The Daily Bruin

 

Be sure to check out the brand new Crescent website at georgefox.edu/crescent. It’s also on Twitter: gfucrescent. Thank you for reading!

Due to the campus being closed on Monday, Jan. 18, both the Bruin Den and the Villa Cafe will not be open and will resume normal hours of service on Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Bon Appetit will also be changing meal hours in Klages for meal-plan students to the following:

Saturday & Sunday:
Continental Breakfast: 8-10 a.m.
Brunch: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Monday:
Breakfast: 8-10 a.m.
Lunch: 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Dinner: 4:30 – 7 p.m.

 

 

Contact Hannah Wilcox at hwilcox06@georgefox.edu with questions.

 

The Fitness Center, gym, racquetball courts, etc. will be closed from 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, until 6 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

More than 120 George Fox students and employees have signed up to attend the MLK Day of Service scheduled for Monday, Jan. 18. The participant list for the event is full.

If you have signed up already, you should be getting an e-mail by Thursday evening, Jan 14. Please contact Shelley Yonemura at ext. 2318 or at  syonemur@georgefox.edu if you don’t receive an e-mail.

This is a historical event, with 11 universities and four nonprofits coming together in unity for the first time to serve with the vision Martin Luther King had for a “beloved community”.

As a new semester begins, consider using IT’s WiFi enabled Classroom Responseware solution from TurningPoint Technologies: rwpoll.com. Contact IT for an account. And don’t forget all the uses that our George Fox-enabled Google accounts can provide you. Read about these accounts on the IT site.

George Fox University libraries now provide access to thousands of electronic books through Foxtrax, the library’s online catalog. Our most recent acquisition is a collection of 45,000 leased titles from e-brary, a company that has partnered with 350 publishers to provide access to published books in electronic format.

For additional information about ebrary and other available e-books, please go to the library’s ebook site.

Faculty and adjunct faculty, if your status has changed to adjunct faculty, or you are on contract for all or part of 2010 as an adjunct, you will need an updated parking permit.

Please bring your expired permit to the security office as soon as possible, and we can review your vehicle registration and issue a new permit on the spot. If it is more convenient to do it via campus mail, please send your expired permit to box 6095, and e-mail nkincaid@georgefox.edu with the make, model, color, year, and license plate number of the vehicle(s) you drive, and include a box number so we can mail your new permit.

Please call ext. 2090 if you have any questions.

Thanks!
– Security Services

Want to learn more about making healthy food choices?

Beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, the university invites the community to Food Meet 2010 in the Hoover Academic Building, where attendees can learn about sustainable food, meet local farmers and taste healthy, delicious food from community businesses committed to sustainable, local products. In addition, segments of the recent film Food, Inc. will be shown. The film takes a startling look at what’s happening to our food before it lands on our plate.

Great local food – everything from cupcakes and chocolate to fresh goat cheese – will be available to sample. There will also be many booths where guest vendors and organizations will be demonstrating ways to grow, buy and prepare healthy food.

A $2 admission will go to organizations seeking to promote local, ethical, healthy and delicious ways of eating. More information and the R.S.V.P. are available at georgefox.edu/green/food-meet-2010. Questions? Contact Corey Beals at ext. 2661 or cbeals@georgefox.edu.

Group Classes are offered for beginners (Tues/Thurs. 9:40-10:30am). Learn to strum and pick on popular worship songs while learning to read music. MUSI 250-A

Private Lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level. All styles are covered including jazz, blues, rock, worship, folk, etc. MUSA 105/305 GT

Email Dave Iula for more info: daveiula1@gmail.com

 

Come to the George Fox’s Missions Fair and talk to representatives of mission organizations from all around the globe! This is the perfect event if you want to plug yourself into a short- or long-term ministry opportunity overseas or in the United States.

The fair runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Cap and Gown Room.

THIS Thursday, Jan. 14 wear your BLUE ZONE shirt for the Portland Center’s support of the GFU basketball program. We will have shirts available for purchase ($5 for most folks & $4 for students) and wristbands for free.

Wear your BLUE ZONE t-shirt…and enter the drawing at the front desk for grand prizes.

Then bring your family on Saturday, Jan. 16 to the GFU basketball games at the Newberg campus. All Portland employees, students & families will be able to sit together in reserved seating and have pizza to eat between games. The boys’ game starts at 6 p.m and the girls’ game is at 8 p.m. Entrance is free with your GFU ID card.

GO BRUINS!

The Wireless access key has been changed for the Boise, Portland and Salem campuses.  The new key can be found on the front page of mygfu.georgefox.edu or by asking at the front desk at the affected campuses.

Those at the Portland Campus are strongly encouraged to connect to the “foxwifi” network rather than the “foxguest” network.  Foxwifi is more secure and will soon offer extra features (such as printing from your laptop computer).  For help connecting to foxwifi please visit the IT office in the Information Commons.

