The Daily Bruin

Are you and your work buddies looking for a way to have some fun? If so, then consider the Health and Wellness Week Corporate Games!

Teams of four from various businesses and from George Fox University departments will challenge each other in various games and relays to see who can be the best. The School of Physical Therapy has a team, and we challenge all comers to have a great time and build some team spirit.

Interested? Sign up at this link. The event will take place at Stoffer Family Stadium on Friday, March 17, beginning at 6 p.m.

Let the games begin! Contact Marcey Keefer Hutchison (mkeeferhutchison@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The Wineskin, the university’s student literary and art magazine, is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2017 issue. If you are a writer, photographer or artist, this is a great chance to get your work published in a journal.

This issue’s theme is “Black/White, Day/Night.” The Wineskin is particularly looking for pieces dealing with the relationship of opposites and oppositional forces. Feel free to interpret this creatively – you are the artist! We are asking for:

• Fiction & Non-Fiction Prose: 750-word limit, must be a stand-alone piece (no book excerpts)
• Poetry: Three-submission limit
• Photography: Black and white; include title and send as a 300 dpi image
• Art: Black and white; include 300 dpi image (The Wineskin is happy to take a quality image for you – email for more information!)

Not all pieces will be selected, but feel free to submit your best work by Monday, March 20. Email any questions and/or submission(s) to gfuwineskin@gmail.com. Please email submissions as an attached document.

Come try out for a student-directed play, Falling, about family and how to love others who are difficult to love.

Audition information:

• When: 7-9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27
• Where: Bauman Greenroom
• Casting needs: Three women, two men
• Please come prepared with a 90-second contemporary dramatic monologue

Sign up for a five-minute audition time slot for general auditions. The sign-up sheet is on the theatre department call board in the Lemmons Center.

Are you struggling to manage your time? Are you unsure of formatting? Do you want someone to bounce paper ideas off of? Does your professor require you to visit the ARC? If you have answered yes to any of the questions above, don’t wait until the last minute to make an appointment at the ARC.

Go to arcschedule.georgefox.edu and book your appointment now! We are open on Monday through Thursday from 1 to 10 p.m. and Friday from noon to 4 p.m.

Join us for a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation this Monday, Feb. 27, when Aida Ramos, assistant professor of sociology at George Fox, presents “El Sueño” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Ramos will describe how the American Dream plays out for her family, including her immigrant relatives, connecting their experience to sociological evidence revealing a larger picture of the promise of the Dream and its limitations for Latinos.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “The Future of the American Dream.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Come try out for a student-directed play, Falling, about family and how to love others who are difficult to love.

Audition information:

• When: 7-9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27
• Where: Bauman Greenroom
• Casting needs: Three women, two men
• Please come prepared with a 90-second contemporary dramatic monologue

Sign up for a five-minute audition time slot for general auditions. The sign-up sheet is on the theatre department call board in the Lemmons Center.

Contact JeanneAnn Faris (jfaris15@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Do you live on campus, but can’t/don’t want to drive a car? A group of students is working on a proposal for ASC to bring a bike-sharing service to the Newberg campus, and we would like to know what you think.

Please fill out this second short bike-sharing survey by clicking the link below.

Survey: Bike-Sharing on Campus #2

Thanks,
– Lindsey Doran (ldoran14@georgefox.edu)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Apply to be a Peer Advisor this fall! We are looking for a diverse group of leaders to welcome in the class of 2021. If you loved being a part of Welcome Weekend and enjoy supporting your peers, we would love to meet you.

Applications can be found here and are due today (Friday) at 5 p.m. The position begins Aug. 19 and goes through the fall semester. If you have any questions, please email fye@georgefox.edu.

Lifted Hands is part of an effort to get students on the George Fox campus gathering together in prayer over our community, our world and each other. We invite all students to join us every Friday from 2 to 2:30 p.m. in the Prayer Chapel.

For more information, please write Zack Tewksbury at ztewksbury14@georgefox.edu.

