The Daily Bruin

Following board approval this past weekend, off-campus studies are now covered by tuition remission. Up until now, non-GFU off-campus studies have been excluded unless required for a major.

The employee handbook will be updated this week to reflect this change in policy.

The application process for off-campus studies for the 2011-12 academic year is now complete. The next opportunity to apply for this program will be January 2012 for the 2012-13 academic year – the same timeframe for requesting tuition remission. Tuition Remission requests for the 2012-13 academic year will be due Feb. 1, 2012.

If you have questions, contact Peggy Kilburg via e-mail at pkilburg@georgefox.edu.

Interested in launching a fair trade student group on campus? An objective of Fair Trade is to cultivate the consciousness that will help shape a global economy based on justice and integrity. Fair Trade promotes economic systems that empower producers so that they can reap fair benefits for their labors.

Meet us at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, in the River Street House (the back side of the Stevens Center) if this sounds like the kind of group you’d like to help launch. Write Melanie Newell in the Center for Peace and Justice if you have questions.

Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) and Brian Bews will be hosting discussions of four crises in the early church, providing a state-of-the-art analysis of the Gospel of John’s audience. From there, new insights into the narrative will be explored, including reflecting on how readers today are drawn into a transformative dialogue with Jesus from the Gospel of John. All are welcome!

Join us this Wednesday (March 16) from 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. at North Valley Friends Church, 4o2o N. College St.

Contact Paul if you have questions at panderso@georgefox.edu.

The university’s International Justice Mission chapter is hosting another meeting this Wednesday, March 16, at 7:50 p.m. in the Le Shana lobby. The chapter deals in large part with the issue of sex-trafficking on both a global and local scale, and what steps we can do to combat it.

Two major focuses of the chapter are prayer and how we can get involved in the community. Please come and see how you can get involved as well!

Contact Stephen Kenyon at skenyon09@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

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An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Monday, March 28, in Bauman Auditorium (please note the location change). The meeting was originally scheduled for March 31 but has been moved up three days.

The agenda will include an update from President Robin Baker, who will provide details on the recent board meeting. For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. A chat room has also 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.

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) is accepting applications for next year’s ARC consultants. Students from all disciplines are welcome to apply; having multiple disciplines represented strengthens the ARC’s ability to support a wide range of students.

If you know students who write well, are thoughtful learners, and desire to support peers in their academic success, please encourage them to apply. Applications and additional information are available at the ARC Application page.

All are welcome to the Professional Executive Seminar scheduled 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday (March 15) in Hoover 105! A group of experts will speak, including Jack Cuniff (CFO of Les Schwab), Bill Essig (Vice President of Medical Teams International) and Barbara Palmer (Senior VP of US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management).

There will be a social session following the seminar with refreshments for all attendees.

All are welcome free of charge, and dress is casual. The event is being presented by Sunrise Consulting and Event Planning (the senior business capstone team of April Barkley, Jacob Cuniff, Jaime Wiebelhaus, Jenny Barram, Cliff Rhoten and Derek Aldrich).

Questions? Contact April Barkley at agbarkley@gmail.com or 509-499-6134.

Faculty members, please tell your students about this opportunity.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, March 24, if you would like to nominate a colleague for March Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include a concise but specific summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced at the community meeting on Monday, March 28, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Jim Endicott of Newberg-based Distinction Communication Inc. will speak at the Tuesday, March 22, Newberg breakfast for the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The breakfast is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Endicott is a nationally recognized management consultant, executive coach and author specializing in the art of personal communication effectiveness. He was a Jesse H. Neal award-winning columnist for Presentations magazine and has also contributed presentations-related content in magazines like Business Week, Consulting and Selling Power while also serving as a paid contributor for a number of industry-related websites.

Distinction Communication Inc. works with client companies from Fortune 50 executives around the country to nonprofit organizations like Campus Crusade, Luis Palau Ministries, The Portland Rescue Mission, Mission Increase and many others.

For details on cost or to R.S.V.P., visit cccnw.net or call 503-928-8354.

All are invited to Monday’s (March 14) chapel. Dr. Jamie Noling-Auth, the associate campus pastor at Azusa Pacific University, will be speaking. We hope to see you there.

Please note location change for Saturday’s (March 12) May Serve garage sale due to rain. We will be set up in front of Bauman Auditorium.

The Department of Biology and Chemistry will host Dr. Davida Brown for a seminar, titled “State-to-State Reaction Dynamics: Understanding Vibrational Enhancement,” from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in EHS 102. Dr. Brown is an assistant professor of chemistry at Concordia University.

All are welcome. If you have questions, contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.

Are you going on a missions trip this summer? If so, e-mail missionsatgfu@gmail.com. We would love to be able to pray for you and your trip.

There also will be a commissioning event for you from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Cap and Gown Room put on by the Christian Services Committee’s missions coordinator. We would love to see you there.

The staff employee in Print Services, Elizabeth Holme, will be unavailable Thursday and Friday, March 17-18. Print Services will be open on a limited basis and operated by the student employees in that department.

If you have print job(s) that must be done before March 20, please submit them no later than Tuesday, March 15. Your early submission of print jobs is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Sherrie Frost (ext. 2556)

Pat Stone, a psychiatrist, Vietnam veteran and expert on veterans affairs, will speak Monday, March 14, on the challenges faced by veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars and ways that we can respond and better support them as they reach for the American Dream.

All are welcome to join us from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. or from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The event is part of the university’s Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series.

For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu.

Want to get a better handle on your personal finances? The final Academic Resource Center workshop of the semester will provide some guidance.

Join us on Monday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8 for a session, “Financial Follies,” with Ryan Halley (Associate Professor of Finance). Have you wondered what it would be like to have more freedom with your personal finances? Have you ever been stressed about your financial situation? If so, come find out what you need to know about money. You’ll be surprised how simple this process can be.

The workshop will provide information on a variety of personal finance topics, including budgeting, credit cards and student loans.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox community (students, faculty and staff) is invited to engage the movie The Gospel of John for the next six Sunday mornings (9:30-10:30 a.m.) at North Valley Friends Church (4020 N. College St., in Newberg). A discussion will be led by Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) and Brian Bews. All are welcome!

Faculty and staff, please encourage your students to participate in Dinner for Eight!

Taking place both March 15 and April 5 from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Dinner for Eight provides students with the opportunity to connect with George Fox alumni and learn about their experiences after Fox. Up to eight students will visit the home of an alumnus for a home-cooked dinner and conversation focused around careers and other aspects of life after graduation.

To participate in Dinner for Eight, students can register online at this link. The event costs $2 per person at the time of registration. Each participant will receive a $5 Chapters gift card when they participate in Dinner for Eight.

Dinner for Eight is sponsored by Alumni Relations and the Bruin Heritage Society.

Questions? Contact Robby Larson (Alumni Relations) at rlarson@georgefox.edu.

Come join us for First Friday Worship today (Friday, March 11) during chapel time in Bauman Auditorium for a time of creative worship and prayer. We look forward to worshiping with you!