The Daily Bruin

Loren Wenz would like to invite those in the university with singing experience to join a mass choir for a singing of Vivaldi’s Gloria at the final concert of the spring semester, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 23, in Bauman Auditorium.

Those interested will need to attend practices between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. on the following dates: April 5-6, 12-13, and 19-20. Practices will take place in Ross 208.

For more information, contact Debbie Hawblitzel at dhawblit@georgefox.edu.

Attention Spring 2010 Graduates-

On Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30, the Portland Center will be hosting a “grad fair” for you from 4 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 155. This is an exclusive “graduates only” party to celebrate your achievement and to help you connect with some fantastic opportunities to:

• Check out Alumni products from the Bruin Bookstore
• Meet with a Josten’s representative to order a class ring or graduation announcements
• Check on your student account and ask questions of your Student Financial Services representative
• Interact with admissions counselors from the Graduate schools
• Talk with Career Services about the tools available to you
• Meet your alumni services team to learn how to stay connected to GFU
• Pick up your regalia and verify your name for your diploma

There will be door prizes awarded, wonderful food provided by Kam & Kam Catering as well as your very own “Swag Bag” filled with graduation goodies.

Textbooks for all programs at the Portland Center will be posted online by April 16, 2010.  To order your books for Summer 2010, simply log on to www.store.georgefox.edu and click the “textbooks” tab.  Couldn’t be easier!  See you online!

P.S.  You can also order diploma frames and George Fox clothing online!

Textbook buyback happens twice a year and is scheduled for three days during fall finals and three days during spring finals.

Books being used for subsequent semesters will be purchased at 50 percent of the new price (regardless of whether the book was purchased new or used).

Books not needed for the Bruin Bookstore will be purchased at the price set by the wholesaler.

The next Portland Center textbook buyback is scheduled for:

Tuesday-Thursday

April 27 – 29, 2010
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: TBA

If you are unable to come in during these hours, consider having a friend bring your textbooks in for you.

On Monday, April 12, several from the George Fox community are headed to the Rose Garden to watch the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly the Seattle SuperSonics) at 7 p.m. Put on a George Fox T-shirt or hat and bring your family and friends to the game. It will be a great way to connect with other alumni, parents, employees, students and friends. As a member of the George Fox community, you can purchase $15 discounted tickets, saving $4 per ticket.

Click on this link for more information and to order tickets. Contact Alumni Relations at ext. 2131 or alumni@georgefox.edu with questions.

On Saturday, April 10, 9 am to noon in Room 285b, the School of Professional Studies is sponsoring a Career Management Seminar.

The Career Management Seminar is an event which will help you understand and assess your God given talents, apply interests, talents and values to tangible work positions, and be exposed to public and private job vacancies.  The speaker, Peter DePaoli, is an adjunct professor at GFU with over 30 years of career development experience.  He has work experience in higher education, business, and in the professional sector, and has also helped adult learners transform their educational experience into practical career callings.

The cost of the event is $50.

For more information please contact Jack Lyda at lydaj@georgefox.edu or 503.554.6188.

On Wednesday, March 3, Holocaust survivor Ursula Bacon will speak at 7 p.m. in Hoover 103. Ursula fled Nazi Germany with her parents in 1939 and landed in Shanghai, China, along with more than 18,000 other Middle European Jews. The family spent most of the war years in a Japanese-controlled “Designated Area,” often referred to as the “Shanghai Ghetto.”

She has written a book about her experiences, Shanghai Diary, A Young Girl’s Journey from Hitler’s Hate to War-torn China. For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673 or Clint Baldwin (Center for Peace and Justice) at ext. 2685.

Tom Potiowsky, state economist for the state of Oregon, will speak at a School of Business speaker series event on Friday, March 12, at The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport in Tigard.

Potiowsky will speak from 7 to 9 a.m. on “The Big Dipper: Another Roller Coaster Ride for the Oregon Economy and You,” a session focusing on the economy and the process of recovery. The fee is $20, which includes a continental breakfast. Payment must be received by Monday, March 8.

To learn more, get directions or register, visit georgefox.edu/business/events.html.

The Trauma Response Institute, coordinated by the Graduate Department of Counseling, is launching a program to assist humanitarian aid workers.

The focus of upcoming meetings is in support of Haitian missionaries and earthquake relief workers. Meetings are scheduled from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on March 2, April 6 and May 4 at the Portland Center. There is no cost to attend.

The purpose is to offer simple tools to help prepare for or mitigate the emotional impact of witnessing severe human suffering. If a Haiti responder flier finds its way into your mailbox, please consider giving it to your pastor, missions chairperson, or friend connected to service in Haiti. Also, for George Fox employees interested in joining a TRI responder peer support team, stay tuned for information about a training in psychological first-aid for peer responders.

You can learn more about the humanitarian aid program at responder.georgefox.edu.

Thanks for sharing the flyers!

Anna Berardi
Director, Trauma Response Institute

Dr. Chris Koch, professor of psychology and director of assessment, will present the spring 2010 Faculty Lecture, now in its 55th year. In “It’s (Almost) All in the Eyes” Chris will present research combining strategies used to study attention and perception in order to examine how people perceive facial emotions.

The presentation is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, in Hoover 105.

