The Daily Bruin

Be sure to join us for an all-employee meeting tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium!

Our theme this month is “Spring.” The menu will include strawberry streusel bars, asparagus and Parmesan puffs, and strawberry lemonade.

At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve treats in Room 160.

Here is the agenda:

Welcome
Rob Westervelt
Recognizing Excellence,
Featuring Sheila Bartlett

Employee of the Month

Devotional
Kelly Chang

Christ in Everything
Sarah Baldwin
Gender Climate Study

“The Team to Beat”
Sarah Reid
Football Season Tickets

Be Known
Lynn Andrews
Introducing Jill Downing

Christian University of Choice
Rob Bohall
Accreditation Visit

Innovation to Improve Outcomes
Ted Allen
Update on Performance Review Process

President’s Remarks
Robin Baker
Strategic Planning

Prayer & Dismissal

Cesar Chavez Week is right around the corner, and I want to invite you to come celebrate with us! We will host various events throughout the week, including a special dinner in “the Bon” with Mexican and Filipino food!

Below is the schedule:

Tuesday, April 1
Reflection on Cesar Chavez’ Legacy and the Topic of Immigration
Location: Hoover 105
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2
Mexican Arts and Crafts and Cuisine
Location: Cultural House
Time: 9 p.m.

Thursday, April 3
Dinner Celebration at the Bon with Edna Vazquez
Location: “The Bon”
Time: 5 p.m.

Friday, April 4
“Cesar Chavez Movie”*
Location: Regal Movies on TV Stadium 16
Time: 6 p.m.
*The first 20 to express interest will have their admissions ticket paid for, courtesy of the Latino Heritage Club. To sign up, email Nancy Vazquez at nvazquez12@georgefox.edu.

Questions? Contact Nancy Arellano at narellano11@georgefox.edu.

The university’s French and cinema programs have joined forces to present the third Fox French Film Festival on concurrent Fridays, April 4 and April 11.

Opening the festival will be Astérix and Obélix Meet Cleopatra, a big-budget box-office comedy about the French comic book heroes created in the 1960s. Their adventures have sold 280 million copies to date in Europe. It shows at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 4, in Hoover 105.

Also that night in the same location, Séraphine will be featured at 9 p.m. This extraordinary French-Belgian biographical film tells the dramatic story of French paintress Séraphine de Senlis, a middle-aged housekeeper in the early 1900s. Untaught and following what she regards as religious inspiration, she finds great appreciation in the beauty found in nature.

Filmgoers will also have the chance to indulge in crêpes and other French fare during the intermission between the shows. There is no admission charge and are open to all.

Two different films, Les Choristes (The Chorus) and Des Dieux et des Hommes (Of God and Men), will be shown on April 11. Details to follow.

Questions? Contact Isabelle Corneaux at icorneaux@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder that tickets for the Oregon Symphony’s Friday, April 4, concert on the George Fox campus are available beginning at 9 a.m. today (Tuesday) at the Box Office in the Pennington House.

George Fox employees (halftime and over) may pick up their tickets – limit two per employee – on a first-come, first-served basis. Phone reservations (503-554-3844) will not be taken except for employees at the Portland and Salem centers.

The concert is free to George Fox employees – a gift from George Fox board member Ken Austin, who cofounded A-dec with his late wife Joan. The university has been provided with a limited number of tickets for its employees. These tickets are separate from those to be issued by the Newberg Area Chamber of Commerce to the general public.

On Monday, March 31, beginning at 9 a.m., any remaining tickets (again, a limit of two per person) will be available – also on a first-come, first-served basis – to those who sign up on a waiting list. If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use.

Questions? Contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

Be sure to support our theatre students by attending the spring comic murder-mystery, The Game’s Afoot. Shows are scheduled in Wood-Mar Auditorium April 3-5 and April 10-13. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, April 13, performance, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.

Students are welcome to attend either Thursday production for free. Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket, available for pick-up at the Box Office in the Pennington House. Additional tickets may be purchased at theatre.georgefox.edu.

The play has some fun with the legendary character Sherlock Holmes. It tells the story of Broadway star William Gillette, who plays the leading role in the smash hit Sherlock Holmes. Gillette invites his fellow cast members to his home to celebrate the holidays. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in Gillette’s isolated Connecticut castle quickly turn dangerous. Luckily, Gillette has played Sherlock Holmes on the stage and knows exactly what to do to nab the killer before the next victim appears.

Marketing communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged.

The next order will be placed on Monday, March 24. Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

All are invited to an all-employee lunch today (Tuesday) in the Newberg campus’ Cap and Gown Room between 11:30  a.m. and 1:15 p.m.

The lunch schedule has been extended to accommodate those who work over the noon hour. If you are on the Newberg campus, please join your colleagues for just $3 per person.

Please complete the LibQUAL Lite Library Survey. If you have already filled out the survey, thank you! If not, we ask you to take five to seven minutes to click the link below and help us by taking the survey.

Only you can tell us how well we are serving your library needs, and you can enter to win one $50 or 10 $25 Amazon gift cards.

