The Daily Bruin

A bioethics discussion, “Abortion and Breast Cancer, the Missing Link Found,” with Dr. Clem Persaud, PhD, a professor of biotechnology, is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Hoover 105.

Come hear one of the world’s leading biotechnology experts discuss relevant topics of faith and science. Dr. Persaud is a retired professor of biotechnology from Canadore College, Ontario.  He travels extensively leading bioethics discussions on various topics such as stem cells, embryo research, and cloning.

For more information, contact Ryan MacKenzie at rmackenzie04@georgefox.edu.

In an effort to get to know the community better, President Robin and Ruth Baker are hosting a series of small-group desserts at their home. The first staff/administrator dessert, open to the first 15 people who e-mail Missy Terry (President’s Office), will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Please note: There will be other dessert opportunities for staff/administrators as well as faculty groups in the future.

The Office of Marketing and Communications is currently collecting orders for name tags. Orders are due by Friday, Feb. 22.

Submit your requests online at: academic.georgefox.edu/foxforms/forms/Order Name Tags.html.

For more information, go to the creative services website at:
georgefox.edu/offices/communications/creative_srv/name_tags.html.

It’s time to order university stationery. For detailed order instructions, go to the university communications website at georgefox.edu/offices/communications/creative_srv/letterhead.html.

Elizabeth Holme in Print Services will work with the Office of Marketing and Communications in ordering general university (i.e. non-departmental stationery) letterhead and envelopes. You will continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through her.

Orders are due by Friday, March 14.

The Office of Marketing and Communications is now collecting orders for business cards. Orders are due Thursday, Feb. 28. Please place your orders through your department’s administrative assistant.

Expected delivery is the beginning of April. For all orders, even exact reprints, submit your order using our online form: georgefox.edu/offices/communications/creative_srv/bus_cards.html.

Baruch Meir, an associate professor at Arizona State University, will visit George Fox for the second installment of the university’s newly created Bösendorfer Artist Concert Series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Bauman Auditorium.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. Tickets may be purchased at the box office by calling ext. 3844 or by visiting music.georgefox.edu.

In addition to Sunday’s concert, Meir will be offering a public master class to three piano majors – Joseph Forster, Beth Sellers and Becca Couch – at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, on the Bauman stage. There is no admission fee to attend the master class.

Meir, named a Bösendorfer Concert Artist in 2003, will perform works by Ravel, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Galuppi on Sunday. He has performed in Austria, England, France, Israel, Portugal, and throughout the United States.

He has presented solo recitals at the Bösendorfer Saal in Vienna, Austria; Murphy Hall in Los Angeles; and at the Toujours Mozart Festival in Salzburg, Austria. He also has presented master classes at the Music Academy in Vienna, the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, and universities in the U.S.

A native of Israel, Meir is a summa cum laude graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music of Tel Aviv University, where he earned both bachelor and master degrees in piano performance.

In an effort to get to know the community better, President Robin and Ruth Baker are hosting a series of small-group desserts at their home. The first staff/administrator dessert, open to the first 15 people who e-mail Missy Terry (President’s Office), will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 (note date change from original announcement).

Please note: There will be other dessert opportunities for staff/administrators as well as faculty groups in the future.

If you have not already submitted a tuition remission request and you anticipate using any tuition remission benefit during the 2008-09 academic year, please complete a Tuition Remission Request Form and submit it by Monday, March 3.

Please go to: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/EmployeeBenefits.index/beneforms.html and scroll about halfway down the page to find the link to important information for completing the tuition remission request forms and the forms themselves. It is important to read the one page of information before you begin completing a Tuition Remission Request Form. Incomplete forms will be returned without being processed.

For information about the Tuition Exchange program, please contact Missy Terry (President’s Office). Again, completed TR request forms must be turned in to Human Resources by March 3. If you miss the deadline, your tuition remission cannot be guaranteed for next year.

Professional publication is an increasingly important, but sometimes intimidating, responsibility of university faculty. David Sherwood (Social Work), editor of the journal Social Work & Christianity for 25 years, will lead a Faculty Teaching Forum workshop on writing for publication from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the Executive Dining Room.

Participants will review issues such as the types of articles that might be appropriate, selection of journals for submission, writing form and style, the peer review process, using editorial feedback, and appropriate ethics. Participants also will discuss their ideas and questions about writing and publication.

To reserve a lunch e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.

