{"id":7476,"date":"2016-01-22T13:26:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/eoc-celebrates-homecoming-in-honor-of-its-50th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2016-01-22T13:26:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T18:26:13","slug":"eoc-celebrates-homecoming-in-honor-of-its-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/eoc-celebrates-homecoming-in-honor-of-its-50th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"EOC celebrates Homecoming in honor of its 50th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Capital District Educational Opportunity Center will host HOMECOMING the week of January 25-29 in honor of its 50th anniversary. The EOC will sponsor spirit week activities for all staff and students, and an alumni reception for all EOC alumni.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the list of activities for each site. Please check for daily highlights on the EOC&#8217;s Facebook page (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capitaldistricteoc\/?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capitaldistricteoc\/?ref=hl<\/a>), also accessible at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/eoc\" target=\"_blank\">www.hvcc.edu\/eoc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Troy Events<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Monday, Jan. 25 &#8212; Crazy Hair Day<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; Wear your hair as crazy as you like! Hair styling available in Cosmetology from 10:30-11:30 a.m. for those who would like some help.<br \/>\n&#8212; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Photo Booth and snacks in Sharp Hall<br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, Jan. 26 &#8212; Team Blue Day<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; Wear EOC blue!<br \/>\n&#8212; Noon-1 p.m. &#8212; Meet the Academic Coaches for three mini workshops on study skills in the TEC Room<br \/>\n&#8212; Noon-1 p.m. &#8212; Tailgating-themed lunch in Spoons\u00a0($3 or $5, as usual)<br \/>\n<strong>Wednesday, Jan. 27 &#8212; Hero Day<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; Wear your favorite Super Hero t-shirt!<br \/>\n&#8212; 11 a.m.-noon &#8212; &#8220;Who&#8217;s Your Hero?&#8221; in the Student Lounge Students can share a short piece on who is their hero and why (snack sandwiches available)<br \/>\n<strong>Thursday, Jan. 28 &#8212; Alumni Reception<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; All alumni are invited to attend!<br \/>\n&#8212; 4-6 p.m. in Sharp Hall<br \/>\n&#8212; The event will include an exhibit and light refreshments. (We will have EOC packets for alumni and will be gathering alumni information.)<br \/>\n<strong>Friday, Jan. 29m &#8212; Homecoming Day!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; 11:30 a.m. &#8211; 12:30 p.m. &#8212; Ice cream sundae bar in Spoons<br \/>\n&#8212; All-week Trivia Contest &amp; Scavenger Hunt end at noon!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Albany Events<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Monday, Jan. 25 &#8212;\u00a0 Crazy Hair Day!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; Noon-12:30 p.m. &#8212; Photo booth in Student Lounge<br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, Jan. 26 &#8212; Team Blue Day!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; Wear EOC blue!<br \/>\n&#8212; Noon-1 p.m. &#8212; Meet the Academic Coaches for three mini workshops on study skills in the TEC Room<br \/>\n<strong>Wednesday, Jan. 27 &#8212; Hero Day!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; Wear your favorite Super Hero t-shirt!<br \/>\n&#8212; &#8220;Who&#8217;s Your Hero?&#8221; Students can share a short piece on who is their hero and why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Week &#8212; Mascot Madness!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; Students can try to guess the college mascot!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Thanks to Delia Hubbard and Heather Gee-Wood,<br \/>\nwho did an amazing job putting these events together!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please contact Elaine Harwood at 273-1900 ext. 2219 or <a href=\"mailto:e.harwood@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">e.harwood@hvcc.edu<\/a> if you have any questions.<br \/>\n______________<\/p>\n<p>Since 1966, the Capital District Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), a division of Hudson Valley Community College and part of the State University of New York, has offered tuition-free academic and workforce development opportunities to disadvantage and educationally under-prepared New York State residents 16 years and older. \u00a0As a result, thousands of Capital Region residents have gained self-confidence in their own potential, realized career goals, and obtained self-sufficiency and economic independence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:26:13 +0000 by\u00a0e.harwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Capital District Educational Opportunity Center will host HOMECOMING the week of January 25-29 in honor of its 50th&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}