The Daily Bruin

Greetings from the George Fox theatre department! Our 2016-17 season kicks off with Blithe Spirit, an English comedy of manners by Noel Coward. Come join us for a lighthearted romp into the 1940s as we witness Charles Condomine face his ghosts.

The show runs in Wood-Mar Auditorium Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 27-29 at 7:30 p.m., and will also include a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Oct. 30. All George Fox employees receive one free ticket. Reserve your seat online and bring your George Fox ID with you to show at the door. You may also purchase additional tickets online.

Synopsis: When Charles Condomine invites Madame Arcati to perform a séance as an evening entertainment for a dinner party he suddenly finds himself face-to-face with his deceased wife, Elvira … much to the chagrin of his current spouse, Ruth. Mayhem ensues when Ruth is accidentally killed and united with Elvira on the “other side.” Together, the two blithe spirits haunt their hapless husband with hilarious consequences. Join us for an evening of classic British comedy that will delight and surprise. Suitable for ages 10 and up.

Blithe Spirit is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French Inc.

See you at the show!

The adidas Employee Store is offering the employee discount of 50 percent off to all George Fox University employees. To access the store during the shopping period, present your employee ID or pay stub and a valid photo ID at check-in. The employee must be present in order for the entire party to enter the store (maximum five persons). Access is unlimited from Oct. 12 through Oct. 25, 2016.

Now that school is back in session and our fall weather has arrived, now is the best time to update your sportswear wardrobe for all your fall activities. The adidas Employee Store is featuring our new athletics apparel line, new outerwear, new collections in men’s and women’s golf, and soccer gear for the soccer enthusiasts.

The adidas Employee Store is located at 5060 N. Greeley Ave., in Portland. It’s open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Note: The employee discount of 50 percent off is only valid at the adidas Employee Store located at 5060 N. Greeley Ave. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other coupon, discount, or promotion except as otherwise expressly permitted. Not valid for purchases of gift certificates. Offer has no cash value.

adidas reserves the right to change terms and conditions, substitute offer of equal or greater value, end offer at any time without notice, and decline offer to any consumer adidas believes, in its sole discretion, may resell adidas product. Additional restrictions and exclusions may apply; see store for details. Void where prohibited. ©2016 adidas America, Inc.

Contact the store directly (971-234-8536) with any questions.

Are you a faculty or staff person who needs to purchase or rent regalia for Fall Commencement?

Click this link to place your order. This new process will allow you to ship to your home or the Bruin Store, but order ASAP as shipment can take up to five weeks.

If you have any questions, contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu).

Lunch-baggers and coffee drinkers! Your lunch was probably nice and tasty when you brought it to school in that insulated lunch bag or storage container, but a few days later it’s not so appealing, and neither are the coffee thermoses.

Come ASAP to the Security Services Office to claim your lost lunch bags, food storage containers, and coffee containers.

Know of students who need some assistance when it comes to writing research papers? Encourage them to attend a workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” tomorrow (Thursday) in Hoover 105.

Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Sarah Stevenson, public services librarian, will present a step-by-step guide to campus and internet resources to help make students research pros. The session runs from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Need some assistance when it comes to writing research papers? Join us for a workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” tomorrow (Thursday) in Hoover 105.

Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Sarah Stevenson, public services librarian, will present a step-by-step guide to campus and internet resources to help make you a research pro. Join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Believe it or not, it is the middle of the semester. Now is the time to take an assessment of your perception of how you are doing in each of your classes. Midterm grades are important indicators of how you are doing in your classes. While they are not a part of your permanent record, they are important to pay attention to.

In some cases, midterm grades represent about half your grade in the course. If you have questions, you should check with your professors. It is vital to know where you stand in each of your classes.

Midterm grades are meant to encourage you to get in touch with others: your professor, your advisor, your Career & Academic Planning Coach and the Academic Resource Center. The worst thing to do about midterm grades is to ignore them or to assume you can improve them on your own.

Professors do want to meet with you. Do not hesitate to make an appointment with each of them.

Midterm grades are due by Sunday, Oct. 23. You should plan to check your midterm grades after this date.

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 “Midterm Grades” tab (If you do not see a “Midterm Grades” tab, it is likely none of your professors have entered any midterm grades for you. Please contact your professors to find out what your midterm grades are.)

Now you need to determine what to do next:
 Contact your professors. Faculty are not required to enter midterm grades. You are advised to check with each of your professors about your status in their class.

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, Nov. 6.

You can usually go below being enrolled in 12 credit 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: 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 midterm grades, find out from the professor what your grade is. You should also meet with your advisor to discuss options. Use labs, help sessions and 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 office on South River Street to make an appointment.

