The following link is a survey to determine the average and total commuting distance for university employees. The data will be used in an emissions analysis of the George Fox campus using the Clean Air Cool Planet tool.
Here is the link to the survey: Employee Commuting Survey
Donna Barber joined the university as interim director of intercultural life last week. She has worked since May as the Act Six Academy community coach at Warner Pacific College, where she helped facilitate retreats, led weekly training sessions with the Portland Leadership Foundation program and mentored Act Six scholars. Prior to that, she worked for a year and a half as the Cleveland city coach with the DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative, coordinating weekend trainings and managing on-site logistics for the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based organization that specializes in urban leadership development and youth ministry. Donna has also worked, since 2005, as a self-employed trainer, coach and event planner for urban youth and urban youth program leaders, as executive director of Community Fellowship’s Youth Development Group through FCS Urban Ministries, and as worship leader for the Community Life Church in Atlanta. She holds a master’s degree in education from Georgia State University (2005) and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Temple University (1985). Donna lives in Portland with her husband Leroy, and together they have five children.
Alumnus Joel Bock joined George Fox this week as university photographer in the marketing communications department. Many in the community know Joel from his work at the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, where he served as director of communications the past four years. He’s also run his own business, Joel Bock Photography, since 2007, and he’s done photo shoots for the George Fox Journal publication. Prior to his return to Oregon in 2009, he worked as staff photographer for Princeton Theological Seminary in 2008-09. Joel holds a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from George Fox (2007). He lives in Newberg with his wife Cherice, who attended George Fox in the early 2000s, and children Espen (7) and Kylan (3). The Bocks attend North Valley Friends Church.
The university hired Elise Gibson last week to serve as a career coach in the IDEA Center. Most recently, she worked as a career counselor graduate assistant at Azusa Pacific University (2013-14) and before that served as a prevention education specialist and program director at California State University, Northridge (2012-13). She also gained higher education experience at Azusa Pacific as an event coordinator graduate assistant in 2013. Elise earned a master’s degree in college counseling and student development from Azusa Pacific in 2014 and also holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Cal State, Northridge (2012). She lives in McMinnville with her husband, Seth, and their three children: David, Grace and Fiona.
Emily Maynard (Portland Center Operations Manager) left the university on Oct. 24. She is relocating to Southern California and getting married in November. She says she enjoyed her time at George Fox and hopes to continue to work in higher education.
Marlee Zakrevsky (Print Services Coordinator) is leaving the university and plans to complete her student teaching and the MAT program.
Kevin T. Jones (Department of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts) was the keynote speaker Oct. 10-11 at a weekend retreat sponsored by Central United Protestant Church in Richland, Wash. Kevin addressed the biblical foundation for basic communication skills such as listening, the gift of language, male/female communication, conflict management and forgiveness. Kevin was also recently invited to serve as a member of the board of the Christianity and Communication Studies Network (CCSN). As a board member, Kevin will be responsible to peer review CCSN publications, including book reviews, short- and long-form essays, and short case studies and think pieces. The network is designed to serve CCCU schools and other scholars interested in questions and issues at the intersection between Christianity and communication studies.
Melanie Springer Mock (English) has coedited, with Martha Kalnin Diede and Jeremiah Webster, the book The Spirit of Adoption: Writers on Religion, Adoption, Faith, and More (Wipf and Stock: Cascade Books). According to the publisher, the book “explores many of the complexities inherent in adoption and its relationship to spirituality, challenging us to move beyond the common mythologies about adoption to consider the more difficult questions adoption raises about the nature of God, family, culture, loss, and joy. Rather than hearing from experts in adoption, this collection uses the narratives of birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees themselves, bearing witness to the ways adoption shapes its participants’ spiritual lives.†Other contributors include Jere Witherspoon (Student Life), alumni Beth Woolsey and Kohleun Adamson, and Kimberly Felton, a regular George Fox Journal writer and wife of Rob Felton (Marketing Communications).
