The Daily Bruin

The George Fox Auxiliary invites the university community to a series of luncheons this academic year featuring the theme “Reflections on Pacific College/GFC/GFU History.” Each session will feature a special speaker discussing school history. Meetings will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room, starting with the first meeting on Friday, Oct. 4.

In this first session, Clyde Thomas, director of plant services, will share the history of campus buildings, including info on the names of buildings and ideas of future campus growth. Details on future auxiliary presentations will be forthcoming.

The cost to attend is $8.50 per person, and payment may be made at the door. Reservations are required and can by arranged by calling Judy Woolsey at 503-538-7314.

The Undergraduate College of Business is hosting an International Business Institute information meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Cap and Gown Room.

IBI is an academic summer program focused on global business coursework. Students study in 14 countries over a 10-week period, earning 12 academic credits and gaining exposure to international businesses and cultural opportunities. Program application is sponsored by the George Fox College of Business through an affiliation with Messiah College.

Any interested students are encouraged to attend this information meeting on applying for the IBI program for 2014. The agenda for the meeting includes a panel discussion by George Fox students who attended IBI during the summer of 2013 and detailed instructions for completing the application process for IBI 2014.

If you have questions, please contact Professor Annette Nemetz in the College of Business at anemetz@georgefox.edu.

Join us for the all-employee meeting this Thursday, Sept. 26, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Our theme this month is “Back to School.” Treats and refreshments will be served, and we’ll be joined by a special guest – Board Chair Gordon Crisman.

At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve treats in Room 160.

Here is the agenda:

Welcome
Rob Westervelt

Employee of the Month
Peggy Kilburg

Devotional
Barbi Doran, “Follow My Lead …”

Living the Promise
Jonathan and Rachel Morrell, 10-plus years of connecting with students in photos

Achieving the Vision
Ryan Dougherty & Melissa Thomas
Presenting the fall admissions and census figures

Putting Students First
Mark Pothoff
Welcoming the largest class in school history

Christ in Everything
Neal Ninteman
Year four of Servant Engineering

Innovating to Improve Outcomes
Gordon Crisman, Board Chair
Congratulating the community on an innovative year

Closing Prayer
Sarah Baldwin

Coming up next time … Unmasking the “Student Success Center” & the Halloween Theme

Extra “I Love My Bruins” and “I Love Fox” T-shirts are for sale in the admissions office (second floor of Stevens Center) for $5. Come get them before they’re gone!

Do you have a talent you would like to share? If yes, we would love to have you apply to perform in the Variety Show that takes place during Homecoming & Family Weekend.

Acts range from singing and dancing to magic shows, skits, comedy and any other unique talent you may have! Apply online at hfw.georgefox.edu by Sept. 30. Once all applications are in, auditions will take place on Oct 3.

We look forward to seeing your act! If you have questions, contact Ruthanne Condie at rcondie10@georgefox.edu.

Join us for Beth Molzahn’s farewell reception in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 27. Her final day with us is Friday, Oct. 4.

Beth has served at the university for 18 years (plus four years as a student employee). She plans to work with her husband Rob in his real estate business and start a ministry helping those who need assistance with projects around the house.

Her first regular employee assignment with George Fox was as an administrative assistant for humanities, then as an executive assistant in academic affairs. She has spent the last 11 years in graduate admissions, primarily serving MAT faculty and students.

If you’re looking for a place to build community, worship the Lord, and grow together, consider joining the Voices of Praise choir! If you are interested or just want to check us out, come this Saturday, Sept. 28. We’ll meet from 6 to 8 p.m. in Ross 208. Everyone is welcome!

If you have any questions, write to voicesofpraisegfu@georgefox.edu. Hope we see you there!

Faculty: Please encourage those students you think might be interested to come see us.

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, students eating dinner in Klages Dining Room can take Bon Appétit Management Company’s Eat Local Challenge and enjoy a delicious, 100-percent local meal from our chef’s table expo station.

