The Daily Bruin

This is a reminder to join us for the all-employee meeting tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium!

Our theme this month is “Super Bowl,” so you are invited to wear the orange and blue of the Broncos or the green and blue of the Seahawks. Fresh gluten-free tortilla chips and house-made salsa will be served, as will lemon-lime agua fresca.

Provost Linda Samek will share at length about how students flow through the university. Specifically, she will discuss undergraduate major trends (majors that give to others, majors that grow after students arrive and “destination majors” that attract students who come, stay and graduate in that major).

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

Employee of the Month Presentation

Community Prayer
Rusty St. Cyr, associate pastor of ministry and service

Gender Climate Study Update
Jen Macnab, senior enrollment manager, graduate programs

New Performance Review Process
Ted Allen, chief operating officer

Scholarship Competition Weekend
Lindsay Knox, director of undergraduate admissions

“Kickoff to the Super Bowl of Academic Data”
Linda Samek, provost

Closing Remarks
Robin Baker, president

You are invited to a celebration of the Lunar New Year on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. in the west end of Klages Dining Room.

We will have Chinese food for dinner, followed by entertainment from George Fox international students, a video of the Chinese new year celebration, and other festivities.

Tickets are on sale Jan. 29 through Feb. 5 in the Bruin Den, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Cost is $5. Everyone is invited, but tickets are limited so buy your ticket early.

Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu)

There is a hunger on this campus for prayer, and this semester Campus Ministries invites you to partner with us in building up this atmosphere of prayer.

Come find out what ways we are praying, and bring your own ideas as well. This is an informal get-together to engage in brainstorming and planning how to effectively minister to and pray for those in our hearts, in our midst and in our community.

Join us at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, in EHS 125. Questions? Contact David Morales Brooks (dbrooks11@georgefox.edu).

Get ready for Lunar New Year! Come join us in the Klages Dining Room on Thursday, Jan. 30, for dinner (4:30-7 p.m.) as we ring in the Year of the Horse.

We will be serving a variety of dishes representing the four main regional styles of Chinese cooking.

– Bon Appetit

Due to the electrical shutdown in the Bruin Den area today (Tuesday), the Bruin Den Cafe will be closing at 2 p.m. to allow the staff time to clean and prepare for the outage that will take place at 3 p.m.

In order to complete the new “Bruin Bites Cafe” in the former Executive Dining Room, Plant Services has scheduled an electrical shutdown for the Bruin Den and the Bruin Den seating area today (Tuesday) from 3 to 10 p.m.

Most of the Bruin Den electrical will be off. The Bruin Den seating area (lights and plugs) will be off. The west end of the main cafeteria lights and plugs will be off. The commons Internet feed will be disconnected for a few minutes at 3 p.m. and then powered back up with temporary power for the duration of the work (3 to 10 p.m.).

We will try to get our work done as soon as possible so things can get back to normal. Thank you all very much.

– Plant Services

In order to complete the new “Bruin Bites Cafe” in the former Executive Dining Room, Plant Services has scheduled an electrical shutdown for the Bruin Den and the Bruin Den seating area on Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 3 to 10 p.m.

Most of the Bruin Den electrical will be off. The Bruin Den seating area (lights and plugs) will be off. The west end of the main cafeteria lights and plugs will be off. The commons Internet feed will be disconnected for a few minutes at 3 p.m. and then powered back up with temporary power for the duration of the work (3 to 10 p.m.).

We will try to get our work done as soon as possible so things can get back to normal. Thank you all very much.

– Plant Services

Some of the region’s top young artists will have their work on display in the Lindgren Gallery Jan. 28 through Feb. 24, when the university hosts its 22nd annual High School Art Northwest exhibit.

The event begins with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the gallery. Approximately 40 to 45 pieces have been selected as part of the show, with cash prizes awarded to juror-selected students based on the excellence of their art.

In addition to traditional mediums, such as paintings, ceramics and mixed media, the exhibit has expanded its scope over the years to include digital art and three-dimensional art. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. There is no fee to view the exhibit.

The annual juried exhibit features art from high school students in Oregon and Washington. High schools to be represented include Oregon Episcopal School, Lakeridge High School, Newberg High School, Lake Washington High School, St. Mary’s Academy, Wilsonville High School, West Linn High School and St. George’s School.

Prize winners will be announced at the opening. The jurors for this year’s show are art professors Doug Campbell and Gary Buhler.

