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Andrea Byerley, who has worked as a temp for the university’s Oregon Writing Project as an administrative assistant for the past two and a half years, is transitioning to work part time as a learning support services coordinator in the disability services office.

Don Powers (Biology) and five colleagues – two of whom are former George Fox students –   published an article, “Hovering in the heat: effects of environmental temperature on heat regulation in foraging hummingbirds,” in Royal Society Open Science on Dec. 6. The piece shows that when the temperature of the environment is higher than hummingbird body temperature, they begin to actively regulate their heat load likely by shuttling in-and-out of shaded vegetation. Thus, vegetative microclimates might be necessary for hummingbirds to function during high-temperature extremes.

Bob Gilmore (Faculty Emeritus) published a book of poems, titled Through the Years in Sunshine and Shadows, now available for purchase at bookstores and on Amazon. It is described on Amazon as “an inspirational book of poetry to which everyone can relate. Poems from My Life in Sunshine and Shadows are an uplifting read, with many compositions on life, love and happiness.”

Dec. 12           John Bates, Isabelle Corneaux
Dec. 13           Steve Grant, Marcey Keefer Hutchison, Brett Papineau
Dec. 14           Janelle Olivarez
Dec. 15           Paul Corbett-Furgal, Ben Hartley, Rick Muthiah, Cliff Rosenbohm
Dec. 17           Gary Buhler, Viki Defferding, Joe Thouvenel
Dec. 18           Carol Hutchinson, Katy Turpen
Dec. 19           Anderson Campbell, Phil Smith
Dec. 20           Jennifer Hanks
Dec. 21           Dawn Ford
Dec. 22           Robin Ashford, Jenny Getsinger
Dec. 23           Rodger Bufford, Jenny Vuksich
Dec. 24           Jeong Ahn, Greg Allen
Dec. 25           Abby Burgess, Debby O’Kelley
Dec. 26           Jill Beals, Jan Campadore, Michelle Engblom-Deglmann
Dec. 28           Sandra Banta-Wright, Abigail Hortegas, Robert Simpson
Dec. 30           Cris Banton, Lori DeKruyf, Paul L’Esperance, Adam Puckett, Kaitlyn Ragan
Jan. 1             Bob Harder
Jan. 3             Callista Lin, Lenore Stewart
Jan. 4             Brenda Graf, Chris Koch, Dan vanderWater
Jan. 5             Courtney Anderegg
Jan. 9             Mary Cameron
Jan. 10           Grant Burns, George Byrtek, John Regier
Jan. 12           Jeff Cameron, Tim Rahschulte, Shannon Scott
Jan. 13           Kim Rapp
Jan. 14           Li-Zandre Philbrook, Jonathan Ramse, Jim Steele
Jan. 15           Janeen Dillow, Debbie Hawblitzel, Holli Paskewich

Lynn Andrews (Advancement) is leaving the university at the end of this month to start a new position as the leader of development for her parish, as well as to establish a new foundation for Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Portland. A farewell reception for her is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Christy Smith (Library) left George Fox earlier this month.

Ben Hartley (College of Christian Studies) recently published three chapters in two different books. “Mission: Agnes C. L. Donohugh, Early ‘Apostle for Ethnology’” was published in On Knowing Humanity: Insights from Theology for Anthropology (Routledge). The chapter argues that Donohugh was the most important Christian anthropologist involved in the training of missionaries in America between the world wars. The volume also reprinted an article previously published in Current Anthropology that Ben coauthored with four Eastern University colleagues, entitled “Engaging the Religiously Committed Other: Anthropologists and Theologians in Dialogue.” Finally, a chapter he coauthored with Kirsten Oh and Glen Alton Messer, entitled “‘Get on the Cart!’: Wesleyan Discipleship in an Age of Endemic Incarceration,” appears in Thinking Theologically about Mass Incarceration: Biblical Foundations and Justice Imperatives (Paulist Press). The chapter was the result of Ben’s participation over the past few years in the National Council of Churches’ Convening Table on Faith and Order.

