The Daily Bruin

Midterm grades are important indicators of how you are doing in your classes. While they are not a part of your permanent record they are important to pay attention to. In some cases, midterm grades represent about half your grade in a course. If you have questions, you should check with your professors. It is vital to know where you stand in each of your classes.

Midterm grades are meant to encourage you to get in touch with others: your professor, your advisor, your enrollment counselor, the Academic Resource Center.

The worst thing to do about midterm grades is to ignore them or to assume you can improve them on your own. Professors do want to meet with you. Do not hesitate to make an appointment with each of them.

Midterm grades are due by Friday, March 14. You should plan to check your midterm grades after this date.

To check your mid-term grades in MyGFU:


• Click on “Self-Service”
• Click on “Enrollment”
• Click on “View my Grades”
• Click on the correct term
• Click on the “Midterm Grades” tab

Now you need to determine what to do next: 
Contact your professors. Faculty are not required to enter midterm grades. You are advised to check with each of your professors about your status in their classes. Consider whether to withdraw from one or more courses if it looks likely that you’ll get an F (or maybe even a D).

The last date to withdraw is Sunday, March 23.

You can usually go below being enrolled in 12 credit hours (at this point in the semester) without impacting your financial aid or housing. However, you should contact representatives in these departments to be certain: Residence Life’s Dave Johnstone (djohnstone@georgefox.edu); Student Financial Services (sfs@georgefox.edu).

Withdrawal results in a “W” on your transcript but does not factor into GPA.
 If you were to get an F, it would impact GPA. Confirm any thoughts of withdrawing from classes with your advisor.

Meet with each professor, especially those teaching courses you’re struggling in. Even if your professor doesn’t post midterm grades, find out from the professor what your grade is. You can also use labs, help sessions and the ARC.

If you think you might have a learning disability, have some assessment done. Contact the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 or stop by their offices.

Plan well for spring semester. Contact your enrollment counselor to get advice about spring semester.

Not sure how to take the next step? Email studentlife@georgefox.edu

You don’t want to miss the Salsa Dance this Friday, March 14 at the Chehalem Cultural Center starting at 8 p.m.. We will have a DJ and lessons available during the dance in case you forgot the moves you learned earlier in the week. So come and have a fun time!

Questions? Please contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.

James Project is serving with Love INC this Saturday, March 15 to serve at the homes of 5 of our neighbors here in Newberg. More volunteers are needed though to help serve our neighbors. We will be meeting at the OMC office at 8:30a.m., and serve from 9a.m. to 1p.m..

We need students to help out with yard work, packing, and cleaning and organizing. Also we need people to help drive there. We serve awesome people with Love INC and it’s so fun to hear the stories of our neighbors, pray together and help them out in ways they may not be able to themselves.

If you are interested, or have questions please email Miranda D’Agnosti at mdagostini11@georgefox.edu.

Come to Bauman Auditorium on Monday, March 17, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. as our Bruin men compete for the honorary title of Mr. Bruin! There will be dancing and talents, and many more funny moments. This will be an event you won’t want to miss!

Questions? Please contact Grace Goodman at ggoodman11@georgefox.edu.

Come support Button Up, a George Fox senior capstone business group. We will have a table in the Bruin Den today (Friday) from noon to 2 p.m. to take orders for personalized custom-made buttons.

We are always accepting orders at buttonup2013@gmail.com.

All are invited to join us for the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture this Monday, March 17, as Kent Thornburg, the M. Lowell Edwards Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, speaks from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation ties into our theme “State of the World.”

Thornburg will speak on “Capitalism and Selling Sickness in the USA,” in which he will discuss how many Americans have come to rely on free marketing products for their nutrition, how food is designed to be highly palatable, how the food that we eat is making us less healthy, and how poor health today will be passed on to future generations through epigenetic mechanisms.

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.

A new option has just been approved that will allow current and entering students to meet part of the general education humanities requirement.

In place of a fine arts course, a student may satisfy the fine arts general education requirement through participation in a music ensemble. To meet the requirement, a student must earn at least 0.5 credits each semester for six different semesters (i.e. students participating in more than one ensemble cannot “double count” one semester as two for the purposes of this requirement).

A student may participate in different ensembles in different semesters. During or shortly after completion of the sixth semester, the student must arrange with the music department office to complete a milestone assignment in order to finish the requirement. Eligible ensembles are: Men’s or Women’s Chorale, Concert Choir, Symphonic Band and Chehalem Symphony Orchestra. Please note that due to NASM accreditation rules, Music majors are not eligible for this general education substitution.

Any current student (except those graduating this May) able to complete six semesters of ensemble participation before graduation can take advantage of this new option.

Questions? Please email dhawblit@georgefox.edu.

