“Where do I Fit? Finding Your Piece of the Puzzle” is the theme of this year’s Staff Development Conference, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at Family Life Church in Newberg. This will be a fun-filled day of learning and serving together. All staff members are expected to attend. Watch your campus mailbox for more information.
Do you like taking pictures? Do you like meeting new people and attending fun events? If so, apply for a photographer position on campus!Â
Applications will be given to those who are interested. If you are considering this, e-mail April Barkley at abarkley07@georgefox.edu A.S.A.P. There will also be a booth set up for more questions and answers at the Serve Day Fair.Â
Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies/Center for Peace and Justice) will be signing copies of his book Stand Alone or Come Home: Mark Hatfield as an Evangelical Progressive from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Chapters Books on First Street in downtown Newberg. The event will be a part of the evening’s Art Walk activities.
If you have a copy of The Shack that you are willing to loan to students, please send it to Box 6164 or drop it off at the Spiritual Life House (corner of Sheridan and Meridian). We are using The Shack as our campus book club book and need copies to lend out. We will do our best to return the copy to you, but cannot guarantee it.
Thanks for your help!
Office of Spiritual Life
The university community is welcome to hear Jon Talbert, a stand-up comedian and pastor, perform at 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, in the Foxhole. Jon has performed in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and throughout the United States. The event, sponsored by the Office of Spiritual Life, includes free food.
Mandatory track & field meeting for students interested in doing track this year.
When:Â Friday, September 5 at 4:30Â p.m.
Where: Wheeler 208
Questions? Contact head coach John Smith at jsmith@georgefox.edu.
Academic Resource Center (The ARC)—New Location, Same Services
The Academic Resource Center (aka “the ARCâ€) opens Monday, September 8, in its new location on the second floor of the Murdock Learning Resource Center (aka “the libraryâ€).
Come in to work on your writing, get ideas for more effective learning, or for regular academic coaching meetings. Hours are from 1:00-10:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and noon-4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Call ext. 2327 (or 503-554-2327), email the_arc@georgefox.edu, or go to arc.georgefox.edu for more information.
Read. Write. Learn…Better.
Up to three temporary administrative assistants are needed to work through January 2009 in enrollment services departments on the Newberg campus as the staff continues working hard on the PeopleSoft implementation. Each position will work an average of 20 hours per week. If you know of someone who might be a good fit for these jobs, please have the person(s) contact HR by e-mail (hr@georgefox.edu) or phone (554-2185).
The university is looking for a full-time, temporary custodian to work at the Portland Center through September, possibly longer. The work schedule for this position is 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you know of someone who might be interested in this job, please have the person(s) contact HR by e-mail (hr@georgefox.edu) or phone (554-2185).
This Friday, Sept. 5, is the last day to return books (unless you’re dropping or switching a class). It is also the last day for the University Store’s textbook price-matching program. Store hours on Friday are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you are interested in playing on our women’s softball team, or want to learn more, attend the first meeting of the year Wednesday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Abby’s Pizza.Â
Contact Coach Hollen at jhollen@georgefox.edu or 503-551-2921 for more information.
Applications are now available for the 08-09 University Ambassadors. The Ambassadors are an elite group of students who represent the University to prospective students by volunteering 2 ½ hours each week leading tours, hosting lunch and chapel, sitting on student panels, and doing a variety of other important admissions jobs.
Pick up your application in the Admissions Office on the second floor of the Stevens Center. Applications are due back by next Wednesday, September 13 at 5 p.m.
Contact the Admissions Office at ext. 2240 for more information.
The university will celebrate its 10th annual Serve Day on Wednesday, Sept. 10. More than 1,500 students and employees will fan out into local communities to assist a record 72 sites with everything from painting, weeding and cleaning projects to visiting the elderly.
All students and employees will meet on the Newberg campus quad at 8:20 a.m. and depart for work sites in Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, and Multnomah counties at 9 a.m. The groups will return to campus by 4 p.m., at which time the day will conclude with a volunteer fair and campus-wide celebration that will feature a country fair theme. All George Fox participants also are invited for a complimentary dinner served by the Bon Appetit.
Among the carnival activities planned are a mechanical bull ride, a three-legged race, face painting, a bean-bag toss, a basketball throw, balloon animals, and more. The event will include about 20 nonprofit volunteer booths, 20 church booths and 20 student activity booths.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
7:30-8:20 a.m. – Continental breakfast for everyone on campus
8:20 a.m. – Kick-off celebration on the Centennial Clock Tower Lawn and welcome by former President Dave Brandt
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes on lawn and depart for service site
Lunch – With your group at the service site (employees either bring your own lunch or fill out order form online)
4 p.m. (approximate) – Participants return to campus and volunteer, church and activities fair begins
4:30-7 p.m. – Serve Day celebration dinner and fun
The theme for this year’s event is “Celebrate!†and is based on Philippians 4:4-5: “Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him! Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you’re on their side, working with them and not against them.â€
For more information on the day, visit serveday.georgefox.edu.
The Serve Day committee needs your help for the evening carnival on Wednesday, Sept. 10. If you would be willing to help run a game booth for one hour, please contact Debby O’Kelley, Karen Henry, Terri Crawford or Danya Ochsner. The shifts you can choose from are 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. or 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
To make sure you understand the Spiritual Formation requirements please take a few minutes to read this message.
Information about the Spiritual Formation program can be found on the Spiritual Life website or the Student Handbook.
