The Daily Bruin

Are you interested in going whitewater rafting on the Clackamas River?

Join us on March 9 or 16 as we gear up for a fun day on the river with YD Adventures. The trip cost is $20 plus travel expenses, which will be determined by the total number of people going ($5-$10). Sign up through IMLeagues.com. 

This will be an all-day outing, so participants will need to pack a lunch and bring a change of clothes. Wetsuits and other river gear will be provided by YD Adventures. 

Contact Keith Schneider at kschneid@georgefox.edu with questions.

Registration is open now for spring intramurals!

5-on-5 basketball, floor hockey, and Ultimate frisbee are all open for registration until Sunday, March 3. Sign up on IMLeagues.com.

Questions? Contact studentcenter@georgefox.edu.

Plan to have a night of fun at the Friendsview Intergenerational Game Night this Thursday, Feb. 28. Meet in the Bauman lobby at 6:15 p.m. to walk over together. Come prepared for friendly competition in ping-pong, pool, shuffleboard, and various board games!

Questions? Contact Rosemary Michael at jamesprojectgfu@gmail.com.

The Intercultural Resource Center is looking for students who are interested in being LEAD mentors for the 2019-20 academic school year.

The Lead, Engage, Achieve, Develop (LEAD) Mentorship Program matches first-year students of color with upper-level student mentors and helps new students find a sense of belonging and community on campus. Mentors are volunteers that have the opportunity to walk alongside a first-year student to discuss anything ranging from class to larger-life questions.

Applications close Friday, March 1. For more information or if you have any questions, contact Rachel Nguyen at rnguyen15@georgefox.edu.

Faculty advisors: Registration for summer online courses is now open! For nearly a decade, these courses have proven to be a good way to help your advisees make progress toward graduation. Please let them know the following.

Registration is now open for undergraduate students. Class sections are limited to 20 students each, and they fill up fast. Excellent general education options in BIBL, CHEM, RELI, MATH, HUMA, MUSI, PHYS, ACCT, and more are available.

The courses run for eight weeks for full credit, and the fee is 50 percent off normal tuition. In some cases, a student’s financial aid package can be used to cover the cost; they should check with Financial Aid for details.

The courses are all taught by experienced, devoted faculty members with a track record of success in online teaching. If students have questions about the applicability of a particular class to their degree requirements, they can contact their CAP Coach for more information.

Visit our website for the course list and instructions for registration.

Questions? Contact Brian Doak, director of the summer online program, at bdoak@georgefox.edu

Are you a young woman with a heart for ministry? Consider being one of six female undergraduate students selected to participate in the Office for Spiritual Life’s inaugural Living-Learning Community for ministry-hearted women.

Guided by the university pastors and in collaboration with a variety of faculty members, you will spend the year living in an on-campus house with other ministry-minded women. This community will grow in relationship with God together as we read, pray, worship, and discuss ideas that will enrich your ministry life – both now and in the future.

To learn more about the application process, please email the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu. All majors and grade levels are welcome. Applications must be received no later than Sunday, March 3.

Please take this survey to help seniors in HHPE 490 with their research project. Thank you!

Questions? Contact Madeline Francis at mfrancis15@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.

Do you know someone who deserves special “shout-out” recognition at the February all-employee meeting? Please take a moment to share the success of your colleague using this form.

Mark your calendar for this week’s all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160).

All are invited to the 2019 Spring Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. 

Nijay Gupta’s lecture, “People of Faith: Why the First Christians Called Themselves ‘Believers,'” will focus on why followers of Jesus adopted the label “believers” in reference to their identity, and even referred to their religion as “the faith.” What significance did this pose for them? Was it primarily about “beliefs,” or something more? Gupta will explore these important historical questions and also address the relevance this discussion has for Christian identity today.

Gupta is the recipient of the 2017-18 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship and an associate professor of New Testament at Portland Seminary. 

Come early, between 5 and 6 p.m., and check out the work of our Richter Student Scholars and Steinfeldt Peace Scholars at a symposium in the Hoover lobby. Students will present their research and peace projects in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be served.

Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Come have fun at the Fencing Club tonight (Monday)! We meet in Hadlock 014 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Questions? Contact Laurelle Ramsey at Lramsey16@georgefox.edu.

The National Society for Leadership and Success is looking for more board members. If you are interested in building your professional skill set and volunteering your time to make NSLS great, we would love for you to apply online.  

The current open positions are vice president, secretary, success networking team coordinator, publicity chair, community service chair, member outreach chair, and IT coordinator.

