The Daily Bruin

If there is any possibility that you will use tuition remission during the 2009-10 academic year, whether for yourself, a spouse, and/or dependent(s) you must complete a Tuition Remission Request Form for each person and submit it by Monday, March 2.

Please go to HR’s tuition remission instructions page for instructions on completing the Tuition Remission Request Forms, including links to the forms themselves. Please be sure to read this information before you begin completing a Tuition Remission Request Form. Incomplete forms will be returned without being processed.

For information about the tuition exchange program, contact Karlyn Fleming (Academic Affairs).

The group Timothy’s Charge invites the university community to join them every Wednesday and Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 210 for worship, the teaching of Scripture, and prayer. Or, you are welcome to drop by Stevens 307 Tuesday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. for a faculty-led Bible study through the book of Galatians.

The university community is invited to a Spanish chapel at 10:40 a.m. this Friday, Feb. 13, in Hoover 105. Students who attend will receive Spiritual Life formation credit.

All employees are invited to attend Human Resources’ annual Wellness and Benefit Fair between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, in the Cap and Gown Room. Enter for a chance to win one of 20 door prizes, find out your blood pressure, or have a spinal assessment or chair massage. Benefit providers will be on hand to answer your questions (open enrollment starts Monday, Feb. 16, and runs through Monday, March 16) and tell you about two new benefit plans.

You also can pick up samples of healthy food, vitamin supplements, and information about many products and services to maintain or improve your health.

Dr. David Kinzie, a psychiatrist at Oregon Health and Science University, will speak at the Newberg campus at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the  Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117.

Kinzie founded the Intercultural Psychiatric Program and the Torture Treatment Center of Oregon. Founded in 1977, the center was the nation’s first psychiatric center for immigrants who escaped war and genocide. The clinic is one of the largest of its kind in the country, treating 1,200 people from around the world.

Lon Fendall (Center for Peace Studies/Center for Peace and Justice) invites anyone who has a interest in hearing how Kinzie helps people deal with their psychological trauma and how he has made a difference in the lives of so many.

The Center for Peace Studies and Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology are co-hosting Kinzie’s visit. The event begins with lunch at noon, followed by Kinzie’s presentation. There is no fee to attend.

Questions? Contact Fendall at lfendall@georgefox.edu or ext. 2685.

Faculty members: If your students are going to be writing research papers this semester, consider pointing them toward the research workshop hosted by the Academic Resource Center this Thursday, Feb. 12, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 102. The workshop will cover topic and thesis selection, paper organization, using sources, and more.

For more information, contact Jay Miller at millerj06@georgefox.edu.

The group Timothy’s Charge invites the campus community to join them at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Hoover 210 as President Robin Baker speaks on the topic of the Sermon on the Mount.

The admissions office is hosting Scholarship Competition for prospective students this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14. This is an important event for prospective students to visit our campus. Please join us in offering up your Steven’s Center parking spots to our guests on Friday.

Parking is available for employees in the lots at Bauman Auditorium and Pennington Hall. Thank you for your consideration — it is greatly appreciated.

Need to add a little greenery to your office or reception area? Physical Plant has dozens of artificial plants that need a new home. Stop by Physical Plant this Wednesday, Feb. 11, between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to choose from a variety of sizes and types. Large plants will be delivered to your office. First come, first choice.

The theatre department will host Players Presents at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 12-14, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The event allows the University Players to showcase their work to the George Fox and surrounding community and have some fun in the process. The theme this year is the “Other Shore,” speaking of what it means to follow Jesus out of our comfort zones.

Several weeks ago, Bon Appetit started a program with its student meal program to monitor and weigh the amount of leftover food and beverages on student trays being thrown away after each meal. Nationally, between 40 and 50 percent of the food produced in this country is never consumed and ends up mostly in landfills.

Our goal has been to bring this awareness to our students with the hope of reducing the amount of food thrown away by 25 percent. Our first week of collection, Jan. 12-18, the amount of food being tossed out from student trays averaged 359 pounds per day. This past week, Feb. 8-14, I’m very pleased to say that the daily average was 190 pounds per day, a drop of 88 percent!

We are so very proud of our students as they have truly taken this waste reduction campaign to heart. Thanks to everyone who is participating. Let’s keep up being good stewards and responsible eaters. By working together, George Fox can truly make a difference to our environment.

– Denny Lawrence
Bon Appetit

Career Services invites the university community to visit a website, The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas, to learn more about traveling abroad to study, volunteer, intern, teach, travel or work.

The online guide shows everyone from first-year students to graduates how to build their credentials and prepare for work in the global economy. Discover opportunities, acquire skills, and develop the all-important global perspective with this easy-to-use interactive guide. Registration is required.

Faculty members, encourage your students to sign up for Academic Resource Center appointments early in the semester to avoid missing out. The ARC gets busy the weeks surrounding midterms and finals. Enthusiastic and gifted consultants can help students with writing, note taking and using the APA, MLA and Turabian styles of citation. The ARC is now located in the library.

Marketing Communications is hosting two studio photo shoots for faculty and staff on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 11-12, in Cap and Gown Room A. Wednesday’s session is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday’s studio time is set from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use. Reservations are required. To sign up, call Marcom’s main number at ext. 2139 or e-mail news@georgefox.edu.

The Staff Development Committee invites you to a staff lunch from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in the Cap and Gown Room. The cost is $3. Come and enjoy fellowship, food and fun. Door prizes are included.

For a variety of reasons, the Staff Development Committee has decided to cancel our staff worship event, originally scheduled for Feb. 24. We hope that, beginning spring semester 2010, this will become an annual event which promotes fellowship and encourages each person as we worship together. We will be working between now and then to bring this about and would greatly appreciate your prayers for direction and support.

We pray God’s richest blessings for each and every one as we serve Him together.

– Your Staff Development Committee

Don’t forget to register for Kaleo 2009, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 7, in Bauman Auditorium. We desire our youth not to simply be believers in Christ, but followers of Christ — ordinary people living radically in the love of Jesus Christ, called to bring forth another world among us.

Come and enjoy worship and teaching with guest speaker Shane Claiborne and worship leader Aaron Strumpel. The event also features workshops covering more than a dozen topics.

Ticket prices for faculty, staff, and graduate students are $37. Traditional undergraduate students are free. Online registration ends on Friday, Feb. 6.

If you have any questions, contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at 503-554-2134 or alorenz@georgefox.edu.

Come help plant trees in the Hess Creek Canyon this Saturday, Feb. 7, as part of the campus forest restoration project. We have more than 100 trees and shrubs native to the Willamette Valley to plant. A couple hours of light work this Saturday will make the canyon a better place for decades to come. We will be meeting in the lower Wheeler/Le Shana parking lot beginning at 9 a.m.

Thanks,
Plant Services

Shane Claiborne, author of Irresistible Revolution and guest speaker for the Kaleo youth ministry conference Saturday and the Monday, Feb. 9, chapel, will host a talk-back session after chapel from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bruin Den Annex. Students and employees are invited to attend.

Aaron Strumpel will perform a free concert for the university community at 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Foxhole.

Strumpel, based out of Louisville, Colo., has spent five years touring 40 states, playing more than 400 shows on college campuses and in communities across the United States with a group called The Restoration Project. Drop by to hear his unique performance as he presents pieces from his album Chair and Microphone, Vol. 2. For more information on Strumpel, visit his website.