The Daily Bruin

Cesar Chavez Week is upon us, 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 (chapel credit available)
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, a local artist
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 admission 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.

Know of students looking for a job, internship or summer employment? If so, encourage them to check out the First Avenue Career Expo, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Friday, April 4, at the University of Portland. George Fox’s Idea Center is participating in the event and encourages students seeking employment or an internship to attend.

More information and registration are available at olapcfirstavenue.org.

April’s Employee of the Month award will be the last one until September – no foolin’! If you know someone you believe deserves this recognition, now is the time to submit that nomination. Please send an email to Peggy Kilburg by Wednesday, 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 on Thursday, April 24.

Congratulations again to Ethan Burke and Tyler Robertson on being named March Employees of the Month.

Come join us for a night of French films. We’ll be screening Astérix & Cléopâtre (comedy) and Séraphine (drama) at 7 p.m. this Friday, April 4, in Hoover 105. Admission is free and, as always, there will be plenty of French food and drink!

Questions? Contact Jeannot Djanga at jdjanga10@georgefox.edu.

Thanks to those who participated in our International Photo Contest. Our judges have made their decisions for the finalists in each category of the student section. Those finalists are listed below (photos from employees are automatically in the finals).

Culture: “On the Gang,” “Daily Commute,” “Dumplings for Ancestors,” “Handhorizontal,” “Diligence,” “HardAtWork,” “Jom (Courageous Spirit),” “Stilts,” “Buddha and Buddhist” and “Pirogue Pride”

People: “Kashi,” “Child Helping His Grandfather,” “Congo,” “By the Lake Side,” “First Communion,” “SunnyLaughing,” “Blue Temple, Blue Sari,” “Two Men on Bike,” “Joy” and “Pehlwani”

Landscape/Architecture: “The Grand Dame,” “Matthew 14:25,” “Phoenix after Rain,” “Moon in the Water,” “The Last Shangri-la,” “Early Morning Mist,” “Arch of Titus, 82AD,” “Sunset,” “Ronda” and “Main Street”

If your photo was selected as a finalist, we need you to submit a printed 8×10 copy of your photo(s) to the International Center/Cultural House by Thursday, April 3, at 5 p.m. Please print your photo(s) with a white border on the outside and include a brief description with each one. This could include ideas such as place, season, your interest in the photo or whatever you think describes it best.

We will mount and display the photos on Tuesday, April 8, in the first-floor lobby of the Stevens Centers for the entire George Fox community to vote for their favorites.

Please contact Alex Pia at apia@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, April 7, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– IT Educational Technology Team

The College of Business invites you to attend a sports marketing/management event tomorrow (Tuesday) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus.

Lynn Lashbrook, founder/CEO of Sports Management Worldwide, and an NFL-certified agent with years of experience, will be sharing on how to break into the multi-billion dollar sports industry. In addition, Lashbrook will share about sports business courses designed to complement your George Fox education.

Networking opportunity: Are you looking to make great connections and get firsthand information about the sports industry? If so, guest experts from Nike, Adidas, Wild Canyon Games, the Portland Timbers, Converse, Media Cabin Productions and NetBiz, among others, will be on hand to support you in your career pursuits. These professionals are ready to network and talk with you about the tremendous number of job opportunities in the dynamic world of sports.

You don’t want to miss this fantastic opportunity! Faculty, please let your students know about this event.

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

The College of Business invites you to attend a sports marketing/management event this Tuesday, April 1, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus.

Lynn Lashbrook, founder/CEO of Sports Management Worldwide, and an NFL-certified agent with years of experience, will be sharing on how to break into the multi-billion dollar sports industry. In addition, Lashbrook will share about sports business courses designed to complement your George Fox education.

Networking opportunity: Are you looking to make great connections and get firsthand information about the sports industry? If so, guest experts from Nike, Adidas, Wild Canyon Games, the Portland Timbers, Converse, Media Cabin Productions and NetBiz, among others, will be on hand to support you in your career pursuits. These professionals are ready to network and talk with you about the tremendous number of job opportunities in the dynamic world of sports.

You don’t want to miss this fantastic opportunity! Faculty, please let your students know about this event.

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

R.V. Kuhns & Associates Inc. (RVK) would like to invite finance and economics students to a presentation introducing their firm and the investment consulting industry. You are welcome to join us for a university visit day at the PacWest Center in Portland (1211 S.W. 5th Ave., Portland) the afternoon of Friday, April 4.

Here is the schedule:

• 1-1:30 p.m.: Welcome and introduction to our firm and the investment consulting industry
• 1:30-2 p.m.: Demo of an asset allocation study and the Asset Allocation Game
• 2-2:30 p.m.: Investment manager research
• 2:30-2:45 p.m.: Break
• 2:45-3:15 p.m.: Performance measurement and analytics
• 3:15-3:30 p.m.: Critical factors for career success
• 3:30-4 p.m.: Asset Allocation Game results and questions
• 4 p.m.: Office tour or departure

Please register and submit a resume in Bruin Careers by Wednesday, April 2. Questions? Stop by the IDEA Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center or call 503-554-2330.

