The Daily Bruin

George Fox libraries now provide access to Classical Music Library, Smithsonian Global Sound, and African American Song.  These combine to offer tens of thousands of tracks of music as well as drama, poetry, and more.  To access, go to the library’s alphabetical list of databases at http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/murdock/alphabeticalindex.html and select the database of choice.   Listeners can create playlists of their favorite tracks.

Did you know we have a community garden at George Fox? Yes, and it’s been growing all summer. It’s located on campus directly north of the Villa Academic Complex, where the helipad used to be. Drop by and have some sugar snap peas, purple beans, or golden cherry tomatoes and check out the baby watermelons and ripening brandywine tomatoes.

A work party is scheduled for the garden from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31. Come join in the work, or just come to check it out and find out how you can be involved (the univeristy will have a winter garden as well). Everyone is welcome.  

Contact Corey Beals (Religious Studies) at cbeals@georgefox.edu or ext. 2661 or Tyler at Halethale03@georgefox.edufor for more information.

The George Fox community is invited to hear recent grads Aaron Gapasin (’02), Jessica Lebold (’03) and Brittney Quinn (’05) discuss their work for various non-governmental organizations in the developing world from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. and from 7-8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 3, in Lemmons Center 8.

Contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673 or at ccorning@georgefox.ed for more information.

Employees in Portland, Boise, Salem, and Redmond will get a day off on Monday, Sept. 3, in recognition of the Labor Day holiday. The Newberg campus will stay with its traditional schedule, remaining open on Labor Day and closing for a mid-semester holiday on Friday, Oct. 12. Portland, Boise, Salem, and Redmond will not take a mid-semester holiday.

The inaugural meeting of the Pacific Northwest section of the American Scientific Affiliation will take place in the Cap and Gown Room on the university’s Newberg campus from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15.  The session is entitled “Science and Religion at War?”

Randy Isaac, executive director of the American Scientific Affiliation, and Dave Willis, professor emeritus, Oregon State University, will be the featured speakers. A luncheon will follow.

The cost is $9 for preregistration and $10 at the door. To register or find out more, visit http://academic.georgefox.edu/~meverest/ASA-NW.pdf.

Do you know of a young alum who has distinguished themselves academically, professionally, in community service, or by demonstrating outstanding personal achievement?

The university’s alumni board is seeking nominees for the 2008 Outstanding Recent Alumnus/a award.  Nominees must be graduates of the traditional undergraduate program since 1998 to qualify.       

The nomination form is available at: http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/programs/awards/nomform.html.

Questions can be directed to Robby Larson (rlarson@georgefox.edu), director of Alumni Relations.

The Center for Teaching and Learning will host a faculty teaching forum from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room on the Newberg campus Thursday, Sept. 6. The forum is entitled “Putting Student Evaluations to Use” and will provide information about resources available to make practical sense of student evaluation numbers.

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) by noon on Tuesday, Sept. 4. Everyone is welcome to attend whether they bring a lunch or reserve one.

A video podcast of the session will be available on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.

Custodial Services requests your patience in the coming weeks.  The department is down to 14 custodial supervisors who are trying to clean almost 800,000 square feet of building space per day while also trying to work in the training of new student employees.

So far, only 29 students are employed – far fewer than the usual 90 to 100 who end up working. If you have concerns over garbage not being removed or floors being unswept or vacuumed, don’t hesitate to e-mail the Plant Services office.  A work request will be created and Custodial Services will get to the request as quickly as possible. 

This Friday, Aug. 31, is the last day to return books at the textbook annex. Next week, we will only be accepting returns if classes are being dropped. You must have a receipt for proof of purchase.

Friday, Aug. 31, is also the last day for our Textbook Price Matching Program.

University Bookstore (and textbook annex) hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday, through Sept. 7.

Many of you are aware that several police cars were on campus Tuesday afternoon. The Newberg Police Department apprehended two individuals who had attempted to assault one of the university’s security officers. Steve Gilday (Security) tracked the individuals to the canyon and assisted NPD in flushing them out. No one was ever at risk.

