Indiana University Kokomo

Office of Student Success and Advising


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Academic Advisor
Business and SPEA
Office: KO 285
Phone: (765)-455-9450
E-mail: jhoch@iuk.edu

I am a graduate of Purdue University with a B.S. in Mathematics and earned my M.S. in Education from Indiana University. I have worked at IU Kokomo since 1974.  I first came to campus as an adjunct math instructor, a position I held until 2008.  In 2000 I became the advisor for the School of Business and continue in that position, also adding SPEA in 2010 as part of the new structuring of the advising system.  I am a Sam Walton Fellow as an advisor for Students in Free Enterprise (S.I.F.E.).  Our team has been very successful, winning regional competion and competing at nationals many times. 

I have been married to my husband, Bob, since 1968 and have two children and two grandchildren who are the light of my life.  I also enjoy traveling, working in my flower garden and playing with our dachshunds .