The Daily Bruin

The Wheeler Fitness Center is currently looking to hire new employees for the summer as well as looking to hire employees to work during the 2017-18 school year. There are two separate applications – one for the summer and the other for the upcoming school year.

Please use Handshake to see Job Summary and to apply. The application deadline is Friday, April 14.

If you have any questions, please contact Cory Hand at chand@georgefox.edu.

The Department of Physical Therapy is excited to host Dr. Jason Wilken, associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Iowa, on Tuesday, April 11, in Canyon Commons 103.

Dr. Wilken will present the topic “Experience and Evidence – Evolution of a Custom Fiber Device to Restore Limb Function.” His leading-edge work at the Department of Defense’s Center for the Intrepid (in San Antonio, Texas) over the past decade has led to significant advancement in both rehabilitation and performance technology for individuals with lower limb injuries.

Everyone is encouraged to attend this free event, ask questions and welcome Dr. Wilken to the university. Light refreshments will be served.

Questions? Contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.

Hello everyone! The Coast to Coast Swing Club will be hosting a live swing dance this Sunday, April 9, and everyone is invited!

It will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in the Wheeler gym. We’ll have snacks and water provided, so bring your friends, bring a date, bring everyone because it is going to be blast! Hope to see you all there.

If you have a questions, please contact Michael Rooney (mrooney14@georgefox.edu).

In February, Nicole Enzinger (Education) gave two presentations at the annual Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference in Orlando, Florida: “Investigating prospective teachers’ evaluations of children’s temperature stories” and “Examining Pinterest as a curriculum resource.” Also, in early March, Nicole gave an invited lecture, “Integers: A space for mathematical play,” at the Metropolitan Mathematics Club in Chicago. This invited lecture was based on her upcoming book, Exploring the Integer Addition and Subtraction Landscape: Perspectives on Integer Thinking. More recently, Nicole presented “This is not ‘New Math,’ but we can learn lessons from ‘New Math,’” for the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators Conference at the University of Portland.

Dana Bates (Athletic Training) published a study, “Perceptions from athletic training students involved in an intentional peer-assisted learning pedagogy,” in the Athletic Training Education Journal. The study investigated athletic training students’ perceptions of peer-assisted learning on both the peer-student and peer-tutor. In addition, Dana and Jill Sikkema (adjunct faculty in HHPE) published an article, “Critical-thinking skills of first-year athletic training students enrolled in professional programs,” in the March 2017 Athletic Training Education Journal. In the piece, the authors investigated critical thinking and other demographic variables across first-year athletic training students enrolled in professional bachelor’s degree and master’s degree programs.

Ed Higgins (English) published his poem “To my own two feet” in the surrealist online poetry journal Uut Poetry on March 31.

David Johnstone (Student Life) wrote a review of Soong-Chan Rah’s Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times for the Christian Scholar’s Review (Winter 2017).

Paul Anderson (Christian Studies) published a fourth review of CNN’s Finding Jesus 2 series on The Bible and Interpretation website, titled “Herod the Great, or Herod the Terrible?” He also published an article, “Can Any Good Thing Come from Nazareth? The Childhood Home of Jesus,” on the same site and in the March 22 edition of The Huffington Post. In addition, Paul posted reviews of “Raising Lazarus: Climax or Prequel?” on the Bible and Interpretation and Huffington Post sites.

Andrew Fleming and Kaitlyn Ragan were named the university’s employees of the month for March.

Tryouts for the 2017-18 cheer team are right around the corner! Come be part of a great team with the best seats in the house for all of our athletic events.

Tryouts will be held Friday, April 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. More information is available on the cheer website: athletics.georgefox.edu/cheer.

April 5              Vicki Tschan
April 8              Joel Kelley
April 10            Cheri Hampton
April 11            Janelle Freitag
April 12            Dylan Harris, John Shaw
April 13            Sarah Taylor
April 14            Kathy Rosenbohm
April 15            Mike Campadore
April 17            Sonia Legg

This week’s weekly 125 Days of Wellness weekly challenge …

Pick three of the following “spread kindness” initiatives and take a total of 125 extra points for the week.

• Eat lunch with someone from another department, that you don’t know well
• Help someone in need
• Give an unexpected gift to someone
• Find a way to help a student (can be anonymously)
• Show your appreciation to another department
• Write a note of appreciation to a city official, military personal, or first responder
• Make a small care package for someone who works outside, or someone who is homeless
• Do something that shows your appreciation to a spouse or family member
• Send a secret package to someone who’s having a hard time
• Write down what you are thankful for, every day, for a week
• Pray for someone that you are having a hard time with

– Brought to you by the Staff Development Committee

You are invited to come hear William Penn Honors Program special guest speaker Miles Hollingworth on Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Hollingworth, PhD, will present “On the True Version of an Event: Saint Augustine of Hippo’s Conversion.” Our guest is an independent philosopher and writer living in Italy who is well-known for his work on Saint Augustine of Hippo. Hollingworth is a past winner of the Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction from the Royal Society of Literature and the Elizabeth Longford Scholarship from the Society of Authors.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Questions regarding the event can be directed to Jocelyn Stein (jstein@georgefox.edu).

