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Rodger Bufford (Graduate Psychology) chaired the American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation site visit to the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology program at Regent University Feb 5-7.

David Kerr (Visual Arts) will be published for two of his designs in March 2012. Kerr’s images were selected as examples of “bright ideas from around the world” for two of David E. Carter’s new upcoming graphic design books: Logos 2 and Business Cards 1. Kerr designed the TAPP Financial logo and business card system and a logotype for Billboards Worldwide, both Canadian companies.

Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) spoke in a Malone University chapel on Feb. 29 on “Called to Serve; Called to Prepare.” He also presented on “The Riddles of John” at Malone the same week.

Ed Higgins (English) published a poem, “distant hill,” in the first issue (March) of the online literary journal Straight Forward: A Poetry Journal.

March 7        Lecia Retter
March 9        Elizabeth Holme, James Oshiro
March 12      Theresa Schierman, Brent Weaver
March 13      Carol Brazo, Karen Buchanan, Sandy Cherachanko
March 14      Piper Parks
March 15      Caitlin Corning, Stephanie St. Cyr
March 16      Robert Ashbrook, Nancy Brannen
March 17      Bryan Boyd, Taylor Martin
March 18      Mark Carlton
March 19      Joanna Gray, Marty Hunter

Doug Campbell (Visual Arts) had a haiku published in the most recent issue of Adventum. In addition, three of his paintings – “Face in Three Acts,” “The Vine Maiden” and “The Ugly Cross Triptych” – are on exhibit through Feb. 24 in “Wild Women 10,” a juried exhibit sponsored by the River Gallery in Independence, Ore.

Greg Allen (Adult Degree Programs) was elected to the C.S. Lewis Academy board of directors in November. He currently serves as chair of the finance committee and as a member of the marketing committee.

Mark Terry’s (Visual Arts) pieces will be included in “West Coast Wood Fire,” an exhibit featuring wood-fired ceramics by more than 50 contemporary clay artists from California, Oregon and Washington. The exhibit, which will showcase the work of the most prominent artists in Mark’s guild on this side of the country, runs March 2-31 at the Fine Arts Center in Arcata, Calif.

Sarah Gibson’s (Cinema and Media Communication) article, “Who is that Masked Man: Should Anonymous Posters to Newspaper Websites be Unmasked?,” was published in the Southern Law Journal. Gibson was the lead author along with her coauthor, Brad Reid, a professor at Lipscomb University. The article explores recent court cases and the developing precedent for First Amendment and Shield Law protection to online comments. In addition, Sarah’s interactive documentary, “Steve Taylor’s Digital Clone,” was named winner of the 2012 Broadcast Education Association’s Faculty Interactive Media Best of Festival King Foundation Award. The award ceremony will take place in April at the BEA national convention.

A number of English department faculty members participated in the Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association’s 33rd Annual Conference Feb. 8-11 in Albuquerque, N.M. Professors (and others) presented papers and Ed Higgins read poetry in a creative writing session:

In the Women and Religion session, Melanie Mock presented a paper with slide illustrations titled “Be Quiet, Already: Evangelical Popular Culture’s Misogyny Problem.” Kendra Weddle Irons (formally in the religion department at GFU) presented in the same session a paper with slide illustrations titled “Blogging for God: Women, Christianity Today, Sojourners, and the Christian Century.”

In a session on Learning and the Freshman Writing Experience, Gary Tandy presented the paper “Writing About Basic Beliefs in Basic Writing.”

In a session on Interpreting Religion, Kathy Heininge presented the paper “Stephen Colbert and Stephen King: Catechists for a Secular World.”

In a session on The Beat World: Exploration of Countercultural Influences, Sara Kelm (Registrar’s Office) presented the paper “A Failed Success: Divine Right Davenport as a Hero for the Hippie Counterculture.”

In a session on Women’s Studies, Abby Rine presented a paper with slide illustrations titled “The Postfeminist Mystique, or What Can We Learn from Betty Draper?”

In a session on Food and Culture: Regional Food Histories, Polly Peterson read a paper with slide illustrations titled “Accessible With a Hint of Barnyard: The Culture of Food and Wine in the Red Hills of Dundee.”

