The Daily Bruin

The deadline for the Campus Music Project’s Artwork Album Cover Contest has been extended to next Sunday, February 24 at midnight.

A Columbia Records marketing representative will be looking at ALL of the artwork submissions! The winner and anyone they are interested in, will be contacted by Columbia Records. Come participate in this amazing opportuniy and possibly do work for Columbia.

Email Sue Johnson  at sjohnson04@georgefox.edu for submissions and any other questions.

For more details check out the CMP website:
www.cmp.georgefox.edu

Are you interested in creating awareness and promoting activism in the global AIDS pandemic at Fox?

Join us Thursday nights at 8:30 p.m. in the Bruin’s Den starting Feb. 21.

As Christ’s followers, it is our responsibility to live a life where we speak for those who cannot. Will you speak?

For more information, contact Caitlin Bletscher: cbletscher05@georgefox.edu

James 1:27

President Robin Baker’s Strategic Plan discussion, presented Friday, Feb. 15, is now available at iTunes U. To view it, click on the following link: media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl.

A farewell reception for Jules Glanzer (Seminary) is scheduled from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the main lobby of the Portland Center. Jules is leaving to serve as president of his alma mater, Tabor College in Kansas.

Mu Kappa is a fraternal organization for third culture kids. It is sponsored by missionary kids FOR missionary kids or others who grew up in a culture not their own.

The purpose of this group is to help embrace the past while building a foundation for the future.

For the first time, GFU will have a Mu Kappa chapter on campus.

The first gathering will be held on Thursday, February 21 at 8 pm in the Moore House (or commuter lounge).

Food and beverages will be provided.

For more information about this group, please contact Mark Kelley at kelleym07@georgefox.edu.

We look forward to getting together and finding ways to connect and serve each other.

George Fox students and the Office of Student Life are collecting money to help students at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. This sister Council for Christian Colleges and Universities institution was hit hard by a series of tornadoes last week. They have posted a YouTube video at youtube.com/watch?v=3O-IiHCrsK8.

The damage is incredible. It is amazing and a miracle of God that there were no lives lost (though many injuries). All the buildings except one were hit by the storm and many are beyond repair.

Our goal is to raise money that will be used to buy gift cards that will be given directly to Union University students (through their Student Life department) who lost everything in the storm (far more than insurance will cover). Some George Fox employees expressed an interest in participating. We will collect money in our office on the third floor of the Stevens Center through Tuesday, Feb. 19, and the university’s Associated Student Community (ASC) will be matching the gifts.

Please continue to pray for the Union University community during this time!

– Brad Lau, vice president of student life

We are excited to announce, though it was inadvertently left out of our previous announcement, that the Optimal Resume Job Search system is available to ALL GFU students, both undergraduate and ­graduate students as well as alumni. 

Your job search preparation has never been so convenient and so professional.

Imagine having access to a top-notch resume builder, cover letter builder, interviewing practice, skills assessment, e-portfolio and website builder in one system online and on your own schedule.

Optimal Resume, now offered through Career Services, is certain to give you the professional advantage you need to compete successfully with other candidates in the market. You will be getting a great value with the complete set of tools available in this Career Services resource system along with consultation on demand.

This new system is now an important prerequisite to getting further assistance – the starting point before you request to see us about any of the above job search tools/skills.

Sign up for an account at: http://georgefox.optimalresume.com or go to Bruindata, click on “My Data,” and click on “Optimal Resume”

Pricing:

GFU Graduate and undergraduate students pay a one-time fee of $25 and can use Optimal Resume as long as you are a student at George Fox, plus six months after graduation.

Alumni pay a $29 fee for one year of use.

A 20 percent discount applies for those who are required to use the system in a course.

Your best first impression just got better with Optimal Resume!

Questions? Contact Career Services at 503-554-2330.

There is still time for faculty to express an interest in being part of our faculty exchange program with Wuhan University of Technology in China. This involves spending up to a month at Wuhan in May or June, teaching courses in your field and learning about the culture.

Our visiting faculty member from Wuhan, Liu Shengmin, could be helpful in knowing more about the city, the university, and the expectations of visiting faculty members. Faculty members pay for their own travel and Wuhan provides accommodations and some of the meals.

Interested? Contact Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies) at ext. 2685.

Through the support of the Marshall Christenson Foundation, George Fox is currently hosting a visiting faculty member from Kazakhstan. Her month-long stay will soon be ending, but we will be hosting two more professors, these from the Kiev National Linguistic University in Ukraine. They both teach English, so they will have no trouble communicating. One is a man and the other a woman.

