The Daily Bruin

Don’t forget to check out our students’ work in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues course at today’s (Monday’s) research exhibit set up in both the EHS and Hoover atriums between noon and 4 p.m.

LACI students will present the findings of their research on problems or challenges facing the nation today and offer solutions drawn from an integration of their liberal arts background, disciplinary training and Christian perspective. The LACI theme this spring was “State of the Union.”

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at potto@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us for a staff lunch today (Monday) from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. The cost is $3. We will be hearing from guest speaker Michael Bevis, director of the English Language Institute.

Help send us to Romania! Come to Wendy’s (3400 Portland Road) on Saturday, April 20, to get your car washed and donate to the 2013 Romania/Moldova Summer Serve team.

We will be there from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., so grab a bite and let us wash your car.

Questions? Contact Patty Blakeslee at pblakeslee11@georgefox.edu.

Need a break this afternoon (Friday)? Come on out to Tualatin to watch our men’s tennis team take on Pacific at 4:30 p.m. at the beautiful new Stafford Hills Club indoor facility.

George Fox is 9-1 in conference play and ranked No. 10 in the NCAA Division III West Region. The Bruins are going for the No. 2 spot in the Northwest Conference.

As a bonus, the club is offering free food and special membership deals to George Fox University supporters. The Stafford Hills Club (staffordhills.com) is located at 5916 Nyberg Lane in Tualatin.

The university’s quads sand volleyball tournament will be moved to the following weekend, Saturday, April 20, due to poor weather. It will happen on this day rain or shine, on the sand courts behind HMS beginning at 10:30 a.m. Please send me any questions or concerns you may have. Thanks.

Joey Burda (jburda09@georgefox.edu)

The Summer Serve Banquet is this Saturday, April 13, at 6 p.m., in the Klages Dining Hall. The recommended donation is $10. Free childcare will be available.

We have will call tickets available. Please click this link and register for a spot.

Please join us in the Executive Dining Room on Tuesday, April 16, 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. Feel free to bring a brown-bag lunch.

Questions? Contact Sarah Baldwin at sbaldwin@georgefox.edu.

Please note: There was an e-nnouncement sent out earlier this week that had the wrong date on it. The lunch is on April 16 (not the 17th, as mentioned earlier).

Friday, April 12, 4:30 p.m. – Men’s tennis vs. Pacific (Stafford Hills Tennis Club, Tualatin, Ore.)
Saturday, April 13, noon – Baseball vs. Pacific Lutheran, DH (Morse Field)
Sunday, April 14, noon – Baseball vs. Pacific Lutheran (Morse Field)
Sunday, April 14, 3 p.m. – Men’s tennis vs. Willamette (GFU campus courts; in case of rain, Tualatin Hills Tennis Center, Beaverton, Ore.)

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

The university’s French and cinema programs have joined forces to present the second installment of the Fox French Film Festival this Friday, April 12, in EHS 102.

The festival starts at 7 p.m. with Bienvenue chez les Chtis (“Welcome to the Sticks”), the most successful comedy ever released in France. The film tells the story of Philippe, who has a pleasant life in the south of France and is transferred to the north of France – a region that, according to him, is freezing and where people speak with an unintelligible accent.

The second film of the evening, Indigènes (“Days of Glory”), starts at 9 p.m. Set in World War II, Indigènes follows four North African men who enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination.

Admission to both films is free, and both are open to the public. Filmgoers will also have the chance to indulge in crêpes, madeleines and other French fare during the intermission between shows.

Questions? Contact Isabelle Corneaux at icorneaux@georgefox.edu.

The campus community is invited to come see our students’ efforts in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues course this spring. Students will showcase their work at a research exhibit set up in both the EHS and Hoover atriums this Monday, April 15, between noon and 4 p.m.

LACI students will present the findings of their research on problems or challenges facing the nation today and offer solutions drawn from an integration of their liberal arts background, disciplinary training and Christian perspective. The LACI theme this spring was “State of the Union.”

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at potto@georgefox.edu.

Our men’s tennis team is enjoying its best season ever, and Friday, April 12, the Bruins will seek to clinch the No. 2 spot in the Northwest Conference when they take on Pacific at 4:30 p.m. at the beautiful new Stafford Hills Club indoor facility.

We could use as many fans as possible! As a bonus, the club is offering free food to George Fox University supporters. So, come on out to see some great tennis and get some free food while you’re at it. The club, located at 5916 Nyberg Lane in Tualatin, is also offering special membership deals to those affiliated with George Fox. To learn more about Stafford Hills, visit staffordhills.com.