Brent Weaver’s (Music) three-movement suite “Singing at the Fire” for organ, based on poems by Sarah Klassen on stories from the early Anabaptist book Martyrs Mirror, was presented by organist Shirley Sprunger King on Nov. 5 at Bluffton College in Ohio. The concert was part of a month-long series of art, music and literature events surrounding an exhibition of art and stories from Martyrs Mirror.

Elise Trask (Athletics), Jen Macnab (Registrar), Nichole Drew (Employee Empowerment), Elizabeth Anderson (Residence Life), Matt Dyment (Residence Life), Dave Johnstone (Residence Life), Kristi Welker (Commuter Life), Brad Lau (Student Life) and Mark Pothoff (Student Life) attended the Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force Campus Investigator Training Oct. 25-27 in Salem.

Rachel Thomas (Library/Archivist) has been named president of the Newberg Area Historical Society. She has served as vice president of the society for the past two years, during which time she presented historical lectures, connected George Fox students and faculty to the organization, successfully instituted student membership rates, conducted historical trolley tours of Newberg, and been instrumental in continuing efforts to document the history of downtown Newberg through signage.

Brent Wilson (Computer Science) presented a published paper, “Teaching Security Defense Through Web-Based Hacking at the Undergraduate Level,” at the Rocky Mountain Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Conference at Utah Valley University in October. The paper was published in the Journal for Computing Sciences in Colleges.

Nicole M. Enzinger (Education) is lead author of a chapter, titled “An Illustration of Scholarly Inquiry from the Cognitive Perspective: The Development of an Integer Activity for Prospective Elementary or Middle School Teachers,” in the book Building Support for Scholarly Practices in Mathematics Methods. The book is the product of collaborations among over 40 mathematics teacher educators who teach mathematics methods courses for prospective PreK-12 teachers in many different institutional contexts and structures.

Ed Higgins (Emeritus, English Department) published his poem “Floating Lightly Through” in the October 2017 issue of the online literary journal The Magnolia Review.

Rae Casey (DPS), Jennie Harrop (DPS), Michelle Shelton (DPS) and Britny Scholz (Registrar, DPS) attended the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning 2017 International Conference in San Diego Nov. 15-17. Rae, Jennie and Michelle presented a workshop titled “Knowles, Kolb, & Google: Prior Learning Assessment as a Model for 21st-Century Learning,” in which they presented George Fox’s model for Prior Learning Assessment. Grounded in andragogical theory, the university’s PLA process moves from Malcolm Knowles’ 1970s emphasis on the importance of experience, self-concept and relevance in a student’s journey to a focus on the experiential learning cycle of David Kolb: experience, reflection, theory-building and application. The three argued that George Fox’s Knowles/Kolb-focused PLA program serves as a model for education in a 21st-century Google age where information is instantaneous and creative reflection is essential.

Paige Parry (Biology) published two papers this year in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Wyoming and the U.S. Forest Service: “Towards an improved conceptual understanding of North American tree distributions” in the journal Ecosphere, and “Species interactions weakly modify climate-induced tree co-occurrence patterns” in the Journal of Vegetation Science.

Matt Stump (Biology) collaborated with colleagues on an article, “Upregulation of functional Kv11.1a isoform expression by modified U1 small nuclear RNA,” in the journal Gene in October. The study was performed in collaboration with Zhengfeng Zhou and Qiuming Gong in the Knight Cardiovascular Institute at Oregon Health & Science University.

Nov. 28           Peg Hutton
Nov. 29           Michelle Conrad
Dec. 3             Davida Brown, Brad Lau, Branden Thompson
Dec. 6             Kathy Alexander
Dec. 7             Marie-Christine Goodworth, Amy Lutz
Dec. 8             Kerry Irish
Dec. 9             Patrick Kelley, Mike Wirta
Dec. 10           Carlisle Chambers, Laurie Koehler
Dec. 11           Tatiana Cevallos, Lisa Cleath, Sara Reamy

