The Daily Bruin

Do you need a really great haircut? Do you want it to go to a super-great cause?

Rose Haven is a women’s drop-in center in northwest Portland, and Faye Judson Salon is willing to donate all proceeds from their salon on Friday, April 19, from 4 to 8 p.m. Call 503-768-3293 to schedule an appointment and say that you want to be part of the “For the Love of Women” event! Minimum donation of $25!

This event is being hosted in partnership with the George Fox social work program. Contact Elise Heidy (eheidy09@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Saturday, March 23, 11 a.m. – Men’s tennis vs. Lewis & Clark (Stafford Hills Tennis Club, Tualatin, Ore.)
Sunday, March 24, 1 p.m. – Women’s golf in George Fox Spring Preview (OGA Golf Course, Woodburn, Ore.)

For more information on the Bruins’ “home-away-from-home” events this weekend, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

Do you want free admission to attend the First Avenue Career Expo? If so, stop by and attend one of our “How to Work a Job Fair” info sessions today (Friday) in the Career Services office from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

To register for the First Avenue Career Expo, visit olapcfirstavenue.org.

Questions? Contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Did you know we have one of the top Division III men’s tennis teams in the region? The Bruins are 7-1 in conference play, ranked No. 11 in the West Region and are riding a six-match win streak.

This Saturday, March 23, the Bruins will take on Lewis & Clark at the newly opened Stafford Hills Club, modeled after the USTA National Tennis Center in New York. We would love to have as many George Fox fans in attendance as possible, so come out for the 11 a.m. match and check out this remarkable new facility.

The club, located at 5916 Nyberg Lane in Tualatin, is offering special deals for those associated with George Fox, so come out to cheer on the Bruins and learn about the club’s special offers. To learn more about Stafford Hills, visit staffordhills.com.

There are four $2,500-per-year renewable Multicultural Leadership Scholarships (MLS) for current students who are returning to campus next academic year. We are seeking students who are engaged in diversity and already actively participate in leadership on campus.

In order to apply for the scholarship, you must meet the following requirements:

• Considered a domestic undergraduate student
• Engaged in multiculturalism
• Actively involved in leadership at GFU
• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
• You cannot have a George Fox-sponsored diversity scholarship already (examples include Act Six, South Central, Miller, Multicultural, Black United Fund) because we want to spread the love of scholarships toward others).

Steps:

1. Fill out the scholarship form here no later than Thursday, March 28
2. Be available on April 1 for a group interview. Note that not all candidates will be group interviewed. You’ll be notified after March 28 what your status is.

Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura, director of inclusion and student leadership programs, at syonemura@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

All are invited to join us for a weeklong Cesar Chavez celebration April 1-5. Below are the activities/events we have planned.

• April 1: Edna Mariachi in Bon Appetit, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
• April 2: “A Better Life” and panel discussion, Hoover 105, 8 p.m.
• April 3: Cesar Chavez discussion (Si se Puede) and learn how to make homemade tortillas and salsa en molcajete!
• April 4: Documentary hosted by the Latino Heritage Club
• April 5: TBA

The purpose of the events is to give you an opportunity to learn about who Cesar Chavez was and what his legacy is. We also want to raise awareness about issues regarding immigration and Latinos in higher education. Ultimately, we want to give you an opportunity to learn about Latinos from Latinos.

If you have any questions, email Nancy Arellano (narellano11@georgefox.edu), Joel Perez (jperez@georgefox.edu), or Julio Bautista (jbautista11@georgefox.edu).

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The meeting will include an update from President Baker on the recent board meeting.

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.”

Do you want free admission to attend the First Avenue Career Expo? If so, stop by and attend one of our “How to Work a Job Fair” info sessions today (Thursday) or tomorrow (Friday) in the Career Services office from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

To register for the First Avenue Career Expo, visit olapcfirstavenue.org.

Questions? Contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The meeting will include an update from President Baker on the recent board meeting.

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 class, PSCI 354 Christianity and Politics in the United States, will be offered in spring 2014 and taught by Mark David Hall.

This course is designed to be accessible to sophomores, juniors and seniors from any major. There are no prerequisites. It considers three basic questions:

1. How have Christianity and politics been related historically in America?
2. How are Christianity and politics related today?
3. How should Christianity and politics be related?

Interested? To learn more, contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu.

Can a mutually caring relationship hold the key to a new and effective means of philanthropy?

How a company in Vancouver, Wash., and dozens of Christian ministries are serving as an example will be outlined by Pat Johnson, executive director of US Digital Outreach, when she speaks Tuesday, March 26, 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. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

At US Digital, a manufacturing firm in Vancouver, a simple effort to provide office space turned into a vibrant and collaborative expression of community outreach. In her role, Johnson coordinates how 35 different ministries are accommodated in the upper floor of the company building. Johnson is also the former national director of World Vision/Love INC, former coordinator for Mission Portland Networking, and founder and director of several nonprofit ministries.

For more information, go to the Chamber’s website, cccnw.net, or call 503-928-8354.

The Fitness Center will be closed from 5 p.m. Friday, March 22, until 6 a.m. Monday, April 1. The track will be available for use 24/7 during this time.

