The Daily Bruin

On Feb 24, someone on campus brought a book into Mail Services and paid to have it sent via U.S. Mail. However, they did not have an address for the recipient at the time. They indicated they would be back later with the address. The book is Authentic Communication by Tim Muehlhoff and Todd V Lewis. The person never returned with the address and the book is still in Mail Services.

If you are the person that left the book to be mailed, please contact Linda Sartwell at ext. 2560 or Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.

Thank you.

Join fellow employees, students and members of the George Fox community by wearing your George Fox/Blue Zone gear on Friday in support of our women’s basketball team as they play in the Final Four.

Go Bruins!

(This message is approved by President Baker)

In continuation of our celebration of Women’s History Month, we would like to give you the opportunity to encourage a woman on campus.

Stop by today (Thursday) in the Bruin Den and make an encouraging card for a friend, a professor, or other female faculty member. There will be a booth from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. where you can get a free card to send. All you have to do is write an encouraging message. We will do the rest.

– Office of Multicultural Student Programs

It’s not too late to unite with us in reading through Mark’s Gospel and journey with us through the “Big Read.” If you’re interested in joining us in reading the book of Mark this Lenten season and receiving weekly passages, please sign up at this link.

God bless you!
– Spiritual Life Office

“Look Professional; Put on Etiquette” is the name of Career Services’ professional etiquette event scheduled from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, in the Cap and Gown Room. You will learn how to network with guest professionals over appetizers, dine with manners at a business meeting, and how to dress professionally at our review with special student models and judges.

You are an emerging professional, so we hope you will take advantage of this fun event to help you with some important steps in getting to that professional status.

There is a nominal fee of $11 for those on the meal plan and $15 for those who are not. It is truly a value worth your consideration. Tickets are now being sold until Friday at 5 p.m. in the Office of Career Services in Stevens or the Bruin Den around the lunch hour.

Faculty and staff, please encourage your students to participate.

Questions? Contact Bonnie Jerke at bjerke@georgefox.edu.

The Crescent comes out today (Wednesday)! Find out what all the fuss surround “Common Ground” is all about. Or maybe you’re wondering what the posters in the Bruin Den are all about? Check out page 8.

If you have a blog or Twitter account (or know of others connected to our community), we would love for you to let us know so we can share occasionally via the university’s social media.

If this interests you, please send a note and a link to Tamara Cissna at tcissna@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

Research papers require proper citation of sources and creation of a reference list or bibliography. Several tools are available to help manage the process of documentation, make notes from your sources, or even import articles and web-based sources. Knowing about these tools can simplify your research process, whether you’re an undergraduate, on your way to graduate school, or are in graduate school.

Rick Muthiah, dean of learning support services, will introduce bibliographic management software and will share examples of some free applications at an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop, “Sources, Citations, and References, Oh My! A Look at Bibliographic Management Tools.”

Join us in EHS 125 on Friday, March 16, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m.

Faculty, please encourage students you think might benefit from this workshop to attend.

The university, in partnership with the Chehalem Counseling Center, is hosting a parenting resource fair and symposium from 1 to 3 p.m. this Friday, March 16, in Room 117 of the Villa Academic Complex.

The event will give attendees a chance to meet service providers for children and families and to learn what resources are being offered in our community. Admission is free and there will be gift cards for all attendees. Refreshments will be served, and five $50 door prizes will be given away.

For more information, contact Ali Toedtemeier of the Chehalem Counseling Center at 503-538-4874 or R.S.V.P. at rsvp@cyfs.net.

Staff and students: Graveyard security officers have noticed a large quantity of classroom and office lights left on past midnight. If you are the last person in an office or classroom, please turn off the lights when you leave!

Thank you,
Security Services

Christopher A. Preble, the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the CATO Institute, will visit George Fox on Wednesday, March 14.

A guest of George Fox’s Department of History and Political Science, Preble will speak from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The topic of his session is “Solving America’s Power Problem: Why a More Modest Foreign Policy and a Smaller Military Will Keep us Safe and Free.”

Preble, an author and media personality who has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR and the BBC, among other media outlets, was a commissioned officer for the U.S. Navy and served aboard the USS Ticonderoga from 1990 to 1993. Most recently, he authored the book The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous and Less Free, in which he argues and documents the enormous costs of America’s military power, and poses a new grand strategy to advance U.S. security.

