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Are you willing to share your expertise and help raise the visibility of George Fox University? The Oregonian and Oregon Public Broadcasting are both looking for people to share insights and opinions on various topics.

The OPB Public Insight Network will send you an e-mail no more than once a month asking for your insights on topics relevant to your area of expertise. The Oregonian is seeking a select group of writers to publish opinion pieces regularly for three months.

Interested? Contact Rob Felton, director of public information, for more information.

The women of George Fox University are welcome to a soup and salad supper from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the president’s home at 402 S. College St.

Ruth Baker will host the event. Attendees should bring a salad to share; soup and bread will be provided. There is no need to R.S.V.P.

Because the university uses Verizon as its wireless provider, employees who currently have Verizon Wireless service or who sign up to become a Verizon Wireless customer can begin enjoying a 6 percent discount off their current costs. This applies to service, phones, and accessories.

If you would like to sign up for this discount or get more information, visit Ray McKean, the university’s Verizon Wireless representative, in the Bruin Den commons area between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25. A separate site visit will be arranged for the Portland Center at a later date.

The position of Director of Web Development is being vacated by Gloria Foltz and is open to George Fox employees at this time.  It will remain open until 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27. Foltz has accepted the position of executive assistant to the vice president for enrollment services.

You can e-mail Peggy Kilburg or Melodee Powers (Human Resources) to obtain a copy of the Director of Web Development position announcement. To apply for this position, request a Transfer Request form by e-mailing hr@georgefox.edu and submit it to Human Resources along with a cover letter and resume.

The faculty business meeting scheduled for Friday, Sept. 28, will be broadcast via PolyCom in Room PDS 285A at the Portland Center that morning. The session is scheduled from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m.  Missy Terry (Academic Affairs) will send all faculty the agenda and accompanying proposal handouts via e-mail next week.

A faculty forum, “Christ’s Work and Covenant Renewal: Relational Perspectives on Atonement,” is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 21, in Hoover 105.

Larry Shelton (Seminary) will make a presentation and lead a question and answer session. Refreshments will be provided. Event sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee.

Spend a day uncovering the joy that is hiding in the unsuspecting places of your life. Don’t forget to register for our Selah women’s conference, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium on Sept. 29. You can register by visiting selah.georgefox.edu or by contacting Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134 or alorenz@georgefox.edu.

All are welcome to come hear Debra Akre and Jeana King, co-founders of Project Education, a NGO that promotes education in Kenya, from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, in Lemmons 8.

For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673.

You can view chapel live on your computer during normal chapel times on Monday and Wednesday via the following link: georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/campus_ministries/streaming.html.

When chapel is not in session, the link will allow you to visit archives of past chapels. If you need QuickTime, you can download and install it for free by visiting apple.com/quicktime.

Speaker: Dave Ward. He will speak in Monday’s and Wednesday’s chapel services and on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. He is a former Kingdom Building Ministries itinerant speaker.

Guest musician: Isa Cavertier. She will lead worship in both chapel services and lead worship Tuesday in the amphitheatre at 8:30 p.m. A friend of Isa’s said, “I have never seen her lead an audience in song without it being a true encounter with God.”

The Graduate Department of Counseling announces the opening of the Portland Center for Counseling and Family Therapy. This community counseling center serves as the practicum/internship clinic for students in the GDC.

The center is administrated by a GDC faculty member and staffed by a professional counselor and advanced graduate students who are supervised by faculty trained in individual, marital, and family therapy. The center is now accepting individuals, couples, and families.

Any referrals would be appreciated. If you would like a packet of information, including business cards or brochures, they can be delivered to you at the Salem, Portland, or Newberg campuses. They are to be offered to any individuals you think may be in need of mental health services, including those who suffer from anxiety, depression, grief or loss, significant stress, abuse, or other concerns.

As a community counseling center, it is important that these services be accessible to the broadest population possible. Therefore, the center offers a sliding per-session fee schedule ranging from $15 to $75.

If you would like to visit the new clinic, tours are available by appointment between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in September. Also feel free to call (ext. 6060) with any questions about services or referrals. The center will return calls on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when the clinic is open.

If you have a prayer need, please know there are colleagues who would like to pray for you. You can send your prayer request through a Prayer Request Form. The form is also accessible by going to the Staff Development Committee site and clicking “Prayer Request Form.”

You may submit your request anonymously or let us know who you are. Do you have a praise report? Let us thank God with you. If you have a heart for prayer and would like to be part of the PrayerNet team, contact Sarah Marvin (Telephone Services) at smarvin@georgefox.edu.

The chapel will be open for prayer on Fridays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. There also will be a prayer request box located in the chapel.

“Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.” James 5:13

Employees are welcome to a faculty teaching forum from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the Executive Dining Room on the Newberg campus.

Presenter Gloria Doherty (Hybrid Learning/Seminary) will lead a discussion about the successes and challenges of pedagogically strategizing course design that achieves meaningful learning outcomes; realistically measuring the student work load; and brainstorming assignments, projects, and assessments that inspire the learner to fully engage in the process.

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) at jwithers@georgefox.edu by 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17. 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. Video podcasts of the forums will be available at the “Events and Resources” link on the Center for Teaching and Learning website, ctl.georgefox.edu.

If you give a regular employee or student employee an honorarium, stipend, gift card, or gift certificate, the IRS considers it taxable income.  The amounts of these will be processed through payroll in order to be taxed so it is important that the name(s) of the recipients be included on check requests submitted for payment.

The university is now using iTunesU (iTunesUniversity) to distribute public events such as chapel. Access it from blogs.georgefox.edu/chapel/itunesu.html and it will fire off your iTunes program.

A number of courses also are beginning to use iTunesU to supplement the distribution of podcasts such as classroom lectures and special assignments.

New employees who have yet to have their official university photo taken, or those who would like a retake, are invited to a photo session from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13.

Participants should check in at the Office of Marketing and Communications,  located on the second floor of the Stevens Center.  Photos will be taken in the River Street House.

Everyone is invited to attend a global church lecture given by Father Wulutomoh Silikpoh from Liberia at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 12-13, in Lemmons 8.

Silikpoh is the pastor of The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Ganta, a city in north central Liberia.  He is helping to rebuild the church after the destruction of the country’s recent civil wars (1989-1996, 1999-2003).

It is now possible to access all university calendars from any location. Until now, users had to be on the campus network or use the VPN to see internal university events.

To view the internal calendar, go to calendar.georgefox.edu or select the Calendar tab in Bruindata and log in with your regular George Fox username and password. As before, the public calendar is available to everyone from calendar.georgefox.edu/public and does not require a login.

If you have questions about the calendar, contact the IT Service Desk by e-mail or by calling ext. 2569.

Corrections to the hours of operation for our coffee cart:

Bruin Coffee Hours: (unless otherwise posted)

Monday……….8:00am – 1:00pm & 4:00pm – 8:15pm
Tuesday………4:00pm-8:15pm
Wednesday…..4:00pm-8:15pm
Thursday……..8:00am-1:00pm & 4:00pm-8:15pm
Friday…………8:00am-1:00pm
Saturday……..8:00am-1:00pm

With a big thanks to Janelle Baugh and the IT department, the Portland Center’s classes and events are on the University Calendar. Employees may request space for meetings online if you are logged into the website. All of the administrative assistants have been trained on how to make requests online. Be sure to ask your AA to show you how to make a request.

If you need additional training on how to navigate the Webviewer, please contact the office manager, Janis Sanford at ext. 6164 or by e-mailing her at jsanford@georgefox.edu.