The Daily Bruin

This is a reminder that today (Thursday), team V.C.R from the Entrepreneurship 300 class will be in the Bruin Den between noon and 1 p.m. serving macaroni au gratin (Haitian mac and cheese). The cost is only $4.99 per serving.

If you are hesitant to buy, we will be giving out free samples while our supplies last. We are also accepting pre-orders through the following email: kampmannc13@georgefox.edu.

We hope to see you there!

On behalf of International Student Services, we would like to invite you to participate in our annual International Photo Contest!

Have you been abroad and taken fascinating pictures? If so, this is your opportunity to shine and possibly win some prizes! Deadline of entry will be Wednesday, March 12. Please email Louis Liu at lliu11@georgefox.edu for general guidelines.

We look forward to seeing your photos!

Chinese lab is happening again tonight (Thursday)! Join us at 6:30 p.m. at Lemmons 2 for snacks and fun. Our topic this week will be the Olympics.

Write gfu.international.club@gmail.com if you have questions.

The physical therapy department is conducting an online auction to fundraise for our upcoming summer trip to Uganda. The aims of our trip are to advocate for and serve disabled Ugandan children and to conduct research on barefoot running. To browse the auction items and for more details on the auction itself, visit this link.

Please email Lene at lmackenzie12@georgefox.edu with any questions. Thanks for supporting our program and our fundraising efforts!

Don’t forget to attend Kayin Griffith’s thank you and congratulations party! We’ll gather from 1 to 3 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in the International Center/Cultural House.

Kayin, assistant director of SpIL programs, has accepted an exciting new opportunity as the director of advocacy and development for the organization Word Made Flesh. Join us as we celebrate her and bless her new endeavors!

Be sure to join us for an all-employee meeting tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium! We have a “Surprise Theme” this month, so turn out to find out what it is. We’ll be serving cherry cheesecake bars and cherry lime agua fresca.

And, as always, we’ll have a live video feed and serve treats at the Portland Center (room to be announced).

Here is the agenda for the meeting:

Welcome
Rob Westervelt

Employee of the Month

Students First
Meet the New Student “Nexus Phonathon Team” and New Advancement Staff
Lynn Andrews

Exceptional Life Outcomes
Launch Event for the IDEA Center
Deb Mumm-Hill

Innovation to Improve Outcomes
New Performance Review Process
Ted Allen

Christian University of Choice
Accreditation Core Themes
Linda Samek

Christian University of Choice
“Navigating the Future”
Robin Baker

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

For the fourth time in the last 12 years, the university is hosting an “Empty Bowls” fundraiser – this time to benefit longtime art professor Doug Campbell as he continues to recover from a November 2012 stroke.

Join us Friday, March 7, for an “Empty Bowls” dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Klages Dining Hall. For $12, attendees will receive a meal in a handmade ceramic bowl created by students, alumni, faculty members and guest professional artists. The cost is $10 per person for families of four or more. Sponsoring the event are Bob’s Red Mill, Newberg Bakery and food service provider Bon Appetit.

To prepare, 40 students, alumni, professors and professional and amateur artists from all over the region gathered for a “throw-a-thon” in George Fox’s ceramics lab last November. In all, about 2,200 bowls were created, according to event organizer Mark Terry.

To learn more about the dinner or watch a video about the event, visit georgefox.edu/empty-bowls.

The music department is putting on a Winter Choir Concert, entitled “Music of Hope,” at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, March 1, in Bauman Auditorium.

The concert will feature our three choral groups and has been programmed specifically as a tribute to Nelson Mandela and his lifelong peace efforts. There is a thematic message of peace, hope and tranquility throughout the selections of music.

Admission is free!

Do you have students who are strong writers, solid scholars, avid learners, and who love helping others uncover their potential? Please consider recommending them for a position as a consultant at the Academic Resource Center (ARC).

Each year, more than 500 students have more than 1,500 appointments with ARC consultants. Our consultants help struggling students improve their work and helping strong students get even stronger.

Consultant application materials for the 2014-15 academic year are available at this link. Completed materials are due by Friday, March 7. Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu, 503-554-2314) if you have questions.

Please encourage your graduating students to attend the Spring 2014 Exodus Grad Fair next week.

Here are the details:

If you are graduating this May, stop by the Exodus Grad Fair on Wednesday or Thursday, March 5-6, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center Atrium. You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more!

Sometime this past weekend a cylindrical can (painted flat gray) containing a temperature sensor was removed from the shrubbery behind the Weesner apartments. This apparatus was part of a student project. The temperature sensor (which was inside the can) is a small plastic box with the word “Hobo” on the outside.

