Don’t forget! Come watch “Kite Runner,” Friday night (Feb. 19) at 7 PM in EHS 102.
Some popcorn and drinks will be provided, but feel free to bring your own snacks as well. Hope to see you there!
Traditional Undergrads!! Don’t forget to take advantage of your free admission to Kaleo 2010! When Kids Hurt with Dr. Chap Clark and Dr. Steve Sherwood. Musical guest JJ Heller. We will also have 8 break-out session presenters. For more information about Kaleo and session presenter topics please visit kaleo.georgefox.edu. If you are interested in volunteering for Kaleo please contact Amy Lorenz at alorenz@georgefox.edu or 503.554.2134. Free Kaleo t-shirts to volunteers!
Saturday, February 20 from 9:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
The university is going to postpone requiring a housing deposit for one year. This is based on feedback we received regarding the timing of information about the deposit. We will send out more detailed information in the fall about implementing the deposit for the 2011-2012 academic year.  For 2010-2011 a deposit will not be required. Thank you for being patient as we work to implement this change
Come give your thoughts and opinions about the latest Bonfire design. This project is for you and we want to know what you think. Also,come and receive information about ASC and how you can run for Central Committee next year. If you are not on the meal plan feel free to join us, enter through the Bruin’s Den Annex.Â
February 24 at  5:30-6:30pm in the Bon
Perhaps you saw members of the university’s International Justice Mission at lunch in the Bruin Den last week; now come to the actual meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in Hoover 206. Join us as we prayerfully respond to injustice as a community and further the fight against sex trafficking and human trafficking locally and abroad.
Join the Department of Performing Arts in the first recital of the season! Bethany Muhr and Matt Hill will present their degree trumpet recital in Bauman Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. Admission is free.
The university community is invited to a Faculty Research Forum featuring Kelly Chang, assistant professor of psychology, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus.
In May 2009, Chang and a team of George Fox students worked with at-risk young girls living on a landfill in Nicaragua. She will speak of this experience and her ongoing work with the in-country organization.
Do you like showing others ways to be a more effective and efficient student? Do your friends always come to you to look over their papers before they turn them in? Do you have a GPA above 3.0?
 If you answered yes to these questions, you might have a future as an ARC Consultant in the Academic Resource Center.
 Applications are now being accepted for the 2010-11 academic year. Students who will only be on campus during the fall semester are also welcome to apply. Submit completed materials by Friday, March 5.
 More information is available at http://www.georgefox.edu/arc/application.html or at Job Connect (jobconnect.georgefox.edu).
When: April 25 2010 from 8:00-11:00 PM
Where: TBA
Two antique books (copyright 1909 and 1916) were left in the Bruin Bookstore four weeks ago. If these belong to you, please come and identify them and pick them up.
Recording artist JJ Heller is on campus this week and will perform in concert beginning at 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Cap and Gown Room. There is no admission charge to attend.
Heller will also be a musical guest at the Kaleo youth ministry conference, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium and other venues on campus on Saturday, Feb. 20. Heller has been a full-time singer/songwriter since the spring of 2003. She has produced four full-length CDs, which feature an acoustic-folk sound.
Applications are now being accepted for 2010-11 Academic Resource Center consultants. If you know students who write well, are thoughtful learners, and desire to support peers in their academic success, please encourage them to apply. Even students who will only be on campus during the fall semester are welcome to apply. Completed materials are due by Friday, March 5.
More information is available on the ARC website or at Job Connect (jobconnect.georgefox.edu).
Internationally acclaimed pianist Valentina Lisitsa will visit for the university’s fourth annual Bösendorfer Artist Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in Bauman Auditorium.
The performance will feature all 24 of Chopin’s Etudes. Each university employee and student is entitled to one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets, visit music.georgefox.edu, or call the university box office at ext. 3844.
Lisitsa also will host a master class for George Fox music major students from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Bauman Auditorium. The class is free and open to the public. During that time, she’ll be working with Tara Li and James Pick, both piano performance majors.
Lisitsa has toured throughout Europe, Japan, South America and North America. She has collaborated with the Sao Paulo Symphony, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony, and has performed with the likes of Lynn Harrell, Jimmy Lin, Roberto Diaz, Ida Haendel, and Hilary Hahn. For more information on her, visit valentinalisitsa.com.
The 5 p.m. Ash Wednesday service scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17, has been canceled. You are invited to join us during the normal chapel hour in observing Ash Wednesday.
GFU participates in NACCAP’s (www.naccap.org) national Christian college fairs. This year, they are looking for current students to design postcards that will be sent to high school students across the nation.
 The winning entry will receive $500 and their work in print.
 Please see the following for official rules & details:
Come to the Etiquette Dinner: Professional Etiquette in the Workplace Wednesday, March 3rd from 5:30-7:30 pm in the Cap & Gown Room.
Event will include:
-Presentation from Elise Petersen, certified etiquette professional -Delicious four course meal -Networking opportunity with professional table hosts -Etiquette experience you can use
 Pre-Register at Career Services now and save yourself a spot. Spaces are limited.
 Registration and ticket sales run February 22-26 in the SUB during lunches. Tickets are $10 for meal plan students, $14 for non-meal plan students.
 Contact Career services at ext 2330 for more information
It is time once again to order university stationery. For detailed order instructions, go to the university communications website.
Elizabeth Holme (Print Services) will work with the Office of Marketing 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 Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Men, you are invited to come worship and seek the heart of God at The Gathering, a student lead men’s ministry in the Prayer Chapel behind Edwards Residence Hall at 10:00 PM on Feb 17. Come join us!
Come join a campus women’s ministry, State of Your Heart, for a time of prayer and worship at 9:30 PM Wednesday, Feb. 17, in the Hoover 105.
Look for issue eight of The Crescent in your mailbox Wednesday, Feb. 17. Thank you for reading!