Josh DeGraff joins Plant Services this month as a groundskeeper. A landscape specialist with nearly 15 years of experience, he worked the past year doing landscaping projects and clean water services work for various pump stations throughout Washington County. Before that, he worked for 13 years as a landscape foreman and technician for Winterbloom Inc., serving as a crew leader, foreman and technician for various residential projects that included all phases of landscape construction and maintenance. Josh is a licensed landscape construction professional (2005-present) and earned landscape technology credentials at Portland Community College in 2003. He lives in Beaverton with wife Kristin and has three girls: Miriam (12), Eliza (10) and Lia (8). The family attends Sonrise Church in Hillsboro, where he plays drums on the worship team. Outside of landscaping, Josh has a passion for bicycles. Currently, he is a part-time bicycle mechanic and has experience working full time at a bike shop in Portland.

Plant Services welcomes James Dezellem as a custodian this month. For the past two years, he worked as youth director at Yamhill Christian Church, planning and leading events and programs and mentoring teenagers in the community. He also worked in 2015 as a carpenter for All Building Construction, working with a team building everything from decks and fences to full-fledged remodels and new custom buildings from the ground up. Previously, James worked as a line trainer for TriMet (2013-15) and was an assistant director for a small nonprofit, Empowered Kids. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Eastern Oregon University. James lives in Carlton with his wife Marie and attends Yamhill Christian Church.

The student accounts office has hired Ji Haverda as an account specialist to serve students whose last names begin with A through K. For the past three years, she has worked as an office manager and as head wedding photographer for Imogen Works Photography. Prior to that, she was a challenge course facilitator in the guest services department of Washington Family Ranch, a Young Life camp based in Antelope, Oregon, in 2013-14. Ji gained higher education experience as an office specialist and web designer for the Campus Ministries Department at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, from 2009 to 2013. She also worked as a travel photographer for The New York Times’ online publications in 2011-12. Ji lives in Newberg with her husband, Corey.

Rae Casey (DPS), Jennie Harrop (DPS), Carol Hutchinson (DPS) and Michelle Shelton (DPS) presented a talk, titled “Breaking Down Silos: Technology, Teamwork, and Transformational Learning,” at the 2017 Magna Teaching with Technology Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on Oct. 7. The group grounded their discussion in andragogical learning theory, focusing on (1) how transformational learning is possible in local and distance learning environments, (2) that meaningful learning communities must be created with intention, (3) that academic silos must be broken down to allow for relationships, and (4) that effective technology demands faculty teamwork.

Kevin Jones (Department of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts) published two articles this fall on two different, but relevant, topics. In October, Kevin, along with coauthor James Briscoe from James Madison University, published “Mortification and Apodiorizo: Re-framing Apologia” in the International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Review. The essay challenges conventional methods of apology speeches and creates a new theory for seeking forgiveness for a transgression. Kevin also published “The Integration of Faith and Learning in the Communication Classroom” in the Journal of Christian Teaching and Practice. In that essay, he draws upon more than 30 years of teaching experience to provide a servant-leadership teaching model for the Christian communication classroom.

Brent Weaver’s (Music) composition Two Intermezzos was performed in September by “Rising Star” Sam Hong. The piece was inspired by the Intermezzos of Brahms, with a musical connection with American musical styles such as jazz, folk music and more recent popular styles. Brent is one of 12 local composers commissioned by Portland Piano International/SOLO to compose new works for solo piano, to be performed by young “Rising Star” pianists from across the globe. The works premiere in free, interactive concerts in Portland and around Oregon, and will be recorded for release in 2018.

Ed Higgins (Emeritus, English Department) published his poem “Monday” in the online publication Ascent Aspirations Magazine on Oct. 17. Ed’s piece was among those selected for the magazine’s “Friday’s Poems” segment. Ed also had a flash fiction piece, “Boil,” published in the October 2017 issue of the online literary journal Clockwise Cat.

