The Daily Bruin

An Intro to Guitar class and individual guitar lessons are being offered on campus this spring. Sign up and add some fun to your schedule!

The Intro to Guitar class is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting. Learn to play rock, worship and popular songs while learning strumming patterns and chord progressions. No experience is necessary (MUSI 250-A; meets Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:40-10:30 a.m).

Individual guitar lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level. One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and get some new skills and techniques. Work on music that you really want to play: rock, blues, worship, jazz, classical, etc. (MUSA 105/305 GT).

Lessons are taught by in-demand Portland guitarist Dave Iula. He performs with Portland’s top bands (Mel Brown, Patrick Lamb, Excellent Gentlemen) as well as many churches in Portland (Beaverton Foursquare, Southlake Church, Rolling Hills, Imago Dei Community).

E-mail Dave for more info at daveiula1@gmail.com.

We would like to inform you of a great and fun volunteer opportunity coming on Monday, Jan. 20. Once again, we will be taking part in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. There are no classes this day, so instead of taking the day off, come serve with us in Portland and get a free T-shirt.

MLK Day consists of meeting early Monday morning at Stevens and then heading to Portland. The day begins with a rally at David Douglas High School. From there, volunteers are assigned a community project, alongside other Portland-area college students.

This is a great event to meet other college students and also to volunteer. Transportation and food is provided by our department at no cost to you. All you need to do is register here by midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

If you would like more information, you can find it at this link or you can e-mail Inclusion and Student Leadership Programs at islp@georgefox.edu.

Make sure you invite your friends.

Spring 2014 FoxTALE sites are currently hidden from students. When you are ready, make your course visible to your students by logging in to your course, selecting “Administration>Edit Settings” on the course homepage and changing the visible setting from “Hide” to “Show.”

Use your new, empty 2014 Spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

If your course site is set to “Weekly” format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to “Administration > Edit settings” on the course home page. Change the course start date to the first day of your course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and save changes.

Learn More: FoxTALE Faculty Guides by Topic

Interested in finding out more about domestic and international missions? Come to the 2014 Missions Fair tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium.

Missions organizations participating include Word Made Flesh, Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry, Teach Beyond, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Iron Sharpens Iron Campus Ministries, Children’s Relief International, Faith in Action and many more!

If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.

Hope to see you there!

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

On Wednesday, Jan. 15, the normal class schedule will be adjusted to accommodate the president’s Honors Convocation Chapel. Please use the link included below to view the adjusted class schedule. Locate the regular meeting time of your scheduled Wednesday classes in the “Regular Schedule” column on the left, and modify your schedule to attend the time listed in the “Adjusted Schedule” column on the right.

Adjusted Class Schedule Due to Honors Convocation Chapel

Questions can be directed to registrar@georgefox.edu.

If you have not yet given consent to receive your W-2 online, please do so by Tuesday, Jan. 14, by 5 p.m. It takes just a minute to log into MyGFU and go to “Self Service,” “Payroll and Compensation” and “W-2 Consent” and check the box. This saves envelopes, processing and delivery, and you will have your W-2 ready to print anytime.

Help us go green!

To nominate a colleague for this month’s Employee of the Month award, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Jan. 17, with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 Visa gift card at our community meeting on Thursday, Jan. 30.

Two staff and administrator positions are currently open – for a programmer analyst and a graduate admissions counselor (seminary).

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 either of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Please notify Kristi Hagen right away of any contributions to the university or seminary that are postmarked Dec. 31, 2013. We need to be sure to acknowledge them promptly for their tax purposes. Kristi can be reached at ext. 2111 or khagen@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!
– University Development Office

An Intro to Guitar class and individual guitar lessons are being offered on campus this spring. Sign up and add some fun to your schedule!

The Intro to Guitar class is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting. Learn to play rock, worship and popular songs while learning strumming patterns and chord progressions. No experience is necessary (MUSI 250-A; meets Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:40-10:30 a.m).

Individual guitar lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level. One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and get some new skills and techniques. Work on music that you really want to play: rock, blues, worship, jazz, classical, etc. (MUSA 105/305 GT).

