The Daily Bruin

The Student Support Network (SSN) is a program designed to identify and support students who are struggling academically, socially or personally.

The SSN consists of a small team of faculty, staff and administrators representing a variety of departments who are invested in the academic and personal success of George Fox University undergraduate students. This group meets regularly during the academic year to confidentially discuss appropriate and timely interventions for students in need of assistance or support.

Students are referred to the SSN by concerned members of the George Fox community who submit an Intervention Alert Form online found at ssn.georgefox.edu.

(Please note: Referral to the SSN or use of the intervention alert form is not intended to replace direct referral to a university service or office. It is also not intended to be used when a student misses one or two classes or fails to turn in an assignment.)

The SSN program is intended for referral when there are several issues of concern that may involve different offices or when extra support and attention would be helpful to encourage student success.

You can learn more by visiting the above website. If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the Office of Student Life (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316).

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for today (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

The meeting will include an update on the Stoffer Family Stadium project, including a construction timeline and renderings, and a presentation on how Bruin athletics (track and field and football), community events and student activities will benefit from this new facility.

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 2012 W-2 form is now posted on MyGFU for all employees. If you have trouble opening it, you may need to disable your pop-up blocker. Call the Service Desk at 503-554-2569 for assistance.

For anyone who did not give consent for online-only delivery, your W-2 will be mailed no later than next Thursday, Jan. 31, although we anticipate it being a few days earlier. There will be an e-nnouncement to let you know the exact date if it is earlier. (You can go to MyGFU self-service anytime to give permission for future W-2s to be provided online only.)

New information included this year on W-2 forms is the amount of health plan premiums paid by the university for your coverage. This information is required by the Affordable Care Act (also referred to as health care reform), but it is information only – premiums are still pretax/not taxable.

To find other information that will likely be useful when you or your tax preparer files your tax return, please refer to instructions on the back of the form (if you receive yours in print). This information is also available via a link in self service in MyGFU. You can find GFU-specific W-2 information on this payroll forms Web page.

Questions? Contact Peggy Kilburg at pkilburg@georgefox.edu.

Friday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Lewis & Clark (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Friday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Lewis & Clark (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)

Friday’s special events will include a celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, with all senior student-athletes, student athletic trainers, dancers and cheerleaders being recognized. The evening also will include ceremonies honoring the women’s Northwest Conference championship teams from 2011-12 in basketball, track and field, and golf, as well as “Pink Zone” activities promoting breast cancer awareness and research. All fans are encouraging to wear something pink to the games.

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

The campus community is invited to the first installment of the spring Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series this Monday, Jan. 28, in Hoover 105. The theme of this spring’s lecture series is “State of the Union.”

Monday’s session runs from 7 to 8 p.m. and features Rob Saxton, deputy superintendent of public instruction for the state of Oregon. Saxton will present “Education: The Future of Oregon Today,” in which he will share about the plan underway to reform education in the state and lead Oregon toward its most successful future.

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.

The campus community is invited to join Outreach Ministries for a prayer walk through Newberg as we lift up our community and the work that God is doing here in our town.

We will walk from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. this Friday, Jan. 25. We’ll meet in front of the Bruin Den by the quad.

If you have questions or would like to affirm that you are coming, please contact Mary Owen (mowen10@georgefox.edu).

P.S. We’re still experimenting with a time that works for a lot of people. Suggestions are appreciated.

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:15-19

Please join the IT department for a farewell reception for Greg Smith on Friday, Jan. 25, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium. Refreshments will be provided.

Greg is leaving the university to become the chief information officer and vice provost-research at Missouri University of Science & Technology. He had served at George Fox for the past eight and a half years.

The university invites the campus community to “One Million Bones,” a large-scale national social arts project organized to raise awareness of genocides and mass atrocities going on in the world, this Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Ron Gregory (EHS) Atrium.

The event, scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m., calls for participants to create bones of clay that will be part of a collaborative installation of 1 million bones on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 8-10. For every bone created, $1 is being donated to the humanitarian group CARE International for the organization’s work in Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies are co-sponsoring the event on campus, and the art department is kiln-firing all the bones created. There is no charge to participate, and clay will be provided.

To learn more, contact Clint Baldwin at ext. 2685 or visit onemillionbones.org.

The campus community is invited to the opening reception for an art exhibit in Minthorne Gallery on Thursday, Jan. 24. Tony Caltabiano’s work will be on display in the gallery beginning Thursday and running through Thursday, Feb. 28.

An opening reception for the show, entitled “Three Oceans,” is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Prior to the reception, the artist will speak from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Questions? Contact Cheri Hampton at ext. 2619 or champton@georgefox.edu.

Common Ground will be meeting tonight (Wednesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. at Newberg First United Methodist Church (1205 Deborah Road). Everyone is welcome to join us as we talk about “No Name Calling Week.”

If you would like to carpool with us, meet in front of Edwards (behind the SUB) at 6:45 p.m. If you have any questions, contact Events Coordinator Ariel Walter at awalter11@georgefox.edu.

This Thursday (Jan. 24), representatives from 21 different Christian camps from around the Pacific Northwest will be on the Newberg campus seeking George Fox students for positions in youth counseling, hosting, adventure camping, horse camping, challenge course facilitating, kitchen staff, lifeguarding, housekeeping and more.

