The Daily Bruin

An all-employee meeting is 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 engineering department invites you to attend a research seminar entitled, “Fasteners as Diagnostic Sensors in Structures,” presented by Dr. David Pollock of Washington State University. He will be with us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. this Monday, April 22, in Lemmons 13.

Summary

Connections are critical load-transfer components in all structures. The adoption of mechanics-based yield limit equations for bolted and nailed connections in timber structures in the early 1990s furnished a mechanism for understanding connection behavior associated with extreme loading events. In particular, the formation of plastic hinges in metal fasteners (as modeled by the yield limit equations) provides ductile structural behavior during high seismic and wind events.

The detection of plastic hinges in fasteners following an overload event can be used to (1) determine the magnitudes of overload and structural displacement that occurred, and (2) assess internal structural damage. Ultrasonic inspection of bolts and (modified) nails in surviving structures provides useful techniques for detecting damage that is not apparent during visual inspections and estimating residual structural capacities.

For any questions or further information, contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu.

The engineering department invites you to attend a research seminar titled, “Hypar Roofs: A Servant Opportunity for Students, Researchers and Professionals,” presented by Doug Schmucker, PhD, PE. Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 19, in EHS 102.

Presentation Description
Dr. Schmucker will present an example of servant engineering via a joint project between TSC Global and Engineering Ministries International (eMi). TSC Global (tscglobal.org) is a U.S.-based, for-profit, social enterprise developing innovative products for global housing solutions; eMi (emiusa.org) is a faith-based organization that mobilizes building design professionals to provide design services to communities in need across the world.

In an appropriate technology transfer project, the eMi team examined the feasibility of using TSC’s Hypar Roof product. Typical eMi clients include missionaries, faith-based medical facilities and educational campuses. Dr. Schmucker has served with eMi as a volunteer in a variety of capacities over the past 13 years and has practiced as both a professional engineer and professional educator over a nearly 20-year career.

For more questions or information, contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu.

Hey Everybody,

Come and join us for the Newberg Prayer Walk tomorrow (Friday) during chapel hour. I love seeing God work in our community through the prayers of his people. We’ll meet in the quad by the Bruin Den at 10:40 a.m. Hope to see you there!

– Mary Owen (mowen10@georgefox.edu)

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. tomorrow (Friday), 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.

After 33 years of service, Bonnie Jerke (Career Services) is retiring and we are planning to celebrate her accomplishments and contributions on Thursday, April 25, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center. We’d love to have you come and celebrate Bonnie’s many years of leadership and service to the students and alumni of George Fox.

If you are unable to attend, I’m sure Bonnie would appreciate an e-mail, card, or call, but we’d love for you to be able to attend this event. No need to R.S.V.P.

If you have any questions, please contact Sidney Tafflinger at 503-554-2330.

Hope to see you next Thursday!

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

Paul Anderson will be showing the film The Gospel of John for any interested in viewing the biblical text in dramatic form. All are welcome, especially students in Bible classes interested in noting the distinctive presentation of Jesus in this dramatic Gospel. A brief discussion will follow the film.

Join us at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in EHS 102. Contact Paul at panderso@georgefox.edu for more information.

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)