Faculty, please tell your students about this opportunity.

All Newberg, Portland, Salem and Redmond offices will be closed this Friday, March 28, for the spring break holiday. The Newberg and Portland libraries and bookstores will be closed as well.

Today is a big day for George Fox University as we proudly launch season-ticket availability for our inaugural season of Bruin football to a select group of individuals. For the next seven days, all university employees and alumni will have early access to season tickets before they are released to the general public on March 31.

Some details you should know:

• Season tickets in the covered grandstand are $90 until May 5, when the price increases to $100.
• The Bruins will host five home games this first season.
• Single game tickets in the covered grandstand and general admission tickets will be released later this spring; we are not selling season tickets in the general admission section.
• All university staff and students will receive one complimentary ticket per home game to sit in the uncovered general-admission bleachers.

If you are interested in purchasing season tickets, visit the Vendini website. To learn more about season-ticket pricing, our football program and Bruin athletics, please visit our athletics website and follow our teams on Facebook. To have your questions answered, please email our director of sports marketing, Sarah Reid.

Plant Services is hosting a sale of furniture and other miscellaneous items – and will have some office supplies for free – today (Monday) from 9 a.m. until noon. All “for sale” items are for personal use and need to be picked up the day of the sale. The office supplies are all free and should be used on campus only and not taken home for personal use.

The sale will be in the Plant Services building at 1101 N. Villa Road.

Here is a list of items and general pricing:

• Desks – We have 12 large and several smaller desks of different types from metal to wood ranging from $5 to $25 each.
• Office chairs – There about 30 chairs ranging from $5 to $10 each.
• Wingback chairs – There are four fairly nice chairs at $10 each.
• IMac shape desks – These have the odd shape with casters on them.
• Tables – Several different types, styles and sizes from $5 to $10 each.
• Conferences-style chairs – There are 16 matching padded chairs, some without casters.
• Large blue pots – Two old pots from EHS Atrium at $50 each.
• Black file cabinet – One four-drawer standard cabinet at $5.
• Office supplies – Free supplies for campus use including file folders, hanging files, desktop accessories, plastic desktop file holders and three-ring notebooks. Too many items to list them all.

Questions? Contact Dwayne Astleford at dastlefo@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services and Print Services will be open over spring break during normal hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Monday through Thursday. Both offices will be closed on Friday, March 28, for the university’s spring break holiday.

Mail Services will hold all incoming mail and packages until you return from spring break.

Have a great spring break!

– Mail Services & Print Services

The university wishes to extend well wishes to Brian Gardner, who has accepted the position of vice president for university advancement at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. His last day with George Fox is today (Friday).

Indiana Wesleyan is a fellow member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Reporting to the CEO of residential education, Brian will oversee the university advancement division, work closely with President David Wright (a George Fox alumnus), and serve on the President’s Executive Council.

Brian has been a valued member of the George Fox advancement team the past two years. Please be sure to wish this George Fox alumnus success in his new role and school.

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

• Administrative Assistant II: Department of Physical Therapy
• Accounting Specialist II – GL
• Recruitment and Enrollment Counselor: ADP

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 about applying.

All are invited to join us for International Chapel today (Friday) from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House.

This week, Polly Peterson will lead us through a Lectio Divina experience. Lectio Divina is a traditional practice of Scripture reading, meditation and prayer. Polly teaches writing classes and has worked in the English Language Institute here at George Fox.

International chapel is designed to help us better understand what it means to be a Christian. It is eligible for chapel elective credit.

Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre at dmcintyre@georgefox.edu.

Guitar classes and private lessons are offered for fall 2014. Sign up and add some fun to your schedule!

The Beginning Guitar Class (Intro/Basic) 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 (Tuesdays/Thursdays, noon-12:50 p.m).

Worship Guitar: Acoustic & Electric Skills (Intermediate/Advanced) is geared toward those who want to refine their guitar skills in leading worship. Topics covered include: advanced barred chords, modes, strumming and finger-picking patterns, tone and gear, arranging music and fretboard knowledge. Those who enroll should have taken Beginning Guitar Class or have the instructor’s permission. MUSI 285-A (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 2:50-3:40 p.m.).

Private 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

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

Team Kamosa from the Entrepreneurship 300 class will be selling $2 chicken tamales during lunch on Friday, April 4, in the Bruin Den. The will be on sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

They sell quickly! Save yourself the stress and pre-order before spring break by emailing teamkamosa@gmail.com.

Please help us meet our group goal by purchasing some delicious tamales!

Saturday, March 22, noon – Baseball vs. Whitman, DH (Morse Field Complex)
Sunday, March 23, noon – Baseball vs. Whitman (Morse Field Complex)
Tuesday, March 25, 3 p.m. – Women’s lacrosse vs. Colorado Mesa (Austin Sports Complex)
Thursday, March 27, noon – Softball vs. Lewis & Clark, DH (Morse Field Complex)

The upcoming softball games are make-ups of games that were rained out on March 9.

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

Don’t forget to join us for an all-employee meeting this afternoon (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.