All ingredients for this meal will come from local farmers and artisans within 150 miles of George Fox; the only exception is salt! The Eat Local Challenge highlights our chefs’ creativity, educates guests about eating locally and seasonally, and supports and publicizes great local farmers.

When Bon Appétit launched its first Eat Local Challenge in 2005, the idea of caring about “local food” was a novelty, not a national movement. The idea behind the annual event was to encourage people to look beyond their supermarket and seek out the bounty of food growing all around them. American Farmland Trust estimates that, in general, of $10 spent on food, only $1.58 gets back to the farmers and ranchers who grew it; middlemen take the rest. By buying directly from local farms, Bon Appétit has played a vital role in the local food movement over the last 14 years.

In addition, Bon Appétit is also sponsoring a national ELC food photography contest. Students and guests that night can take a photo of their 100 percent locally sourced meal on Eat Local Challenge Day, then Tweet or Instagram them along with #eatlocalchallenge. The best photo from all 500-plus cafés across the country will win a $200 gift certificate to a farm-to-table restaurant in their area and signed copies of two new food movement books.

Be sure to check out our menu that night at cafebonappetit.com/georgefox. We hope you enjoy this year’s Eat Local Challenge!

Don’t forget to join us for the third Liberal Arts and Critical Issues event of the fall tonight (Monday), when the film Toxic Tears will be shown from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The film is the latest installment in the series “State of the World.”

Toxic Tears looks at the little-known darker side of the “Green Revolution” in India that transformed agriculture, but has negatively impacted thousands of farmers in the country. The film will be followed by a discussion with a panel of George Fox professors.

The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

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

Don’t forget the Women’s Salad Supper for all female administration, faculty and staff or the spouses of administration, faculty and staff …

Tuesday, Sept. 24
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Ruth Baker at the president’s home, the historic Edwards House (402 S. College St., Newberg)

Please bring a salad to share (if you are new this year, please just come as our guest). Enjoy this opportunity to meet the new women of our community and to reconnect with the women of George Fox.

No R.S.V.P. required. Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Have students who are stressed out because they don’t know APA style for citations? We have a workshop for them. Sue O’Donnell (Associate Professor of Psychology) will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style, at an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop this Friday, Sept. 27, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105.

The same “Using APA Format Effectively” workshop will be offered again from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the same location.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

What is the church “doing right” with younger generations? A one-day forum, hosted by George Fox University and Western Seminary, will address the question on Saturday, Oct. 19, in Portland.

The “ReGeneration Forum,” featuring Scot McKnight, Amena Brown, John Mark Comer, Sarah Thomas Baldwin, Dan Kimball and others, will focus on the practical ways churches are effectively reaching out to younger generations and keeping them engaged in the mission of God. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Imago Dei Community, 1302 S.E. Ankeny St., in Portland.

“Instead of looking at the sad statistics and reasons why millenials are leaving the church, the ReGeneration Forum will look at what God is doing positively in churches,” said Kimball, an adjunct professor at George Fox and the author of They Like Jesus but Not the Church. “We’ll share the amazing things God is doing in churches that are seeing new generations put faith in Jesus and reverse the negative trends out there.”

The day will feature main presentations from theologians and practitioners, followed by sharing from college students and forum interaction with a panel and attendees. Among those in attendance will be church leaders, theologians, artists and students.

To learn more about the schedule, speakers and registration, visit regenerationproject.org.

Don’t forget to register for Dirk Barram’s presentation, “The Leader in All of Us; High Calling, High Risk,” scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Portland Center. There is no cost to attend, and coffee and tea will be provided.

All of us have leadership qualities within us. What do they look like? How are they manifested in our actions? Why might this fact be both important, yet carry risk? Why is it seemingly undervalued? These and other questions will be discussed at the session, the latest College of Business Fall Speaker Series Event.

Dirk, dean of the College of Business, is in his 27th year at George Fox. He worked at Hewlett–Packard in Palo Alto, Calif., as a division training and development manager prior to coming to the university. Since coming to George Fox, he has served in a number of administrative capacities, including vice president for academic affairs (1992-1998) and undergraduate chair of the Department of Business and Economics (2002-2010).