Questions? Contact Cheri Hampton at ext. 2619.

Have some students who could use some pointers on writing research papers? The Academic Resource Center is hosting a workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” on Friday, Jan. 31. Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Jane Scott, public services librarian, will lead the session, scheduled from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125. Encourage your students to attend.

Here is a synopsis of the workshop:

Research papers can seem overwhelming, but following a step-by-step, organized approach can make your life much less stressful. This session will walk through those steps and guide you to campus and Internet resources to help make you a research pro.

An all-employee lunch is scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) in the Cap and Gown Room. Lunch will be available between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. to accommodate a variety of work schedules.

If you are on the Newberg campus, please come!

Don’t forget the taco-bar staff lunch today (Monday) from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

Great food, a trivia contest and prizes await you for just $3 per person. See you there!

Sign up for FoxTALE webinars and open labs offered in February, March and April. Topics include FoxTALE Quizzes, Assignments, Gradebook and using Google Docs with your FoxTALE course.

View the schedule and RSVP here.

Questions? Contact Kandie Comfort at kcomfort@georgefox.edu.

All are welcome to International Chapel this morning (Friday) from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House. This week, Pastor Dan Lute will speak on the topic of knowing God better. Dan is the pastor of Chinese Faith Baptist Chinese Church in Lake Oswego and has been a great friend to international students on our campus.

You are welcome to come, listen, ask questions and be encouraged. International Chapel is eligible for chapel elective credit. It is designed to help us better understand what it means to be a Christian.

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

The Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics and a taco bar – what could be better? Take a break from your work and join us for the staff lunch this Monday, Jan. 27, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

Great food, a trivia contest and prizes await you for just $3 per person. See you there!

Got jeans? During the next few weeks, the university’s Lip Sync winners, The Campbells, will host “Jeans for Teens,” a jean donation drive for homeless youth. The drive is set for Jan. 27 through Feb. 15.

This is an opportunity to compete against other schools around the nation for a top prize of $10,000. The goal of the charity is to accumulate as many unworn, unused and unneeded pairs of jeans as possible. We’ll have a table set up in the Bruin Den Monday through Friday from noon to 2 p.m. If that doesn’t work for your schedule, you can put your donation in a bin that will be set up in the Bruin Den.

Questions? Contact Brandon Fast at bfast12@georgefox.edu.

Join us for the first Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the semester this Monday, Jan. 27, when Steve Sherwood, assistant professor for youth evangelism and discipleship here at George Fox, speaks from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation ties into our theme “State of the World.”

Sherwood will speak on the topic “Why Can’t We Talk to Each Other?,” in which he will address the fact that, in politics, churches, on Internet message boards and beyond, Americans are increasingly yelling past one another rather than talking with each other. What can be done about it? What is a Christian vision of discourse in America?

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.

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 Wednesday, Jan. 29. Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

This is just a quick reminder that, just as students are required to register their vehicles by the Add/Drop date, all staff vehicles driven to campus should be displaying a current white staff hang tag, or a 2014 adjunct hang tag.

Please log on to MyGFU to update your vehicle information by clicking on “Self Service,” then “University Forms,” then the “Vehicle Registration” link. You can delete vehicles that aren’t current by using the minus sign to the right of its listing, and can add on new ones by clicking on the “Add Additional Vehicle” box.

If you have made any changes, or need an updated adjunct permit, please notify Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) so she can re-assign your permit to your new vehicle and take it off an old one.

Please remind your students that they must either register their vehicle or click on the “Not Bringing a Car to Campus” box by end of day Friday to avoid a $40 nonrefundable charge for failure to do anything.

Thank you!

The BlueZone Store will be open from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, to serve those attending Bruin Madness. Come visit us!

Robert P. George, PhD, from Princeton University will present a lecture entitled “Religious Liberty and the Rights of Conscience” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, in Bauman Auditorium. All are welcome and we hope you can join us!

George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in Ideals and Institutions at Princeton. He is the author of numerous books in the fields of constitutional law, ethics and legal and political theory. His visit is being sponsored by the William Penn Honors Program. More information on George and his presentation is available here.

For those interested in learning more about the Honors Program, please join Professor George and Honors Program Director Joseph Clair for a reception prior to the lecture, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lindgren Gallery. Please RSVP for the reception via email at honors@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2152.