Campolo will speak on the conference theme “Bring Forth the Kingdom” during 7 p.m. services Monday, July 21, through Wednesday, July 23. The annual meeting will take place in Bauman Auditorium on the George Fox University campus in Newberg, Ore., on July 19-24. He also will discuss his most recent work and sign books at Chapters Books and Coffee at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 22. Chapters is located on 701 E. First Street in Newberg, Ore.

Campolo founded the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, which works to assist at-risk youth in the U.S. and in third world countries to obtain an education. He is also well-known for being one of the spiritual advisers to Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He has written 35 books, the most recent of which are “Letters to a Young Evangelical,” “The God of Intimacy and Action,” and “Red Letter Christians, A Citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics.”

The Friends annual sessions are a time of fellowship, worship, and business for members of the Friends Church. This year’s meeting includes 27 workshops for adults, youth leadership sessions, and children’s programs. For more information, visit the conference web page at nwfriends.org/ym-sessions.

George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact:Colin Saxon
Yearly Meeting Superintendent
503-538-9419
csaxton@nwfriends.org

Miller, 48, has been a member of the senior leadership for three George Fox presidents. He and his staff have raised more than $4.3 million annually for scholarships, programs and other campus needs.

Miller was hired in 1997 as vice president for advancement to oversee university fundraising as well as alumni and parent relations. After President Edward Stevens died in 1998, Miller helped the university complete its $25 million Legacy Campaign for the construction of the Stevens Center, the renovation of Wood-Mar Hall and the university endowment.

In 2002, Miller was promoted to vice president for marketing and advancement with responsibility for all external university functions, including admissions, marketing and university relations. Under his oversight, the university grew from 2,745 to 3,253 students, expanded its church relations programs, and centralized the university’s marketing and communication efforts. He also initiated a marketing campaign that changed the public face of the university.

Miller came to George Fox from Malone College (Ohio), where he was vice president for marketing and institutional advancement.

“I’ve worked closely with Dana for a long time, and I deeply appreciate all he has contributed to the university,” said Robin Baker, university president. “Not only has he managed the advancement program and the most significant capital campaign in university history, but he also has led enrollment services and marketing during some very formative times for the institution. He’s been an important part of our success.”

“It has been a joy to contribute to the growth and strengthening of George Fox University over the past 11 years,” Miller said. “I’m grateful to have had this opportunity to serve students, alumni, donors and friends. It will be gratifying to continue to watch George Fox excel in the coming years.”

“I’m truly honored to join the Murdock team,” he said. “I look forward to participating in Jack Murdock’s vision to support the fine people and charitable organizations of the Northwest. While at George Fox, I witnessed firsthand the positive impact Murdock Trust can have upon an organization.”

Murdock Trust has provided significant funding for nearly every major construction project and several new programs on the George Fox campus during the past two decades. The university’s Murdock Learning Resource Center is named in its honor.

“Dana is a person of great integrity who possesses strong relational skills,” said Steve Moore, executive director of M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. “His 21 years in higher education administration and fundraising have prepared him well for this position. He was chosen after a lengthy national search, and he joins a strong team of professionals who desire to enhance the educational, spiritual and cultural climate in the region.”

Miller will remain at George Fox until the end of July and will start at Murdock Trust in mid-August. EFL Associates, a national executive search firm specializing in higher education, has been hired to begin a national search for his replacement.

About the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust
The M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust seeks to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to nonprofit organizations that seek to strengthen the region’s educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways.

About George Fox
George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

NEWBERG, Ore. – The Verizon Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to George Fox University’s Act Six program, which provides full scholarships to urban students from the Portland area.

The Act Six leadership and scholarship program equips emerging urban student leaders to serve and lead on the George Fox campus and to return to their neighborhoods as agents of change after college. To help students attain these goals, the university provides full-ride scholarships to a multicultural group of about 10 students from urban Portland area high schools each year. More on Act Six is available at actsix.georgefox.edu.

The grant award check will be presented to the university at a lunch at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 20.

About Verizon:
The Verizon Foundation funds programs that address the heart of social issues such as literacy, technology education, and domestic violence. It builds partnerships to replicate its most successful programs in communities across the country. Since 2000, the Verizon Foundation has invested more than $400 million in the United States and around the world to help others.
In 2007, the company awarded more than $69.4 million in grants to charitable and nonprofit agencies serving the needs of diverse communities. Verizon employees donated more than 485,000 hours in 2007 as part of Verizon volunteers, one of the largest corporate volunteer incentive programs in the United States.

