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Mail Services experienced a problem with our tracking system and was unable to input all of the packages from the holiday weekend. We are processing them as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience as we work diligently to get your packages ready for you. If you receive an e-mail today from “Mail Tracker” with the subject line, “GFU Mail Services Package Notification,” you have a package in Mail Services.

If you stopped by on Tuesday and we could not locate your package, please print off the e-mail notification with the package number, bring it to our customer service window, and we will be able to deliver your package to you. We apologize that we were unable to look up packages or search through all the incoming packages to locate your individual package when you were at the window yesterday.

Again, we thank you for your patience with us as we progress through the large number of packages.

Join us for MLK chapel today (Wednesday)! Dr. T. Allen Bethel, senior pastor at Maranatha Church (maranathapdx.org) in Portland will speak on having faith to make a difference and relating it to Martin Luther King Jr.

In addition, The Voices of Praise gospel choir and performer Asiel Thompson will be leading us in worship. Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase” – MLK Jr.

The university’s School of Business will host a free presentation, “The Spirit of Servant Leadership,” featuring guest Larry Spears, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Portland Center.

Spears, president and CEO of the Larry C. Spears Center for Servant-Leadership of Indianapolis and a servant-leadership scholar at Gonzaga University, will speak on the theme of the spirit of servant leadership – a practice adopted by some of the world’s top corporations over the past five decades.

In fact, in recent years, more than a dozen Fortune 500 “Best Companies to Work For” have actively practiced servant leadership, including Starbucks, Southwest Air, Men’s Wearhouse and Synovus Financial. Spears will speak on the personal and organizational elements of servant leadership that have stood the test of time, such as listening, foresight, awareness and building community.

Interested parties should R.S.V.P. to this link by Friday, Jan. 20. Coffee and tea will be served at the event. Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at ext. 6176 or dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services is an unofficial drop site for all Oregon ballots. Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County Elections Office for us to offer this service. We accept any Oregon ballot (any county), and there is no postage necessary. The deadline for this drop-off site is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.

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Mail Services

Jan Marshall of Portland Rescue Mission will address how best to confront the growing challenge of homelessness in today’s society when she speaks at the Tuesday, Jan. 24, Newberg meeting for the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Marshall, senior ministry specialist for Portland Rescue Mission, has been in rescue mission ministries since 1970. She has served on the board of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, a national group, and joined Portland Rescue Mission in 2000. She is also a contributing author in the book Shepherding Women in Pain by Bev Hislop of Western Seminary in Portland.

Marshall now focuses her ministry at Portland Rescue Mission on expanding outreach to women at the Burnside Shelter downtown and nurturing vital relationships with churches, businesses and individual donors.

Coffee, tea and pastries will be available at the meeting, which is free for newly renewed Chamber members who R.S.V.P. at cccnw.net. A $5 donation is suggested from non-members and guests who R.S.V.P.

For more information, go to the Chamber’s website listed above or call 503-928-8354.

George Fox students and staff are invited to join the Newberg community to celebrate Christian unity on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Newberg Christian Church. Four area pastors and two George Fox students have planned the event, and the George Fox Gospel Choir will perform.

The evening begins with a potluck dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by a service at 7 p.m. that will celebrate our oneness in Christ while recognizing how our diversity enriches the body of Christ both in Newberg and around the world.

Come as you are and support members of the GFU Gospel Choir and hear testimony of God’s work happening in and around Newberg! Newberg Christian Church is located at 2315 Villa Road.

Questions? Contact Lauren Veltkamp at lveltkamp10@georgefox.edu.

If you would like to nominate a colleague for the first Employee of the Month award for 2012, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by noon on Tuesday, Jan. 17, with 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 this Thursday, Jan. 19.

Request from Marketing Communications: If you see a George Fox advertisement online, please do not click it. Each click on an ad costs the university money, in some cases as much as $15 per click.

In most cases, an online ad that is viewed – but not clicked on – does not cost the university any money. Help us be good stewards of our limited advertising dollars.

Thank you,
Marketing Communications

Micah Cooksey, an institutional technology intern, will be working in the Murdock Learning Resource Center’s information commons spring semester from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Micah will be available to assist students with technology application-based problems and questions and in-use of software loaded on information commons computers (e.g., Microsoft Office). He’ll also offer coaching for common computing resources such as the various Google applications available to George Fox students.

