The Daily Bruin

Are you detail oriented and organized? Do you enjoy planning and coordinating events? Do you have a passion for helping Spanish Chapel grow in the future?

If so, maybe you should consider applying to become the 2013-2014 Spanish Chapel Coordinator. Since the current coordinator is graduating, we are looking for someone to fill the position next school year.

The application will soon be available, but if you have questions about the position, contact Michelle Gonzalez at mgonzalezramos09@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The meeting will include an update from President Baker on the recent board meeting.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.”

Do you want go to grad school for your master’s degree or doctorate after you graduate? If so, join us for our First Avenue Career Expo on Friday, April 5, at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There will be more than 35 graduate schools to network with, offering programs from MBA to biomolecular science.

To register and view a complete list of graduate schools attending, click here.

Transportation is available!

Questions? Contact Career Services at 503-554-2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Do you want free admission to attend the First Avenue Career Expo? If so, stop by and attend one of our “How to Work a Job Fair” info sessions today (Thursday) or tomorrow (Friday) in the Career Services office from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

To register for the First Avenue Career Expo, visit olapcfirstavenue.org.

Questions? Contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Don’t forget to turn in your March time sheets to your supervisor at the end of your last shift this week before you leave for spring break. If you are working over the break, turn them in after your last shift of the month.

Sunday, March 31, is the last day of the month. Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it. Payday is on Monday, April 15.

Thank you!
– HR

This is the last chance to R.S.V.P. to this Saturday’s (March 23) serve project with Habitat for Humanity. We will be helping with demolition of a house in the Newberg area. We could use volunteers from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you’re going to be around and are interested in helping out with this serve opportunity, please email Miranda D’Agostini at mdagostini11@goergoefox.edu.

Seniors, are you stuck on Craigslist as your main resource for finding employment? Perhaps you would like to expand your avenues for finding employment after graduation? Career Services can help you define the best resources for finding employment. Come see us for any of the following:

1. Senior Consultation; basic job search questions answered (get your free mug)
2. Optimal Job Candidate Program; skilled up and ready to go (on careers.georgefox.edu)
3. Emerging Professional Career Plans; put your future on paper/computer screen (on careers.georgefox.edu)
4. Get 20 free starter business cards for making connections while still a student.
5. Maximize use of BruinCareers and Careercenterjobs.org.
6. Check out the First Avenue Expo at olapcfirstavenue.org.

We’ve got your back. Career Services, located on the first floor of Stevens (503-554-2330, careers@georgefox.edu)

An all-employee meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The meeting will include an update from President Baker on the recent board meeting.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.”

A class, PSCI 354 Christianity and Politics in the United States, will be offered in spring 2014 and taught by Mark David Hall.

This course is designed to be accessible to sophomores, juniors and seniors from any major. There are no prerequisites. It considers three basic questions:

1. How have Christianity and politics been related historically in America?
2. How are Christianity and politics related today?
3. How should Christianity and politics be related?

Interested? To learn more, contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu.

Can a mutually caring relationship hold the key to a new and effective means of philanthropy?

How a company in Vancouver, Wash., and dozens of Christian ministries are serving as an example will be outlined by Pat Johnson, executive director of US Digital Outreach, when she speaks Tuesday, March 26, at the monthly Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest.

The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

At US Digital, a manufacturing firm in Vancouver, a simple effort to provide office space turned into a vibrant and collaborative expression of community outreach. In her role, Johnson coordinates how 35 different ministries are accommodated in the upper floor of the company building. Johnson is also the former national director of World Vision/Love INC, former coordinator for Mission Portland Networking, and founder and director of several nonprofit ministries.

For more information, go to the Chamber’s website, cccnw.net, or call 503-928-8354.

Are you looking for work after graduation?

If so, our First Avenue Career Expo is one of the top sources for:

• Full-time jobs
• Internships
• Summer jobs

Join us Friday, April 5, at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. to network with more than 75 companies for job and internship placement.

To register and view a complete list of companies attending, click here.

Transportation is available!

Questions? Contact the Career Services at 503-554-2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Salut, are you interested in learning more about French culture? Want to learn some French but don’t have time for classes? Well have no fear, French Speakers United is here!

Contact me, Jeannot Djanga, at jdjanga10@georgefox.edu for more information if you’re at all interested in joining.

The Fitness Center will be closed from 5 p.m. Friday, March 22, until 6 a.m. Monday, April 1. The track will be available for use 24/7 during this time.