Full or partial exemptions from the spiritual formation program may be granted to students who work during the chapel hour on Monday or Wednesday. However, this year there are several different options in the evening so please check out the schedule in your Bruindata account.
If you believe you qualify for a full or partial exemption please fill out the Spiritual Formation Exemption form and submit it to Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office.
If you forget to scan your ID card or forget your ID card when attending chapel, you can still receive credit by e-mailing Jere Witherspoon with the following information:
~ Name
~ ID number
~ Date of chapel
~ Brief description of the content of the chapel
Please note: you must e-mail me no later than 5 pm on the day of the chapel event in question.
Students must scan ONCE before chapel to receive chapel credit. Do not scan prior to 10:15 am or you will not receive credit. Please scan no later than 10:45 am.
The chapel credits are uploaded into the system manually by 5 pm on the day of the chapel.
Chapel events where students use a sign in sheet may not be recorded for several days. Contact Jere Witherspoon in Student Life if you have any questions about chapels where the sign in sheet is used.
Please contact me if you meet this criteria but still have a chapel requirement recorded in Bruindata.
It is better to ask questions now than wait till the end of the semester. Please contact Jere Witherspoon for more information. Or call me at 503-554-2316.
Students are ‘automatically’ exempt from the spiritual formation program if you:
~ have senior status of 93 credits or more recorded in your transcript in Bruindata
~ are 22 years of age or older by September 1, 2008
If you are participating in student teaching or a internship sponsored by an academic department, the academic assistant should e-mail me your name and student ID number. You may be eligible to receive either a full or partial exemption.
The School of Education welcomes Kristi Bronkey as an assistant professor of education in Redmond. She worked in the Santa Ana Unified School District in Santa Ana, Calif., from 1997 to 2007, teaching fifth grade for seven years and kindergarten for three. Kristi earned a master’s degree in education from Concordia University in 2002 and a bachelor’s degree in communication from Biola University in 1994. She lives in Redmond with her husband Tam and attends Sisters Community Church.
Kim Colantino joins the writing/literature department to serve a one-year appointment as an assistant professor. She has worked the past four years as a composition and literature instructor at Chemeketa Community College and George Fox. Kim also has taught classes online through Oregon Coast Community College and gained teaching experience in the Newberg Public School system as a high school English instructor for home-schooled students. Kim earned a master’s degree in rhetoric and composition from Washington State University in 2001 and a bachelor’s degree in writing/literature from George Fox in 1999. She lives in Keizer with husband Jim and attends St. Edward in Keizer.
Kristina Molitor joins the School of Education as an assistant professor in Redmond. For the past year, she was the district curriculum director for the Wahluke School District in Mattawa, Wash., and since 2004, she was an elementary school principal for that district. In the early 2000s, she was an intermediate school reading coach and reading specialist at Saddle Mountain Intermediate School in Mattawa. Kristina earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Portland in 1994 and a bachelor’s degree in education from Western Montana College in 1991. She lives in Madras with husband Rick and children Maddie and Ricky.
The MAT program in Redmond welcomes Anne Sjogren as an assistant professor. An adjunct in the program since the spring of 2007, Anne also has worked as a substitute teacher in the Sherwood School District for the past seven years. Before that, she taught middle and high school in Robbinsdale, Minn., from 1992 to 1999 before choosing to stay home with her two sons, Matthew and Niklas. Anne earned a master’s degree in liberal studies from the University of Minnesota in 1998 and holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies/English literature from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif. She recently relocated to Bend with her husband, David, and two boys.

Burel Ford (Multicultural Services) left George Fox Sept. 1 to work as director of the Multicultural Student Center at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. He had worked at the university for four years.
Eva-Lynn Johnson has resigned as science outreach coordinator and has moved out of the area.
Paul Otto (History) received a Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Advisor Research Grant of $1,000. He will use it to support travel for his research on “Beads of Power: Wampum and the Shaping of the Early American Frontier.†The award recognizes his work as campus advisor for Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society.
Sept. 4Â Â Â Â Â Â David Manock
Sept. 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Clark Campbell, Robert Nava
Sept. 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Tony Longstroth, Jennifer Macnab
Sept. 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Jennifer Overstreet, Mark Pothoff
Sept. 9Â Â Â Â Â Â Julia Brown, Trey Doty, Tim Timmerman
Sept. 11Â Â Â Â Â Jeff Duerr
Sept. 12Â Â Â Â Â Kelly Chang
Sept. 15Â Â Â Â Â Ron Shaw, Lauri Smith
Located in the Moore House, the Commuter Lounge is a place for commuters to study and rest in between classes. All commuting students have card access to the Commuter Lounge.
There are a handful of lockers in the commuter lounge for students to store some of their books or personal belongings. Lockers are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.Â
If you’re a commuter and would like to check-out a locker, please see Megan Marsh in the Student Life Office (located on the third floor of Stevens). You must submit a $5.00 deposit to receive a locker key. At the end of the school year, you will receive an email asking you to return your key and you will get your $5.00 deposit back.
Several offices moved their locations over the summer. Please be aware of the following changes:
The President’s Office is now located on the third floor of Stevens.
The Student Life Office has moved to the other side of the third floor of Stevens.
Career Services is now located on the second floor of Stevens.
The Spiritual Life Office (formerly known as Campus Ministries) is now located in the Sheridan Street House.
