The Daily Bruin

The Housing Department will be holding an information meeting regarding housing selection TODAY (Thursday, March 7) at 3:30 p.m. in Stevens 209. All undergraduate students are invited to attend if they would like to learn more about on-campus housing for the 2013-14 academic year or if they have questions about the selection process.

For any additional information about selection, please refer to the Housing and Residence Life website. If you have any questions, please contact the student life office (ext. 2310 or housing@georgefox.edu).

Exodus Fair for spring 2013 grads starts today (Wednesday)!

If you are graduating this May, please stop by the Exodus Fair today or tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center Atrium to pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more!

Your degree is almost done, graduation is around the corner and it’s time to celebrate! See you there!

If deciding on a major is hard to do, consider using SIGI3 on MyGFU/Career Services. This is a helpful online career-planning tool with career assessments and occupational and majors information. Following that, we welcome you to the Career Center, on the first floor of Stevens, for a career conversation to help you sort out and clarify your direction – especially before it is time to set up next year’s academic schedule.

Many have gone before you and found this to be just what was needed. Contact us if you have questions at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Relay for Life Newberg will be held June 28-29 at Newberg High School. We’d love to partner with this incredible fundraiser, which had more than 630 community members of all ages participate last year and raise more than $93,000 for the fight against cancer.

If you are interested in leading/coordinating a George Fox team, please contact Evangeline Pattison (epattison@georgefox.edu or ext. 2121).

Come support the university’s theatre department by attending the University Players’ thought-provoking performance of drama and music. The theme of our production this year is “The Gospel of Enough.”

Join us Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Free admission!

What is ‘The Gospel of Enough?‘
This year, the University Players explore the fear, anger, sadness and joy that surround our inner tensions and deepest longings, and they celebrate the good news found in the realization that what we really need, and want, may simply be enough.

We still have Bruin Directories to give away! Stop by the ASC offices or e-mail asccommunicationsdirector@georgefox.edu with your name and box number to have yours delivered today!

A memorial service for Richard Twiss, an adjunct faculty member at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, will be at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10. The service will be held at Living Hope Church, 2711 N.E. Andresen Road, in Vancouver, Wash.

Live online streaming will be made available. Please check the Wiconi website for more information.

Check out the BlueZone Store’s “Item of the Month” …

All full-priced crew neck sweatshirts and hoodies are 25 percent off during the month of March!

Students-

If you are a current freshman or sophomore and are work-study qualified, Security Services would like to talk with you. We are going to be hiring five student officers.

Please see Bruin Careers for all of the necessary qualifications, and if you meet all of the qualifications, please get your application, resume and cover letter to Box# 6095 before Friday, March 15.

Interviews will begin after the cut-off date, and training/certification/background checks will begin in April. Please don’t delay if you are interested in working for Security Services!

Exodus Fair (Spring 2013) starts tomorrow (Tuesday) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It runs March 6-7.

If you are graduating this May 2013, please plan to attend either day (March 6 or 7) in the Stevens Center Atrium. You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more!

You’re almost done, graduation is right around the corner and it’s time to CELEBRATE! We hope to see you there!

The Housing Department will be holding an information meeting regarding housing selection at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in Stevens 209. All undergraduate students are invited to attend if they would like to learn more about on-campus housing for the 2013-14 academic year or if they have questions about the selection process.

For any additional information about selection, please refer to the Housing and Residence Life website. If you have any questions, please contact the student life office (ext. 2310 or housing@georgefox.edu).

Employees and students: While there are security personnel on duty 24/7, obviously we can’t be patrolling everywhere at once, so here is how we need your eyes and ears: If you see something or somebody that doesn’t seem to “fit” or “belong” here on campus, the first office you should immediately call is security.

It’s fairly difficult to look for a suspicious person, or to check out something odd long after the occurrence and when the trail is cold. If you haven’t done so yet, please program the security number in your cell phone (503-554-2090) and call us! We’d much rather find out that something is a false alarm, then find out days later that many people saw a suspicious person, or an odd circumstance, and nobody called us to investigate.