George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact: Joel Perez
Student Life
503-554-2305
jperez@georgefox.edu

NEWBERG, Ore. – Brittany Quinn, a George Fox University alumna, was honored for her humanitarian work in the Thailand sex trafficking industry with a $1,000 grant from the Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship, a volunteer support organization. Quinn was selected by the foundation to be a Krista Colleague, a title she shares with nearly 20 other Pacific Northwest young adults who are being recognized for their commitment to service.

Quinn, a native of Gresham, Ore., and a resident of Spokane, Wash., was an involved member of the George Fox University community. She co-led a social action discussion group, delivered meals to homeless people in downtown Portland, and helped organize a day of fasting on campus. After her graduation in 2006, she felt compelled to live out her convictions on social justice and moved to Thailand to serve at the Garden of Hope, a nonprofit organization that provides counseling and vocational training to women and youth exploited in the sex industry.

“Volunteering with the Garden of Hope is no longer just a dedicated time of service – and it has stopped being a time of naïve idealism that others always said I would grow out of (or that reality would beat out of me),” said Quinn in her Krista Colleague application. “It has ceased to be a time where I naively thought I would or could even save, if not the world, than at least some victimized prostitutes. It has transformed into the beginning of a more (I hope) humble, though still just as passionate and idealistic, journey that is not limited to a geographic location or a period of service, but instead demands a lifetime committed to the very ideals that sparked the initial yearning I felt when I made the decision to come to Chiang Mai.”

Last May, Quinn and co-volunteer Kelly Riechers, another George Fox University alumna, helped host 18 George Fox University students who volunteered at the Garden of Hope during a month-long service trip to Thailand.

Quinn was nominated to be a Krista Colleague by George Fox University professors Paul Otto and Clint Baldwin.

The Krista Foundation encourages and supports young Christian adults engaged in sustained volunteer service in three areas: urban America, developing nations, and environmental stewardship. The Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship was inspired by the life and vision of Krista Hunt Ausland, who was killed at age 25 while volunteering in community development in rural Bolivia. Her family, friends, and colleagues wanted to continue Krista’s desire to “show God’s love in actions” by providing encouragement and grant support to other young adults who choose a journey of service.

George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact: Paul Otto
History Department
503-554-2676
potto@georgefox.edu

Brendlinger recently wrote two books on the antislavery movement: To Be Silent Would Be Criminal: The Antislavery Influence and Writings of Anthony Benezet (2006) and Social Justice Through the Eyes of Wesley, John Wesley’s Theological Challenge to Slavery (2007). He also has published articles on John Wesley and his antislavery preaching and activism, and has published and presented on John Wesley’s understanding of how being a Christian transforms an individual. He has given lectures in the Bahamas, Manchester, England, and Sterling, Scotland.

One student said Brendlinger changed his life. “I have a more concrete understanding of the history of Christianity and a greater appreciation for those who risked their lives for their faith, which is now my faith.”

Brendlinger earned a bachelor’s degree from Asbury College, a master’s in divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary, a master’s in education from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate degree from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Prior to coming to George Fox University in 1993, he taught at Western Evangelical Seminary and Warner Pacific College and directed the Center for Christian Studies, an academic program offered by a Portland church. He also served as a church pastor in Oklahoma.

Brendlinger’s areas of expertise lie in the history of the Christian church (especially Wesleyan theology), the British antislavery movement, Quaker theology and social justice, and pastoral and church issues, with an emphasis on nature and the purpose of the church from a biblical perspective.

George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact: Jim Foster
Interim Provost
503-554-2142
jfoster@georgefox.edu

Rob Felton, Director of Public Information
503-554-2129
rfelton@georgefox.edu

The accreditation was granted for a term of five years, extending to June 30, 2012, by the CCNE, an autonomous, national accrediting agency created to ensure the quality and integrity of baccalaureate and graduate degree nursing programs. George Fox is one of four CCNE-accredited schools in Oregon.

For George Fox, the recognition is the culmination of three years of planning and work by the nursing department’s faculty and staff, according to department chair Ron Mitchell. The announcement coincides with the graduation of the first class of 35 nursing majors from the university in April.

“Because one of the criteria for admission into most graduate programs is that a student graduate from an accredited baccalaureate program, this (accreditation) will make the application process easier for nursing students who intend to further their education,” Mitchell said. “The nursing major continues to be a highly sought-after degree, and with the granting of accreditation, it is anticipated that admission into George Fox’s nursing program will become more competitive in the future.”

The university announced the start of its nursing program in 2004. Classes are taught on the university’s Newberg campus and clinical experience is offered at a variety of off-campus settings, including community hospitals, home-care and extended-care facilities, service agencies, and schools.

In addition to nursing courses, students in the program take general education core courses in humanities, religion, and the sciences. Graduates of the program are prepared to pass the NCLEX-RN exam and to serve at a variety of health-care agencies. They also are qualified to enter graduate programs in related fields.

