The Daily Bruin

A Muslim perspective on the role of faith in identity formation will be the topic of a George Fox Evangelical Seminary seminar next Friday, Nov. 11, at the  Portland Center. The session runs from 9 a.m. to noon in Room 155.

Maria Ebrahimji, executive editorial producer for CNN and the director of CNN’s booking department, will share her perspective as a Muslim woman working for a major news agency in the United States. Joining her are three Muslim women who live in Oregon: Fatemeh Fakhraie, Muna Idow and Manar Alattar. Together, they will present three sessions: “Personal Faith Journeys” (9 a.m.), “Perceptions of People of Faith” (10 a.m.) and “Faith and Conversion” (11 a.m.).

The event, titled “Who Am I? Who Are You? A Muslim Perspective on the Role of Faith in Identity Formation,” is the latest installment of the seminary’s Ministry in Contemporary Culture Seminar series and seeks to find shared experiences between the Christian and Muslim faiths. The cost is $20 for alumni, students and staff. An optional lunch will be made available for $10 per person.

To learn more about the event or to register, visit seminars.georgefox.edu.

All women employees – faculty, administrators and staff – are welcome to a brown-bag lunch with special guest Peggy Fowler from noon to 1:15 p.m. (PST) Thursday, Nov. 17, in the Cap and Gown Room on the Newberg campus. For those at other university sites, the event will be live-streamed at this site (http://stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp).

Fowler retired from Portland General Electric as CEO and president on March 1, 2009. She remains on the board of directors and is on the finance committee. Peggy has 35 years of experience in the utility business and, in that time, has managed almost every major area of the company. She earned bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and mathematics from George Fox.

Peggy resides in Tigard with her husband, Bob. Together, they have raised two sons. She enjoys outdoor activities, including golf and skiing, and currently serves on several boards, including the President’s Advisory Council at George Fox.

Please don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a significant woman leader as she shares her leadership journey with the women of George Fox.

The Women’s Leadership Development committee invites all women employees to join us for this event as we continue exploring leadership development. For those who attend in person, please bring your own lunch.

Don’t forget to drop by the George Fox Auxiliary’s annual holiday bazaar Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5. The event will feature more than 30 artisans selling jewelry, art, crafts, plants and food.

The main bazaar will be in the Ron Gregory Atrium between Wood-Mar Hall and the Edwards-Holman Science Center on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Additional vendors will be in the Hoover Academic Building atrium during the same times. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Danya Ochsner at 503-537-8369 or Janet Lyda at 503-538-3032.

Have students who struggle with grammar, punctuation and/or spelling errors? Encourage them to attend an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop with Bill Jolliff (English) today (Friday) at 10:40 a.m. in EHS 125.

Bill will identify the 10 errors that professors are most likely to mark on student work, and he’ll demonstrate how to fix them.

If you would like to nominate a colleague for November Employee of the Month, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 7. As always, please provide a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting on Thursday, Dec. 1.

The English Department is offering a technical writing course for the first time this spring. WRIT 240 will introduce students to the forms and styles of writing and reporting used in business, professional and research organizations.

The course will be taught by Gary Tandy, professor of English, who has 15 years of experience teaching similar courses and more than 10 years of experience as a technical writer. Contact Gary at gtandy@georgefox.edu if you have questions about the class.

Staff and faculty: Please bring all “found” items to the security office by Tuesday, Nov. 8, as we will be doing the lost and found tables in the Bruin Den on Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All unclaimed items will be donated to charitable causes immediately following.

Thanks!

As part of our diversity education workshop series this year, we will be offering the following workshop on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Stevens 209: “The Biblical Basis for Diversity.”

If you are interested in attending, please e-mail Abby Burgess (aburgess@georgefox.edu) in student life. Space is limited, so please respond by 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7.

Just a reminder … the deadline for ordering faculty rental regalia for midyear graduation was Oct. 15. Rental regalia must be ordered a minimum of eight weeks prior to the event. Please make a note of this on your calendar.

All faculty regalia rental requests are to be made with this form. A link to this form is at the bottom of the main bookstore website: gfubookstore.com.

This coming weekend is our 30th annual Family Weekend. There are many events happening on campus for you to enjoy. Go to familyweekend.georgefox.edu for more details on the schedule.

We are expecting more than 600 guests on campus this weekend – and that doesn’t include the community members who will be here to shop at the auxiliary’s holiday bazaar and silent auction. Feel free to head over to the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS or the Hoover Atrium to check out the 45 vendors on Friday between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. or Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Another event you might want to put on your schedule: the women’s basketball alumni game, scheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m. Admission is free!

Please welcome our guests to campus and be thoughtful about parking on Friday. If you have any questions about the weekend, contact Nancy Almquist, director of parent relations, at ext. 2114 or nalmquist@georgefox.edu.

Have students who struggle with grammar, punctuation and/or spelling errors? Encourage them to attend an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop with Bill Jolliff (English) this Friday, Nov. 4, at 10:40 a.m. in EHS 125.

Bill will identify the 10 errors that professors are most likely to mark on student work, and he’ll demonstrate how to fix them.

