you need to begin your college career. Take a look at the list and below and see if there is anything you need to take care of:
- Parking pass (available from the Cashier's Office)
- Student ID card (available from the Student Services Concourse in Light Hall)
- Have you put your classes in a block schedule? You can print you classes in a block or grab a block schedule from the Concourse.
- Have you picked up all the supplies you need for classes? If not, visit the Hocking College Bookstore.
- Are you on the meal plan? If not, go to the Cashier's Office to look at options.
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 Parking Reminder
As autumn term begins, please remember that all Hocking College students are required to purchase a parking permit from Cashier's Office.
The Hocking College Police Department will begin patrolling parking lots and ticketing cars without a posted permit during the second week of the semester.
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Family Weekend:
Part of Hocktoberfest
Tell your friends and family about Hocktoberfest, the first weekend in October. This will be an action-packed weekend with something to do for the whole family. Check out: Hocktoberfest.
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Get Involved with
Phi  Theta Kappa Honor Society!
Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society of the two-year college. Hocking College has three chapters of Phi Theta Kappa. To be eligible for invitation to the Society, you must have achieved a 3.5 cumulative GPA and have earned at least 12 credit hours. Benefits of membership include exclusive application access to $87 million in scholarships for current and future tuition, subsidized travel, and professional development opportunities. However, all interested students are encouraged to pursue research, leadership development, and service-learning with their campus chapter. The following are few exciting opportunities going on with Phi Theta Kappa at Hocking College: Phi Theta Kappa Moodle Platform - During week one, all members, officers, advisors, and eligible students from spring/summer semesters 2014 will be uploaded to the Phi Theta Kappa Moodle platform. This is where you can find out what's happening with your campus chapter and how to get connected with honors opportunities. By Friday, September 5, if you are not automatically added to Phi Theta Kappa on Moodle (but would like to be as an interested student), please contact coharaj@hocking.edu. How do I officially become a member? October 1, Phi Theta Kappa will be mailing invitations to all eligible students. If eligible, you should receive both an electronic invitation and one via postal mail. Please follow the instructions in those invitations to officially accept membership. The website ptk.org is secure and safe. Membership requires a one-time lifetime dues payment of $80. First-Year Student? Don't wait until you're officially eligible to get involved! Send a request to coharaj@hocking.edu to get on the Moodle platform so you know what's happening now! Be sure to check out the "First-Year Student Phi Theta Kappa Checklist" document on Moodle. Second-Year Student? Be sure to check out the "Second-Year Student Phi Theta Kappa Checklist" document on Moodle. Chapter Meetings - Whether you're a member or not, join us for chapter meetings this autumn:
- Alpha Mu Delta Chapter (Main Campus): Wednesdays 6 p.m. in OAK 302
- Beta Lambda Nu Chapter (Perry Campus): Wednesdays 4 p.m. at the Perry Commons
- Beta Sigma Omega Chapter (Logan Campus): Thursdays 2:30 p.m. in HCEI 126
Ohio Honors In Action Conference - Friday afternoon, October 31 through Saturday evening, November 1 at Eastern Gateway Community College in Steubenville, Ohio. If you are a current chapter member and/or first semester student and would like to attend this conference, please express your intention via Moodle and/or to coharaj@hocking.edu by October 1. The cost is $25 (all inclusive of meals, transportation, lodging, and conference fee; bring spending money). More information about the conference will soon be available on Moodle. Hope to see you on Moodle and/or at a PTK event soon! |
 Nelsonville Roundabout Project Complete
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.
The Hocking College Landscape Management students and Campus Greens staff planted trees and shrubs, as well as placing large granite boulders in the area. A sign will also be installed welcoming visitors to historic Nelsonville.
"This is kind of a gateway into the city of Nelsonville," Freeman said. "It's going to be very appealing to the eye but safe as you're going around the roundabout."
Earlier this year, Hocking College landscape students also helped with the landscaping at the double roundabout in Logan.