Corban Harwood (Mathematics) presented “Stability and Oscillatory Analysis of Numerical Partial Differential Equations,” one of two invited addresses at the annual Oregon Liberal Arts Mathematics Colloquium on Oct. 21 in Forest Grove. The other invited address, “Diagonalization of Algebraic Structures over the Integers,” was given by Michelle Walty, a 2010 George Fox mathematics graduate who is a visiting professor at Pacific University after earning her PhD in mathematics in August from Texas Tech University.

Oct. 31            Rachael Fissell, Dane Joseph
Nov. 1             Dave Johnstone, David Martinez, Christopher Parks, Polly Peterson
Nov. 2             Tahlia Martin
Nov. 3             Karen Bowdoin, Nijay Gupta
Nov. 4             Karen Carskadon, Jennifer Farland, Tom Head, Young-Il Kim, Melissa Thomas
Nov. 5             Rob Bohall, Michelle Kang
Nov. 6             Alexandra Harrington, Jon Schatz
Nov. 8             Rebecca Valdovinos
Nov. 9             Jack Lyda
Nov. 10           Glena Andrews
Nov. 11           Rhonda Andrews, Sean Patterson
Nov. 12           Kelly Borror, Ian Sanders
Nov. 13           Kristie Knows His Gun
Nov. 14           Kelly Lafferty
Nov. 16           Carol Jaquith
Nov. 17           Abigail Favale, Kris Nelson, Sue O’Donnell
Nov. 18           Kathleen Jones, Gina Miller
Nov. 19           Nathanael Ankeny, Bob Hamilton, Heather Rainey
Nov. 20           Jeremy Doucette-Hardy
Nov. 21           Ryan Tafflinger
Nov. 22           Corban Harwood
Nov. 23           Laura Simmons, Sarah Stevenson
Nov. 24           Tamara Reams
Nov. 27           Ryan Jacobson

Andrea Abernathy joins the university this month as a reference librarian in the Murdock Learning Resource Center. She recently moved to Oregon from Alabama, where she worked as a librarian and assistant professor of library resources (2014-present) and as a librarian and instructor (2010-14) at Judson College. Previously, she worked as a seventh-grade language arts teacher at Montevallo Middle School in Montevallo, Alabama, from 2005 to 2008. At Judson, Andrea was instrumental in promoting literacy in Marion, Alabama, through the Little Free Libraries program, helping establish two free libraries in areas of the city in need. She earned a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Alabama in 2009 and holds a bachelor’s degree in English language arts from the University of Montevallo (2003). Andrea lives in McMinnville and is in search of a church home.

George Fox alumna Alexandra Weatherford has joined the School of Social Work as an administrative assistant this month. For the past year, she worked as a substitute teacher in the Central Kitsap School District in Silverdale, Washington, while also spending the latter part of 2016 working as a teacher assistant at Chapel Hill Preschool in Gig Harbor, Washington. Alexandra earned a bachelor’s degree in interior design and fashion merchandising from George Fox in 2015 and worked in the university’s advancement office in 2014 and 2015 as a phonathon supervisor. She lives in Hubbard with her husband Justin, a 2014 George Fox mechanical engineering alumnus, and their two dogs, Tucker and Winston. The Weatherfords attend Zion Mennonite Church.

Bob Harder (Engineering) was recently interviewed by Big Beacon Radio about what makes George Fox’s engineering program unique, the role that the university’s Christian orientation plays in creating a transformative educational experience, and how entrepreneurially minded learning is shaping higher education. You can listen to the podcast here.

Randy Woodley (Seminary) has been busy of late. Recently, he hosted The People’s Supper on “Race and Justice” at his farm in Newberg. The People’s Supper is a national program that aims to repair the breach in our interpersonal relationships across political, ideological and identity differences, leading to more civil discourse. He also published a blog for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning on “The Race to End Racism: Is the Academy in the Race?” In addition, he presented at the Indigenous Wisdom: Pathways to Deeper Awareness Summit held at the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) in Portland. He was also honored, with his spouse Edith, at the NAYA Pow Wow with a necklace and recognized as a community elder. Finally, he was featured on the national podcast “Replacing Church,” on which he talked about the “Native American Harmony Way and its Relationship to Shalom,” and was featured on the “Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries Webinar” (Ched Meyers), sharing on “The Columbus Quincentenary as A Turning Point in the Decolonization Struggle.”

