The Daily Bruin

Want to win a cash prize of $50? Submit photos taken abroad, whether photos of people, landscape and architecture, or culture. The fourth annual George Fox International Photo Contest has started and is open to all university students and employees. The deadline for photo submissions is Wednesday, March 11.

For contest guidelines and submission details, please go to this link.

Got questions? Contact Hongyang Yin (hyin13@georgefox.edu) or Imani Kamau (fkamau14@georgefox.edu).

Calling all ladies of tech! Don’t forget to sign up for Thursday’s REAL Women of Tech event at OMSI in Portland. The IDEA Center will provide transportation for you to attend the Technology Association of Oregon-sponsored event, scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. The panel will discuss success stories of women in the tech world, followed by a screening of the film Big Dream.

To attend you must register at this link and with the IDEA Center. Questions? Contact Deb Mumm-Hill at dmummhill@georgefox.edu.

Have you ever wondered:

• Why do people keep talking about diversity?
• Why can’t we all just be color blind?
• Why isn’t there a “White History Month”?

If so, come to the “Colored White” panel happening at Shalom from 9 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, in the Cap and Gown Room.

Questions? Contact Hope Kenyon at ekenyon11@georgefox.edu.

World Vision is looking for students from a variety of majors who are interested in global development, child advocacy and relief work to serve as interns this summer in one of their four stateside offices.

More than 50 percent of their interns are hired full time by the organization. The IDEA Center will be hosting an information session tomorrow (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in Stevens 207. If you know of students who would be well suited for this type of job opportunity, please encourage them to attend.

Questions? Contact Joe Thouvenel at jthouvenel@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

Do you know students who struggle with tests? They read the book, do the assignments, study the night before, and still don’t do well on your tests?

Tomorrow (Thursday) Rick Muthiah, associate director of Learning Support Services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests. The title of the session is “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at least become a better test-taker).”

Encourage students to join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Questions? Contact Rick at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in studying in Germany? Director Gerald Orr of AMBEX, a fully accredited Christian semester abroad program located near Munich, Germany, will be on campus tomorrow (Thursday). Please stop by the information table in the Bruin Den from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will also be an information meeting that night at 6 p.m. in Stevens 106.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Join us for chapel tonight (Wednesday) to hear from guest speakers Jeff and Terra Mattson. Chapel is at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Chapel credit is available. Jeff and Terra are the owners and founders of Living Wholehearted.

For more information, please visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Join us tomorrow (Thursday) for a Winter Symphonic Band Concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free.

The program includes Alfred Reed’s The Hounds of Spring, John Barnes Chance’s Elegy, Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, J.B. Arban’s Fantasie and Variations on The Carnival of Venice, Philip Sparke’s The Year of the Dragon and John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever.

Spring break service and immersion trip applications are open! Five trips are offered this spring break. The details of each trip, as well as the online application, can be found at this link.

Trip leader applications are due by Wednesday, March 4. Participant applications are due by Friday, March 6.

Any questions? Email Lene Ferrari at lferrari11@georgefox.edu.

The time for this week’s Chinese Lab has changed to 7 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 27, in the International House. We’ll have excellent Chinese teachers joining us for an hour. We’ll also have snacks!

Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday. Questions? Contact Sihui Zhu at szhu13@georgefox.edu.

Our Liberal Arts and Critical Issues group is doing a general survey on school shootings in America. The responses to this survey will help us during the research process.

School Violence Survey

Thank you for participating.
Rebekah Riggins (rriggins11@georgefox.edu)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Make plans to attend an all-employee meeting scheduled for this Thursday, Feb. 26, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. A live stream of the meeting will be shown in Portland Center’s Room 160.

Now you can purchase one of the “Perfect Season” T-shirts for $12 that was worn by members of our women’s basketball team to commemorate their 25-0 season. Orders must be placed by 4 p.m. today (Tuesday) and can be picked up on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the gym before the tournament semifinals kick off.

Order your shirts with this order form.

World Vision recently contacted the IDEA Center about wanting to connect more George Fox students with internship and career possibilities within their organization. They are looking for students from a variety of majors who are interested in global development, child advocacy and relief work to serve as interns this summer in one of their four stateside offices.

