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P r e s i d e n t ’s P r o l o g u e
Is it good for the university and its people if the
president is always careful about what he or she
says? Occasionally, at least, I enjoy a wideranging conversation about sensitive topics.
Such discussions are stimulating and help me to
think well. But, I also know that the university
president is always the university president.
My tentative conclusion is that the president
must always be aware of his or her position and
realize that one cannot throw out wild ideas
and argue those ideas vigorously in any
situation. It just doesn’t work. So, most of the
time I try to be careful.
My thoughts on this subject stem from a recent
meeting of university presidents. The usual
discussion was “cranked up a notch” by the
resignation of Harvard president Lawrence
Summers. Robert Zemsky, a well-known and
highly respected expert on higher education
from the University of Pennsylvania, suggested
to the presidents that one of the factors in
Summers’ leaving his position was that he was
not “careful.” Zemsky said university presidents
have become CEOs and that among the
characteristics of CEOs is that they are
invisible, they are managers, and they are
careful. Those who have followed Summers’
career know that he is not careful. He says what
he thinks and sometimes seems to speak
without premeditation.
Long before I was a president, I learned that
administrators need to watch what they say. As
a faculty member, I enjoyed sparring with
colleagues about a wide range of subjects and
ideas. Invariably, I learned from those
interactions and I knew that I could make
occasional outrageous statements that were
quite separate from my personhood. After
becoming a chief academic officer, I learned that
my statements were connected directly with
me and the office I held. Being at least
reasonably bright, I concluded that
administrators should be careful. At the recent
meeting, Zemsky asked the 65 presidents:“Who
are the people who remind you to be careful?”
Our answers included our spouses, our vice
presidents, and our board chair.
I am fortunate to be part of a university where
it’s acceptable for me to express my ideas
strongly in certain settings. For example, I feel
comfortable disagreeing with our vice
presidents, believing they will express their
views even when they disagree with mine. And,
I have wonderful peer colleagues at other
institutions with whom I can “fight” and learn in
the process.
Thank you for allowing me to write Prologue
about 22 times each year to let you know
what’s on my mind. Because I work in a very
good place with very good colleagues who
discuss and implement very good ideas, I’ll
continue to try to be open … but also careful.
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Oregon’s First BSW
Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, March 13, and William Hunt
(Performing Arts) will host a faculty
recital at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 17.
All of the concerts are free.
The university’s social work program
gained accreditation from the Council on
Social Work Education following a
meeting of the CSWE commissioners in
February. As a result, George Fox became
the first undergraduate social work
program in Oregon to offer the Bachelor
of Social Work (BSW) degree.
Decoding Da Vinci
Larry Shelton (Seminary) will conduct a
seminar, entitled “Decoding Da Vinci,” on
Friday and Saturday, March 10-11, at the
Portland Center. Shelton will discuss how
Dan Brown’s controversial mystery novel,
The Da Vinci Code, has challenged the
traditional doctrines and history of
Christianity and influenced millions of
Americans. Sessions are scheduled for
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
The accreditation makes George Fox
graduates eligible to take the licensure
tests in those states that require licensure
for social workers. In addition, graduates
with the BSW may apply for “advanced
standing” to Master of Social Work (MSW)
programs that offer this option.This
allows students to save one or two
semesters of course work at the graduate
level. Cliff Rosenbohm (Social Work)
led the program through the accreditation
process with the assistance of department
faculty and staff.
Employees interested in taking the course
need to contact Tory Cole (Human
Resources) to verify that their tuition
remission form has been processed.They
also will be required to fill out and submit
a registration form, available at
georgefox.edu/offices/registrar/specialapp.
html, by March 8. Contact Janet Moats
(Admissions) at ext. 6103 with
registration questions.
Presenting Our CASE
For a second straight year, George Fox
was a big winner in the annual awards
contest that recognizes the top university
marketing and communications materials
and programs in the Northwest.The
university claimed eight awards in the
2006 Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE) District VIII
competition.The district is comprised of
118 institutional members in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and
seven Canadian provinces.
Race Relations
A panel discussion to address the question
“Does Race Matter to God?” is scheduled
from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. on Thursday,
March 9, in Hoover 104. Steve
Sherwood (Religious Studies) will
discuss what the Bible has to say about
racism, and Terry Huffman (Sociology)
will address the facts about racism and the
impact it has sociologically. In addition,
students of color will share their
experiences of being a minority on the
George Fox campus. Faculty members are
asked to encourage students to attend. For
more information, contact Burel Ford
(Multicultural Services) at ext. 2318.
