The Daily Bruin

Multicultural Services will host a Faith and Film event featuring the movie Amazing Grace, based on the inspiring true life story of British antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce.

The film will be shown 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, in Hoover 105.

It’s the age of the Great British Empire and Wilberforce is a newcomer to the world of politics. He must learn to operate in a world of skillful deception and cunning one-upmanship in order to attain his goal: the abolition of the slave trade.

Do you use a portable electric heater in your office or workspace? Please don’t be a fire hazard to yourself or others in your building. Be sure to follow all the directions included with the heater. Keep all combustible material three feet away from the heater and always turn it off when you leave.

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A fund has been established for the creation of a Colleen Richmond Memorial Scholarship. Colleen, a former associate professor in the Department of Writing and Literature, passed away in January 2007, and this scholarship intends to honor her memory and the students she loved.

The scholarship will be awarded yearly to a writing/literature major with particular interest in international literature and gender studies; Colleen was passionate about both areas in her research and her teaching. We will begin awarding the scholarship for the 2009-10 school year. If you are interested in contributing to this fund, please contact Nancy Almquist (Development) at ext. 2120.

The first staff lunch of spring semester will be at noon Monday, Jan. 14, in the Cap and Gown Room. All staff are welcome to this time of fun, fellowship, and food. The cost is $3.

Need contact information for university employees? An updated telephone extension and box number list is available. Click on the link and print for your convenience. Contact Sarah Marvin (Telephone Services) at ext. 2099 for updates and corrections.

The university will host community meetings to introduce the two finalists for the vice president of marketing and communications position.

Applicant Rob Westervelt, director of brand management at Biola University, will present from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14, in EHS 102. Candidate Laura Brittain, director of Synergy Advertising and Design of Hickory, N.C., will visit from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, in EHS 102.

Both candidates will speak for about 20 minutes on the topic “From what you know or have learned about George Fox University, how would you approach marketing the university and its programs?” A question-and-answer time will follow. All faculty and staff members are invited.

The candidates’ application materials are available online.

Missions Week is scheduled Jan. 14-16. Dr. Samuel Kamaleson, vice-president-at-large of World Vision and co-founder of Friends Prayer Band of India, will be speaking in chapel Monday and Wednesday. He also will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Hoover 105 and host a talkback lunch at noon Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the Cap and Gown Room.

Chris Lahr from Mission Year will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, in Hoover 105. Also, join Chris for lunch Tuesday at noon in the Bruin Den.

This is a reminder that Friday, Jan. 11, is the last day to return books at the University Store’s textbook annex, unless you are dropping a class. You must have a receipt for proof of purchase. It’s also the last day to use the price-matching program.

Bookstore hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, this week and next. The next Saturday opening will be Jan. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Health and Counseling Center still has flu vaccine available. Call ext. 2340 and make an appointment if you would like a flu shot. Flu shots are free with Pioneer Insurance, $1.50 for students with university health insurance, and $15 with any other type of insurance.

You are invited to an opening reception for “Legacy: Ceramic works from prominent Northwest artists and their collections” from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in Minthorne Gallery (Hoover). The collection of ceramic artwork includes priceless historical artifacts as well as works from internationally prominent contemporary artists. The exhibit runs through Feb. 1.

Marketing and Communications has scheduled photo sessions for faculty and staff who wish to update their pictures on the university’s website. In Newberg, sessions are scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 15-16, from 2 to 4 p.m. both days. Photos will be taken at the River Street House, located at the base of the Stevens Center.

For Portland Center employees, a photo session is set from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, in PDS 296.

Employees who have not updated their photos recently are encouraged to participate. There is no need to R.S.V.P. or sign up.

The Department of History and Political Science invites all faculty to attend lectures by three political science faculty candidates. They will be speaking on their various research topics. The lecture schedule is as follows:

Jonathan Eastvold: Tuesday, Jan. 8, 3:45 p.m., Stevens 101
Doug Haugen: Thursday, Jan. 10, 3:30 p.m., Stevens 101
David Meyer: Monday, Jan. 14, 2:30 p.m., Hoover-Hatfield Library

Elvis has returned and Bon Appetit will be celebrating his birthday in its very own Heartbreak Hotel – Klages Dining Room – from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8. If you’ve never had a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich – an Elvis favorite – this is your chance. Non-board students, staff, and faculty pay $7.75 at the door.

This is a reminder about the price-matching program the University Store offers on textbooks during the first week of classes each semester. Take your printed information to the textbook annex in the basement of the library between Jan. 7-11. The guidelines:

• The price-matching program runs during the first week of each semester only.
• The online price must include shipping cost.
• Book must be in stock and state they are available for shipment.
• ISBN’s must match (we can only match a price on identical items).
• Pricing can only be compared new to new and used to used. Used online prices cannot be compared with new bookstore prices.
• We can only match pricing with online stores, not clubs like Books-a-Million or auction sites like eBay or half.com.
• Only United States-based online stores

Complimentary tickets are available for the Build, Remodel & Landscape Show at the Portland Memorial Coliseum.

Dates: Jan 25-27, 2008
Times: Friday, noon – 9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Website: homeshowcenter.com

Interested? Contact Missy Terry (Academic Affairs) via e-mail or at ext. 2101.

The Fitness Center will be closed Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 5-6. It will reopen Monday, Jan. 7, at 6 a.m.

Friday., Jan. 4 – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran, 6 p.m.

Men’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 5 – Women’s basketball vs. Puget Sound, 6 p.m.

Men’s basketball vs. Puget Sound, 8 p.m.

All games will be played in Miller Gym in the Wheeler Sports Center.

If you anticipate having guests coming to visit the Newberg campus, please call (ext. 2090) or e-mail Security Services (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) so we can e-mail you a Visitor Parking Permit template you can customize for your visitors. You can then e-mail it to them in advance, and they can print it out and arrive with it on their car dashboard. You can also attach a campus map so they will know where to park.

By checking with us in advance of your visiting guests, we can then check the daily schedule and advise you on the best place for them to park. This will save them a trip to our office to procure a Visitor Parking Permit, and will help us to better know who is on campus for what event. Call ext. 2090 if you have further questions.

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The city of Newberg is planning another Community Emergency Response Team training program. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in taking this series of training classes, beginning in February and ending in April, please plan on attending an introductory one-hour orientation/discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the Newberg Fire Department – Springbrook Station (3100 Middlebrook).

The meeting will introduce the CERT program, confirm that at least 10 students are interested, and decide on what days/evenings the 10-class sessions will be conducted. For more information, contact City of Newberg Emergency Manager Roger Gano at 503-554-7706.

If you have not already done so, please submit your December time sheet (support staff) or time off report (administrators) this week.  Please be sure it is complete, accurate, and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108.

If your supervisor is not available to sign it, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed. A reminder for completing time sheets: Do not write any hours on the dates marked holidays unless you worked any of the holidays (Dec. 24, 25, 26, and/or 31).