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The campus community is invited to come see our students’ efforts in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues course this spring. Students will showcase their work at a research exhibit set up in both the EHS and Hoover atriums this Monday, April 15, between noon and 4 p.m.

LACI students will present the findings of their research on problems or challenges facing the nation today and offer solutions drawn from an integration of their liberal arts background, disciplinary training and Christian perspective. The LACI theme this spring was “State of the Union.”

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at potto@georgefox.edu.

Need undergraduate credits? Native American Art and Culture is being offered online during summer term (June 1-July 26). Register now!

Learn more by contacting Mark Terry at mterry@georgefox.edu.

Our men’s tennis team is enjoying its best season ever, and Friday, April 12, the Bruins will seek to clinch the No. 2 spot in the Northwest Conference when they take on Pacific at 4:30 p.m. at the beautiful new Stafford Hills Club indoor facility.

We could use as many fans as possible! As a bonus, the club is offering free food to George Fox University supporters. So, come on out to see some great tennis and get some free food while you’re at it. The club, located at 5916 Nyberg Lane in Tualatin, is also offering special membership deals to those affiliated with George Fox. To learn more about Stafford Hills, visit staffordhills.com.

The Bruins are 9-1 in conference play and ranked No. 10 in the NCAA Division III West Region.

Want to learn more about women and men? Come visit a poster session hosted by students from Men, Women and Society (SOC 320).

Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 19, in the Hoover lobby.

Fascinating topics include:

• Gender, Sexuality, and Roller Derby
• Are Women More Religious than Men?
• Female Gangs in the U.S.
• The Gendered Nature of “Heroism”
• What is Hypermasculinity?
• Attitudes and the WNBA

Questions? Contact Melanie Hulbert at mhulbert@georgefox.edu.

The Center for Peace and Justice, the Creation Care Committee and the Center for Global Studies invite the campus community to a showing of the film The Island President at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in Lemmons 8.

The Island President links the struggle for democracy and human rights with the fight to stabilize the climate. Join us as we participate with more than 100 colleges across the country for a nationwide screening of this powerful film and a discussion with the film’s director following.

Questions? Contact Tyler Amy at tamy@georgefox.edu.

Graduating seniors: Please watch your campus box for a package notice to pick up your commencement tickets in Mail Services. Each graduate will receive six tickets to Miller Gym and six tickets to Bauman Auditorium.

If you need additional tickets, please speak with fellow graduates. Thank you and congratulations!

Have you ever wanted to live for an entire academic semester in another part of the world?

Join the Center for Global Studies in Hoover 102 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, April 11 to hear about previous student’s experiences, learn what various programs fit into your own major, and to plan ahead for your own time abroad. There will also be a raffle give away and tacos for dinner!

See you there!

Do you speak another language? Sometimes have to interpret? Interested in being an interpreter? Registration is now open on MyGFU for an exciting May Term opportunity: COMM 285 Community Interpreting (two credits).

Meeting times will be 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. (eight hours) on Monday, May 6; Wednesday, May 8; Friday, May 10; Monday, May 13; and Wednesday, May 15.

An interpreter breaks the language and cultural barrier between parties that are trying to communicate orally. There is a growing need for interpreters across the U.S. as the new field of community interpreting grows in leaps and bounds.

Community interpreting takes place in medical, social and educational settings. This 40-hour course covers interpreting ethics and conduct, interpreter skills and protocols, how to address culture, the settings where interpreting is provided, terminology concerns and standards of practice.

There is an urgent need for interpreters who speak less common and refugee languages. This course is therefore open to native speakers, advanced students of foreign languages and heritage speakers (those who grew up speaking another language at home). The goal is to prepare aspiring interpreters to approach this new profession with poise and confidence, respecting the role boundaries that allow them to be effective language brokers.

Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Successful Completion in addition to college credit.

Instructor
Helen Eby is a Certified Court Interpreter for the state of Oregon and a Certified Medical Interpreter. She has interpreted in conference, medical, legal, church and school settings in almost all countries of Latin America and in the United States. She is currently the Assistant Administrator of the Spanish Division of the American Translators Association.

Eby grew up in a totally bilingual environment, and has been involved in teaching languages, translation and interpreting in one form or another since she was 13. She enjoys interpreting in community settings, teaching, hiking, photography and music. She has taught Spanish at Gordon College, and Spanish and math at Covenant School in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Questions? Contact Deborah Berhó (dberho@georgefox.edu)

Many students have received 2013-14 Financial Aid Award Notifications from Student Financial Services.  If you have not yet heard about funding for the next academic year and are wondering why, here are a few reasons:

• Your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) has not yet been received at the university.
• Your FAFSA has been received but is rejected.  This  is often due to a missing student and/or parent signature.
• You have filed the FAFSA but have missing documents that are required for packaging your financial aid.  Please check your myGFU “to do” list to see what is needed.
• You are not yet registered full time (12+credits per semester)  in both Fall and Spring of next year.

Please note:  If you are graduating in December 2013, please contact your financial aid counselor to let her know so she can prepare your aid package accordingly.

Your aid counselors are:

Last names beginning
A through E  Chris Schlarbaum
cschlarb@georgefox.edu
F through K  Janet Herron
jherron@georgefox.edu
L through R  Marla Sweningson
mswening@georgefox.edu
S through Z Theresa Schierman
tschierman@georgefox.edu

The Fox Film Festival is a week from Friday! Tickets are for the Cameo screening at 4:30 p.m. on April 19 and have the potential to sell out this year. Thus, to eliminate lines at the Cameo itself when doors open at 4 p.m., the Festival Committee has decided to pre-sell tickets.