The university’s seminary card series won
a Grand Gold award – given to the best of
the gold-medal winners in each of the six
main categories – in the Publications
category. George Fox also won three gold
awards – all in the Visual Design,
Illustration, and Photography category –
and earned three silvers and one bronze.
Sexual Purity
This year’s showing follows George Fox’s
unprecedented success in last year’s
competition, when the university won
three Grand Gold awards and the Virginia
Carter Smith Grand Crystal Award,
presented to the “Best of Show” entry.
Michael Todd Wilson, a licensed
professional counselor and certified sex
therapist from Duluth, Ga., will visit
George Fox for the university’s “Sexual
Wholeness Week.” Michael will speak in
the Wednesday, March 8, chapel service
and again that night at 7:30 p.m. in
Hoover 104.The title of his morning
presentation is “Soul Virgins: A Missing
Application of Stewardship.” In the
evening, he will speak on “Soul Virgins:
Redefining Single Sexuality.” He is author
of the book Soul Virgins, which describes a
movement among single adults who have
decided to pursue God’s heart concerning
their sexuality.
Music, Music, Music
George Fox will host three concerts and a
faculty recital in the next two weeks,
beginning with a Jazz Band performance at
7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, in
Bauman Auditorium. Saturday, a Large
Ensemble concert is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. at the same location.The following
week in Bauman, the Portland Flute
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Trustees Arrive
Diane Wood (Family and Consumer
Sciences) was a presenter at the Oregon
Women in Higher Education Conference in
Portland on Jan. 27. Diane’s presentation was
entitled “Women Leaders in Faith-Based
Institutions.” Burel Ford (Multicultural
Services), Melanie Hulbert (Sociology),
and Cara Copeland (Student Life) attended
the event.
The George Fox Board of Trustees will be on
the Newberg campus for a series of meetings
on Friday and Saturday, March 10-11.The
board meets twice each year, in October and
March. Among the items on the agenda are
decisions about faculty promotions and tenure
and the working budget for the following year.
Prayer Partners
Parents of George Fox University students will
be on the Newberg campus for the seventh
annual “Parents Day of Prayer” on Saturday,
March 11.The visitors will gather from 9 a.m.
to noon in Kershner Lecture Hall to worship
corporately and team up for self-guided prayer
walks. As part of the event, parents will gather
at 14 locations in five states to pray for
students, faculty, administration, and alumni.
For more information, visit
georgefox.edu/parents/ events/dayofprayer.
Lunch Theatre
The University Players will perform for the
staff lunch at noon on Monday, March 13, in
the Cap and Gown Room.The event and
others are listed on the Staff Development
Committee’s new Web page, georgefox.edu/
resources_for/staff.
Willing Servants
Two teams of 15 students and two staff
leaders will visit the Gulf States region during
spring break to assist those devastated by
Hurricane Katrina. One team will travel to
New Orleans and a second group will go to
Pass Christian, Miss. In partnership with
Campus Crusade for Christ and Habitat for
Humanity, the teams will work with contractors
to do clean-up and construction work.
Godly Encounters
Students in Tim Timmerman’s (Visual Arts)
Design 2 class will exhibit their art in the
Murdock Learning Resource Center through
March 21. For the show, entitled “Shrines
from the Design 2 Class,” artists were
instructed to create a work of art that is about
a time, place, or moment when they felt they
met with God. Lori McLaughlin’s (Visual
Arts) painting class will exhibit artwork
concurrently in the same location.
ABOUT OUR PEOPLE
Mark Terry (Visual Arts) has work featured
this month in two juried exhibitions in
connection with the National Conference for
Education in the Ceramic Arts, an event
drawing more than 8,000 artists to Portland.
Pieces he made at his Noble Hill Anagama kiln
will be included in a show entitled “About
Place” at Mt. Hood Community College.The
exhibition showcases key wood-firing centers
in the Northwest. Mark also has a wood-fired
piece in the Oregon Potters Association show
hosted at the Skutt Kiln factory in Portland.
He is also the featured artist at the Blue Trout
Gallery in Newberg this month, showing a
collection of figural sculptures fired at Noble
Hill entitled the “Sacred Vessel” series.
Ed Higgins (Writing/Literature) had three
poems – “all marla taught me,” “movie
monster essentials,” and “tinkerbell” –
published in the Winter 2006 edition of the
online literary magazine Verse Libre Quarterly.
