The Daily Bruin

Tonight (Monday), Brian Gillis will speak at Art Talk about his practice as a contemporary artist. He examines sociocultural issues as the consequent evidence of particular historic moments by exposing their genesis, conditions and outcomes.

His work uses a variety of production strategies and conceptual approaches. These often draw from specific sites and related institutions, and range from the production of objects and editions of multiples to site-specific installations and actions. Gillis is currently associate professor of art at the University of Oregon.

Join us from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.). Contact Annie Lunt (alunt13@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

As part of the university’s 125th anniversary celebration, special guest Peter Kreeft, PhD, a professor of philosophy from Boston College, will speak in Bauman Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 17. The title of his presentation is “Lewis & Tolkien: Christian Faith in a Postmodern World.”

Kreeft is the author of 75 books as well as a popular writer of Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. His books include Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Christianity for Modern Pagans and Fundamentals of the Faith. Admission is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Going to today’s basketball games against Willamette? Support the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s fundraiser to raise money for Camp Attitude, a special-needs sports camp that houses kids with special needs and their families for a week.

S-AAC representatives will be at both the 4 p.m. women’s game and 6 p.m. men’s game selling old men’s and women’s basketball and soccer jerseys for $10 to $20. All proceeds will go toward Camp Attitude! Donations will also be welcome!

Questions? Contact Kelsea Meyers (kmeyers13@georgefox.edu).

Annual Open Enrollment: Feb. 14 – March 6

During open enrollment, benefit-eligible employees can make changes to benefits without a “change in status” reason. Changes made during Open Enrollment will take effect April 1, 2017.

The changes to the plans are very minimal, with The Pioneer Health Trust/Regence, Kaiser, Allegiance FSA, Lifemap, and Aflac all being offered again this year.

Whether or not you make any changes to your benefit elections, you need to complete the “Open Enrollment Election Form.” This is an electronic form that will be delivered to your George Fox email on Feb. 14, 2017. If you decide to add coverage or make any changes to your current coverage, you will need to complete the appropriate enrollment forms (available on the HR website) and return them to HR at Box 6108 by end of day Monday, March 6.

Watch your inbox for 2017-18 open enrollment rates and details!

You are invited to attend our George Fox Employee Benefit Fair Feb. 16

Come by and visit our George Fox benefit vendors! Booths will be hosted by TIAA, Regence, Kaiser, Lifemap, Allegiance (FSA), and Aflac.

Human Resources will also be hosting a booth at the fair, so stop by with your benefit questions or to turn in your open enrollment forms! Join us Thursday, Feb. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Canyon Commons (Rooms 101 and 102).

Human Resources will be at the Portland Center Feb. 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. in Room 142

Darby Thiessen will have open office hours for Portland Center employees. If you have benefit questions or would like to turn in your open enrollment forms, please stop in!

Questions? Contact Darby at dthiessen@georgefox.edu.

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Customer Support Specialist
• Associate Director of Residence Life
• Dean, College of Education
• Nurse Practitioner / Physician’s Assistant

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

You spoke and we listened. Come and join us on Monday, Feb. 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. in Roberts Center 117 to see the exciting new Applicant Pool program.

This applicant tracking system starts with an online application and will transform the way we advertise openings, accept applications, track candidate status through the interview process, and communicate with candidates. Launch date for the Applicant Pool program is coming soon, so hiring managers and department administrators are invited to join us to find out more about this helpful new tool!

If you have questions, contact Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu.

The men’s and women’s basketball teams are fighting for spots in the Northwest Conference tournaments. Each men’s and women’s team that wins the conference tournament gets an automatic bid into the national NCAA tournament.

Don’t miss Senior Night and our last regular-season home games of the year tomorrow in Miller Gymnasium. Go Bruins!

Saturday, Feb. 11, 4 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Willamette
Saturday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. – Men’s Basketball vs. Willamette

Join us for a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation this Monday, Feb. 13, when author Rob Neyer presents “Baseball: Still the National Pastime?” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Polls suggest that America’s erstwhile favorite sport is now far less popular than football, with basketball and perhaps even soccer gaining fast. But is there still something to be said for baseball as America’s (or maybe the Americas’) most meaningful sport? Come hear Neyer discuss this very topic.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “The Future of the American Dream.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is running a 48-hour fundraiser to raise money for Camp Attitude, a special-needs sports camp that houses kids with special needs and their families for a week.

S-AAC representatives will be at lunch and dinner today (Friday) in the Canyon Commons and at the basketball games Saturday selling old men’s and women’s basketball and soccer jerseys for $10 to $20. Saturday’s games against Willamette begin at 4 p.m. (women’s) and 6 p.m. (men’s).

All proceeds will go toward Camp Attitude! Donations will also be welcome! Questions? Contact Kelsea Meyers (kmeyers13@georgefox.edu).

