The Daily Bruin

Beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, any remaining Oregon Symphony tickets will be available on a first-come first-served basis to George Fox employees (half time and above) who signed up on a waiting list. If you are not able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use. Tickets may be picked up at the Information Center in the Stevens Center.

The concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, in Bauman Auditorium.

Join in for extra savings at the Bruin Den as we help celebrate our women’s “Sweet 16” basketball playoff game against Oglethorpe.

Starting at 2 p.m. Friday, March 13, we’ll be selling party platters of jalapeno poppers, breaded zucchini sticks, and mozzarella sticks with warm marinara dipping sauce for only $2. To wash it all down, get an Italian Soda for just $1.75 and we’ll throw in the whipped cream for free.

Come to the University Store on Wednesday, March 18, to support May Serve and get spring break gifts at the same time. All proceeds from what you buy on this day will be going to the May Serve program. Come support us!

Faculty, encourage your students to come to a session to learn the basics of APA style for citations and references.  The session will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 16, in EHS 102. Students simply need to bring themselves and a willing mind.

This Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m., a memorial service will be held in Hoover 105 for Ryan Bartlett, who died tragically in a car accident in Malawi in December, where he and his family were serving as missionaries with Free Methodist World Missions.

Ryan graduated from George Fox in 1994 as a business management major with a call to ministry. After graduation, he married Katie Bertagna and pursued his Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. After completing his education, he served as senior pastor of Prescott Free Methodist Church in Arizona for five years and was ordained as a minister in 2005.

In 2007, with Free Methodist World Missions, Ryan began his service as principal of the Great Commission Bible School in Malawi, Africa. He is survived by his wife, Katie, and three children. A memorial service was held in December in Roseburg, but this memorial service allows the George Fox community and other supporters of his ministry to gather and to celebrate his life. The service will be led by Paul Anderson, Ryan’s college mentor and friend. Childcare will be provided.

Saturday, March 14
11 a.m. – Women’s Tennis vs. Pacific Lutheran, George Fox campus courts

Sunday, March 15
Noon – Softball vs. Willamette (2), Morse Field
2 p.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Pacific, George Fox campus courts

The women’s basketball team plays Friday, March 13, in the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament Sectional at Thomas More College in Crestview Hlls, Ky., near Cincinnati. The No. 2-ranked (WBCA) and 28-0 Bruins will meet Oglethorpe University (27-3) at 5 p.m. Eastern time (2 p.m. Pacific).

The winner will play Saturday, March 14, at 7 p.m. Eastern time (4 p.m. Pacific) against the winner of the Thomas More (28-2) vs. Hope College (27-1) game Friday, with that winner advancing to the Final Four in Holland, Mich., March 20-21.

KFOX radio will provide live internet audio of all Bruin games in the sectional. Host Thomas More will provide LiveStats and a live video feed of all games on the Internet through a local cable company. Links are provided for all multimedia coverage on the George Fox athletics Web site home page and women’s basketball home page in the schedule section.

The Department of Performing Arts will present the university’s Jazz Band in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13, in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free.

Everyone is welcome to join in on a “Sweet 16” party as the George Fox women take on Oglethorpe in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division III basketball playoffs at 2 p.m. this Friday, March 13, in the Klages Dining Hall.

We will listen to live audio and watch live stats. We also are working on a live video feed as well, hopefully synchronized with Justin Sweeney’s KFOX broadcast. The game begins promptly at 2 p.m.; come early if you can. There will be free popcorn, chips and salsa!

Based on feedback from a number of faculty and staff, we are going to take the retention project that was announced at the last community meeting in a slightly different tack.

Instead of assigning students to individuals for follow-up, we are going to post the retention conversation point of the week in the e-nnouncments and encourage all faculty and staff to use these messages with any undergraduate student who is in your regular network (advisees, student employees, etc.). While we won’t be able to assess the impact of these interactions, we think it will be easier for everyone to weave this information into your regular conversations with students.

Watch for the first “talking point” in Monday’s e-nnouncements.

Did the dog eat your benefit enrollment form? All employees must return it, even if you’re making no changes. Print a new one from the benefit Web page and return it to HR (Box 6108) by Monday, March 16. All other necessary forms are also on the benefit pages. New medical and dental deductions start March 31.

Questions? E-mail Lisa Burton (Human Resources) at lburton@georgefox.edu.

The culmination of FoxSecret will be a prayer/reflection night from 8 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 16, in the Cap and Gown Room. All of the postcards collected will be put on display for the George Fox community to reflect on and pray over. Please join us at any point during this time.