Security will be hosting the lost and found tables on Monday, March 17, in the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Please put it on your schedule to stop by and check for your lost items, as everything not claimed by its owner will be donated to charitable causes Monday afternoon. You can also stop by the security office or call 503-554-2090 during office hours to inquire about your lost items.

Join us this morning (Friday) for International Chapel from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House. This week Alex Pia, director of international student services, will speak on God’s leading in his own life and how he has seen God working in students’ lives. You are welcome to come, listen, ask questions and be encouraged.

International Chapel is eligible for chapel elective credit. Keep in mind, the last International Chapel for spring semester will be April 18. The event is designed to help us better understand what it means to be a Christian. Everyone is invited to attend.

Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre at dmcintyre@georgefox.edu.

You don’t want to miss the Salsa Dance this Friday, March 14 at the Chehalem Cultural Center starting at 8 p.m. We will have a DJ and lessons available during the dance in case you forgot the moves you learned earlier in the week. So come and have a fun time!

Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.

If you would like be a part of the 24 1/2-Hour Play Festival, you are in luck: We still have room for a few more actors and crew members. Please sign up on the theatre board in Lemmons. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

This is a fun and incredible experience you won’t forget. If you have questions or comments, please contact Susan Carlson at scarlson10@georgefox.edu.

Tonight (Thursday) the summer serve teams will sell quesadillas and cookies in the Bruin Den from 9 p.m. to midnight. All proceeds will benefit the upcoming summer serve trips.

Take a study break, or stop by while waiting to sign up for your trip during tent city, and help us fundraise for our trip!

Questions? Please contact Kelly Simonsen at ksimonsen13@georgefox.edu.

Want to get chapel elective credit for some hands-on experience? Come to the Community Garden Work Day this Saturday, March 15, from 1  to 3 p.m. The community garden is located behind Coffin.

We will be helping prepare the garden for the summer and having a discussion about creation care and some of the implications it has in our spiritual lives. We hope to see you there!

Questions? ContactCrystal Colella at ccolella10@georgefox.edu.

Change to previous announcement: The Textbook Annex will be open next week (March 17-21). It will not be staffed during spring break, but the main BlueZone Store will be open and we’ll be happy to service any immediate textbook needs. Both locations will be closed for the campus holiday on Friday, March 28.

The International Justice Mission invites you to join us tonight (Thursday) as we watch and discuss the documentary Chosen, which shares the lives of two American girls who were trafficked. We will talk about what we can do to help prevent girls and boys we know from being sold into sex trafficking.

Join us from 9 to 10 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Chapel credit is available. We would love to see you there!

Questions? Contact Elizabeth Berger at eberger12@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join the Department of Physical Therapy today (Thursday) for Dr. Diane Wrisley’s presentation from 5 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Dr. Wrisley has published numerous articles and presented at national and international conferences on the evaluation and treatment of patients with vestibular and balance dysfunction. Her research interests include the use of sensory information for balance and novel techniques in the evaluation and treatment of vestibular and balance dysfunction.

In preparation for Thursday’s presentation, Dr. Wrisley has reviewed 70 recent articles on Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). Some of the learning objectives for the lecture are:

• Briefly describe the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
• Briefly describe the pathophysiology of BPPV
• Describe the evaluation and intervention techniques for BPPV
• Relate new findings in the evaluation and treatment for BPPV

Hope to see you there.

Questions? Contact Gina Braden at rbraden@georgefox.edu.

Have you felt a nudge to think about Christian ministry? Do you enjoy learning experientially and in small groups?

If so, consider applying to be a part of Shared Praxis this fall. It is a four-credit course that will explore calling, vocation, ministry and relationships!

Here is the link to apply. The deadline is this Friday.

Questions? Contact Jamie Johnson at jejohnson@georgefox.edu.

If you are a missionary kid, third-culture kid, or are interested in hearing about their diverse backgrounds, come to the Mu Kappa Club meeting in the Macy basement after evening chapel tonight (Wednesday) at 9 p.m.

There will be games, snacks and tea, so bring your friends!

If you have any questions, please contact:
Carrie Gradin (cgradin12@georgefox.edu)
Jamie Whisler (jwhisler12@georgefox.edu)
Bree Thomas (bthomas13@georgefox.edu)

Salsa lessons are being offered tonight (Wednesday) at 9 p.m. in the Bruin Grounds (formerly Foxhole). Come learn some moves so that you can be ready for the Salsa Dance that is happening Friday, March 14, at 8 p.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center!

Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.

Tent City is this Thursday, March 13 in the quad. If you are participating, you must have at least one person from your group in your tent at all times starting at 10 p.m. Thursday until 8 a.m. the next morning.

Questions? Contact Justin Vanier at jvanier10@georgefox.edu.