The Daily Bruin

Our women’s basketball team will host the University of Puget Sound Loggers tonight (Saturday) at 7 p.m. in Miller Gymnasium in the Northwest Conference Tournament Finals. The Bruins are scorching through the playoffs with an undefeated record (26-0) still intact and have their sights set on a bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament.

A victory tonight will automatically qualify George Fox for the tournament. Even with a loss, the Bruins could get an at-large bid into the tourney.

Ticket prices are available here.

Check out the latest blog piece from President Robin Baker, entitled “Addressing the Question of Growth.” In it, Robin provides a brief history of the university’s growth through the years, expounds on the rationale behind our marketing initiatives, and speaks to trends in higher education.

You can read the piece at this link.

The campus community is invited to a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation, “Eating Matters: Food and Faith in a Postmodern World,” this Monday, March 2, in Hoover 105. The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features Lisa Graham McMinn, a writer in residence at George Fox.

McMinn will discuss how local food movements in the U.S. (and globally) are helping educate and mend a fragmented, postmodern society in which we often don’t know where our food comes from or how it is produced. She will discuss how these movements invite individuals and communities to celebrate by eating good food – food that comes from just, compassionate and healthy sources.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

A few parking reminders for staff, faculty and adjuncts: Security has been tallying parking tickets, and an unfortunate amount were written to staff who hadn’t either registered their cars on MyGFU or had forgotten their parking permits. If you’ve had a change of vehicles, please delete your previous listing and then email Nadine Kincaid so she can re-assign your permit to the new vehicle.

The university is charged every time we have to run license plates with the DMV, so please come and get a temporary parking pass at the security office if you forgot your parking permit. Better yet, it’s just $5 cash per permit for additional ones so you don’t have to remember to switch from car to car in the early-morning madness.

Also, if your permit is in tatters, just bring the shards to the security office for a new one. Step-by-step instructions are on the George Fox website on the vehicle registration page.

And lastly, please don’t park in the visitor rows in the Hoover, Stevens and VAC lots so our guests will have easy access to parking.

Thanks! Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090.

Today is your last chance to fill out and turn in your application! Applications can be found at this link and are due today (Friday). 

If you have already applied for another student leadership position but would like to be considered for Peer Advising as well, please contact the office where you applied and ask for your application to be forwarded on to the First Year Experience Office. We look forward to meeting you soon! 

If you have any questions, please email Stephanie at sstcyr@georgefox.edu

Veritas representative Charlie Harrisberger will be on campus on Thursday, March 5, in the Bruin Den. Veritas offers a wide variety of study abroad locations. Stop by his table between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. to learn more about their program.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

Come join the nursing department for a movie night and discussion this Tuesday, March 3. We’ll be showing The Good Lie at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105 and sharing a bit about the nursing department’s medical mission trip to Kenya this March. Chapel credit is available!

Questions? Contact Ashley Abercrombie at aabercrombie11@georgefox.edu.

Come join the nursing department for a movie night and discussion this Tuesday, March 3. We’ll be showing The Good Lie at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105 and sharing a bit about the nursing department’s medical mission trip to Kenya this March. Chapel credit is available!

Questions? Contact Ashley Abercrombie at aabercrombie11@georgefox.edu.

Living and Learning, an Ecuador study abroad program, will have representative Zac Brown on campus from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in the Bruin Den. Stop in and talk with Zac about what opportunities and adventures await in Ecuador.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

See the library theatrically transform into a world where a girl wins the National Spelling Bee, with the word she feels responsible for: “Eleemosynary” (a noun, meaning charitable, or the giving of alms). The play explores the pain and love of family relationships from the perspective of three generations of women.

Eleemosynary plays tonight (Friday) and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in the Murdock Learning Resource Center. The production is being presented by George Fox theatre’s honor society, Alpha Psi Omega.

The play, written by Lee Blessing and directed by Cambria Herrera, runs for an hour and 15 minutes. Tickets are $5 and are sold at the door. First come, first serve.

Questions? Email Stage Manager Stephanie Stallman at sstallman12@georgefox.edu.

Seven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• HR – Payroll Specialist
• Accounting Specialist, Finance
• Nursing Coordinator
• Associate Registrar
• Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
• Visit Coordinator, Undergraduate Admissions
• Director of Intercultural Life

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

An informational meeting for Juniors Abroad traveling May 2016 is scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, in Wood-Mar Auditorium (please note location change).

