The Daily Bruin

Check out the home games for our Bruin teams this weekend. Note: The baseball and softball games originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been canceled because of weather. Sunday’s baseball game is tentatively scheduled for 1 p.m.

Here’s the current schedule of events …

• Saturday, Feb. 4: Women’s (4 p.m.) and Men’s (6 p.m.) Basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran University
• Sunday, Feb. 5, 1 p.m.: Baseball vs. Whitman (tentative)

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

ASC needs chaperones for the upcoming throwback dance! Please email Ashley Meyer (ameyer14@georgefox.edu) if you are willing to help; you will be compensated for your time. The event is from 9 to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Canyon Commons.

If you are unavailable but still want to chaperone for another event, let us know and we will send out more dates that need chaperones.

Thank you!

Check out what is on sale during the Bruin Store’s February clearance sale! Oh and by the way, Nike is included! Shop while supplies last. Offers are valid both in store and online at georgefoxshop.com.

For more custom apparel, go to georgefoxbruinstore.com.

Go Bruins!

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.

Students will spend the day working alongside an industry mentor and will create an innovative idea, competing for a $500 grand prize. Registration will open soon. In the meantime, if you have questions, reach out to Laurie Koehler at lkoehler@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.

Students will spend the day working alongside an industry mentor and will create an innovative idea, competing for a $500 grand prize. Registration will open soon. In the meantime, if you have questions, reach out to Laurie Koehler at lkoehler@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.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, Feb. 8, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, Fall 2016 course sites will be hidden to students (current semester course sites will be unaffected and remain visible to students).

If you want to make any of those course sites visible to students after this update, select “Administration>Edit settings.” In the “General” section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”

Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for guides and resources. If you have questions or need assistance using FoxTALE, please contact the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is getting ready to welcome hundreds of prospective students to compete for scholarships at Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots on Thursday, Feb. 2 (after noon), and Friday, Feb. 3.

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

The Delight Women’s Bible Study is hosting Pam Lau for a special talk on what it looks like to be “Better Together.” Join us at 8:45 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Canyon Commons 101.

Pam will talk about the deep need women have to connect at a deeper level as she shares real-life stories and uses Scripture to support the fact that even though we’re more connected than ever before we are more lonely than ever before. Pam has recently been traveling and speaking about her book A Friend in Me: How to be a Safe Haven for Other Women. This is one of many books she has written.

Pam is impassioned to speak the word of Jesus as it continually transforms us. This is a chapel elective credit option. Ladies, join us for snacks, fellowship and incredible influence.

Contact Jamie Barrett (jbarrett14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

ASC needs chaperones for the upcoming throwback dance! Please email Ashley Meyer (ameyer14@georgefox.edu) if you are willing to help; you will be compensated for your time. The event is from 9 to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Canyon Commons.

If you are unavailable but still want to chaperone for another event, let us know and we will send out more dates that need chaperones.

Thank you!

Check out what is on sale during the Bruin Store’s February clearance sale! Oh and by the way, Nike is included! Shop while supplies last. Offers are valid both in store and online at georgefoxshop.com.

For more custom apparel, go to georgefoxbruinstore.com.

Go Bruins!

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is getting ready to welcome hundreds of prospective students to compete for scholarships at Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots on Thursday, Feb. 2 (after noon), and Friday, Feb. 3.

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

Come join us to hear Emily Palkert, head volleyball coach, speak on the topic, “The Identity Crisis of Being a College Student.”

All are invited to this Bruins LEAD event, scheduled from 8:40 to 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, in Lemmons 8. You don’t have to be an athlete or coach to be part of Bruins LEAD, so please join us even if you are not directly connected to athletics. Snacks will be provided!

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

Baseball season kicks off at home this week, and basketball season continues with one of the programs’ last home doubleheaders of the season.

Want to get up to speed on the baseball season before the first pitch is thrown at home on Thursday? Read the season preview here.

• Thursday, Feb. 2, 1:30 p.m.: Baseball vs. Pacific University
• Friday, Feb. 3, 1:30 p.m.: Baseball vs. Pacific Lutheran University
• Saturday, Feb. 4, 4 p.m.: Baseball vs. Whitworth University
• Saturday, Feb. 4: Women’s (4 p.m.) and Men’s (6 p.m.) Basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran University
• Sunday, Feb. 5, 1 p.m.: Baseball vs. Whitman

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

The Delight Women’s Bible Study is hosting Pam Lau this week for a special talk on what it looks like to be “Better Together.” Join us at 8:45 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Canyon Commons 101.

Pam will talk about the deep need women have to connect at a deeper level as she shares real-life stories and uses Scripture to support the fact that even though we’re more connected than ever before we are more lonely than ever before. Pam has recently been traveling and speaking about her book A Friend in Me: How to be a Safe Haven for Other Women. This is one of many books she has written.

Pam is impassioned to speak the word of Jesus as it continually transforms us. This is a chapel elective credit option. Ladies, join us for snacks, fellowship and incredible influence.

Contact Jamie Barrett (jbarrett14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Check out what is on sale during the Bruin Store’s February clearance sale! Oh and by the way, Nike is included! Shop while supplies last. Offers are valid both in store and online at georgefoxshop.com.

For more custom apparel, go to georgefoxbruinstore.com.

Go Bruins!

Learn how to have quality relationships with the people you serve! The university’s Individual and Family Matters Counseling Clinic is hosting an eight-week group at the Portland Center that will offer all students or professionals in the fields of education, mental health, physical health or ministry the opportunity to improve the quality of their connections and overall care of the people they serve.

This group is based in Relational Cultural Theory and will also offer insights and growth for working with diverse communities and individuals. The whole group costs $40 and begins Thursday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m.

Please call the clinic at 503-554-6060 or email us at individualandfamilymatters@gmail.com with any questions or for more information.

The Oregon Historical Society’s special anniversary exhibit, “Vision, Mission, Values: 125 Years of George Fox University,” will end this Sunday, Feb. 5. As the oldest Christian institution in Oregon, we have a lot of history to share!

The exhibit highlights key individuals who shaped our story, special places and unique artifacts from campus life over the past 125 years.

The Oregon Historical Society is located at 1200 S.W. Park Ave., in Portland. More information is available at this link.

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. on 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.

The Delight Women’s Bible Study is hosting Pam Lau this week for a special talk on what it looks like to be “Better Together.” Join us at 8:45 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 2, in Canyon Commons 101.

Pam will talk about the deep need women have to connect at a deeper level as she shares real-life stories and uses Scripture to support the fact that even though we’re more connected than ever before we are more lonely than ever before. Pam has recently been traveling and speaking about her book A Friend in Me: How to be a Safe Haven for Other Women. This is one of many books she has written.

Pam is impassioned to speak the word of Jesus as it continually transforms us. This is a chapel elective credit option. Ladies, join us for snacks, fellowship and incredible influence.

Contact Jamie Barrett (jbarrett14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.