The Daily Bruin

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!

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing Communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Thursday, March 17.

The login user ID is “gfubc” and password is “gfu123” (please save for future reference). Contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) if you have any questions.

Encourage, thank or appreciate a woman this week for Woman’s History Month! Come to the Bruin Den and make a card for a female on campus. We will provide all the supplies and will send it off for you. All you have to do is tell someone you care or appreciate them.

Drop by anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. or 5 and 7 p.m. on Monday, March 14.

If you have any questions, contact Anya Frolova at afrolova08@georgefox.edu.

Come have some pizza and learn more about the fields of dentistry and physical therapy. The Pre-Professional Health Advisory committee is sponsoring a visit by two prominent professionals: Dennis Nicola, DDS, a local dentist and mentor to pre-dentistry students, and Tyler Cuddeford, PhD, PT, the director of the university’s doctor of physical therapy program.

The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 16, at 6 p.m. in EHS 125.

Questions? Contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.

The Academic Resource Center has scheduled two workshops in the coming days:

On Friday, March 11, at 10:40 a.m. in Lemmons 8, Rick Muthiah (Dean of Learning Support Services) and Kathi Gatlin (Senior Enrollment Counselor) will present “Mid-term Grades and You: What You Can (and Should) Do With Your Mid-term Grades.”

Summary: Regardless of whether you’ve gotten mid-term grades for your courses, you should be thinking about your standing in each course. March 18 is the last date to withdraw from a class without getting an F. This session will discuss some ways for students to make use of mid-term grade information you can get from MyGFU or your professor.

Also, on Monday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8, Ryan Halley (Associate Professor of Finance) will present “Financial Follies: Have You Wondered What it Would Be Like to Have More Freedom With Your Personal Finances?”

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

Faculty, please encourage your students to attend.

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

All women employees – faculty, administrators and staff – are invited to a Women’s Leadership Development Team event:

Brown Bag Lunch with Dr. Andrea Cook
Wednesday, March 16
Cap and Gown Rooms, Newberg Campus
Noon – 1:15 p.m.

Dr. Cook is the president of Warner Pacific College and is credited with driving the college to embrace its identity as an urban campus dedicated to serving the city of Portland. Prior to serving at Warner Pacific, Andrea held administrative roles at Judson Baptist College, the University of Oregon, George Fox University and Goshen College. Her stint at George Fox University began in 1987 and spanned 15 years, culminating in the role of vice president for enrollment services from 1993 to 2002.

Please don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a significant leader in Christian higher education as she shares her leadership journey.

The Women’s Leadership Development committee invites all women employees on the Newberg campus to join us for this event as we continue exploring leadership development. Please bring your own lunch to this event.

The event will be live-streamed for all other university sites at noon Pacific Standard Time.

Questions? Contact Sheri Philips at sphilips@georgefox.edu.

Your donations are needed! Please bring donations of any kind to the Spiritual Life House by Friday, March 11, to support the 2011 May Serve team that is going to Peru. Then come to the sale on Saturday, March 12, in the Wood-Mar parking lot (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

Questions? Contact Rebecca Barnick at rbarnick07@georgefox.edu.

Thanks!

We need your old chairs – recliners or La-Z-Boys (no folding, office or dining chairs). Please consider donating your old chair to Dusty Ward (Hobson, Macy and Sutton Halls AAC) or Sarah Jobson (Hobson, Macy and Sutton Halls AC) by Friday, March 11.

The HMS and Pennington/Carey/Willcuts/Beebe living areas are trying to start a new tradition – “The Chairiot Challenge” – but need your help.

No delivery necessary. We’ll come pick it up! Contact Sarah Jobson for more information at sjobson@georgefox.edu.

Fourteen of the 15 golden tickets that were tucked inside the staff appreciation million-dollar chocolate bars have been redeemed! Here is a list of the winners:

Chris Young (Boise), Sara Kelm, Jean Miller (Portland), Becky Greenwood (Salem), Lois Hutchinson, Tony Pruitt, Piper Parks, Gina Braden, Larry Mennenga, Cathy Peterson, Alan Thurston, Jesse Dillow, Jane Sweet and Sandy Cherachanko (Newberg).

All winners received a pair of movie tickets to Regal Cinemas.

There is still one golden ticket out there. If you haven’t already, please check inside the foil wrapping of your million-dollar chocolate bar to see if there is a ticket hiding inside. You just might be a winner!

Do you know any students graduating this spring? Encourage them to attend Exodus Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, March 9-10, in the Stevens Center’s first-floor lobby between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Students can make sure they are on track for graduation, pick up their cap and gown, and check in with departments about leaving campus in April.

Thanks!
– Registrar’s Office

Are you interested in learning more about any of the following?

• What are the characteristics that employers value in new employees?
• How do you get started with a nonprofit organization?
• What’s involved in getting promoted and establishing a successful career?
• How do new grads best present themselves for a potential job?
• What is it like being a female in the workplace?

If so, you are invited to an executive business seminar from 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).

The evening will include short presentations by each speaker (20 minutes each), a panel Q&A session (approximately 25 minutes) and 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.

Join us in chapel Wednesday (March 9) as we welcome guest speaker Stephanie Mathis, director of spiritual formation at Warner Pacific College and activist for the Oregon Center for Christian Values. She will be sharing the local affects of sex trafficking from a Portland perspective. We hope to see you there!

Stephanie is visiting as part of the university’s New Abolitionists Week, designed to bring attention to the issue of sex slavery in our region and throughout the world.

Saturday, March 12, noon – Softball vs. Willamette (2), Morse Field
Saturday, March 12, 1 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Lewis & Clark, GFU campus courts
Sunday, March 13, noon – Softball vs. Willamette (2), Morse Field
Sunday, March 13, 1 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Whitman, GFU campus courts
Monday, March 14, 1 p.m. – Men’s tennis vs. Hardin-Simmons, GFU campus courts
Monday, March 14, 5 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Hardin-Simmons, GFU campus courts

The George Fox vs. Corban game that was scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, at 3 p.m. at Morse Field has been postponed due to wet grounds. It will be made up on Wednesday, April 13, at 4 p.m. at Morse Field.

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

The new issue of The Crescent is out. Look for stories about campus expansion, sports gambling and “All the Animals.”

Interested in going to the renovation and remodeling show at the Portland Coliseum March 11-13? Free tickets are available.

If you would like to attend, visit Barbi Doran at the Information Services desk in the Stevens Center. Each employee may have up to two each.

Staff, faculty and students: The lost and found tables will be set up in the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. Please stop by to check for your lost items. All items not reunited with the owners will be donated to the May Serve garage sale and/or other charitable causes.

If you have a child aged 23-26 whom you would like to add to your medical/dental insurance coverage, now is the time to enroll them (deadline is March 18). The Health Care Reform law allows dependents to be covered regardless of student or marital status, even if they have other coverage at their own employer.

To add your child, you must complete the enrollment form for Pioneer or Kaiser (available on this web page). We cannot add your child based on an e-mail or phone request. By enrolling your child, you are committing to this coverage for one year (through March 31, 2012) unless your child becomes eligible for other coverage through their own or a spouse’s employer (and then you will only be allowed to stop their coverage if you tell us within 30 days of the other coverage start date).

Questions? Contact Lisa Burton in HR.