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Volume 12
No. 08
E m p l oy e e N e w s l e t t e r
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P r e s i d e n t ’s P r o l o g u e
Resiliency. It seems to me this is a good word
for our graduates this week – and also for all of
us at George Fox.
Currently, I'm reading Gordon MacDonald's A
Resilient Life. Several quotes from this book
come to mind as this academic year rapidly
comes to an end. (Years do go by more quickly
as one ages, and it has nothing whatsoever to
do with Einstein and the speed of moving
clocks!)
MacDonald uses the analogy of a distance race
to living the Christian life. He mentions that
resilient people run inspired by a big-picture
view of life. In a chapter on the importance of
having a sense of life-direction, he quotes Lewis
Carroll, who crafted the conversation in Alice in
Wonderland between Alice and the cat in which
Alice asks:“Would you please tell me which way
I ought to go from here?” MacDonald recalls
from that somewhat humorous conversation
that it does not matter which way you go if it
doesn't matter where you are going. He then
contrasts that with a quote from Thomas
Merton, who suggests that to really know
someone we should ask what that person is
living for and what is keeping the person from
living fully. MacDonald goes on to talk about the
importance for believers to know the direction
they are going.
Resiliency always has been attractive, but today
it may be more attractive than ever. We need
people who hang in there and complete the
task they begin. It's often too easy and too
simple to find a reason why the task is too hard
or too complicated to finish. I hope a George
Fox University education will help our
graduates to finish well.
MacDonald suggests that the Bible gives us
strong encouragement in this way. In Philippians
3:13-14, Paul writes, “One thing I do: forgetting
what is behind and straining toward what is
ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the
prize for which God has called me heavenward
in Christ Jesus.” Paul was concerned about
finishing well.
Resiliency is an important trait to be successful
in life. It will take us and our students to
successes we might otherwise not even
imagine. I'm pleased our students can observe
this trait in so many George Fox University
employees. I look forward to congratulating our
Class of 2005 and to the wonderful
contributions each member will make in our
society for the sake of God's kingdom.
Deadline for Copy: May 3
Tassels Will Turn
Hail to Employees
Todd Hunter, national director of Alpha
USA and a George Fox seminary student,
will address 257 undergraduate students
and 314 graduate, seminary, and
professional studies students at spring
commencement ceremonies on Saturday,
April 30. Commencement for
undergraduates begins at 2 p.m. in the
Wheeler Sports Center, with a live
broadcast in Bauman Auditorium.The
ceremony for graduate, seminary, and
professional studies students starts at
7 p.m. in Wheeler Sports Center.The
baccalaureate service will be Saturday at
9:30 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
George Fox is hosting a fiesta buffet as this
year’s employee appreciation dinner,
scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 6,
in the Klages Dining Room.The Mexicanthemed event will include a performance
by a dance troupe headed by Trini
Marquez (Plant Services). All employees
can bring a spouse or guest.The staff and
administrator of the year will be
announced, as will service awards.To
RSVP, e-mail Danya Ochsner (University
Relations) at dochsner@georgefox.edu.
More than 5,000 are expected to attend
ceremonies on the Newberg campus. In
total, the university will award 339
graduate, seminary, and professional studies
degrees and 263 undergraduate degrees.
Tool Time
Marketing and Communications is hosting
training sessions designed to provide
information to help you better understand
how to get the publications you need,
when you need them.The presentations
will demonstrate how to navigate the new
online publications manual, provide links
to online forms, style guides, and logo
downloads, and share an overview of what
you can expect from Marketing and
Communications.
The training sessions are on Wednesday,
April 27, at 1:30 p.m. and on Monday,
May 2, at 2:30 p.m. Both sessions will be
in Stevens 101. R.S.V.P. by Tuesday to
Tamara Cissna (Communications) at
tcissna@georgefox.edu.
Faculty Awards
Mark Terry (Visual Arts) and Debra
Worden (Management) were awarded the
George Fox Faculty Achievement Award
for Undergraduate Teaching, and Clark
Campbell (Psychology) was named
recipient of the George Fox Faculty
Achievement Award for Graduate Teaching.
Paul Anderson (Seminary) earned the
George Fox Faculty Research Award.
