The Daily Bruin

Come join the spiritual life and student life departments in commissioning Sarah Baldwin and Clint Baldwin in their future endeavors! We will host a farewell reception for them from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah served George Fox as the dean of spiritual life and university pastor, and Clint has served as the director of Center for Peace and Justice. Sarah has accepted the position of vice president of student development at Asbury University.

Let’s celebrate this new step in their journey as well as thank them for the time they have spent in developing our campus community!

All are invited to a farewell reception from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Monday, April 28, in the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium).

The gathering will honor Melanie Hulbert (Sociology), Michael MacLeod (International Studies), Robert Melendy (Engineering), Michael Bevis (English Language Institute) and Jane Scott (Library) for their service to the university.

Please join us to wish them all well!

Don’t forget to join us as we say farewell to longtime employee Eilene Newman at a retirement reception from 2 to 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Portland Center’s Room 155. Refreshments will be served.

Eilene has worked at the university for 22 years, starting at the Tilikum Retreat Center. She will be missed! Stop by and wish her well.

Faculty elections will be held for most faculty on Wednesday and Thursday, April 23-24. With 23 different positions to fill, this will be an important opportunity for you to influence the direction of the Faculty Senate, the Faculty Council and the Faculty Personnel Committee, among other offices.

All regular faculty half time and above will receive overnight Tuesday/Wednesday an email from Ron Mock, the 2012-14 Faculty Representative, with instructions for how to vote. We are using a new system this year that will allow for confidential voting while eliminating the risk of double-voting.

Look for the email, follow the instructions, and vote by the end of the day Thursday!

The all-employee meeting originally scheduled for this Thursday, April 24, has been postponed. It will instead be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, in Hoover 105 (note location change). Also, since we are moving this month’s meeting to early May, we are canceling the Thursday, May 29, all-employee meeting.

The May 8 gathering will feature a “Graduation” theme. For those at the Portland Center, a live video feed of the meeting will be shown in Room 160.

The BlueZone Store will be open on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for commencement. We will also have a table at the Wheeler Sports Center with diploma frames and graduate gifts.

Hope to see you there!

All university employees are invited to celebrate with us as we honor retiring Gary Kilburg with a reception on Monday, May 5, in the Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117. The event will run from 4 to 6 p.m.

Throughout Gary’s career, he has modeled professionalism, kindness, and the love of Christ to his colleagues and students. He has served the university family for 22 years, taking on leadership roles and forming foundational work in the area of mentoring for the College of Education. His teaching has regularly set the standard for young professors, modeling for each one of us what it means to be an effective educator. His students often remark on the care Gary’s teaching demonstrates.

Gary earned the Graduate Faculty Member of the Year award in 2006-2007. He has mentored teachers and administrators in both public and private schools. His door is always open and both students and faculty often find themselves slipping into his office for a bit of calm, thoughtful advice. He will be missed more than he can possibly know.

Please join us in celebrating Gary’s work with us and wishing him well in retirement.

All are invited to Shary Wortman’s retirement celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, April 28, at the Redmond Center located at Ridgeview High School in Redmond, Ore.

Shary has served the community of Central Oregon through teaching, administration, and most recently, through her work as a teacher educator at George Fox. She joined the MAT team in 2005 and worked to give us a strong foundation in the Redmond area. Her work is marked by warm, personal touches that allow each student and faculty member to be truly known.

While directing the MAT team in Redmond, Shary worked on internationalizing teacher education. She is part of a writing team and has several publications to her credit. She traveled with students to Vienna, Austria, to work in schools and at a refugee center.

Shary is all about teaching. She has been instrumental in teaching and supporting the 110-plus George Fox-trained teachers who are serving in Central Oregon schools. Her laughter, wisdom and kindness will be missed.

Please join us in celebrating the work of Shary and wishing her well in her retirement.

Don’t forget to join us as we say farewell to longtime faculty member Clella Jaffe at a retirement reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium). Refreshments will be served.

Clella has worked at the university for 19 years. During that span, she’s served as a professor of communication arts; as chair of the Department of Communication Arts (2004-present); as director of forensics (eight years); and as a leader or co-leader of 10 Juniors Abroad trips. She also did a six-week May Term teaching exchange in Wuhan, China.