On Wednesday, March 3, Holocaust survivor Ursula Bacon will speak at 7 p.m. in Hoover 103. Ursula fled Nazi Germany with her parents in 1939 and landed in Shanghai, China, along with more than 18,000 other Middle European Jews. The family spent most of the war years in a Japanese-controlled “Designated Area,” often referred to as the “Shanghai Ghetto.”

She has written a book about her experiences, Shanghai Diary, A Young Girl’s Journey from Hitler’s Hate to War-torn China. For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673 or Clint Baldwin (Center for Peace and Justice) at ext. 2685.

Cara Peck, a federal government representative working for the EPA, will be on campus from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, in Stevens 209.

Peck will share the background on the Partnership for Public Service (George Fox’s Career Services is a partner), and speak on breaking down the four common myths about federal employment (low pay, only based in Washington D.C., must have political science background, and “too much bureaucracy”). She also will share her personal federal story, her career path, and resources for helping students find and pursue jobs in the federal government.

Faculty members, please encourage your students who might be interested in this presentation to attend.

Please R.S.V.P. to Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu, for this pizza chat.

Two antique books (copyright 1909 and 1916) were left in the Bruin Bookstore four weeks ago. If these belong to you, please come and identify them and pick them up.

Internationally acclaimed pianist Valentina Lisitsa will visit for the university’s fourth annual Bösendorfer Artist Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in Bauman Auditorium.

The performance will feature all 24 of Chopin’s Etudes. Each university employee and student is entitled to one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets, visit music.georgefox.edu, or call the university box office at ext. 3844.

Lisitsa also will host a master class for George Fox music major students from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Bauman Auditorium. The class is free and open to the public. During that time, she’ll be working with Tara Li and James Pick, both piano performance majors.

Lisitsa has toured throughout Europe, Japan, South America and North America. She has collaborated with the Sao Paulo Symphony, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony, and has performed with the likes of Lynn Harrell, Jimmy Lin, Roberto Diaz, Ida Haendel, and Hilary Hahn. For more information on her, visit valentinalisitsa.com.

The Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries is still seeking summer staff applications. If you or someone you know is interested in applying to work at Tilikum this summer, it’s not too late. The deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 26. Apply on the Tilikum site.

It’s tax season again! There are some tax code changes that may impact you or your family. This year, you may use the cost of textbooks and course materials as a tax credit. For complete information, please visit textbookaid.org.

There is still time to register for the seminary’s Ministry in Contemporary Culture Seminar, “Technomadic: Mapping our way in an unbounded world,” scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon (with optional roundtable lunch at noon) on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Room 155 at the Portland Center.

Guest Joseph R. Myers, an entrepreneur, speaker and author, will speak on such topics as “Technomadic landscape: Locating ourselves in the human story,” “Preparing ourselves for the new relationship era,” and “Spiritual wisdom for the technomadic age.”

Myers is the owner of FrontPorch, a consulting firm that helps churches, businesses and other organizations promote and develop community. Author of The Search to Belong and Organic Community, Myers is also a founding partner of the communications arts group settingPace, based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The cost is $20 for employees, alumni or students. The optional lunch is $10 per person. Registrations are transferable, but not refundable.

Online registration is available until Feb. 15 at applyweb.com/public/contribute?s=gfoxch. Questions? E-mail Jean Oehm Borgman (Seminary) at jborgman@georgefox.edu.

George Fox Evangelical Seminary will host Rev. Joshua Kang for a speaking engagement and book-signing session from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Portland Center.

Rev. Kang, former pastor of the 7,000-member Oriental Mission Church in Los Angeles and the author or more than 30 books, will speak about his new book, Scripture by Heart, and be available to sign copies of his Scripture by Heart and Deep Rooted in Christ afterward. Both book titles will be available at a 50 percent discount courtesy of publisher IVP. The event is free, and an English translator will be provided for his presentation.

Rev. Kang’s combined Korean titles have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Come experience local artist and humanitarian Jennifer Predoehl’s art exhibition, entitled “Audubon & Africa,” hosted by the Portland Center Library’s art gallery.

The show opening, artist’s explanation and appetizers will be shared between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11. The Audubon Society and Horizon International Inc. will benefit from a portion of all sales. Raffle tickets will be available to enter a drawing to win an original painting by Jennifer Predoehl. “Audubon & Africa” will be available for viewing until the last week of March.

This is a reminder that John Perkins, an admired American Civil Rights activist, will be on the Newberg campus Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 10-11. He will speak in chapel, as a guest at the 25th annual Woolman Peacemaking Forum Wednesday night, and twice on Thursday. The theme of the forum is “Are We Achieving Racial Justice Reconciliation?”

Below is his Feb. 10-11 schedule. The campus community and the general public are welcome to all sessions free of charge.

Wednesday, Feb. 10
10:40- 11:30 a.m.
“Follow me to Freedom”
Bauman Auditorium

7:30-9 p.m. (Woolman Peacemaking Forum Lecture)
“The High and Low Points of Five Decades of Work for Racial Justice”
Hoover 105

Thursday, Feb. 11
8:40- 10:30 a.m.
“Justice as an Essential Part of Discipleship”
Edwards-Holman Science Center 125

Noon-1:15 p.m.
“Leading as an Ordinary Radical”
Discussion of Perkins’ new book coauthored with Shane Claiborne
Cap and Gown Room (bring your own lunch)