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P r e s i d e n t ’s P r o l o g u e
The start of school really is a blur. There seem
to be so many events in such rapid succession
that to keep track of things is almost
impossible. Or so it seemed when, on the first
day of classes, I wondered why Belinda was not
at her desk when I needed her, only to realize
that she and the VPs were waiting for me in the
conference room for a cabinet meeting. I totally
forgot the meeting because I had just finished
my chapel talk and thought I could take the rest
of the day at a more leisurely pace. (My main
reason for telling this story is so I don’t hear it
from one of the VPs in some public gathering.)
In the middle of the blur of school’s start, we
find wonderful gems – unusually interesting
people we hadn’t met before, a course that
sounds enjoyable, new students that you know
will be just right for GFU, or meeting a new
cohort of D.Min. students at the seminary. I have
encountered all of these in the past several
days. Maybe that’s part of what makes the start
of school special.
The Doctor of Ministry program attracts
students from all over the United States as well
as other countries.The opening evening for the
current cohort had two students from Canada
and students from Florida, Maryland, Texas,
Illinois, Washington state, and even a few from
Oregon. There are pastors, a military chaplain,
several campus ministers, and an alreadysuccessful author.All these students deliberately
chose George Fox Evangelical Seminary for
their doctoral program. Some were attracted
by the leadership of Leonard Sweet. Some are
here because they want to learn how to
communicate the gospel effectively to the
current generation of young people. All intend
for this program to be directly helpful in their
ministry.
I didn’t need another dinner during the start-ofschool activities, but to hear how these 22
students came to GFES was well worth the
time. Our seminary is deliberate and strategic in
its goal to prepare ministers of the gospel, and
that word is getting out. I am proud of the
seminary faculty and the students they attract.
This D.Min. cohort has the potential to make a
“lasting impact” in many places.
While “Lasting Impact” was chosen as the
theme for the new incoming traditional
undergraduate class, it is applicable to the
whole university. We are all in a position to
guide our students to make lasting impacts for
Jesus Christ in many parts of the world. Just as
we encourage students to make a lasting impact
so too all of us need to think in terms of making
an impact for Christ, as we are responsible for
guiding these students as they mature
intellectually and personally.
Deadline for Copy: Sept. 12
Image Conscious
Wall of Honor
Brennan Manning will be the guest for this
year’s Christian Life Week, scheduled
Sept. 11-13. Manning, a priest who has
ministered throughout the world and
written several books in more than 40
years of ministry, will address the topic
“Healing Our Image of God and
Ourselves.” He will speak in chapel
Monday and Wednesday and host sessions
both Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
Bauman Auditorium.To learn more about
him, visit brennanmanning.com.
A new wall display recognizing the
university’s heritage, history, tradition,
and honored alumni has been installed on
the east wall on the first floor of the
Stevens Center.The display includes
statistics about alumni and a university
timeline. Completion of the project fulfills
a longtime goal of the alumni association’s
board of directors. It was designed by
Presentation Design Group of Eugene, Ore.
McDonald in Concert
Political Science hired
Clint Baldwin as an
assistant professor on a
half-time basis. He has
been an adjunct faculty
member at Asbury
Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.,
since 2003. He also taught at Asbury
College and in the University of
Kentucky’s College of Communication &
Information Studies. He earned a master’s
degree in intercultural studies from
Asbury Theological Seminary in 1999 and
a master’s degree in political science from
Western Michigan University in 1997. He
is a current candidate for a doctorate in
communication from the University of
Kentucky’s College of Communication &
Information Studies. Clint lives in Dundee
with his wife, Sarah, campus pastor, and
daughter Madeline (6).The Baldwins
attend Newberg Friends Church.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Singer-songwriter Shawn McDonald will
visit the Newberg campus for a concert in
Bauman Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 14.The 28-year-old from
Seattle, whose 2006 CD, “Ripen,” reached
No. 1 on the Christian Retail Chart, will
perform vocals and acoustic guitar and be
accompanied by a small group of
instrumentalists. Phil Wickham, a singer
from San Diego, will open for McDonald.
Tickets cost $10 at the door and $8 in
advance and are available by calling
503-554-3844 or by visiting the
University Store.
To Your Health
The Staff Development Committee’s
theme for 2006-07 is “Healthy Living,”
which incorporates spiritual, physical, and
emotional health.To that end, university
employees are invited to participate in a
“Wellness Challenge” by joining a team of
coworkers with the intent to improve
overall well-being, increase awareness of
healthy choices, and live a balanced life.