Come support Rebekah Cammack, Mareesa Fawver and Dannica Thornton as they prepare for a mission/church trip to Peru this May!

They will be selling henna tattoos in the Bruin Den from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, and from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, March 22. Come get decorated for the spring break sun!  (Any other donations will be so gratefully appreciated as well, for we are in dire need of funds!)

For more information, please contact Dannica Thornton at dthornton11@georgefox.edu

All are invited to attend Spanish Chapel at 10:40 a.m. this Friday, March 22, in the Bruin Grounds. The service will begin with worship in Spanish, followed by a message by GFU graduate student Vicente Pintor. Chapel credit will be provided.

If you have any questions or would like to get involved with Spanish Chapel, contact Michelle Gonzalez at mgonzalezramos09@georgefox.edu

All are welcome to attend the Spring 2013 Faculty Lecture and Richter Scholars Symposium today (Tuesday) beginning at 5 p.m. This event will begin in the Hoover lobby with student presentations of their scholarship funded by the Richter Scholars program.

At 5:30 p.m., Terry Huffman will give a presentation in Hoover 105 on his most recent book, entitled American Indian Educators in Reservation Schools. Dr. Huffman is the George Fox University 2012 Graduate Researcher of the Year.

Today, all staff will receive an e-mail asking for nominations for Staff Development Committee. The e-mail will contain a Google form with a list of all staff eligible to be nominated for the committee.

Please complete and submit the form with your nominations. Deadline for the nominations is this Monday, March 25, at 8 a.m.

If you are on the Newberg campus today, please join your colleagues for all-employee lunch in the Cap & Gown Room. Lunch will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Have you checked your mid-term grade report? Depending upon what you find, you need to consider taking some action.

To check your mid-term grades in MYGFU –

CLICK ON SELF-SERVICE

CLICK ON ENROLLMENT

CLICK ON VIEW MY GRADES

CLICK ON THE CORRECT TERM

CLICK ON THE MID-TERM GRADES TAB

Now you need to determine what to do next:

• Consider whether to withdraw from one or more courses if it looks likely that you’ll get an F (or maybe even a D).
• The last date to withdraw is Sunday, March 24, 2013.

You can usually go below 12 hours (at this point in the semester) without impacting your financial aid or housing. However, you should contact representatives in these departments to be certain:

• Residence Life – Dave Johnstone – djohnstone@georgefox.edu
• Student Financial Services – mailto:sfs@georgefox.edu

Withdrawal results in a W on your transcript but does not factor into GPA.

If you were to get an F, it would impact GPA.

• Confirm any thoughts of withdrawing from classes with your advisor.
• Meet with each professor, especially those teaching courses you’re struggling in. Even if your professor doesn’t post mid-term grades, find out from the professor what your grade is.
• Meet with your advisor to discuss options.
• Use labs, help sessions, & the ARC.
• If you think you might have a learning disability, have some assessment done. Contact the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 or stop by their offices.
• Plan well for fall semester.
• Consider whether you are in the right pathway in terms of a major or career. You might want to enroll in GEED 214: Claim Your Career Calling, a 1-hour online course: This course is offered in the spring semester.

Contact Career Service – careers@georgefox.edu.

If you have any questions, concerns or need direction, please contact Jere Witherspoon – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu

Ginny Birky, Amy Dee, Kristin Dixon and Brenda Morton (School of Education) attended and presented papers at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference Feb. 28 through March 2 in Orlando, Florida. Amy and Brenda presented “Rethinking the Core Program: Preparing Classroom-Ready Educators for a Multiplicity of Learners;” Kristin presented “The Power of an International Clinical Field Experience;” and Brenda and Ginny presented “Re-envisioning Clinical Practice through Partnerships: How Co-teaching, Co-researching, and Co-educating can Create a Mutually Beneficial Partnership.” Brenda and Ginny also presented “Co-teaching Partnerships with Professional Development: A Unique Model of Clinical Practice for Teacher Education” at the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators gathering on Feb. 25.

Ed Higgins (English) published a poem, “Why I will not get out of bed,” in the February 2013 edition of Central Texas journal Bohemia Art and Literary Magazine.

Melanie Mock (English) published an article, “Making Yourself ‘Fit,’” in the March 13 issue of Inside Higher Ed. It was her second piece featured in the publication in as many months.