The Daily Bruin

The university welcomes Gary Burge, a professor of New Testament in the Department of Biblical & Theological Studies at Wheaton College and Graduate School, for the Spring Theological Conference on the Newberg campus this week.

Burge will discuss the conflict between Israel and Palestine in two chapels and take part in talkback and dialogue sessions. Burge specializes in the Middle East, its churches and its history through the modern period. His book on the Palestinian/Israeli struggle, Whose Land? Whose Promise? (2003), received a number of awards from national journals.

“Thinking Christianly About Israel and Palestine” is the event’s theme. The conference begins in Monday’s chapel, when Burge will discuss “The Crisis in the Middle East – An Overview.” Immediately following, he will host a talkback lunch and book-signing from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

Monday night, Burge will present “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – The History of the Problem” from 7:30 to 8:50 p.m. in Calder Lecture Hall. Refreshments will be provided, and Corey Beals (Religious Studies) will serve as host.

On Tuesday, Jan. 27, Burge and Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) will host “A Dialogue on Jesus and the Gospel of John” from 1:20 to 2:35 p.m. in Room 209 of the Hoover Academic Building. That afternoon, a panel will discuss the topic “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – What is Jesus Doing” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 250.

The conference closes with Burge’s chapel presentation “The Crisis in the Middle East – An Evangelical Approach” in chapel Wednesday, Jan. 28.

For more information, contact Paul Anderson.

At georgefox.edu/strategicplan you will find the current input from faculty and staff on the proposed mission, vision, and values statements. Input from students, the nursing and math-science-engineering departments, and from the Salem and Redmond sites will be included when those visits are completed.

The Mission-Vision-Values Task Team met Friday and will propose statements to faculty and staff hopefully within two weeks.

Thank you,
MaryKate Morse

Carol Brazo (Education) will speak at a George Fox Auxiliary luncheon at noon Friday, Feb. 6, in the Cap and Gown Room. Reservations are required and tickets are $7.50 per person. To make reservations, contact Abigail Crisman at 503-554-7404 or Louise Clarkson at 503-538-2850 by Tuesday, Feb. 3.

Beginning on Saturday, Feb. 21, and ending just before spring break, the university will host Iryna Moyseyenko, a female professor of linguistics and English language from Ukraine. A host home is needed for Iryna, who is the dean of Kyiv National Linguistic University’s English Department. She is single and 46 years old.

Her visit is being arranged by the Marshall Christian Foundation, the group that arranged for three professors to visit last year. If you or someone you know could provide room and some meals for Iryna, please contact Lon Fendall in the Center for Global Studies. There will be a small stipend to help with costs.

Multicultural Services and Bon Appetit remind you that Monday, Jan. 26, marks the Chinese New Year. This is an important celebration for many Asians, much like Jan. 1 is for the Western world. The celebration begins on New Year’s Eve and includes many traditional festivals.

To celebrate, Bon Appetit’s Monday dinner menu will feature Chinese cooking. Dinner is $7.75 if you are not on the meal plan.

Do you anticipate receiving a five-, 10-, 15-, 20-, 25-, 30-, or 35-year service award this spring? If so, please check to be sure your name is included in one of the lists below. Awards will be presented on Monday, May 4, to Newberg employees, half time and above. (Portland employees will have a separate awards event in the same time frame.)

If your name is not included in one of these lists but you believe you should receive an award, or if your name is on the list and you don’t think you should receive an award this year, contact Peggy Kilburg (Human Resources) by e-mail and include your hire date. (If you are a rehire, your previous benefits-eligible experience at George Fox counts toward your service award.) Your help is most appreciated to ensure that the right employees are honored at this event.

