The Daily Bruin

If you would like to nominate a colleague for the first Employee of the Month award for 2012, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by noon on Tuesday, Jan. 17, with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting this Thursday, Jan. 19.

Residence Life is hosting an RA Informational night for candidates who are interested in becoming an RA for the 2012-2013 school year.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, January 17 at 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.  Career Services will also be present to offer tips on interviewing.

Request from Marketing Communications: If you see a George Fox advertisement online, please do not click it. Each click on an ad costs the university money, in some cases as much as $15 per click.

In most cases, an online ad that is viewed – but not clicked on – does not cost the university any money. Help us be good stewards of our limited advertising dollars.

Thank you,
Marketing Communications

Micah Cooksey, an institutional technology intern, will be working in the Murdock Learning Resource Center’s information commons spring semester from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Micah will be available to assist students with technology application-based problems and questions and in-use of software loaded on information commons computers (e.g., Microsoft Office). He’ll also offer coaching for common computing resources such as the various Google applications available to George Fox students.

Contact Sue Mills with any questions (smills@georgefox.edu).

Reminder: Regalia rental requests are due eight weeks prior to commencement. In the case of this spring, no later than March 5. There is a link to the form on the Bruin Bookstore’s main website (gfubookstore.com). The link is located at the bottom of each web page.

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

Due to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, both the Villa Cafe and Bruin Den will be closed that day. They will resume their normal hours on Tuesday.

The hours of service in Klages for students on meal plans will also change slightly this weekend. Please note the following changes:

• Saturday and Sunday breakfast, from 8 to 10 a.m.
• Brunch, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Dinner Saturday night will be 4 to 7 p.m. (Bruin Madness)
• Sunday night, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
• Monday breakfast is from 8 to 10 a.m., lunch from 11 to 1:30 p.m. and dinner 4:30 to 7 p.m.

A final reminder: Applications for spending a semester off campus (studying abroad) for next school year, fall 2012 and spring 2013, are due by 5 p.m. today (Friday). Students should submit applications to the designated drop box in the Center for Global Studies located on the first floor of the Steven’s Center.

Applicants are reminded that they must have all required signatures, at least one faculty recommendation, a photocopy of their passport (if applying to an international program) that expires no earlier than six months after expected return, and have submitted the appropriate application page to health and counseling, for a complete application.

Recommendations can be submitted by e-mail to Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu, dropped at the CGS or Box #6262.

No late applications will be accepted. Students will be notified of their application status at the beginning of February.

Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at the above e-mail address or ext. 2686.

The university will host “Sacred Journey: Perspectives on Lived Faith,” featuring a panel of faith leaders from the Portland area, from 3 to 5 p.m. this Sunday in the Cap and Gown Room.

Panelists expected include Rabbi Daniel Isaak from Congregation Neveh Shalom (southwest Portland); Shahriar Ahmed, president of Bilal Masjid (Beaverton); Abbot Kyogen Carlson, from the Dharma Rain Zen Center (southeast Portland); and Sarah Thomas Baldwin, George Fox’s campus pastor and dean of spiritual life.

To learn more, visit the Peace and Justice site. Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget this Saturday’s Celebration of William Stafford event, when authors Ursula K. Le Guin and Eleanor Berry visit from 2 to 4 p.m. in Hoover 105. There is no charge to attend.

The authors will read poetry and interact with attendees. The event is held in honor of Stafford, the former U.S. and Oregon poet laureate whose life and works exemplified a quest for peace and truth. It is being hosted by the university’s Center for Peace and Justice in collaboration with the Friends of William Stafford and two of that organization’s board members, Dennis and Helen Schmidling.

You can read more about the event here.

Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgefox.edu.

The next all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site (to be provided in an announcement prior to the meeting). A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Urban Services starts for the semester today, Friday, Jan. 13! We meet every Friday to send students into Portland and Salem to build relationships with the homeless.

The groups will meet in the Bruin Den.  Salem meets for dinner at 4:30 p.m. and departs at 5 p.m.; Portland departs at 5:30 p.m. Come join us and help serve our neighboring homeless community.

Questions? Contact Heather Mabry at hmabry07@georgefox.edu or Mary Owen at mowen10@georgefox.edu.

Camp Hammer will be recruiting for its summer staff opportunities on Tuesday, Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the SUB.

Camp Hammer is a Christian camping facility located on 100 acres of Redwood forest in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains in California.
You can learn more from the camp’s website: camphammer.com.

Guitar Lessons are offered for Spring 2012 at George Fox!

PRIVATE LESSONS/APPLIED GUITAR is offered to bring your playing to the next level. One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and get some new skills and techniques. All styles are covered including jazz, blues, rock, worship, folk, etc. MUSA 105/305 GT

Lessons are taught by George Fox guitar professor Dave Iula. He has performed at many churches in Portland (Beaverton Foursquare, Southlake Church, Rolling Hills, Imago Dei Community) as well as Porland’s finest clubs (Jimmy Mak’s, The Blue Monk, Mississippi Studios).

Email Dave for more info: daveiula1@gmail.com

BruinLife is moving to Facebook rather than the Constant Contact monthly e-mail.

We will continue to post informative articles, ask questions and highlight people and activities of interest pertaining to all areas of student life at George Fox University.

BruinLife is just one other method of communicating to our community in hopes to help you make the most of your experience here at George Fox.

We welcome your suggestions regarding the content of this page. Relevancy is important to us, so if you have input please e-mail Jere Witherspoon in the student life office.

So take a moment and check out BruinLife!

Attention all married, engaged and seriously dating George Fox students! The university will be hosting a relationship retreat Feb. 10-12 in Lincoln City.

Space is limited to 15 couples!

If you would like to go, please sign up here .

Do you want to be a leader on campus? Come to the third annual GFU Leadership Preview Night tonight (Thursday) from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in Hoover 105. You will hear from current student leaders and staff about about a variety of leadership opportunities for spring semester and next year.

Below are just some of the groups presenting:

• Residence Life
• ASC
• Connections Mentoring
• Leadership Minor
• Spiritual Life
• Career Services
• University Ambassadors
• Multicultural Student Programs
• Orientation/ Peer Advisors

There will be snacks, prize giveaways, and of course, gummy bears!

See you there! Questions? Contact Ann Richmond at arichmond07@georgefox.edu.

Writers’ work improves when others read and respond as part of the writing process, with writing groups providing one means for ongoing feedback on written work. Academic Resource Center (ARC) writing groups will require a commitment of six to eight weekly meetings, with the possibility of continuing if participants choose to do so.

Writing groups can be composed of several students from a specific class or can include students from multiple disciplines. Individuals or groups of students should contact Annica Redmond (aredmond10@georgefox.edu) to express interest in starting a class-based or interdisciplinary writing group.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, Jan. 23, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Save the date! Career Services just received word that the Portland Trail Blazers organization is sponsoring a Sports & Entertainment Career Fair on Monday, March 5. The fair includes tickets to the game that night against the New Orleans Hornets.

Career Services is coordinating the group registration and providing transportation to this fair. If you are interested in receiving more information about this opportunity to connect with 20-plus employers in the sports/entertainment industry, please contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Bookstore, as well as the textbook annex, will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16, for Martin Luther King, Jr. day.