If you are eligible to participate in May 2016 Juniors Abroad (all sophomores) please attend this meeting, as there will be crucial information you need to be able to register for the trips. Come learn more about the trips being offered, “Tent City” and the registration process.

Questions? Please contact Paul Chamberlain, director of Center for Study Abroad, at pchamberlain@georgefox.edu.

The university’s French and cinema programs invite you to the first of two evenings that make up the university’s fourth Fox French Film Festival. Join us tonight (Friday) for the opening of the festival in Hoover 105.

Showing tonight will be the movies La Première Etoile (Meet the Elizabethz) and Les Saveurs du Palais (Haute Cuisine) at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively. The former is a lighthearted comedy about a family of French Caribbean descent living in a French suburb who decide to go skiing for the first time during spring break. The latter is a comedy based on the extraordinary true story of President François Mitterand’s private cook, Hortense Laborie.

Filmgoers will also have the chance to indulge in crêpes and other French fare during the intermission for free between the shows.

The festival concludes with two more films next Friday night, March 6 (details to come).

Questions? Contact Isabelle Corneaux at icorneaux@georgefox.edu.

Join Paul Anderson, professor of biblical and Quaker studies, as he hosts another “Turning of the Page” session today (Friday) from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the MLRC. Paul will be examining another section of The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible, a full-size fine art reproduction of the original.

Also, next Thursday, March 5, Bill Cahoy, dean of the Saint John’s Theological Seminary, will be on campus to present a talk on the Bible titled “Theology, Art and Imagination.” The free session meets from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

To learn more about the “Spring into Illumination: Seeing the Word Through The Saint John’s Bible” events, visit this page. More information is also available by contacting Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

Do you want to work for a dynamic, Christian-based nonprofit organization? Are you interested in supporting global relief efforts and helping meet the needs of children from around the world?

World Vision is partnering with the IDEA Center to recruit talented George Fox students for their summer internship program. There are a variety of internships involving media, marketing, information systems, and program development. There will be an informational meeting today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in Stevens 207.

For more information, and if you can’t make the meeting, please contact CAP Coach Joe Thouvenel  at jthouvenel@georgefox.edu about this amazing opportunity.

Don’t forget to attend an all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. A live stream of the meeting will be shown in Portland Center’s Room 160.

How are you going to be involved next year?

Apply to be a Peer Advisor! Peer Advisors have a lot of fun while working hard to welcome the incoming class. We have 60 positions available. Applications can be found here and will be due Friday, Feb. 27. 

If you have already applied to be a student leader and checked the PA box, there is nothing more you need to do. We will email you further instructions at the end of February. 

Questions? Please email Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu. She would love to talk with you.

Don’t forget to turn out tonight (Thursday) as our women’s basketball team competes in the Northwest Conference Championship Tournament in Miller Gymnasium.

The top-seeded Bruins will host the fourth-seeded Whitman Missionaries at 7 p.m. in the tournament semifinals. If they win, they will advance to the tournament finals at 7 p.m. on Saturday here in Newberg. The tournament champion from the conference automatically qualifies to participate in the NCAA National Tournament.

Students still have free entry into the game, but the Northwest Conference requires employees to pay admission. Ticket prices can be seen here.

Calling all ladies of tech! This is the final call to sign up for today’s (Thursday’s) REAL Women of Tech event at OMSI in Portland. The IDEA Center will provide transportation for you to attend the Technology Association of Oregon-sponsored event, scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. The panel will discuss success stories of women in the tech world, followed by a screening of the film Big Dream.

To attend you must register at this link and with the IDEA Center. Questions? Contact Deb Mumm-Hill at dmummhill@georgefox.edu.

What do Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Baha’ism teach us about human rights? Join us for a panel discussion on the role of human rights within diverse faith traditions, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 9, in the Cap and Gown Room on the Newberg campus. There is no charge to attend.

Hosted by Sarita Gallagher (Christian studies), the panel includes George Fox professor Paul Anderson (biblical and Quaker studies); Rabbi Joseph Wolf of Huvurah Shalom; Arif Humayun, founder of Circle of Peace and member of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy; and Fridoon Rahimi, retired pediatrician and member of the Baha’i faith.

The meeting, the fourth annual Circle of Peace Seminar, is co-sponsored by George Fox University and Circle of Peace. For more information, contact Paula Hampton in the College of Christian Studies at 503-554-2650.