The Daily Bruin

Dear Beloved Community,

This month, the Diversity and Equity Committee is excited to host the 2023 Rodney Sisco Symposium on March 13-15. Our entire community is encouraged to participate in the symposium as actively as your schedule permits.

Our group discussion at the Tuesday, March 21, all-employee meeting will focus on the writings of Efrem Smith, one of the keynote speakers at the Sisco Symposium. Please plan to attend the symposium as your “watch/go” event for the month, and read or listen as a bonus activity! We’ll be discussing content from Efrem Smith and Susie Gamez at our all-employee meeting.

• Watch/Go: Sisco Symposium
  Efrem Smith, guest speaker, Monday, March 13, 7 p.m., Bauman
  Chapel with Efrem Smith, Tuesday, March 14, 10:50 a.m., Bauman
  Susie Gamez, Plenary, Wednesday, March 15, 11 a.m., Canyon Commons
• Read: Chapter 3 – “Compassion: Mercy, Justice” from Efrem Smith book OR Chapter 4 – “Race”
• Listen: Podcast w/ John Ortberg
• Discuss: Tuesday, March 21

Sincerely,

The DEI Committee
Marvin Eans, Sara Reamy, Crystal Galarza, D’Metri Mattocks, Jamie Johnson, Leo Cruz, Nichole Drew, Rebecca Yazzie, Rick Muthiah

All are invited to the spring 2023 Faculty Lecture at 6 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) in Hoover 105. If you cannot attend in person, feel free to watch it via livestream.

Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2021-22 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Dr. Randy Woodley, distinguished professor of faith and culture.

Randy fills an important niche with his expertise in Indigenous religions and American Indian culture. Join us as he explores “The Necessity of Converting to an Indigenous Worldview,” and how it might help sustain us through the coming generations.

The lecture is sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, and refreshments are provided.

For additional information, contact Dawn Ford at dford@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox Museum has two new exhibits:

• In our cases on the first floor of Stevens, the exhibit focuses on Act Six.
• In Canyon Commons, we have an exhibit on the Bruin and the Bruin Brawl.

Reach out to Caitlin Corning at ccorning@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

George Fox University’s theatre department is pleased to announce that its production of The Play That Goes Wrong opens this Thursday, March 9.

Performances in Wood-Mar Auditorium are scheduled as follows:

• Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11, at 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday-Saturday, March 16-18, at 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday, March 12, and Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m.

You can read the synopsis and purchase tickets here. Tickets are also available by calling the performing arts box office at 503-554-2670.

Special Ticket Options for Students, Faculty and Staff
Students are entitled to one free ticket in your own name for each of our Thursday night performances only. Please use your George Fox email to obtain your ticket.

George Fox faculty and staff are entitled to one free ticket for the run of the show. Both options may be selected when you purchase or select your tickets in our online ticketing system. Please use your George Fox email address when ordering.

For details or assistance, email Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2670.

Tickets for the Oregon Symphony concert on the Newberg campus will be available on Monday, March 13.

George Fox University and Austin Industries will host the Oregon Symphony for its 35th annual performance in Bauman Auditorium on Friday, March 24, at 8 p.m. This year’s program is titled “Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.”

A limited number of tickets have been provided for George Fox half-time and full-time employees. Tickets are limited to two per employee on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 13, at the Welcome & Information Center in Stevens. There will be a waitlist for any additional tickets. Reservations may be taken for Portland Center employees only.

Questions? Please contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu or ext. 2101.

Providence Basecamp’s monthly “Healthy Conversations” series connects you to experts who offer insight into better understanding what you need to know for your health or that of your loved ones.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), you’re invited to a conversation hosted by Dr. James Beckerman, medical director of heart programs at the Providence Heart Institute, and guest Dr. Michael Layoun of the Jack Loacker Center for Cardio-Oncology. They will discuss “Cancer and the Heart Connection” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

You can learn more and register here. Feel free to contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Be sure to take advantage of Providence’s “Healthy Bites” series. In a recent episode, health coach Will Bruce talks with Jennifer Lundman from FIT Foundations about the importance of family systems in promoting healthy habits, as well as some activities and tools for promoting family health and wellness.

Key topics in this episode cover individual wellness not being an individual undertaking, the power of setting shared family goals, and the Wellness Wheel and 12 dimensions of health.

Click here to listen to the podcast recording, and contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join us for an incredible night of worship featuring Willamette Music tomorrow (Saturday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. There will be a mix of contemporary Christian music and gospel featuring Jahana McCoy and Tucker Fleischmann. Admission is free, and chapel credit is available for students!

Contact Aaron Barnhart at abarnhart@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be hosting Scholarship Summit on campus today! With around 350 visitors expected, we are asking George Fox students and employees to help extend the Be Known promise throughout the day. Here’s what you can keep in mind:

• Use street parking instead of campus parking lots. Guests will be arriving on campus between 7:45 and 8:30 a.m. and will fill all the main campus parking lots.
• Be mindful of guests in your housing area. We will have housing tours circulating through Edwards, Gulley, Pennington, HMS, and Brandt from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tour groups will be viewing dorm lobbies and a room on the first floor of each dorm.
• Plan for a busier-than-usual Canyon Commons. Guests will be going through the main server line and will be encouraged to dine in CCD 101-103. If you see a family looking for a spot to sit, invite them to join you!