To R.S.V.P. or to learn more, go to this page. Please sign up by Friday, Sept. 27. More information is also available by contacting Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

In commemoration of the International Day of Peace and to mark the successful completion of Friendly Water for the World’s first project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the university’s Center for Peace and Justice is honored to host Zawadi Nikuze on campus today (Friday). She will take part in a talk-back session at 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room, then speak in a Women & the Bible class in Hoover 103 from 3:40 to 4:30 p.m.

The campus community is invited to both events as Zawadi speaks about her work and the condition of women in the midst of the conflict in the DRC.

Zawadi is a women’s and human rights activist working in Goma in the Eastern Province of North Kivu, DRC. As coordinator of the African Great Lakes Initiative (GLI) /Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC) project in the DRC, for the past six years she has been working with rape survivors and their children on trauma healing and small micro-economic programs. She has been forced to flee on several occasions, only to courageously return. Zawadi is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Questions? Contact Clint Baldwin at cbaldwin@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us today (Friday) as Ralph Beebe, a professor of history emeritus at the university, hosts a book reading and signing session to promote his new historical fiction book Cousins at War: A Civil War Novel. Ralph will be in the second-floor lounge of Hoover at 3 p.m. Books will be available for purchase.

Cousins at War is the fictional tale of two cousins, Aaron and Joel Haskins, living in Maryland during the Civil War. They are best friends who share a birthday and just about everything else. As Maryland begins to prepare for the Civil War, they both must decide if they will fight. The cousins end up making different choices that forever alter their lives.

Weaving emotional decisions throughout, the book provides a poignant social commentary about the ramifications of our decisions, our roles in society and our responsibilities to one another. Beebe uses a tragic storyline to question the morality of war and educate readers by presenting an authentic view of the Civil War from both Union and Confederate perspectives.

Beebe has previously authored six books, including The Worker and Social Change: The Pullman Strike of 1894 and The Embargo. Published by iUniverse, Cousins at War is available online through Amazon.

We are joining together as a university to support two of our community members in need. On Monday, Sept. 30, we will host a “Be the Match” event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

Our goal is to get between 200 and 300 people registered as potential bone marrow and stem cell matches for people in need. In particular, our hope is that someone on campus would “Be the Match” for Dianna McIntyre (International Student Services). The event will also benefit student Haley Bellows, who will be selling T-shirts to help fund her cancer treatment costs.

There are three ways to get involved:

• Register as a potential donor
• Volunteer to help with the registry drive (you can sign up for a time slot at this link)
• Spread the word to community members about the opportunity to register

Thank you in advance for your willingness to be a part of this noble cause. If you have questions, please e-mail Sarah King at sking@georgefox.edu.

Join us for the all-employee meeting scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium (please note location change from previous meetings). Our theme is “Back to School,” and the event will include some tasty snacks. Come hear the latest university updates and spend some time with coworkers!

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.”

Fall Science Outreach classes have been posted online. These new classes begin the week of Sept. 30. Classes are available for students ages 6-14 (ages 6-8, “The Human Body;” ages 9-11, “All God’s Creatures;” and ages 12-14, “The Science of Foods”).

To view class descriptions and registration paperwork, visit the Science Outreach website.

Questions? Contact Elizabeth Licon at scienceoutreach@georgefox.edu.

The third Liberal Arts and Critical Issues event of the fall is set for Monday, Sept. 23, when the film Toxic Tears will be shown from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The film is the latest installment in the series “State of the World.”

Toxic Tears looks at the little-known darker side of the “Green Revolution” in India that transformed agriculture, but has negatively impacted thousands of farmers in the country. The film will be followed by a discussion with a panel of George Fox professors.

The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

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

Saturday, Sept. 21, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran (Austin Sports Complex)
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Puget Sound (Austin Sports Complex)

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.