The Daily Bruin

Courier service to the Portland Center has changed. Mail Services will be doing a run to the center in the morning, Monday through Friday, so please have your items to Mail Services by 9:45 a.m. each day. 

Bruin Directories are available for purchase by contacting Martha Byrne, ASC communications director. The cost for each directory is $4. They can be ordered now and will be ready for distribution in November. E-mail Martha your department name, the number of Bruins you wish to order, your account number, and your cost-center number.

Flautist Lisa Venable and pianist Tanya Raudszus will perform in recital as part of a benefit for international ministries at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the First United Methodist Church at 1205 Deborah St., in Newberg.

Admission is free. There will be a silent auction of original pottery and opportunities to give toward ministries in Mexico, the Philippines, and Africa. The event is sponsored by Elizabeth Todd and the senior capstone program.

Between today and Friday, Oct. 5, the fish in the general biology tanks in EHS are up for adoption. Next Tuesday, there will be a fresh batch up for adoption as well. Please bring containers to transport the fish.

Call Teresa Arnold (Biology) at ext. 2724 for more information. Or, stop by the biology/chemistry department office.

Please join the university community in thanking Amy Karjala (Development) for a decade of faithful service to George Fox University. A farewell reception is scheduled from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in the Stevens Center lobby. Amy has accepted a position with Mission Increase in Lake Oswego.

Cards of appreciation are welcome.

Ed Higgins (Writing/Literature) will read original poetry at Chapters Books from 7 to 8 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 5. Chapters is located at 701 E. First St., in Newberg.

Jennifer Hollis, a representative of the Harvard Divinity School, will host a conversation and information session from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Columbia Room on the second floor of the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, 50 S.W. Morrison St., in Portland.

Hollis also will be in the Bruin Den on the Newberg campus from 10:40 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 4, to talk with students interested in the Harvard Divinity School. For more information, e-mail Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) or call Career Services at ext. 2330.

The University Store is hosting a “Put a Lid on It” sale Oct. 1-6. Buy one hat at full price and get a second hat at half-price (the second hat of lesser value will receive the discount.)

Campus pastor Sarah Thomas Baldwin will be speaking on “The Secrets of Success” at the 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, chapel in Bauman Auditorium.

Next week, Ron Sider, founder and president of Evangelicals for Social Action, will speak in the Monday chapel as part of the university’s Christ & Culture Series.

In the Oct. 10 chapel, the series will continue with guest speaker Craig Detweiler, associate professor and chair of mass communication at Biola University.

It’s not too late to sign up for the American Red Cross blood drive scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Wheeler Sports Center. Sign up at givelife.org. For more information, e-mail Elaine Smith (Nursing).

The podcast of Thursday’s all-campus employee meeting in Newberg is available at:

https://foxfiles.georgefox.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-306504_1-t_qZrTmTY4.

Employees are welcome to Ginger Hoover’s (Plant Services) farewell reception in the Stevens Center Atrium from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. Cards are welcome. Ginger is retiring after 25 years of service to the university.

The George Fox community is invited to:

Hoover Symposium XVI
Herbert Hoover: Humanitarian
Saturday, Oct. 6
Kershner Lecture Hall
Hoover Academic Building

Schedule

8:30 a.m. Registration and Refreshments

9 a.m. George H. Nash, “Hoover and the Belgian Relief Effort”
Nash is the author of the first three volumes of The Life of Herbert Hoover and The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945.

10:30 a.m. Bert Patenaude, “Hoover and the Relief to Europe and Russia”
Bert Patenaude is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of The Big Show in Bololand: The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Famine of 1921 and numerous other publications.

Noon Lunch

1 p.m. Panel Discussion: “Can History Offer Practical Lessons for Modern Humanitarians?”
Fred Gregory, Mercy Corps; Paul Kennel, Dime Foundation; Carl Harris, U.S. Department of State (Retired)

2:30 p.m. Hoover-Minthorn House Museum Tours

Symposium registration and lunch are complimentary to the first 100 people who register (otherwise lunch is $8.50). To register, contact Vetta Berokoff (History) at vberokoff@georgefox.edu or ext. 2678.

For more information, contact Mark David Hall (Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Political Science) at mhall@georgefox.edu or ext. 2674.

Staff: Mark your calendars

Staff Development Conference
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007

Conference title: “GFU: A place to serve”

Location:
Tigard Community Friends Church

Schedule

8:30 a.m. Check-in and breakfast
9:15 a.m. Devotions and worship
10 a.m. President Robin Baker
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Skits – Games – Video
11:45 a.m. Lunch
1 p.m. Fun and games
1:30 p.m. Chuck Ferguson – author of Indomitable Spirit – Life-Changing Lessons in Leadership
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Chuck Ferguson
3:45 p.m. Evaluations

Sept. 28 – Volleyball vs. Willamette, 7 p.m., Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

Oct. 1 – Women’s soccer vs. Simpson (Calif.), noon, Morse Field

For additional information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926. For a complete schedule of home and away contests for each program, visit athletics.georgefox.edu.

As God’s kingdom is culturally and racially diverse, we are excited to see this diversity evolve at George Fox University. At the same time, we know there is much to learn and discuss regarding the topic.

Multicultural Services will be available to answer questions relative to diversity in our campus community at a brown bag lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in the Bruin Den Annex.  There is not a set agenda, but a relaxed atmosphere of discussion. We also will provide some valuable resources.

An all-campus meeting is scheduled from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in Bauman Auditorium. The meeting will provide George Fox employees an opportunity to receive campus updates, be involved in planning processes, and dialogue with President Robin Baker. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

Library and IT wish to remind you that a selection of PBS videos are available for viewing for any university employee or student. You can gain access to these “Videos on Demand” via FoxTrax by searching for the keyword “VOD” or on Bruindata by choosing “VOD” on the menu bar.

Please read the proposals for faculty meeting that Missy Terry (Academic Affairs) sent out prior to Friday’s meeting, scheduled from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105.

In the past, paper copies of the proposals were provided at faculty meeting. Many extras were left over, so only a limited number will be provided from now on, in an effort to conserve paper.

Also, comments on proposals are probably best formulated when the faculty member has read the proposal ahead of time.

Are you willing to share your expertise and help raise the visibility of George Fox University? The Oregonian and Oregon Public Broadcasting are both looking for people to share insights and opinions on various topics.

The OPB Public Insight Network will send you an e-mail no more than once a month asking for your insights on topics relevant to your area of expertise. The Oregonian is seeking a select group of writers to publish opinion pieces regularly for three months.

Interested? Contact Rob Felton, director of public information, for more information.