The Daily Bruin

George Fox University will host the annual Northwest Regional Conference of the Evangelical Missiological Society this Saturday, April 11. The theme for this year is “Controversies in Mission.” Topics will be wide and varied, from women’s roles in missions to global partnerships, from Bible translation to ethics of business as mission. Details and registration information are available at this link.

​This is a day-long Saturday event (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.); registration fee is $50, with students paying a much-reduced $15 for the day. All meetings will be in the Hoover Academic Building.

All are welcome. Register online or at the door Saturday. For more information, contact Sarita Gallagher (sgallagher@georgefox.edu) or Paula Hampton (phampton@georgefox.edu) in the College of Christian Studies.

All from the George Fox community are welcome to gather as prospective students attend our special Bruin Preview Chapel this Friday, April 10,  from 10 to 11 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Jamie Noling-Auth, university pastor and dean of spiritual and intercultural life, will speak, and the chapel will also feature a special student panel and worship. Current George Fox students are encouraged to attend, and chapel credit is available.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the spiritual and intercultural life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2320.

The all-employee meeting originally scheduled this month on Thursday, April 30, has been moved up to Thursday, April 23. The meeting will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105, with a live stream shown in Room 160 at the Portland Center.

Don’t forget to come out and support our theatre students at this spring’s drama presentation of These Shining Lives, written by Melanie Marnich and directed by Rhett Luedtke.

Performances are in Wood-Mar Auditorium on April 9-12 and April 16-19. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the two Sunday shows, scheduled as 2 p.m. matinees.

Synopsis: Marnich’s poetic tale of the women who worked for Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Ill., in the 1920s and ’30s is deeply moving, wistful and beautifully tragic. Inspired by actual people and real events, These Shining Lives chronicles the lives of four women who refuse to allow a company more concerned with profit than safety to silence their voices. Join us as we remember our collective past, reflect on the present and dream of a better future.

Tickets are $6 for students, or free for students on April 9 and 16. Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors 65 or older, and $6 for children under 12. All tickets can be ordered at theatre.georgefox.edu.

All from the George Fox community are welcome to gather as prospective students attend our special Bruin Preview Chapel this Friday, April 10,  from 10 to 11 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Jamie Noling-Auth, university pastor and dean of spiritual and intercultural life, will speak, and the chapel will also feature a special student panel and worship. Current George Fox students are encouraged to attend, and chapel credit is available.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the spiritual and intercultural life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2320.

George Fox staff and faculty, the university pastors warmly invite you to attend the undergraduate baccalaureate service on Friday, May 1, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Baccalaureate is a commissioning service for our graduating seniors and is the opening event of the graduation festivities.

We welcome you to join with us as we support, pray and commission students into all that God has for them as they conclude their time here. Attire for the event is business casual. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office for Spiritual and Intercultural Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2320.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, April 13, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

2015 Summer courses are now generated and showing on your FoxTALE home page as well as 2015 Fall and 2016 Spring courses.

Use your new, empty 2015 Summer sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

2015 Summer sites are currently hidden from students (as well as 2015 Fall and 2016 Spring). When you are ready, you can make your site visible to your students. See this quick guide: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible to Students.

For more information on FoxTALE, please check our webpage, FoxTALE for Faculty.

– Your Educational Technology Team

The university community is invited to the semester’s final lecture about the historic Saint John’s Bible. This Monday, April 13, George Fox’s Paul Anderson and Karen Bowdoin will present “Light from the New Covenant” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

In addition, this Friday, April 10, Anderson will continue his “Turning of the Page” series regarding the Bible from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the MLRC.

To learn more about this semester’s “Spring into Illumination: Seeing the Word Through The Saint John’s Bible” series, visit this page. More information is able available by contacting Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

The Saint John’s Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to have been commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey (Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn.) since the invention of the printing press. The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible is the full-size fine art reproduction of the original.

Did you know there are more than 40 to 50 jobs posted on Bruin Careers every week?

The IDEA Center is hosting a training session on Thursday, April 9, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105. Come learn about how to use Bruin Careers to enhance your job or internship search. We will also show you the employer directory, resource library and resume builder. These are free resources available to you 24/7 through Bruin Careers!

Faculty, please let your students know about this session.

Questions? Contact Sidney Tafflinger at stafflinger@georgefox.edu.

If you are looking to hire students for summer employment and research positions please note the summer housing application for students is now available online. Go to this link for more information.

