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欢迎加入登山家家庭网络!我们致力于通过专题和新闻联系我们的登山者家庭，庆祝我们的学生在EOU之后开始他们的生活和职业生涯的伟大工作。EOU的教师、学生、校友和合作伙伴一起为您带来一份专题季刊。Please send us your comments, ideas and reactions tomountaineerfamilynetwork@eou.edu.

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Preview Days Approaching!

Future Mountaineer families, want to get to know more about EOU? Schedule today to attend our upcoming Preview Days. For more information contact the Office of Admissions atadmissions@eou.edu.

Supporting All Students

To the EOU Community,

In our own community and on campus we are involved in continuing discussions around diversity, respect and inclusivity. We have heard reports of people who are worried about their futures and the wellbeing of their friends and families, and who have concerns about potential changes in federal immigration policy.

多年来，EOU一直有保护学生个人信息和保护学生公民权利的政策。这些政策的基础见于美国宪法以及联邦和州法律的要求。这意味着EOU没有权力执行联邦移民法，而且在大多数情况下，EOU不需要与移民执法工作合作。EOU支持这些法律及其衍生的基本法律原则。因此，我们将继续在大学的权力范围内保护学生信息，不参与移民执法行动。

For many reasons, these issues are of particular importance to us as we work to ensure access for students of all backgrounds. EOU has actively encouraged academically qualified students who lack citizenship or immigration documentation to enroll in this university—it is beneficial to the students, their families and the communities in our service region. EOU is actively engaged in partnerships with TheDream.us, Euvalcree, the state and other public and private organizations to improve access; we have faculty in leadership roles teaching cultural competency; we have intentionally hired individuals who represent these communities and have invested in award-winning programs like “Bienvenidos a EOU” to recruit students and retain them through diversity programming. To further these discussions, we look forward to working with the university’s Diversity Committee and shared governance.

We wish to be clear on this point: people are our most valuable asset and each student and employee at this institution is part of the Mountaineer family. We will continue to hold each other up through support and encouragement.

Students can turn for help to any member of the faculty, staff, deans, Student Affairs, the Counseling Center, Multicultural Center, the Title IX Coordinator and others. In particular, specificadvocates across campushave volunteered to assist students. They can be identified by the purple sign and safety pin in their office window.

Additional information on resources, conduct and other policies can be found at the following links:
Student Affairs://www.convoclubs.com/student-affairs/
Student Conduct (section 579-040-0005)://www.convoclubs.com/student-affairs/code-of-conduct/

You can speak with any of us and we will help. The most important thing is that you know we are here to support you.

Sincerely,

TomInsko, President
Sarah Witte, Provost and Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs
Lara Moore, Vice President for Finance & Administration
Tim Seydel, Vice President for University Advancement
Colleen Cascio, Title IX Coordinator and Director of Student Relations
Chris Burford, General Counsel and Board Secretary
Anji Weissenfluh, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Luke Aldrich, Organization Transformation/CPM

Mountaineer Family Network Newsletter

From the Fall 2016 Edition of the Mountaineer Family Newsletter…

From“The Lights in the Basement are On!”

This year I was going to repeat the process. After all, the process seems to have worked with the first child. When the semi-transition of my first child went smoothly, I thought the next one would be just as easy. My son was going to stay close to home for his gen-eds and then go somewhere else in Oregon to college. He felt like he was really not a small town kind of guy. We started all the normal preparations with FAFSA, scholarships, and college courses in high school so he would look good to schools.

It worked partly: he got into the school he wanted to go to. The problem was that the hard work that we figured would almost pay for his education through scholarships, like it did for his sister, fell flat. He decided to go to an honor college that had higher expectations than most schools. So now, as a family, we needed to cosign with him on a loan and really see where we needed to help. Second reality: he chose a school 2,500 miles away from home on the east coast, where the cities are. I’m still okay right? This is just a little glitch. Okay. How do we support him now? My brother lives over there, so he has been gracious enough to invite my son to live with him. That will help with the cost. He will be fine now. I don’t have to worry about him when he leaves. Now I can relax, get him through the last things, and let him start his new adventure.

Kathleen Brown–Student Success Coordinator

From“The Long Trip Home”

“三年，三个国家，四个城市，两个学位——留学给了我一个很好的机会去体验不同的文化，培养全球视野;这段经历将帮助我了解并在全球市场中脱颖而出。我必须承认，我必须克服语言、文化、学习成绩和孤独等困难。但即使在最困难的时候，我也从未后悔过出国留学的决定。我告诉自己，生命是个奇迹。我很高兴我去了职业中心寻求帮助;我想了解一些简历方面的信息，结果发现了一个我从来不知道会属于我的世界。”Na在职业服务中心的工作使她能够专注于自己的技能、经验和目标，并将她与La Grande、俄勒冈州东部和中国的职业发展机会联系起来。During Summer Term, Na was selected by Jack Howard,Union County Commissionto serve as a summer intern for the Poverty in Eastern Oregon Summit. “One of the things we’ve learned to overcome has been the tendency to think that our problems don’t have connections to other people or other places or even other times. Working with Na Meng on a local poverty project for Eastern Oregon has demonstrated that the world really works best when we work together.
Na not only grasped the importance of addressing poverty in the broadest possible cultural view, but also recognized the need to bring new sets of skills to longer term and permanent solutions. With her background in finance, she did a great deal of good to add to the usual perspective of poverty as a purely social condition. That she was so successful in such a short period of time also says a lot about the ability to look outside our area to get expertise that 20 years ago would not have been available to us. For this, I especially thank not only Na, but also EOU and Justin Chin, who is leading a dynamic effort to make borders important only when theyshow uswhere the solutions are located, “ said County Commissioner Howard.

Justin Chin–Director of Career Services

New Student Handbook Published

EOU Student Affairs has recently released its updatedStudent Handbookfor the 2016-2017 academic year.

Special Offer for Families and Students: Microsoft Office 2016

The IT Department would like to announce a program through Microsoft which allows EOU Students, Staff & Faculty to purchase a single Microsoft Office 2016 license for either a PC or a Mac to use on your home computer. Total cost for the installation digital download is $9.95 or installation CD is $15.95.

To participate in this offer, please visit this page:www.convoclubs.com/it/office-2016/and complete the short form at the bottom of the page. You’ll then receive an email for instructions to visit a Microsoft site where you’ll have to enter a redemption code (included in the instructions) when ordering the software.

If you have any questions about this offer, please email us at:helpdesk@eou.edu