See the entire list of camps here or stop by Career Services on the first floor of the Stevens Center. Christian camp reps will be in the EHS atrium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Contact Career Services for more information.

Students: Stressed out because you don’t know APA style for citations? A workshop scheduled from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. this Friday, Jan. 25, in Hoover 105, is for you.

Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.

Faculty: Please let your students know about this opportunity.

Come enjoy Slick’s Big Time BBQ at the men’s basketball game tonight (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. There will be a variety of food items, which include “Championship Pulled Pork Sliders” smothered in Slick’s signature barbecue sauce, smoked barbecue beef sliders with gluten-free whiskey barbecue sauce and so much more! Only $3 to $6.

The food is brought to you by Fox Express, a George Fox senior capstone company. If you have any questions, please contact Meng Dong (mdong11@georgefox.edu).

The campus community is invited to an “Intellectual Feast” this afternoon (Tuesday) from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 250. Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) will be presenting “A Bi-Optic Hypothesis.”

Synopsis
For a century and a half, the leading gospel-composition theory among New Testament scholars (the Synoptic Hypothesis) has sought to explain possible relations between Matthew, Mark and Luke — leaving out the Gospel of John. In recent years, Anderson sought to advance a theory that explains the place of John among the gospels.

Seeing John and Mark as having two different perspectives from day one, Anderson’s “Bi-Optic Hypothesis” identifies particular relations between John and each of the other gospel traditions, leading to a new overall theory of gospel composition. Paul will outline this theory and its implications.

Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided. All are welcome!

The university invites the campus community to “One Million Bones,” a large-scale national social arts project organized to raise awareness of genocides and mass atrocities going on in the world, this Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Ron Gregory (EHS) Atrium.

The event, scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m., calls for participants to create bones of clay that will be part of a collaborative installation of 1 million bones on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 8-10. The installation will serve as a symbol of solidarity with the millions of victims and survivors of ongoing conflict in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia – and as a visible petition to raise awareness of the issue and call upon the government to take much-needed and long overdue action.

For every bone created, the Bezos Family Foundation is donating $1, up to $500,000, to the humanitarian group CARE International for relief support and for rebuilding programs that benefit young people in hard-hit areas.

George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice and art department are teaming up to host the event on campus. There is no charge to participate, and clay will be provided.

The national effort is being organized by Students Rebuild, an organization dedicated to mobilizing young people worldwide to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. CARE International is a leading relief and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty.

To learn more about Thursday’s event on the George Fox campus, contact Clint Baldwin at ext. 2685. For more on the national One Million Bones effort, visit onemillionbones.org.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, Jan. 24, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium (please note location change).

The meeting will include an update on the Stoffer Family Stadium project, including a construction timeline and renderings, and a presentation on how Bruin athletics (track and field and football), community events and student activities will benefit from this new facility.

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 Academic Resource Center (ARC) will be open for business starting Tuesday, Jan. 22. Hours are Monday-Thursday, 1-10 p.m., and Friday, 1-4 p.m.

If you would like an ARC consultant to visit your classroom and let your students know how the ARC can help them, please contact us and we can schedule a classroom visit. We can tailor class presentations to your particular discipline, explaining to students how an ARC consultant might help them with APA style, for example, or with writing the next great American novel.

The ARC will also be offering writing groups this semester for students who would like to meet weekly, or every other week, to discuss ongoing writing projects. These groups are facilitated by ARC consultants, and provide writers with structured feedback about their work.

Finally, if you are requiring students to attend the ARC this semester, please let us know so that we can be prepared for your students and their assignment(s). Contact Melanie Springer Mock (mmock@georgefox.edu) or Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu) about this or other services the ARC can offer you and your students.

In an effort to be more “green,” the custodial department has installed new roll towel dispensers in restrooms across campus in an effort to save money by reducing the amount of time spent restocking multi-fold towels (many dispensers will no longer have both types of towels).

This change eliminates the need to replace batteries yearly in the old units and allows for the purchase of a more natural brown towel that is made from 100 percent recycled material.

There are a couple things you need to keep in mind when using these new machines.

• The name of these units is called “SofPull” by GP. And like the name states, you do not need to pull very hard to get the towels to come out. It is, however, important to grab each side of the towel between your fingers and pull down softly. If you do, you will receive one perfectly cut towel every time.

• For the most part, these units are a touch-free system with some towel hanging from the unit at all times. If there is not, they are equipped with a dial on the right side that, when turned, will advance the next towel for you.

Feel free to contact Dwayne Astleford at 503-554-2030 with any questions.

Friday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Puget Sound (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Friday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Puget Sound (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)

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

Save the date! The university’s third annual Dalton Lecture will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Due to the popularity of this lecture series, the event is moving to Bauman Auditorium.

The lecture title is “The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking and God” and will be presented by Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III, the director of the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry at University of Georgia, a world-renowned chemist, and a Christian. Chapel credit will be given.

Dr. Schaefer will provide a second lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. This scientific, but lighthearted, lecture is entitled, “Third Age of Quantum Chemistry.”

The Dalton Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of Biology and Chemistry. More information can be found on this page or by e-mailing Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.