If anyone knows the whereabouts of this sensor, we would very much like to have it back. These sensors are irreplaceable and the data they contain is important to the students. If you have any information, please contact Don Powers (dpowers@georgefox.edu) or the biology department.

Thank you.

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m. – Women’s lacrosse vs. Alma (Austin Sports Complex)
Thursday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitworth in Northwest Conference Tournament (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Feb. 28, 4 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Whitworth (GFU campus courts)
Saturday, March 1, 11 a.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Whitman (GFU campus courts)
Saturday, March 1, noon – Softball vs. Linfield, 2 (Morse Field)
Saturday, March 1, TBA – Women’s golf in GFU Kickoff Classic (OGA Golf Course, Woodburn, Ore.)
Sunday, March 2, TBA – Women’s golf in GFU Kickoff Classic (OGA Golf Course, Woodburn, Ore.)

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

Do you enjoy mac and cheese? This week in the Bruin Den, Team V.C.R. from the Entrepreneurship 300 class is serving up a twist on this dish with macaroni au gratin, also known as Haitian Mac and Cheese. Drop in the Den on Thursday, Feb. 27, between noon and 1 p.m. and Friday between 1 and 2 p.m. for $4.99 per serving.

We will also provide some free samples on Thursday for people to try while our supplies last. If you already know that you would like to buy some macaroni au gratin, we are accepting pre-orders through the following email: kampmannc13@georgefox.edu.

This is some of the best mac and cheese you will have. All sales will go toward supporting Team V.C.R. See you there!

Every year, the last week of February is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Schools, churches and communities plan events to raise awareness about the stark realities of eating disorders. There is a theme every year, and this year’s theme is, “I Had No Idea That Eating Disorders Can Destroy Lives.” Oftentimes, it is the misconceptions that surround eating disorders that hold people back from receiving proper treatment.

This week at George Fox, two events are planned as a way to educate our community about eating disorders and best learn how to walk alongside those who are struggling. The hope is also that even if someone hasn’t struggled with an eating disorder, everyone has some kind of relationship with food and the body. Everyone, on some level, can relate to nutrition, exercise, body image and self-esteem.

At 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) in EHS 102 we will show Someday Melissa, a film that chronicles one young woman’s struggle with an eating disorder and how this affects her and her loved ones. Chapel credit is available.

On Thursday, Feb. 27, during Shalom time (9 p.m. in Cap and Gown Room), we will have a discussion panel, featuring panelists from the Columbia River Eating Disorders Network. Come and be educated about eating disorders and learn how to walk alongside others who are struggling.

Questions? Contact Annie Stewart at estewart11@georgefox.edu.

Please join the College of Engineering for a research seminar, entitled “Renewable Energy: What’s the Big Deal?” presented by our engineering faculty candidate, Dr. Chad Stillinger. It will take place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in EHS 102.

This presentation will discuss the main reasons why renewable energy is such an important topic in the world today and review the latest research from Stillinger in the areas of ocean wave energy and micro-hydro turbines for developing countries.

Stillinger received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from George Fox in 2004 and his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Oregon State University in 2011. He worked in industry as a professional controls engineer for three years designing, testing and implementing custom control systems for companies such as Boeing, Weyerhaeuser and ADASA.

He then joined the Wallace Energy Systems and Renewables Facility (WESRF) wave energy team in 2007 and has helped design, build and test more than five different wave energy converters in collaboration with Columbia Power Technologies. Stillinger is currently an assistant professor at Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT), and his research interests are in the field of renewable energy, controls, power electronics, embedded systems, electro-mechanical conversion and industrial automation.

Contact Kristin Bontrager (kbontrager@georgefox.edu) to learn more about his visit.

Five staff and administrator positions are now open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Enrollment Manager
• University Pastor/Dean of Spiritual Life, Inclusion, and Leadership
• Computer Support Specialist IV
• Video Producer
• Graduate Admissions Counselor for the 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 about applying.

Join the Students for Life GFU group tonight (Monday) for a prayer vigil to lift up the needs of the voiceless unborn in prayer. We will also cover in prayer the concerns of the pregnant and post-abortive woman. We’ll meet in the Prayer Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m.

Questions? Write Elise at StudentsForLifeGFU@gmail.com.

The physical therapy department is conducting an online auction to fundraise for our upcoming summer trip to Uganda. The aims of our trip are to advocate for and serve disabled Ugandan children and to conduct research on barefoot running. To browse the auction items and for more details on the auction itself, visit this link.

Please email Lene at lmackenzie12@georgefox.edu with any questions. Thanks for supporting our program and our fundraising efforts!

Check out the latest blog piece from President Robin Baker, entitled “Sports and Civility.” In it, Robin reminisces about his high school days on the basketball court. He also shares about a recent experience at a couple of away basketball games.

You can read the piece at this link.