The Daily Bruin

Make plans to attend a free concert commemorating a recent upgrade to the university’s pipe organ in Bauman Auditorium. The Organ Dedication Concert, featuring musicians Dan Miller on organ and Kenn Willson on piano, will take the Bauman stage at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 20. General seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The university recently purchased a Rodgers Digital Organ. By the use of digital technology, the organ’s original pipes have been connected to the digital organ. In doing so, the university preserved the original pipe organ installed in the early 1980s while greatly enhancing the quality of sound.

The program will include the selections Toccata and Fugue in D-minor by Bach, a patriotic tribute including the Navy Hymn, a medley from The Phantom of the Opera and one piano and organ duet on the tune Lord of the Dance (arranged by Joel Raney).

To learn more about the performers, visit this page.

Join us for chapel with guest speaker Allison Vesterfelt today (Tuesday) at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. She will also be sharing at Shalom tonight at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Chapel credit is available for both events.

Vesterfelt is the cofounder of Prodigal Magazine and author of Packing Light, a book about learning to live with less, in which she writes about her journey to becoming a full-time author, the challenges of uncovering and maintaining a vocation she loves, and how she discovered her own unique voice through the art of writing.

On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Ash Wednesday services will be held in the afternoon (1-1:30 p.m.) and at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium, with Campus Pastor Jamie Noling-Auth leading the evening service.

Download our spring chapel calendar here. For more information visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to the semester’s second guest lecture about the historic Saint John’s Bible. This Wednesday, Feb. 18, George Fox’s Howard Macy and Mark Terry will present “Light from the Hebrew Scriptures” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

In addition, this Friday, Feb. 20, Paul Anderson will continue his “Turning of the Page” series regarding the Bible from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the MLRC.

To see the full schedule of “Spring into Illumination: Seeing the Word Through The Saint John’s Bible” events, visit this page. More information is able available by contacting Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

The Saint John’s Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to have been commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey (Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn.) since the invention of the printing press. The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible is the full-size fine art reproduction of the original.

You are invited to a retirement party for Sherrie Frost tomorrow (Tuesday) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. She has worked in Mail Services at George Fox since 1985. Come share your memories with her and wish her well in her new phase of life.

Please join in as a George Fox community on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in honor of Ash Wednesday. We will be holding a service in Bauman Auditorium from 1 to 1:30 p.m. to prepare our hearts and minds as we enter the season of Lent.

All are welcome and encouraged to join us!

The BlueZone Store is having an inventory clearance sale through the end of March. All art supplies, selected gift items, greeting cards, cosmetics, jewelry, selected electronics and selected clothing are being discounted 50 to 60 percent. Come in and enjoy the savings.

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

Students have multiple activities to juggle: Class, assignments, friends, family, activities, the list goes on. This Thursday, Feb. 19, Rick Muthiah, associate director of learning support services, will host a workshop, “Where Does the Time Go: Effective Time Management,” that will provide tools and tips for managing time effectively.

Join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Lemmons 8. Faculty members, please tell your students about this opportunity.

Join us tonight (Monday) for a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation, “Confessions of a Public School Teacher (Who Sends his Child to Private Christian School,” in Hoover 105. The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features Andrew Milton, a public school teacher in DuPont, Wash., and author of The Normal Accident Theory of Education.

Milton will consider the logical and philosophical implications of educational choices that have spiritual implications. He finds that modern education won’t serve the needs of postmodern learners – but not for the reasons that you might think.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Come join us for a free food and film night! Tomorrow night (Tuesday) the film Food Inc. will be shown and homemade soup and bread will be served! This will be a bring-your-own-bowl event, so make sure to bring a bowl and a spoon and maybe even a willingness to discuss the content of the film.

Join us at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Questions? Contact Andrew Upchurch at aupchurch11@georgefox.edu.

Do you get tired of people questioning what you can do what an art degree? Have you ever been labeled a “starving artist”? Want to connect with professionals in your field?

Please join us in celebrating the culmination of Ameena Bossier’s senior year as a studio art major at George Fox. Come meet various artists and make connections within your community. The event is scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 20, in the Duke Atrium (first floor) of the Stevens Center.

Click this link for more information on the amazing night ahead. We look forward to seeing you there!

Come join us for a free food and film night! This Tuesday, Feb. 17, the film Food Inc. will be shown and homemade soup and bread will be served! This will be a bring-your-own-bowl event, so make sure to bring a bowl and a spoon and maybe even a willingness to discuss the content of the film.

