The campus community is invited to attend an artist talk and closing reception for the ceramics exhibit now on display. The event will feature stories about significant pieces in the collections.
Date: Friday, Feb. 1
Location: Minthorne Gallery and Hoover 102
Time: 7-8 p.m.
What holiday is celebrated on Feb. 1? It’s National Freedom Day. The purpose of this holiday is to promote good feelings, harmony, and equal opportunity among all citizens and to remember that the United States is a nation dedicated to the ideal of freedom.
Major Richard Robert Wright Sr., a former slave, fought to have a day when freedom for all Americans is celebrated. When Wright got his freedom, he went on to become a successful businessman and community leader in Philadelphia. He chose Feb. 1 as National Freedom Day because it was the day in 1865 that President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment – the amendment to outlaw slavery – to the Constitution.
Wright gathered national and local leaders together to write a bill declaring Feb. 1 “National Freedom Day,” and President Harry Truman signed the bill in 1948 to make it official.
All 2007 W-2 Forms were mailed last Friday, Jan. 25, to campus mail boxes for regular employees. (For employees whose pay is sent to their home address, their W-2’s were sent to the home address as well.)
In the unlikely event that you lose your W-2 and need a replacement, you will need to request it in writing, including e-mails, and allow 24 hours processing time. Human Resources/Payroll will not be able to accept requests for replacement W-2 Forms via phone.
When you bring or route a package to Mail Services for shipping, please attach one of our bright green “Package Shipping Instructions†which indicates how you want the package mailed and if you need insurance or tracking on the package.
If we receive a package without the green instruction form, Mail Services will send the package out via UPS so it can be tracked. Unfortunately, this can be an expensive method.
Green forms are available at Mail Services or by e-mailing Sherrie Frost at sfrost@georgefox.edu.
Questions? Call ext. 2555
– Sherrie Frost, Director, Mail Services
All remaining faculty business meetings this semester except the meeting on “dead day” (April 21) will be held in Wood-Mar Auditorium. This will better facilitate the equipment needed for teleconferencing with the other campuses. Faculty business meetings will take place from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 29, March 14, and April 11. The April 21 meeting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon in Hoover 105.
Spring Serve trips are fast approaching and we need employees or alumni leaders to help facilitate the leadership of a trip with two student leaders. The approximate dates are March 21-29. For more information about these trips and responsibilities, contact Andrea Crenshaw (Campus Ministries) at 503-554-2323 or acrensha@georgefox.edu.
Sheri Philips and Robby Larson (University Relations) will speak at a luncheon sponsored by the George Fox University Auxiliary at noon on Friday, Feb. 1. The event is $7 and will be held in the Cap and Gown Room. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Nancy Lamm (503-537-2321) or Louise Clarkson (503-538-2850).
The university will host two home track and field meets this spring and volunteers are needed to help run the events. Prior experience is not required, and there are many positions available that don’t require a knowledge of the sport. We simply need people to perform some easy tasks so our student-athletes have a great experience on their home facility. The schedule is as follows:
March 15: Frank Haskins Invite. Frank Haskins has been a longtime friend of the program, and this meet will honor his contributions over the years. The meet will be about four hours in length, but each event only will take about one hour. Volunteer time would be about an hour to an hour and a half, unless you can help with more than one event.
April 18-19: Northwest Conference Championships. This is the championship meet of the season. Volunteer slots are approximately one and a half to two hours total, and you can sign up for as many or as few as you would like. The meet goes from about 2-7 p.m. Friday and from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
If you are available for either of these meets (or both), simply e-mail coach John Smith. Please provide a phone number and shirt size. Also, if you have an event preference, we can try to fit you in there. Thank you to all who support our athletic programs; meets like these cannot be done without you.
– John Smith, ext. 2915
Space is still available for the seminary’s Ministry in Contemporary Culture Seminar, featuring author, theologian, and futurist Len Sweet on Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Sweet will speak on “The Influence of Islam on the 21st Century Church” from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Portland Center. Online registration is available through Feb. 1. Click here for more information on the seminar or Sweet.
Questions? Contact Jean Borgman (Seminary) via e-mail or at ext. 6150.
The theatre department is presenting the student-directed Winter One-Act Festival Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Come and support these students as they act, direct, and design this event.
The cost is $6 for students, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $10 general admission. Buy tickets online, at the University Store, or by phone at ext. 3844. Students get in free on Thursday night (Jan. 31) if they get their ticket ahead of time from the bookstore.
