The Daily Bruin

This is a reminder that in order to be eligible to participate in the housing selection process for the 2012-13 academic year each student will need to pay a $150 non-refundable housing deposit. After housing assignments have been made this deposit will be held and applied towards future charges.

Housing deposits can be paid in Student Financial Services (SFS) on the first floor of the Stevens Center beginning Feb. 6 through March 16. Before you pay you should be aware of the following:

1. Your student account must be paid in full. If on a payment plan, your February payment (or March payment if after March 1) must be received and any amount not covered by your payment plan must be paid.
2. Regardless of who pays the deposit, each student must stop by SFS. If the deposit is accepted you will receive a Housing Deposit Confirmation slip. This slip is needed as a record of payment.
3. A payment received in any other way won’t be processed as a deposit, but instead will overpay the account or be applied towards the next monthly payment. SFS routinely refunds over-payments so if you get a refund check you are not expecting please stop by to confirm the status of your deposit.

Continue to watch for more information about the housing selection process in the next several weeks. For additional details about housing selection and the housing deposit, please visit the Housing and Residence Life website or e-mail housing@georgefox.edu with questions.

Subscribe now to the “SFS News” to receive important alerts and brief announcements specifically from the GFU Student Financial Services Office!

A lunch event next Thursday, Feb. 9, will explore cooperative and collaborative learning structures that enhance student learning.

“February Lunch and Learn: Managing Cooperative Learning Groups” is scheduled from 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Cap and Gown Room A. Presenters Gary Kilburg (MAT/Director of The Mentoring Institute) and Tom Buchanan (MAT) will present.

Synposis
There is a significant body of research that suggests students learn effectively when they have opportunity to engage with their peers through the learning process. Employers identify “collaboration” as a 21st-century skill needed for today’s workplace. This session includes:

• Looking at what research says about the benefits of this learning
• Some of the parameters to keep in mind to structure effective collaborative learning
• Modeling of structures and sharing among group members

R.S.V.P. to Brenda Burg (bburg@georgefox.edu) to reserve your lunch.

Come in and see the Bruin Bookstore’s new Columbia Sportswear and School House products. While you’re here, check out our sale items marked down 33 percent.

IT is offering two webinars during the week of Feb. 6:

• Google Docs Sharing and Collaboration, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 4-4:30 p.m.
• Foxfiles, Thursday, Feb. 9, 4-4:30 p.m.

Join IT throughout the spring for 30-minute webinars on FoxTALE, FoxFiles and Google Docs. View the schedule and sign up at this link. Information on how to join each webinar will be delivered via e-mail 24 hours prior to the webinar. We’ll continue to add webinars and post additional announcements.

Questions? Contact Sheila Abercrombie at sabercro@georgefox.edu or Kandie Comfort at kcomfort@georgefox.edu.

Friday, Feb. 3, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Friday, Feb. 3, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Feb. 4, 6 p.m. – Men’s tennis vs. Cal-Davis (Tualatin Hills Tennis Center, Beaverton, Ore.)

For more information, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the sports website at gfubruins.com.

The fitness center and gym in Wheeler Sports Center were temporarily closed, cleaned and disinfected on Wednesday afternoon after an individual using the fitness center was treated for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a type of staph bacteria.

Most MRSA infections are skin infections that may appear as pustules or boils which often are red, swollen, painful, or have pus or other drainage. They often first look like spider bites or bumps that are red, swollen, and painful. These skin infections commonly occur at sites of visible skin trauma, such as cuts and abrasions, and areas of the body covered by hair.

If you think you may have symptoms, you are encouraged to visit or call the George Fox Health and Counseling Center (503-554-2340).

MRSA infections, as with all staph, are usually spread by having contact with someone’s skin infection or personal items they have used, like towels, bandages, or razors that touched their infected skin.

According to the CDC, here are some of the best ways to prevent MRSA:

• Wash your hands thoroughly. Use soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Experts suggest that you wash your hands for as long as it takes you to recite the alphabet.
• Cover cuts and scrapes with a clean bandage. This will help the wound heal. It will also prevent you from spreading bacteria to other people.
• Do not touch other people’s wounds or bandages.

Do not share personal items like towels or razors. If you use any shared gym equipment, wipe it down before and after you use it. Drying clothes, sheets, and towels in a dryer – rather than letting them air dry – helps kill bacteria.

You can read more info on MRSA at the Center for Disease Control Web site.

Faculty: We are beginning our process of returning unsold textbooks to our vendors. Please notify your students that if they have not yet purchased a book for your class, they need to do that soon. We will have limited stock on hand after next week.

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

Thanks for your help.

– Bruin Bookstore

Don’t miss the application deadline to apply for Multicultural Student Programs assistant work-study and Peer-2-Peer coordinator internship positions, which is this Friday, Feb. 3.

Click this link for applications.

Faculty: If you have students who use APA style for citations, we have a workshop scheduled just for them. Sue O’Donnell (Psychology) will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style, on Friday, Feb. 3, at 10:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Please let your students know about this opportunity.

Stressed out because you don’t know APA style for citations? This workshop is for you. Sue O’Donnell (Psychology) will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.

The session will be held Friday, Feb. 3, at 10:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Another month is here, and with it comes the opportunity to submit a nomination for another Employee of the Month award recipient. If you know of someone whose recent contributions make him or her worthy of this honor, please take a few minutes to send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg that includes a specific summary of the person’s contributions (past 30 days or so) and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving. Nominations are due Feb. 15.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select this month’s winner from the nominations submitted, and he or she will be awarded a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23.

A senior capstone group has organized Cards of Hope to benefit the Garden of Hope organization as it works to help rescue and rehabilitate victims of sex trafficking in Southeast Asia. Take a look at our six standard photo greeting cards, with 100 percent of the proceeds going directly to Garden of Hope. Only $2 per card!

Visit this Facebook link to see the cards and order. We also offer a customizable card option that allows you to e-mail in any photo to be placed on a greeting card ($3 per card). E-mail orders with the photo you’d like and the quantity desired to: cardsofhopegfu@gmail.com.

Help us send hope to the women and men of Southeast Asia as we support Garden of Hope. To learn more, contact Joel Perri at jperri09@georgefox.edu.