Get ready for this year’s Industry Innovation Idea (i3) Challenge! Students, start putting your teams together – six students from any major – and mark your calendars for Saturday, Feb. 25, for the third annual i3 Challenge. The event, sponsored by the College of  Business, will take place from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Hoover Academic Building.

Registration goes live Saturday, Feb. 11, and will close Saturday, Feb. 18. Just click this link to register!

Students will spend the day working alongside an industry mentor and will create an innovative idea, competing for a $500 grand prize. If you have questions, reach out to Laurie Koehler at lkoehler@georgefox.edu.

February is Black History Month, and the Black Student Union has partnered with Bon Appetit to celebrate! The Bon will feature dishes inspired by different Black cultures every Tuesday during dinner (4:30-7:30 p.m.) for the month of February. This Tuesday, Feb. 14, will highlight some Caribbean menu items!

Interested in learning more about what BSU does on campus? Contact Hannah Pettey at hpettey15@georgefox.edu for more info!

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is welcoming hundreds of prospective students for the second week of Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots today (Friday).

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.

The music of Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven and Gershwin will fill Bauman Auditorium when Soheil Nasseri, an internationally renowned pianist, performs for the university’s 11th annual Bösendorfer Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16.

All employees and students are entitled to one free ticket. Additional tickets are $12 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. All tickets are reserved seating and are available at this link or at the University Box Office by calling 503-554-3844.

Nasseri has performed at some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, London’s Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, Tokyo’s Musashino Center, Théâtre Fémina in Bordeaux, Florence’s Teatro Comunale, St. Petersburg’s Philharmonia, and Palermo, Italy’s Teatro Politeama.

He will perform four pieces: Schubert’s Sonata in A Minor, D 784, Schumann’s, Carnaval, Op. 9, Beethoven’s Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

To learn more about Nasseri and the concert series, visit this page.

The university community is invited to join the College of Christian Studies for its sixth annual Circle of Peace Seminar, “Building Bridges through Education,” on Monday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. in Canyon Commons.

Our panel discussion will highlight practical ways in which diverse faith traditions are transforming our world through the power of education among religious, cultural and political divides. The seminar will include a panel of four speakers from Jewish, Buddhist, Christian and Muslim backgrounds, as well as a short question-and-answer time.

Chapel credit is available for this event.

Questions? Contact Taylor Staman at tstaman14@georgefox.edu.

We look forward to seeing you at the staff lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 22! Casey Brooks with Media Production Services will share about the services MPS provides and how the new forms will help expedite requests.

Join us from noon to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons. Click here to R.S.V.P.

– Brought to you by the Staff Development Committee

The university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry invites you to join us for the seventh annual Dalton Lecture at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Bauman Auditorium.

Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, a senior astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will speak on the topic “Universe of Wonder: Galaxies, Stars, Planets and Life.” Admission is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

In the presentation, Wiseman will investigate what new discoveries are revealing about the cosmos and the significance of life in a dynamic universe. She will also give a scientific talk at 3 p.m. on Feb. 9 in Wood-Mar Auditorium entitled, “Frontiers of Astronomical Discovery: Galaxies, Dark Energy, Planets and Life.”

Wiseman received her BS in physics from MIT, discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987, and continued her studies at Harvard, earning a PhD in astronomy in 1995. She is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, a network of Christians in Science. She has authored several essays addressing the relationship of astronomy and the Christian faith.

A dessert reception and Student Research Poster session follows the lecture.

For more information on Wiseman and the Dalton Lecture Series in general, visit this link. Questions? Call the Department of Biology and Chemistry at 503-554-2710.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is welcoming hundreds of prospective students for the second week of Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday).

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.

If you’re interested in completing a George Fox University course in half the time and paying only 50 percent tuition while doing it, then the summer online program is the way to go!

The summer term runs from the beginning of June through the end of July, and features a wide array of courses from the General Education package and beyond. All courses are full credit — which also means full workload — and are taught in small sections by experienced and selected professors from George Fox.

Registration begins on Monday, Feb. 20, and spots are limited! You can check out our newly updated class information site, class.georgefox.edu, for a list of the courses being offered (marked with the abbreviation “ONL” next to the course number for Summer 2017 term, traditional undergraduate).

Or, you may visit the George Fox summer online course list. If you have questions about the applicability of a particular class to your degree requirements, contact your CAP coach for more information. In many cases, your financial aid package may be used to cover the cost (check with Financial Aid for details).

Questions? Email Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu), director of the summer online program.

The men’s and women’s basketball teams are fighting for spots in the Northwest Conference tournaments. Each men’s and women’s team that wins the conference tournament gets an automatic bid into the national NCAA tournament.

Don’t miss Senior Night and our last regular-season home games of the year this Saturday in Miller Gymnasium. Go Bruins!

Saturday, Feb. 11, 4 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Willamette
Saturday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. – Men’s Basketball vs. Willamette

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is getting ready to welcome hundreds of prospective students for the second week of Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 9-10.

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.