All are welcome to attend the Spring 2013 Faculty Lecture and Richter Scholars Symposium today (Tuesday) beginning at 5 p.m. This event will begin in the Hoover lobby with student presentations of their scholarship funded by the Richter Scholars program.

At 5:30 p.m., Terry Huffman will give a presentation in Hoover 105 on his most recent book, entitled American Indian Educators in Reservation Schools. Dr. Huffman is the George Fox University 2012 Graduate Researcher of the Year.

Today, all staff will receive an e-mail asking for nominations for Staff Development Committee. The e-mail will contain a Google form with a list of all staff eligible to be nominated for the committee.

Please complete and submit the form with your nominations. Deadline for the nominations is this Monday, March 25, at 8 a.m.

If you are on the Newberg campus today, please join your colleagues for all-employee lunch in the Cap & Gown Room. Lunch will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m.

What does it mean to be a woman? How does religion form our view of women?

On Tuesday, March 19, all are invited to hear from Melanie Mock, Shelley Yonemura, DeLisa Thomas and Suhila Jefery at a “Women, Religion and Work Panel.” We’ll meet at 7 p.m. in Lemmons 8. This event is sponsored by the Inclusion and Student Leadership Programs.

Are you looking for a valuable upper-division elective course for next year? Check out the following courses that the School of Business will be offering:

BUSN 303 – Personal Finance (Fall ’13 & Spring ’14)

This course is designed to prepare students to think critically about their relationship with money, develop their own personal financial philosophy and implement practical application of personal financial management. Topics include relationship with money, biblical financial foundations, budgets, loans, spending, housing, insurance, investments and taxes.

Prerequisites: none; taught by Ryan Halley, finance professor, George Fox

MKTG 485 — Consumer Engagement and Social Networking (Fall ’13)

Marketing is all about connecting … connecting with your customer, connecting with management, connecting with money (budget), and connecting with retail. What is our business? Who are our customers? What does the customer value? Consumer engagement is not a single source of contact but an ongoing “conversation” – developing brand positioning, leveraging user-generated content, and creating a word-of-mouth social audience, all resulting in customer loyalty and influencing behavior. The questions haven’t changed BUT how we tell the story has.

Prerequisites: MKTG 260 (Principles of Marketing); taught by Laurie Koehler, Consumer Campaigns Manager, Intel

ECON 485 — Environmental Economics (Spring ’14)

Students will explore the relationship between the economy and the environment. The efficient management of natural resources, impacts of pollution, and sustainability issues will all be considered. To account for economic growth concerns the scope of analysis includes both the developed and developing world. The primary objective of the course is to increase students’ understanding of policy-relevant, incentive-based solutions to environmental issues.

Prerequisites: Either Econ 201 Microeconomics Principles or ECON 202 Macroeconomics Principles, or permission of the instructor; taught by Nate Peach, economics professor, George Fox

Questions? Contact Ryan Halley at halleyr@georgefox.edu.

For the past year, we’ve been in conversation with our risk management/insurance company as well as completed a comprehensive review of best practices to reduce risk and liability related to the transportation of students, faculty and staff. You will find the new policy at this link. Please review this very carefully and feel free to contact Plant Services or Brad Lau if you have any questions.

We are not yet ready to implement the personal vehicle aspect of the policy, but are ready to implement the policies and procedures guiding the use of university vehicles.

In order to check out and drive University vehicles (as well as to rent and drive Enterprise vehicles on university business), a student and/or employee driver must be on the “approved driver’s list.” This means that the following has occurred (a minimum of five days before the student or employee plans to pick up and drive a university vehicle):

1. The student or employee has read and agreed to the policy.
2. The student or employee has viewed the 15-minute training video.
3. The student or employee has taken a quiz that requires approximately 10-15 minutes.
4. A background check of the student’s or employee’s driving record has been completed and meets the criteria described in the university policy.

Once all this has been completed and verified (and assuming all the criteria are met), the employee’s or student’s name will be added to the approved driver’s list and university vehicles can be checked out and driven. This process will need to be completed annually for students and once every three years for employees. Of course, there is much more information in the policy, so please review it carefully.

To begin the process of becoming an approved driver, please login to FoxTALE on this page and follow directions.

The new policy is effective immediately, so please take care of this as soon as possible if you plan to drive a university vehicle on university business. When you pick up the vehicle, you will need to show Plant Services your driver’s license and verbally verify that you have current personal automobile insurance (even though university insurance provides coverage for the use of university vehicles).

FoxTALE maintenance during spring break

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, March 25, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During the scheduled maintenance on Monday, March 25:

1. Fall 2012 sites will be hidden to students. If you want to make your course site available to students, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. Scroll down to the the “Availability” section and select “This course is available to students.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”
2. Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 course sites will be generated. You will see your course sites listed when you log into FoxTALE after the maintenance is completed.

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.

Join us tonight (Monday) for “Speaking Our Mind,” a lecture presented by Kathryn Hickok, publications director for the Cascade Policy Institute. Her presentation is the latest in the university’s spring Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series on the “State of the Union.”

The session runs from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. Hickok will discuss how, as citizens, we must explain the “why’s” behind our views to be persuasive in today’s political and public policy debates.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.