In a Creative Writing Poetry session, Higgins read a selection of poems under the heading “Four Questions.”

Jennifer Overstreet, Dan Predoehl and David Collett (ADP Admissions) presented a seminar, “Academic Concierges: Working With Students from Start to Finish,” at the Student Success and Retention Conference hosted by the Oregon Council of Student Services Administrators. The conference, held Feb. 2-3 at the Portland Airport Sheraton, was attended by more than 300 people who work at community colleges and public and private universities in Oregon. Jennifer, Dan and David’s presentation detailed the enrollment counselor model we use with our ADP students and how it has improved student success and retention in that program.

Ed Higgins (English) published the poem “I am spoken fragments” in the February issue of Fortunates, an online collection of “profoundly bite-sized poetry.” He also published a flash fiction piece, “My Nose,” in the February issue of the online literary magazine RiverLit.

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Patrick Kelley (Graduate Admissions) and his wife Maria welcomed Porter Curtis Kelley to their family on Jan. 26. He was 6 pounds, 8 ounces and 20 inches long. He was born at Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital. Porter joins big sister Reesa in the Kelley family.

Feb. 22        Mark Hall, Valerie Rogers
Feb. 23        Mark Weinert
Feb. 24        Corey Beals
Feb. 25        Brian McLaughlin
Feb. 28        Andrea MacLeod
March 2       Gary Kilburg, Winston Seegobin
March 3       Kayin Griffith, Rhett Luedtke
March 4       Tyler Cuddeford

Michael Meek, who has guided the women’s basketball team to a 21-0 record, was a guest on Ron Callan’s “Northwest Sports Tonight” radio talk show on KPAM AM 860 on Jan. 25. Michael and the Bruins are on track to repeat as Northwest Conference champions and a trip back to the NCAA Division III national tournament.

Ed Higgins’ (English) poem “A Political Parable” was included in an anthology of Occupy-related poems, Liberty’s Vigil, The Occupy Anthology (99 Poets among the 99%), published by FootHills Publishing. Contributors are from 22 states and six countries. Ed was one of only two West Coast poets among the 99 selected contributors.

Ron Mock (Political Science and Peace Studies) was appointed to fill the unexpired Zone 1 position on the Newberg School Board. The position was declared vacant last September when board member Deona Twenge moved out of the district. Ron has lived in the community since 1990 and is interested in helping the school district find creative ways to deliver excellent public education in a time of tight public finances.

Paul Anderson’s (Religious Studies) commentary on John 1-3 was published in The Evangelical Commentary on the Bible (edited by Gary Burge, Baker), and his major essay, “The Origin and Development of the Johannine Egō Eimi Sayings in Cognitive-Critical Perspective,” was published in the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Vol. 9, pp. 139-206). Also, at the national SBL/AAR meetings in San Francisco, he reviewed Urban Von Wahlde’s three-volume Commentary on the Gospel and Letters of John (Eerdmans) and responded to five papers on “Archaeology and the Fourth Gospel” in the John, Jesus, and History Group. Finally. he also organized two sessions of the Quaker Theological Discussion Group, at which Howard Macy reviewed the Autobiography of Allen Jay. At the QTDG business meeting, Howard was approved to follow Paul as editor of Quaker Religious Thought; Paul concluded his 11 years as editor with the publishing of a double issue (#s 116-117) of QRT in December.

Feb. 8        Marcie Gowan
Feb. 9        Irv Brendlinger, Karen Rathkey
Feb. 10      Debbie Cash, Justin Hudec
Feb. 11      Alex Rolfe, Lynn Scott
Feb. 12      Paul Shew
Feb. 13      Melissa Gilbert
Feb. 15      Rob Clarke
Feb. 19      Sue Corbett-Furgal, Jere Witherspoon
Feb. 20      Gina Braden, Scot Headley

The university’s nursing department welcomed Tiffany Caldwell as a full-time clinical faculty member this month. She has worked at George Fox on an adjunct basis the past four years and, since 2001, has worked as a staff nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland. She also taught nursing at Clackamas Community College in 2009. As an RN, Tiffany specializes in acute patient care, staff development and family advocacy. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Linfield College in 2001. Tiffany lives in St. Paul with her husband Lance and their three children – Madison (16), Cameron (15) and Jordan (9).

