Join staff from the Student Counseling Center and be trained in Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), a nationally recognized suicide prevention training. This empirically-validated training will equip you to recognize the warning signs, clues, and suicidal communication of people at risk as well as gain the skills to act and help save a life.
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The Mental Health Promotion Working Group is seeking partners at Pacific to help our efforts to spread the upcoming Healthy Minds Survey as widely as possible. The Survey is relaunching this November! We value you as an advocate for student wellbeing across our campuses and are asking for your support in implementation.
Have you ever wondered how being kinder to yourself and your students might change the learning experience for everyone? Come to the CETCI After Hours event on November 18, from 5-6 pm to learn more. Occupational Therapy professor Alyssa Phillips will share how she has applied concepts of a pedagogy of kindness in a graduate-level applied anatomy and functional movement course.Register here: https://pacificu.libcal.com/event/17616124
Same Providers, New Benefit Year. The open enrollment period is Nov. 3-19, 2026. The choices you make at this time will go into effect for the 2027 benefit year, which is Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2027.
Review and mark your calendars for Accounts Payable submission deadlines due to the upcoming holidays!
The Facilities Office has updated its Key Authorization and Motor Pool forms and added a new link to its website for equipment available to borrow from the Facilities Office.
The Pacific University President's Council invites all employees to join us for a community conversation exploring enrollment marketing and championing Pacific at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in McGill Auditorium on the Forest Grove Campus.
Mail Services accepts outgoing USPS, FedEx, and UPS packages from students and campus departments. Since the Forest Grove USPS does not offer carrier pickup for outgoing packages, please drop off your packages at Mail Services. We will transport them to the appropriate carrier location during our daily mail run.
Join Dr. Kees Smeets on Monday, November 9, 1:00 to 2:30 PM, in Berglund Hall 200 or on Zoom for a workshop on working smarter, not longer. Lunch provided for in-person attendees. Sign up by November 5.
Student Engagement invites you to visit Cascade Lawn today, Oct. 29 thru Oct. 30 to visit the Pacific Pumpkin Patch! Be sure to also check out the other fun activities we have planned this evening and tomorrow.