All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available at the “Events and Resources” link on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.

The Jan. 15, 2008 issue of Christian Century featured an article by Ed Higgins (Writing/Literature) and Tom Johnson (Religious Studies) on the trilogy of novels by British atheist Philip Pullman. Pullman’s first novel in the series was recently made into a movie, The Golden Compass.

On Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Hoover Lounge, Tom will provide an overview of the coauthored article and lead a discussion on Pullman’s work and the Christian community’s response to fiction that has religious/Christian overtones. The university community is invited to attend.

The Liberal Arts Critical Issues program (G.E. senior capstone) is pleased to announce that Dan Kimball, author of They Like Jesus, but Not the Church, will speak from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. and from 7 to 7:50 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Hoover 105. The title of the presentation is “Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?” All are welcome to attend.

For more information on Dan, visit dankimball.com.

In addition, there are still a few copies of Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution available for those who would like to read along with our seniors.

Our next community lunch will be from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in Room 155.

Our new vice president of enrollment services, Dale Seipp, will be joining us for lunch.

You can purchase the catered lunch by Bon Appetit for $3, or feel free to bring your “brown bag” lunch.

The School of Professional Studies is sponsoring Spiritual Emphasis Week at the Portland Center Feb. 11-14. Each evening from 7:30 to 8 p.m. in the main lobby, there will be music and a brief devotional. Light refreshments will be provided.

This great time of community building and personal reflection is open to all students and employees of George Fox. Please plan on attending these very meaningful times.

For details or questions, contact Mark Ocker at the School of Professional Studies.

In an effort to get to know the community better, President Robin and Ruth Baker are hosting a series of small-group desserts at their home. The first staff/administrator dessert, open to the first 15 people who e-mail Missy Terry, will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22.

Please note: There will be other dessert opportunities for staff/administrators as well as faculty groups in the future.

The Portland Center is proud to welcome Sarah Marvin to our front office team. Sarah has come to us from the Newberg campus and is now the Enrollment Assistant for our School of Professional Studies Enrollment Team. She will directly supporting Jeremy Stephens, Admissions Recruiter, Kathy Grant & Jennifer Overstreet, Enrollment Counselors. Sarah’s phone extension is 6165.

Sarah’s counterpart in the front office is Sara Vulgan. Sara is the Graduate Admissions assistant for Carol Namburi,  Graduate Department of Counseling Admissions Counselor, Robin Halverson, School of Management Admissions Counselor, and Sheila Bartlett, Seminary Admissions Counselor. Sara’s phone extension is 6101.

Please help us in welcoming Sarah to the team and please note the change in their extensions.

Tickets are still available for this Friday and Saturday’s presentation of Black Boy, a one-person play featuring Broadway actor Charles Holt. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. both nights in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Holt plays Richard Wright and a host of additional characters in Wynn Handman’s adaption of Wright’s influential 1945 autobiography Black Boy. Holt has been performing Black Boy for the last seven years throughout the United States. More information on the production is available at charlesholtproductions.com.

Employees and students are entitled to one complimentary ticket, available for pick-up at the University Store. Additional tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. Tickets may be purchased at the box office by calling 503-554-3844 or online at theatre.georgefox.edu.

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to the February Peace and Justice Symposium session sponsored by the Center for Peace and Justice.

The event is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the Special Collections Room on the second floor of the library on the Newberg campus. Speaker John Gorlorwulu (School of Management), who grew up in Liberia, West Africa, will speak on “Peacebuilding Challenges and Opportunities in Liberia.”

The symposium will explore and celebrate the diversity of approaches for exemplifying Christ’s all-inclusive call to peace and justice in our lives.

A senior capstone project, Universi(tee) Design and Printing, is available to create T-shirts for a group, sports team, or dorm floor. The business custom designs and prints inexpensive T-shirts and other apparel for any situation. All proceeds go to the Patrick Kibler Memorial Fund.

To find out more, e-mail universitee@gmail.com or visit myspace.com/universitee.

Multicultural Services invites you to a showing of Pride, a film about overcoming severe adversity with faith and persistence. It features Crash star Terrance Howard and tells the story of a determined Jim Ellis, who starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.

Date/Time: Thursday, Feb. 7, 7-9:30 p.m.
Location: EHS 102

Maintenance on the file and print server at the Portland Center will occur before business hours (6 to 7 a.m.) on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Both servers will be unavailable during this time.