The Cato Institute, based in Washington D.C., is a public policy research organization – a think tank – dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.

For more information on Preble’s visit, contact Mark David Hall at 503-554-2674.

The all-employee meeting originally scheduled for Thursday, March 15, is being moved to up to today, Tuesday, March 13, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The session will include a board meeting update from President Robin Baker.

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.” It is the bottom link in that section.

In addition, a chat room has been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

George Fox’s Theatre Honor Society, Alpha Psi Omega, invites you to our 24.5-Hour Play Festival. We will host three 10-minute plays written, cast, directed, and performed in 24.5 hours.

Join us at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17, in Wood-Mar Auditorium for the performance of these original works.

It’s free, so come on by. Questions? Contact Deanna Davis at ddavis09@georgefox.edu.

Join the George Fox community as we support our campus ministries such as Urban Services. Josh Garrels is joining us to perform a concert on Monday, March 19, from 9 to 10:30 p.m., in the Klages Dining Room. We will be collecting items to help support Urban Services.

To purchase a ticket you may either bring a donation, of the items listed below, to the Christian Services office and table throughout this week. We will be selling tickets on Wednesday during dinner, Friday during lunch and dinner, and Monday the 19th. If there is no table, you can purchase a ticket in the Christian Services office. Tickets may also be reserved at missionsatgfu@gmail.com.

Individuals are encouraged to bring smaller items:

• Men’s crew socks (dark colors preferred)
• Warm gloves (men’s dark) – not the small thin generic
• Beanies (dark, warm, L)

Groups of three or four are encouraged to bring one of the larger items:

• Hoodies and jackets (dark), L–3XL
• Sleeping bags 0 – 15 degrees, square preferred (not mummy); dark colors preferred

Hope to see you all there!

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail Pieper Wise at missionsatgfu@gmail.com.

The undefeated Bruins (31-0) have reached the Final Four of the NCAA Division III Women’s National Basketball Tournament, and we will again host live streaming of their games this Friday and Saturday. The games will be contested at Hope College in Holland, Mich.

Join us in the Klages Dining Room on Friday, March 16, as we take on Amherst at 2 p.m. The Bruin Den will be running specials and we will be giving away door prizes and popcorn.

On Saturday, we will host streaming of either the third-place game at 1 p.m. or the championship game at 4 p.m. in Miller Gymnasium. We will have door prizes, concessions and free popcorn for the games in the gym.

In the case of both games, extra raffle tickets will be given away to those who wear George Fox/Blue Zone attire.

Questions? Contact Vangie Pattison at epattison@georgefox.edu.

In honor of Jerry Young’s six-plus years of plumbing, both at the Newberg and Portland campuses, we are hosting a retirement party today (Tuesday, March 13) at 3 p.m. at Plant Services.

You are welcome to come and say goodbye to Jerry and thank him for his contribution to the university.

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

Please reply to the e-mail with your nominations marked. Deadline for the nominations is this Friday, March 16, at 5 p.m.

Marketing Communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may now submit and view your name tag requests at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions. The next order will be placed this Friday, March 16.

Do any of you have experience as a line cook? Would you like to gain experience in the art of food service and catering?

The university’s Urban Services is seeking to help All Saints Episcopal Church in Portland, which is in need of a line cook and sous chef, plus a set-up and food serving team on the third Saturday of March and April. We are seeking six or seven students who are interested in participating in this service.

Every Saturday, the church serves lunch to 80-100 homeless people in Portland. They currently do not have anyone to help with the cooking this coming Saturday (March 17) and on April 22. Volunteers wouldn’t have to commit to both of these dates.

Ideally, we would like to put together a team of students who are interested in helping over the summer as well as during the semester.

Interested? Contact Mary Owen, Urban Services coordinator for Portland, at mowen10@georgefox.edu. I need to know before Wednesday so I can let them know if they will have help or not.

Thank you!

Wondering how to get noticed in a competitive job market? Join us for “Getting Noticed: Recruitment from an Employer’s Perspective” this Thursday, March 15, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Competition is fierce. Locating positions seems daunting. Where do you start? This session will reveal the ways to connect with employers and make a strong first impression. The guest speaker will be Ernest Adams, global talent acquisition manager at Nike.

No registration is required and the session is open to all majors! Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

For more information, contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.