Be sure to swing by and wish Clella well!

Two retirement parties will be held to honor Dianna McIntyre. Please join us in celebrating her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community.

All university employees are invited to celebrate today (Monday) in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 3 to 5 p.m. All George Fox students (past and present) are invited to celebrate on Tuesday, April 22, in the International Center/Cultural House from 3 to 4 p.m. (sharing time will begin at 3:20 p.m.).

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

Two retirement parties will be held to honor Dianna McIntyre. Please join us in celebrating her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community.

All university employees are invited to celebrate on Monday, April 21, in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 3 to 5 p.m. (please note, this is a different time than the previous Daily Bruin announcement listed).

All George Fox students (past and present) are invited to celebrate on Tuesday, April 22, in the International Center/Cultural House from 3 to 4 p.m. (sharing time will begin at 3:20 p.m.).

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

Please plan now for the institution-wide stationery order taken at the end of August. The collective order helps keep costs low – the higher the volume, the lower the cost. Consequently, it is most economical to overestimate needs and store a small surplus.

I will be accepting orders from now through Monday, Aug. 18, when orders are due.

For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s print services.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu)

Six staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Financial Aid Loan Specialist/Processor
• Systems Engineer
• Director of Alumni and Parent Relations
• Executive Assistant to Vice President and Dean of Seminary
• Assistant Director of Sports Marketing
• Director of Annual Giving

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Please join us as we say farewell to longtime George Fox employee Eilene Newman on Wednesday, April 23, between 2 and 3:30 p.m. in Portland Center’s Room 155. Refreshments will be served.

Eilene has worked at the university for 22 years. She started at Tilikum Retreat Center as an administrative assistant in 1992. She went to work for ADP from 1994 to 2008, first on the Newberg campus in the basement of Minthorn Hall, until ADP moved in 2000 to the Portland Center.

Since 2008, Eilene has worked in the library at the Portland Center. She was a work-study student at the Newberg campus library, so it is fitting that she ends her work at the university in one of her favorite places.

Two retirement parties will be held to honor Dianna McIntyre. Please join us in celebrating her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community.

All university employees are invited to celebrate on Monday, April 21, in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 3 to 5 p.m. (please note, this is a different time than the previous Daily Bruin announcement listed).

All George Fox students (past and present) are invited to celebrate on Tuesday, April 22, in the International Center/Cultural House from 3 to 4 p.m. (sharing time will begin at 3:20 p.m.).

Throughout her career, Dianna has brought to her work professionalism, joyfulness and a love for Christ and people. Her interactions with our faculty, staff and students are always marked by thoroughness, balanced with sensitivity and warmth. She has a gift for engaging students and helping them to grow and develop in the gifts and abilities God has given them.

Dianna has served as the adviser for the International Student Club and has also mentored a number of our student leaders, modeling a life of living for Christ and doing one’s best. Hugs, laughs and prayer are all common experiences for students meeting with Dianna, allowing students to leave her office with a genuine sense of being affirmed and truly known.

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

The university’s offices, libraries and BlueZone Store will be closed this Friday, April 18, to observe Good Friday.

You are invited to join us as we say farewell to longtime faculty member Clella Jaffe at a reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium). Refreshments will be served.

Clella has worked at the university for 19 years. During that span, she’s served as a professor of communication arts; as chair of the Department of Communication Arts (2004-present); as director of forensics (eight years); and as a leader or co-leader of 10 Juniors Abroad trips. She also did a six-week May Term teaching exchange in Wuhan, China.

Clella also served on the William Penn Honors Committee, as a faculty rep, on Faculty Council and on the Personnel Committee. She’s also been involved in policy and procedures, student appeals, the advising task force, and numerous search committees.

She said her plans are to travel, garden and maintain friendships.

After years of study and observation, the Portland Center Library hours will change on Monday, May 5.

The new library hours are:

• Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• Friday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Saturday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The change in library hours does not affect the hours of the Learning Commons or the hours of Institutional Technology (IT). The hours for the Learning Commons and the hours for IT will not change.

Charlie Kamilos,
Portland Center Librarian

Marketing communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department (optional); and the budget to be charged.

The next order will be placed on Monday, April 28. Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Monday, April 28.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.