Please try and include as many descriptors of the person/car/situation as possible to help in our investigation. No detail is too small! Also please remember that security officers are available to walk you to your car or residence after dark if you are unable to walk with a buddy. Blue light emergency phones that call directly to security are located in the Bauman, Le Shana and VAC parking lots, as well as in the South Canyon by the Pavilion.

Thank you,
Security Services

Join the Office of Career Services for a special Pizza Chat with special guest Heather Harney, who has more than 15 years of experience in hiring, training, coaching, leadership, and marketing for companies such as Disney, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, and so many more!

Her most recent position was with Express Employment Professionals as a staffing consultant, where she helped job seekers secure new positions. She looks forward to sharing why job seekers should consider LinkedIn, agencies, and many other alternative job-search strategies for job placement in today’s market!

The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, March 14 in the Career Services Office (first floor in Stevens).

Register through Bruin Careers in your MyGFU account by noon on March 13. Pizza will be provided for all who attend!

The Accounting Club will be offering assistance in filing tax returns for the Newberg community that is sponsored by the IRS and AARP. It’s first come, first serve! A sign-up sheet will be available 30 minutes before the sessions. Following are the dates and times of each session, which will be located in Hoover 102 and 103 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates:

•         March 9
•         April 6
•         April 13

Please be aware that we are unable to prepare certain types of complicated returns, including those that involve inventory, depreciation, or rental income. Additionally, we can only do returns for Oregon. But, we can do federal returns for anyone from any state.

If you have any questions, please contact Sonia Thannickal (sthannickal10@georgefox.edu) or Trevor Fekkes (tfekkes10@georgefox.edu).

We need about 20 extras (10 guys and 10 girls) to be audience members for a comedy club scene in our film “Timothy Truelove’s Date With Destiny.”

If you are interested, it will be this Saturday, March 9, from 12:45 to  6 p.m. in the Media Comm Center. You will need to bring two separate outfits, a business professional outfit and a hipster outfit. We will have lots of snacks and a lunch break.

Please let us know A.S.A.P. if you are interested and can make it. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail either of the producers, Sarah Bartolome at sbartolome11@georgefox.edu or Pax Magaway at pmagaway10@georgefox.edu.

Thanks and please help us by spreading the word!

Students and employees: Are you interested in making a little cash while helping out our art department? If so, consider being a model for our art students. It pays $8.95 per hour.

Interested? Contact Cheri Hampton at champton@georgefox.edu or ext. 2619 to learn more.

Don’t forget: Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee will address issues related to technology in our lives when she comes to campus today (Monday) through Wednesday as guest speaker for the Spring Theological Conference.

The schedule for the week includes:

• Monday, March 4 – “You’ve Been Hacked: How technology has taken you hostage (and how your parents are to blame),” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Powered-Off Zone: A space to engage, play, and create” (2-6 p.m. in the Bruin Den)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Finding Your Sweet Spot: Brain health and multiple intelligences information to help you increase engagement in your first (real) life,” Shalom (9 p.m. in Cap & Gown Room)
• Wednesday, March 6 – “Pushing the Pause Button: Practical tips for learning to be still, bored, and centered,” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)

Dr. Dodgen-Magee is a licensed psychologist, truth communicator and Jesus follower. The Spring Theological Conference is sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies. For more information, contact Paula Hampton at ext 2650.

This is a reminder that the George Fox University Day of Prayer is Saturday, March 9. In preparation, the spiritual life office is gathering personal prayer requests from faculty, administrators, staff, students and their families.

Please send your prayer request to spirituallife@georgefox.edu by Tuesday, March 5. Write your prayer request in the way that you would like it to read for the Day of Prayer (please include your name in the request unless you would like it to be unnamed).

Send any questions to Kayin Griffith at kgriffith@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget tonight’s (Monday’s) Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture featuring Joel Perez, dean of inclusion and leadership at George Fox. He will present “Actions are Illegal, Never People: Comprehending the Complexity of Immigration in the U.S.”

The session runs from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Are you traveling overseas this summer or going on Juniors Abroad and need immunizations?

The Health Center gets very busy this time of year, so please try to schedule your travel visit for immunizations before spring break. The earlier you get your shots the better chance you have of them protecting you on your trip! Don’t wait until two weeks before your trip!

Please call the Health Center at 503-554-2340 to schedule your appointment.