The Daily Bruin

The final two events of the university’s annual event, “Closing the Gap: Addressing the Mentality Behind Sex Slavery,” are scheduled Wednesday and Thursday. The event is hosted by the university’s International Justice Mission.

On Wednesday (Nov. 16), a panel of speakers from the Portland metro area and from George Fox faculty will gather in Hoover 102 at 8 p.m. On Thursday (Nov. 17), the event concludes with a free concert by advocacy band Jubilee in the Foxhole at 8 p.m.

Questions? Contact Lauren Peña at lpena10@georgefox.edu.

Calling all football fans! Ever wanted those field-level seats at the big game? Now’s your chance! The Bruin Heritage Society is looking for referees for this year’s “Battle for the Blue Goose” powder puff football game.

Game time is 2 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 19, on the old soccer field. If you’re interested, please e-mail vtroyer09@georgefox.edu for more information or to sign up to be a ref. No referee experience required – just a love and knowledge of the game.

The university’s Center for Peace and Justice presents a free screening and presentation …

Hiding: The Final Cut
Thursday, Nov. 17, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Hoover Academic Building, Room 105

Join us as we bring attention to the plight of those in North Korea, hosting a group from the organization “LiNK” (Liberty in North Korea) for a screening of the documentary film Hiding.

Hiding tells the story of how, in the mid-1990s, more than 1 million people died in North Korea – and hardly anyone noticed. Millions starved, hundreds of thousands were imprisoned in concentration camps, and tens of thousands crossed borders seeking food, money, protection and even freedom that they never knew existed. North Korea was, and continues to be, a land with virtually no freedoms – of speech, assembly, religion or movement.

LiNK was organized out of a desire to spread awareness of the atrocities occurring in North Korea. The organization’s official line is “redefining the North Korea crisis through creative storytelling, while providing emergency relief to North Korean refugees and pursuing an end to the human rights crisis.”

For more information, contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686. To learn more about LiNK, visit this site.

The Center for Peace and Justice is joining in support of an advocacy event, “Human Circles,” at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland this Wednesday, Nov. 16, beginning at noon. In light of a looming congressional deadline to enact major budget cuts, people are gathering at events called “Human Circles” in symbolic support for programs most at risk of being cut.

The event has the support of a broad coalition of Christian denominations and organizations, who have affirmed a document, “A Circle of Protection: A Statement on Why We Need to Protect Programs for the Poor.” To learn more, visit this website.

The goals are to make the poor visible in the debate, stand in prayer for important programs that help the most vulnerable in society, and inform Congress that cutting such programs is not the answer to budget concerns. The Portland gathering is within sight distance of the offices of Sen. Jeff Merkley.

In Portland, the Oregon Center for Christian Values is helping host the event in partnership with Bread for the World and the Office of Life, Justice and Peace of the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland.

If interested in joining Clint Baldwin (Center for Peace and Justice) and others in attending, contact Clint at ext. 2685.

Have students who need assistance with APA Style for citations? This workshop is for them. We’ll cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.

Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will present.

Encourage students to attend this Friday, Nov. 18, at 10:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Join fellow George Fox employees (halftime and over) and their families for an afternoon of Christmas festivities. The celebration is set for Sunday, Dec. 11.

The details …

• Festive desserts, apple cider and hot chocolate will be served beginning at 1:30 p.m. outside Bauman Auditorium.
• The Christmas concert “Tidings of Comfort & Joy” begins at 2:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Employees are entitled to up to four complimentary tickets for Sunday’s matinee performance and a single ticket for any of the other performances.

Concert tickets are now available at the first-floor Box Office in Stevens Center. (If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets). Tickets will be available through Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m.

Please note that tickets are on sale for the general public and the concert will sell out, so don’t wait too long to get your tickets. Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Please contact Evangeline Pattison (ext. 2121) or epattison@georgefox.edu with questions.

The Robin Baker family invites you and your family to please join us for our annual Christmas Open House.

Here are the details:

Date: Sunday, Dec. 4
Time: 5-7 p.m.
Location: The Edwards House, 402 S. College St., Newberg

Join us for light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas season together!

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.

Are you using a United States Postal Service tray to stow away items around the house or office? Do you use any to transport department mail on campus? If so, it’s time to return them to the owner.

Postal inspectors say that, effective Nov. 26, they will resume their efforts to recover missing and stolen Mail Transport Equipment (MTE) and also seek prosecution against offenders. The resumption of criminal enforcement comes after the postal service offered a two-week amnesty period, encouraging anyone who was in possession of postal service equipment to return it – no questions asked.

“Theft of postal equipment is a federal crime. Replacing missing equipment last year cost the postal service $50 million – money that it can ill afford,” said Guy Cottrell, chief postal inspector. U.S.P.S. says previous efforts to recover MTE and prosecute offenders have been successful.

In 2008, postal inspectors launched the Equipment Recovery Project, an effort to return MTE that leaked out of the postal service network. Since then, postal inspectors have recovered almost 200,000 pieces of MTE, including pallets, trays and tubs, worth more than $4 million.

If you have any U.S. Postal Service tubs or trays, please bring them to Mail Services so they can be returned to the U.S.P.S. Thanks for your cooperation.