Cherice Bock (Seminary) is representing Portland Seminary’s Creation Care Program at the Midwest Symposium on Ecologically Informed Theological Education: Implications for Teaching, Learning and Seminary Life, held at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio Oct. 17-18. The event is an invitation-only gathering for collaboration and learning about incorporating creation care into theological curricula. Cherice also recently gave a talk on “Introduction to Watershed Discipleship” at the conference Blessing of the Waters of Life: Justice and Healing for Our Watershed. held in Corbett, Oregon, Sept. 25-26.

Oct. 17               Min Choi, Ben Guidice
Oct. 18               Shereen Hullum
Oct. 20               Paul Becker, Wendy Flint
Oct. 21               Teresa Arnold
Oct. 22               Samantha Adams, Dwayne Hood, Tricia Hornback
Oct. 23               Andy Baker
Oct. 24               Ryan Dougherty, Dixie Downey
Oct. 25               Rachel Ryan
Oct. 26               Lorie Brubaker, Todd Curtis, Aida Ramos
Oct. 27               Kristina Van Der Eems
Oct. 29               Roger Nam, Rusty St. Cyr
Oct. 30               Katie Sol

Nichole Drew, a talent development manager the past four years with Enterprise Holdings Inc. who has 13-plus years of management and human resources experience, joins the university as its first director of employee empowerment. She will be a key leader in the university’s new Innovation and Empowerment division, which aligns employee empowerment (formerly HR), information technology, data analytics, strategic planning and innovation. As the employee empowerment leader, Nichole will give special focus to talent development and hiring. She will also oversee the main HR functions of the university. She joins George Fox after overseeing talent development and leadership training efforts with Enterprise Holdings Inc. for Oregon and Southwest Washington since May of 2013. Previously, she worked for five years as an area rental manager for Enterprise Rent a Car, overseeing 60 employees at eight locations. Nichole earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Portland State University in 2003 and was a four-year student-athlete at the university, earning a scholarship in softball and serving as a team captain. She lives in Newberg with her husband Chad and their children Austin (7) and Avery (2). The family attends Family Life Church in Newberg.

Michelle Kang joins the PsyD department as a program coordinator this fall. She worked previously as an office manager for Kang and Associates Physical Therapy Inc. of Ventura, California, from 2005 to 2013. Prior to that, she was director of conference services for the C.S. Lewis Foundation of Redlands, California, in 2003. Michelle earned a bachelor of business administration degree in economics from Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business in 2000. She lives in Newberg with Daniel Kang, an assistant professor in the university’s doctor of physical therapy program, and their three daughters, Lauren, Claire and Grace.

The library on the Newberg campus has hired Christy Smith as a part-time public service library assistant. For the past year she volunteered at Homeward Bound Pets, an animal shelter in McMinnville. She also volunteered in the past in the Vancouver Public Schools system (2011-12) and at Eisenhower Elementary School (2009-10) in Vancouver, Washington. Christy lives in McMinnville with her husband Ken and their children Michael and Jasmine. The family attends Family Life Church.

The university welcomes Anna Sophia Ziton as an executive assistant in the president’s office. For the past two years she has worked as the head secretary for the Woodburn Academy of Art, Science & Technology in Woodburn, Oregon, where she did both clerical work and helped organize major events. Previously, she did some voice acting work in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and was an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher in Moscow, Russia, in 2014-15. She also taught Spanish and Russian as an assistant teacher in Kenyon College’s Department of Modern Languages and Literature from 2011 to 2014. Anna Sophia earned a bachelor’s degree in modern languages and literature from Kenyon College in Ohio in 2014. She lives in Woodburn and attends St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Beaverton.

After nearly 11 years working directly with alumni and donors, Robby Larson is leaving George Fox to become the vice president of advancement at Multnomah University in Portland. In parting, he shared these thoughts: “Serving the George Fox community for this past decade has been a true privilege. I am immensely grateful for all the incredible alumni and friends who support this place. It’s exciting to think of how God might work through each of these people to impact the next 125 years at George Fox.” Robby’s last day at George Fox is Thursday, Oct. 5.