Hello all faculty and academic department administrators …

Wednesday, March 1, is the deadline for ALL textbook adoptions for Summer 2017 courses. If you require students to have any textbook for the summer term, please enter those textbooks into iGFU as soon as possible and no later than March 1.

For more information, contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

You’re invited to join the 125 MPH Wellness Group every Monday from noon to 12:30 p.m. to walk the Stoffer Stadium track (or walk through the neighborhood if the mood strikes us). Try to be on time in case we do decide to do some exploring. We’ll need to start right away. We’re loads of fun and would love to have you join us.

Questions? Contact Patty Findley at ext. 2910 or pfindley@georgefox.edu.

The online timesheet program will be inaccessible this morning (Thursday) from 4 to 7 a.m. If you need to clock in during these hours you will need to wait until after 7 a.m. to record your shift.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kasondra Silva at 503-554-2184 or by email at ksilva@georgefox.edu.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source before Thursday, March 16.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Interested in learning about successful communication in the workplace? Want to know how to set boundaries and say no, while still appealing to your future employers? Come to the “How to Say No and Not Get Fired” session tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. in Canyons Commons.

The communication department is hosting Natalie Gould, a 2010 journalism graduate currently employed at an award-winning digital marketing agency in Dallas, Texas. Natalie will give a brief presentation at 7 p.m. on creating boundaries and being successful in the workplace, followed by a Q&A session.

Come enjoy desserts, refreshments and good conversation starting at 6:30 p.m.! Questions? Contact Heather Rockwell (hrockwell13@georgefox.edu).

Basketball season continues at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday), when our women’s team hosts Whitman College in Miller Gymnasium in the Northwest Conference Tournament semifinals. The winner advances to the conference championships to play for an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament. The men will also play Whitman College Thursday night on the road.

Because this is a Northwest Conference tournament event, staff and faculty have to pay for entry ($6 for adults; $3 for seniors over 65 and children under 12), but George Fox students are still admitted for free. Let’s pack Miller Gymnasium and cheer our Bruins to victory!

If you are a veteran graduating in the spring of 2017 and would like to wear a veteran honor cord at the commencement ceremony, please email veterans@georgefox.edu to request an application. All applications must be received by Friday, April 7.

When midterms and finals come around, there are few available seats to be found in the library and meeting places for study purposes. We are gathering student suggestions for new or improved study areas on and off campus.

To share your thoughts, please take our student survey by clicking the link below.

Survey: Campus Study Locations

Thank you!
– McKenzie Schaffer (mschaffer@georgefox.edu)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The Wineskin, the university’s student literary and art magazine, is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2017 issue. If you are a writer, photographer or artist, this is a great chance to get your work published in a journal.

This issue’s theme is “Black/White, Day/Night.” The Wineskin is particularly looking for pieces dealing with the relationship of opposites and oppositional forces. Feel free to interpret this creatively – you are the artist! We are asking for:

• Fiction & Non-Fiction Prose: 750-word limit, must be a stand-alone piece (no book excerpts)
• Poetry: Three-submission limit
• Photography: Black and white; include title and send as a 300 dpi image
• Art: Black and white; include 300 dpi image (The Wineskin is happy to take a quality image for you – email for more information!)

Not all pieces will be selected, but feel free to submit your best work by Monday, March 20. Email any questions and/or submission(s) to gfuwineskin@gmail.com. Please email submissions as an attached document.

Hello all faculty and academic department administrators …

Wednesday, March 1, is the deadline for ALL textbook adoptions for Summer 2017 courses. If you require students to have any textbook for the summer term, please enter those textbooks into iGFU as soon as possible and no later than March 1.

For more information, contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Today (Thursday), we invite you to join us in the George Fox University Collegiate Day of Prayer. There is not an on-campus event connected to this day of prayer. Our families have been invited to pray for the students, faculty and administration of George Fox when and where they have time.

This day is sponsored by the George Fox University Parent Leadership Committee with additional support from the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life. If you have questions, contact Megan Fisher, associate director of parent relations, at ext.2112 or email her at mfisher@georgefox.edu.