The Daily Bruin

Shane Roghaar, the university’s TIAA-CREF consultant, will be on the Newberg campus and at the Portland Center next week to meet with employees regarding their retirement investments. Most of the Newberg appointments have been filled, but there are still several appointments available at the Portland Center on Monday, March 3. Appointments will be between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the Portland Center’s Room 296. Make your appointment by going to https://ais2.tiaa-cref.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects.exe/ARS.

Tuition remission requests for the 2008-09 academic year are due in HR by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 3.

If you have not already completed a form, please follow this link and scroll about halfway down the page to find complete instructions and the forms:
georgefox.edu/offices/hr/EmployeeBenefits.index/beneforms.html.

The Apple-only Computers Across the Curriculum transition is exciting considering the specs on the MacBook that will be given out (visit it.georgefox.edu/cac/2008.html). With this transition, many Apple changes are coming to the university.

Plans are formulating now for a big “Apple on campus” event in early April. But right now we want you to be aware of the iChat service available to anyone with a George Fox account and access to iChat on an Apple computer or a Jabber Client on a PC. Check out the following web page for more information: it.georgefox.edu/cec.html.

– Greg Smith, IT

With a 76-71 overtime victory over Lewis & Clark Wednesday night, the George Fox women’s basketball team earned a spot in the Northwest Conference’s championship final Friday against the University of Puget Sound.

The Bruins will play at UPS in Tacoma, Wash., at 7 p.m., with the winner getting an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. For fans who wish to attend, George Fox has reserved a bus that will leave the Wheeler Sports Center parking lot at 2:30 p.m. Friday, returning the same night. The cost is $15 for adults, $10 for students.

If interested in a ride, call or e-mail Patty Findley (Athletics) at ext. 2910 or pfindley@georgefox.edu. Space will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

A faculty business meeting is scheduled from 10:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (11:40 a.m. Mountain Time) on Friday, Feb. 29. Newberg faculty will meet in Wood-Mar Auditorium; Portland Center faculty will assemble in PDS 281; and Boise faculty will meet in the Boise Center conference room.

Newberg faculty, please note the change in venue.

The inauguration of Robin Baker as the 12th president of George Fox is just around the corner, and the planning team needs your help. Areas of particular need are: ushers for the installation ceremony (Thursday, March 6) and helpers for the celebration dinner (Thursday, March 6).

Regardless of your availability or specific skill, we would love to have your help in bringing this historic event together.

E-mail your interest in volunteering to Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at dochsner@georgefox.edu.

– University Relations

Last week, all employees received an e-mail from Missy Terry (President’s Office) with important information regarding the upcoming Presidential Inauguration, March 6-7. This e-mail contained a schedule of events, class cancellation specifics, office closure information, and procedures for the academic processional occurring at the installation ceremony.

As a reminder, we ask that all employees register for the events that they plan to attend by this Friday, Feb. 29. The registration form is available at georgefox.edu/inauguration/registration-form3.html.

We hope that you will choose to take part in this historic celebration. The entire series of events has been crafted to highlight the entire university and what makes this such a special place.

To clarify one item from the e-mail, faculty should register for the installation ceremony (even though their involvement is expected) so that the proper number of chairs can be reserved in Bauman Auditorium.

The full schedule of events is available at georgefox.edu/inauguration.

If you would like another copy of Missy’s e-mail sent to you, please e-mail Robby Larson, inauguration co-chair, at rlarson@georgefox.edu.

Due to limited staffing while attending a conference in Texas, the Portland Center Bookstore hours will be amended as follows:

Wednesday & Thursday, Feb. 27 & 28
9 a. m. to 4 p. m.

Friday, Feb. 29
CLOSED

Monday through Wednesday, March 3-5
9 a. m. to 4 p. m.

For questions about the closure, email John Stewart, Portland Center Bookstore Director

For bookstore needs during those days, email Candy Schlott at schlott@georgefox.edu.

TIAA-CREF consultants will visit the Newberg campus and the Portland Center in March to offer personal financial counseling sessions. Consultants will help you:

• Develop long-term strategies
• Find the right allocation mix for you
• Develop your own strategy
• Learn about TIAA-CREF retirement income flexibility

Employees may schedule an appointment during one of the following dates:

Monday, March 3: Portland Center, Room 296
Tuesday, March 4: Newberg campus, Hoover 104
Wednesday, March 5: Newberg campus, Hoover 104

Time: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Individual consultant: Shane Roghaar

To schedule an appointment, visit the TIAA-CREF website at tiaa-cref.org/moc.

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.

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

The LibQUAL+â„¢ Library Survey is now available. Please take a moment to fill out the survey about the quality of the George Fox library service. The survey is available any time of the day or night from Feb. 25 through March 19. Participants are eligible to win prizes.

