The Daily Bruin

Night to Shine is just around the corner, on Friday, Feb. 9! Night to Shine is a prom for those with special needs. The night is complete with a red carpet entrance, limo rides, karaoke, dinner, hair and makeup sessions, shoe shining, and lots of dancing! The event will run from 5 to 9 p.m. at Newberg Christian Church.

We are looking for buddies to help our special guests have an ultimate prom experience. If you would like to sign up or have questions, go online to this link or email Katlyn Kronschnabl at katlyn@newbergcc.org.

In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the Fitness Center will be closed on Monday, Jan. 15. The center will be open for normal hours the following day on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

We hope you all had a fabulous winter break!

Intramural sign-ups for both kickball and soccer are now available online at this link or on the IMLeagues app.

Registration closes this Saturday, Jan. 13, at noon. If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Mark Nathlich at mnathlich14@georgefox.edu.

Intramural sports are open to both students and employees!

Commuters: Mark your calendars for commuter lunches this semester. Please note that the location will vary due to high attendance at these events. The commuter life team is excited to see you at these events!

All lunches take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Wednesday, Jan. 17, in the FoxHole
• Monday, Jan. 29, in Canyon Commons
• Wednesday, Feb. 14, in the FoxHole
• Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Canyon Commons
• Monday, March 12, in the FoxHole
• Wednesday, April 4, in Canyon Commons
• Monday, April 16, in the FoxHole

Contact Kristi Welker (kwelker@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Have a great spring semester!

I am looking for anyone from the theatre community who could participate in voicing some characters in my upcoming animated short for APW2: “The Adventures of Jed.” Auditions will begin today (Tuesday) in the Lemmons Media Lab from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The following characters are open: Robert, Principal Ray and the Cafeteria Lady.

Please bring your own copy of the script, which is provided at this link.

Be there or be square!

Thanks,
Braedon Snively (bsnively15@georgefox.edu)

As you may have heard on the national news over the weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are currently investigating a U.S. foodborne outbreak of pathogenic E. coli that has been implicated with romaine lettuce, although the specific supply source has not yet been determined.

In the U.S. there have been 17 confirmed cases of E. coli infection across 13 states, with numerous hospitalizations and two deaths associated with the consumption of romaine lettuce.

As a precautionary measure and due to safety concerns, Bon Appetit has temporarily stopped serving romaine lettuce throughout the George Fox campus. Thank you for your understanding, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Contact Denny Lawrence (dlawrenc@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

There is something about music that creates community! If you would like to perform in a spring student concert, please fill out this Google Form! All forms are due by noon on Wednesday, Jan. 17.

Tryouts are set from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, in Klages 232. Contact Alaina Hill (asc@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The undergraduate admissions office is looking for two new call team representatives for the spring semester (3-4 hours per week). Call team members are tasked with communicating the value of George Fox with prospective students and their parents. We are looking for individuals who are:

• Effective communicators
• Passionate about George Fox
• Self-motivated

The majority of hours will take place during one shift on Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m. Please note that this is a call-team-only position.

Interested applicants can contact Ryan Forbes at rforbes@georgefox.edu.

Do you have books to pick up from the Bruin Store? In-store pick-up hours will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday the first week of classes. You can pick up your textbooks in the FoxHole during those hours.

Thank you for shopping at the Bruin Store!

The Office for Spiritual and Intercultural Life is looking for post-college Life Group leaders for our six-week spring Life Groups (running the week of Feb. 12 through the week of March 20). Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship.

Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes at the time and location of your choosing. Participants will select the group they wish to participate in based on the details that leaders provide. Groups are encouraged to use one of three curriculum options recommended by the Office for Spiritual and Intercultural Life that parallel other themes that are being explored in chapel.

We welcome our employees, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group. Our spring leader meeting will take place on Thursday, Jan. 25, from noon to 1:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided.

For more information and to sign up, visit this webpage.

Are you interested in helping people? Have you ever considered a degree in social work?

Social work is a profession for those with a desire to help people improve their lives. If this sounds exciting to you, please plan to attend one of our info sessions to find out more about the major and about the many opportunities a degree in social work can provide!

We’ll be hosting both a morning session from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. and an evening gathering from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, in Hoover 208. Donuts will be provided at the morning session and pizza will be provided at the evening session!

Contact Kim Rapp (rappk@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Library study rooms are now available for instant booking! Forget to book a room before the day you need it? Not a problem! Look for an open time slot on the online booking calendar, book the room instantly from your mobile device, and walk right in!

If you are in the library and find an open room, be sure to book it before going in to make sure you can keep it!

