The Daily Bruin

The George Fox Auxiliary is again hosting a holiday bazaar and silent auction this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, in the Ron Gregory and Hoover atriums on the Newberg campus.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. There is no admission charge, and all proceeds go toward the university’s auxiliary scholarship fund.

Vendors will be selling various crafts, linens, jewelry, candles, handmade gifts, plants, holiday breads and candies, acrylic paintings, gift boxes, and many silent auction pieces. The silent auction closes at 2 p.m. Saturday. Bidders must be present to receive the bid.

Questions? Contact Janet Lyda at 503-538-3032.

More than 800 family members are expected to visit for the university’s 27th annual Family Weekend Nov. 2-4. Events include a dinner and jazz concert on Friday night; faculty lectures and workshops Saturday morning; a luncheon, meet-the-president reception and music department concert Saturday afternoon; and a closing chapel service on Sunday. Guests also will be treated to theatre performances of Whatever Kindles (Nov. 1-4) and an improv comedy presentation Saturday.

If you enjoyed Commoners & Kings at Monday’s chapel but didn’t get one of their CDs, the Newberg bookstore has them for sale.

George Fox University Theatre will present alumna Tricia Gates Brown’s Whatever Kindles, a play about the lives of individuals who volunteer for Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), this Thursday through Sunday. The details:

Title: Whatever Kindles
Dates: Nov. 1-4
Times: 7:30 p.m. (Nov. 4 performance at 2 p.m.)
Location: Wood-Mar Auditorium
Tickets: $10 general admission; $8 seniors/alumni; $6 students/children under 12*
*Employees receive one complimentary ticket; students admitted free to Thursday performance
Synopsis: Whatever Kindles is a fictional play based on the stories of actual events in the life of CPT. CPT volunteers work to prevent violence and promote alternatives to war in Iraq, the West Bank, Columbia, and other regions in the world devastated by violence.
More information: theatre.georgefox.edu
Note: Mature content

Students and employees are invited to a cultural fair from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS. The event, part of the university’s Cultural Celebration Week, allows participants to experience different cultures through music, videos, pictures, crafts, games, and food.

Students, their parents, and employees are welcome to compete in a closest-to-the-pin golf competition. The details:

Date: Saturday, Nov. 3
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Location: University track
Cost: $1 per shot
Sponsor: George Fox men’s golf team
Top prize: $50
Note: Equipment provided

You can now listen to your favorite DJ’s at our new address!!!!

kfoxradio.georgefox.edu

So forget that big, long address you had before!
Visit this new website and check our our schedule of the latest and greatest shows.

To all students and faculty with children: The Associated Student Community activities committee is hosting its annual Halloween party beginning at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday with trick-or-treating on campus. Festivities continue in the Cap and Gown Room after that, with the event wrapping up at about 8 p.m.

Bill Burda joined Mail Services in October to work part time as a courier/clerk. He arrives from Salem Equipment, where he was a shop worker since 1982. He is originally from the Sherwood area, where he attended school through high school. Bill lives in Newberg with wife Daina, and the couple has two children, Jane and Joey. He attends St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sherwood.

Jack Lyda is the new operations manager for the School of Professional Studies at the Portland Center. He replaces Melva Lloyd, who has elected to work on a part-time basis. In the last two years, Jack worked as a financial assistant, a loan officer for a mortgage company, a reserve deputy sheriff, and an instructor pilot. He also spent nearly 21 years in the Air Force. This marks a return to the university for Jack, who was a groundskeeper in 2003-04. He earned a master’s degree in military studies from American Military University in Virginia in 1998. He lives in Newberg with his wife Sandy, son Kyle, and daughter Stephanie. They attend 2nd Street Community Church in Newberg.

Mike Dillow joined Security Services as a security officer this month. He worked previously as owner of an Internet marketing consulting business, a project manager at Symantec of Springfield, Ore., and as an owner of a temp agency in California. He formerly served in the U.S. Navy, where he studied advanced electronics. Michael lives in Newberg with his wife, Janeen, who works at the university’s Portland Center library. They have six boys – three who attend George Fox (Ben, Nathan and David), two who graduated from the university (Joshua and Jesse), and their oldest, Aaron.

Meredith Dougherty returned to the university to work part time as Act Six program coordinator. She was an area coordinator at George Fox from 2002 to 2006 and continues to serve as an instructor in the university’s first-year seminar program. Meredith also worked as an admissions counselor at George Fox the three years before she became an area coordinator. She earned a master’s degree in college student affairs from Azusa Pacific University in 2004. She lives in Newberg with her husband, Ryan, director of undergraduate admissions. They have a 1-year-old son, Quinn, and attend Northside Community Church in Newberg.

Holley Clough (Health and Counseling Services) is leaving the university after eight years. A farewell reception for her is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Stevens Center lobby. She has accepted a faculty position at Multnomah Bible College.

Bruce Strom’s (School for Professional Studies) interview, “Leadership is about providing direction with motivation,” appeared in the Oct. 8, 2007 issue of the Idaho Business Review. The article was part of an ongoing series on the topics of business leadership, ethics, and longevity.

