THIS WEEKat Southern State Community College

Week of Sept. 6, 2010EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

New trustees appointed by

Ohio governorOhio Gov. Ted Strickland’s of-

fice has announced the final two appointments to the Southern State Community College Board of Trust-ees. Amanda Wurst, press secretary for the governor’s office, advised that Gov. Strickland has appointed Fay-ette County residents Judith A. Craig and Donald Moore.

Craig has been employed as the policy deployment manager for Lu-cent Technologies, production staff manager and systems implementa-tion manager for AT&T, and service representative for Ohio Bell. She serves on the Fayette County Dem-ocratic Executive Committee, the Fayette County Democrat Club, the Fayette County Board of Elections, and has volunteered at Miami Trace Schools and the American Red Cross Blood Bank.

Moore has a background in education spanning 42 years as a teacher, counselor and administrator with Washington City Schools. He is a present 10-year member of the board of trustees for the Carnegie Public Library in Washington C.H., 10-year member of the Board of Zoning Appeals, and a 25-year mem-ber of the board of trustees for the Fayette County Historical Society.

Earlier this year, trustee Don Ge-phart of Clinton County submitted his resignation, which was followed by the expiring terms of three other trustees: Ralph Shell of Highland County, and Patty Griffiths and Jim Ward, both of Fayette County.

In June, the governor’s office filled two of the four vacant seats with the appointments of Michelle Cimis of Highland County and Leilani Popp of Clinton County.

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If you’re dealing with or facing unemployment, do you know all the programs available to you? Where to find childcare, housing, job training? How to fund a college education?

Great news: You don’t have to. That’s the beauty of the One-Stop centers sponsored by the state of Ohio and operated by the Job and Family Services (JFS) offices through-out the state. The One-Stop centers serve as intermediaries between people and the programs available.

“There are 19 federal programs in job and training services,” ex-plained Bob Brown, manager of Fay-etteWorks, the One-Stop program housed at Southern State Com-munity College’s Fayette Campus in Washington C.H. “The county-level One-Stops are a clearinghouse for all of those programs. We interview people and determine which pro-gram best meets their needs.”

The JFS web site explains how it all started: In 1998, Congress passed

the Workforce Investment Act to reform federal job training programs and create a new, comprehensive workforce investment system. The reformed system is intended to be customer-focused, to help Americans access the tools they need to manage their careers through information and high quality services, and to help U.S. companies find skilled workers.

“People can stop in at a One-Stop center—8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday—fill out a registration form for services, and talk to someone,” Brown said.

The registration form asks customers about their employment,

educational and military history, as well as whether the customer needs internet access, computer access, job market skills, resume writing, education/training, skills evaluation, interviewing skills, GED preparation, use of phone, career planning, job retention, fax/postage, and more.

“That’s the first step,” he said. “That puts them in our job search database matching system, a state-run system called SCOTI (Sharing Career Opportunity and Training Information). We also introduce our customers to the www.ohiomeans-jobs.com web site.

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Southern State Community College’s Bob Brown serves as manager of the FayetteWorks One-Stop Center on the college’s Fayette Campus in Washington Court House.

One-Stops live up to the name

Student Services duck hunt has some crying foulIt was supposed to be a well-deserved celebration for Student Services employees, but feathers were ruffled at the Aug. 27th appreciation luncheon. Once the duck hunt commenced, allegations of foul play started flying. Waddle they ever do to resolve the matter? Calling a truce would fill the bill. :)

These people quack me up!

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UPCOMINGEVENTS

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Comments or submissions?Contact Director of Public RelationsKris Cross at kcross@sscc.eduor call 1-800-628-7722, ext. 2676.

Board of Trustees Meeting6 p.m., Sept. 8, 2010Room 106Central Campus, Hillsboro

Opening WeekSept. 13-17, 2010Fayette Campus, W.C.H.

Back-to-School Barbecue6-9 p.m., Sept. 16, 2010Central Campus, Hillsboro

Master Gardener Series:Composting/Fall Clean-Up

6 p.m., Sept. 23, 2010Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

Lecture Series: Steve Newman6 p.m., Sept. 30, 2010Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

Lecture Series: Stephen Kelley6 p.m., Oct. 7, 2010Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

Master Gardener Series:Planning the Garden

6 p.m., Oct. 21, 2010Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

Meet the Artist:Jennifer Wenker

6:30-8:30 p.m.Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

SSCC Theatre: “Dracula”Nov. 19-21, 2010Edward K. Daniels AuditoriumCentral Campus, Hillsboro

Respiratory Care Graduation2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11Edward K. Daniels AuditoriumCentral Campus, Hillsboro

Master Gardener Series:Seed & Plant Selection

6 p.m., Jan. 20, 2010Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

TRUSTEES/Cont’d from Page 1Cimis has served as the director of

operations for Grant Thornton since 2005. She previously served as the chief fiscal officer for Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn LLP from 1996-2003, and received a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University in 1989. Popp has served as the assistant manager of Books ‘N More since 1996. She also serves as the chair-

person of the Downtown Wilmington Community Improvement Corporation and is a past member of the Wilmington City Council. Popp received a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in 1973.

