The Daily Bruin

The Office for Spiritual Life is looking for post-college Life Group leaders for our six-week spring Life Groups (the weeks of Feb. 11 through March 22). 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.

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. 31, from noon to 1:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided.

For more information and to sign up, visit this webpage or contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Know students would would make good campus leaders? Encourage them to attend the Student Leadership Fair to learn how to become a Resident Assistant (RA), Peer Advisor (PA), or other Student Life leader.

The fair will be in Canyon Commons tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be representatives from clubs, Commuter Life, Intercultural Life, the Peer Advisor program, Residence Life, Spiritual Life, Student Activities, and Student Government to answer questions about roles they are hiring for next academic year.

If students wish to know more, they can contact Stephanie St. Cyr (sstcyr@georgefox.edu) or Kristi Welker (kwelker@georgefox.edu).

The university community is invited to the Chehalem Cultural Center to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Monday, Jan. 21. This year’s theme is “A Message of Hope.”

In addition to spoken word, musical and vocal performances, we are excited to welcome our guest speaker, Miles K. Davis, president of Linfield College. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; the program begins at 6 p.m., followed by a reception and resource fair. The center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St.

Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu for more information.

Have you struggled with alcohol? Looking for some support? Feel free to attend the AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting on campus. We meet Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. during the spring semester in Roberts 168. Our theme is “One Hour, Big Change.”

All George Fox students, staff, faculty and administrators are welcome to attend. There is no fee to participate.

Questions? Contact Gregg Lamm at gregg.lamm@gmail.com.

Please join us to learn about estate planning on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at noon in Canyon Commons 103. The estate planning workshop will review the five documents everyone should have in place for a tax-efficient and loving estate plan.

Gene Christian, a recognized regional estate planning leader and George Fox alumnus, will present this workshop and be available for those who would like to confidentially discuss their estate plans.

A light lunch of soup and salad will be served, and there is no cost to you for either the workshop or the lunch. Please RSVP to Karlyn Fleming no later than tomorrow (Jan. 15) at kfleming@georgefox.edu or ext. 2115.

Space is limited, so please reserve your place early!

The George Fox theatre department opens its winter musical Jane Eyre this month. Come join us for a compelling and powerful musical adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece.

The show runs in Wood-Mar Auditorium Jan. 31 through Feb. 2 and Feb. 7-9 at 7:30 p.m., and will also include 2 p.m. matinee performances on Sunday, Feb. 3, and Sunday, Feb. 10. Open captioning will be available for the shows on Feb. 3 and Feb. 7.

Student tickets are free both Thursdays, Jan. 31 and Feb. 7. Bring your student ID to the door. Employees are provided with one complimentary ticket for any of the shows.

Reserve your seat online and bring your George Fox ID with you to show at the door. You may also purchase additional tickets online. Tickets are also available for pick-up at the box office in the Bruin Store (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).

For more information, visit this page. See you at the show!

The fall all-community meeting date has been set! Be sure to mark your calendars for Monday, Aug. 19. More details will be forthcoming as the event draws closer.

Theatre professor Rhett Luedtke will be a special guest speaker at a Legacy League (formerly George Fox Auxiliary) luncheon at noon on Friday, Jan. 18, in Canyon Commons.

Rhett will speak about the school’s commitment to developing “servant storytellers” with students dedicated to integrating faith and artistic excellence, the discernment process of planning the campus theatre season each year, the University Players touring group, and the drama department’s leadership role in the Big Bridge Theatre Consortium.

Rhett is recipient of the 2016 Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Excellence in Educational Theatre, the 2010 National Directing Fellowship from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and the 2010 George Fox Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award.

In addition, he is the artistic director for the Big Bridge Theatre Consortium, which has 12 universities across the nation committed to developing new American plays dedicated to interfaith conflict and peace.

Reservations are required, with $10 payable at the door. Reservations, with a deadline of Jan. 16, may be made by calling Connie Magee at 503-927-5011 or Judy Woolsey at 503-538-7314.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), George Fox University Libraries will host David Rawson, former U.S. ambassador to Rwanda and currently a visiting scholar in our College of Business, to present his collection of primary sources from the Rwandan genocide, civil war and peace talks.

The event will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Special Collections Room on the second floor of the Murdock Library. This event will serve as the inaugural “Fox Unboxed” event, in which archival collections are being brought “out of the box!”

More information is available here.

The Bruin Bites Café will be delayed in opening this week due to unanticipated staffing issues. Please join us for meals, snacks and refreshments in both the Bridge Café and Bruin Den, as well as Canyon Commons. We will reopen the Bruin Bites Café as soon as we’re able to be fully staffed.

Thank you for your understanding.

– Bon Appetit

Welcome back everyone, and happy 2019! We have a lot of packages in Mail Services, so, for this week only, we will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For the first week of the semester (Jan. 14-18), Mail Services is extending its hours to 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to help alleviate the overwhelming number of packages that have been delivered over the break.