Survey URL: http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=629358

The Liberal Arts Critical Issues (G.E. Senior Capstone) program is looking for faculty and staff to volunteer to sit on an oversight committee for this fall’s course. The oversight committee would meet two to three times during spring semester to help identify books and speakers for the fall class on Islam. If you are interested in assisting, please contact Caitlin Corning (History) or D. Elizabeth Todd (Communication Arts).

A Faculty Teaching Forum on library databases is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Executive Dining Room. Janis Tyhurst and Jane Scott (Library) will present information about Choice Reviews Online, CQ Researcher, and Facts on File World News Digest.

Tired of getting, reviewing, and keeping track of those little white review cards? Want to find out what is being published in your field without looking through those cards? Choice Reviews Online can focus your searches and help you lose those little white review cards.

Frustrated with the rhetoric of sound-bite news? Want to find out the rest of the story? CQ researcher is a useful tool for getting objective in-depth information on political and social issues.

Need to know what happened on this day in history – 50 years ago – or want to read the text from a historical document like the Mayflower Compact? Use Facts on File World News Digest.

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26. 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 link below will use to podcast Debbie Berho’s presentation on Fri., Feb. 22.

The podcast will run 10:45 to 11:30 a.m.

http://stream.georgefox.edu/live/FacResForum.sdp

“Protestant Hispanic Churches of Washington County, Oregon” presented by Dr. Deborah L. Berho

Faculty can watch this in their office or anywhere else they have web access.

As security has monitored the parking lots lately, we have seen many vehicles with items such as laptops, purses, wallets, cell phones, and other items that would be of interest to thieves. Please help deter them by securing these items in other areas out of plain view. Your cooperation is appreciated.

– Security Services

George Fox and Providence Newberg Medical Center will host a public health forum featuring Dr. David Barker – a physician and researcher who discovered the relationship between birth weight and the risk of coronary heart disease – from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Barker, a physician and professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Southampton in England and a professor in the Department of Medicine and the Heart Research Center at Oregon Health and Science University, will speak on “Halting the Epidemic of Diabetes and Heart Disease.”

The forum is free and open to the public. In addition to seating in Wood-Mar Auditorium, a live feed of the presentation will be available in Hoover 105.

Barker, MD, PhD, is internationally renowned for what was named the “Barker Hypothesis” by the British Medical Journal in 1995. In 1989, with University of Southampton colleagues, he showed for the first time that people who had low birth weight are at greater risk of developing coronary heart disease. His theory is now widely accepted in the medical community.

ater studies he conducted showed that low birth weight also is associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes. In all, Barker has published more than 200 papers and written or edited five books about the developmental origins of chronic disease.

His Oregon connection began in 2003, when he joined the faculty at the Heart Research Center at OHSU to study how nutrition and growth before birth and during early childhood alter the development of the heart. He is a research partner with Dr. Kent Thornburg, a member of the George Fox Board of Trustees and a 1967 George Fox graduate. Thornburg helped arrange the forum.

For more information, contact Sharon Pilon (Development) at 503-554-2115, or Mike Antrim, senior public affairs and marketing coordinator at Providence Newberg Medical Center, at 503-537-1699.

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.

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.

During the inauguration of President Robin Baker scholarship will be showcased with a display of books recently published by faculty. The books will be on display during the reception hour of the Inaugural Banquet on Friday evening, March 7, at Rolling Hills Community Church. Guests at the banquet will receive a flier from our online bookstore with a promotional code for free shipping.

If you have written a book that was published after June 2006, please send an e-mail to Ronecca Dockter (Development) by this Friday, Feb. 22, with the title of the book in the body.

Wed., Feb. 20, the print and file server will be down for maintenance 6 to 7 a.m.

Space is still available for employees and students interested in attending this Saturday’s Kaleo conference, featuring Wes Davis, pastor of Newlife Church in Silverdale, Wash. The event, designed to provide training for those involved with youth ministry, will draw church groups and individuals from throughout the region. It is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

“Courageous Leadership” is this year’s theme. In addition to Davis, who will speak on “Dare to Lead” and “Dare to Redeem,” breakout sessions led by several guest speakers will cover 16 topics, including “Avoiding burnout,” “Building a team,” “Mentoring young women,” “Prolonged adolescence,” “Postmodern evangelism,” and “Discipling a godly student living in an ungodly home.” Leading worship will be Mike Hohnholz, who leads a Sunday night service at Beaverton Foursquare Church.

The conference is free for George Fox undergraduate students. Employees and George Fox graduate students pay $25 per person. The price includes a lunch.

For more information or to register, visit kaleo.georgefox.edu.