Contact Sue Mills with any questions (smills@georgefox.edu).

Reminder: Regalia rental requests are due eight weeks prior to commencement. In the case of this spring, no later than March 5. There is a link to the form on the Bruin Bookstore’s main website (gfubookstore.com). The link is located at the bottom of each web page.

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

Due to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, both the Villa Cafe and Bruin Den will be closed that day. They will resume their normal hours on Tuesday.

The hours of service in Klages for students on meal plans will also change slightly this weekend. Please note the following changes:

• Saturday and Sunday breakfast, from 8 to 10 a.m.
• Brunch, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Dinner Saturday night will be 4 to 7 p.m. (Bruin Madness)
• Sunday night, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
• Monday breakfast is from 8 to 10 a.m., lunch from 11 to 1:30 p.m. and dinner 4:30 to 7 p.m.

A final reminder: Applications for spending a semester off campus (studying abroad) for next school year, fall 2012 and spring 2013, are due by 5 p.m. today (Friday). Students should submit applications to the designated drop box in the Center for Global Studies located on the first floor of the Steven’s Center.

Applicants are reminded that they must have all required signatures, at least one faculty recommendation, a photocopy of their passport (if applying to an international program) that expires no earlier than six months after expected return, and have submitted the appropriate application page to health and counseling, for a complete application.

Recommendations can be submitted by e-mail to Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu, dropped at the CGS or Box #6262.

No late applications will be accepted. Students will be notified of their application status at the beginning of February.

Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at the above e-mail address or ext. 2686.

The university will host “Sacred Journey: Perspectives on Lived Faith,” featuring a panel of faith leaders from the Portland area, from 3 to 5 p.m. this Sunday in the Cap and Gown Room.

Panelists expected include Rabbi Daniel Isaak from Congregation Neveh Shalom (southwest Portland); Shahriar Ahmed, president of Bilal Masjid (Beaverton); Abbot Kyogen Carlson, from the Dharma Rain Zen Center (southeast Portland); and Sarah Thomas Baldwin, George Fox’s campus pastor and dean of spiritual life.

To learn more, visit the Peace and Justice site. Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget this Saturday’s Celebration of William Stafford event, when authors Ursula K. Le Guin and Eleanor Berry visit from 2 to 4 p.m. in Hoover 105. There is no charge to attend.

The authors will read poetry and interact with attendees. The event is held in honor of Stafford, the former U.S. and Oregon poet laureate whose life and works exemplified a quest for peace and truth. It is being hosted by the university’s Center for Peace and Justice in collaboration with the Friends of William Stafford and two of that organization’s board members, Dennis and Helen Schmidling.

You can read more about the event here.

Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgefox.edu.

The next all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site (to be provided in an announcement prior to the meeting). A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Do you want to be a leader on campus? Come to the third annual GFU Leadership Preview Night tonight (Thursday) from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in Hoover 105. You will hear from current student leaders and staff about about a variety of leadership opportunities for spring semester and next year.

Below are just some of the groups presenting:

• Residence Life
• ASC
• Connections Mentoring
• Leadership Minor
• Spiritual Life
• Career Services
• University Ambassadors
• Multicultural Student Programs
• Orientation/ Peer Advisors

There will be snacks, prize giveaways, and of course, gummy bears!

See you there! Questions? Contact Ann Richmond at arichmond07@georgefox.edu.

Writers’ work improves when others read and respond as part of the writing process, with writing groups providing one means for ongoing feedback on written work. Academic Resource Center (ARC) writing groups will require a commitment of six to eight weekly meetings, with the possibility of continuing if participants choose to do so.

Writing groups can be composed of several students from a specific class or can include students from multiple disciplines. Individuals or groups of students should contact Annica Redmond (aredmond10@georgefox.edu) to express interest in starting a class-based or interdisciplinary writing group.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, Jan. 23, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Save the date! Career Services just received word that the Portland Trail Blazers organization is sponsoring a Sports & Entertainment Career Fair on Monday, March 5. The fair includes tickets to the game that night against the New Orleans Hornets.

Career Services is coordinating the group registration and providing transportation to this fair. If you are interested in receiving more information about this opportunity to connect with 20-plus employers in the sports/entertainment industry, please contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Bookstore, as well as the textbook annex, will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16, for Martin Luther King, Jr. day.