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G e or g e F ox U n i v e r s i t y
Colleague
Next Issue: Jan. 10
P r e s i d e n t ’s P r o l o g u e
I feel sorry for pastors this time of year. What
do they say at Christmas that the people in
their churches don’t remember being said last
year? A large majority of us have heard the
“real” story of Christmas so often and for so
long that we practically have it memorized.
Maybe it’s a problem of creativity – the
challenge of repeating the message but using
new words. Whatever it is, it’s a dilemma that
isn’t exclusive to pastors. How about university
presidents, as in this one? What does one say?
At the risk of sounding a lot like I did last
Christmas, I share with you again that
Christmas is “Good News!” God took on
human nature because he loved us. He humbled
himself because he loved us. He became a
servant because he loved us. Jesus loved us so
much he even died for us. Words don’t do a
good job of expressing such a gift, such love,
such servanthood and humility. But, since this
issue of Colleague does not have an
accompanying CD or DVD, I’m restricted to
words.
I am pleased to be part of George Fox
University at Christmastime, 2004. But it’s a
time when many parts of our world seem
rather dark.We are fighting a war in Iraq.There
are homeless people in every city. Too many
young people depend on methamphetamine to
feel good. Was the world Jesus entered much
different? I suspect every age deplores the
effects of sin on their generation. Every age
needs this “Good News,” the gospel of Jesus.
I share with you the words of Paul in the second
chapter of Philippians. The chapter begins with
the Christmas story, telling of Jesus leaving his
status as God and becoming human. Paul
follows that story with encouragement for us
to keep on doing what we’ve been doing (verse
12). Then verse 15, which I love: “Go out into
the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in
this squalid and polluted society.” Paul’s world
sounds much like ours, and he asks believers to
be “a breath of fresh air” in that world. For me,
that’s encouragement at Christmastime. God
came because he loves us, and his coming
empowers us to be a “breath of fresh air” in our
world.
It’s an old story, but it’s a refreshing and hopeful
one – one worth repeating. I wish you all a
wonderful Christmas.
Send news items to spatterson@georgefox.edu
Midyear
Commencement
Darleen Ortega, a judge in the Oregon
Court of Appeals and a 1984 graduate of
George Fox, will address an expected 219
graduates at the midyear commencement
ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, in
Miller Gymnasium. Prior to the
ceremony, there will be an 11:30 a.m.
luncheon for graduates and their guests in
the Klages Dining Room on campus.
Christmas Break
Students begin a three-week Christmas
break on Saturday, Dec. 18. Undergraduate
classes resume on Monday, Jan. 10. Some
graduate programs, including MAT at
Night, MBA, and MAOL, resume classes
the week of Jan. 3–7.
The campus closes at noon Friday, Dec.
24. Employees who wish to leave at that
time, however, may choose to either claim
vacation hours or make up the time earlier
in the week.The university’s bookstores,
libraries, and offices, with the exception
of Security Services, will be closed Dec.
25–Jan. 2.
The Newberg bookstore will be open
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. the weeks of Dec.
20–24 and Jan. 3–7. Beginning Jan. 10,
the bookstore will be open 8 a.m.–5
p.m.; it will return to its normal 8 a.m.–7
p.m. schedule (8 a.m.–5 p.m. Fridays) on
Jan. 24.The Portland Center bookstore is
closed Dec. 24–Jan. 2 and will resume
regular hours Jan. 3.
The Newberg and Portland libraries will
close at noon on Friday, Dec. 24, and
reopen at 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.,
respectively, on Jan. 3.
Holiday Cheer
Students and employees are spreading
holiday cheer this Christmas season.
Community Services is overseeing a
“cranberry drive” under the umbrella of
Newberg Fish, an organization that
assembles Christmas baskets for
disadvantaged families in the community.
Organizers hope to collect at least 350
cans of cranberries by Friday, Dec. 17.
In addition, students from Urban Services
are conducting a clothing/hygiene drive.
They are collecting clothing and new
toiletry items (toothpaste, toothbrushes,
soap, etc.) to pass out to the homeless of
downtown Portland and Salem. A
donation bin is set up outside the
Christian Services office in the Student
Union Building.
