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Upcoming Events
February 12
I Love HC Day
February 16 - 20
Instagram Scavenger Hunt
Third Annual Smile-a-Thon
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Alumni Spot Light
Game Warden Keeps Busy in Ashtabula
 Jason Warren '06, is Ashtabula County's game warden.
Warren graduated from Hocking College's Wildlife Management program before starting his career as a game warden. Warren has been a game warden for the past seven years; he worked in Wayne and Summit counties before going to Ashtabula in 2013. Ashtabula is the biggest county in the state, so it is busier than his previous counties.
"I get to be a law enforcement officer, teacher and biologist all in the same day," Warren said of his varied job expectations.
He spends about half of his time at work on law enforcement, the rest of his time is split between educating the public, recruiting hunters and wildlife research.
Warren, who loves the outdoors, fishing and hunting has found a profession which combines the things he truly enjoys, so if you love what you do is it truly work?
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Student Awarded Soil and Water District Scholarship
Maysville graduate Mallory Spring was recently awarded the 2014 Muskingum Soil and Water Conservation District Scholarship. Spring was recognized at the 70th annual Celebration of Conservation in late October.
Spring is currently attending Hocking College, where she is majoring in Wildlife Resources Management. After graduating from Hocking, she plans to continue her education at The Ohio State University. The MSWCD Scholarship Committee selected Spring based on her achievements and her extensive volunteer experiences in her chosen line of study. She is a member of the Y-Bridge Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Grand Entry 4-H Club, Flocks of Fun 4-H Club, Muskingum County Junior Leaders and Junior Fair Board, and Rolling Plains United Methodist Church. Between school, 4-H, church and community organizations, Spring volunteered well over 2000 hours in her high school career.
For more information on the MSWCD Scholarship or any MSWCD program, contact the MSWCD office at 740.454.2027 or www.muskingumswcd.org.
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Hocking Alumni Receives High Rank in the Wyoming Highway Patrol
Hocking College Alumnus, Ben Schlosser '98, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant in Wyoming's Highway Patrol, he has also been appointed to supervising lieutenant of "Division E" in Wyoming's Highway Patrol in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Schlosser earned degrees from Hocking College, Ohio University and Tiffin University. He worked in New Lexington and Toledo City Police Departments in Ohio before moving to Wyoming in 2007 to join the Highway Patrol.
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Students Wins Dr. Pepper Tuition Prize
Hocking College student Sarah Robotyn won $500 for tuition from Dr. Pepper.
Robotyn entered the contest in the Dining Hall and was randomly chosen out of about 1,500 entries.
Lance Yost, Division Sales Manager for the Dr. Pepper Company, came from Chicago to present the award to Robotyn. Lance Yost is responsible for giving out tuition awards to students at schools throughout the Midwest.
Dr. Pepper has awarded more than $1 million in scholarships across the country in 2014. Since 2008, the Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway has changed many lives by giving away millions of dollars in tuition.
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Reminder: Leisure Learning Workshops
Hocking College will be starting a series of workshops for community members. These sessions will be on and off campus with the intention of strengthening ties with the community.
A workshop might be for an evening or perhaps a weekend, an hour or perhaps a couple of days. Do you have a subject in mind that you might be interested in sharing or learning more about? This could be in anything from cooking to quilting, story-telling or star-gazing...
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We honor and remember these members of our Hocking family:
Mary Dube -76 - Recreation & Wildlife
Randy Matheny '79 - Hotel & Restaurant Management
Thad Hilliard '80 - Wildlife Management
Terry Harris '84 - Practical Nursing
Stephen Donohue '93 -Accounting & Financial Service
Karl Blaine '94 - Practical Nursing
Tina Bobb-Theisen '97 - Nursing
Kimberly Sherrill '97 - Culinary Arts
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3301 Hocking Parkway
Nelsonville, Ohio 45764
740.753.7010
Libby Villavicencio,
Executive Director
Jestinah McDonald '01,
Development Coordinator
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Career Corner
The 2015 Seasonal and Natural Resources Job Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 18th from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Center Multiplex.
The job fair is open to all students and alumni. This is a great opportunity to discuss seasonal and natural resource job opportunities with potential employers.
For more information, contact Jackie Clark at 740. 753.6264 or clarkj@hocking.edu.
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Alumni Spotlight
Hocking graduate, Brandy McCombs '99, is the 35-year-old founder and president of International Builders and Consultants (IBC), a commercial carpentry contracting company in Kansas City.
IBC has had many high profile clients including Children's Mercy Hospital, Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, LEGOLAND Discovery Center and Sea Life Aquarium at Crown Center.
McCombs comes from a long line of business owners. Growing up in Nelsonville, her father owned an auto parts store and her grandfather owned the only gas station in town.
"My dream was always to own my own business," she said. "Was it construction? Well, maybe not. But as I followed through on what I liked to do, that's when I found that this was the kind of company I wanted."
McCombs graduated from Hocking College with a business degree and quickly jumped into the business world. After testing out the restaurant business in Florida she broke into the construction business.
After some research she decided Kansas City would be the best place for her future contracting business.
She is proud to be carrying on the legacy her father and grandfather had started, running a successful business.
"My grandpa's not here anymore, but I think he would be very proud," she said. "My father is very proud of me. He was here in town a few years ago, and I had the business, and things were going pretty good. We were out to dinner together. He told me he was proud of me for being so gutsy."