Book a study room in three simple steps:

1. Visit the booking calendar to see today’s confirmed bookings and open time slots. Book Murdock Learning Resource Center rooms here and Portland Center library rooms at this link.
2. Click the boxes for the room and time slots you want (up to four hours).
3. Scroll, fill out the form and click “Submit my Booking.”

Room Use Policy and FAQs can be viewed on this page. Questions? Email library@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox Auxiliary invites the university community to a series of luncheons in the coming months featuring the theme “George Fox Alumni Serving in the World.” Each session will feature a special speaker who relates to the topic, with meetings set to be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Canyon Commons dining hall.

The series, which began in the fall, continues this Friday, Jan. 12, when guest Lon Fendall, an associate professor emeritus of history and political science, will discuss Mark Hatfield and his work in politics. Fendall formerly worked as an assistant to Hatfield, a two-term Oregon governor and a U.S. senator for 30 years who, after retiring from politics, taught classes at George Fox from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s.

Later this spring, on Friday, March 2, the auxiliary will host Jon and Marita Bishop, two 1967 George Fox graduates who have spent 40 years doing medial missions work all over the world. They are currently training family practice physicians in Afghanistan.

Finally, on Wednesday, May 2, professional musician Wendy Clark Goodwin, a 2000 George Fox alumna, will speak about her experiences.

The cost to attend is $10 per person, and payment may be made at the door. Reservations are preferred and can by arranged by calling Judy Woolsey at 971-832-1505.

FoxTALE was updated over the Christmas break, and you will see some changes when you first log into FoxTALE to see your list of courses. View this video for an overview: FoxTALE Course Overview.

Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for guides and resources and to learn more about the new features added.

Use your new, empty Spring 2018 sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

You may need to add sections to your course home page. This video shows you how: Manage Course Sections.

Your Spring 2018 sites are hidden to students. When you are ready to make a site available, from the course home page:

• Go to Administration> Course administration > Edit settings
• Scroll down to the “Visible” section and change “Hide” to “Show”
• Just below the Visible setting is the Course start date where you can make changes if needed.
• “Save changes” at the bottom

Remember that all students enrolled in your class in MyGFU will automatically be enrolled in your FoxTALE course site. As students add and drop your course in MyGFU, they will be added or removed automatically from your FoxTALE site.

Metacourses may be used in special cases where you want to use one FoxTALE site for multiple sections of the same class. If you would like to use a metacourse, contact the Service Desk for assistance with setting them up.

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

– Your Educational Technology Team

There is something about music that creates community! If you would like to perform in a spring student concert, please fill out this Google Form! All forms are due by noon on Wednesday, Jan. 17.

Tryouts are set from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, in Klages 232. Contact Alaina Hill (asc@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Have you ever wanted to host a radio show? This is your opportunity! Join KFOX, George Fox’s on-campus radio station, today!

Email us at kfoxradio@georgefox.edu for more information. Sign-ups are open until the end of January.

The IDEA Center will be hosting drop-in hours from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday during the first week of spring term. Stop by if you need to make any last-minute adjustments to your schedule!

If you would like to make an appointment with a CAP or Career Coach, please contact the front desk at idea@georgefox.edu, call 503-554-2330 or schedule through Handshake.

Welcome back, Bruins!

The library is pleased to deliver library material for participating faculty to their offices on the Newberg campus. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign.

If you have used this service in the past or if you are signing up for the first time, please click on this link and fill out the form.

Questions? Contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

Students have the opportunity to help a local new company, GiftDrop, test its new app in Newberg and surrounding areas. GiftDrop COO Robert Johnson recently visited campus to explain the app and how students would help test it. A number of George Fox students from a couple of departments are already involved, and you are invited to join.

Following is the invitation letter from Johnson …

George Fox Students:

We want you to help us with our initial test launch of a new app. Our first launch is by invitation only, as we are inviting only students of George Fox to be the initial testers. GiftDrop is a company in Beaverton that is finalizing a fun new app and website. As we are still in stealth mode, there are limited details available about the app. We can say that it should be a lot of fun to use.

We are collecting emails from those interested in participating in the test. To verify that you are a student at George Fox, please send emails from your .edu account. In the near future, we will use email to provide more details for those who want to participate in the test.

We encourage sharing this information with other students at George Fox so they can share in the fun and we can have a robust test. To let us know of your interest, please send an email to: invitationonly@giftdrop.com with “Test” in the subject line. Please include your name in the body of the email.

We will not share your email information with anyone outside of GiftDrop. We look forward to the test. Stay tuned …
Robert Johnson, COO

Contact Jekabs Bikis (jbikis@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Do you have books to pick up from the Bruin Store? In-store pick-up hours will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday the first week of classes. You can pick up your textbooks in the FoxHole during those hours.

Thank you for shopping at the Bruin Store!