FoxSecret is a mimic of the nationwide PostSecret, in which people write anonymous secrets on postcards and send them in. Through it we we hope to recognize, celebrate, and prayerfully lift up the people in our community.

The theatre department will present its spring production, The Triumph of Love, this Thursday through Sunday, March 12-15, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. each night through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The play, directed by Rhett Luedtke (Performing Arts), is an 18th-century romantic comedy filled with all the confusions and complexities of love. Employees receive one complimentary ticket, available for pick-up at the University Store. Students are welcome to see the show free of charge on Thursday, March 12, and may pick up those tickets at the University Store.

The cost for additional tickets is $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or find out more, visit the university’s theatre site.

Mark your calendars for next week’s events presented by the Department of Performing Arts …

The annual Honors Recital will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, in Bauman Auditorium. This recital features select students chosen from the top performers in our Honors Recital competition, including Matt Hill (trumpet), Bethany Taft and Becca Couch (piano duet), Joseph Forster (piano), Kamila Kuhn (flute), Nick Luchterhand (alto saxophone), Cameron DeWhitt (piano), James Pick (piano), Jennie Fryer (mezzo-soprano), Emily Yarnold (soprano), Becca Couch (mezzo-soprano), Qingquan “Tara” Li (piano), Julianne Kilmer (soprano), and Ben Tissell (baritone). Please join us for an evening of fabulous music and support the hard work of our students.

On Wednesday, March 18, Julianne Kilmer (soprano) will present her senior recital at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

The Winter Band Concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in Bauman Auditorium.

Finally, on Friday, March 20, a Vocal Masterclass will be held in Ross 208 at 12:40 p.m.

All events are free.

The Department of Performing Arts presents the following events this week in Bauman Auditorium:

On Thursday, March 12, Emily Nicole Jones (mezzo-soprano) and Emily Jackson (soprano) will present their senior recital at 7:30 p.m.

On Friday, March 13, the George Fox University Jazz Band will perform at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, March 14, Teddi Teague (mezzo-soprano) will present her senior recital at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is free for all events.

A group of men and women being trained for pastoral work and other leadership positions in their churches in Rwanda would like to learn the basics of computer operation to help them get jobs to support their ministry. For this training, at least two laptops are needed, with Windows and Office on them.

If you have such a computer you’re not using and would be willing to donate it for this project, the Juniors Abroad group going to Rwanda in May could deliver it. If interested, contact Lon Fendall (Center for Peace and Justice/Center for Global Studies) at ext. 2685 or lfendall@georgefox.edu.

Join student Kohleun Adamson as she shares poetry and creative nonfiction from her time spent in the Middle East exploring life writing and its relation to peace building. Kohleun will share during an “Intellectual Feast” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, in the Hoover Faculty Lounge.

In Jordan and the West Bank, Kohleun met with Arab women of various national heritages, collecting stories from their lives, in their own voices. Come hear some of these stories retold, dialogue about this unique avenue for peace building, and enjoy some food.

You are invited to attend the opening reception for the Student Art Exhibit from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, in the Minthorne and Lindgren galleries. Enjoy artwork created by George Fox students during the past year. Prize winners will be announced and refreshments will be served.

Employees are invited to attend an all-community meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in Hoover 105. The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

Spring is upon us, and plans for this year’s George Fox community garden are blooming. A meeting to discuss this year’s garden projects is scheduled at 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, in the second-floor lounge of the Hoover Academic Building. Plans this year are to add a new watering system, a new variation of crops, and gardening education. Find out how to get involved and learn more about community garden membership and our mission and vision.

With funding from the Clella Iles Jaffe Cross Cultural Endowment Fund, undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply for grants for projects and activities that will promote cross-cultural understanding and racial or ethnic reconciliation in a global or significantly diverse context.

Priority will be given to projects dealing with:

• Racial reconciliation
• Peacemaking
• Organizational communication
• Cinema/media/broadcast
• The communication arts in general
• Cross cultural experiences that will enhance the student’s professional career

Grants may not be used for research projects and trips, Juniors Abroad, semesters off campus, and service programs.
Students may apply by submitting a letter of application and description of the project or experience, along with a faculty letter of support, to: Lon Fendall, director of the Center for Global Studies and the Center for Peace and Justice (lfendall@georgefox.edu). Inquiries are welcome about the suitability of project ideas.

Applications are due on March 31. A faculty committee will meet shortly after that and decide which proposals to fund.