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Hocking College Ecotourism Program Ranked Top Five in the World
 Hocking College's Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Associate Degree was ranked in the top five best Ecotourism schools, in the world, by bootsnall.com.
Ecotourism has been the fastest growing niche travel market for the last several years. Ecotourism is defined as travel that focuses on being environmentally and culturally responsible while appreciating nature and promoting conservation.
Hocking College was one of two US colleges ranked; the other colleges were located in England, Canada, Australia and California. Hocking College is also the only college in the study that offers an associate degree for Ecotourism, rather than a bachelor's degree.
"Hocking College is the perfect setting for the School of Natural Resources, Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Program," Kim Mullen, Hocking College's Dean of the school of Natural Resources, said. "With expert faculty and an emphasis on environmental responsibility and education, socio-economic needs, wilderness leadership and guiding, conservation and appreciation of nature, Hocking College students are well prepared for careers in this growing and unique field."
With an Ecotourism and Adventure Travel degree, students can obtain positions in national parks, resort and lodge operations, adventure camps, outdoor education schools, environmental and community education centers (zoos, museums, aquariums, nature centers), adventure therapy programs and the tourism industry.
For more information about the ranking visit www.bootsnall.com. For more information about Hocking College's Ecotourism program visit hocking.edu/programs.
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Hocking alumna Karin Bright has been elected as District 22 trustee for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF).
As trustee, Bright will help oversee Ohio's largest and most inclusive farm organization. She will represent Farm Bureau members in Athens, Galia, Lawrence and Meigs counties.
She attended Hocking College and graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in business administration with a specialization in marketing.
Bright has been a member of the Athens- Meigs County Farm Bureau for over 10 years. She is the Athens- Meigs County Farm Bureau's communications action team leader, membership co-chair and ag day coordinator. She serves on OFBF's statewide dues task force, ag education advisory committee and membership model task force.
Bright is a pillar in the community serving on the board of Athens County Food Pantry, Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council, Alexander FFA Alumni, Athens 1st Christian Church and Tri County Career Center Advisory board.
For more information on Karin Bright and her career visit, http://www.usagnet.com/state_headlines/state_story.php?tble=OH2015&ID=43.
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Nelsonville Presents Fire and Ice Festival for Final Friday, Kicks Off Glass and Ceramics Invitational
Nelsonville will host the "Fire and Ice Festival" for Final Friday on the Square, January 30, 2015 from 4 - 8 p.m. On the final Friday of every month, the Nelsonville Historic Square galleries and retail shops stay open late to feature local art events.
For the first Final Friday of 2015, the Hocking College Culinary Arts program will again present Master Ice Carver Paul "Iceman" Ahrens, from Precise Ice Creations. Ahrens, Culinary Arts and Art students will carve blocks of ice located throughout the square in a team carving competition.
Other "Fire and Ice" themed activities, including complementary "Flaming Bananas Foster" made on an ice table, prepared by Hocking College Students, a large fire pit and fire twirlers. Coffee, hot cocoa and fresh baked cookies will also be served. Culinary Students will be selling big bowls of home-style chili, bean soup, vegetable soup and fresh warm bread in the Hocking College Art Gallery.
Final Friday will also include the kick-off of the tenth annual Hocking College Glass Invitational and second Ceramics Invitational. The Hocking College Art Gallery will host the Glass and Ceramics Invitational exhibition opening reception from 5 - 9 p.m. on January 30. The exhibition runs January 30 through March 14, 2014. The closing reception will be February 27 from 5 - 9 p.m.
Glass and ceramic artists featured in the exhibition include Tom Bartel, Danny Crump, Brian Dieterle, Kelsey Duncan, Danielle Hall, Bethany Haeseler, Chris Harman, Seana Higgins, Kyle Johns, Ellen Kleckner, Michael Lorsung, Misha D. Nalepa, Bonilyn Parker, Brad Schwieger, Trey Snowden III, Maia Stern, Laura Tansey, Tina Vu, Xiyue Wang, Caitlin Wolle, Nao Yamamoto and Katherine E. Zeilman.
Rhapsody, the Hocking College student-run fine dining restaurant located at 18 Public Square, is also taking reservations for the evening. The special "Fire and Ice" menu includes crab cakes, king crab legs and walleye plus carved local Angus beef, baked Alaska and Irish coffees. Contact Rhapsody at 740.753.5741 for reservations.
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Hocking College 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 February.
Two class schedule options are available:
- Class One: February 7 & 8, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.
- Class Two: February 17 - 19, 5:30- 8:30 p.m.
The primary focus of the system is designed for women to become aware of self-defense options during situations of possible or actual assaults. According to R.A.D. Systems, the crime of rape is reported so infrequently that society in general has become unaware of such incidents. Until it happens to 'them' or someone 'they' know and love, its just another headline, just another crime that happens to someone else. In order to overcome this common view, R.A.D. Systems' purpose is to empower women through key elements of self-defense: educate women on the topic, encourage self-dependence and teach the importance of decision-making and understanding physical power.
Hocking College Chief of Police Al Matthews has worked with the HCPD to invest in training its personnel in the instruction of R.A.D. physical defense principles and is excited to offer basic self-defense classes for the women of the community. "We're looking forward to offering several classes each semester, each year. Looking to the future, we plan to offer the women of our community more advanced R.A.D. classes to continue their education and fine tune their skills," Chief Matthews said.
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, interested individuals should register soon to guarantee their spot. Contact Angela Perrigio at 740.753.6598 or perrigoa@hocking.edu for registration or more information about the classes.
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