The Daily Bruin

The Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries is hosting its annual 10K Run and 5K Walk/Run at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at Champoeg State Park in St. Paul.

The theme is “Go the Distance … To Get Kids to Camp.” The event is a fund-raiser to bring underprivileged kids to Tilikum for summer camp. Participants receive a T-shirt, a chance for door prizes, and awards. The entry fee/minimum donation is $35 for adults and $15 for kids 12 and younger. For more information, call 503-538-2763 or visit camptilikum.org.

Religious Studies is hosting an Intellectual Feast, “The Many Ways God Is: Toward an Ontological Pluralism for Traditional Christianity,” from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in Hoover 250.

Many these days suggest that what is true is relative to human conceptual schemes. Can a traditional Christian consistently believe this? The answer is, “yes.” Come hear Mark McLeod-Harrison (Religious Studies) explain how to be a traditional, orthodox Christian and yet hold that God is many different and conflicting ways across conceptual schemes.

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The Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries is hosting its annual 10K Run and 5K Walk/Run at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at Champoeg State Park in St. Paul.

The theme is “Go the Distance … To Get Kids to Camp.” The event is a fund-raiser to bring underprivileged kids to Tilikum for summer camp. Participants receive a T-shirt, a chance for door prizes, and awards. The entry fee/minimum donation is $35 for adults and $15 for kids 12 and younger. For more information, call 503-538-2763 or visit camptilikum.org.

Religious Studies is hosting “The Many Ways God Is: Toward an Ontological Pluralism for Traditional Christianity” from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in the Hoover Lounge.

So many these days suggest that what is true is relative to human conceptual schemes. Can a traditional Christian consistently believe this? The answer is, “yes.” Come and see how to be a traditional, orthodox Christian and yet hold that God works in many different and conflicting ways across conceptual schemes.

Just a reminder: Daylight saving time begins this weekend. Officially, it begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, so don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour.

The Richter Scholars program is accepting applications for a second round of research grants. Please check georgefox.edu/academics/richter for details. Applications are due on Wednesday, March 19, in Hoover 110 for the Newberg campus or by campus mail to Box 6127.  For more information, e-mail Carol Jaquith at cjaquith@georgefox.edu Awards will be announced by April 4.

The inauguration of Robin Baker as the 12th president of George Fox University is this Thursday and Friday, March 6-7. This event marks a significant milestone in the life of the university and a tremendous opportunity for the entire community to come together in celebration. We hope that you will participate in the events of Robin’s inauguration, as they are designed for the entire George Fox family, particularly students and employees.

Schedule of Events
Thursday, March 6
1 p.m. – Student art exhibit opening reception
Roger and Mildred Minthorne Gallery & Donald H. Lindgren Gallery

4 p.m. – Installation ceremony
William and Mary Bauman Auditorium
Doors open at 3:30 p.m.

5:45 p.m. – Celebration dinner
Student Union Building; Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS; Stevens Center Atrium; Hoover Atrium

Each building will have the same menu, musical performances, and special inaugural activities. All students and employees are invited to attend. Employees may bring one guest with them to the dinner. (For additional guests, please contact University Relations at ext. 2131.)

Friday, March 7
10:40 a.m. – Inaugural worship
William and Mary Bauman Auditorium
Students will receive spiritual formation credit for attending this service.

11:40 a.m. – Symposium
Kershner Lecture Hall, Hoover Academic Building

6:30 p.m. – Inaugural banquet for President Robin Baker featuring a showcase of George Fox students
Rolling Hills Community Church, Tualatin
Registration for this event is now closed.

Processional Information (for faculty)
All faculty, unless communicated with appropriate dean, will be processing in full academic regalia at the start of the installation ceremony at 4 p.m. on March 6. Faculty will gather in the Bauman Auditorium Greenroom starting at 3:30 p.m. and should be in regalia and ready to begin the processional at 3:45 p.m. The faculty processional will proceed down both center aisles. Faculty will be seated in the floor seats of the auditorium, not on stage. Mark Weinert will serve as faculty marshal.

