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GIFT OF NEW HVAC SYSTEM
n October 11, a deserving Medford resident received
Onew heating and cooling equipment and installation
free of charge. As part of the Feel The Love program, Lennox
Industries, Metal Masters, and the surrounding community
came together to honor a neighbor and local hero in need.

The recipient, David Knutson, a local veteran who served for
22 years, had been without heat in his home for the past five years. He was nominated to
receive a new HVAC system by a friend whom he had helped generously in recent years.
In an interview he talked about wrapping in blankets and using extra quilts at night to keep
warm. He was surprised at his blessing, saying, “I didn’t think I would ever win because I
never win anything.”

Over the past 12 years, Lennox and its dealers have supported deserving community mem-
bers by completing over 1,500 free installations in deserving U.S. and Canadian homes.
This year, with more than half (51%) of homeowners spending more time inside their
homes in the coming months, indoor air quality is more important than ever.

For more information, Google: Feel the Love – Lennox Life

SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
CREATIVE ARTS PROFESSOR
ELECTED CHAIR OF OREGON
HUMANITIES BOARD
obert Arellano, a professor in the Oregon
RCenter for the Arts at SOU, was recently
elected board chair for nonprofit Oregon
Humanities (OH), the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. OH’s mission
“connects people and communities through conversation, storytelling, and participatory programs
to inspire understanding and collaborative change.” They sponsor hundreds of community forums
throughout Oregon. Last year, the organization adapted its “Consider This” live conversation series
to a remote format, “Connect in Place,” drawing hundreds of online participants across the state.

“In the summer of 2019, in partnership with SOU, I moderated an in-person conversation at
Grizzly Peak Winery for Oregon Humanities that brought Richard Blanco, President Obama’s
inaugural poet laureate, to Ashland,” Arellano says. “Over 200 Southern Oregonians came out.” He
will chair the 22-member volunteer board for the next two years.

Arellano, Bobby to his students and coworkers, is a founding director of SOU’s Emerging Media
and Digital Arts program. He teaches courses in design, production, and writing, and has done pio-
neering work in electronic publishing, and published graphic-novel editions and five other novels.

More ways to get involved with OH include free college-credit classes through the Humanity in
Perspective program, summer youth courses, and award-winning publications, podcasts, and video
productions. The organization offers free subscriptions to its Oregon Humanities Magazine. “We
publish stories and photos by people from right here in our community, and it’s delivered three
times a year to anyone with an Oregon mailing address. It’s just one more benefit to being an
Oregonian,” Arellano says.

www.sou.edu

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