Do you know a student who has been consistently missing class? Do you know a student who appears to have gained or lost weight in a short amount of time? Are you aware of a student whose demeanor has changed or who appears to be depressed? Is a student in your class struggling academically?

It might be time to refer her or his name to the Student Support Network (SSN) by completing an “Intervention Alert Form.”

The SSN is a program designed to identify and assist undergraduate students who are struggling academically, socially, or personally. For more information and to access the interventional alert form, you can go to The Student Support Network webpage.

For more information contact Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life office.

Plant Services will be shutting down all the power to the Lemmons Center between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Serve Day Wednesday, Sept. 5.  Repairs need to be made that were caused by the numerous transformers that blew during the summer. 

Space is still available for those interested in playing in the inaugural Bruin Athletic Association Golf Classic, scheduled for Monday, Sept. 10, at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course. The cost is $125 per player, which includes green fees, a cart, range balls, a wind jacket, a sleeve of golf balls, tee prizes, lunch, and dinner.

Lunch will be served at noon, followed by long-drive and putting competitions at 12:30 p.m. The tournament begins with a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. An awards dinner, silent auction, and raffle begin at 6:30 p.m.

Register at golfclassic.georgefox.edu. The deadline to register is Monday, Sept. 3. All proceeds go toward the Bruin Athletic Association. For more information, contact Craig Taylor (ctaylor@georgefox.edu).

All employees are invited to participate in the 2007-08 Wellness Challenge. Check out the new scoring system, individual competition, monthly prizes, and wellness teams. Go to wellness.georgefox.edu. Sign up online by Friday, Aug. 31. Competition begins Monday, Sept. 3. If you have questions, contact Andrea Byerley (abyerley@georgefox.edu).

We are looking for volunteers! Selah, a seminar for women, is taking place Saturday, September 29th from 9:00am-4:30pm. If you register to be a volunteer you get a $10.00 discount on your admission price and a free t-shirt! For more information please visit selah.georgefox.edu or contact Amy Lorenz at alorenz@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2134

The fire alarm systems will be tested on Wednesday 8/22/07 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.in the following buildings:

• Hobson Hall
• Macy Hall
• Sutton Hall
• Coffin Hall
• LeShana Hall

Please follow this link to view a position announcement describing the Executive Assistant I for Enrollment Services: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/ZExecAsstI.html

This is an internal posting. We welcome your interest and your resumes. Questions? Call Melodee in Human Resources at 2180.

Students, Staff and Faculty-if you have lost an item this summer, please come to the Security Office to see if it has been turned in. After Aug. 27th, all remaining items in the Lost and Found will be donated to charitable causes so that we can prepare for the upcoming school year-thanks! Office hours are from 7-3, Monday-Friday.

Friday’s schedule of events ~

8-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast buffet
Klages dining room

8:40 – 9:15 a.m.
Worship & devotional
Bauman auditorium

9:15 – 10 a.m.
New employee introductions
Employee communication strategy

10 – 11 a.m.
Meeting
Robin baker, president

11 – 11:10 a.m.
Announcements

11:10 a.m.
Refreshments
Bauman Lobby

All employees half-time and above are requested to attend.
This does not include summer student employees.

To the George Fox Community,

Approximately one month ago, there were several thefts of university-owned property on the east side of campus. Then last night, there was a burglary of student-owned property, again on the east side of campus. We encourage all employees and students to help keep GFU a safe environment by doing the following:

1.Be sure to secure all personal belongings at all times.

2.Keep your car doors locked with no personal belongings in plain sight.

3.Keep exterior residence doors locked at all times, including when you’re present.

4.If you unlock a door to gain entry to any building, make sure the door closes behind you and is locked to prevent others from unauthorized entry.

5.Report any suspicious person(s) to Security Services immediately at ext. 2090.

We are investigating these incidents and taking steps to attempt to prevent further losses. Thanks you for your assistance.

Blessings,
Ed Gierok
George Fox University
Director of Security Services
(503) 554-2090