Ryan Halley and Josh Sauerwein (College of Business) won the best regional presentation award at the Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs’ Region 7 Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct. 22-24. They have been accepted to present at the national ACBSP conference in Philadelphia this summer. Their presentation was titled, “Building an educational bridge: Blurring the lines between higher education and business practice.â€
Ed Higgins (English) published a slipstream flash fiction piece, “Strawberry Daiquiris,†in the Oct. 24 issue of Flash Fiction Magazine, an e-zine dedicated to publishing a flash fiction story daily.
Nate Peach (School of Business) published the paper “Using the Tragedy of the Anticommons to Illuminate the Value of Political Economy Perspectives†in the International Journal of Economics and Social Science (Vol. 4, 2014). The essay outlines a framework to incorporate political economy perspectives into economics courses in order to facilitate a more integrated classroom. It was written to help economists think beyond economics and is based on Nate’s lectures and a student research project in environmental economics. Nate says the motivation for the project came from his experiences rock climbing in Portland.
Oct. 29 Roger Nam, Rusty St. Cyr
Oct. 30 Katie Sol
Nov. 1 Dave Johnstone, Polly Peterson
Nov. 2 Tahlia Martin
Nov. 3 Karen Bowdoin, Nijay Gupta
Nov. 4 Jennifer Farland, Tom Head, Melissa Thomas
Nov. 5 Rob Bohall
Nov. 7 Doug Campbell, Natalie Harrington
Nov. 8 Rebecca Valdovinos
Nov. 9 Jack Lyda
Nov. 10 Glena Andrews
Nov. 11 Sean Patterson, Steve Wasson
Nov. 12 Kelly Borror
Nov. 13 Kristie Knows His Gun
Nov. 14 Colleen Huffman, Kelly Lafferty, Jan Lefebvre
Nov. 16 Carol Jaquith
Nov. 17 Sue O’Donnell, Abigail Rine
Nov. 18 Kathie Hummel-Berry, Kathleen Jones
TechTips Forum post: For people with Macintosh computers, our IT Mac-certified tech, Rich Bass, highly recommends that Mac users do not upgrade to Yosemite (OS 10.10) yet. There are reported issues of Wifi connectivity dropping for many users. The issue doesn’t affect everyone, but there are widespread reports across the web of Wifi issues. Apple will most likely release an update to fix this, but the update hasn’t come out yet.
If you have updated your Mac to Yosemite and are experiencing Wifi connectivity issues (or other problems) since upgrading, you can stop by IT and we can image your computer back to Mavericks (10.9).
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The lost and found has several mysteries we’d like to solve! If you lost your keys to a specific car on Friday afternoon, Oct. 24, please call security at 503-554-2090 to describe the car and where it was parked.
Also, if you lost camera memory cards and can describe some of the photos, please get in touch as well. And lastly, if you called in a lost calculus book on Monday around noon, please call us back!
Alexandra Salter-Blanc, who graduated from George Fox in 2007 with a degree in chemistry, will present her doctoral dissertation research tonight (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Her presentation will focus on the degradation rates and reaction pathways of groundwater contaminants in natural and engineered systems.
After graduating from George Fox, Salter-Blanc went on to graduate school at Oregon Health & Science University and worked with Dr. Paul Tratnyek in the Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems within the Institute of Environmental Health. She completed her PhD in June of 2014.
All are welcome!
Whether you teach in the departments of sciences, business or humanities, consider recommending your students visit the Academic Resource Center (ARC).
ARC peer consultants can help your students through all stages of the writing process, from brainstorming topics to critiquing finished papers. If your students would like tips on how to take effective notes or prepare for tests, peer consultants can help.
Located in the university library, the ARC is open Monday through Thursday from 1 to 10 p.m. and on Friday from noon to 4 p.m., except holidays.
Students can get more information or schedule appointments by going to arc.georgefox.edu, writing the_arc@georgefox.edu or by calling 503-554-2327.
Come support the theatre department by attending our fall production, Twelfth Night. The final shows are set to run this Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 2, performance, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.
Tickets can be purchased online at theatre.georgefox.edu.
