Can You Escape? Step into a live escape room adventure in our nursing simulation suites! Discover how formative assessment can become a fun, interactive experience.

Can You Create? Ready to build your own? Learn how to design virtual escape rooms that engage and educate your students. We'll walk you through creating a basic Google Form escape room, giving you the tools to craft your own dynamic learning activities.

Learn about the plants and animals we share our city with on a nature walk in Ewing Young Park. This session will involve a short hike, a field guide to Newberg wildlife, and a time for intentional observation and reflection. Please wear walking/hiking shoes and bring sunscreen/hats/water, etc.

Are you curious about what is touted as the fastest growing sport in the US? One of three sports invented right here is the PNW? 

This inclusive pickleball class welcomes players of all skill levels, from complete beginners eager to learn the fundamentals to seasoned enthusiasts looking to find others to play with.

With a focus on fun, fitness (play at the level and speed you’re ready for), and friendly competition, this is the perfect opportunity to simply try something new, improve your skills, and meet new playing partners.

JAWS at 50! Come hang with your old friends Quint, Brody and Richard Dreyfuss' character! After the screening, we'll discuss all the ways we can apply the film to our work and spiritual formation.

Join us for an introductory rock climbing session designed to build trust, resilience, and problem-solving skills — all while having a little fun off the ground. No experience necessary: we'll cover the basics of climbing technique, safety, and teamwork in a supportive environment. Come ready to challenge yourself and cheer on your colleagues!

Come play in the sonic sandbox! Mess around on our musical playground! We'll use computer software (Digital Audio Workstations) in the Ross MIDI Lab to create fun musical projects and beats using pre-recorded loops, simple sequencing, and your imagination! No prior musical experience is necessary, but if you do have musical experience, there will be plenty of fun ways to augment your work.

Come join us as we dive into being present to our surroundings and recording in colored pencil this precious moment where God has us currently on our journey.  In this workshop we will learn some basic colored pencil techniques and then dive into creating an Ontological Mooring - which is a work of art that is an appreciation of, and and a response to being present in the here and now.

This session will explore effective strategies for implementing collaborative learning in college classrooms. You will discover and experience practical approaches to structured group work, peer instruction, and shared problem-solving. Join us to enhance your students' learning experience and promote a more interactive classroom environment.

Grading can be perceived as drudgery by faculty, resulting in lots of work with little reward. How can we envision student feedback in a way that makes it more meaningful for students and less onerous for us? This session will offer practical insights from research about what really matters in assessing student work and how to design a grading plan that works for your own discipline, style, and learning outcomes.

With the vast majority of students now using AI tools and capabilities expanding rapidly, from creating realistic videos to conducting deep research, traditional assignments face unprecedented challenges. This session presents a practical framework for responding to AI in assessment through two complementary approaches: mitigation and reformation.

The terms "trauma" and "trauma informed" have become increasingly recognized, some might even say popularized, in our everyday culture. But what really is "trauma" and what does it actually mean to approach our students with a mindset that is "trauma informed?" This breakout session will explore these two terms, and then focus on providing practical, feasible strategies for adapting your classroom to be a more trauma informed space. Additionally, participants will have time to brainstorm with colleagues on specific adjustments for their own syllabi and courses, leaving with tangible steps for fostering safer, braver learning environments across campus.