Class Cancellations
All traditional undergraduate classes (including athletics) on the Newberg campus starting between 3:40 and 6 p.m. will be cancelled on Thursday, March 6, in order to allow students to attend and faculty to participate in the installation ceremony processional. Evening classes will resume at 7 p.m.

Changes to the class schedules for graduate and degree-completion classes in Newberg, Portland, and Salem are at the discretion of the individual departments. Faculty: please speak with your department head if you are uncertain of your situation and communicate appropriate class cancellations to your students.

Office Closures
All offices on the Newberg campus may choose to close at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, in order for employees to attend the installation ceremony and at 10:40 a.m. on Friday, March 7, in order for employees to attend the inaugural worship service. Offices should be open regular business hours during the rest of the inaugural schedule.

Webcast
The URL for the live streaming of the inauguration events is http://stream.georgefox.edu/live/inauguration.sdp. Three events will be webcast: the installation ceremony, the inaugural worship service, and the symposium.

Questions may be directed to Robby Larson, inauguration co-chair, at rlarson@georgefox.edu.

Paul Marshall, author of more than 20 books on religion and politics, will give a lecture titled “Understanding Radical Islam” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus.

Marshall is considered an expert on religious freedom and international politics, religion and politics, the Christian understanding of politics, and Islam and human rights.

In addition to the public lecture, Marshall will speak on “The Worldwide Church in the New Millennium” in Monday’s 10:40 a.m. chapel service in Bauman Auditorium. He also will speak that afternoon at 4:40 and 7 p.m. in a senior capstone class in Hoover 105 as part of a class lecture series titled “Liberal Arts: Critical Issues.”

Marshall is the author of more than 20 books on religion and politics, including Radical Islam’s Rules: The Worldwide Spread of Extreme Sharia Law (2005), The Rise of Hindu Extremism (2003), God and the Constitution (2002), The Talibanization of Nigeria (2002), Massacre at the Millennium (2001), and the best-selling, award-winning survey of religious persecution worldwide Their Blood Cries Out (1997).

The university community is invited to Chuck Conniry’s (Seminary) book-signing event from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 10, at the Portland Center Library.  Chuck will be signing copies of his new book, Soaring in the Spirit, which discusses experiencing the presence of Jesus Christ in the moment-by-moment “nows” of daily life.

If you cannot attend the signing but would like a signed copy, contact Dee Small (Seminary) to make arrangements.

The Apple Store that is accessible via Bruindata’s menu bar now has recommended computer bundles with an additional George Fox discounted price. This is a good option for George Fox friends and family. The Computers Across the Curriculum laptop bundle that IT offers to students will include an additional discount.

The Portland Center front office will close early (3 p.m.) on Thursday, March 6, so that all front office employees can attend the George Fox presidential inauguration ceremony and dinner that follows.

Lisa Schirch, professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and author of five books on peace, is the featured speaker at the university’s annual John Woolman Peacemaking Forum Monday and Tuesday, March 3-4. The theme for the forum is “Frontiers in Peacebuilding.”

Schirch’s keynote address will be given at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Hoover Academic Building’s Room 105. Her topic will be “Reframing Security with Conflict Prevention.”

She also will speak at a 10:40 a.m. Monday chapel service in Bauman Auditorium on the topic “Dancing in the Lion’s Jaws: A Pacifist Among the Security Policy Makers.” After the chapel service, a talkback session will be held in the Cap and Gown Room where attendees can engage in discussion with Schirch.

Schirch is the program director of 3D Security Initiative, an organization that aims to make links between community-level peacebuilding work with members of Congress, the State Department, the Department of Defense, USAID, and others that shape U.S. foreign policy.

The Woolman Peacemaking Forum, named for 18th-century American Quaker John Woolman, is sponsored by the the university’s Center for Peace and Justice. Established in 1986, the event is designed to bring leading peacemakers to George Fox University to encourage people to invest their lives and energies in the pursuit of peace.

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.

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.

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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.

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.