If you have questions regarding these positions, contact the current NSLS board members by emailing NSLS@georgefox.edu or our Chapter Advisor Kristi Welker at kwelker@georgefox.edu. 

A tour of George Fox University’s newest building, the 48,000-square-foot Hadlock Student Center, will be part of the Friday, March 1, meeting of the George Fox University Legacy League.

In a change of format from the usual talk or performance presentation, the event will offer a “show and tell” of the newly opened building just steps away from the luncheon location in the school’s Canyon Commons dining hall. The meeting of the support organization, formerly the George Fox University Auxiliary, starts at noon and is open to the public.

The cost is $10 at the door, and reservations must be made by Tuesday, Feb. 26, by calling Judy Woolsey at 503-538-7314 or Connie Magee at 503-927-5011.

Speaking and guiding the tour will be Rob Simpson, director of campus recreation.

Want to learn more about sustainable investing?

TIAA is bringing Brendan Horgan, managing director for Nuveen, to campus. He will be giving a presentation on Thursday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to noon in Roberts Center 120.

Come learn about opportunities in responsible investing, responsible investing genesis and growth, and why it’s important to practice responsible investing

Please sign up using this link. Act quickly, as space is limited.

Questions? Contact Kara Holcombe at kholcombe@georgefox.edu.

The Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry invites everyone to a chemistry seminar by Micah Donor, a 2014 George Fox chemistry graduate and currently a Ph.D. candidate at University of Oregon.

Micah will be here on Monday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. in Edwards-Holman Science Center 102 to present his research on “Investigating Overall Energy Deposition in Collision- and Surface- Induced Dissociation of Protein Ions.”

Questions? Contact Carlisle Chambers at cchamber@georgefox.edu.

Do you want to go on a Juniors Abroad trip in May 2020?

Come to the information meeting on Wednesday, March 6, at 6 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Director Paul Chamberlain will go over Tent City and registration details, deadlines, and, most importantly, 2020 trip locations!

Questions? Email Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

Make sure to fill out your housing application for 2019-20 by Friday, March 8! All undergraduate students are required to fill out the application, regardless of whether they plan to live on-campus or off.

Log in to the Housing and Meal Plan Intent application here and fill it out by March 8.

Have you paid your housing selection fee? This one-time application fee must be paid by March 8 in order to go through the entire application. To check whether or not your fee has been paid, click on “Your Profile and Details” on the homepage of your application.

If you choose to go through housing selection as a group, you can create your roommate group in the application. Remember, your roommates must have started their application and paid their application fee in order to be searchable in the form.

Additional details regarding housing selection are posted on the Housing and Residence Life website.

Questions? Contact housing@georgefox.edu or stop by the Student Life office.

We need female participants to help us with our senior seminar research project about exercise-induced asthma.

We need participants with and without exercise-induced asthma to do a short run for us. If you would like to be part of this study, please follow this link.

Questions? Contact Carolyn Grimm at cgrimm15@georgefox.edu .

Faculty advisors: Registration for summer online courses is now open! For nearly a decade, these courses have proven to be a good way to help your advisees make progress toward graduation. Please let them know the following …

Registration is now open. Class sections are limited to 20 students each, and they fill up fast. Excellent general education options in BIBL, CHEM, RELI, MATH, HUMA, MUSI, PHYS, ACCT, and more are available.

The courses run for eight weeks for full credit, and the fee is 50 percent off normal tuition. In some cases, a student’s financial aid package can be used to cover the cost; they should check with Financial Aid for details.

The courses are all taught by experienced, devoted faculty members with a track record of success in online teaching. If students have questions about the applicability of a particular class to their degree requirements, they can contact their CAP Coach for more information.

Our website includes the course list and instructions for registration.

Questions? Contact Brian Doak, director of the summer online program, at bdoak@georgefox.edu

Join the George Fox climbing community on Friday, March 1, for the first annual Bruin Boulder Bash from 6 to 9 p.m.

Students, staff and faculty are welcome to compete in beginner (V0-V3) and advanced (V4+) divisions for men and women. There will be fun and prizes for all with a raffle running throughout the evening. Sign up through IMLeagues.com.

Questions? Contact Emma Jorgensen at ejorgensen16@georgefox.edu or Keith Schneider at kschneid@georgefox.edu

Drop in, don’t drop out!

Swing by the Academic Resource Center in the library tonight (Monday) between 5 and 8 p.m. to celebrate the launch of drop-in hours with music, food, writing, and prizes.

Questions? Contact Julia James at jjames@georgefox.edu.