Mary Monahan was hired as the new coordinator for university engagement this month. For the past two years she has worked as an assistant to the associate principal at Sherwood High School. In the six years prior to that (2004-10), Mary was a director’s assistant and preschool teacher for Magic Years Preschool at the Metro Gymnastics Center in Tualatin. She attended Portland Community College from 1987 to 1989 and returned to PCC in 2009 to study early childhood education and family studies. She lives in Tualatin and has three children – daughter Emily (a freshman at George Fox) and sons Alec and Jake. Mary attends Rolling Hills Community Church in Tualatin.

Jan Lefebvre (Advancement) just returned from serving in Haiti for eight days with Lifeline Christian Mission. She was part of a team of 40 women who served and ministered to women, children and infants, sharing God’s love with them and encouraging them. She also delivered more than 200 handmade clothing items from a ministry she coordinates at her church. “The trip was truly a blessing to all of us who were able to be a part of this team,” Jan said.

Kevin T. Jones (Communication Arts) published “Paul’s Use of Aristotelian Enthymeme’s in New Testament Scripture: Turning ‘Head Knowledge’ into ‘Heart Knowledge,’” in the January 2012 edition of the Memphis Theological Seminary Journal. Paul’s Roman education was influenced by Greek rhetorical thought that included the study and use of enthymemes (a rhetorical device designed to force audience participation in the persuasion process resulting in increased compliance by the recipient). The essay identifies several enthymemes used by Paul throughout his New Testament writings which contributed to effective persuasion within the early church.

Mark David Hall (Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics) published an editorial, “Protecting religious freedom: Let’s hear it for the separation of church and state,” as a guest columnist on the OregonLive.com site Jan. 14.

Ed Higgins (English) published a poem, “Spent Speech,” in the January 2012 issue of Four and Twenty, an online short-form poetry website.

Jan. 29      Mindy Holland, Leslie Wuest
Jan. 31      Jana Kaye, Paul Shelton, Missy Terry
Feb. 1        Andrea Byerley, Bonnie Jerke, Bruce Owen, Tanya Rooney
Feb. 2        Dave Adrian
Feb. 3        Mark McLeod-Harrison, Carolyn Stansell
Feb. 4        Kristie DeHaven, Gloria Doherty, Chris Schlarbaum
Feb. 5        Barbi Doran
Feb. 6        David Kerr

Josiah Philipsen joined the university as a computer support specialist III at the Portland Center in December. Since March he has worked as a substitute teacher at the Mentor Graphics Child Development Center in Wilsonville and, before that, taught middle school math, science and physical education (2010-11) and third grade (2009-10) at Bethel Christian School in McMinnville. Josiah earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from George Fox in 2009, and he has worked at the university on a part-time basis as a lead cook at Tilikum the past six years. He is married to Anna, associate director of university engagement, and lives in Dayton. The Philipsens attend New Horizons Church in McMinnville.

Tahlia Martin began last week as a custodian in Plant Services. She has worked the past six years assisting youth at Chehalem Youth and Family Services in Newberg. She’s also worked as a camp counselor (Camp Harlow) and as a student mentor at Linn-Benton Community College. Tahlia earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Western Oregon University in 2005. She lives in Newberg and attends Grace Baptist Church, where she teaches Sunday school.

Plant Services welcomed Gregg Palmer as a custodian last week. For the past 11 years he has run his own construction business, Gregg Palmer Construction LLC, and has also worked as a manager for duplex and six-plex rental units with Gem Resources of Salem since 1976. From 2003 to 2008, he was a board member (2003-08) and president (2007) of the Marion Polk Homebuilders Association. He is a Certified Master Builder and holds associate degrees in civil engineering and architecture from Mt. Hood Community College (1975). He lives in McMinnville with his wife Kerrie. They have three children and attend Church on the Hill in McMinnville.

Cora Templeton joined the university in December to work in custodial services. She most recently worked as the site supervisor for the after-school program at Washington Elementary School in Woodburn, where she supervised recreation leaders the past two years. She’s also worked as a teacher assistant for a migrant education program in Woodburn (2009-10) and as a program coordinator/guide for YD Adventures in Canby (2004-09). Cora earned a bachelor’s degree in geography from Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia, in 2005. She lives in Canby and attends Imago Dei in Portland.