New Complimentary Ticket Process
George Fox students and employees can now reserve their complimentary tickets online at theatre.georgefox.edu. All university students and employees may receive one complimentary ticket per production. Complimentary tickets are not transferable and require a current GFU ID be shown at the door. Student complimentary tickets are only available for Thursday’s performance.
Synopsis: One of Shakespeare’s most celebrated comedies, Twelfth Night features Viola’s cross-dressing misadventures as she tries to figure out love and survival in a world of lovesick men. Hilarious reversals and bittersweet misunderstandings ensue, as Viola introduces her ambiguous identity to the misfit oddballs of Illyria – and steals more than one heart in the process. Join us for an evening of buoyant wordplay, raucous slapstick and some of the wittiest love scenes in all of Shakespeare.
Questions? Contact Kathy Harris at 503-554-2670.
The International Center is still looking for students to represent their countries/cultures during our annual Cultural Celebration Week! Students will have a budget to set up a booth at the Bruin Den on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 3 to 6 p.m.
Contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu) or Joanna Cox (jcox@georgefox.edu) if interested.
Don’t forget to join us tonight (Monday) for the “Islam and the West” Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series. Lisa Ohlen Harris, author of the Middle East memoir Through the Veil, will speak on “My Muslim Sisters” from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. In her presentation, Harris will share glimpses into the lives of several Muslim women who befriended her during the years she lived in Jordan and Syria.
Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.
Stressed out because you don’t know APA style for citations? A workshop this Thursday, Oct. 30, is for you. Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.
Join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Know of students who are stressed out because they don’t know APA style for citations? A workshop this Thursday, Oct. 30, is for them. Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.
Please encourage students to join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Christian C. Sahner, author of Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present (Oxford University Press, 2014), will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 30, in Hoover 103. The campus community is invited to attend at no charge.
Sahner’s lecture, “The End of Christianity in Syria?,” will explore the roots of Christianity in Syria and seek to place the current predicament in historical perspective. The William Penn Honors Program is sponsoring the event, and a reception for prospective students interested in the honors program will follow. In addition, a special “Visit Day for the Honors Program” is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 31. Please email honors@georgefox.edu if you would like more information or have any questions.
A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, Sahner is currently completing his doctorate at Princeton, focusing on relations between Muslims and Christians in the formative period after the Arab conquests.
Please note that IT, in conjunction with purchasing, has an updated hardware and software purchasing policy. The updated purchasing policy can be found on the IT website.
The updated policy clarifies:
December 2014 grads: Stop by our Grad Night Open House on Thursday, Nov. 13, to pick up your cap and gown between 4 and 6:30 p.m. at the Portland Center (PDS 155).
Meet with student accounts, alumni, and BlueZone Store representatives, and enjoy snacks with your cohort and other George Fox graduates!
You and your parents are invited to attend academic open houses today (Saturday) from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Stevens Atrium to connect with department instructors and discover the possibilities of each major.
Professionals will be there to talk about possible directions to go with a given major. First-year seminar students may attend this event to satisfy their major discovery requirement.
Questions? Please contact Jaclyn Simmons at jsimmons12@georgefox.edu or visit this link.
Today (Saturday) is the absolute last day for Winter Serve applications! The price was reduced to $50 this week for the trips to Portland, Puyallup and Twin Rocks. The Oklahoma trip still costs $200. The trips are Jan. 3-10. If you’re interested in spending a week in any of these locations, fill out the application at this link.
Email Erika Lopez at elopez12@georgefox.edu with any questions or concerns.
Anyone else getting excited that basketball season is just around the corner? You can meet our men’s and women’s teams, enjoy free food and music, win some giveaways, watch dunk and 3-point contests and much more at Midnight Madness tonight (Saturday) at 10 p.m. in the gym.
We’re excited to kick off the basketball season. Come join us!
If you’re looking for a TV, a couch, some board games, water bottles, or even a random early Christmas gift, we’ve got it! Today (Saturday) is the fall porch sale at the Spiritual and Intercultural Life House on the corner of Meridian and Sheridan streets. Drop by between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. All proceeds go to support this year’s serve trips! Coffee and hot chocolate are available as well.
Email Erika Lopez at elopez12@georgefox.edu with any questions.
