The Daily Bruin

The Portland Center’s south building will be CLOSED Friday, Aug. 31, and Saturday, Sept. 1 for replacement of the HVAC system on the roof.

Employees in Portland, Boise, Salem, and Redmond will get a day off on Monday, Sept. 3, in recognition of the Labor Day holiday. The Newberg campus will stay with its traditional schedule, remaining open on Labor Day and closing for a mid-semester holiday on Friday, Oct. 12. Portland, Boise, Salem, and Redmond will not take a mid-semester holiday.

The inaugural meeting of the Pacific Northwest section of the American Scientific Affiliation will take place in the Cap and Gown Room on the university’s Newberg campus from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15.  The session is entitled “Science and Religion at War?”

Randy Isaac, executive director of the American Scientific Affiliation, and Dave Willis, professor emeritus, Oregon State University, will be the featured speakers. A luncheon will follow.

The cost is $9 for preregistration and $10 at the door. To register or find out more, visit http://academic.georgefox.edu/~meverest/ASA-NW.pdf.

The Center for Teaching and Learning will host a faculty teaching forum from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room on the Newberg campus Thursday, Sept. 6. The forum is entitled “Putting Student Evaluations to Use” and will provide information about resources available to make practical sense of student evaluation numbers.

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) by noon on Tuesday, Sept. 4. Everyone is welcome to attend whether they bring a lunch or reserve one.

A video podcast of the session will be available on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.

Space is still available for those interested in playing in the inaugural Bruin Athletic Association Golf Classic, scheduled for Monday, Sept. 10, at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course. The cost is $125 per player, which includes green fees, a cart, range balls, a wind jacket, a sleeve of golf balls, tee prizes, lunch, and dinner.

Lunch will be served at noon, followed by long-drive and putting competitions at 12:30 p.m. The tournament begins with a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. An awards dinner, silent auction, and raffle begin at 6:30 p.m.

Register at golfclassic.georgefox.edu. The deadline to register is Monday, Sept. 3. All proceeds go toward the Bruin Athletic Association. For more information, contact Craig Taylor (ctaylor@georgefox.edu).

All employees are invited to participate in the 2007-08 Wellness Challenge. Check out the new scoring system, individual competition, monthly prizes, and wellness teams. Go to wellness.georgefox.edu. Sign up online by Friday, Aug. 31. Competition begins Monday, Sept. 3. If you have questions, contact Andrea Byerley (abyerley@georgefox.edu).

We are looking for volunteers! Selah, a seminar for women, is taking place Saturday, September 29th from 9:00am-4:30pm. If you register to be a volunteer you get a $10.00 discount on your admission price and a free t-shirt! For more information please visit selah.georgefox.edu or contact Amy Lorenz at alorenz@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2134

Please follow this link to view a position announcement describing the Executive Assistant I for Enrollment Services: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/ZExecAsstI.html

This is an internal posting. We welcome your interest and your resumes. Questions? Call Melodee in Human Resources at 2180.

Friday’s schedule of events ~

8-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast buffet
Klages dining room

8:40 – 9:15 a.m.
Worship & devotional
Bauman auditorium

9:15 – 10 a.m.
New employee introductions
Employee communication strategy

10 – 11 a.m.
Meeting
Robin baker, president

11 – 11:10 a.m.
Announcements

11:10 a.m.
Refreshments
Bauman Lobby

All employees half-time and above are requested to attend.
This does not include summer student employees.

Mark your calendar now to attend our annual Homecoming celebration on February 8 and 9 on the Newberg Campus. The weekend’s activities will include a concert by the band Five O’Clock People, Homecoming basketball games, and affinity reunions for Pacific College alumni and anyone that has ever taken a dance class from Steve Grant.

Additionally, there will be class reunions for alumni from 1998, 1988, 1983, 1978, 1968, 1948, and 1938.

For more information, please contact Robby Larson, director of alumni relations at x2130 or rlarson@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be upgraded to version 1.8 on Monday, August 13, from 6am – noon. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time. Faculty members, you will receive additional information via email. Please contact the Service Desk with any questions or concerns.

Attention Ladies:

Keep an eye out for the 2007 Selah brochures. They will be sent to your campus mailboxes very soon. Uncovering Joy is this years Selah theme, and we will be having three great speakers that you will not want to miss. If you would like to save $10.00 off your registration fee then you might consider volunteering for the event. We have volunteers for registrations, ushers, and lunch builders. For more information on this event please visit the web site http://www.georgefox.edu/selah .We hope you will join us this year!

To volunteer for registrations and ushering please contact:
Amy Lorenz
503-554-2134
alorenz@georgefox.edu

To volunteer for Lunch building please contact:
Danya Ochsner
503-554-2121
dochsner@georgefox.edu

The Library and IT departments are pleased to inform you that selections of PBS videos are available for viewing for any GFU employee or student. You can gain access to these Videos On Demand via BruinData by choosing the VOD menu. The titles will also be incorporated into our library’s Foxtrax catalog. This program is somewhat experimental so feedback will help us determine how or if this program should grow. Comments can be directed to Greg Smith.