Please encourage students you have hired for summer employment to fill out the form as soon as possible if they know they will need on-campus housing.

Applications need to be submitted online by Thursday, April 23, so we have time to process requests. The housing department will be in touch with summer supervisors to verify the employment of students who have requested housing.

Questions? E-mail housing@georgefox.edu or call ext. 2310.

The Jazz Ensemble will perform its annual Spring Concert this Friday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The concert will feature George Fox’s own Melissa Thomas with the big band. Admission is free. You won’t want to miss it!

A pair of Bruin teams will be competing at home this week. Check out the schedule and go cheer them on!

• Tuesday, April 7: Baseball vs. Pacific, 3:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 8: Lacrosse vs. Pacific, 5 p.m.

Join us for chapel with guest speaker Kate Wallace tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Chapel credit is available.

Wallace is a co-founder of The Junia Project, operations manager for the Wesleyan Holiness Consortium, coordinator for the WHC Freedom Network, and an adjunct professor in political science.

On Tuesday night in Shalom, join us for a panel discussion on “Women in Pastoral Leadership.” Panelists include Wallace, Jenny Matheny, Trisha Welstad and Kelly Dickson. Shalom is at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Chapel elective credit is available.

Finally, come hear from Vice President for Student Life Brad Lau in chapel on Wednesday. Chapel is at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Chapel credit is available.

Download our spring chapel calendar here. For more information, visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Want a chance to learn about and represent a different culture? How about a chance to win $200? Volunteer to host a table at the upcoming “Global Village,” sponsored by the College of Business, on Tuesday, April 14!

The first six groups to sign up will be given $25 for supplies. Put together the coolest table decorations and information, and the student body will vote for the winner. Global Village brings together people from various cultures and countries in order to celebrate diversity, multiculturalism and global citizenship. For attendees, it’s a trip “around the world” without even leaving the campus. It provides guests with unique opportunities to experience a variety of cultures and taste their delightful specialties.

The mission of the event is to foster cultural understanding, international awareness and curiosity by learning about countries many of us might not be familiar with. All students are welcome to volunteer and choose any country to represent, but there is a limited number of tables. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in EHS.

Please contact Faith Stoneman at fstoneman14@georgefox.edu for more information.

The Dress Drive is looking for those who can donate formal dresses for the organization Adorned in Grace in downtown Portland. They are a boutique run by volunteers who help teach girls, at-risk of becoming trafficked, seamstress skills to have better means in finding employment. These formal dresses will aid our community in preventing trafficking.

Dresses can be dropped off in the Bruin Den by the SpIL office the week of April 6-10. Questions? Contact Olivia Christensen at ochristensen11@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox nursing and education team that recently traveled to Kenya invites the university community to a presentation about the trip from 3 to 4 p.m. on Monday, April 13, in Hoover 105.

This will be a time of hearing specific patient stories (some in the form of case studies), showing some of our pictures, and discussing a few of the ways we improvised the nursing/medical care based on the supplies we had available. We hope to show you more specifically how God was working through each situation and to encourage you to join with us in praying for the people we had the privilege to meet.

– Stephanie Fisher and Eloise Hockett (team leaders)

The Dress Drive is looking for those who can donate formal dresses for the organization Adorned in Grace in downtown Portland. They are a boutique run by volunteers who help teach girls, at-risk of becoming trafficked, seamstress skills to have better means in finding employment. These formal dresses will aid our community in preventing trafficking.

Dresses can be dropped off in the Bruin Den by the SpIL office the week of April 6-10. Questions? Contact Olivia Christensen at ochristensen11@georgefox.edu.

Following are the hours of operation over Easter weekend:

Bruin Bites, Bruin Den and Villa Café will all close at 2 p.m. today (Thursday), and there will be no late-night Bruin Den. All outlets will be closed Good Friday, April 3, and will resume regular hours of operation on Monday, April 6.

Klages Dining Room hours of operation will change this weekend due to the Easter holiday.

• On Thursday, breakfast and lunch are normal hours, and dinner is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
• On Friday, April 3, breakfast will be from 9 to 10 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
• On Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5, brunch will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Regular hours of operation resume Monday, April 6.

April’s Employee of the Month award will be the last one until September, so if you know someone who deserves this recognition, now is the time to submit that nomination. Please send an email to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, April 16, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes him or her deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our community meeting later this month – along with the recipient of the March Employee of the Month award.

The Fitness Center will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 3, and remain closed Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, for the Easter holiday break.