Comings and Goings
The IT department welcomes Jeremy Bascom as an applications analyst this month. He arrives from Marshall B. Ketchum University in Fullerton, Calif., where he worked for the past 20 years as an assistant director of information technology (2012-16), a network engineer (2008-12) and as a systems support employee (1996 to 2008). He attended Citrus College in Azusa, Calif. Jeremy lives in Sherwood with his wife, Lori, and their four children – Lelia, Olivia, Elliott and Timothy. They attend Colossae Church in Sherwood.
The College of Education has hired Donna Kestek to serve as co-director of clinical practices. She is transferring to the position after working as a teacher education associate at the university since January of this year. Prior to joining George Fox, Donna worked as a computer applications/office systems instructor at Portland Community College. She also taught keyboarding and software training as a business technology instructor at Mt. Hood Community College and at Clackamas Community College. She started her teaching career in the business department at Roseburg High School before teaching at Aloha High School for 10 years. Donna holds a master’s degree in teaching from Portland State University and a bachelor’s degree in education from Oregon State University. She lives in West Linn with her husband, Jeff. She has a daughter, Amy, who teaches kindergarten in Central Oregon and a son, Brett, who is an accountant working in Atlanta. Donna and her family attend Willamette Christian Church in West Linn.
Jocelyn Stein joins the university to serve as the events coordinator for the William Penn Honors Program. She worked the past five years as the director of women’s ministry at Countryside Community Church in Sherwood. Previously, she worked for the Sherwood School District as a teacher in the district’s Alternative Learning Center from 2006 to 2008. She also gained teaching experience as an English teacher at North Salem High School (2004-05) and as a language arts teacher at The Bear Creek School in Redmond, Wash., (2002-2004). Jocelyn is married to Matt and they have three children: Braden, Emma and Caleb.
The Murdock Learning Resource Center has hired alumnus Jacob Vahlenkamp to work as a library assistant on a half-time basis. It marks a return for Jacob, who was a work-study student for the library all four years as an undergraduate student from 2011 to 2015. He was also an RA during his senior year in 2014-15. After graduating, Jacob spent a year working as a teller at a bank in Longmont, Colo. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministries from George Fox (2015) and lives in Portland. He attends Imago Dei Community in Portland.
After 25 years of service to the university, Linda Sartwell (Mail Services) retired from George Fox last week.
Kyle Pfeiffer (Alumni Relations) left the university after accepting a position at a high-tech company that recruited him.