Thanks,
Mail Services

Please join us to learn about estate planning on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at noon in Canyon Commons 103. The estate planning workshop will review the five documents everyone should have in place for a tax-efficient and loving estate plan.

Gene Christian, a recognized regional estate planning leader and George Fox alumnus, will present this workshop and be available for those who would like to confidentially discuss their estate plans.

A light lunch of soup and salad will be served, and there is no cost to you for either the workshop or the lunch. Please RSVP to Karlyn Fleming no later than Jan. 15 at kfleming@georgefox.edu or ext. 2115.

Space is limited, so please reserve your place early!

We are sharing a few resources that we hope will help you prepare your FoxTALE course sites. The guide, FoxTALE Course Life Cycle, includes video demonstrations and instructions on how to import content into your 2019 Spring course sites, make your course sites visible to students, and more.

FoxTALE was upgraded during our break. You may be interested to know that …

• Faculty and students can easily make short audio and video recordings (maximum of two minutes) in forum postings. The feature is built into the FoxTALE text editor. See a demonstration of this here.
• On the Dashboard, each course listed in the In Progress, Future, and Past tabs will display a small image. You have the option of replacing the generic image with your own. See a demonstration of this at Dashboard Course Listing Images. You can find images at UnSplash.com, which is a repository of photography under Creative Commons licensing.

You will find additional guides on this FoxTALE for Faculty page and Digital Learning page. We invite you to join us for web conferences being offered on the Faculty Development Spring Offerings Form.

We hope this information helps as you make final preparations in your courses.

– Your Digital Learning Team

Join the university community in saying farewell to Patrick Kelley, who is leaving George Fox this month after nine years of service to the university. A reception for Patrick is set from 2 to 4 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Portland Center.

On Tuesday, Jan. 15, George Fox University Libraries will host David Rawson, former U.S. ambassador to Rwanda and currently a visiting scholar in our College of Business, to present his collection of primary sources from the Rwandan genocide, civil war and peace talks.

The event will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Special Collections Room on the second floor of the Murdock Library. This event will serve as the inaugural “Fox Unboxed” event, in which archival collections are being brought “out of the box!”

More information is available here.

The university’s doctor of physical therapy program is hosting a 50/50 raffle fundraiser to help raise funds for its Africa serve trip this summer. Purchase tickets at our table in the lobby or from students walking through the stands during the first half of the men’s basketball games on Jan. 11 and Jan. 15.

When you purchase a raffle ticket, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win half of the money raised from this event. The winner will be announced at halftime.

The two trips to Uganda and Ghana provide opportunities for students to serve a variety of populations and communities, while providing education to other medical students and professionals through the practice of physical therapy.

Thank you for your support and go Bruins!

Questions? Contact Monica Martinez at martinezm13@georgefox.edu.

Starting this week, the Office of Mail Services is increasing the courier delivery service to five days. The courier will pick up daily at 11:30 a.m. Therefore, anything that needs to go to the Portland Center has to be brought to Mail Services no later than 10:30 a.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Have you changed vehicles lately or gotten license plates on a new car? If you have changes in your vehicle registration since you originally registered in 2015, and you haven’t notified Campus Public Safety of the changes, please email Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) with your current vehicle information. She can then override the system to get your registration up-to-date or check to see that what you have listed is still current.

Info needed: make, model, year, color, license plate, state and VIN number. Also, if you’ve moved or changed phone numbers recently, that needs to be updated as well.

If you are finding that you are switching cars frequently with your spouse, but only have the one gratis parking permit, it is easy to purchase a dedicated permit for each vehicle! Just bring $5 cash to the Campus Public Safety office and we can easily issue a new permit to your other car.

And, just a reminder that your staff permit is for your use only, not for your student’s use who attends here! They must register for their own permit unless you drive them to and from school each and every day.

Portland employees: If you are at the Newberg campus frequently, please go ahead and register your vehicle on MyGFU so you won’t be ticketed for non-registration. Thank you!

Have a vehicle situation that is out-of-the-box? Just call 503-554-2090 or write Nadine and we will talk through the options and find the best solution.

We’d like to invite Newberg and surrounding communities to join us for a great night of basketball this Friday, Jan. 11, in Miller Gymnasium. The Bruins will host a doubleheader against conference opponent Whitworth University, with the women’s game tipping off at 6 p.m. and the men’s game at 8 p.m.

The George Fox women are ranked No. 12 in the nation and are currently tied with Whitworth atop the Northwest Conference standings. This game will go a long way toward determining the conference champion.

The men’s game will feature our 10-3 (4-0 in conference) Bruins, who are averaging 93 points per game. Whitworth’s men are ranked No. 7 nationally, and the two schools are currently tied for first in the NWC.

This is the best combined start of season for our programs since joining the NCAA. Complimentary tickets will be offered to anyone who provides proof of address in Newberg, Dundee, St. Paul and Sherwood by showing their license.

Contact Elise Trask (etrask@georgefox.edu) with any questions. See you at the games!