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 From the President
A New Year, A New Appreciation
Happy New Academic Year!
Those of us who work in the realm of public education have the benefit of planning our work around an annual cycle of beginnings and endings. Today typically marks the beginning of this cycle, with thousands of new or familiar faces coming to us for skills, knowledge and hope. Their faces reflect both excitement and uncertainty, as they continue to pursue a better life for themselves and their families. Even on those days we would rather forget, being a part of a student's personal journey is both a weighty responsibility and a genuine honor.
For me, these are the days in which I pause and imagine the collective efforts going on under our Hocking banner. Across all three campuses and dozens of field-based laboratories, thousands of interactions between our students and our employees are building the future of our country and our way of life. That's what we all do for a living: we build the future, one student at a time.
So whether you share your knowledge with students, or provide them with a hot meal, or clean their restrooms, or sell them their textbooks, or clear their sidewalks, or attract them to campus, or connect them to the Internet, or take their tuition payments, or schedule their classrooms, or calm their fears, please know you do these and so many other things with your president's sincere and lasting gratitude. You are--and always will be--the very heart of Hocking.
Here's to another wonderful year!
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 From the Provost
And So It Begins...
As usual this will be a very busy week for all of us! So here are a few reminders.
We will have a large number of returning students showing up this week to register, check financial aid, purchase parking passes, make scheduling changes, and the list goes on. So please be patient with our students and with each other.
Remember the students can add and drop this week until Friday, August 29. Next week, September 2 - 5, the students may still drop classes, but in order to add a class they must have permission from the course instructor, and the Add/Drop Form must be signed or stamped by the Provost Office. Remind students that any scheduling changes may impact their financial aid and/or billing.
We are no longer "de-registering" students. If a student wants to withdraw from the institution, they must follow the proper withdrawal procedures (including meet with the Dean or SAC of the program, complete proper paperwork, meet with financial aid and/or cashiers to determine financial impact of the withdrawal.) If the proper paperwork is not filed, the student will be responsible for all charges accrued.
The Student Services Concourse in Light Hall will have extended service hours this week until 6 p.m.
Have a good week --and as always, thank you for your efforts and support.
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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 and establish a method of payment. Students can download the Registration Terms and Promissory Note and submit the form to the Cashier's Office in the Student Services Concourse.
Students who have not established a method of payment for the 2014 autumn semester should contact the Cashier's Office at cashiers@hocking.edu indicating the planned method of payment.
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 Reminder: Student Welcome Week Events
Monday, August 25: Welcome Day Barbecue and Campus Involvement Fair at Robbins Crossing from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Involvement Fair sponsored by Ohio University Credit Union, Prokos Rentals and Thirty One / Catherine Hauschild. Tuesday, August 26:
Ice Cream at the Student Center, 12 - 2 p.m.
Visual Arts 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:
Water Slide / Slip-N-Slide at the Student Center, 12 - 4 p.m., Student Center Open House, 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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Reminder: Extended Student Service Hours for Autumn Semester Start
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 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.
The Bookstore will be open until 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday this weeks. |
 Reminder: Hocking College Police Department Offers Free Basic Physical Defense Classes for Women
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
The primary focus of the system is designed for women to become aware of self-defense options during situations of possible or actual assaults.
The nine-hour class sessions will teach participants important sexual assault definitions, risk reduction strategies, date rape information, weapon safety, defensive movements and motions, and other self-defense knowledge to prevent future harm. This is a course of carefully selected defensive tactics with helpful guidelines for continued personal growth.
There is no registration fee, but class sizes are limited. Contact Angela Perrigio at 740.753.6598 or perrigoa@hocking.edu for registration or more information about the classes.
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 Student Food Pantry Donations Needed
Foundation Director Libby Villavicencio reminds everyone that our students frequently struggle with meeting their basic needs and continuing their education. One of the many ways we can help them is providing food and access to food.
Please consider a donation to the Hocking College Food Pantry, which is empty right now.
Preferred foods are soups, canned meats, peanut butter, cereal and other dried goods are always appreciated.
Foods can be placed in one of the receptacles found on campus in the Student Services Concourse, Dining Hall, Student Center, second and third floors of Davidson Hall, Public Safety Services and Natural Resources.
Additionally, $10 Kroger gift cards are always appreciated, for students to buy perishables like milk, bread and fruit. Cash is also welcome and will be used to purchase Kroger gift cards.
Donations of cash, checks or gift cards can be sent to or dropped off at the Foundation Office in JL367.
