Hocking College recently hired Kirsten Carpenter as Director of Catering, Judy Bowie as Registrar and Bruce Davies as Campus Computer Specialist.

Kirsten Carpenter has 15 years event planning experience, most recently as Senior Vice President of Sales for the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Her background includes catering and banquet experience, and experience coordinating corporate and other special events of all sizes.

As Director of Catering, Carpenter will work to solicit new functions at the Inn at Hocking College, as well as administer all phases of events including planning, marketing and servicing. Carpenter will also direct all college-wide special events. Contact her directly with any catering or event needs.

Judy Bowie was the Director of Education at Kaplan College in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was responsible for the delivery of educational programs including hiring and training of faculty, roll out and review of academic programs, and managing campus operations.

As Registrar, Bowie will provide leadership to plan, organize and manage all of the activities related to the student records and registration, including serving as the official authorized keeper of the university's student records.

Bruce Davis is a graduate of Hocking College. As a student, he worked at the student help desk where he helped troubleshoot and repair computers in classrooms and offices. He was also a part-time IT Technician and IT Desktop Support Intern at C-TEC of Licking County.

Davies' duties as a Campus Computer Specialist include troubleshooting and resolving computer hardware and software problems; installing software and technology hardware and working with and training end-users.