Holiday Cheer
George Fox employees will have 12 paid
holidays and receive a full week of vacation
at Christmas in the 2005-06 academic
year.The additional day off at Christmas is
in lieu of a spring holiday on March 31,
2006. Holidays are as follows: 2005 –
Independence Day (Monday, July 4); MidSemester Holiday (Friday, Oct. 7);
Thanksgiving (Thursday and Friday, Nov.
24-25); Christmas/New Year’s (Monday
through Friday, Dec. 26-30); 2006 Martin
Luther King Jr. Holiday (Monday, Jan. 16);
Good Friday (Friday, April 14); Memorial
Day (Monday, May 29).
Internet 101
Institutional Technology made recent
network modifications and additions.
Bandwidth to the Internet has been
doubled by providing the residence hall
network (RESNET) a separate Comcast
Internet connection. As a result, the
campus network no longer is impacted by
the increase in RESNET traffic that
typically occurs in the afternoon.
Secondly, the network’s complexity was
reduced with the addition of a Cisco VPN
(Virtual Private Network) Concentrator,
provision for a separate Computer Science
network, and some reconfiguration of the
network appliances.The VPN solution
builds a network tunnel from your remote
computer so you can function as if you are
on campus. Access to the VPN clients for
PC, Mac, or Linux is now available from
Bruindata for all faculty and staff.The VPN
solution also allows access to the campus
network from our RESNET and public
wireless networks.
It’s Your Serve
Student Life is seeking between 30 and 35
faculty, staff, students, and administrators
to volunteer for the Serve Day
Committee.Those who do so will help
plan the Sept. 7, 2005 event with student
Serve Day coordinator Rachel Yim. Last
year, George Fox sent out 1,432
volunteers for one day of service to
churches, community organizations, civic
groups, and nonprofits.To volunteer for
the committee or find out more, e-mail
Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) at
jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu by April 28.
Are You Flexible?
Requests for flexible spending
reimbursement for the plan year of April
1, 2004, to March 31, 2005, must be
faxed to Covenant Administrators at 678258-8295 no later than June 15. Claim
forms are available at Human Resources
and on the office’s forms and resources
page at hr.georgefox.edu.
Colleague • Newberg | Portland | Boise | Salem • April 28, 2005
Signs Take Flight
A change in signage location is giving George
Fox better exposure at Portland International
Airport.Two vertical signs, measuring 5 feet
by 3 feet, 6 inches, are at the bottom of the
two escalators leading to the baggage claim
area. Another horizontal sign of the same size
is in the center of baggage claim on the back
wall.The signs replace those that were in
Concourse C.The university secured the
more favorable exposure points without
additional cost.
Martha Iancu (ESL) was one of about
7,000 attendees at TESOL 2005, the
convention of the international organization
of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages, in San Antonio,Texas, the week of
March 28. As a coordinator on the TESOL
Awards Committee, she presented a service
award at a plenary session.
Logo a Go in ‘21’
The Career Services staff, in tandem with the
Oregon Liberal Arts Placement Consortium,
conducted the 16th annual job and graduate
school fair (olapcjobfair.org) at the University
of Portland’s Chiles Center April 7. Nearly
120 employers and recruiters took part.
The George Fox University Centennial Tower
logo is getting more recognition. It will be
included in American Corporate Identity 21, the
21st volume in the annual showcase of the
best identity designs in the country. More
than 4,000 entries were submitted for
publication, of which 1,160 were chosen.The
book will be available by the end of 2005.
Lori DeKruyf and Mary Massey
(Counseling) attended and co-presented a
three-hour workshop on “Life Stories:
Narrative Counseling in Schools” at the
Oregon School Counseling Association’s
spring conference, “Circle of Life,” April 8-9
at Kah-Nee-Ta in Warm Springs, Ore.
This marks the second time the George Fox
logo was featured in a design publication. Last
fall, it was included in The Big Book of Logos 4,
a hardcover volume published by David E.
Carter.
STV = Stevens Center
For those confused by use of the letters ESC
to describe the Stevens Center, take heart:
There is a new abbreviation for the building
– STV. STV is to be used when abbreviation
is called for on all campus signage, maps,
catalogs, and publications.The Edward F.
Stevens Center is still the formal designation
of the building.