Plan well for spring semester. Contact your CAP Coach to get advice about spring semester. Not sure how to take the next step? Email studentlife@georgefox.edu or stop by our office on the third floor of the Stevens Center. We’re here to help!

Student Life Department
We serve students!
studentlife@georgefox.edu
503-554-2310

The campus will look a little different on Saturday as we prepare to host thousands of guests at our football game that afternoon at 1:00 p.m.. Here are some things to make note of:

Bauman Parking Lot
Be sure to move your cars out of the Bauman parking lot on Friday evening. This space will be dedicated to vendors and tailgating on Saturday. Stop by on Saturday and check out all of the food and activities happening before the game!

Entrances to the football game
There will be two entrances into the game and both are located in the Bauman parking lot, directly behind the stadium.

Wheeler Sports Center closed
The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. This means the basketball gym, racquetball courts and locker rooms will be closed. The Fitness Center will remain open for normal business hours, but you will need to enter through the hallway entrance located on the field level, toward the end of the building near the tennis courts. There will be security officers who will ask you where you are headed; just let them know that you are going to work out.

Bauman Walkway
The sidewalk located between the football stadium and Bauman will be closed. Please walk around the building and do not move the barricade.

Barricades
If you see a barricade, it is there for a reason. Please do not move them, jump over them, crawl under them, or unlock them.

Circle Parking Lot
The circle parking lot near Wheeler will be closed for the day. This space is reserved for officials to park in. Officials will arrive as early as 8:30 a.m.

Tickets
Students and staff can show their ID cards at the gate to get into the game. Additional tickets can be purchased online or at the gate by visiting http://athletics.georgefox.edu/information/tickets.

We hope to see you at the game at 1:00 and the tailgates prior to that!

Questions? Contact Elise Trask at etrask@georgefox.edu or Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.

We hope you’re looking forward to the opportunity to step away from daily tasks to refresh and renew yourself at our fall staff conference on Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons (101-103). Join us for worship and a workshop with guest speaker Doreen Dodgen-Magee, a psychologist from Portland, Oregon who has 22 years of experience working with individuals and groups. She presents material that is fascinating and sobering in a way that is absolutely captivating.

Continental breakfast and lunch are included. Please contact Peg Hutton (phutton@georgefox.edu) if you have food allergies.

All staff (non-administration, non-faculty) are required to attend unless you have VP approval; direct your absence approvals to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu).

Program provided by your Staff Development Committee.

Jeremy Doucette-Hardy has joined University Advancement as associate director of annual giving. For the past two years he’s worked at Reed College in Portland as assistant director of the annual fund. Before that, he worked as a development associate for Caldera Arts of Portland in 2014 and as a development assistant at the University of Oregon in 2012-13. Jeremy also has experience in fundraising, grant writing and portfolio management, as he did all three tasks as a development manager for KPSU Radio in Portland from 2006 to 2008. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Portland State University (2011). Jeremy lives in Salem with his wife Danielle and their two daughters – Vienne (6) and Stella (15 months). The family attends First Church of the Nazarene in Salem.

Mail Services welcomes Jered McConaughey as a senior mail services specialist. An alumnus of the university, he has worked the past four years as a work-study student in the department. He also worked the past two years as a youth pastor at West Chehalem Friends Church in Newberg. Jered earned a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministries from George Fox this past spring. He lives in Newberg with his wife Alyssa and attends North Valley Friends Church.

Cesar Calderon Villatoro has joined plant services as a groundskeeper this month. He worked most recently as a line cook at The Allison Inn and Spa’s Jory Restaurant, from 2013 to 2015. He gained groundskeeping experience as a groundsman for the Dennis’ 7 Dees landscaping business in Portland in 2011-12 and at Aurora Landscaping in 2013. He is currently enrolled in Portland Community College’s English as a Second Language program. Cesar lives in Newberg with his wife Amber and two youngest children, Topaz and Dario, and recently started Ministerio Hispano at Grace Baptist Church, an outreach to the Hispanic population, in Newberg.

Katherine Alexander has returned to George Fox to serve as a visiting assistant professor in the English Language Institute program.

Traci Porter (Library) left the university earlier this month to take a position closer to her home.

Greg Allen (Adult Degree Programs) was invited to be panelist speaking about leadership at the Premier CIO Forum in Portland on Oct. 13. More than 4,000 CIOs and IT managers attended the event, which brought together some of the region’s top visionaries and professionals from the IT industry to discuss and share experiences related to technology and business structure.

Howard Macy (Professor Emeritus, College of Christian Studies) published a new book, Discovering Humor in the Bible: An Explorer’s Guide, through Cascade Books (a division of Wipf and Stock Publishers). In it, he examines humor in the Bible – why it’s there, why it matters, what it looks like, how to look for it, and what to do with it when you find it.

