The Daily Bruin

On March 1, a new parental leave policy will go into effect for eligible George Fox University employees. The new parental leave policy provides paid leave for both the primary and secondary caregiver for a newborn or newly placed adopted child.

Here is a brief overview:

Primary Caregiver

• Eight weeks 100 percent paid leave
• Four-week phase back (upon return)

Secondary Caregiver

• Two weeks 100 percent paid
• Two-week phase back (upon return)

The policy and procedure for requesting paid leave will be published to our Employee Handbook on March 1, 2018.

Please review the full policy carefully for detailed information about eligibility and procedures. Please contact Nichole Drew (ndrew@georgefox.edu) or Darby Thiessen (dthiessen@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

George Fox  will serve as the venue for a special musical theatre presentation, Of Ebony Embers: Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by guest Core Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The show is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Celebrating the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance era in New York City, Of Ebony Embers examines the lives of three outstanding but very different African American poets – Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Claude McKay – as seen through the eyes of the great painter and muralist Aaron Douglas.

Chamber music theatre is a unique performance format created by the Core Ensemble, featuring a marriage of theatrical narrative to chamber music performance. Dracyn Blount portrays multiple characters while interacting with Mikael Darmanie on piano. The script was written by Akin Babatunde, who also serves as the show’s director.

The production is being hosted by George Fox’s music and theatre departments, in partnership with the offices of diversity and intercultural life.

Contact Jenny Elsey (jelsey@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The women’s basketball team is in the NCAA Division III National Tournament! The Bruins travel to Iowa to play Saint Benedict in the first round, but you can still catch the action right here on campus. The game will be streamed in Canyon Commons 101 beginning at 3:30 p.m. this Friday, March 2. Snacks will be provided!

If the team wins Friday, join us for a livestream and snacks in the same spot on Saturday, March 3, at 5 p.m. for the next round of the tournament!

Questions? Contact the sports marketing office at sportsmarketing@goergefox.edu.

We are still in the book of Daniel in Vespers and would love for you to join us for some worship and teaching tonight (Wednesday). Use this time as a much-needed study break and to relax and worship the God who created you.

We will be in Bauman Auditorium, like always, at 7 p.m. We hope to see you there!

All are invited to the 2018 Spring Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, March 6, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2016-17 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Jason Brumitt, assistant professor of physical therapy.

Brumitt’s lecture, “Can Preseason Performance and Fitness Testing Identify Athletes at Risk for Injury?,” will focus on a recent trend in sports science research to identify athletes at risk for injury based on measures of preseason fitness. His research has entailed collecting measures of preseason fitness and functional performance in collegiate athletes to identify associations between sport readiness and future injury.

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. George Fox students will present their research and peace projects in a conversational poster format.

Both events are sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee. Refreshments will be served.

Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The university community is invited to a special lecture by Nicholas Buccola, a political scientist from Linfield College, on Wednesday, March 7. Buccola will present “Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty” at 6:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation is free and open to all.

Buccola is the author of The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty (NYU, 2013). The lecture is sponsored by the John Dickinson Forum.

Questions? Contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.

Applications are now being accepted for 2018-19 ARC 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.

Students from all disciplines are welcome to apply; representation from multiple disciplines strengthens the ARC’s ability to support a wide range of students. Completed materials are due by Friday, March 9.

Send names of promising candidates to Maddie Lowen (mlowen@georgefox.edu); she will notify students that they were recommended as a candidate and will invite them to apply.

Application instructions are available at the ARC Application page.

We are a group of MBA students seeking people who have purchased a flat screen TV in the past five years. We want to research a little bit about the buying process and to understand why people bought a flat screen.

Please fill out our survey by clicking the link below.

TV Survey 

Thank you! If you have any questions, please contact Brandon Nguyen at bnguyen17@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.

Intramural signups are available online at imleagues.com, or the IMLeagues app.

Sports include:

• 5-on-5 Basketball (Monday and Wednesday nights)
• Ultimate Frisbee (Tuesday and Thursday nights)
• Floor Hockey (Tuesday and Thursday nights)
• Flag Football (Saturday mornings)

Registration is open until Saturday, March 3, at midnight. If you have any questions, please email Mark Nathlich at mnathlich14@georgefox.edu.

All sports are open to both active students and employees!

We’re excited to introduce our upcoming event hosted by the George Fox College of Business and the Business Leadership Society!

Join us for …

Designing at Speed
Featuring Ryan Russell, Director of Human-Centered Design at Amazon

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
Portland Center’s Room 155

Admission is free, but please register. Coffee and dessert will be served.

Ryan is currently the director of human-centered design at Amazon. He is responsible for design and branding across Amazon Operations, including Prime Now, Amazon Flex, Hub by Amazon, Amazon Locker, Transportation, Global Fulfillment and more. His group has studios in Seattle; Sunnyvale, California; Minneapolis, Austin, Texas; and Portland. He loves creating something from nothing and bringing talented people together around a shared vision.

To register, visit this link. Contact Allie Duncan at aduncan@georgefox.edu.