Questions? Email visit@georgefox.edu or call Lauren Hill at 503-554-2245.

In partnership with George Fox Digital, film professor Alexander Chung is creating a series of video Lent reflections on repentance and suffering. They will be hosted on the George Fox Digital YouTube channel and released each Friday morning through Good Friday.

• For this week’s video, out now, go here.
• For the YouTube playlist with all reflections, visit this link. 
• Subscribe to the GFD YouTube channel now to see all updates, and watch The Daily Bruin each Friday for links to the Lent content.

If you have not yet chosen a Lent reflection practice, make this your weekly devotion each Friday!

Reach out to Brian Doak at bdoak@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Wondering what’s really happening with home prices and mortgage rates? In this webinar, industry experts will share current market information, projections for the rest of this year, and answer any of your questions about buying, selling, refinancing, and the mortgage process.

Join us to learn more about the state of the housing market. The event will run from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14.

Questions? Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Think you’ve got talent? Auditions for Fox Got Talent will be held Thursday, March 16, between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. All talents of all ages (students and employees!) are welcome and encouraged to participate.

We’re looking for jugglers, magicians, contortionists, impressionists, singers, sword swallowers, speedy Rubik’s Cube solvers, or whatever you do best.

Fill out this form to audition for a chance to compete for a $500 cash prize!

It’s still not too late to sign up an educational webinar on Medicare!

George Fox has partnered with Jennifer Stahel from Providence Health Assurance to provide Medicare 101 seminars this month, and our last session is today (Friday) at 11:30 a.m. Family members are encouraged to join, and everyone will have a chance to ask questions.

The topics will include:

• What is Medicare and why it is important?
• Addressing the different parts of Medicare (the A, B, C & D’s of Medicare)
• What are the differences between Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement?
• When you should consider enrolling into Medicare, and what is the process?
• What are the costs to be enrolled in Medicare?
• What to consider if you are planning to continue to work past age 65
• Learn how to avoid late enrollment penalties
• How to transition from an employer group plan to a Medicare plan
• Understand how to manage a Health Savings Account (HSA).

Register now here!

If you have any questions, contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Our Marketing 260 project group is working to get responses from female students and employees, and their families, for our marketing class project. Please fill out our survey on swimwear.

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.

Please take our MKTG 260 survey for a chance to win a gift card! It will take up to two minutes and relates to athletics.

Thanks for participating! Contact Morgan Maxfield at mmaxfield22@georgefox.edu with any questions.

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.

A group of students in a Principles of Marketing class are looking for students and employees to fill out a short survey regarding their familiarity with AI and use of technology for our marketing project!

Thanks for your participation! Contact Kyla Albertson at kalbertson22@georgefox.edu with any questions.

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.

Did you know that the Maker Hub has a photo table?

The Maker Hub’s Ortery PhotoBench is a device that enables users to take still photos, 360 photos, and videos of various products and items on flat white backgrounds. The photo table is perfect for creating professional-grade product photos for projects and presentations. Check out this video to see how it works!

The Maker Hub exists as a resource and creative outlet for the entire George Fox community (yes, including non-engineers). We are looking for student aces. A student ace is simply an expert on a piece of equipment who helps train other students on the usage of that equipment and gains extra privileges within the Maker Hub.

Please email makerhub@georgefox.edu if you would like to get connected or have any questions.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be hosting Scholarship Summit on campus tomorrow (Friday). With around 350 visitors expected on campus, we are asking George Fox students and employees to help extend the Be Known promise throughout the day. Here’s what you can keep in mind.

• Use street parking instead of campus parking lots. Guests will be arriving on campus Friday morning between 7:45 and 8:30 a.m. and will fill all the main campus parking lots.
• Be mindful of guests in your housing area. We will have housing tours circulating through Edwards, Gulley, Pennington, HMS, and Brandt from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tour groups will be viewing dorm lobbies and a room on the first floor of each dorm.
• Plan for a busier-than-usual Canyon Commons. Guests will be going through the main servery line and will be encouraged to dine in CCD 101-103. If you see a family looking for a spot to sit, invite them to join you!

Questions? Email visit@georgefox.edu or call Lauren Hill at 503-554-2245.

Hadlock’s annual Bruin Boulder Bash is back! This free-climbing competition is open for climbers of all levels, so join us on Saturday, March 18.

Whether it’s your first time climbing or you’ve been doing it your whole life, this competition is for you. Stick around for games, music and raffle prizes! We have four sessions, with the first starting at 12:30 p.m. and the last starting at 6:30 p.m. Register here!

Contact Nathanael Freeman at nfreeman19@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The university community is invited to a book launch party for English Professor Melanie Mock’s new book, Finding Our Way Forward: When the Children We Love Become Adults (Herald Press).

The event will take place at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.). In the book, the author reflects on the work to which we are called as parents and mentors to young people, recognizing that this current generation has much to teach us about empathy, humility, kindness, and justice.

All are welcome! Contact Melanie at mmock@georgefox.edu with any questions.