The Daily Bruin

The Bruin Store wants to honor you for what you bring to the George Fox community. From today (Friday) through Tuesday, all George Fox faculty and staff get 25 percent off all apparel and gifts. We have everything from professional wear to baby clothes; from hoodies to coffee mugs and hats. Visit our table at the employee benefit fair today to learn more. See you soon!

Questions? Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu).

Join us for the fifth annual Circle of Peace Seminar, “Building Bridges of Peace: Bringing Compassionate Solutions to Global Changes,” on Monday, Feb. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room on the Newberg campus.

Our panel discussion will highlight practical ways in which faith-based organizations have endeavored to build global bridges of peace across religious, cultural and political divides. The “Building Bridges of Peace” seminar will include a panel of three speakers from Muslim, Christian and Jewish relief and development agencies, as well as a short question and answer time.

Chapel credit is available for this event. This seminar is open to the public in addition to the George Fox community. You can learn more here.

Questions? Contact Sarita Gallagher at sgallagher@georgefox.edu.

Do you know students passionate about community and investing in others? We’re looking for two groups of eight students to be a part of our Living and Giving Communities.

If you know students who might be a good fit, forward the application onto them. For specific questions, contact housing@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture this Monday, Feb. 29, when Melanie Springer Mock, a professor of English at George Fox, speaks on the topic “Evangelical Popular Culture and the Problem of Gender” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The predominating messages about gender in evangelical popular culture are negative and limiting, both for women and for men. Melanie considers the source of these messages about gender, and why they can be so damaging, especially to young people seeking their vocations.

She also argues that evangelical culture’s focus on gender, sex and “biblical manhood and womanhood,” often premised on a misguided interpretation of Scripture, makes it especially difficult for people to live in the freedom and grace Jesus offers them.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Christianity and Pop Culture.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

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

• Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
• Gift and Database Specialist
• Web Designer
• Executive Assistant to Vice President and Dean of Seminary
• Associate Registrar
• Accounting Specialist II

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, refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Questions? Contact Kera Hallman (khallman@georgefox.edu).

The George Fox women’s basketball team completed its second consecutive perfect season on Saturday and is hosting Whitworth University in the Northwest Conference Tournament semifinals tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in Miller Gymnasium.

Students will receive free admission with their I.D. cards, but all George Fox employees are required to pay for their entry.

If the Bruins win tonight, on Saturday they will host the winner of the Puget Sound versus Whitman game. The Northwest Conference Tournament champion earns an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Questions? Contact Sarah Reid (sreid@georgefox.edu).

Don’t forget to join us for the all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Thursday) in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

Annual Open Enrollment: Feb. 25 – March 11
Ted Allen will provide information about the changes to our benefit plans at the All-Employee Meeting today (Thursday). Please plan to attend!

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, 2016.

Whether or not you make any changes to your benefit elections, you need to complete the open enrollment election form. This is a new electronic form that will be delivered to your George Fox email address today after the all-employee meeting.

If you decide to add coverage or make any changes to your current coverage, you will need to complete the appropriate enrollment forms and return them to Human Resources at box #6108 by end-of-day Friday, March 11.

Attend the George Fox employee benefit fair on Friday
Visit our George Fox benefit vendors tomorrow (Friday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Booths will be hosted by TIAA-CREF, Regence, Kaiser, Allegiance, LifeMap, Aflac, the Bruin Store and our alumni office. 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.

Questions? Contact Darby Thiessen (dthiessen@georgefox.edu).

Hear travel stories of faith, adventure and fun at the Brown Bag Travels session today!

All are welcome to attend the first of our Brown Bag Travels today (Thursday) from noon to 12:50 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

This first session will focus on travel stories. Provost Linda Samek, professor Paul Chamberlain, and students Allison Killeen, Jeremy Qian, Sutton Mills and Tara Baker will share vignettes of the travel experiences they have found humorous or meaningful, and sometimes both! Bring your brown bag or lunch tray and join us for a great time.

Questions? Contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu).

Dr. Keith Dempsey, chair of the George Fox counseling program at the Portland campus, is coming to speak about how society views African American men. “Brothers, Can We Talk?” is an honest conversation which highlights how many institutions of higher education proclaim to embrace diversity but many black men continue to have challenging experiences on university and college campuses. Come to hear the trials and triumphs of black men who have navigated the waters of higher education.

Students are eligible to receive an elective chapel credit.

Dr. Dempsey will be speaking on the Newberg campus in the Cap and Gown Room from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday).

Contact Danayit Tsegay (dtsegaye15@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Want to win a cash prize up to $50? Submit photos taken abroad, whether photos of people, landscapes and architecture, or culture. The photo contest is open to all George Fox students and employees. The deadline for photo submissions is Friday, March 4.

For contest guidelines and submission details, please go to this document. The contest is sponsored by International Student & Scholar Services.

If you have any questions, contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu).

Applications are now being accepted for 2016-17 ARC consultants. If you know students who write well, are thoughtful learners, and desire to support peers in their academic success, 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 4.

If you send names of promising candidates to Melanie Mock (mmock@georgefox.edu), we 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.

More than 1,200 high school guests will be using the Bauman Auditorium and Ross Center tomorrow (Friday) for a choir festival. There will be buses driving in and out of the Bauman parking lot all day (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and parking on Fulton Street. Please use caution in and around the parking lots and be considerate of our guests.

Contact Natalie Marquette (nmarquette12@georgefox.edu) with any questions or concerns.

Many of you have brought to our attention that there have been errors in copier charges recently. Print Services is working to define and correct this error. Your budgets will be credited back for any overage accordingly. We apologize for this error and thank you for your patience while we make the correction.

Questions? Contact Richard Silver (rsilver@georgefox.edu).

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

Registration for summer 2016 is now open. The summer online dates are June 6 – July 31. You can check out our newly updated class information site, class.georgefox.edu, for a list of the classes being offered, or visit the George Fox summer courses site. If you have questions about the applicability of a 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.

Note: Reduced tuition rates apply to traditional undergraduate programs only.

If you have a work-study student who is picking up packages or mail for your department, he or she must use a pink department lanyard. If your students do not have a department lanyard, they will not be permitted to pick up the department’s packages and mail.

If you do not have a pink lanyard for your department, contact Richard Silver (rsilver@georgefox.edu).

The lost and found is overflowing with items, and everything not reunited with an owner will be donated to charitable causes on Friday afternoon. Visit the security office before Friday at noon to look for your lost items!

Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu).

Know students who struggled on midterms? Tell them about a workshop, “Status Check: Midterms Aftermath and How to Move Forward” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:35 a.m. in Lemmons 8.

In this session, Hannah Adderley, coordinator of the Academic Resource Center, will provide some tangible and practical ways to move toward greater academic performance after the midterm season.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Join us for a going-away party to celebrate eight great years of work by Dorothy Miranda. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will host an open house-style reception in our office on the second floor of Stevens Center from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2.

Join us and wish Dot well!

Questions? Contact Lindsay Knox (lknox@georgefox.edu).

Join us in chapel this morning (Tuesday) as President Robin Baker will be sharing a message. Chapel begins at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. See you there!