• To receive a five-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 2003 and Sept. 1, 2004
• To receive a 10-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1999 and Sept. 1, 1999
• To receive a 15-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1993 and Sept. 1, 1994
• To receive a 20-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1988 and Sept. 1, 1989
• To receive a 25-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1983 and Sept. 1, 1984
• To receive a 30-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1978 and Sept. 1, 1979
• To receive a 35-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1973 and Sept. 1, 1974

Five-Year: Tamara Cissna, Rick Muthiah, Carol Jaquith, Jim Steele, Jeremy Stephens, Kyle Wattenbarger, Greg Smith, Jason Schwanz, Sean Patterson, Cynthia Weston, Jonathan Morell, Robert Fisher, Kathy Heininge, Ron Mitchell, Mary Peterson, Kelly Borror, Jeong Ahn, John Barber

10-Year: Lionel Johnson, Margaret Fuller, John Smith, Blair Cash, Nancy Thurston, Mary Olson, Susan Newell, Mark McLeod-Harrison, Dave Hansen, Jeff Duerr, Mike Campadore, Wayne Adams, Missy Terry, Peg Hutton, Denise DeCicco, Robin Baker, Brad Weldon, Mark Carlton, Claudia Hirsch, Karlyn Fleming, Sean McKay

15-Year: Deb Worden, Brent Wilson, Carl Lloyd, Dwight Kimberly, Bill Jolliff, Scot Headley, Carlisle Chambers, Bill Buhrow, Larry Shelton, Peggy Kilburg, Larry Mennenga, Lisa Leslie, Alan Thurston, Andy Baker, Dave Kelley, Patty Cooke, Mikell Benham

20-Year: Viki Defferding, Don Powers, Martha Iancu, Laura Klaus, Kenn Wilson, MaryKate Morse, Paul Anderson, Danya Ochsner

25-Year: None

30-Year: None

35-Year: Mike Wirta

The Multicultural Club, Residence Life and Multicultural Services are sponsoring presentation of the play “Portraits of Courage: African Americans You Wish You Had Known” from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in Bauman Auditorium. Faculty members, please encourage your students to attend this engaging and educational play. It is being presented as part of February’s Black History Month celebration.

Ticket sales start Monday, Jan 26. Students and employees each receive one complimentary ticket through the University Store. Outside community members are invited to purchase tickets at a rate of $8 for adults, $6 for seniors/alumni, and $5 for students with ID. Tickets may be purchased in person at the bookstore or by calling 503-554-3844. The play features reserved seating starting at 6:30 p.m.

The 65-minute presentation discusses African Americans who have been influential to the development of America but are typically overlooked in the history books. The six people portrayed have all played a pivotal role in American culture and history, and this show gives the audience the opportunity to learn and appreciate them in an engaging and entertaining light. There will be a discussion afterwards.

More information about the play is available at willandcompany.com/poc/index.shtml.

Print Services is proud to announce the reduction in the cost of producing color copies. Prices still will include the paper of your choice from the many colors and types available on a daily basis. Prices will range from 40 cents per side to 10 cents per side based on the total number of letter size copies. We also have new pricing for legal and tabloid sizes, and transparencies.

Call ext. 2550 with any questions regarding your printing needs or e-mail Print Services at printservices@georgefox.edu.

Join the group Timothy’s Charge in the “tent of meeting” as we read through the Bible aloud in the quad from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, through the end of the week. Entitled “Josiah’s Gift,” the project will continue with a rotation of readers until finishing with Revelation (projected to be Friday or Saturday).

Sign up in the Bruin Den this Friday, Jan. 23, or at the tent itself starting Monday for a half-hour time slot to be a part of the proclamation of God’s Word on campus.

The university community is invited to the first Students in Recital of the spring semester from 12:40 to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, in Bauman Auditorium. Please join the Department of Performing Arts in supporting our music students as they present their work.

The department also will be hosting two senior recitals in Bauman Auditorium next week. The first will be presented by flautist Emily Blanshan at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30. The second will be presented by flautist and mezzo-soprano Rachael Swafford at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. There is no admission charge for the recitals.

Want to advertise an event on KFOX radio and on its website? Visit kfoxradio.georgefox.edu and go to announcement requests. Please make sure you make requests two weeks before the event (if possible) so we have ample time to get it broadcast and posted to the website.

Employees are invited to attend an all-community meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in Hoover 105. The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

For those at the university’s four regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

The Multicultural Club and Multicultural Services are hosting Rwandan Enric Sifa for a “music and munchies” event from 9 to 11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, in the Klages Dining Room.