Teams of five to seven are being formed
and their progress will be tracked in the
Fitness Center. E-mail
sdc@listserv.georgefox.edu for more
information or to join a team.
Robert Bredemeier
joined the visual arts
department as a half-time
assistant professor in
graphic design. He has
worked in the field of
graphic design since the mid-1970s, and
since 1979 he’s been a freelance illustrator
and designer based in Portland, Ore. He
earned a bachelor’s degree in fine and
applied arts from the University of
Oregon in 1973. He and his wife, Gail,
live in Portland.They have five adult
children and one teenager.They attend
Village Baptist Church.
Service Oriented
The Newberg campus will close on
Wednesday, Sept. 6, for the university’s
eighth annual Serve Day. About 1,300
volunteers will assist more than 60
nonprofits, public agencies, churches, and
retirement homes in surrounding
counties.The day begins with a
continental breakfast from 7:45 to 8:30
a.m. and concludes with a dinner
beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Lucas Roebuck joins
communication arts as an
assistant professor. He
comes to Oregon from
Arkansas, where he was
managing editor of the
Siloam Springs Herald-Leader newspaper
from 2003 to 2005. He also served as
director of communications for Siloam
Springs Memorial Hospital from
December of 2005 to April of 2006. Lucas
gained teaching experience as an adjunct
instructor at John Brown University from
2002 to 2005. Lucas was also assignment
Anyone Hungry?
The first staff lunch of the new academic
year is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. on
Monday, Sept. 11, in the Greenroom.The
event will have a patriotic theme and
include a reader’s theater in remembrance
of 9-11 victims.The cost is $3.
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editor at KNWA-NBC in Fayetteville, Ark.,
(2002-03) and has served as a political
consultant for several Arkansas candidates. He
is in line to earn a master’s degree in
journalism from the University of Arkansas
this fall. He earned a bachelor’s degree in
journalism from John Brown University in
1997. Lucas and his wife, Cherissa, have an
11-month-old son, Maximus.They plan to live
in Newberg.
After serving as an assistant in
the university’s track and field
program from 1999 to 2006,
John Smith takes over as
head of the track and cross
country programs. John has
more than 13 years
experience at the collegiate level of track and
field, first as a competitor for George Fox in
the mid-1990s and later as a coach. He made
five national appearances as a pole vaulter and
decathlete and was a two-time All-American
in the decathlon at George Fox, from which
he earned a bachelor’s degree in health and
human performance in 1996. After college, he
competed for Nike Oregon International in
the decathlon. John also earned a master’s
degree in sports science from the United
States Sports Academy in Daphne, Ala., in
2004. He lives in Newberg with his wife,
Dawn, and their three children.
Nursing welcomes Carol
Sherwood as an assistant
professor. Since 2000, she has
done clinical and classroom
instruction in psychiatry and
neurology at McClennan
Community College in Waco,Texas. Before
that, she was an assistant professor at Roberts
Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y., from
1996 to 2000 and an assistant professor at
Simmons College in Boston from 1991 to 1996.
Carol earned a master’s of science in nursing
degree from the University of Texas at Austin
in 1978 and a bachelor’s degree in nursing
from Villanova University in 1975. Her
husband, David, also joins the George Fox
faculty, serving as a professor of social work.
Jeff Vargason joins the
chemistry department as an
assistant professor after
working as a post-doctoral
fellow in the Laboratory of
Structural Biology at the
National Institutes of Health in Research
Triangle Park, N.C., since 2002. Before that,
he was a graduate research assistant from
1997 to 2002 at Oregon State University,
from which he earned a doctorate in 2002.
He also earned a bachelor’s degree in
chemistry from Evangel University in
Springfield, Mo., in 1995. He lives in
Sherwood with his wife, Annette, and 21month-old daughter Elyse.
The nursing department
welcomes Devorah
Overbay as an assistant
professor. Since 2000, she has
worked at Oregon Health &
Science University as a critical
care clinical nurse specialist (2000 to 2002) and
as a transplant nurse coordinator (2002 to 2006).
Before that, she held nursing positions at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago,
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Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind., and
Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven,
Conn. She has held clinical faculty positions at
Indiana University of South Bend School of
Nursing (1998) and OHSU School of Nursing
(2000-2003). Devorah earned a master’s of
science in nursing degree from Yale University
School of Nursing in 1995 and a bachelor of
science in nursing degree from the University
of Washington School of Nursing in 1991. She
lives in Newberg with her husband, Matthew,
and children Chloe and Rebekah.The family
attends Southwest Bible Church in Beaverton.
