The Daily Bruin

After 35 years of service to George Fox, Hank Helsabeck is retiring this spring. The provost is hosting a retirement celebration for him from 3 to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 29, in the Klages Dining Room.

Come join us as we celebrate Hank and his contributions to the university. Prior to his current role as dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, he was a math professor and department chair. He also started the computer science program – and taught himself everything there is to know about the degree in order to teach it. He was also a regular participant on the “GFU Ruins” Hood-to-Coast team for many years.

If you plan to attend the reception, please R.S.V.P. using this form. If you cannot make it, you can use the same form to write Hank a message.

– Office of Academic Affairs

Please join us in honoring Martha Iancu, who is retiring this spring after 23 years of service to George Fox. The farewell reception will be Thursday, May 2, from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. in Minthorn 200.

Please drop in and wish Martha well!

An all-employee meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.”

A Vancouver, Wash., couple who for decades have ministered to victims of child sex trafficking both domestically and internationally will be the featured speakers Tuesday, April 23, at the monthly Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest.

The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex. There is a $5 suggested donation for guests.

Cyndi Romine is known as one of the leading international experts on the tragedy of child sex trafficking. She has labored for this cause for the past 23 years, working in tandem with her husband Greg, a pastor, evangelist and missionary.

Founders of Romine Ministries and King’s Church in Vancouver, Greg and Cyndi served as full-time missionaries in the Philippines and Hong Kong and are now doing international evangelism. As an evangelist, Greg has spoken on six continents, in 60 nations, over the last 35 years.

For more information, visit cccnw.net or call 503-928-8354.

The Center for Peace and Justice, the Creation Care Committee and the Center for Global Studies invite the campus community to a showing of the film The Island President today (Wednesday) at 4 p.m. in Lemmons 8.

The Island President links the struggle for democracy and human rights with the fight to stabilize the climate. Join us as we participate with more than 100 colleges across the country for a nationwide screening of this powerful film and a discussion with the film’s director following.

Questions? Contact Tyler Amy at tamy@georgefox.edu.

The only lost and found tables of the semester will be set up Tuesday, April 23, and Wednesday, April 24, in the Bruin Den. Please check your offices for any “left” items and turn them in to security before the 23rd. Thanks!

And, if you are missing anything, please check with security before the 23rd, as we’d prefer to pack up and carry the fewest amount of items over to the Bruin Den for the lost and found tables.

This is the final week our theatre department is presenting the spring romantic comedy Enchanted April. The show runs Thursday through Sunday, April 18-21, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of Sunday’s 2 p.m. matinee.

To purchase tickets online and read a play synopsis, visit theatre.georgefox.edu. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 503-554-3844.

All George Fox students may receive a complimentary ticket for Thursday’s performance. All faculty and staff are entitled to one complimentary ticket for any show of the run. Tickets are available for pick-up in the Box Office located in the Pennington House. Box Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Online tickets can be purchased at any time.

Please join us today (Tuesday) in the Executive Dining Room from noon to 1:30 p.m. (or until you need to leave) for a conversation on “Evangelicalism & Gender” facilitated by Melanie Mock and Kendra Irons. Questions? Contact Sarah Baldwin.

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It’s interview season for summer and fall! The instructions and offer letters for summer are up to date on the supervisor Web page. Please remember that summer jobs must go to students who will be a student this fall, and preferably returning students (although you can hire a freshman if that’s your only / best qualified candidate). Please ask students to submit a summer application form, and that will need to be turned into HR along with the offer letter and any other documents that are required (see instructions). If the student is planning to live on campus, they must apply for housing by April 26.

If you wish to hire a student who is graduating, please contact Human Resources, as they will be considered a Temporary Employee (no longer classified as a student if graduated).

We don’t yet have fall work-study eligibility reports posted on the Web, so ask your student if they’ve been offered work-study and take their word for it. You can leave the amount blank on the fall offer letter. We’ll advise when the report switches to the 2013-14 academic year.

Have you heard about the new online time-keeping system? It’s awesome, developed by our own Mike Campadore in IT, with documentation and training by Piper Parks. All supervisors will be offered training (if you’re here in the summer, that’s when your invitation will come). I understand if you’re anxious to switch — it’s cool.

Looking forward to the end of the school year:

• If you’re NOT on the online time-keeping system, feel free to have any students who work through May 5 turn in May hours on the April time sheet, and please try to hand-deliver those time sheets as early in the day on Monday, May 6 as possible.
• Remember to catch students and their time sheets on their last day to work for the school year, BEFORE they leave for summer! If a student does leave without signing the time sheet, we can still process it with your signature, so don’t hold it.
• Encourage all students who will be on Juniors Abroad or May Serve to sign up for direct deposit so their money will be immediately available on May 15. The form is on the student employment Web page.
• Summer employment (and therefore summer time sheet) starts on Monday, May 6. Since your employees will probably be working an eight-hour day, remember that lunch periods are not paid time, so they must clock out for their lunch period and clock in when they return. Their lunch should be taken before they hit the six-hour mark. They must take at least a 30-minute unpaid meal break.
• We are planning our summer student employment meeting for Monday, May 6, at 9 a.m. (location to be announced). Thank you for sending your students, and feel free to attend yourself.