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Deadline for Copy: Jan. 4
In November, George Fox students and
employees donated 80 shoe boxes filled
with toys, school supplies, hygiene items,
and other small gifts to Operation
Christmas Child, a Samaritan’s Purse
ministry that distributes gifts to poor, sick,
and suffering children around the world.
Winter Service
Teams of George Fox employees and
students are embarking on five Serve Trips
the first week of January. One group is
planning a trip to San Francisco to work
with the Center for Student Missions in
ethnic communities. Another team is
going to Vancouver, B.C., to help with the
Union Gospel Mission’s cause in that city.
A third team is traveling to Twin Rocks
Friends Camp in Rockaway Beach, Ore.,
to help clean up the facility in preparation
for the summer camping season. A fourth
group is going to Portland to assist Habitat
for Humanity and the Union Gospel
Mission. Finally, a fifth team is going to
Seattle to assist Union Gospel Mission and
other charities.
Tree Triumphs
The Academic Resource Center and the
admissions department were named cowinners of the annual Christmas Tree
Decorating Contest. President David
Brandt and wife Melva selected the
ARC’s “Noah’s ARC” tree and admissions’
“The Christ Tree” as recipients of the top
prize. For their efforts, each department
won $100 in prize money.
Kaleo Calling
Church and ministry teams from all over
the region will be on the Newberg
campus for the first Kaleo (“to call” in
Greek) gathering on Saturday, Jan. 22.The
event, designed to equip those called to
youth ministry, meets from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.The keynote
speakers will be H.B. London, the vice
president of church, clergy, and medical
outreach for Focus on the Family, and Wes
Davis, a pastor and youth outreach leader
from Silverdale,Wash. George Fox
undergraduate students may attend for
free; the fee for employees, graduate
students, and alumni is $15 per person.
The registration fee includes lunch.To
register, go to kaleo.georgefox.edu. For
more information, contact Sheri Philips
(University Relations) at
sphilips@georgefox.edu or call 503-5542131.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Sandie Tuck has joined the
Office of the Registrar as a
records specialist. Sandie
comes to George Fox from
the Fairlawn Good Samaritan
Health Center in Gresham,
where she managed the care
of the elderly as a social services worker for
the past five years. Previously, Sandie was a
transcript specialist in the registrar’s office at
Pacific University in Forest Grove from 1995
to 1999. She earned a bachelor’s degree in
social work from Pacific University in 1999.
Sandie has been active as a team leader in
church and university settings, and she
currently leads a Bible study for high school
girls. She lives in Beaverton with her husband,
Robert.The couple attends Village Baptist
Church in Beaverton.
Nikki Starr (Development), on maternity
leave since mid-September, has decided not to
return to George Fox. She plans to be a stayat-home mom and work from home as the
director of development for Veritas School in
Newberg.
Ann Mansfield (Student Life) has left
George Fox to work at an orphanage in
Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Ann left for
Quetzeltenengo, Guatemala, on Dec. 4 for
one month of Spanish language study.Those
who wish to contact Ann can e-mail her at
amansfield@teamworksinternational.org. She
had worked at George Fox since 1996.
ABOUT OUR PEOPLE
Mary Peterson (Psychology) was
credentialed by the National Register of
Health Service Providers in Psychology in
November. Mary is the third faculty member
in the George Fox psychology department to
receive the credential, joining Wayne Adams
and Clark Campbell. Since 1974, the
National Register has reviewed the education
and training of psychologists to identify those
who meet its national standards as health
service providers.
Mark Terry (Visual Arts) created three
pieces of wood-fired pottery now on exhibit
at a show entitled “Burnt Offerings.” The
juried show features several artists from
throughout the region. It will run through
December at the Gresham City Hall Visual
Arts Gallery, located at the Gresham Civic
Center in the foyer of the Public Safety &
Schools Building.
Bill Mulholland, Ed Gierok, and Nadine
Kincaid (Security Services) completed eight
hours of training with the Attorney General’s
Sexual Assault Task Force through the State of
Oregon’s Sexual Assault Training Institute. Bill
also completed executive manager
recertification with the Department of Public
Safety Standards and Training.
Louise Newswanger (Library) was at
Seattle University Dec. 8-10 as a trainer to
implement the Summit Borrowing system.
