The Daily Bruin

The announcement regarding vehicle registration pertained to students only. Employees can disregard the announcement.

– Security Services

Plant Services would like to invite you to stop by and see Bob Dexter’s (Plant Services) 7UP collection between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sept. 17-21.  It is on display in the break room for one final week.

All are welcome to come hear Debra Akre and Jeana King, co-founders of Project Education, a NGO that promotes education in Kenya, from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, in Lemmons 8.

For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673.

6 a.m. – 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday

6 a.m. – 7 p.m. Friday

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday

2-6 p.m. Sunday

You can view chapel live on your computer during normal chapel times on Monday and Wednesday via the following link: georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/campus_ministries/streaming.html.

When chapel is not in session, the link will allow you to visit archives of past chapels. If you need QuickTime, you can download and install it for free by visiting apple.com/quicktime.

Speaker: Dave Ward. He will speak in Monday’s and Wednesday’s chapel services and on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. He is a former Kingdom Building Ministries itinerant speaker.

Guest musician: Isa Cavertier. She will lead worship in both chapel services and lead worship Tuesday in the amphitheatre at 8:30 p.m. A friend of Isa’s said, “I have never seen her lead an audience in song without it being a true encounter with God.”

This is your final reminder to please register vehicle information on Bruindata ASAP. This was supposed to have been done by Aug. 31. We are issuing permits to those who have not done so, and your accounts will be charged. If you do not have a car, you still need to register. Commuters should call ext. 2090 if you have any questions.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

Ed Gierok, director of Security Services

Many of you saw the flames and smoke that rose thickly over the quad Wednesday at noon. What you saw was the result of a partnership between the Newberg Fire Department and the George Fox residence life department.

As part of our fire education strategy, the fire marshal, Chris Mayfield, had his crews build a mock residence hall room full of furniture and belongings and place it in the campus quad. After speaking briefly to the gathered 400-plus students, staff, and faculty, he lit a simple bag of microwave popcorn and tossed it into a trash can. Within minutes the room was engulfed with flames. The object of the exercise was to illustrate the speed at which a room can become filled with flames and smoke. While many lessons can be learned from this demonstration, the most significant point was that a resident could be dead from smoke inhalation and heat within a matter of minutes in such a room.

We purposely did not advertise this event; the shock value was more significant in drawing attention than preparing for it. Incidentally, the speed of an actual fire will not allow us to anticipate it, either. However, you may anticipate that this will happen next year.

Besides reinforcing that candles, halogens, smoking, etc. are not permitted or wise within our student housing, the pressing need for quick evacuation when alarms sound was driven home. Over the next weeks, the halls will practice drills and other evacuation procedures will be discussed in our disparate buildings. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact myself or one of the area coordinators.

David M. Johnstone
Associate Dean of Students
djohnstone@georgefox.edu

The Graduate Department of Counseling announces the opening of the Portland Center for Counseling and Family Therapy. This community counseling center serves as the practicum/internship clinic for students in the GDC.

The center is administrated by a GDC faculty member and staffed by a professional counselor and advanced graduate students who are supervised by faculty trained in individual, marital, and family therapy. The center is now accepting individuals, couples, and families.

Any referrals would be appreciated. If you would like a packet of information, including business cards or brochures, they can be delivered to you at the Salem, Portland, or Newberg campuses. They are to be offered to any individuals you think may be in need of mental health services, including those who suffer from anxiety, depression, grief or loss, significant stress, abuse, or other concerns.

As a community counseling center, it is important that these services be accessible to the broadest population possible. Therefore, the center offers a sliding per-session fee schedule ranging from $15 to $75.

If you would like to visit the new clinic, tours are available by appointment between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in September. Also feel free to call (ext. 6060) with any questions about services or referrals. The center will return calls on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when the clinic is open.

If you have a prayer need, please know there are colleagues who would like to pray for you. You can send your prayer request through a Prayer Request Form. The form is also accessible by going to the Staff Development Committee site and clicking “Prayer Request Form.”

You may submit your request anonymously or let us know who you are. Do you have a praise report? Let us thank God with you. If you have a heart for prayer and would like to be part of the PrayerNet team, contact Sarah Marvin (Telephone Services) at smarvin@georgefox.edu.

The chapel will be open for prayer on Fridays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. There also will be a prayer request box located in the chapel.

“Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.” James 5:13

All employees are invited to the first Wellness Challenge brown bag lunch of the year at noon on Friday, Sept. 14, in the Cap and Gown Room. Kelly Chang, assistant professor of psychology, will talk about goal setting. There is no need to RSVP.

Employees are welcome to a faculty teaching forum from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the Executive Dining Room on the Newberg campus.

Presenter Gloria Doherty (Hybrid Learning/Seminary) will lead a discussion about the successes and challenges of pedagogically strategizing course design that achieves meaningful learning outcomes; realistically measuring the student work load; and brainstorming assignments, projects, and assessments that inspire the learner to fully engage in the process.

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) at jwithers@georgefox.edu by 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17. 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. Video podcasts of the forums will be available at the “Events and Resources” link on the Center for Teaching and Learning website, ctl.georgefox.edu.

If you give a regular employee or student employee an honorarium, stipend, gift card, or gift certificate, the IRS considers it taxable income.  The amounts of these will be processed through payroll in order to be taxed so it is important that the name(s) of the recipients be included on check requests submitted for payment.

On Sept. 17, 1787, our nation’s founders signed the United States Constitution. The Murdock Learning Resource Center is commemorating this significant document with an exhibit on display Sept. 11-21. All are invited to come by and see it.

The university is now using iTunesU (iTunesUniversity) to distribute public events such as chapel. Access it from blogs.georgefox.edu/chapel/itunesu.html and it will fire off your iTunes program.

A number of courses also are beginning to use iTunesU to supplement the distribution of podcasts such as classroom lectures and special assignments.

New employees who have yet to have their official university photo taken, or those who would like a retake, are invited to a photo session from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13.

Participants should check in at the Office of Marketing and Communications,  located on the second floor of the Stevens Center.  Photos will be taken in the River Street House.

Everyone is invited to attend a global church lecture given by Father Wulutomoh Silikpoh from Liberia at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 12-13, in Lemmons 8.

Silikpoh is the pastor of The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Ganta, a city in north central Liberia.  He is helping to rebuild the church after the destruction of the country’s recent civil wars (1989-1996, 1999-2003).

It is now possible to access all university calendars from any location. Until now, users had to be on the campus network or use the VPN to see internal university events.

To view the internal calendar, go to calendar.georgefox.edu or select the Calendar tab in Bruindata and log in with your regular George Fox username and password. As before, the public calendar is available to everyone from calendar.georgefox.edu/public and does not require a login.

If you have questions about the calendar, contact the IT Service Desk by e-mail or by calling ext. 2569.

The first staff lunch of the fall is scheduled for noon on Monday, Sept. 10, in the Cap and Gown Room. The event will include door prizes and the cost is $3 per person.

Multicultural Services and the Center for Teaching and Learning are hosting “A Kingdom Conversation: Diversity in the Classroom” discussion from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the Bruin Den annex.

Join in for conversations on more effective teaching methods on an ever-changing campus. Bring your own lunch.