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The Portland Center Bookstore is looking for ways to better serve the Portland Center community. Attached is a survey regarding the Portland Center Bookstore services and Coffee Cart/Food Services at the Portland Center.

The survey consists of 10 questions and will only take a few short minutes of your time. We would like to have the online surveys completed no later than 5 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 20.

We sincerely appreciate your participation. Your input is invaluable.

Click this link: Bookstore Survey

Please contact John Stewart at ext 6126 if you have any questions about the survey.

Career Services is teaming up with the religion and Christian ministries departments to host a seminary fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in the Hoover Academic Building on the Newberg campus. Seminaries from across the country will have representatives present. Get information from Asbury, Ashland, Fuller, George Fox Evangelical, Trinity Western, Phillips, North Park, Western, and Truett

The Chehalem Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Bauman Auditorium. The orchestra, consisting of George Fox students, faculty, and residents of the greater Portland area, will play Mendelssohn’s “Sinfonia #10,” Dvorak’s “Serenade Op. 44,” and the famous “Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 5, 6, and 7.”

Later this week, on Thursday, Feb. 21, the university will host a Chamber Concert featuring the Chamber Singers, Trumpet Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, Clarinet Quartet, String Quartet, String Ensemble, and Early Music Ensemble.  It begins at 7:30 p.m. and also takes place in Bauman Auditorium.

The below list includes employees who are slated to receive a service award for the anniversary year ending Sept. 1, 2008. Employees receive awards for service of half time or greater in five-year increments. Recipients will be honored on Wednesday, May 7.

Please take a moment to review this list. If your name is not on it but you believe you should receive an award, or if your name is on the list and you don’t think you should receive an award this year, contact Peggy Kilburg (Human Resources) by e-mail. (If you are a rehire, your previous benefits-eligible experience at George Fox counts toward your service award.) Your help is most appreciated.

To receive a five-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 2002 and Sept. 1, 2003
To receive a 10-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1997 and Sept. 1, 1998
To receive a 15-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1992 and Sept. 1, 1993
To receive a 20-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1987 and Sept. 1, 1988
To receive a 25-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1982 and Sept. 1, 1983
To receive a 30-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1977 and Sept. 1, 1978

Five-Year: Larry Shutts, Nadine Kincaid, Debbie Hawblitzel, Creagh Schoen, Sondra Creason, Melissa Thomas, Teresa Arnold, Corey Beals, Doreen Blackburn, Bob Hamilton, Terry Huffman, Melanie Hulbert, Kendra Irons, Rhett Luedtke, Steve Cathers, Gary Spivey, Tim Timmerman, Pat Vandehey, Jim Worthington, Rob Clarke, Danette Loeffler, Vern Choin, Laurie Lorenzen, Joyce Staats, Gary Adams, Nancy Almquist, Andrew Shriver, Glenn Anderson, Patti Odenweller, Tami Ankeny, Michelle Conrad, Kathy Dexter, Marla Sweningson, Barbara Braun, Kris Nelson, Dave Larson, Judy Keeney.

10-Year: John Newberry, Janet Herron, Charlie Kamilos, Patsy Engle, Donna Phillips, Mark Ocker, Kevin Carr, Chuck Conniry, Janis Tyhurst, Carolyn Stansell, Dale Seipp, Dan Schutter, Ron Shaw, Bruce Arnold, Carrie Bohl, Robin Ashford, Dale Journey, Sheri Philips, Bob Dexter.

15-Year: Sheila Bartlett, Steve Delamarter, Chris Koch, Kathleen Gathercoal, Irv Brendlinger, Mark Selid, Kerry Irish, Carol Namburi, Terri Crawford, Melva Lloyd, Debby O’Kelley, Kandie Comfort.

20-Year: Becky Ankeny, Bob Harder, Manfred Tschan, Tim Tsohantaridis, Craig Johnson, Jim Fleming, Zoie Clark.

25-Year: Janelle Baugh

30-Year: Richard Engnell, Hank Helsabeck, Clyde Thomas.

Graduate Department of Counseling students in COUN/MFT 582 Research and Evaluation are working with Michelle J. Cox (Counseling) to investigate baby boomers’ images of God, attachment styles, spiritual transcendence, and emotional well-being.

Student researchers are looking for volunteers born between 1946 and 1964 to complete a 45-minute survey. Anyone willing to participate is asked to contact Michelle via e-mail at mcox@georgefox.edu for more information about the study and when data collection will begin.

President Robin Baker’s Strategic Plan discussion, presented Friday, Feb. 15, is now available at iTunes U. To view it, click on the following link: media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl.

A farewell reception for Jules Glanzer (Seminary) is scheduled from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the main lobby of the Portland Center. Jules is leaving to serve as president of his alma mater, Tabor College in Kansas.

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.