Becky Ankeny (English) left the university at the end of December to begin serving as new superintendent of the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, becoming the first woman to hold that position in the 118-year history of the NWYM. She assumes the NWYM post after 23 and a half years at George Fox, including positions as associate vice president for academic affairs and associate provost for academic affairs. She joined the university in 1988 to teach English and literature and continued in that capacity through this semester. A farewell reception for Becky is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center.

Trey Doty (Seminary) left the university last week after serving at the seminary for three and a half years. He will work for Responder Life, a national ministry to first responders (police officers, firefighters, federal agents, etc.), where he will be leading operations and development in Portland.

Esther King (Nursing) retired from George Fox at the end of December after serving in the nursing department for five and a half years. She had taught nursing for 22 years.

Shannan Wheelock (Plant Services) left George Fox in mid-December to finish her last semester of study abroad in South Africa. She will do an internship at the Desmond Tutu Center for Peace and Reconciliation in Cape Town and attend school at Cornerstone Institute.

Tim Wheeler (Plant Services) left George Fox in late December and is moving to Washington.

Bruce Arnold (IT) left George Fox at the end of December to become a pastor with HOMEpdx Church, which dwells among the homeless in Portland. Bruce had worked at George Fox for 14 years.

Steve Peters (Admissions) left the university in December to pursue other interests.

Greg Smith (IT) has been appointed to the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), a community of higher education institutions and organizations committed to advancing learning through information technology (IT) innovation. Greg is a member of the ELI advisory board.

Joel Perez (Dean of Transitions and Inclusion) presented a workshop, entitled “Strategic Planning for Diversity,” at the NASPA Multicultural Institute in Atlanta in December. More recently, he wrote a blog piece for “The Just Life,” an organization that encourages people to be agents of social change by living out righteousness and justice in the world. Entitled “Dreams Deferred,” the article articulates Joel’s encounter with an undocumented student.

Ed Higgins (English) published a poem, “Abalone fishing,” in the most recent issue of the online literary magazine Red Lightbulbs.

Krissy Findley (Student Life) and husband Sean welcomed their first child, Judah Benjamin, on Nov. 3. He was born at Newberg Providence Hospital and weighed 9 pounds while measuring 21 inches.

Jan. 10      George Byrtek, Keith Schneider, Larry Shelton
Jan. 11      Ginny Birky
Jan. 12      Tim Rahschulte
Jan. 13      Ron Arnold
Jan. 14      Jim Steele
Jan. 15      Janeen Dillow, Deborah Hawblitzel
Jan. 17      Christine Austin
Jan. 18      Dwayne Astleford, Robin Baker, Matt Dyment, Dot Tobey
Jan. 19      David Liu
Jan. 22      John Smith
Jan. 23      Ted Allen, Bill Buhrow, Mike Foster, John Johnson, Kris Molitor

Paul Otto (History) published an editorial, “Political Commitments and Doing Justice,” in Capital Commentary, a weekly current-affairs publication of the Center for Public Justice. The center, established in 1977 by a group of citizens interested in developing and communicating an integrated biblical view of political service and responsible government, is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to policy research and civic education.

Ed Higgins’ (English) flash science fiction story, “First Contact,” was published in the Dec. 8, 2011, edition of the online science fiction zine Farther Stars than These.

Richard Silver (Print Services) was named the university’s employee of the month for November.

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Tami Ankeny returned to the university this week to serve as interim camp program director at Tilikum. Previously, she had worked in residence life at George Fox before leaving to work in Romania last summer with Word Made Flesh.

Andrea Heath (Undergraduate Admissions) will be leaving George Fox at the end of December after serving at the university for nearly five years. She and her husband, Micah, plan to move to France in the summer to serve as missionaries with Greater Europe Mission. They will be working with missionary kids, third-culture youth and university students.

Dave Kelley (Financial Affairs) left the university earlier this month to pursue other opportunities.