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 Dell Special Offers Available
Dell's is still offering their Back to School deal! Buy a Dell PC for at least $699, and get a FREE Dell tablet.
Also, the Mid-August special is an Inspiron 15 3000 with a fourth generation Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB memory and a 500GB hard drive for $391.99.
Visit www.dell.com/dellu/hocking or call 800.695.8133 with your Member ID: US126609902 to take advantage of these offers.
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STARS Awards
The STARS (Student Team and Academic Recognition System) Ceremony for this semester will be held October 17 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Multiplex and will be honoring achievements from Spring and Summer Semester. We are now accepting applications for nominations in the following areas:
"Green Award"
This will be given to recognize outstanding efforts from last quarter in the area of education of sustainable, renewable and environmental issues or the implementation thereof.
"We are One Hocking" Award
This award will be given to recognize outstanding efforts from last quarter in the area Cross-Cultural Education and/or community unification.
Most Outstanding Contribution to Campus or Community Life
This award will be given to recognize a project which made a
positive impact on campus or community life last semester.
Please send nominations by e-mail to leeg@hocking.edu
Nominations should include the name of the group or person nominated and a description of the project which includes the date that the project took place and should be sent to Giles Lee by the end of September. Feel fee to include photos, video, evaluations and references in the nomination e-mail.
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Ministries On Campus
- I-Fuel: Student Center, 7 - 9 p.m., Sundays
- Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU): Meetings will start soon, watch for details on days and location.
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Sports
 Flag Football League
Intramural Flag Football League games will be held every Monday and Wednesday at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Open Soccer
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday in the Multiplex 6 - 9 p.m.
Open Volleyball Thursday in the Multiplex 6 - 9 p.m. Open Basketball Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Tennis Courts 5 - 9 p.m., Tuesday in the Mulitplex 5 - 9 p.m.
Open Soccer Monday, Wednesday and Sunday in the Multiplex 6 - 8 p.m.
To register a team for Flag Football or any of the open sports, log on to imleagues.com, choose "Hocking College" as your school and create an account. Click on the "Intramurals" tab at the top, click on "Flag Football" or your desired open sport, click the "Register/Sign Up" button and choose create team. Follow the instructions to set up your team, then invite your friends to join!
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Students with Disabilities
If you have any kind of disability, the Access Center located on the second floor of Light Hall in JL 249, can assist you.
Please note that the Student Center has a private changing room accessible to people in wheelchairs. Showers for people in wheelchairs are available in the locker rooms. The swimming pool also has stairs with rails and a lift.
We would be more than happy to make accommodations for any person to attend events. Please let us know what we can do to help. Please call the Student Center at 740.753.6539 or the Access Center at 740.753.7107.
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Hocking Students Place Third in Global Dialogues Contest
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.
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About Us
If you would like to get involved in Student Centered or for more information about anything in Student Centered please contact:
Giles Lee
Prime Minister of Student Activities
Hocking College Student Center
3301 Hocking Parkway
Nelsonville, OH 45701
740.753.6539
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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Great Job on Smart Start!
 Kudos to Giles Lee, the Student Center staff and all the 2014 Smart Start leaders for a fun, informative Smart Start week! As always, a broad range of events was offered for our Smart Start students, giving everyone many opportunities to try new things, meet new people and learn about our campus. Check out pictures of this year's Smart Start events on our Flickr page or see the Smart Start video. |
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Clubs & Organizations
Thinking of starting a new club? Advertise here. Click on the club below for contact information.
Active Clubs:
Yoga Club
Grants are available through the Student Center for club funding! Not seeing your club here? Let us and know and we will add it to the list. Contact Giles Lee
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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Lao-tzu
Chinese philosopher
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Would you like to be a part of campus decision making, make your voice heard on campus, go on trips, attend conferences and trainings, build a resume and gain leadership experience?
Come to the Student Government meeting, Friday at 12:30 p.m. in the Student Center Lobby.
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