In honor of the university’s 125th anniversary, George Fox employees are invited to a special reception at the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, April 17.

The event will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Senate Chamber Lobby of the capitol building, located at 900 Court St. N.E., in Salem. Please R.S.V.P. to Mary Monahan (mmonahan@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2115) by Tuesday, April 11, if you plan to attend.

Later in the month, the university will  host its own anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons, at which former presidents David Brandt, Tom Johnson and David Le Shana will be in attendance. Contact Mary by April 12 to R.S.V.P. for that event.

Both events are free to attend.

The university’s human resources department is proud to announce the official launching of Applicant Pool, an applicant tracking system. Some key features are an online application for employment that can connect to a LinkedIn account, a requisition system (replaces the approval-to-recruit process in MyGFU), and a platform for hiring managers to share applications with a search committee that tracks comments and candidate status.

For step-by-step instructions on how to log into Applicant Pool and start a requisition, email Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu. We welcome your feedback!

Legacy students are students who have at least one parent or grandparent who is considered an alumni of an undergraduate or graduate degree program at George Fox University.

In order to thank these students and their families for their continued commitment to George Fox, we will present graduating legacy students with a legacy stole that may be worn during spring commencement to display their family legacy. There is no cost for the legacy stole; the stole is our way of recognizing families that have shown a long-term dedication to George Fox.

If you are interested in ordering a legacy stole to celebrate your family’s continued commitment to George Fox University, please contact Megan Fisher, associate director of parent programs, at mfisher@georgefox.edu, no later than today (Monday, April 3).

Come make professional connections and network with George Fox alumni, students and employees at the launch of our George Fox Business Leadership Society!

On Thursday, April 13, local leader, life coach and TEDx Talk speaker Jessica J. Williams will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Portland Center on the topic “Leadership For Real Impact.”

Door prize raffles and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Cost is $3 with early registration, $5 at the door for students.

Register now at this link to save your spot. Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.

The university’s theatre department invites you to our third show of the season, Deus Ex Millennia, set to open this week! Come join us as we explore ways in which millennials encounter God and seek grace in the midst of untidy endings.

The show runs April 6-9 and again April 12-14, with all performances taking place in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, April 9, matinee, scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.

Student tickets are free Thursday, April 6, and Wednesday, April 12. It’s recommended you pick up your free ticket in advance online (select “GFU Student” in the drop-down ticket menu). You may also bring your student ID to the door to gain admission.

Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket. You may pick up that ticket (select “GFU Employee” in drop-down menu), purchase additional tickets and read a synopsis of the play here.

Contact Kathy Harris (kharris@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

If you know someone whose contributions have been above and beyond in the past few weeks, please send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by the end of the day Monday, April 10, with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.

The Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 gift card at our community meeting later this month.

Congratulations again to Andrew Fleming and Kaitlyn Ragan, who were our employees of the month for March!

Join us for the final brown-bag sessions of the spring …

Recording and Editing Media
Want to dig a little deeper into producing media for instruction? Colleagues will share tools and strategies.

• Thursday, April 6, 4-5 p.m., Newberg MLRC Study Room 112
• Friday, April 21, noon to 1 p.m., Newberg Lemmons Center Room 4
• RSVP here

Digital Fluency Institute Faculty Show-and-Tell
Come help us celebrate with DFI Cohort 2016-17 faculty as they give a show-and-tell on instructional strategies they have explored this year.

• Tuesday, April 11, 11 a.m. to noon, Portland Center South Room 160
• Thursday, April 13, 4-5 p.m., Newberg Roberts Center Room 168
• RSVP here

Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.

David Nammo, executive director of the Christian Legal Society, will speak on campus Wednesday, April 5, on the subject “Is Religious Liberty Still Threatened in the Donald Trump Era?”

The talk will be from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 206 and is open to the public.

If you haven’t had a car registered this year, and have brought one back after spring break, you will need to register it in the security office.

Please bring your DMV registration slip to the security office, and we will register it there. The cost is only $15 for the last month of school, but this discounted price can ONLY be done by security personnel in the office during office hours. Just a reminder that ALL vehicles driven to campus need to have a permit on them.

Students who already have a car registered, but have brought back a different car for the last month, will need to come to the security office for a temporary permit during office hours.

Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090 during office hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) or email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Interested in sports? Need a work-study job? Consider working on the game management staff for the upcoming school year!

Contact Kevin Kopple (kkopple@georgefox.edu) for details.

Join us for our first event as we launch the George Fox Business Leadership Society! We are honored to hear from Jessica Williams, founder of the Superwoman Project (superwomanproject.com), TEDx Talk speaker and life coach.

Here are the details:

When: Thursday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Portland Center

The evening will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, networking and much more!

This is free for George Fox employees, but please register at this link ahead of time.

Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.

Come make professional connections and network with George Fox alumni, students and employees at the launch of our George Fox Business Leadership Society!

On Thursday, April 13, local leader, life coach and TEDx Talk speaker Jessica J. Williams will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Portland Center on how to be a leader within any organization.

Door prize raffles and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Cost is $3 with early registration, $5 at the door. The IDEA Center is offering rides to the Portland Center for free.

Register now at this link to save your spot. Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.