The Bruins are 9-1 in conference play and ranked No. 10 in the NCAA Division III West Region.

Want to learn more about women and men? Come visit a poster session hosted by students from Men, Women and Society (SOC 320).

Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 19, in the Hoover lobby.

Fascinating topics include:

• Gender, Sexuality, and Roller Derby
• Are Women More Religious than Men?
• Female Gangs in the U.S.
• The Gendered Nature of “Heroism”
• What is Hypermasculinity?
• Attitudes and the WNBA

Questions? Contact Melanie Hulbert at mhulbert@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 at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, 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 finance department would like to announce the launch of our “Bean Counter Alerts.” These alerts will be short e-nnouncements sent out one to two times a month to share information regarding things you need to know about the finance department as well as tips and hints to help you navigate all things financial here at George Fox.

We would love to hear from you, so if you have questions please e-mail them to Kathi Becker (kbecker@georgefox.edu) and we’ll include the answers in future “Bean Counter Alerts.”

With this inaugural alert we want to let you know there are new updated forms available for your use that can be found on our Common Forms page. The new forms available are:

• Updated Check Request and Rush Check Request, Interdepartmental Charge-IDC, Petty Cash Log, all of which now have room to add a JL Code (if applicable)
• Expense Reimbursement Request, which has a column added for a JL Code (if applicable), as well as the mileage reimbursement being increased to 0.565 per mile.

If you have any questions regarding the new forms, please contact Andy Dunn.

The Fox Film Festival is a week from Friday! Tickets are for the Cameo screening at 4:30 p.m. on April 19 and have the potential to sell out this year. Thus, to eliminate lines at the Cameo itself when doors open at 4 p.m., the Festival Committee has decided to pre-sell tickets.

So don’t miss any part of the videos being screened by waiting in line at the Cameo! Tickets are available now for purchase on a first-come first-served basis at the university’s Box Office, the Cameo, and from three Festival Committee members: Carissa Gobble, Sandra Conlon and Molly Norton.

Tickets are $4 for one and $6 for two.

For more information, contact Carissa or the Film Festival Committee at filmfestival@georgefox.edu.

Please join us in the Executive Dining Room on Tuesday, April 17, 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. Feel free to bring a brown-bag lunch.

Questions? Contact Sarah Baldwin at sbaldwin@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.

FoxTALE will be upgraded from Moodle version 2.2 to version 2.4 on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., to stay in alignment with updates at moodle.org. FoxTALE will not be available during this time. No preparation is required by faculty.

Here are some of the highlights of the new version:

• All icons will change. See the mapping from old to new icons.
• Assignments will be enhanced and have a new look and feel. There is only one type of assignment with many customizable features.
  • Existing assignments will be automatically converted to the new format. No action is required.
• Drag and drop files from your computer onto your course home page. The files will be added as resources.

Sign up now for one of the 30-minute webinars on Monday, April 29, that highlights the new version.

Old FoxTALE available until Aug. 31, 2013
Here’s a reminder that old FoxTALE (foxtale19.georgefox.edu) will be available until Aug. 31, 2013. If you have additional course sites that need to be copied from old FoxTALE to new (current) FoxTALE, please contact the IT Service Desk.

If you have any questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

All ages and experiences are welcome to attend a hip-hop dance class this Saturday, April 13, taught by George Fox senior Casey Bowman. There will be two class sessions:

• 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., for beginning – intermediate levels
• 1-2:30 p.m., for intermediate – advanced levels

The classes will be held at Chehalem Valley Dance Academy (311 E. 1st St.), and only cost $5 OR five cans of food! (Food will be donated to Newberg F.I.S.H.)

You can pick up and drop off the registration form in the business office in Hoover (first floor). Registration forms and payment are due by 3 p.m. on Friday, April 12.

For more information, e-mail Casey at cbowman10@georgefox.edu.

Join us for a Table Talk session Thursday, April 11, as we talk about immigration. Table Talk is a lunchtime gathering in which George Fox staff, faculty and students can dialogue about issues related to diversity.

Conservatives, liberals, Christians and people of all kinds are welcome to come and discuss how faith interacts with our views of immigration.

Come to the Cap and Gown Room at noon to join in the discussion. Bring your lunch and a friend, too.

Questions? Contact Drew Miller at dmiller09@georgefox.edu.