Clint Baldwin is the new director of the Center for Peace and Justice and the Center for Global Studies. He also continues in political science under joint appointment as assistant professor of international studies. Baldwin has taught at George Fox since 2006 on an adjunct, part-time and full-time basis. Previously, he taught at Asbury Theological Seminary, Asbury College and the University of Kentucky. His PhD work is in communications (international/intercultural) through the University of Kentucky’s College of Communications & Information Studies. He holds master’s degrees in intercultural studies (Asbury Theological Seminary) and political science (Western Michigan University). Clint is married to Sarah, the university pastor, and they have a daughter, Madeline (9). They live two blocks from campus and attend Newberg Friends.

Abby Burgess joined the Office of Student Life as an administrative assistant last month. A graduate of George Fox last spring, when she earned a bachelor’s degree in history, she has worked at The Allison Inn and Spa in Newberg as a front-desk agent since August. Before that, she worked in George Fox’s residence life office as a resident assistant (2006-08), assistant area coordinator (2008-09) and as a summer resident assistant (2009). She also served as a teaching assistant in the university’s history department in 2008-09. Abby grew up in Mexico and Papua New Guinea, where her parents were missionaries. She lives in Newberg with her husband Ben, who also graduated from George Fox last spring. They attend Newberg Fellowship.

After filling the position on a temporary basis since September, Kristie DeHaven was hired in December to serve as a graduate admissions counselor for the School of Education. She also worked on a temporary basis as an administrative assistant for George Fox’s full-time MBA program earlier this year. Before that, she lived in South Korea and Taiwan with her family for six years. Kristie earned both a master’s degree (1987) and a bachelor’s degree (1986) in elementary education from Oregon State University. She lives in Sherwood with her husband, Dan, and the couple has three boys – Tyler, Drew and Nolan. They attend Grace Chapel in Wilsonville.

Ryan Tafflinger joined the university full time last week as a computer specialist IV after serving in the position on a temporary basis. Since September, he has worked in IT as a computer technician, working with both the Macintosh and Microsoft systems. He arrived in Oregon from Indiana after earning a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Anderson University in the spring. He lives in McMinnville with his wife Sidney and attends McMinnville Covenant Church.

Lon Fendall (Center for Peace and Justice/Center for Global Studies) retired from the university earlier this month. He and his wife Raelene will be busy raising three of their grandchildren, and as time permits, he plans to be involved with Friends ministries in Africa. He worked at George Fox the past 10 years and was also at the university for five years in the late 1980s and four years in the early 1970s.

Dave Covington (Enrollment Recruiter/Boise Center) left the university at the end of December. He is the new dean of Prairie College of Applied Arts and Technology in Alberta, Canada.

C.S. Lewis Academy and George Fox are cosponsoring an “Internet Safety Seminar for Parents” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus.

Led by Detective Todd Baltzell of the Newberg-Dundee Police Department, the event will cover:

• Internet crimes

• How predators lure children

• What kids are doing on the Internet

• The dangers of social networking

• What you can do to protect your kids

For more information, contact C.S. Lewis Academy at 503-538-0114.

Have you always wanted to be a leading voice within your academic community? Here’s your opportunity.

The Princeton Review invites you to speak out about daily academic and social life at your school by being a part of this year’s student survey. Spread your insights on what life on your campus is all about: favorite classes, extracurricular activities, sports and clubs, school traditions, professor/student interaction, residence life, food, etc.

The survey is online and takes only a few minutes to fill out. All undergraduates who complete it will be entered to win the “$5,000 for Your Thoughts” Sweepstakes.  To complete the survey and enter the sweepstakes, please use your school-issued e-mail address to log into the Princeton Review site at survey.review.com. The deadline is Feb. 1.

Our pledge is simple: your voice will be heard. The “Students Say” portion of your school’s profile is based directly on quotes submitted by students. It provides prospective undergraduates with a candid, accurate, and engaging picture of life at your college, helping them to decide if it’s the right fit.

Please note: When you log in to our online survey with your school-issued e-mail address, you will be given the option to receive additional information and offers from The Princeton Review. The Princeton Review takes your privacy seriously. We will not share your personal information with any third party unless you give us permission to do so.

Kevin T. Jones (Communication Arts) published a journal article titled “The Religious Rhetoric of Barack Obama: Courting the Faith Based Voter” in the January 2010 edition of Pop Culture and Faith. The article explores the rhetorical strategies employed by Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign designed to attract more faith-based voters.

Ed Higgins’ (English) poem, “swimming mallards,” appears in the current issue of Haiku Reality, a Serbian-English haiku journal. Ed also had his poem “Eve’s Tale” appear in the Winter 2009 edition of Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose magazine.

Kenn Willson (Performing Arts) will perform in concert at the First Presbyterian Church in Portland at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24. Willson will present “Encounters with Beethoven,” a multi-media piano recital with slides and personal insights into Beethoven. Tickets are available at the door and are $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors and students. Learn more at firstpresportland.org.

Jan. 12        Tim Rahschulte
Jan. 13        Ron Arnold
Jan. 14        Jim Steele
Jan. 15        Janeen Dillow, Debbie Hawblitzel
Jan. 17        Marley Brown, Ron Stansell
Jan. 18        Dwayne Astleford, Robin Baker, Dot Tobey
Jan. 22        John Smith
Jan. 23        Bill Buhrow, Mike Foster, John Johnson, Kris Molitor
Jan. 24        Steve Edwards