The Daily Bruin

The university’s sixth annual Kaleo conference will be held Saturday, Feb. 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Our featured speakers are Chap Clark from Fuller Seminary and our own Steve Sherwood (Religious Studies). Their sessions will focus on how we can be equipped for ministering to teens who are hurt and isolated.

George Fox employees are welcome to attend (register at the door) for the $30 discounted employee fee. For more information, check out georgefox.edu/kaleo.

Wednesday is the last day to submit nominations for February Employee of the Month. Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for this honor. Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s contribution(s) to the university, its students, and/or its employees in the past 30 days or so (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Wednesday, Feb. 24. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee(s) of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner(s) will be announced at the next all-employee meeting and will receive a $100 gift certificate to The Allison.

Perhaps you saw members of the university’s International Justice Mission at lunch in the Bruin Den last week; now come to the actual meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in Hoover 206. Join us as we prayerfully respond to injustice as a community and further the fight against sex trafficking and human trafficking locally and abroad.

Join the Department of Performing Arts in the first recital of the season! Bethany Muhr and Matt Hill will present their degree trumpet recital in Bauman Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. Admission is free.

The university community is invited to a Faculty Research Forum featuring Kelly Chang, assistant professor of psychology, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus.

In May 2009, Chang and a team of George Fox students worked with at-risk young girls living on a landfill in Nicaragua. She will speak of this experience and her ongoing work with the in-country organization.

Two antique books (copyright 1909 and 1916) were left in the Bruin Bookstore four weeks ago. If these belong to you, please come and identify them and pick them up.

Recording artist JJ Heller is on campus this week and will perform in concert beginning at 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Cap and Gown Room. There is no admission charge to attend.

Heller will also be a musical guest at the Kaleo youth ministry conference, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium and other venues on campus on Saturday, Feb. 20. Heller has been a full-time singer/songwriter since the spring of 2003. She has produced four full-length CDs, which feature an acoustic-folk sound.

Applications are now being accepted for 2010-11 Academic Resource Center consultants. If you know students who write well, are thoughtful learners, and desire to support peers in their academic success, please encourage them to apply. Even students who will only be on campus during the fall semester are welcome to apply. Completed materials are due by Friday, March 5.

More information is available on the ARC website or at Job Connect (jobconnect.georgefox.edu).

Internationally acclaimed pianist Valentina Lisitsa will visit for the university’s fourth annual Bösendorfer Artist Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in Bauman Auditorium.

The performance will feature all 24 of Chopin’s Etudes. Each university employee and student is entitled to one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets, visit music.georgefox.edu, or call the university box office at ext. 3844.

Lisitsa also will host a master class for George Fox music major students from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Bauman Auditorium. The class is free and open to the public. During that time, she’ll be working with Tara Li and James Pick, both piano performance majors.

Lisitsa has toured throughout Europe, Japan, South America and North America. She has collaborated with the Sao Paulo Symphony, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony, and has performed with the likes of Lynn Harrell, Jimmy Lin, Roberto Diaz, Ida Haendel, and Hilary Hahn. For more information on her, visit valentinalisitsa.com.

The 5 p.m. Ash Wednesday service scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17, has been canceled. You are invited to join us during the normal chapel hour in observing Ash Wednesday.

It is time once again to order university stationery. For detailed order instructions, go to the university communications website.

Elizabeth Holme (Print Services) will work with the Office of Marketing Communications in ordering general university (i.e. non-departmental stationery) letterhead and envelopes. You will continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through her.

Orders are due by Wednesday, Feb. 24.

Look for issue eight of The Crescent in your mailbox Wednesday, Feb. 17. Thank you for reading!

This Friday, Feb. 19, tune in to KFOX radio at 4 p.m. to hear JJ Heller being interviewed. She may play some songs as well. Listen in at kfoxradio.georgefox.edu.

Just a friendly reminder: All employees, including faculty, staff, and administrators, are responsible for fines on overdue Summit materials per consortia agreement and for replacement costs on books that are lost or damaged.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Merrill Johnson
University Librarian

The Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries is still seeking summer staff applications. If you or someone you know is interested in applying to work at Tilikum this summer, it’s not too late. The deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 26. Apply on the Tilikum site.

Cara Peck, a federal government representative working for the EPA, will be on campus from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, in Stevens 209.

Peck will share the background on the Partnership for Public Service (George Fox’s Career Services is a partner), and speak on breaking down the four common myths about federal employment (low pay, only based in Washington D.C., must have political science background, and “too much bureaucracy”). She also will share her personal federal story, her career path, and resources for helping students find and pursue jobs in the federal government.

Faculty members, please encourage your students who might be interested in this presentation to attend.

Please R.S.V.P. to Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu, for this pizza chat.

A Faculty Teaching Forum, entitled “Helping all students be successful,” will be presented from noon to 1:20 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in Cap and Gown Room A. Joel Perez (Dean of Transitions and Inclusion) will present information on helping faculty think through how they can design their classes and how they interact with their students to assist all students in being successful.

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on the Tuesday before the event. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.

All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). The schedule of upcoming sessions is available online. Video podcasts of FTFs will be available on iTunesU.

It’s tax season again! There are some tax code changes that may impact you or your family. This year, you may use the cost of textbooks and course materials as a tax credit. For complete information, please visit textbookaid.org.

The Staff Development Committee invites all Newberg staff employees to a special staff worship event from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The theme for the gathering is “Embrace: God Embraces Us; We Embrace God.” The featured speaker is Carol Brazo.

Come and be part of something special where the Newberg staff community can share together and pray together. Refreshments will follow in the EHS Atrium.

If you have students who would like to improve their test-taking skills, recommend that they attend a student workshop, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test-Taker),” from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in Stevens 207.

Rick Muthiah (Dean of the Center for Teaching and Learning) will discuss test-taking strategies for before, during, and after an exam. Encourage your students to join this interactive conversation.