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Michael Todd Wilson
“Soul Virgins: Redefining Single Sexuality”
Hoover 104, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 9
Jazz Band Concert
Bauman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 10
Board of Trustees Meeting
Newberg Campus
“Decoding Da Vinci” Seminar
Larry Shelton, Portland Center, 9 a.m.
Burel Ford (Multicultural Services) took
seven students to the Student Congress on
Racial Reconciliation at Biola University in La
Mirada, Calif., Feb. 10-11. He also served on
a statewide retention committee that met at
Willamette University Feb. 27 to discuss ways
to promote diversity awareness and minority
leadership on Oregon college campuses.
Faculty Committee Meetings
Newberg Campus, 10:40 a.m.
Men’s Tennis vs. Linfield
George Fox Tennis Courts, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
Parents Day of Prayer
Board of Trustees Meeting
Newberg Campus
Clark Campbell (Psychology) authored an
article in February that was published in
Northwest Conference South Meet
Colcord Field, 10:30 a.m. (field); Noon (track)
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.
The title of the paper was “Psychological
Needs and Resources as Perceived by Rural
and Urban Psychologists.”
“Decoding Da Vinci” Seminar
Larry Shelton, Portland Center, 9 a.m.
Terry Huffman (Sociology) presented at a
national conference sponsored by the Center
on the Family at University of Hawaii Feb. 1317.Terry’s topic was “Negotiated Identity:
Strategies of Racial Identity Formation
Employed by Parents of Biracial Children.”
The conference, titled “Multiethnic Families:
Development, Identity, and Well-being,” began
this year in response to the gap in scholarly
work addressing issues experienced by
families of multiple ethnic and racial heritages.
Large Ensemble Concert
Bauman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Men’s Tennis vs. Pacific Lutheran
George Fox Tennis Courts, 10 a.m.
Sunday, March 12
Softball vs. Pacific (2)
Morse Field, Noon
Monday, March 13
Newberg Chapel
“Homosexuality: A Campus Conversation,”
10:40 a.m.
Staff Lunch, Noon
Women’s Tennis vs.Whitman
George Fox Tennis Courts, 2:30 p.m.
Rick Johnsen (Marketing and
Communications) attended the Council for
the Advancement and Support of Education’s
District VIII conference in Vancouver, B.C.,
Feb. 23-24. Rick presented a workshop,
entitled “From RFP to Results:The Ins and
Outs of Outsourcing,” and accepted awards
that the university earned for its marketing
and communications materials in the district’s
2006 awards competition.
Portland Flute Quartet
Bauman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
“Homosexuality: A Campus Conversation”
Hoover 104, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 14
Faculty Lunch, Noon
Wednesday, March 15
Newberg Chapel
“Homosexuality: A Campus Conversation,”
10:40 a.m.
BIRTHDAYS
Thursday, March 16
March 9
March 10
Opening Exhibition
GFU Student Art Exhibit
Lindgren Gallery, 4-5:30 p.m.
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 17
March 18
Elizabeth Holme
Kendra Irons
Dale Seipp
Lindsey Wallgren
Samson
Brent Weaver
Carol Brazo
Karen Buchanan
Piper Parks
Caitlin Corning
Bryan Boyd
Katsu Ozawa
Mark Carlton
Friday, March 17
Faculty Business Meeting
Hoover 104, 10:40 a.m.
Women’s Tennis vs. Southern Oregon
George Fox Tennis Courts, 3 p.m.
Fox Film Festival
Cameo Theatre, 6 p.m.
Faculty Recital:William Hunt
Bauman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 18
CALENDAR
Women’s Tennis vs. Albertson
George Fox Tennis Courts, 10 a.m.
Monday, March 6
Baseball vs.Whitman (2)
Morse Field, Noon
Newberg Chapel
Lisa McMinn, 10:40 a.m.
Women’s Tennis vs.Whitworth
George Fox Tennis Courts, 4 p.m.
“Sexual Wholeness Week”
Panel Discussion, Hoover 104, 7:30 p.m.
Fox Film Festival
Bauman Auditorium, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7
Faculty Lunch, Noon
Sunday, March 19
Faculty Lecture
Irv Brendlinger, Hoover 104, 7:30 p.m.
Baseball vs.Whitman
Morse Field, Noon
Wednesday, March 8
Newberg Chapel
Michael Todd Wilson, 10:40 a.m.
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