So don’t miss any part of the videos being screened by waiting in line at the Cameo! Tickets are available now for purchase on a first-come first-served basis at the university’s Box Office, the Cameo, and from three Festival Committee members: Carissa Gobble, Sandra Conlon and Molly Norton.

Tickets are $4 for one and $6 for two.

For more information, contact Carissa or the Film Festival Committee at filmfestival@georgefox.edu.

The Career Services office is accepting applications for our 2012-13 internships. Click on the links below for more information and to apply:

• Professional Activities Intern(s)
• Marketing Intern(s)
• Professional Activities International Student Intern

Stop by the Career Services office on first floor of the Stevens Center for more information!

Are you interested in dancing at George Fox?

This Friday, April 12, the George Fox Dance Team will be providing information about tryouts for the upcoming school year. Team representatives will be in the Bruin Den from 10 a.m. to noon to answer any questions you have. Dancers of all levels and styles are welcome!

If you cannot meet them at the table, you can e-mail Casey Bowman at cbowman10@georgefox.edu for more information.

Time is running out!

Bruin Heritage is looking for one junior and one sophomore student to sign up to participate in Survivor Van on Thursday, April 11.

If you would like to sign up, please contact Taylor Ellis at tellis12@georgefox.edu

During the fall of 2012, George Fox students were surveyed to measure their financial literacy. Results from our analysis suggest that while a number of factors determine financial literacy, the strongest predictor is the respondent’s race. We believe that George Fox could greatly improve students’ ability to manage their finances through targeted educational programs.

On Wednesday, April 17, we invite you to join us as we discuss our findings from 10:30 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105. Taking part in the presentation will be Nate Peach from our School of Business and Drew Van der Werff, a senior finance student.

The presentation, titled “Enrolled to Succeed or Ignored to Fail?,” will be based on the article “Determinants of the Financial Literacy of Undergraduate Students: A Survey-Based Analysis” by Peach, Ryan Halley and Van der Werff.

Questions? Contact Kelly Borror at kborror@georgefox.edu.

All ages and experiences are welcome to attend a hip-hop dance class this Saturday, April 13, taught by George Fox senior Casey Bowman. There will be two class sessions:

• 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., for beginning – intermediate levels
• 1-2:30 p.m., for intermediate – advanced levels

The classes will be held at Chehalem Valley Dance Academy (311 E. 1st St.), and only cost $5 OR five cans of food! (Food will be donated to Newberg F.I.S.H.)

You can pick up and drop off the registration form in the business office in Hoover (first floor). Registration forms and payment are due by 3 p.m. on Friday, April 12.

For more information, e-mail Casey at cbowman10@georgefox.edu.

Our Marketing 260 group is doing a project on starting a cafe, and we are conducting a survey to help with our results. Our cafe is college-student focused. That’s right, we are focused on addressing your needs! Please take a moment and give us some feedback!

This survey will only take one to two minutes and consists of five questions. Click on this link to access it.

Thank you so much!
– JennaLea (jferestad12@georgefox.edu)

Join us for a Table Talk session Thursday, April 11, as we talk about immigration. Table Talk is a lunchtime gathering in which George Fox staff, faculty and students can dialogue about issues related to diversity.

Conservatives, liberals, Christians and people of all kinds are welcome to come and discuss how faith interacts with our views of immigration.

Come to the Cap and Gown Room at noon to join in the discussion. Bring your lunch and a friend, too.

Questions? Contact Drew Miller at dmiller09@georgefox.edu.

Attention:  Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors
Today’s the Day!
Summer Address Collection will be held today, tomorrow  and Thursday – April 9, 10, 11.

• Place:  Table in Bruin Den area.
• Times:  10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Why: Your campus mailbox will be closed the last day of finals.

We will need from you:

1. A request from you to keep your mailbox open part or all of the summer.
2. An address where we can forward your mail just for the summer

We will re-open your same mailbox in the fall – two weeks before school starts.

It will only take a minute of your time!
Sponsored by University Mail Services

If you have questions, please email lsartwel@georgefox.edu
Thanks!

Help send us to Romania! Come to Wendy’s (3400 Portland Road) on Saturday, April 20, to get your car washed and donate to the 2013 Romania/Moldova Summer Serve team.

We will be there from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., so grab a bite and let us wash your car.

Questions? Contact Patty Blakeslee at pblakeslee11@georgefox.edu.

Esther Mombo, a Kenyan leader and educator, will visit campus today (Tuesday). You are invited to hear her in a class session and at a worship opportunity:

Seminar Presentation, 4:10 p.m., Stevens 101: Mombo, a Quaker educator and author who has written on such diverse topics as women’s issues, HIV/AIDS, Christian-Muslim relations, and poverty in Africa, will speak to the International Studies Senior Seminar from 4:10-5:25 p.m. Guests are welcome to this seminar session. Contact Tom Head at thead@georgefox.edu for more information.

Shalom Worship, 9 p.m., Cap & Gown Room: Come and hear Esther as she shares her story of seeking shalom in her native land of Kenya. Contact Jamie Johnson at jejohnson@georgefox.edu for more information.