This week is your last chance to see the university’s fall show, Steel Magnolias, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances run Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and conclude with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Thursday’s show is free to students, while employees get one complimentary ticket each for any of the performances. The box office, located at the Information Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center, is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Additional tickets can be purchased in Stevens or online at theatre.georgefox.edu.

Please note: Saturday’s performance is sold out and Friday’s show is nearly sold out. There are still plenty of great seats available for Thursday or Sunday.

Stop by, call 503-554-3844 or e-mail boxoffice@georgefox.edu with any questions. A synopsis of the play is available at theatre.georgefox.edu.

The university’s Department of History and Political Science invites the community to hear Carol Swain, professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University, on campus today (Wednesday).

Presentations include:

• Chapel address: 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium
• “The Congressional Black Caucus and Immigration Reform: A Study of Failed Leadership”: 3:45 to 5 p.m., Hoover 105
• “Does Political Correctness Threaten Religious Liberty?: 7-8:30 p.m., Hoover 105

Swain, an award-winning author and media personality, has appeared on BBC Radio, NPR, PBS, C-SPAN and ABC, among other media outlets. She rose from being a high school dropout and teenage mother to earning a PhD from the University of North Carolina and a master’s degree in law from Yale Law School.

She is widely recognized as an expert on race relations, immigration, black leadership and evangelical politics.

To read more about Swain, see this press release. For more about her visit, contact Mark David Hall at ext. 2674.

Craving oranges? Check out the baseball team’s orange sale: 20-pound boxes (about 40 oranges) can be purchased for $24 ($12 is tax deductible). Sales start Sunday, Nov. 6, from any George Fox baseball player (they will be selling door-to-door also). Oranges will be delivered Dec. 3-9.

Contact Marty Hunter at mhunter@georgefox.edu or ext. 2914 for more information. This is your chance to be part of something great! Go Bruins!

This Monday, Nov. 7, the Portland Youth Philharmonic, led by conductor and music director David Hattner, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

The program for the concert includes: Malcolm Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances; Elgar’s Enigma Variations, and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”with Fred Lu, PYP’s 2011 Piano Concerto Competition Winner. The concert is a free preview of PYP’s annual fall concert to be held in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required. For more information, call 503-223-5939.

The third issue of The Crescent comes out today (Wednesday)! Look for it in your mailbox. Read about Occupy Portland, a Vanderbilt professor who is speaking today, a cross country team member’s story, and an opinion about donating blood.

The university community is invited to two concerts on campus this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5, during Family Weekend.

‘An Evening of Jazz’ Concert
On Friday, jazz trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling will perform with the university’s Jazz Ensemble and a faculty trio at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Stripling is a Basie Band alumnus, known as a spectacular trumpeter with a wide range, beautiful tone, and the ability to blend together many influences in his own style.

All employees and students are entitled to one complimentary ticket, which covers admission for up to four people. Tickets are available for pick-up at the Information Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center or can be ordered online by going to this page and following these directions:

• Click the “Buy Tickets Now” link
• Click “Order” for the jazz concert
• Select “1” under the “Family” tab and “Hold at venue box office” in the “Select Delivery Option” field
• Click “I’m redeeming benefits” link
• Enter your university user ID/ name and submit

Call ext. 3844 if you have questions concerning purchasing tickets.

Family Weekend Concert
On Saturday, the university’s Family Weekend fall concert is scheduled at 4 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free. The event will feature performances by the university’s Women’s Chorale, String Ensemble, Men’s Ensemble, Concert Choir and Symphonic Band.

Among the selections to be performed are The Longest Time (Billy Joel) and The Lion Sleeps Tonight (as recorded by Metropolis), by the Men’s Chorale; Caledonian’s Air from Three Scottish Songs and Dance Into the Day (Mark Patterson) by the Women’s Chorale; Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach) by the String Ensemble; Rejoice Exultantly (Baroque Comoser Calvisius) and No Time (arr. Susan Brumfield) by the Concert Choir; and The Glory of the Yankee (John Philip) and Vizcaya (Vinter) by the Symphonic Band.

For more information about either concert, contact Debbie Hawblitzel in the Department of Performing Arts at ext. 2620.

Student Life is coordinating university employees who are interested in hosting a student at their family’s Thanksgiving dinner. We will be compiling a list of interested people.

If you would like to put your name on this list, please e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) with the following information:

• Your name
• Contact information (e-mail and phone)
• Number of students you would like to host

If we receive any requests from students, we will do our best to match them with interested hosts. You will be notified by e-mail if a student has been matched with your request no later than Monday, Nov. 21.

It’s time once again for the faculty/staff campaign! Gifts from faculty/staff members make it possible for students to receive tremendous opportunities for spiritual formation, vocational development, and character growth.

On Tuesday, Nov. 1, please watch your in-box for a personal e-mail highlighting videos and students’ testimonies of how these types of opportunities at George Fox deepen their relationship with God and prepare them to connect Christ and culture.

Thank you so much for the difference you make in students’ lives.

If you have any questions, please contact Mandria Montplaisir at mmontplaisir@georgefox.edu.

The next all-employee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 10, has been canceled and rescheduled for Thursday, Dec. 1, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

In addition, the Thursday, Dec. 15, meeting has been canceled. Please make a note of these scheduling changes.