Seattle University’s library is one of five
libraries since 2004 to join the Orbis Cascade
Consortium and share its library holdings in
the Summit Union Catalog. Louise is serving a
two-year term on the Summit Borrowing
Committee and has been named chair of the
committee and steering team.The committee
is made up of a representative from each
member institution.
BIRTHDAYS
The second edition of Craig Johnson’s
(Management) book, Meeting the Ethical
Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow
(Sage Publications), is now available.The text
is used in graduate and undergraduate classes.
Dec. 14 Gennie Harris
Danny Hernandez
Dec. 15 Paul Corbett-Furgal
Kim Harmon
Rick Muthiah
Cliff Rosenbohm
Paul Anderson (Religious Studies)
delivered the Newell New Testament Lectures
at the Anderson School of Theology in
Anderson, Ind., Nov. 2-4. He gave four
addresses on the history of Johannine
Christianity, leadership in the early church
and today, and the liberating power of truth.
Paul also presented two papers at the national
American Academy of Religion/Society of
Biblical Literature (SBL) meetings in San
Antonio,Texas, Nov. 19-22. “The Meeting for
Worship in which Business is Conducted” was
presented in the Quaker Theological
Discussion Group. Chuck Conniry
(Seminary) also presented a paper, “Toward an
Understanding of Individual and Corporate
Discernment,” to the group. Paul also
presented “Antichristic Errors (of
interpretation), and Errors of the Johannine
Antichrists” in the psychology and biblical
studies section of SBL. In addition, he
conducted a “Sense of the Session” for the
John, Jesus, and History Consultation,
summarizing the first three years of this
group and anticipating the next three. Paul is
a founding member of that project and is on
the steering committee.
Dec. 17 Raymond Anderson
Becky Ankeny
Gary Buhler
Viki Defferding
IN THE FAMILY
From Patty Findley (Athletics): “Words
cannot express what you have meant to me
and our family the past few weeks. I could not
be in a better place to have suffered the
sudden loss of my best friend and loving
husband, Jack.Your prayers, beautiful cards,
flowers, and loving expressions of
condolences (including coach Pat Bailey and
many members of the baseball team coming
over to spiff-up our yard – in the pouring
rain) have made an indelible impression on
our hearts.Thank you for loving us through
this.We are truly blessed.”
Lawson John Noble was born to Darren
Noble (Career Services) and his wife, Sheila,
on Nov. 23 at Salem Hospital. Lawson
weighed 9 pounds and was 19 inches long. He
is the couple’s second child, joining 3-yearold sister Sabrina.
Glenna Jansen, who served more than two
decades as the secretary to four George Fox
presidents, died Dec. 12 in Newberg. She
served with President David Le Shana,
interim President William Green, and
President Ed Stevens before her retirement
in 1994. She then came back to the
president’s office twice to fill in on a
temporary basis, the last time in 1999 with
President David Brandt. A memorial
service was held Dec. 11 at the West
Chehalem Friends Church.
Colleague • Dec. 13, 2004
Dec. 13 Marvin Clarkson
Steve Grant
Dana Miller
Dec. 19 Phil Smith
Dec. 20 Howard Macy
Dec. 22 Robin Ashford
Jenny Getsinger
Michele Wayte
Dec. 23 Rodger Bufford
Dec. 24 Jeong Ahn
Dec. 25 Marie Craven
Danya Ochsner
Debby O’Kelley
Carol Roos
Dec. 26 Carol Namburi
Nikki Starr
Dec. 28 Colin Miller
Dec. 29 Cara Copeland
Dec. 30 Lori Dekruyf
Dec. 31 Sherrie Frost
Jan. 1
Bob Harder
David Hansen
Tim Hoffman
Jan. 3
Jack Harris
Amber Russell
Helen Rose
Chris Koch
Dan Vanderwater
Jan. 4
Jan. 6
Melva Lloyd
Joy Reimann
Merrill Johnson
Jan. 8
Jonathan Morell
Jan. 5
CALENDAR
Tuesday, Dec. 14
• All-Employee Lunch, Noon
Saturday, Dec. 18
• Midyear Commencement
Miller Gymnasium, 2 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 27-Friday, Dec. 31
• Christmas Break
Tuesday, Jan. 4
• Faculty Lunch, Noon
Monday, Jan. 10
• Newberg Chapel
President David Brandt, 10:40 a.m.
• Staff Lunch, Noon