Richard Shaw (Counseling) was recently the invited Cessna Lecturer at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. The Cessna Lectures include a three-hour presentation to the Healing Academy of the Seminary, a presentation in chapel and a talk-back session with students and faculty. Richard’s chapel service presentation was entitled “Shame No More.” Richard graduated with a master’s degree in counseling from Asbury Seminary 25 years ago.

He was also recently in Addison, Texas, invited by Dr. Jim Sells, assistant dean of the School of Psychology and Counseling at Regent University, as one of 20 key higher education leaders in Christian counseling. Among those present were representatives from other Christian counselor education programs, the president of the American Association of Christian Counseling (Dr. Tim Clinton), Christian Association of Psychological Studies counselor education representative Dr. Todd Frye of Nazarene Seminary, and board representatives of CACREP accreditation. The gathering was designed to share ideas and build strategies for assisting Christ-based counselor education programs to work successfully with the CACREP accreditation organization around diversity, discrimination and sexuality issues in counselor education.

Kenn Willson (Music) just returned from Huntsville, Texas, where he performed his “Encounters with Beethoven” concert at Sam Houston State University. The concert is one Kenn has developed over the years and includes humor, pathos, cartoons, slides, and sometimes rock and roll. In short, Kenn says, “It’s not your typical piano recital.”

We regret to inform you that the upcoming lecture from biotech entrepreneur Donald Drakeman on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105 has been canceled due to aftermath effects from Hurricane Matthew in the speaker’s home town. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause for those who have made special arrangements to attend.

Oct. 20               Paul Becker, Rachael Henry, Mac Oxford
Oct. 21               Teresa Arnold
Oct. 22               Samantha Adams, Dwayne Hood, Tricia Hornback
Oct. 23               Andy Baker
Oct. 24               Ryan Dougherty, Dixie Downey
Oct. 25               Rachel Ryan
Oct. 26               Todd Curtis, Aida Ramos
Oct. 29               Roger Nam, Rusty St. Cyr
Oct. 30               Katie Sol
Oct. 31               Dane Joseph

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) tomorrow (Wednesday), Oct. 19, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Visit the FoxTALE for Students webpage for guides and resources.

For questions or assistance using FoxTALE, contact the IT Service Desk (servicedesk@georgefox.edu) at 503-554-2569.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) tomorrow (Wednesday), Oct. 19, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, Summer 2016 course sites will be hidden to students (current semester course sites will be unaffected and remain visible to students).

If you want to make any past course site visible to students after this update:
– Select Administration block > Course Administration > Edit settings
– In the “General” section, look for the “Visible” setting
– Change “Hide” back to “Show”
– Scroll to bottom and “Save changes”

Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for guides and resources.

For questions or assistance using FoxTALE, contact the IT Service Desk (servicedesk@georgefox.edu) at 503-554-2569.

Did you know that there are several openings for part-time work both on and off campus? Check Handshake (georgefox.joinhandshake.com) to browse open on-campus positions, which include work-study jobs. We also have an extensive local jobs board on Bruin Boards (http://bruinboards.georgefox.edu/) where you can find various types of part-time positions in the local area! Many of these positions offer flexible hours that are perfect for students with busy schedules.

Newberg students: Come by the IDEA Center with questions or for help finding the positions that are a good fit for you.

Start your day in a healthy way! Participate in a demonstration of healthy cooking, specializing in breakfast foods. We will be in Canyon Commons 101 at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20.

Join Bruins LEAD this Thursday, Oct. 20, to hear men’s golf coach Branden Thompson speak on “How to Get Your Teammates Back on Track.”

You don’t have to be an athlete or coach to be part of Bruins LEAD. It is simply an opportunity to develop your leadership skills. We will take basic leadership concepts and spend one hour diving into details of how to develop responsible and respected leaders.

Each week, you will get to hear from one of our coaches on the following topics:

Oct. 20 – Branden Thompson on “How to Get Your Teammates Back on Track”
Oct. 27 – Jessica Hollen on “How to Manage Team Conflict”

All sessions take place from 8:40 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. in Lemmons 8.

While some of the content may be specific to athletics and teams, we feel strongly that every person will end up working in a team at some point in their lives, and this information can be relevant for everyone on campus.

If you were unable to attend the first few sessions, join us for week four. Snacks will be provided!

Questions? Contact Kelsea Meyers at kmeyers13@georgefox.edu.

Check out the October two-day sale at the Bruin Store on Oct. 19 and 20.

The sale includes 25% off of:

• fleece wear
• short-sleeve and long-sleeve tees
• Cutter & Buck polos
• stadium and tailgating items

Sale is offered in store and online!

Nike products are not included in this sale.