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Mark David Hall was awarded an Academic Fellowship on Terrorism through the Foundation for Defense of Democrats entitled "Defending Democracy, Defeating Terrorism."  This will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 9-20, 2008. After the program he will travel to Jerusalem, where he will present a lecture entitled, "The United States Supreme Court's Use of History in First Amendment Religion Clause Cases" at the Hebrew University. 

David Meyer has accepted an invitation to be Associate Professor of Political Science at George Fox University. David earned a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University and has been teaching at Cedarville University since 2002. He specializes in Comparative Government and International Relations.

Mark Hall has been selected for The Oregonian's Community Writer's Program and his essays may be read at OregonLive.com.

Ron Mock was one of the featured speakers at the Pierson International Conference held at Pyongtaek University in Pyongtaek, Korea on September 4, 2006. He spoke on the topic "Pacifism Under Pressure: Responding to Anarchy, Terrorism and Tyranny in a Nuclear Age." He also attended a symposium on September 7, 2006, on innovations in higher education hosted in Seoul by Pyongtaek University.

Conferences

Mark David Hall co-directed "The Sacred Rights of Conscience: Biblical and European Themes of Religious Liberty in Colonial America," a Liberty Fund colloquium in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 25-28, 2007.

George Fox University's 16th symposium on the life of Herbert Hoover, the humanitarian, was held on October 6, 2007. Plenary speakers included George Nash, author of the first three volumes of The Life of Herbert Hoover, who spoke on Hoover and the Belgian relief effort, and Bert Patenaude, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of The Big Show in Bololand: The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Famine of 1921, who spoke on the relief effort to Europe and Russia. As well, representatives from humanitarian groups based in the northwest such as Mercy Corps, World Concern and World Vision addressed the question of whether history can offer practical lessons for modern humanitarians.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute held its 2007 ISI Regional Leadership Conference, Religion and the American Founding at George Fox University March 3, 2007.

Books, Articles, and other publications

Collected Works of James Wilson (Liberty Fund Press), edited by Mark David Hall, Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Political Science, and Kermit L. Hall. This two-volume set brings together the most important writings and speeches of James Wilson, one of only six signers of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, and one of the most influential members of the federal Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Ron Mock's recent publication is "Loving Without Giving In: Christian Responses to Terrorism and Tyranny."
How can Christians love their neighbors and their enemies at the same time? What if the enemies are terrorists and tyrants, and the neighbors include the people they terrorize or tyrannize? Can governments be terrorists? Or only individuals? Is there a Golden Rule for nations? These are among the many questions addressed in Loving Without Giving In, the most recent publication by Ron Mock, associate professor of political science and peace studies at George Fox University. Published by Cascadia Publishing House, this 276 page volume draws from Scripture as well as the best thinking of peace scholars to analyze the global situation post-9-11.

Awards, Grants, and other Honors

Mark David Hall was appointed a Chautauqua Scholar with the Oregon Council for the Humanities. His term will expire in 2008.

Mark David Hall is also the project director for the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities Initiative Grant. The grant will support a conference on the theme of a forthcoming book he is editing entitled The Forgotten Founders on Church and State.

Ron Mock was the recipient of the 2003 John Woolman Peacemaking Award. Mock directed the university's Center for Peace Learning from 1990 to 2003. He teaches courses in political science, honors studies and is directing the new Senior Capstone course for GFU.

Mark David Hall was chosen as George Fox University's Researcher of the Year for 2003. He has published widely on religion and politics in America, Constitutional law, and American political theory.