MaryJo McCloskey joins
George Fox as an assistant
professor and women’s golf
coach. From 1998 to 2005,
she coached the Lewis &
Clark women’s team, leading
the squad to three straight second-place
finishes in the Northwest Conference (200305). Since 1991, she has worked as a
marketing consultant for her own business,
MJM Marketing, based in Tualatin, Ore.
MaryJo earned an MBA from the University
of Portland in 1989 and a bachelor’s degree in
marketing from the University of Oregon’s
School of Business Administration in 1981.
She lives in Tualatin with her husband, Rick,
who is also an avid golfer.The couple attends
St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Portland.
The nursing department
welcomes Esther King as a
professor. She has been a
professor of nursing at Clark
College in Vancouver,Wash.,
since 1989. She was also an
adjunct lecturer and assistant professor at
Northern Montana College in Havre, Mont.,
from 1989 to 1992. She earned bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in nursing from Oregon
Health & Science University in the early
1980s and was a member of the first nursing
class at Hesston College in Hesston, Kan., in
1968. Esther, a licensed nurse in both Oregon
and Washington, lives in McMinnville and has
two grown sons. She attends First Mennonite
Church in McMinnville, where she leads an
adult class on Sundays.
Sheleen Quisquirin (Office of Registrar)
left George Fox Sept. 1 to take a position
working with students with disabilities at
Pacific University in Forest Grove, her alma
mater. She had served in the registrar’s office
for three and a half years.
MOVERS & QUAKERS
Ed Higgins (Writing/Literature) had a short
story, “Ecce viator: Behold the Traveler,”
published in the current online issue of
Pindeldyboz, a New York-based print and Web
fiction journal.
Paul Otto (History) spoke at the Providence
Christian College faculty orientation Aug. 21.
His lecture was titled “‘Gotta Serve
Somebody’:The Challenge of Christian
Scholarship.” On the following day, he led the
faculty in a roundtable discussion on matters
of faith and learning integration.
Paul Anderson’s (Religious Studies) letter
to the Vatican, “On Petrine Ministry and
Christocracy” (see
discernment.georgefox.edu), was featured in
the September issue of Friends Journal.
Newton Garver introduced the main points of
the essay and offered a critique in “One
Quaker’s Response to the Pope,” to which
Anderson responded in his essay, “One
Response after Another.”
BIRTHDAYS
Sept. 5
Sept. 7
Sept. 8
Sept. 9
Sept. 11
Sept. 15
Sept. 16
Sept. 17
Clark Campbell
Robert Nava
Tony Longstroth
Jennifer Overstreet
Mark Pothoff
Tim Timmerman
Jeff Duerr
Ron Shaw
Jan Amerson
Holley Clough
MaryKate Morse
Christee Wise
CALENDAR
Monday, Sept. 4
Newberg Chapel
Sarah Baldwin, 10:40 a.m.
Men’s Soccer vs.Walla Walla
Morse Soccer Field, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 5
Faculty Lunch, Noon
Wednesday, Sept. 6
Serve Day
Saturday, Sept. 9
Men’s Soccer vs. Northwest Christian
Morse Soccer Field, 2:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 11
Newberg Chapel
Brennan Manning, 10:40 a.m.
Staff Lunch, Noon
Greenroom
Christian Life Week
Brennan Manning
Bauman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Nate McIntyre is moving from his position
as alumni director to the undergraduate
admissions office to serve as assistant director
for visits and events.
Tuesday, Sept. 12
ABOUT OUR PEOPLE
Wednesday, Sept. 13
Marc Shelton and Steve Cathers (EDFL)
presented at the National Council of
Professors of Educational Administration
(NCPEA) in Lexington, Ky., on Aug. 2.Their
presentation topic, “Higher Education and
School District Partnerships: Creating a Best
Practice Environment for Field Experience,”
also was published as a chapter in the 2006
NCPEAYearbook and included Larry Tew (MEd,
2006) as part of the writing team.
Faculty Lunch, Noon
Christian Life Week
Brennan Manning
Bauman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Newberg Chapel
Brennan Manning, 10:40 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 14
Shawn McDonald Concert
Bauman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15
Volleyball vs. Puget Sound
Wheeler Sports Center, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 16
Volleyball vs. Dixie State
Wheeler Sports Center, 1 p.m.
Volleyball vs. La Verne
Wheeler Sports Center, 7 p.m.
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