They will be here from Feb. 26 through March 26. Their goal is to learn about our teaching strategies in English literature and the English language, so they will be visiting several classes. They also will want to participate in various university and community activities during their time here.

If you would consider hosting one or both of them or know of someone in the community who might be interested, please contact Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies) at ext. 2685.

A bioethics discussion, “Abortion and Breast Cancer, the Missing Link Found,” with Dr. Clem Persaud, PhD, a professor of biotechnology, is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Hoover 105.

Come hear one of the world’s leading biotechnology experts discuss relevant topics of faith and science. Dr. Persaud is a retired professor of biotechnology from Canadore College, Ontario.  He travels extensively leading bioethics discussions on various topics such as stem cells, embryo research, and cloning.

For more information, contact Ryan MacKenzie at rmackenzie04@georgefox.edu.

In an effort to get to know the community better, President Robin and Ruth Baker are hosting a series of small-group desserts at their home. The first staff/administrator dessert, open to the first 15 people who e-mail Missy Terry (President’s Office), will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Please note: There will be other dessert opportunities for staff/administrators as well as faculty groups in the future.

Welcome prospective students as they visit our campus for the Scholarship Competition Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16.

Avoid the crowds in the Bon by eating before 5:30 p.m. or after 6:00 p.m. on Friday.

Please also avoid parking in the Steven Center lot so that visitors will have space to park.

Don’t forget to listen to KFOX Monday, Feb. 18 at 9:00 p.m. to hear “The Cheese Stands” alone with DJ Lauren.

Tune in again on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7:00 p.m. to hear “The John and Jere Show” with special guest Joy Schneider to discuss her Ring by Spring dilemma. 

Continue listening Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. for “3 Nails No Duct Tape” with DJ’s John and Andrew. 

Our North building has gone to a cardlock system to increase preventative security for our staff that works there. Eventually our main south building will also be using cardlock system in the evenings.

To ensure that you can access the building in the evening once the system is up and running, please stop by the front office at your earliest convenience to have your card tested for encoding. If it needs to be encoded, our front office staff will be able to do that for you at that time. The process takes only 2-3 minutes.  

If you have already come by the front office and had your card encoded, please disregard this email.

Thank you for your cooperation!

The admissions office is hosting Scholarship Competition for prospective students this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16. This is an important event for prospective students to visit our campus. Please join us in offering up your Steven’s Center parking spots to our guests on Friday.

Parking is available for employees in the lots at Bauman Auditorium and Pennington Hall. Thank you for your consideration – it is greatly appreciated.

– Admissions

The Office of Marketing and Communications is currently collecting orders for name tags. Orders are due by Friday, Feb. 22.

Submit your requests online at: academic.georgefox.edu/foxforms/forms/Order Name Tags.html.

For more information, go to the creative services website at:
georgefox.edu/offices/communications/creative_srv/name_tags.html.

It’s time to order university stationery. For detailed order instructions, go to the university communications website at georgefox.edu/offices/communications/creative_srv/letterhead.html.

Elizabeth Holme in Print Services will work with the Office of Marketing and Communications in ordering general university (i.e. non-departmental stationery) letterhead and envelopes. You will continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through her.

Orders are due by Friday, March 14.

The University Store is hosting a President’s Day sale Monday, Feb. 18. Save 50 percent on all showcase items (in the display case). Don’t know what these are? Just ask!

– Laura Klaus

The Office of Marketing and Communications is now collecting orders for business cards. Orders are due Thursday, Feb. 28. Please place your orders through your department’s administrative assistant.

Expected delivery is the beginning of April. For all orders, even exact reprints, submit your order using our online form: georgefox.edu/offices/communications/creative_srv/bus_cards.html.

Your job search preparation has never been so convenient and so professional.

Imagine having access to a top-notch resume builder, cover letter builder, interviewing practice, skills assessment, e-portfolio and website builder in one system online and on your own schedule.

Optimal Resume, now offered through Career Services, is certain to give you the professional advantage you need to compete successfully with other candidates in the market. You will be getting a great value with the complete set of tools available in this Career Services resource system along with consultation on demand.

This new system is now an important prerequisite to getting further assistance – the starting point before you request to see us about any of the above job search tools/skills.

Sign up for an account at: http://georgefox.optimalresume.com or go to Bruindata, click on “My Data,” and click on “Optimal Resume”

Pricing:

Undergrads pay a one-time fee of $25 and can use Optimal Resume as long as you are a student at George Fox, plus six months after graduation.

Alumni pay a $29 fee for one year of use.

A 20 percent discount applies for those who are required to use the system in a course.

Your best first impression just got better with Optimal Resume!

Questions? Contact Career Services at 503-554-2330.