Ashley Walker (MBA Programs Coordinator) is leaving George Fox on Oct. 11. She will be working at the University of Oregon’s Portland campus as an event coordinator.

Joseph Clair (William Penn Honors Program) published an article, “The Lost Purpose of Learning,” in the Sept. 26 edition of First Things. The piece is a foretaste of his forthcoming book in Bloomsbury’s new Reading Augustine series, due out in November. The book, titled On Education, Formation, Citizenship and the Lost Purpose of Learning, claims, like the article, that Augustine’s Christian vision of higher education is worth recovering and works out a practical roadmap for reconnecting the intellectual enterprise of learning to a fulfilled life of knowing God and loving others on college campuses today.

Oct. 3              Sarita Gallagher
Oct. 4              Doug Beatty, Jane Wilson
Oct. 7              Cindy Howard, Maranda Turner
Oct. 8              Linda Crossland
Oct. 9              Brian Doak, Caroline Wildhaber
Oct. 10            Rob Felton, Jim Smart
Oct. 11            Gary Eckerdt, Lizzy Riese
Oct. 12            Tyler Weiss
Oct. 15            Debra Espinor, Gina Worley
Oct. 16            Richard Shaw, Caleb Wheelock

Michelle Dawson joins the university as director of university events this fall. She arrives from Pepperdine University, where she worked from 2012 to 2014 as a special events coordinator. Prior to that, Michelle was an executive event coordinator for the Office of the President at California State University San Marcos (2008-11). She also has extensive experience in event planning for wedding venues, florists, a bridal store and other businesses. Michelle earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Illinois State University (1996) and holds a certification in wedding and event planning from San Francisco State University College of Extended Studies (1998). She lives in Newberg with her husband Brian and has two children: Sabrina, studying at Westmont College, and Drake, a student at George Fox.

The university welcomes Lorie Brubaker to work part time as coordinator of George Fox’s Science Outreach Program. She has worked the past five years as a teacher at Veritas School in Newberg, providing instruction in nine subject areas. Previously, she was an educational assistant in the reading programs at Dundee Elementary School from 2005 to 2010. Lorie also gained classroom experience as an educational assistant at Mountain View Middle School (2004-05) and at Renne Middle School (1992-96), both in Newberg. She earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from California State University, Long Beach in 1987 and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from George Fox in 2011. She lives in Newberg with her husband of 35 years, Tim, and they have three children: Dana (a George Fox nursing alumna), Luke and Paul. Lorie and Tim attend Grace Baptist Church in Newberg.

Brenn Borror (Marketing Communications) left the university Sept. 12 to move nearer to his fiancée, who is in a five-year graduate program (PsyD) at Biola University. He will be assuming the role of creative director at the Christian company Convene.

Trey Watt (Plant Services) has left the university as a groundskeeper but remains an assistant coach with the George Fox baseball program.

Jon Gemeroy (Plant Services) left George Fox in mid-August to further his education.

Dale Journey (Plant Services) is no longer with the university.

Terry Peters (Plant Services) left the university in late July to work at Schnitzer Steel, located closer to his home.

Mike Rader (Plant Services) retired from George Fox Aug. 31 after 22 years of service at the university.

Patti Cooke (Plant Services) is retiring from George Fox. Her last day will be Oct. 2.

Several university employees are serving on the board and associated journal of the International Christian Community of Teacher Educators (ICCTE), a faith-based teacher educators organization. Scot Headley is a founding member and provides invaluable support to the journal; Josiah Philipsen is the webmaster for ICCTE-J; Linda Samek serves as treasurer; and Jennie Harrop, Tom Buchanan and Susanna Thornhill serve as the editorial team for ICCTE-J. As a peer-reviewed journal, ICCTE-J publishes two issues annually in order to promote scholarly exchanges supported by a Christian worldview. The fall issue launched in September 2017.  The ICCTE conference happens biennially and will be hosted in 2018 at Abilene Christian University May 22-25. Contact any member of the editorial team for more information on this vibrant community; the journal is always looking for submissions and peer review partners.