The remaining trustee positions are filled by Kay Ayres of Highland Coun-ty (trustee chair), Paul Hall of Brown County, Ben Houser of Brown County, Rory Ryan of Adams County, and Vicki

Wilson of Clinton County.Chosen by Ohio’s governors, the nine

trustees who comprise the SSCC Board of Trustees provide direction and leadership, which allows the college to focus on ful-filling the mission of providing accessible, affordable and high-quality education. The next meeting of the trustees will be 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, in Room 106 of the college’s Central Campus.

ONE-STOP/Cont’d from Page 1 “It’s pretty complex, hard to sort

out,” he said. “But we serve as a liaison between the person and the programs. We try to make the determination of eligibility and let them know which ones best serve their needs.”

But stopping in is just one way to access the myriad programs that are available.

“We also have a rapid response team,” Brown said. “We go out if there’s plant closure. We talk to em-ployees and let them know what their benefits are and how we can help them move forward to their next job.

“Our goal is to do what it takes to get a person into their new career, whether it be paid on-the-job training, first two years of an associate’s degree, last two years of a bachelor’s degree, or resume and interviewing skills.”

Brown said that many people are finding themselves out of work after spending 20 to 30 years with the same company. And, he said, they’re finding the world has changed since they last had to look for work.

“It’s a whole new ballgame,” he said. “Folks are struggling at times on how to even look for a job. If they need it, we walk them through setting

up an email account, saving a resume on a thumb drive, searching for and applying for jobs online.”

The One-Stop centers typically offer workshops that deal with specific needs, such as resume preparation.

“Employers are getting over-whelmed with people looking for work,” Brown said. “They’re getting hundreds of resumes and typically plan on only interviewing six to 10 people per opening. To get to that number, they have to be brutal. They look at a resume, if there are typos, bad grammar, gaps in employment history, they automatically rule it out. We can help people’s chances of not getting automatically ruled out.”

Once someone lands a job, his or her relationship with the One-Stop Center is not necessarily over. Brown said the centers offer a year-long fol-low up to assist with coping skills and job-keeping skills.

To learn more about the One-Stop program, call or visit the center in your home county. Southern State Com-munity College has a contract with JFS in each of its service districts—Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette and Highland counties:

• In Adams and Brown counties,

the program is Adams-Brown Employ-ment & Training (ABETS) One-Stop: Two center sites are located at 19211 Main St., Winchester, OH 45697, and at 406 W. Plum St., Georgetown, OH 45121. Contact Sandy Allen at 1-800-233-7891. For more information, visit www.abets.org.

• In Clinton County, the program is CCWorks One-Stop: Located on the Job & Family Services site at 1025 S. South St., Suite 500, Wilmington, OH, 45177. Contact Josh Homan at 937-382-7762. For more information, visit http://co.clinton.oh.us/work/.

• In Fayette County, the program is FayetteWorks One-Stop: Located in a wing of the Learning Resources Center on the Fayette Campus of Southern State Community College, 1270, U.S. Route 62 SW, Washington C.H., OH 43160. Contact Bob Brown, manager, at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 5720. For more info, visit www.fayetteworks.com.

• In Highland County, the program is Highland County One-Stop: Located on the Job & Family Services site in the Hi-TEC building, 1575 N. High St., Hillsboro, OH 45133. Contact Brenda Hamilton, Rick Thompson or Jayne Cox at 937-393-1933. For more info, visit www.highlandcountyworks.com.

The Southern State Community College Patriots opened the 2010 soccer season Aug. 28 with a 4-2 loss to Lorain County Community College.

“Today we let one get away. We could have had a win,” said Sean Sweeney, SSCC assistant coach. “We will go back to work and do what we can to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”

Sophomore Tyler Ji-mison (North Adams H.S.) scored both goals for the SSCC Patriots, with assists going to sophomores Na-

than Rollyson (Wilmington H.S.) and Jeff Strausbaugh (Unioto H.S.)

The Patriots first goal of the 2010 season came in the third minute of the game when Strausbaugh threaded a pass through the defense to Jimison, who was wide open in the six-yard box. Jimison con-verted and placed the shot into the empty net.

Lorain evened the score a few minutes later and the game remained tied until Jimison’s second goal in the 29th minute. Once again,

the Patriots strung together a series of passes with Rollyson sending a through ball to Jimison for the score. The Patriots held a 2-1 advantage at halftime.

The second half did not go well for the Patriots as they surrendered three un-answered goals, ultimately falling in defeat.

“For the first time since I have been the head coach at Southern State, I believe we are going to have to go back and work on our condition-ing,” said Josh Thoroman, SSCC head coach.

Jimison continues to chase Southern State scor-ing records, his two goals giving him 13 in his career. Jarrod Thoroman (SSCC 1997-98) holds the record for the most goals scored in a career with 26.

Rollyson now has 11 assists in his Southern State career. The all-time assist leader is Kris Duff (SSCC 2008-09) who recorded 12 as-sists in his career at Southern State. Duff is a 2009 graduate of Southern State and he is currently playing soccer for Wilmington College.

SSCC Soccer: Jimison scores 2 goals in season opener