E-Colleague

Emily-Grace Cropper-Russel has joined the advancement office as a gift and database specialist. She worked most recently for Youth Outreach as a job development specialist and as a site director for YouthWorks, a missions trips ministry for teenagers. Prior to that, she gained office experience as a work-study student and tutor at George Fox while she was a student between 2009 and 2013. Emily-Grace earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the university in 2013. She lives in Newberg with her husband Caleb and daughter Ellery and attends North Valley Friends Church in Newberg.

Emily Palkert has joined the university as the new women’s volleyball coach. A four-year American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn., Palkert was named National Freshman of the Year in 2007 and ended her career as the all-time career kills leader at Concordia. She also led her team to four straight NCAA Division II national championships. She holds a bachelor’s degree in child learning and human development (2011), and upon graduating from Concordia she played professionally in Finland (2011) and Spain (2012). More recently, she spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, where she also worked as a health and physical education instructor while working toward a master’s degree in business.

The university welcomes Lenore Stewart as an accounting specialist (general ledger) in the financial affairs office. She has worked as a teller at the US Bank in Tualatin since last August and previously worked as a National Instant Criminal Background check outfitter at Cabela’s in Tualatin (2014-15). Lenore also worked in accounts payable, handling vendor payments, for the Irwin Hodson Company of Portland from 2011 to 2014. She lives in Tigard with her husband Randy and their children Britta, a sophomore at George Fox, and Jared, a junior at Tigard High School. They attend Grace Point Community Church in Tigard.

Steve Wasson (IT/Media Services) left the university late last month to accept a position in the Midwest.

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