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Dell Special Offers Available
Dell's Back to School offer still going on! Buy a Dell PC for $699 or more 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 calling 800-695-8133 with your Member ID: US126609902 to take advantage of these offers. |
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Verbatim Submissions
Ever wonder how articles or coverage ideas are submitted to Verbatim? Have someone or a group of people (or the entire campus!) that you'd like to thank for a great job in Kudos Korner? It's simple! Just e-mail verbatim@hocking.edu with the information that you'd like to see in the newsletter. We are happy to take submissions from anyone in the campus community.
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 OU Printing Services Customer Survey
Ohio University Printing Services, the Hocking College printing vendor, is currently conducting a customer satisfaction survey to help them judge their service.
Anyone who uses OU Printing is invited to complete a very short survey about the current service and provide any suggestions that could improve service. The deadline to complete the survey is September 12.
Access the survey here.
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Ministries on Campus Update
Giles Lee reports that Ed True is stepping down as a minister serving Hocking College campus and thanks him for his work at the college. We will still be seeing Ed who will still be around both in his role as minister at the local Church of the Nazarene and also as a part of the board of Campus Ministries.
Ed will still be taking care of the food pantry who are accepting donations for the coming school year.
Students interested in Campus Ministries are invited to attend I-Fuel from 7 - 9 p.m. Sundays or CRU which will start meeting shortly.
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 Watering Schedule Set for Indoor Plants
The Campus Greens department has been working hard to beautify the Campus both on the outside as well as now the inside with tropical plants in some of our buildings. They have a water schedule set for these plants as well as the personnel who will be maintaining them.
Please do not water the plants in the common areas of the buildings as they are very sensitive to the amount of water they receive as well as the amount of light. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter and enjoy!
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Program ACTIVE: Appalachians Coming Together to Increase Vital Exercise
Become active by participating in a study sponsored by the National Institute of Health, studying the effectiveness of two forms of depression treatment for adults with type 2 diabetes: Counseling and exercise. Both forms of treatment have been proven to help. The goal is to determine if the combined treatment provides better results.
All participants in the study will receive free Dining With Diabetes classes, free health screening, a free pedometer and glucometer, and possibly receive free gym membership and/or free talk therapy sessions. Earn up to $50 for completion of the study.
To learn more, please call 1.855.DMACTIV (1.855.362.2848).
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 Employee and Retiree WellWorks Discount Offered
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. |
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Oakley Hall Air Conditioning Out of Service
The Physical Plant/Administrative Services department would like to remind all staff that the air conditioning in Oakley Hall is currently out of service. They anticipate that it will be back online by the end of the week, and are sorry for the inconvenience.
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Alumni Spotlight
 Alum Began Years of Accomplishments at Hocking College
Allan Fernando Discua Cruz graduated from Hocking College in 1994 earning an Associate Degree in Computer Science Technology. Hocking College was the early start of Cruz's career, where he traveled from Honduras to Hocking to begin his education at the age of 15. Cruz was granted a Friendship Scholarship allowing him to complete an associate degree at Hocking College.
During his time studying at Hocking College, Cruz was awarded the Dean's List Award for Academic Performance, he became a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and he was nominated to receive the National Collegiate Computer Science Award and the All-American Scholar award. Among his many professors, Cruz remembers Gus Morris and Sharon Morel, who taught him the logical world of programming and computer systems.
After earning his degree, Cruz returned home to Honduras to help in the family business and study for further education. He continued his education, completing a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Central American Technological University. Cruz also received his MBS at the University of New Haven, Connecticut in 2000 and then completed his master's in manufacturing at McGill University in Canada.
Cruz was granted a scholarship to pursue a research degree in Spain and Sweden in 2003. He then completed his Ph.D. at the University of Lancaster in the United Kingdom. His Ph.D. thesis, focusing on family business groups, was among the 10 theses across Europe selected for publication in 2009.
Cruz then joined the management school at the University of Lancaster as a lecturer in the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development. He has presented his findings in various international conferences and has published in top international peer-reviewed journals and book compilations.
Cruz believes that a person never knows where in the world they will end up, yet the skills they learn early at Hocking College will help them overcome many challenges. He encourages students at Hocking to always challenge themselves and use their skills to generate knowledge, improve the societies in which they live in and help others.
Today, after all of Cruz's studies, he is a lecturer and also teaches courses related to family business, small business management and innovation. Cruz is involved in various Rotary Clubs and is also involved in the support of local and international projects that affect communities worldwide. In the UK, Cruz is a member of the International Café, and is also a visiting professor in Honduras. Cruz hopes to one day return to Hocking College and share his experiences with fellow academics and students.
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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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 Kudos to the Student Center Staff and All of the Smart Start Leaders Kudos to Giles Lee, the Student Center staff and all the 2014 Smart Start leaders for a fun, informative Smart Start week! As always, there was a broad range of events 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 watch the video.  | | Smart Start 2014 |
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