The Thursday, Jan. 21 Faculty Teaching Forum has been canceled. Join us on Wednesday, Feb. 3, for the first Faculty Teaching Forum of the semester when Greg Smith, chief information officer, discusses forthcoming educational technologies. More details of the Feb. 3 teaching forum will be posted closer to the event.
Come join the university community in celebrating MLK Day in chapel on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The theme of the 10:40 a.m. event in Bauman Auditorium is “Beloved Community,” after Martin Luther King Jr.’s own desire to see us come together in unity, and will feature Act Six scholar Courtney Greenidge and her family.
Greenidge, a chapel worship leader and multicultural programs assistant, has taken the lead in making this day meaningful and impactful for our community. She will be performing with her family as they sing, speak and invite others to worship through gospel.
Her father, Timothy Greenidge, is a nationally known producer and audio designer. Also joining will be Courtney’s uncle and aunt, David and Deborah Greenidge. David is senior pastor of Tigard Covenant Church and Deborah is the worship & arts pastor at Turning Point Christian Center in Vancouver, Wash.
The KFOX informational meeting will be on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Bruin Den (note date change). Come for information on how to be involved.
See you there!
Mark Terry (Visual Arts) will display his work in an exhibit titled “Alchemy: Born of Fire,†an MFA thesis exhibition of ceramic sculpture. The exhibit opens Tuesday, Jan. 19, and runs through Feb. 18 in the Minthorne Gallery.
An opening reception is scheduled Tuesday from 5 to 7:30 p.m. There will also be an artist talk before the reception at 4 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. The show includes figurative works featuring spontaneous and organic surfaces derived from primitive firing methodologies.
For more information, call ext. 2619 or e-mail Doug Campbell at dcampbell@georgefox.edu.
Mail Services is serving as an unofficial collection site of Oregon ballots for this month’s election. Ballots are taken by a staff person to an official drop site at the Newberg Police Department. No postage necessary for any Oregon county.
Deadline for our collection: Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 4:30 p.m.
Friday,, Jan. 15, 6 p.m. – Men’s Basketball vs. Willamette, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Willamette, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Jan. 16, 6 p.m. – Men’s Basketball vs. Linfield, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Linfield, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Please note the switch of games this weekend, with the men playing first and the women second. All four games will have KFOX radio webcasts, live video streaming, and live stats via the Internet.
Special halftime shows at this weekend’s games feature the St. Francis School Jump Rope Team on Jan. 15 and Chehalem Valley Dance Academy on Jan. 16.
For more information, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the Bruins’ official website at gfubruins.com.
The Fitness Center is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on all days that Newberg campus classes are in session with the exception of class times. If it’s necessary for you to work out during a class session, please e-mail the instructor to gain permission to do so. Class times are: Monday through Wednesday, 7:40-10:30 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Thursday from 7:25 to 9:55 a.m. and 1:40 to 2:30 p.m. Here’s to a happy and healthy 2010!
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.
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.
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.
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:
For more information, contact C.S. Lewis Academy at 503-538-0114.
Starting Monday, Jan. 11, we will be making a few changes in both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe, reflecting our continued desire to be more environmentally sensitive on campus.
Our first change will be to replace the clear plastic cups and lids typically used for smoothies and other iced drinks with ones produced with PLA, a corn-based biodegradable, thermoplastic, aliphatic polyester derived from renewable resources such as corn starch. PLA stands for “polylactic acid.”
Secondly, we will replace our clear plastic take-out containers with Bio-Plus EARTH take-out boxes. They are endorsed by the Green Restaurant Association because they are made from 100 percent recycled paperboard using a minimum of 35 percent or more post-consumer recycled paper content. We will start offering them for both hot foods and the salad bar option for those who want a take-out container.
Both of these products are fully compostible for those who actively participate in a composting program. If you have any questions regarding these items, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
– Bon Appetit
The School of Business is hosting Derek Ridenour, channel development manager for Mentor Graphics, as its winter speaker series guest from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport, located off I-5 at the Durham exit in Tualatin.
Ridenour will speak on “Analyzing complex data: Bridging the gap between data and good decisions.” Following is a synopsis: “Today’s business world is increasingly complex and competitive. Every decision matters; the interconnectedness of our lives and businesses support this claim. Learn critical methods for gathering data, ethically selecting data, and displaying complex data to contribute to good decision making.”
R.S.V.P. to georgefox.edu/business/events.html. The registration fee is $20.
Please be aware that the U.S. Census will be starting soon, so please remember that census representatives always have a badge, handheld device, and canvas bag stating “Census Bureau.” For more tips, please go to census.gov and check the information under phishing and scams.
– Security Services