Join us at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Questions? Contact Andrew Upchurch at aupchurch11@georgefox.edu.

Come out to support live jazz at the Coffee Cottage Community Jazz Jam hosted by George Fox jazz students and Jazz Ensemble director Nathanael Ankeny. Local professional and amateur musicians will be performing a variety of jazz standards in a fun, collaborative environment.

Join us from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight (Friday) at the Coffee Cottage, 808 E. Hancock St.

Questions? Contact Nathanael at nankeny@georgefox.edu.

Five staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Visit Coordinator, Undergrad Admissions
• Director, University Mail and Print Services
• Director of Intercultural Life
• Area Coordinator, Residence Life
• Software Engineer, Analytics

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

On Thursday, Feb. 26, our 25Live system will be upgraded to Version 24. This upgrade will greatly increase the speed of entering requests and doing searches. The other thing you will notice is a completely new layout in the Event Wizard. Watch for reminders about the upgrade, which will include when the system will not be available in the early-morning hours of Feb. 26.

Training sessions will be provided for those users new to 25Live and separate sessions for those who just want to explore what’s new. We encourage anyone who uses 25Live on a regular basis to come to one of these sessions. Not only will we show you what’s new, but we’ll provide tips and tricks to using 25Live.

Sessions will be held on Feb. 26 and 27. There will be training on the Newberg campus in our labs. Portland users are welcome to attend a Newberg session or attend a webinar from the comfort of your own office on Friday, Feb. 27.

To sign up for training, please complete our Registration Form by Wednesday, Feb. 25. You must be logged into your George Fox Google account to access the form.

Questions? Email the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us for the university’s fifth annual Dalton Lecture tonight (Thursday) as Dr. William Phillips, a 1997 Nobel Prize winner in physics, presents at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The free presentation is entitled “Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science,” in which he will speak on the common ground shared between faith and science. A George Fox student research poster session and dessert reception will follow Phillips’ lecture.

Among the questions Phillips will address are queries that can be particularly troublesome for a Christian: “Why is there suffering if God is good?” “What about all the terrible things done in the name of religion?” and “What about all the good people who are on a different path of faith than Christianity?”

Phillips will also speak this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. on the topic “Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe” in Wood-Mar Auditorium (please note location update from Wednesday’s announcement).

The Dalton Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of Biology and Chemistry. More information can be found on the Dalton Lecture page.

Please join in as a George Fox community on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in honor of Ash Wednesday. We will be holding a service in Bauman Auditorium at 1 p.m. to prepare our hearts and minds as we enter the season of Lent.

All are welcome and encouraged to join us!

Longing for a low-key, low-pressure night full of literary laughs? Then sigh no more: “Bad Poetry Night” is coming on Friday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Lemmons 8.

“Bad poetry” doesn’t just mean your middle school love poems (though it certainly could include them). It could be a dramatic reading of a song, a Facebook post, or a series of tweets. It could be a truly awful poem you stumbled across on the Internet. It could be spoken word (or something akin to it). Or it could simply be a “bad” reading of a poem traditionally thought to be “good.”

The sign-up sheet will be posted in the Minthorne mail room. The deadline to sign up is this Friday, Feb. 13. The event is being sponsored by the George Fox chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English Honor Society.

Questions? Contact Emily Lund (elund12@georgefox.edu).

The campus community is invited to a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation, “Confessions of a Public School Teacher (Who Sends his Child to Private Christian School,” this Monday, Feb. 16, in Hoover 105. The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features Andrew Milton, a public school teacher in DuPont, Wash., and author of The Normal Accident Theory of Education.

Milton will consider the logical and philosophical implications of educational choices that have spiritual implications. He finds that modern education won’t serve the needs of postmodern learners – but not for the reasons that you might think.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to join the College of Business’ Executive in Residence presentation next Thursday, Feb. 19, as Martin Daum, president and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, speaks at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. There is no charge to attend, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Daum will speak on the topic “How Does Christian Faith Help Me in My Business?” He was appointed to his current position at Daimler Trucks North America in June 2009 and is in charge of visionary responsibilities for the company and its affiliated companies.

To learn more about Daum and the Executive in Residence program, visit this page.

Genealogists and family historians of all skill levels are invited to a presentation of the riches of archives for genealogical research. The talk will be followed by a discussion and tour of the archives of George Fox University and the Northwest Yearly Meeting.

Join us at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Murdock Learning Resource Center’s multipurpose room. There is no charge to attend.

For more information, please contact the archivist, Rachel Thomas, at rthomas@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2415.