About Our People
Two of Ed Higgins’ (English) poems, “looking back recently†and “summer breeze,†were used as the home-page “teaser†pieces for the June 16 issue of Danse Macabre du Jour, an online literary magazine. A third Higgins poem, “moon/june,†appears in the “Summer Nights†issue.
Kevin T. Jones (Department of Communication Arts) was the keynote speaker at the Newberg City Lunch and Learn on June 22. Speaking to city employees from a wide variety of departments, Kevin spoke on “Smoothing Over the Really Rough Edges: Managing Conflict with Difficult People,†in which he identified the key components of conflict, how to deal with anger, and the steps to take to handle irate customers/citizens.