The Daily Bruin

Faculty lunch tomorrow (Tuesday) has a location change. We’ll meet in Roberts 117. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $3.

Come grab a Krispy Kreme doughnut in the quad* tomorrow (Tuesday) and help our athletic training club raise money to attend the Northwest Athletic Training Association convention in Tacoma, Washington.

Cost is $1 per doughnut. Bring all your friends! We’ll be selling from 10:30 a.m. until they are all sold out!

Contact Paige Knight (pknight14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

*If it’s raining, we’ll be in the Bruin Den.

Are you interested in engaging in dialogue about current issues in our society?

We are hosting an event, Matheteis, designed to provide space for faculty, staff/administrators and students to discuss difficult topics that lead to learning and understanding. Those who attend will have the opportunity to listen and learn from our four panelists as they answer a series of questions. Afterwards, attendees will have the chance to ask questions themselves and join the discussion.

Our first gathering for this semester’s series will be tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons, and the topic will be “Would You Stand.” We will be discussing the national anthem and activism. There is no cost to attend, and snacks will be provided. Elective chapel credit is offered for this event. This event is sponsored by the Intercultural Life office, Shalom and BSU.

Feel free to contact Mikaela Smith at smithm16@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Join us for a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation tonight (Monday), when Elton Villanueva, a special education assistant at South Eugene High School, presents “Deconstructing the American Dream via The Metacognitive System” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Synopsis: The American Dream, like race, is a socially defined construct, in that the existence of an American Dream requires people to collectively agree and accept that it does in fact exist. We will introduce the metacognitive system and analyze the notion that “all men are created equal” with the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” via a metacognitive lens.

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.

Wondering how colleagues are using media in their courses? Looking for moral support as you make plans to produce videos? Join us for a brown-bag show-and-tell. Give a five-minute tour of a course, demonstrate your favorite media tool, or come to watch colleagues share. We hope you can join us!

• Friday, Feb. 24, noon to 1 p.m., Portland Center Library Study Room 132
• Friday, March 3, noon to 1 p.m., Newberg’s MLRC Study Room 114

RSVP at this link. Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu).

Our International Photo Contest finalist photos are on display in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium Feb. 16-22. Drop by the atrium on Tuesday, Feb. 21, to cast your vote and to help us select the winning photos (voting open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)!

Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu with any questions.

If you are an employee who uses 25Live for event and room reservation requests, you may want to be a member of the 25Live Users group. The purpose of this Google group is primarily to notify you of any 25Live downtime or updates, such as we had this past Wednesday morning.

If you would like to be added to this group, please email Janelle Baugh (jbaugh@georgefox.edu) in IT.

It’s a challenge within a challenge! This week, as part of the 125 Days of Wellness Challenge, challenge one of your teammates in a “battle” of some kind. The winner of that battle can take an additional 125 points for themselves. Limit one battle per person. For example: Doubling your steps, getting the most done at work, etc.

– Brought to you by the Staff Development Committee

Come join Sigma Tau Delta for a Valentine’s Day encore, celebrating the best of love poetry. Whether it’s romantic, silly, or a little cynical, your selection is welcome.

We’ll meet at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday) in Stevens 209. Questions? Contact Kelsey Herschberger (kherschberger14@georgefox.edu).

Today (Saturday) is the deadline to sign up for the 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 closes today! 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.

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

• Clinical Coordination Specialist
• Associate Director of Residence Life
• 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.

Monday, Feb. 20, is President’s Day, which means that the U.S. Postal Service and Mail Services will not be delivering incoming or outgoing first-class mail. All first-class mail will resume on Tuesday.

Thank you,
Mail Services

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Monday, Feb. 20, in Canyon Commons 101-103. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 155A.

Come join Sigma Tau Delta for a Valentine’s Day encore, celebrating the best of love poetry. Whether it’s romantic, silly, or a little cynical, your selection is welcome.

We’ll meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 20, in Stevens 209. Questions? Contact Kelsey Herschberger (kherschberger14@georgefox.edu).

Are you interested in engaging in dialogue about current issues in our society?

We are hosting an event, Matheteis, designed to provide space for faculty, staff/administrators and students to discuss difficult topics that lead to learning and understanding. Those who attend will have the opportunity to listen and learn from our four panelists as they answer a series of questions. Afterwards, attendees will have the chance to ask questions themselves and join the discussion.

Our first gathering for this semester’s series will be Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 8:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons, and the topic will be “Would You Stand.” We will be discussing the national anthem and activism. There is no cost to attend, and snacks will be provided. Elective chapel credit is offered for this event. This event is sponsored by the Intercultural Life office, Shalom and BSU.

Feel free to contact Mikaela Smith at smithm16@georgefox.edu if you have 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. tonight (Friday). 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.

Create a space in your home or office to be a “war room” for prayer. Pray throughout this challenge as much as possible in that space. Pray for your coworkers, your friends, your family, the lost, the stolen, the broken, the sick, the church, the next generation, this generation and the government.

This challenge is priceless, but you can add 125 points per week for praying in that space. For the 125 Days of Wellness scoreboard, go to this link.

– Brought to you by the Staff Development Committee

You’re invited to join the 125 MPH Wellness Group every Monday from noon to 12:30 p.m. to walk the Stoffer Stadium track (or walk through the neighborhood if the mood strikes us). Try to be on time in case we do decide to do some exploring. We’ll need to start right away. We’re loads of fun and would love to have you join us.

Questions? Contact Patty Findley at ext. 2910 or pfindley@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Monday, Feb. 20, in Canyon Commons 101-103. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 155A.

Reminder: Please send your nominations for Employee of the Month for February to Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu by the end of the day today (Thursday), and come for the presentation at the all-employee meeting this Monday, Feb. 20.