Paul Anderson’s coedited collection of essays by an international selection of Jesus and Johannine scholars, John, Jesus, and History; Vol. 1, Critical Assessments of Critical Views (SBL Press Symposium Series), was published in October. Paul is co-chair of the JJH project at national meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion, and the book will be featured at the national meetings in November. His 2006 book, The Fourth Gospel and the Quest for Jesus; Modern Foundations Reconsidered (T&T Clark), was just printed in paperback. In addition, Paul attended the Faith and Order Consultation meetings of the NCCC in Indianapolis Oct. 11-13 and was inducted into the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, an international New Testament society, at its summer meetings held this year in Romania.

Bonnie Jerke (Career Services) was part of a review team for Terry Arndt and his latest book for new professionals. Terry is from Life After Graduation and authored Backpack to Briefcase, used by Career Services in a course on finding suitable employment. Bonnie reviewed and provided feedback on chapters relating to career development.

Bob Harder (Engineering) and the engineering department hosted a group of students and faculty from Oregon School for the Blind in Salem Oct. 16. Engineering has been working with the school over the past year to develop technologies that may assist its students.

From Ginger Hoover (Plant Services): “Thanks for 25 years of meaningful work and relationships. My retirement parties were wonderful, and I’ve never felt so honored and appreciated. The surprise visits from Helen Rose and Teri Ginther Howard as well as the presence of other past coworkers and colleagues were definite highlights. I was overwhelmed with the cards, flowers, and words of encouragement. May God’s richest blessings continue to cover George Fox. Thanks for the memories.”

Mark Pothoff (Student Life) and his wife Olivia welcomed a baby girl, Kaselyn Rose, at 1:52 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long. Kaselyn is the Pothoffs’ second child, joining 2-year-old sister Tenley.

Oct. 30   Darren Noble
Nov. 1   Dave Johnstone, Polly Peterson
Nov. 2   Gloria Foltz
Nov. 4   Tom Head, John Stewart, Melissa Thomas
Nov. 5   Jared Ocker
Nov. 7   Doug Campbell
Nov. 8   Connor Edmonds
Nov. 9   Jack Lyda
Nov. 10  Vicki Ring
Nov. 11  Denise DeCicco, Sean Patterson

The Richter Scholars Program awards research grants to undergraduate and graduate students. Students in all disciplines are eligible to receive the awards and awards have been used to support everything from summer research in chemistry to a campus film project.

Awards are typically around $3,700 and can include student stipends (undergraduates can include up to $3200 for a summer stipend). Graduate students may apply for stipends; however, graduate student awards typically support direct costs of the research. Students applying for stipends should indicate the amount of time they intend to spend on the project.

The attached announcement provides details about the Richer Scholar program and on what must be included in an application. In addition, there is a guide designed to help students in the preparation of proposals. For more information, visit the university’s website (http://www.georgefox.edu/academics/richter).

Applications must be turned in to Chris Koch, chair of the Richter Scholars Committee, on the Newberg campus (psychology office; Hoover Academic Building, Room 110), and Mark Weinert, director of the Portland Center, at the Portland campus (seminary office). Boise and Salem students should mail their applications to Chris Koch (at George Fox University, 414 N. Meridian St., Box 6143, Newberg, OR 97132). Applications are due by Dec. 3, 2007, at 4 p.m. Awards will be announced no later than Dec. 22, 2007.

Students and employees are welcome to visit the University Store for this Friday and Saturday’s Family Weekend sale. Drop by between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, and between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, to receive a 10- to 50-percent discount on George Fox University imprinted items (except diploma frames).

Come audition for the One-Act Festival and 10! 10! 10! Friday, November 5 from 7-11pm in Hoover 105.

Theatre majors, minors, and scholarship students, prepare a rehearsed and memorized 90 second monologue for the first round of auditions. Everybody else, come with or without a prepared monologue! Cold reading monologues will be provided at the sign-in table during auditions.

Audition sign-ups are on Rhett Luedtke’s office door in Ross.

For more information contact Rhett Luedtke rluedtke@georgefox.edu.

As part of Cultural Celebration Week, a collection of essays written by international students is available to employees at the cultural fair scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the EHS Atrium. The collection is entitled “International Voices” and includes observations international students wrote for the  George Fox community. Copies are available free of charge.

Faculty: Please encourage your undergraduate students to submit scholarly essays, photographs, poems, and works of fiction and creative nonfiction to Kalos, the undergraduate academic journal. Those who wish to submit pieces may do so by e-mailing them to Casey Kanen for a chance to win a $50 personal check.

Kalos, the undergraduate academic journal, is accepting scholarly essays, photographs, poems, and works of fiction and creative nonfiction. If you would like to submit any of the above, e-mail them to Casey Kanen for a chance to win a $50 personal check.

Every Tuesday
7:30 pm
October 30 – EHS 102

Contact Amber Nelson for more information ~ anelson04@georgefox.edu

Everyone welcome!!

Please join the university community in bidding farewell to Holley Clough (Health and Counseling Services) at a reception from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Stevens Center lobby. Holley has been at the university since 1999, the last five years of which she has served as an administrative assistant for Health and Counseling Services. She has accepted a faculty position at Multnomah Bible College.

Cards of appreciation are welcome.