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Tiona Cage has joined the university to serve as assistant director of international student and scholar services. She will also provide support for Rebecca Hernandez, the associate VP for intercultural engagement and faculty development and director of the Center for Peace and Justice. For the past five years, Tiona has worked as an F-1 international student advisor for the Center for Global Engagement at Florida State University. Prior to that, she spent a summer providing counseling services at a children’s home in Trinidad and Tobago and then served a year in the Peace Corps (2008-09) as a community capacity builder in Botswana, assisting with HIV/AIDS life skills programs for at-risk youth. Tiona holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from Florida State University. She recently moved to Newberg and attends Colossae Church.

The Office of Academic Affairs welcomes Laurie Fair to serve as an administrative assistant. Most recently, she worked from 2006 to 2011 for Burns Capital Investment Advisors, Inc. of Newberg as a client relations manager, and for the past four years has worked on a temp basis for the company. Previously, she spent 11 years (1985 to 1996) as a support technician and analytical assistant for GTE-Northwest of Beaverton, and operated her own Demarle at Home bakeware and kitchen tools business in 2005-06. Laurie holds a bachelor’s degree with a double major in statistics and marketing from the University of Oregon (1984). She lives on Bald Peak with her husband, Jeff, and son, Jacob, a senior at Newberg High School. Her daughter, Hannah Stevenson, works at the university’s Portland Center. Laurie and her family attend Family Life Church in Newberg.

After 21 years working at George Fox, Peggy Kilburg (Human Resources) retired as of last Friday. Her plans in retirement include what she calls her “G” list of who/what she plans to spend more time with/doing: God, Gary (her husband), grown kids, grandkids, good books, gardening, going places, getting more exercise, good works and goofing off.

Ashley O’Doherty (Adult Degree Programs) left the university this month to take a position at Newberg High School.

Tiffany Caldwell (Nursing) has left the university.

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