John Foubert, a professor of higher education and student affairs administration at Oklahoma State University, will be on campus Thursday, March 8, and Friday, March 9, speaking to students and employees on these important topics. Following are the sessions scheduled for faculty, staff and administrators:

How Pornography Harms: A Conversation with Faculty, Staff and Administrators

• Thursday, March 8, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101

Our Responsibility to Help End Sexual Violence: A Conversation with Faculty, Staff and Administrators

• Friday, March 9, from 3 to 4 p.m. in Hoover 102

Foubert has written several books and articles on these topics and is a much-sought-after speaker and consultant to colleges across the nation and the military. He makes frequent appearances on CNN and NPR, and is cited regularly in news outlets like the Huffington Post, The New York Times, and U.S. News & World Report. He has testified before Congress and briefed the White House and the Pentagon about how to end sexual violence.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact the student life office at studentlife@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to two free concerts to be held in Bauman Auditorium on Thursday, March 1, and Monday, March 5.

On Thursday, a Winter Symphony Orchestra Concert, featuring the university’s Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra, will perform at 7:30 p.m. The former will perform Bach’s Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, and the latter will perform Johann Strauss II’s Mein Herr Marquis from the opera Die Fledermaus and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major. Featured will be soprano Julia Wendt, winner of the 2018 George Fox Concerto-Aria Competition.

On Monday, a Winter Symphonic Band Concert will play at 7:30 p.m., featuring the Symphonic Band playing a number of selections, including Berstein’s Slava, Schumann’s When Jesus Wept, and Sousa’s Jack Tarr.

Due to building maintenance, the Bruin Den will be opening at 8 a.m. this morning (Tuesday). Thank you for your understanding.

George Fox University will serve as host for the 2018 Oregon Academy of Science’s annual meeting this Saturday, March 3. This is a one-day annual meeting for researchers, educators and students statewide to exchange ideas, present current research, and to strengthen professional and personal relationships.

This year, our keynote speaker is Marshall Gannett from the U.S. Geological Survey, who will be speaking on “Hydrology and Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems of Central Oregon.”

OAS encourages participation from a broad range of interests in the natural and social sciences. Attendees from around the state represent anthropology, biology, chemistry, computer science, economics, philosophy/environmental science/ethics, health science, STEM education, geography, geology, mathematics, physics, political science, psychology and sociology. More information can be found at our website on the event.

Faculty and students are welcome to participate in this one-day event. Included are a continental breakfast, poster sessions, oral presentations and lunch.

On-site late registration will be available Saturday morning. The event will begin in the EHS Atrium at 8 a.m. Late registration will be $50 for faculty and $25 for students. Cash or checks only.

More information can be found on the OAS website. If you have any questions, contact John Schmitt, professor of biology and the OAS president, at jschmitt@georgefox.edu.

You could be the cure! Help cancer patients with a simple mouth swab. Sign up for the “Be the Match” bone marrow registry on Monday or Tuesday, March 5-6, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103.

Young patients battling cancer will also be on hand to remind us of how you can change someone’s life by simply signing up.

Questions? Contact David Degnan (ddegnan14@georgefox.edu).

Intramural signups are available online at imleagues.com, or the IMLeagues app.

Sports include:

• 5-on-5 Basketball (Monday and Wednesday nights)
• Ultimate Frisbee (Tuesday and Thursday nights)
• Floor Hockey (Tuesday and Thursday nights)
• Flag Football (Saturday mornings)

Registration is open until Saturday, March 3, at midnight. If you have any questions, please email Mark Nathlich at mnathlich14@georgefox.edu.

All sports are open to both active students and employees!

The George Fox Auxiliary invites the university community to a special luncheon on Friday, March 2, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Canyon Commons dining hall.

Jon and Marita Bishop, two 1967 George Fox graduates who have spent 40 years doing medial missions work all over the world, will speak. They are currently training family practice physicians in Afghanistan. Their visit is the latest installment of the auxiliary’s “George Fox Alumni Serving in the World” theme for its luncheons this spring.

The final session, on Wednesday, May 2, will feature professional musician Wendy Clark Goodwin, a 2000 George Fox alumna.

The cost to attend is $10 per person, and payment may be made at the door. Reservations are preferred and can by arranged by calling Judy Woolsey at 971-832-1505.

February has flown by, which brings us to another all-employee lunch. Join your colleagues today (Tuesday) in Canyon Commons 101 and 102. Lunch is only $3 and is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Join us in chapel this morning (Tuesday) as we finish out our last week in the series “Vocation and Relationships.” We are excited to dive into what different relationships look like in life and how that can go hand-in-hand with our vocation.

See you at 10:50 a.m. for some worship and fellowship in Bauman Auditorium!

University housing has a temporary rental available for graduate students or employees available immediately until the end of July. It is a two-bedroom/1.5-bathroom house on Fulton Street near the Newberg campus. Cost is $1,300/month rent with utilities included (water/sewage/garbage). No pets.

For more details or to set up a showing, please email housing@georgefox.edu.