Be sure to get your tickets to the Friday screening at the Cameo Theater in Newberg this week. Tickets are $4 for one or $6 for two and can be purchased at the university’s box office, from one of the Film Festival Committee members (Carissa Gobble, Molly Norton, Sandra Conlon), or at the door on Friday at the Cameo. Doors open at 4 p.m. on Friday.

Saturday is our free award ceremony hosted by alumnus Tyler Robertson and current student Onjalai Flake! The red-carpet show hosted by Robby Larson and Valerie Rogers is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. while the student filmmakers and local judges arrive to the event and take red-carpet photos.

The award ceremony follows from 6:30 to 9 p.m., where 17 awards will be presented and a few more films premiered.

All are invited to join as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the the Fox Film Festival, an entirely student-run and promoted event.

For more information, please e-mail filmfestival@georgefox.edu.

Join us for a Department of Biology and Chemistry Senior Research Symposium on Friday, April 19, at 4:30 p.m. in EHS 102. Three senior student researchers will share the results of their research conducted here at George Fox. The presenters are Carissa Burch, Deborah Champagne and Andrew Launder. Come learn more science, get inspired and support your peers!

Questions? Contact Jane Sweet (jsweet@georgefox.edu)

Know of students interested in getting into medical school? Austin Park, a senior chemistry student who has been accepted and is attending medical school next year, will share his experience on how to get into medical school and the application process.

Encourage your students to attend on Wednesday, April 17, at 6 p.m. in EHS 102. More information is available by contacting Paul Chamberlain or Jane Sweet.

Join us for chapel this Wednesday, April 17, at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium for our Last Lecture Series featuring Hank Helsabeck, dean of School of Arts and Sciences.

The Business and Economics Department invites the campus community to hear from Ekaterina Walker, author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Think Like Zuck: The Five Business Secrets of Facebook’s Improbably Brilliant CEO Mark Zuckerberg, from 9:05 to 10:20 a.m. Thursday, April 18, in Lemmons 8.

Walter will discuss the marketing strategy of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook and the “Five Business Secrets.” She is a social media strategist and innovator at Intel and a sought-after speaker and regular contributor to leading-edge publications such as Fast Company and Huffington Post.

In 2012, Walter was named among “25 Women Who Rock Social Media.” She sits on the board of directors of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and is an active member of the Thunderbird Global Council at Thunderbird School of Global Management. More about her is available at ekaterinawalter.com.

A talk-back and book-signing session will follow in Lemmons 12. Her book will be available for $15 (cash only).

Questions? Contact Kelly Borror at kborror@georgefox.edu.

During the fall of 2012, George Fox students were surveyed to measure their financial literacy. Results from our analysis suggest that while a number of factors determine financial literacy, the strongest predictor is the respondent’s race. We believe that George Fox could greatly improve students’ ability to manage their finances through targeted educational programs.

On Wednesday, April 17, we invite you to join us as we discuss our findings from 10:30 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105. Taking part in the presentation will be Nate Peach from our School of Business and Drew Van der Werff, a senior finance student.

The presentation, titled “Enrolled to Succeed or Ignored to Fail?,” will be based on the article “Determinants of the Financial Literacy of Undergraduate Students: A Survey-Based Analysis” by Peach, Ryan Halley and Van der Werff.

Questions? Contact Kelly Borror at kborror@georgefox.edu.

Applications for May Term/Summer housing are now available to students on the student life website and in the student life office. Students have until Friday, April 26, to complete the application and return it to Student Life.

We are asking students to verify their employment by having supervisors e-mail housing@georgefox.edu so we can keep track of this information. As you hire summer workers, please notify the housing department.

Please refer to the 2013 Summer/May Term Housing Application for additional details. It is available online or in the Office of Student Life.

If you have questions, please stop by or call the student life office (ext. 2310) or e-mail housing@georgefox.edu.

The Center for Peace and Justice, the Creation Care Committee and the Center for Global Studies invite the campus community to a showing of the film The Island President tomorrow (Wednesday) at 4 p.m. in Lemmons 8.

The Island President links the struggle for democracy and human rights with the fight to stabilize the climate. Join us as we participate with more than 100 colleges across the country for a nationwide screening of this powerful film and a discussion with the film’s director following.

Questions? Contact Tyler Amy at tamy@georgefox.edu.

We are hosting our last Chinese class tonight (Tuesday) in the International House. As usual, class goes from 6:30 to 8 p.m. During the first half hour we will review what we learned last time (bringing notes form last time will be appreciated). We will cover new material in the following hour (7-8 p.m.)

Looking forward to seeing you.

Yali (yhe11@georgefox.edu)

See that special student graduate!

Be a part of an exciting event!

Volunteer in a much-needed area of service!

Be an usher at the spring 2013 commencement!

We are still in need of many willing servants to serve as ushers at both the undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 4. Take tickets, hand out programs, direct graduates’ family and friends to their seats, and help make graduation a special event for all involved. All George Fox employees who participate as ushers will be paid $25 per ceremony through payroll.

There are three opportunities for involvement:

Traditional Undergraduate Ceremony

• Time Commitment: 1:30-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4
• Location: Wheeler Gymnasium

And …

• Time Commitment: 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4
• Location: Bauman Auditorium

Graduate Ceremony

• Time Commitment: 8:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 4
• Location: Wheeler Gymnasium

Please let me know ASAP if this is something you would like to be a part of. Thank you for considering being involved in this memorable event.

Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu or ext. 2140)