Randy Woodley (Seminary) wrote a chapter, “The Poor and Poverty in North American Indigenous Traditions,” for the book Poverty and the Poor in the World’s Religious Tradition: Religious Responses to the Problem of Poverty (editors William H. Brackney and Rupen Das), published by Praeger in June. Randy also presented a session, titled “Embracing Ethnic Diversity and Learning from Indigenous Communities,” for The Global Church Project’s Healing Our Broken Humanity: A Seven-Part Film Series on Race, Justice and Reconciliation. Finally, Randy was one of 10 architects of a document, “The Declaration on Christian Faith and White Supremacy,” released last week on a national platform with signatories such as Walter Brueggemann, Jim Wallis, Lisa Sharon Harper, Shane Claiborne, David Gushee and MaryKate Morse (Seminary). The statement was developed by concerned Christians after the recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and modeled after the famous Barman Declaration drafted by theologians such as Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who felt the church needed to take a stand against the nationalistic movement that became Nazism. In the same spirit concerning a nationalistic movement in America concerning White Supremacy, a number of theologians, scholars and activists came together to draft “The Declaration,” which has now been signed by more than 2,000 Christians in its first week. People may read “The Declaration” and the call to Act, and sign, at thedeclaration.net.

Tim Tsohantaridis (Christian Studies) teamed with John S. Knox to write a book, God in the Details: A Biblical Survey of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures (Kendall-Hunt Publishers). The book presents the story of the Bible in a systematic, yet straightforward manner. Readers are introduced to a broad investigation of the Hebrew and Greek scriptures (including writings from the intertestamental period), providing the highlights of each book in the Bible as well as historical and cultural details to mesh out the stories and to provide depth of understanding.

Jamie Johnson (Spiritual Life, College of Christian Studies) had a book review published in the CCCU Advance Spring 2017 issue: “Sanctity in the Ordinary: A Review of Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren.”

Paul Anderson preached at Reedwood Friends Church (Sept. 17) on “Abiding in Christ and Being Friends of Jesus,” and he represented George Fox at the internment memorial service for John Punshon (former visiting professor of Quaker Studies, 1990) in London (Aug. 12). Paul also presented the following papers: “From One Inclusive Quest to Another — A Tribute to Marvin W. Meyer” (Chapman University, Los Angeles, May 2017); “Quaker Presidents We Have Known, Or Thought We Did — Hoover and Nixon,” Friends Association for Higher Education (Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, June 2017); “John Among the Gospels: A Bi-Optic Hypothesis” and “The Spirituality of Jesus: An Inclusive Quest” (Stellenbosch University, South Africa, August 2017); and “A Bi-Optic Hypothesis: An Inclusive Theory of Gospel Relations,” Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (University of Pretoria, South Africa, August 2017). Paul also wrote a new foreword for The Prophet-King, by Wayne A. Meeks, and published in the Johannine Monograph Series (Vol. 5) of which he is a coeditor (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2017).

Sept. 21         Arden Schellert, Heidi Thomason
Sept. 22         Kearsten McCoy, Josh Nauman
Sept. 24         Steve Leijon
Sept. 25         Darla Norgren, Marc Shelton
Sept. 26         Isaac MacDonald
Sept. 28         Aimee Frazier
Sept. 29         Robert Bredemeier, Hannah Souter
Sept. 30         Marcia Bogert, Terry Huffman, Laurie Lieggi, Laurie Lorenzen
Oct. 1             Anna Berardi, Paul Chamberlain

A 2013 George Fox alumna, Brittany Baker, has joined the university as associate director of sports marketing. She has worked as a freelance writer for nonprofit organizations and small businesses for the past year and, before that, was a writer and editor with the Luis Palau Association in Beaverton, Oregon (2013-16). Her previous experience also includes a year working as a resident advisor at Linfield College (2010-11). Brittany earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication from George Fox and attended Portland State University earlier this year for post-baccalaureate speech and hearing sciences courses. She lives in Beaverton and attends Bridgetown Church.