Sifa was orphaned by the tragic events of the 1994 genocide and its devastating impact to his country. At age 9 he began to live on the streets. At 14, through music, Enric committed his life to God. Today at the age of 21, Enric has composed more than 60 songs in both his Kinyarwanda language and English. He has appeared on Rwandan TV and radio, performed for government dignitaries, and toured three times in the United States with the music group Hindurwa. Enric released his first solo CD in December 2007.

As an update to the FDA’s peanut butter recall, the list of suspected products contaminated with salmonella has increased to now include several retail snack and ice cream items. Brands affected include Little Debbie, Perry’s Ice Cream and several items produced by Kelloggs. Nationally branded grocery store jars of peanut butter have not been included in the recall.

There is currently a great deal of concern about products containing peanut butter because the salmonella bacteria has been found in products produced by the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Blakely, Ga. Those products were, in turn, shipped to other food manufacturers and were used in the production of a wide variety of candies, crackers, cookies and other items.

To ensure the safety of the items we purchase and make from scratch, Bon Appetit is continuing its ban of all peanut butter and related products.

At this point, it’s impossible to predict how long this ban will go on. We will keep everyone informed as we receive daily updates from the FDA and our distributors.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. Additional information can be found on the FDA website.

The campus community is invited to a book signing event with MaryKate Morse (Seminary) from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, in the Portland Center Library. Her new book is titled Making Room For Leadership: Power, Space and Influence. The Portland Center bookstore will have copies available for purchase.

Bon Appetit is asking all students this week to scrape all their uneaten food and beverages into a series of five-gallon buckets adjacent to the dishroom prior to putting their trays into the dishroom window.

Estimates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggest that at least 18 percent of all municipal solid waste that reaches landfills is food. That waste amounts to 31 million tons per year. Researchers estimate 40 to 50 percent of the food produced in this country is never consumed, owing to losses along the entire food chain.

We will be weighing the wasted food every day and posting the results near the dishroom. Last week, we saved and weighed all the scrapings from each tray and averaged 311 pounds of wasted food/beverages per day. Our goal is to request everyone pay closer attention to the foods and beverages you take in order to reduce waste by 25 percent by the end of the semester. If we can together accomplish that, we will have prevented more than 8,000 pounds of uneaten food from reaching our landfills.

Please join the university community in saying farewell to Al Zimmerman (Planned Giving) at a reception from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the Duke Atrium in the Stevens Center. Refreshments will be served. The event was postponed twice previously because of inclement weather.

Al left the university to serve as executive director of the Portland-based Northwest Christian Community Foundation, a conduit for generating gifts in support of a wide range of Christian ministries. He had worked at George Fox for three years.

Faculty are invited to attend a Faculty Teaching Forum, “Notes from a Career in Teaching,” from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in Hoover 104 (Hoover-Hatfield Library).

What are foundational lessons you have learned from your experience as a teacher? Join in a conversation about 10 teaching lessons learned by Murray Sperber, a professor for more than 40 years. You can read Sperber’s Chronicle of Higher Education article ahead of time, but doing so won’t be necessary for fruitful discussion.

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.

All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available at the “Events and Resources” link on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.

Beginning Saturday, Feb. 21, and ending just before spring break, the university is hosting a female professor of linguistics and English language from Ukraine. Arrangements for her visit were made by the Marshall Christian Foundation, a group that arranged for three professors to visit last year.

If you or someone you know would provide room and some meals for this professor, please contact Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies). There will be a small stipend to help with cost.

Over the three-day weekend (8 a.m. Jan. 17 to 5 p.m. Jan. 19, PST), IT will be installing critical updates to the PeopleSoft system. These updates are necessary to process Federal Financial Aid changes as well as the 2008 payroll W2’s.

Faculty and administrators will not be able to access course rosters or schedule information while the system is down. Faculty teaching courses this weekend should access their class rosters prior to Saturday morning when the system goes down. Also, all administrative functions in the production system will be unavailable over the weekend.

We apologize for the inconvenience.