The CCNE accreditation evaluation consists of a review of a program’s mission, goals, and expected outcomes, as well as an assessment of the performance of the program in achieving those goals through the most effective use of available resources, programs, and administration.

Accreditation by CCNE is intended to hold nursing programs accountable to the community of interest – the nursing profession, consumers, employers, higher education, students and their families, and nurse residents.

For more information on CCNE accreditation, visit www.aacn.nche.edu/accreditation. More on the George Fox nursing program is available at www.georgefox.edu/academics/undergrad/departments/nursing.

George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact: Ron Mitchell
Department of Nursing
503-554-2951
rmitchell@georgefox.edu

Before joining the George Fox University faculty in 2000, Ninteman held positions in the construction engineering and management industries and served 11 years with Campus Crusade for Christ. During his time with Campus Crusade, he was the business manager and ministry director for Athletes in Action Basketball and later served as campus ministry director at Moscow State Technical University.

He teaches courses in engineering fundamentals, mathematics, and general physics. His expertise lies in general mathematics education, spiritual and personal mentoring of college students, cross-cultural ministry, development of student ministry groups, and contemporary concerns of Russian youth.

One student said this of Ninteman, “I despise math, but Neal teaches with purpose and practicality, relating everything we learn, even the most seemingly insignificant math equation, back to glorifying God. His life is a testimony of exemplary Christian living.”

Ninteman earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from California Polytechnic State University and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Stanford University.

George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact: Jim Foster
Interim Provost
503-554-2142
jfoster@georgefox.edu

Brunner has been a professor at the George Fox Evangelical Seminary since 1996. He teaches theology and earthkeeping, spirituality and social justice, Christian history and theology, pastoral ministry, and spiritual life.

A student nominator said of Brunner, “Dan Brunner brings an unusual amount of passion, transparency, and humility to our classroom relationships and learning.”

Brunner received a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from Northwest Christian College, a master’s in divinity in Christian formation and discipleship from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Oxford. His areas of expertise and research interests include Christian spirituality and the paradoxes of the Christian life, German Lutheran Pietism, hybrid learning and pedagogy, and Luther’s theology of the cross.

Outside of his academic career, Brunner’s interests and passions center on his family, his English garden, sports, and movies.

George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact: Jim Foster
Interim Provost
503-554-2142
jfoster@georgefox.edu

The lecture is titled “The United States Supreme Court’s Use of History in First Amendment Religion Clause Cases.” Following the talk, Hall will meet with graduate students to discuss the topic further.

Hall will already be in Israel completing a 10-day program for which he was selected by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). The program will take place in Tel Aviv June 9-20.

The program, designed for university professors, is titled “Defending Democracy, Defeating Terrorism.” The course takes place in the classroom and in the field with lectures by academics, diplomats, military and intelligence officials, and politicians from Israel, Jordan, India, Turkey, and the United States. It also features visits to military bases, border zones, and other security installations.

The goal of the program is to offer information to teaching professionals about the latest trends in terrorists’ ideologies, motives, and operations.

All expenses are paid by the FDD. For more information on the program, visit the FDD Web site at defenddemocracy.org.

Hall has been at George Fox since 2001. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Wheaton College and a doctorate in politics from the University of Virginia. His primary research and writing interests are American political theory and religion and politics. He has published or edited four books, and has written numerous academic articles and book chapters.

George Fox University is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,200 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 12 master’s and doctoral degrees.

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Contact: Mark Hall
Herbert Hoover distinguished professor of political science
503-554-2674
mhall@georgefox.edu

Lodging at the retreat center has already been filled, but space at the platform tent site is still available for a discounted price. The tent sites include bunk beds with mattresses and facilities with running water and toilets. The reduced cost is $82 for ages 10 to adult and $62 for ages 5-9; prices include overnight accommodations, six meals, and all program activities.

The weekend program will include speaker and worship sessions. This year’s guest speaker will be Paul Casey, director of small group development and communication at Bethel Church in Richland, Wash. Worship will be led by Mark Benjamin, director of discipleship and worship at George Fox University. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities including fishing, swimming, canoeing, archery, and challenge-course activities.

A ministry of George Fox University, Tilikum is an interdenominational retreat, educational, and camping center located in the Chehalem Valley seven miles northwest of Newberg. Its pastoral setting includes 92 acres of tree-covered hills and green pastures, with a 15-acre lake, hiking trails, and a recreation building. For more details and registration information, visit www.camptilikum.org or call 503-538-2763.

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Contact: Michelle Welton
Retreat Center Director
503-538-2763
mwelton@georgefox.edu