Lessons are taught by in-demand Portland guitarist Dave Iula. He performs with Portland’s top bands (Mel Brown, Patrick Lamb, Excellent Gentlemen) as well as many churches in Portland (Beaverton Foursquare, Southlake Church, Rolling Hills, Imago Dei Community).

E-mail Dave for more info at daveiula1@gmail.com.

The Bruin Den has reopened this week and the hours are 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will resume normal hours of operation starting next Monday, Jan. 13.

Do you speak fluent Spanish? Do you like to help others? On occasion the switchboard receives calls from non-English speaking callers. I would like to compile a list of employees who speak fluent Spanish who could help with these calls.

If you would be willing to take some of these calls, when needed, please e-mail Information Services Coordinator Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.

Thanks, in advance, for your help!

Saturday, Jan. 11, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Jan. 11, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)

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

How do our bodies “speak” even before we say a word? How do groups instinctively “size you up” and decide who influences them?

These and other questions will be addressed at the College of Business’ Winter Speaker Series Event, “The Interplay of Bodies and Influence in Leadership: A New Economics of Power,” featuring MaryKate Morse from our seminary. The presentation is scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at the Portland Center. The presentation is free, and complimentary coffee and tea will be provided.

Morse has studied the relationship of our physical bodies to influence in leadership and is the author of the book Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space and Influence. Using the historical Jesus as a model, she proposes a new economics for the use of power in social settings.

To R.S.V.P. or to learn more, go to this link. The deadline to register is Friday, Jan. 17. More information is also available by contacting Darla Norgren at 503-554-6176.

The university’s Auxiliary will present the third installment of its lunch lecture series “Reflections on Pacific College/GFC/GFU’s His­tory” at noon tomorrow (Friday) in the Cap and Gown Room.

Longtime professor and 1975 George Fox alumnus Mark Ankeny, who has also served as the dean of the College of Education at both Pacific University and Westminster College (Utah), will discuss the early history of Pacific College/George Fox College.

Among the topics to be covered are the college’s vision for a Quaker school, the presidencies of Levi Pennington (1911-1941) and Emmett Gulley (1941-1947), and how the college survived during its early period.

Cost for lunch is $8.50 and must be paid at the door. Reservations, which can be made by calling Judy Woolsey at 503-538-7314, are required.

The next installment of the series, in which David Le Shana will cover the period between 1969 and 1982, is scheduled for Friday, March 14. The series will conclude May 9 with reflections on the 1980s and 1990s from Barry Hubbell.

The Bruin Den area in the SUB will have a different look when undergraduate classes resume next week. Crews are currently renovating the space to increase the eating area for students and staff and to improve the pace of service in the Bruin Den.

The water feature is being removed to allow for more space for seating, and the Executive Dining Room is being converted to a “grab and go” venue. The goal is to take some pressure off of the Bruin Den and eliminate long lines. This new area will have pre-made sandwiches, salads, beverage coolers, etc., and a cashier.

The university is also looking to turn Cap & Gown A into seating space for students and staff when it is not needed for larger group meetings.

Sign up for FoxTALE webinars and workshops this week to see the new features available with our Dec. 31 upgrade or to get your course site ready.

Use your new, empty 2014 Spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

Spring 2014 sites are currently hidden from students. When you are ready, you can share the sites with your students. Here is a quick guide on how to make the courses available: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible (Available) to Students.

If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, we recommend that you back up your 2013 Fall grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. See the instructions here for backing up grades. You will want to keep an archive of your course grades that cover the last five years.

If your course site is set to “Weekly” format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to Administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Change the course start date to the first day of your course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and save changes.

IT Educational Technology Team

Be sure to check out President Robin Baker’s latest blog piece. In it, he shares his thoughts on the future of higher education and invites Professor Phil Smith to weigh in on the subject as well.

You can read the blog here.

Print Services will host a paper sale of its overstock paper. We will be selling the paper in reams of 500 sheets, with no substitutions and mix matching. These reams would be ideal for personal use or for your department for special projects.

The sale begins today (Monday) and runs through Friday, Jan. 10, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and while supplies last. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give Print Services a call at ext. 2550.