The Daily Bruin

Don’t forget: Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee will address issues related to technology in our lives when she comes to campus today (Monday) through Wednesday as guest speaker for the Spring Theological Conference.

The schedule for the week includes:

• Monday, March 4 – “You’ve Been Hacked: How technology has taken you hostage (and how your parents are to blame),” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Powered-Off Zone: A space to engage, play, and create” (2-6 p.m. in the Bruin Den)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Finding Your Sweet Spot: Brain health and multiple intelligences information to help you increase engagement in your first (real) life,” Shalom (9 p.m. in Cap & Gown Room)
• Wednesday, March 6 – “Pushing the Pause Button: Practical tips for learning to be still, bored, and centered,” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)

Dr. Dodgen-Magee is a licensed psychologist, truth communicator and Jesus follower. The Spring Theological Conference is sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies. For more information, contact Paula Hampton at ext 2650.

This is a reminder that the George Fox University Day of Prayer is Saturday, March 9. In preparation, the spiritual life office is gathering personal prayer requests from faculty, administrators, staff, students and their families.

Please send your prayer request to spirituallife@georgefox.edu by Tuesday, March 5. Write your prayer request in the way that you would like it to read for the Day of Prayer (please include your name in the request unless you would like it to be unnamed).

Send any questions to Kayin Griffith at kgriffith@georgefox.edu.

If you have a student who is studying:

• Allied Health
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Health and Human Performance
• Nursing
• Social Work

Encourage them to check out the Health Care Career Fair today (Monday) in the upper Hoover lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This will be a great time for them to interact with employers from local and regional healthcare facilities for possible job and internship opportunities!

To see a list of the 2013 Health Care Career Fair Participants, click this link.

Questions? Contact Corina Burke in the Career Services Office at ext. 2330 or cburke@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget tonight’s (Monday’s) Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture featuring Joel Perez, dean of inclusion and leadership at George Fox. He will present “Actions are Illegal, Never People: Comprehending the Complexity of Immigration in the U.S.”

The session runs from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Join us today (Monday) as the financial affairs department presents at a “Let’s Work Together” session from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Come and learn what really happens to all that paperwork that you are continually required to “submit” to the finance office and how we can work together to try to make that paperwork shuffle as painless as possible.

Bring your lunch (or grab one in the Bruin Den) and join us for a time of networking with a fun and interactive presentation.

Questions? Contact Becky Jensen at rjensen@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox University Day of Prayer is Saturday, March 9. In preparation, the spiritual life office is gathering personal prayer requests from faculty, administrators, staff, students and their families.

Please send your prayer request to spirituallife@georgefox.edu by Tuesday, March 5. Write your prayer request in the way that you would like it to read for the Day of Prayer (please include your name in the request unless you would like it to be unnamed).

Send any questions to Kayin Griffith at kgriffith@georgefox.edu.

If you have a student who is studying:

• Allied Health
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Health and Human Performance
• Nursing
• Social Work

Encourage them to check out the Health Care Career Fair on Monday, March 4, in the upper Hoover lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This will be a great time for them to interact with employers from local and regional healthcare facilities for possible job and internship opportunities!

To see a list of the 2013 Health Care Career Fair Participants, click this link.

Questions? Contact Corina Burke in the Career Services Office at ext. 2330 or cburke@georgefox.edu.

The fifth faculty “Coffee & Conversation” of the year is titled “Grading as a Conversation: Using Assessment as a Part of Teaching.” Sharing their stories will be Dwight Kimberly, Mark Terry, Amy Dee and Mike Foster. Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. on Monday, March 11, in Hoover 104.

• Come if you wonder how this might be a part of your teaching.
• Come if you have your own experiences to contribute to the conversation.
• Come if you just want to have some free coffee and “world-famous” scones made by Brenda Burg and listen to the discussion!

Questions? Contact Gary Sehorn at gsehorn@georgefox.edu.

Friday, March 1, 3:30 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Willamette (GFU campus courts)
Saturday, March 2, 11 a.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Pacific (GFU campus courts)
Saturday, March 2, 11 a.m. – Baseball vs. Lewis & Clark, DH (Morse Field)
Saturday, March 2, noon – Softball vs. Puget Sound, DH (Morse Field)
Sunday, March 3, noon – Baseball vs. Lewis & Clark (Morse Field)
Saturday, March 3, noon – Softball vs. Puget Sound, DH (Morse Field)

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

Next week, Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee will address issues related to technology in our lives when she comes to campus Monday through Wednesday, March 4-6, as guest speaker for the Spring Theological Conference.

The schedule for the week includes:

• Monday, March 4 – “You’ve Been Hacked: How technology has taken you hostage (and how your parents are to blame),” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Powered-Off Zone: A space to engage, play, and create” (2-6 p.m. in the Bruin Den)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Finding Your Sweet Spot: Brain health and multiple intelligences information to help you increase engagement in your first (real) life,” Shalom (9 p.m. in Cap & Gown Room)
• Wednesday, March 6 – “Pushing the Pause Button: Practical tips for learning to be still, bored, and centered,” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)

Dr. Dodgen-Magee is a licensed psychologist, truth communicator and Jesus follower. She had one of the first computers in her class when she was a graduate student “a million years ago,” and was the last person in her family to get an iPhone. She is a reluctant geek and an avid reader of research.

