The Daily Bruin

Two questions concerning early America – “Did America have a Christian founding?” and “Did the founders want separation of church and state?” – will be addressed at a summer symposium hosted on the Newberg campus on Friday, Aug. 13.

Daniel L. Dreisbach, a professor in the Department of Law, Justice and Society at American University who studied philosophy as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, will present a lecture, “Thomas Jefferson and the ‘Wall of Separation’ Between Church and State,” from 6 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. There is no charge to attend.

Prior to the lecture, a barbecue and book-signing session are scheduled from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the quad. The cost for the barbecue is $13 per person. Joining Dreisbach at the book signing will be Mark David Hall (Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Political Science), a frequent collaborator with Dreisbach. The two coauthored The Sacred Rights of Conscience and teamed with Jeffry H. Morrison to write The Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life and The Founders on God and Government. Copies of the books will be available for sale at the signing session.

Registration details and more information are available at veritasschool.net. Seating is limited, so those interested in attending are encouraged to register as soon as possible. The lecture is co-sponsored by the university’s political science department and Veritas School of Newberg.

Registration is still open for the university’s fourth Motorcycle Rally, scheduled Saturday, Aug. 14. The event features both a long (185-215 miles) and short (110-115 miles) ride, with the former traveling through the coast range and the latter winding through the hills and valleys of Yamhill County.

The event also features a motorcycle show and barbecue dinner on the Newberg campus that evening. For schedule and price details, visit the event website or contact Alumni Relations at ext. 2131. The registration deadline is Monday, Aug. 9.

All employees who will be working with new students are invited to attend an overview of the orientation schedule before the festivities begin. Join us for this overview at 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, in Hoover 105.

Due to the large size of the incoming class, the schedule has been changed this year. We would love for everyone involved to be informed of these changes. Hope to see you there!

We have an excess of office supplies (and binders) from our recent remodel and want to offer them up to the university’s students, staff and faculty. Please stop by the registrar’s office on the first floor of the Stevens Center and see if there’s anything you can use. Stop by anytime Wednesday through Friday of this week.

As of Friday, Print Services has acquired five Xerox ColorQubes that will allow campus users to make color copies and create scans that can be sent to e-mail. Scanning to e-mail is free to all users. Black and white copies are 10 cents per side, while color copies are 20 cents per side.

As with all of our walk-up copiers, activation cards may be purchased from IT or from the library’s front desk. The machines are located in the Hoover second-floor lobby, the second-floor mezzanine in the Stevens Center, the MLRC’s first-floor copier center, and the VAC lobby. The fifth machine is in Print Services, where customers will be able to print from their own computers, student kiosk computers, or copy and then make payment to the staff.

Please note that the Xerox ColorQube will print black and white or color, so be sure to designate what you want. Also, this is “solid ink” technology (crayon), so an item printed/copied from the ColorQube will not be able to go through a heat-based process (lamination).

Sign and Submit your July Timesheet to your Supervisor!

Don’t forget to turn in your July timesheets to your supervisor at the end of your shift Saturday, July 31st, or the last day of the month that you are working. Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it.  Payday is on Monday, August 16th.  Thank you!
– Human Resources

Following are lunch specials in the Bruin Den this week.

Tuesday: “Godfather of Pasta” featuring Italian sausage, roasted zucchini, garlic, onions and peppers tossed with our housemade herb marinara sauce served with focaccia. $5.50

Wednesday: Artisan-style woodstone pizza featuring roasted chicken and red onions with fontina cheese and fresh basil or summer vegetable medley with mozzarella, parmesan and cheddar cheeses. Served with Caesar salad. $5

Thursday: Honey-chicken stir fry with peppers, onions, broccoli and chilies served with sticky rice. $5.50

Friday: Deep-fried southern style breaded catfish served with hushpuppies and sweet corn slaw, sliced locally grown tomatoes and ginger lemonade. $5

All lunch specials come with choice of medium soda or small bottled water.

The Center for Peace and Justice/Global Studies is hiring a student employee for the coming school year to help provide administrative/clerical support to the director and coordinator, help with planning and execution of events, and help maintain websites. Applicants with interest and experience in issues of peace and justice are encouraged to apply, whether or not they are Federal Work Study awarded.

If you feel you are a good fit, or know someone who would be, please click on this link to Job Connect for more information.

Thanks,
Melanie Newell

The office of International Student Services has moved. The new location is the International Center/Cultural House, located across from the Pennington Parking lot (the former Moore House).
Stay tuned for the Open House, to be announced in the Fall!

The Center for Peace and Justice/ Global Studies is hiring a student employee for the coming school year to help provide administrative/clerical support to the director and coordinator, help with planning and execution of events, and help maintain websites. Applicants with interest and experience in issues of peace and justice are encouraged to apply, whether or not they are federal work study awarded.

If you feel you are a good fit, or know someone who would be, please see the Job Connect post for more information:https://webservices.georgefox.edu/jobconnect/show_position.php?id=9560. Many Thanks

Following are the lunch specials in the Bruin Den this week:

Tuesday: Asian shrimp yakisoba stir fry tossed with fresh ginger chili sauce with a spring roll and medium soda or small bottled water. $5.50

Wednesday: Hand-tossed artisan-style pizza featuring meat-lovers pizza with pepperoni, sausage, bacon, red onions and olives or roasted vegetable pizza with yellow tomatoes, fresh basil and oregano and fresh mozzarella. Served with tossed Caesar salad and medium soda or small bottled water. $5

Thursday: Barbecue on the quad featuring grilled hamburgers or quarter-pound all-natural beef hot dogs with baked beans, potato salad and sliced watermelon with medium soda or small bottled water. $5.50

Friday: Hand-battered fish & chips served with homemade coleslaw and medium soda or small bottled water. $5

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, July 27, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– IT

The university is again hosting Selah, a one-day seminar for women, on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The theme of his year’s event is “It’s time to Simplify. Discover the biblical truth that less is more.”

Keynote speakers will be Vicki Norris, president of Restoring Order, and university pastor Sarah Thomas Baldwin. Online registration and complete details are now available at selah.georgefox.edu.

Get $10 off your registration and a free T-shirt when you volunteer for Selah! If interested, please contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at alorenz@georgefox.edu or ext. 2134.

Scott Rueck, the coach who guided George Fox to a 2009 national D-III women’s basketball championship and seven conference titles in 14 seasons, has written an open letter to thank the university community for its unwavering support over the years. Rueck announced earlier this month he was leaving George Fox to take the head women’s basketball job at Oregon State University, his alma mater.

Click here to read Scott’s letter of thanks to the community.

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