Dec. 13      Steve Grant, Marcey Keefer-Hutchison
Dec. 14      Janelle Olivarez, Amy Wolff
Dec. 15      Paul Corbett-Furgal, Rich Muthiah, Cliff Rosenbohm
Dec. 17      Becky Ankeny, Gary Buhler, Viki Defferding
Dec. 18      Carol Hutchinson, Katy Turpen
Dec. 19      Andy Campbell, Phil Smith
Dec. 22      Robin Ashford, Jenny Getsinger
Dec. 23      Rodger Bufford
Dec. 24      Jeong Ahn, Greg Allen, Bethany Goldman
Dec. 25      Abby Burgess, Debby O’Kelley
Dec. 27      Kim Rautenberg
Dec. 28      Robert Simpson
Dec. 30      Lori Dekruyf
Dec. 31      Sherrie Frost
Jan. 1        Raelene Fendall, Bob Harder, Mandria Montplaisir
Jan. 3        Julie Green, Sarah Marvin, Amber Russell
Jan. 4        Brenda Graf, Chris Koch, Dan van der Water
Jan. 5        Joy Reimann
Jan. 6        Merrill Johnson
Jan. 7        Cathy Peterson
Jan. 8        Jonathan Morell
Jan. 9        Mary Cameron, Shannan Wheelock

Kevin T. Jones (Communication Arts) presented a paper, “Using Aristotle to Teach Speech Fundamentals: Giving a Speech about a Speech,” at the National Communication Association annual convention Nov. 17-20 in New Orleans. The paper was one of only 20 papers accepted from across the United States for a “Great Ideas for Teaching Speech” panel at the convention. The paper demonstrated how to teach undergraduates to engage in a Neo-Aristotelian study using one of the top 100 speeches of the 20th century.

Nov. 29      Arden Butler, Michelle Conrad, Kristina Findley, Barbara Lybarger
Nov. 30      Melanie Hulbert
Dec. 3        Davida Brown, Brad Lau, Devorah Overbay
Dec. 4        Alan Kluge
Dec. 6        Rodney Birch, Carlos Taloyo
Dec. 7        Amy Lutz, Marie-Christine Rutter
Dec. 8        Kerry Irish
Dec. 9        Patrick Kelley, Mike Wirta
Dec. 10      Carlisle Chambers
Dec. 11      Tatiana Cevallos, Lisa Hereford
Dec. 12      Isabelle Corneaux, Bruce Shepard

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Debra Drecnik Worden (Business) received the Abramson Scroll for her outstanding contribution to the National Association for Business Economics journal Business Economics. She shared the honor with coauthor Diane Schooley-Pettis of Boise State University. The two authored “Fueling the Credit Crisis: Who Uses Consumer Credit and What Drives Debt Burden?” Each year, the journal’s editorial board reviews the feature articles published and votes to select those considered exceptional. The Abramson Scroll is presented to the authors of the outstanding article.

Recent past recipients of the Abramson Scroll include applied economists at the National Federation of Independent Business, the CATO Institute, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Federal Reserve Board, and faculty at Temple and Yale universities. This is the first award made to a faculty member of a liberal arts institution.

Viki Defferding (Communication Arts/Spanish) presented a paper, “Culture & Language through Cuisine, o sea, ¡buen provecho!,” at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association 2011 conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., Oct 6-8.

Don Powers (Biology) had his manuscript, entitled “Respiratory evaporative water loss during hovering and forward flight in hummingbirds,” accepted for publication in the journal Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Coauthors of the study include former students Phil Getsinger (son of Jenny Getsinger) and Sean Powers (Don Powers’ son).

Melanie Newell (Center for Peace and Justice/Center for Global Studies) spoke at the University of San Francisco Nov. 4 about the human rights issues in the Philippines and the “Free the 43” campaign conducted at George Fox last year. The event was titled “A Roundtable Discussion on Human Rights in the Philippines in the Case of the Morong 43.” Last year, Melanie helped organize an effort on campus to bring attention to the “Morong 43,” a group of health workers who were unjustly detained in a Filipino military prison for 297 days.

Jim Steele (Business) led a concurrent workshop titled “Are We There Yet?: Where is the Road to Strategic HR Taking Us?” at the Northwest Human Resource Association’s annual conference in Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 5-7. On the same trip, he also gave a guest lecture to business students at his undergraduate alma mater, Trinity Lutheran College in Everett, Wash.

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