The Spring Theological Conference is sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies. For more information, contact Paula Hampton at ext 2650.

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (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.”

The George Fox music department proudly presents its Symphonic band in concert tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. Music from “Lord of the Rings” will be featured.

On Saturday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. the music department proudly presents its choral groups in concert. Groups performing include Chamber Choir, Women’s Chorale and Concert Choir. A special feature of this concert will be the first hearing of the newly installed organ, both in a solo presentation as well as accompanying the Concert Choir.

Both concerts are in Bauman Auditorium and admission is free to both events.

The spring staff conference is coming soon – on Tuesday, March 12 – and we are looking forward to an exciting day with all support staff! The “Growing Strong” conference is from 8 to 11:30 a.m., with breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. for early risers. Our keynote speaker is Kevin Jones, who will speak on “Pulling Tough Weeds: Communicating with Difficult People.”

Please complete the registration form and select your break-out session at this link: Staff Conference Registration. The conference will be at Tigard Friends Church, located at 15800 S.W. Hall Blvd. Please note: Due to allergies, please do not wear perfume or cologne at this event.

Questions? Contact Becky Jensen at rjensen@georgefox.edu.

Encourage your students to come to the Career Services office (located on the first floor of Stevens) from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) to learn about some of the great job and internship opportunities AT&T has to offer!

Benefits to working for AT&T:

• Discounts on AT&T products and services
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Medical/dental/vision benefits for entire family
• Life insurance
• Earn up to 22 days off per year
• Pre-taxed flexible spending accounts
• 401K with a company match

For more information, contact Corina Burke at ext. 2331 or cburke@georgefox.edu.

The university’s spring Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series continues this Monday, March 4, with a lecture by Joel Perez, dean of inclusion and leadership at George Fox. The presentation is the latest on the theme “State of the Union.”

Monday’s session runs from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. Joel will present “Actions are Illegal, Never People: Comprehending the Complexity of Immigration in the U.S.,” in which he will provide a brief history of immigration in the U.S. and its appeal as an immigrant destination. He’ll also share stories of current immigrants, with a focus on those who would benefit from legislation such as the DREAM Act.

The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

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

On Friday, March 1, nearly 1,000 students from 19 Oregon high school choirs will be visiting our campus and participating in the state high school choir qualifying festival sponsored by the George Fox music department.

Choirs will be performing from 8 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free and everyone is encouraged to come listen.

The Nicaragua Summer Serve team is trying to come up with fun ways to “FUNdraise”! We are planning on selling our own art work for a low price to raise money. So, if you are anything like me, you have a ton of art boxed away or in a corner somewhere in your closet. If you are looking to get rid of it, or simply interested in participating, please donate it to us!

Contact Shekinah Davis (sdavis11@georgefox.edu) or Ameena Bossier (abossier11@georgefox.edu) for info on our missions trip as well as when/where you can meet us to give us your beautiful creations.

Thanks!

– Shekinah and Ameena

Please encourage your graduating students to attend the Spring 2013 Exodus Fair next week.

Here is the information:

Exodus Fair for spring grads! Those graduating this May are encouraged to stop by the Exodus Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, or Thursday, March 7, in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium. There, grads can pick up their cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more.

For more information, contact Aleida Polanco at apolanco@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder that Lisa Sharon Harper, director of mobilizing for Sojourners, will be on campus today (Wednesday) for the university’s 28th annual Woolman Peacemaking Forum. The theme of the event is “Shalom – Holistic Peace for a Fragmented World.” Her visit has been arranged by the university’s Center for Peace and Justice.

Harper has written extensively on tax reform, comprehensive immigration reform, health-care reform, poverty, racial justice, and transformational civic engagement for publications and blogs, including The National Civic Review, God’s Politics blog, The Huffington Post, Urban Faith, Prism and Slant33.

She is the author of two books: Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican … or Democrat and Left, Right & Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics.

She will speak three times on campus today:

• In chapel at 10:40 a.m., on “Shalom and the Fall”
• In a talk-back session immediately following chapel, in the Cap and Gown Room from noon to 1 p.m.
• In an evening presentation, titled “Shalom and Systemic Injustice,” from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 105

For more information on Harper’s visit or the forum itself, contact Clint Baldwin at cbaldwin@georgefox.edu. To learn more about Harper, click here.

The university community is invited to a free Winter Choral Concert, featuring the school’s Women’s Chorale, Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, this Saturday, March 2, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

The Women’s Chorale will perform Handel’s “Thou Art My Radiant Star,” the Scottish folk song “I Know Where I’m Going” and the piece “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal.” Selections by the Chamber Singers will include “Jubilate Deo” by Orlando di Lasso, “Wayfarin’ Stranger” by Craig Zamer and “Alleluia” by Zdenek Lukas. Finally, the Concert Choir will perform “Let the People Praise Thee, O God” by William Mathias and “Te Deum in C” by Carl Czerny.

Questions? Contact Debbie Hawblitzel at dhawblit@georgefox.edu.