More than 50 percent of their interns are hired full time by the organization. The IDEA Center will be hosting an information session on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. in Stevens 207. If you know of students who would be well suited for this type of job opportunity, please encourage them to attend.

Questions? Contact Joe Thouvenel at jthouvenel@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

Listed below are labs and help sessions available during spring 2015.

• Math Lab: Sunday through Thursday, 7-10 p.m., Lemmons 15
• General Biology Open Review Lab: Tuesday, 7-9 p.m., EHS 202
• Anatomy and Physiology (A&P): Thursday, 7-9 p.m., EHS 203
• Chemistry sessions (for all Chem classes): Monday through Thursday, 7-9 p.m., EHS 325
• GOB (General-Organic-Biochemistry, nursing): Monday, 7-9 p.m., EHS 217
• Bible: Call the College of Christian Studies office at 503-554-2650 to set up an appointment for a group study session or individual appointment.
• Business Lab: Monday & Thursday, 6-8 p.m., Stevens 209

If you need help with a course not listed above, contact:

• Your professor for suggestions about other help resources;
• The ARC (the_arc@georgefox.edu, 503-554-2327), as consultants might have knowledge or experience in the course or discipline;
• Rick Muthiah, associate director of learning support services (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2314) if you have questions or comments.

As always, the ARC is available for writing feedback and for academic coaching (weekly support and accountability meetings). Faculty, please let your students know about these resources.

On Thursday, Feb. 26, our 25Live system will be upgraded to Version 24. The system will be down from 5 to 7:30 a.m.

This upgrade will greatly increase the speed of entering requests and doing searches. The other thing you will notice is a completely new layout in the Event Wizard.

Training sessions will be provided for those users new to 25Live and separate sessions for those who just want to explore what’s new. We encourage anyone who uses 25Live on a regular basis to come to one of these sessions. Not only will we show you what’s new, but we’ll provide tips and tricks to using 25Live.

Sessions will be held on Feb. 26 and 27. To sign up for training, please complete our Registration Form by Wednesday, Feb. 25. You must be logged into your George Fox Google account to access the form.

Do you want to receive announcements, including updates, upgrades and tips on using 25Live? Then join the 25Live User group.

Questions? Email the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu.

Interested in the sports and/or entertainment industry? Consider attending the Sports Career and Internship Fair from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the Moda Center.

Meet recruiters from the sports and entertainment industry who are seeking summer interns and full-time hires from these Northwest teams and organizations: Trail Blazers, Winterhawks, Thunder, Timbers and Thorns, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Storm, Tacoma Rainers, Hillsboro Hops, Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, Alpha Broadcasting, Rip City Management, Levy Restaurants, the International Basketball League and reps from the NBA and WNBA.

Register at the IDEA Center for $17 to attend the fair. Price includes a ticket to the Trail Blazers vs. San Antonio Spurs game Wednesday night. Only a limited number of tickets are still available.

Faculty, please let students know about this opportunity.

Questions? Contact Deb Mumm-Hill at dmummhill@georgefox.edu.

Join us in Bauman Auditorium for chapel today (Tuesday) at 10:50 a.m. to hear from guest speaker Jason Fileta. He will also be sharing at Shalom tonight at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Chapel elective credit is available for both events.

Fileta is the director of Micah Challenge USA and has been with the organization since 2005. He grew up in Wheaton, Ill., the son of Egyptian immigrants. The plight of the persecuted church in Egypt compelled him to become an advocate for justice. You can read more about him on this page.

For more information about chapel, visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Come see Mike “Biggs” Wirta speak on the history of athletics at George Fox University. As many of you know, Mike has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to George Fox athletics. It should be a fun evening of entertainment and education.

“Biggs” will speak tonight (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St. There is no charge to attend.

Questions? Contact Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

Calling all ladies of tech! The IDEA Center will provide transportation for you to attend The REAL Women of Tech event hosted by the Technology Association of Oregon. It is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 26, at OMSI in Portland. The panel will discuss success stories of women in the tech world, followed by a screening of the film Big Dream.

To attend you must register at this link and with the IDEA Center. Questions? Contact Deb Mumm-Hill at dmummhill@georgefox.edu.