– Mail Services

This is a reminder that Marketing Communications will host a staff/faculty portrait session from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in VAC 101. Portrait sessions are scheduled twice per semester to obtain high-quality studio portraits for use on the university website. The portraits also will be available for professional promotional use.

Please e-mail or call Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) at ext. 2125 to let us know what time you are planning to come. You may still come without prior notice.

This Wednesday, Nov. 16, Gene Christian, principal of Charitable Estate Planning Northwest, will be available to answer questions about estate planning, wills, giving and other financial matters.

Gene has worked closely with our advancement team for several years. The brown-bag lunch is hosted by Provost Patrick Allen and will take place at noon in Cap & Gown A. This is a great opportunity to hear from an industry expert and learn more about estate planning – at no cost!

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Corban, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Nov. 19, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Northwest (Wash.), Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Northwest (Wash.), Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

Basketball schedule cards are now available and have been distributed to the campus mailboxes. For additional cards, contact the department of athletics at ext. 2910 or pick some up at one of the ballgames.

All Bruin home basketball games will have live webcasts this season, along with live stats on the Internet and live audio from KFOX campus radio. For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

We are soliciting recommendations for the 2012 First Year Book. Please take a moment to provide us with recommendations. Criteria for the book is provided on the form available at this link. Thank you in advance.

Joel Perez,
Dean of Transitions and Inclusion

How can social media greatly benefit the promotion of a business or ministry?

Anne Burbank, co-owner of a Vancouver, Wash., company focusing on Internet strategies, will provide her insights at the Tuesday, Nov. 22, 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.

Burbank is the social media administrator and art director of Northwest Web Construction Company (NWWCC), a Vancouver-based web presence development company formed in 1998 by Anne and her husband of 31 years, Kelly Burbank. Over the past 14 years, NWWCC has gained an outstanding reputation for helping small businesses and organizations thrive online.

In addition to more than 26 years of combined graphic design, business administration and marketing experience, Burbank oversees the company’s social media division. She will discuss some of the basics of social media and the benefits of using it, and share a few tactical ways to incorporate social media networking into marketing plans.

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 or call 503-928-8354.

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.

Fowler retired from Portland General Electric as CEO and president in 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.

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.

The university’s International Justice Mission chapter will host its annual event, “Closing the Gap: Addressing the Mentality Behind Sex Slavery,” this week. The four-day event will address the issue of sex trafficking.

Here is the schedule:

• On Monday night (Nov. 14) the movie Born Into Brothels will be shown in Bauman Auditorium at 8 p.m.Students can receive chapel credit for attending.
• Tuesday and Wednesday will feature panels of speakers from the Portland metro area and from George Fox faculty in Hoover 102 at 8 p.m. both nights.
•  On Thursday, the event concludes with a free concert by advocacy band Jubilee in the Foxhole at 8 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Lauren Peña at lpena10@georgefox.edu, or see posters on campus bulletin boards.

Alpha Psi Omega, the university’s theatre honors society, is hosting a “slam” poetry event on campus at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. If you have a passion for crafting strong poetry, please come share your work with us and the rest of the George Fox community! It will be an entertaining and thought-provoking night. Hope to see you there!

If you are interested in presenting poems at this event or simply have questions concerning it, please contact Hannah Adderley (hadderley07@georgefox.edu) More specific details of event to follow soon.

Please join us Monday (Nov. 14) in chapel to welcome our university president, Robin Baker. We look forward to hearing him speak as we continue our series in Acts. See you at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

There is no U.S. Mail service today (Friday), due to the Veterans Day federal holiday. Regular service will resume on Monday, Nov 14. However, to assist us in processing your mail, please bring your outgoing mail items over to Mail Services today so that we can get them ready to go out on Monday.

There is no delay in UPS or FedEx packages. They are operating as normal on the holiday. We will process these packages as they are received.

The University Mail Services is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Questions? Contact Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.

This is a reminder that it’s time 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 Nov. 1, an e-mail was sent highlighting videos and students’ testimonies of how these types of opportunities at George Fox deepen their relationship with God and prepare them to transform culture.

Many thanks to those who have already responded!

For an easy way to give via payroll deduction, please follow this link.

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

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

The university is bringing attention to the plight of those in North Korea, hosting a group from the organization “LiNK” (Liberty in North Korea) for a screening of the documentary film Hiding on Thursday, Nov. 17.

The screening, sponsored by the Center for Peace and Justice, will be shown from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Hiding tells the story of how, in the mid-1990s, more than 1 million people died in North Korea – and hardly anyone noticed. Millions starved, hundreds of thousands were imprisoned in concentration camps, and tens of thousands crossed borders seeking food, money, protection and even freedom that they never knew existed. North Korea was, and continues to be, a land with virtually no freedoms – of speech, assembly, religion or movement.

LiNK was organized out of a desire to spread awareness of the atrocities occurring in North Korea. The organization’s official line is “redefining the North Korea crisis through creative storytelling, while providing emergency relief to North Korean refugees and pursuing an end to the human rights crisis.”

Join us to see the film and hear LiNK “nomads” share their experiences.

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