LibQUAL Lite Library Survey

Do you have an interest in criminal justice? Or, faculty members, do you know of students who are interested in this topic? The social work department is offering a special topics course, Introduction to Criminal Justice (SWRK 285), in the fall 2014 semester.

This course will provide students with an introduction and overview of the system of criminal justice operated in the United States today. The course will provide an overview of the philosophy of criminal law, theories of deviance, and of the nature and extent of crime in America.

The theory, structure and operation of each of the principle components of the Criminal Justice System (i.e., police, courts and corrections) will be examined in detail.

Questions? Contact Clifford Rosenbohm at crosenbo@georgefox.edu.

Come support Button Up, a George Fox senior capstone business group. We will have a table in the Bruin Den today (Monday) from noon to 2 p.m. to place orders for personalized custom-made buttons. We are always accepting orders at buttonup2013@gmail.com.

Don’t forget to join us for the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture tonight (Monday), as Kent Thornburg, the M. Lowell Edwards Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, speaks from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. Thornburg will speak on “Capitalism and Selling Sickness in the USA.”

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

On Friday, April 4, George Fox will host the Oregon Symphony in its 27th appearance in Newberg at 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The concert is free to George Fox employees – a gift from George Fox board member Ken Austin, who cofounded A-dec with his late wife Joan.

The university has been provided with a limited number of tickets for its employees. These tickets are separate from those to be issued by the Newberg Area Chamber of Commerce to the general public.

George Fox employees (halftime and over) may pick up their tickets – limit two per employee – on a first-come, first-served basis starting tomorrow (Tuesday, March 18) at 9 a.m. at the Box Office in Pennington House. Phone reservations (503-554-3844) will not be taken except for employees at the Portland and Salem centers.

On Monday, March 31, beginning at 9 a.m., any remaining tickets (again, a limit of two per person) will be available – also on a first-come, first-served basis – to those who sign up on a waiting list. If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use.

Questions? Contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

A new option has just been approved that will allow current and entering students to meet part of the general education humanities requirement.

In place of a fine arts course, a student may satisfy the fine arts general education requirement through participation in a music ensemble. To meet the requirement, a student must earn at least 3 credits total across six different semesters (i.e. students participating in more than one ensemble cannot “double count” one semester as two for the purposes of this requirement).

A student may participate in different ensembles in different semesters. During or shortly after completion of the sixth semester, the student must arrange with the Music Department office to complete a milestone assignment in order to finish the requirement. Eligible ensembles are: Men’s or Women’s Chorale, Concert Choir, Symphonic Band, and Chehalem Symphony Orchestra. Please note that due to NASM accreditation rules, music majors are not eligible for this general education substitution.

Any current student (except those graduating this May) able to complete six semesters of ensemble participation before graduation can take advantage of this new option.

Questions? Please email Debbie Hawblitzel at dhawblit@georgefox.edu.

When does life begin? What is the meaning of life? How can we stand up for our beliefs while demonstrating kindness and respect? These questions challenge our society and our faith every day.

If you are searching for answers or want to know more about advocating for life, we encourage you to attend a special chapel event tonight (Monday), when the university’s Students for Life group will host a chapel from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. We have been blessed with the opportunity to hear from guest speaker Rebekah Barnes, who will share her knowledge on the biblical approach to life, as well as provide apologetics training on the topic of life. Elective chapel credit is available.

Questions? Email studentsforlifegfu@gmail.com

“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” (I Peter 3:15).

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40)

Would you mind helping out a student? My classmates and I are in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues class this semester and part of our project includes a brief survey. Please help us if you have a few minutes.

Sex Education and the Perception of Sex in the Church

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 sure to see the 24 1/2-Hour Play Festival tonight (Saturday) at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The performance runs about half an hour, and everything you see is written, cast, rehearsed and prepared all in 24 1/2 hours.

Click here to see the event on Facebook. Click here to see last year’s hilarious performance.

If you have questions or comments, please contact Susan Carlson at scarlson10@georgefox.edu.

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

• Accounting Specialist II – GL
• Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
• Recruitment and Enrollment Counselor: ADP
• 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 any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions for applying.

Attention benefit-eligible employees: Please make sure you turn in your benefit election form by 5 p.m. Monday, March 17, to ensure that any changes you wish to make will be enrolled timely. Remember that medical and dental changes will be reflected in your premium deductions on the March 31 payroll, and all other benefit changes will show the first time on April 30.

Also remember that flexible spending enrollments don’t automatically renew, so if you want to keep that benefit next year, please submit a new form. All forms and more info are available here.

Questions? Contact Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu.

Come support Button Up, a George Fox senior capstone business group. We will have a table in the Bruin Den today (Friday) from noon to 2 p.m. to take orders for personalized custom-made buttons.

We are always accepting orders at buttonup2013@gmail.com.

All are invited to join us for the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture this Monday, March 17, as Kent Thornburg, the M. Lowell Edwards Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, speaks from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation ties into our theme “State of the World.”

Thornburg will speak on “Capitalism and Selling Sickness in the USA,” in which he will discuss how many Americans have come to rely on free marketing products for their nutrition, how food is designed to be highly palatable, how the food that we eat is making us less healthy, and how poor health today will be passed on to future generations through epigenetic mechanisms.

The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.