A professor with more than 50 years of experience in music education, Dick Elliott, joins the music department this fall as a half-time visiting assistant professor of music and director of bands. Dick has been a longtime adjunct at George Fox, where he’s taught band since 2006, and he’s taught on an adjunct basis at Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College and Western Oregon University as well. His band teaching career began in 1966 in Seaside Public Schools, and he taught band and choir at the elementary, middle school and high school levels in the Newberg School District from 1968 to 2006. Dick holds a master’s degree in music from Illinois Wesleyan University (1966) and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Linfield College (1965). He lives in Newberg with his wife Judy, a retired third-grade teacher who taught in Newberg schools for 25 years. They have two grown children, daughter Crissa and son Marc, and two 9-year-old twin granddaughters. The Elliotts attend Newberg First United Methodist Church.

The registrar’s office welcomes Audrey Lichten as an office coordinator. For the past two years she has worked for Suite 4, an internet marketing service based in McMinnville, as an operations manager (2016-17), a branding and creative consultant (2015-17) . Before that, while a student at Linfield College, Audrey worked as an administrative assistant and intern in the school’s student affairs office. She earned a bachelor’s degree in electronic arts from Linfield in 2015. She lives in McMinnville and attends Church on the Hill.

Arden Schellert joins the university this fall as a visiting assistant professor of social work and sociology. For the past three years, he has been an assistant professor of social work and the social work program director at Tabor College in Kansas. Arden worked previously as a resident caretaker for a women’s shelter in Hillsboro, Kansas (2015-16), as a basic education instructor at North Island College in British Columbia (2013-14), as an instructor of social work at Thompson River University in British Columbia, and as an instructor of criminology at Northwest Community College in Canada (2013-14). In addition, he has more than 25 years of experience in the social work field. Arden earned a doctor of philosophy in social work from the University of Toronto in 2002 and holds a Master of Social Work degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada (1991). He lives in Newberg with his wife Barbara. They have one adult daughter, Mary-Joy.

Angeleen Umfleet joins the university this fall as an administrative assistant for the Department of History, Sociology and Politics. Previously, she worked as a marketing assistant for ROCO Winery of Newberg, providing graphic design, marketing, advertising and event coordination from 2011 to 2014. Before that, she was a receptionist, executive assistant and production assistant for Swearington Advertising from 1991 to 1995. Angeleen also owned her own graphic design business, Riveting Design, from 1997 to 2011, and since 2011 she has run Angel Food Candy, a business specializing in creating and marketing organic, gluten- and dairy-free candies. Angeleen lives in Newberg with her husband James and their two daughters, Anna and Grace, and attends Northside Community Church.

Lisa Burton (Employee Empowerment) has left the university.

Arlene Candela (Employee Empowerment) has left the university.

Tammy O’Doherty (PsyD) has left George Fox.

Mark McMinn (PsyD) recently released a book, The Science of Virtue: Why Positive Psychology Matters to the Church, through Brazos Press. In the words of reviewer Steven J. Sandage of Boston University, the book “places the best of contemporary positive psychology research in fruitful dialogue with ancient Christian wisdom.”

John Spencer (Education) and colleague A.J. Juliani cowrote a book this summer, Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning (IMpress). In it, the authors provide teachers, coaches and administrators with a roadmap that will inspire innovation, authentic learning experiences, and practical ways to empower students to pursue their passions while in school. At the peak of its popularity, the book reached the top-200 list in sales on Amazon.

Jenny Elsey (Spiritual and Intercultural Life) and Beronica Salazar (Counseling) applied for and attended the CCCU Multi-Ethnic Leadership Development Institute in June. They are part of a year-long leadership development program that includes shadowing a leader at another CCCU institution. Jenny will shadow President Michael LaRoy at Calvin College and Beronica will shadow Dr. Rukshan Fernando, an associate dean at Azusa Pacific.