All George Fox University students (undergraduate and graduate), as well as alumni from the class of 2007, are invited to apply for the honor of presenting a project during the reception prior to the March 7 inaugural dinner for the university’s 12th president, Robin E. Baker, PhD.
Selected applicants will be invited to attend the inaugural banquet and will give casual presentations to attendees during the reception hour, answering questions and explaining their projects when people approach them.
Career Services will be hosting a Christian Camp Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in the EHS Atrium. All those interested in learning more about summer camp employment opportunities are welcome to attend. More than 20 camps will be represented at the event.
For more information, call ext. 2330 or e-mail careers@georgefox.edu.
A Sept. 11-14 national conference sponsored by the Peace and Justice Studies Association and Oregon’s Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium is inviting proposals from faculty and students. The conference theme will explore historical, contemporary, and future aspects of struggles toward peace and justice by peaceable means. Presentations may be in the form of research papers, workshops, roundtable discussions, film screenings, and poster presentations.
Proposals may be submitted by April 1 on this website: peacejusticestudies.org/conference/submitprop.php.
Faculty are encouraged to let students know about this opportunity.
George Fox students and employees can get $3 off any size pizza at the Newberg Papa Murphy’s through April 25. Simply show your university ID card to get the discount. The store is located at 200 N. Main St., in Newberg.
This “Deal of the Week” is being organized by Inside Promotions, a senior capstone project.
You are invited to an MBA informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Portland Center. You’ll learn the distinctive features of the program and specifics about curriculum, have the opportunity to speak candidly with current students, get a look at scenes from international business study, and hear alumni successes. Join us and/or tell someone you know who is interested in pursuing an MBA. Questions? Contact Robin Halverson (School of Management) via e-mail or at 503-554-6123.
If you did not get a chance to see Dale Seipp’s (Enrollment Services) presentation to campus on vision for the Enrollment Services division, you are invited to view it via a podcast. Go to this link:Â http://media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl.
Please email your comments to rclarke@georgefox.edu.
The university will host its annual Spring Theological Conference the week of Jan. 28-30. This year’s event will feature author and speaker Frederica Mathewes-Green, who has written eight books and published more than 600 articles in publications that include the Washington Post, Christianity Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
The theme of the week is “The Heart of Christian Faith and Praxis.” Mathewes-Green will speak in chapel on Monday and Wednesday and also host a public media event from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. That night, she will speak on “Media, Pop Culture, and the Roots of the Sexual Revolution.” The session is free for George Fox students, employees, and families. A box for free-will offerings will be available for those who wish to make a donation.
Also Tuesday, an “intellectual feast” is scheduled from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The topic will be “Orthodox Spirituality and Post-Christian Hunger for God.”
For more specifics on the week, contact Margaret Fuller (Religious Studies) via e-mail or at ext. 2650.
Master of Arts in Teaching admissions continues to accept applications for admission. Please be in touch with admissions counselor Beth Molzahn for further information about becoming a teacher in the state of Oregon and the MAT admission process. She can be reached via e-mail or at ext. 2264.
The Student Support Network (SSN) is a program designed to identify and support students who are struggling academically, socially, or personally. If you become aware of a student who needs additional assistance in one or more of these areas, please let the SSN know by submitting the form available on the Office of Student Life website:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/SSN.shtml
Please note: Referral to the SSN or use of the intervention alert form is not intended to replace direct referral to a university service or office. It also is not intended to be used when a student misses one or two classes or fails to turn in an assignment.
The SSN program is intended for referral when there are several issues of concern that may involve different offices or when extra support and attention would be helpful to encourage student success.
The university is pleased that this year’s visiting faculty member, Liu Shengmin from Wuhan University in China, was finally able to get his visa and is expected to arrive in Newberg on Friday, Jan. 25.
Shengmin is married and teaches English in the School of Foreign Languages at Wuhan. Along with teaching, he is the supervisor of postgraduate students in linguistics. He previously was a visiting scholar at Australian Maritime College and Middle Tennessee State University.
Professor Shengmin will be teaching a course in Chinese language and culture. In addition, he is available for guest speaking in other classes. Faculty members will be informed if he has topics he would prefer to address. He also may want to sit in on some other classes.
We are grateful to Dennis and Janet Hagen for hosting him. Please help make him welcome.
– Center for Global Studies
