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The SRWC is hosting Nidra Yoga in Studio A on Thursday, December 5th from 1:30-2:30 p.m. with Clarissa Pyeatt. Nidra Yoga provides 4 times more rest than conventional sleep, and we hope it will help get your mind and body ready for the busyness of finals week. Free to all rec center members and no sign-ups are necessary. Just show up and relax.

You are invited to join the Brown Library for a farewell and appreciation reception for Dr. John B. Weaver on Monday, Dec. 16, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m in the Packer Forum. A presentation will be held at 9:45 a.m.

The SRWC will have adjusted hours over the Thanksgiving break.

Tuesday: 6 a.m.–7 p.m.
Wednesday–Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 5 p.m.–11 p.m.

Pool Hours will also be adjusted. To see all hours of operation please visit srwc.acu.edu and click on the “Operating Hours & Calendars” icon.

We in the Counseling Center have been offering a variety of emotional wellness workshops onsite for the past few years as a way to better meet the needs of students.  New for Spring 2020, we are going to take a different approach and take our workshops to you.

We can provide these workshops in a small group chapel format over the course of a few weeks, or as one time offerings during a chapel or even class time. Our goal is to be a resource to faculty and staff and to further engage our students, and help equip them with the skills to enable them to cultivate emotional wellness as they navigate their lives. Listed below are the available workshops.

Anxiety Toolbox- designed to teach what anxiety actually is, how it can be beneficial, as well as ways of helping manage it when it gets to be too much.

Mindfulness 101- designed to teach the skill of mindfulness to help deal with strong emotions.

Discovering Hope- designed to teach about depression, and how to alleviate and manage symptoms when they arise.

Relationship IQ- designed to teach students how to better understand how to have healthy relationships. The offerings include: Dating, Communication, Boundaries, Healthy Sexuality, How to Date the Best, and Intentional Friendships.

GRIT- designed to teach about emotional resiliency, showing students that they are enough to handle the difficult situations they at times find themselves in.

Our availability is limited, so if you are interested, please contact us (counseling@acu.edu) between now and February 1, 2020. We truly believe the information in our workshops is incredibly helpful for our students and will help them to be more successful in their time at ACU. Thank you for your consideration!

Whitney Herrington will be leaving ACU Griggs Center to attend graduate school. A come and go reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the Griggs Center in the Mabee Business Building on Friday, Nov. 22nd.

We wanted to remind you of  the recent update to ACU’s Sick-to-Service benefit allowing up to 40 hours per year for qualifying events. The benefit was designed to give employees an option to utilize banked sick hours for service related projects and activities.  For more information or to find out if you are eligible, please visit the Sick-to-Service (S2S) Hours Program on the HR website.

You are invited to join the College of Business Administration for a farewell and appreciation reception for Frankie Montgomery on Thursday, Nov. 21st, 1:30-3 p.m. in the Atrium of the Mabee Business Building. A special presentation will be held at 2:30 p.m.

ACU Softball will be hosting unique camp experience for students grades 2-12 on January 3rd and 4th. We will have guest clinicians including Alexa (Peterson) Henderson, former University of Oregon All-American, and NPF (National Pro Fastpitch League) player for USSSA Florida Pride, Pennsylvania Rebellion, Chicago Bandits and Cleveland Comets. She will work with hitters, catchers and defense on skill instruction. Megan Miller, former player from University of Louisiana Monroe, will also be here demonstrating Easton products for campers. Strength Coach Reid Miller, CSCS, will run a variety of speed and agility Metrics for campers. Jamie (Southern) Wiggins, Gold medalist with the US National Team, will work with pitchers and defense positions. Finally, we will utilize Blast Motion sensors during this camp that will show metrics for swings and compare with national averages for specific ages and skill levels. Register

Join the Innovation Foundry Nov. 12th for an Adobe Workshop: Creating Composite Images Using Photoshop with special guest, Nil Santana. The session will be in the Innovation Foundry from 11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. RSVP Here. Lunch will be provided.

The Innovation Foundry is hosting a VR Pop-Up in the Atrium of the COBA building today (Nov. 11) from 2:00-5:00 pm. Come experience what VR has to offer!