MOVERS & QUAKERS
Beth Woosley is now assistant director for
visits and events. She had been a visit
coordinator in the admissions department.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Aimee Peterson’s (Admissions) last day at
George Fox was April 15.
ABOUT OUR PEOPLE
Four of Paul Anderson’s (Religious Studies)
cognitive-critical biblical analysis essays
appeared in Psychology and the Bible;A New Way
to Read the Scriptures.The first essay was “The
Cognitive Origins of John’s Unitive and
Disunitive Christology.”Two essays were an
introduction to cognitive-critical biblical
analysis and an analysis of 42 reviews of
Anderson’s The Christology of the Fourth Gospel.
They were accompanied by Harold Ellens’
review of Anderson’s book and James Fowler’s
response to Anderson’s reception report.
Anderson’s fourth essay in the collection,
“Jesus and Transformation,” applies Leon
Festinger’s Cognitive Dissonance Theory to an
interpretation of Jesus’ mission and works.
Sue O’Donnell (Psychology) attended the
biennial meeting of the Society for Research
in Child Development in Atlanta. Sue
presented information on “Engaging Students
in Developmental Psychology” at the First
SRCD Biennial Developmental Science
Teaching Institute and attended several
presentations on the current state of research
in developmental psychology.
Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) hosted a
roundtable discussion on student employees
in university mail services at the National
Postal Forum in Nashville,Tenn., March 2023. Sherrie also attended workshops and
earned certificates in mail piece design,
quality mail management, and mailing
industry certification in the college and
university track.
Jan Thompson, Linda Sartwell, and
Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) attended the
regional training conference of the Northwest
Association of University and College Mailers
at Big Bend Community College in Moses
Lake,Wash., April 7-8.The conference drew
university mail center managers and
employees from six states. Linda led the
presentation and discussion of “Fish Sticks II,”
a leadership training video. Sherrie led a
discussion on the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act and coordinated presentations
by postal authorities.
Rick Muthiah (Student Life) visited four
institutions as a research associate for the
recently published book Student Success in
College: Creating Conditions That Matter.The
book describes practices that diverse
institutions have used to enhance student
achievement. It also documents how 20
institutions created a success-oriented campus
culture and learning environment. Rick also
attended the American College Personnel
Association (ACPA) conference, where two of
the book’s authors, George Kuh and Jillian
Kinzie, spoke on the research.
IN THE FAMILY
Janet Herron’s (Financial Services)
daughter, Esther, presented a speech and
public service announcement at the Changing
Lives Celebration auction and dinner April 1
in Beaverton. Oregon Partnership, which
specializes in programs to prevent and reduce
substance abuse among youths, sponsored the
event.
BIRTHDAYS
April 25 Mark Ocker
April 26 Laura Klaus
April 27 Bill Mulholland
Pat Vandehey
April 30 John Shaw
May 2
Donna Phillips
May 3
Mike Everest
May 6
Kris Nelson
Greg Smith
May 7
Sue Weishan
May 8
Jasmine Chase
Brent Wilson
Deb Worden
CALENDAR
Monday, April 25
• Undergraduate Study Day
• Faculty Business Meeting,
Hoover 104, 9 a.m.
Tuesday, April 26
• All-Employee Lunch, Noon
Friday, April 29
• First Reunion,
Bauman Auditorium and
Klages Dining Room, 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 30
• Baccalaureate,
Bauman Auditorium, 9:30 a.m.
• Undergraduate Commencement,
Miller Gymnasium, 2 p.m.
• Graduate Commencement,
Miller Gymnasium, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 6
• Baseball vs. Cal State-Hayward
Morse Field, 3 p.m.
• Employee Appreciation Dinner
Saturday, May 7
• Baseball vs. Cal State-Hayward
Morse Field, 1 p.m.
Sunday, May 8
• Baseball vs. Cal State-Hayward
Morse Field, 1 p.m.
Tom Hancock (Education), Rodger
Bufford (Psychology), Brad Lau (Student
Life), and Neal Ninteman (Mathematics) cowrote a paper, “Attempting Valid Assessment of
Spiritual Growth: A Survey of Christ-Centered
Living,” that appears this month in Christian
Education Journal.The piece documents George
Fox students’ spirituality focus and offers
insight into their spiritual needs.
Colleague • Newberg | Portland | Boise | Salem • April 28, 2005