The EDFL Symposium “Women and minorities in Educational Leadership” features two days next week with Dr. Karen Longman. Her topics include: “Strengthsbased education” on Monday July 9 and her personal journey in leadership addressing the symposium themes of “models, mentors, barriers and hopes” on Tuesday July 10. Attendees are encouraged to take the StrengthsFinder instrument prior to Monday’s session. Two books that include a unique ID code for taking the StrengthsFinder instrument on the web are available for sale in the EDFL department, 206 N. Meridian Street.

Dr. Longman came to Azusa Pacific University in 2006 as a professor of higher education. Prior to coming to APU Dr. Longman served for six years as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Greenville College (IL) and for 19 years as Vice President for Professional Development and Research at the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, based in Washington, D.C. She continues to serve as a Senior Fellow with the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities and has coordinated Leadership Development Institutes for emerging leaders within the CCCU since 1998.

The symposium schedule each day starts with an informal lunch by either going through the cafeteria at 11:45 or brown-bag, with the speaker making their presentation from 12 to 12:55 pm. After a short break there is a question and answer period from 1 to 2 pm.

If you want to make lunch reservations please send an email to Julie Green jgreen@georgefox.edu

The EDFL Symposium “Women and minorities in Educational Leadership” on Friday, July 6 is featuring our own Diane Wood, a GFU professor that serves in both the MAT program and Family Consumer Sciences department. The message of each of the speakers during our 14 day symposium is through their own lense of “models, mentors, barriers and hopes.”

Diane has recently completed a chapter titled “Barriers to Women as Leaders in Faith-based Colleges and Universities: Strategies for Change” to be published in Women in Academic Leadership: Professional Strategies, Personal Choices. The book is edited by Diane R. Dean , Susan J. Bracken , Jeanie K. Allen, published by Stylus. More information on the book can be found at the publishers website: http://styluspub.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=128106

The symposium starts with an informal lunch by either going through the cafeteria at 11:45 or brown-bag, with the speaker making their presentation from 12 to 12:55 pm. After a short break there is a question and answer period.

If you want to make lunch reservations please send an email to Julie Green jgreen@georgefox.edu

Monday, July 2 kicks off the three week EDFL symposium with a different speaker each day. Come join us for lunch, or the speaker and the discussion. Lunch starts at 11:30 in the Student Center, speaker starts at about 12 noon (or whenever we can get people through the line), and a panel discussion starts at 1 pm. This week’s speakers are:

Thursday, July 5th – Dr. Kathi Robinson, a 2007 EDD graduate, and executive director of school improvement for Hillsboro School District.

Friday, July 6th – our colleague SOE Diane Wood. Did you know Diane has recently completed a chapter in an edited book on this topic?

FULL DETAILS ON EDFL WEBPAGE

Thursday, July 5 – Today’s speaker for the EDFL Symposium “Women and minorities in Educational Leadership” on is Dr. Kathi Robinson, executive director of school improvement for the Hillsboro School District. Kathi has served as an english teacher and gifted coordinator for the Beaverton School District, and in Hillsboro as assistant principal at Century High School, a middle school principal, and two years in her current position. She just completed her doctoral dissertation in April based on research on the practice of gifted education in Oregon public Schools and is a 2007 graduate of the George Fox Ed.D. program.

The symposium schedule each day starts with an informal lunch by either going through the cafeteria at 11:45 or brown-bag, with the speaker making their presentation from 12 to 12:55 pm. After a short break there is a question and answer period.

If you want to make lunch reservations please send an email to Julie Green jgreen@georgefox.edu

The Portland Center Bookstore will be CLOSED next week for its annual year-end inventory starting Wednesday, June 27th through Friday, June 29th

This is a reminder that the Portland Center Bookstore will be CLOSED next week for its annual year-end inventory starting Wednesday, June 27th through Friday, June 29th. Due to the importance of performing this function accurately to better serve our customers, please take note of the following:

~ Phones will not be answered
~ On-line orders will not be filled
~ There will be no money available to make change

Please plan ahead for any purchases you may need. The Portland Center Bookstore will reopen on Monday, July 2nd, at 9:00 a.m. We thank you in advance for your support and cooperation!

Help us save lives of women and children in DR Congo by volunteering at our upcoming run. We need help on 6-21-07 at 6pm and 6-23-07 varying times. To volunteer please call Lindsey at 503-267-0560. See also www.runforcongowomen.org

George Fox University is expecting 25 – 30 new international students this year! We are looking for approximately 15 families who would be willing to have up to two international students stay in their home the nights of Sunday, August 19 – Wednesday, August 22. Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner and provide transportation to and from George Fox so students may attend orientation sessions during the day. Host families will receive a small stipend to help defray some of the costs.

If you are interested in this opportunity to bless George Fox University international students please contact Dianna McIntyre at dmcintyre@georgefox..edu or 503-554-2211.