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Come cheer on the Bruins as they take on the Bowdoin College Polar Bears this afternoon (Friday) in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament. We will set up a live streaming of the game beginning at 2 p.m. in Lemmons 8. The game is being contested at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va.
The winner of Friday’s contest between third-ranked George Fox (29-0) and Bowdoin (21-7) will play the winner of Friday’s other sectional match-up – between Mary Washington (29-0) and Lebanon Valley College (26-3) – on Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. (Pacific Time). If George Fox is playing in that game, we will host live streaming in the Klages Dining Room.
For Friday’s game, the Alumni Association will provide free popcorn. Pop and candy will be available for purchase from athletics.
The Center for Peace and Justice will host Akol Sylvia – one of 16 Ugandans showing Invisible Children’s newest film, KONY 2012, around the country – at 8 p.m. Monday, March 12, in the Cap and Gown Room.
Sylvia has lived through a brutal conflict in Uganda and is now advocating on behalf of the three countries that are still terrorized by Joseph Kony’s rebel force, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). An Invisible Children scholarship student and who is attending college in Uganda, Sylvia had friends who were abducted from their school by the LRA.
The 24-minute documentary, KONY 2012, explains the importance of civic engagement and tells youth how they can help stop the man who is arguably the worst war criminal in the world.
Invisible Children is encouraging students to use social media to engage influential culture makers and policymakers during KONY 2012. Students will also be encouraged to set up or attend meetings with their members of Congress. Invisible Children believes that, whether Republican or Democrat, arresting the world’s worst war criminal is something we can all agree on.
For more information, contact the Center for Peace and Justice at ext. 2686.
The university community is invited to hear author Naseem Rakha speak on questions of forgiveness, crime and punishment – specifically related to the death penalty in Oregon – this Monday, March 12, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Rakha will present “On Being Witnesses: In the Aftermath of Crime.†The presentation is the latest installment of the university’s spring lecture series, “Christians and American Culture,†hosted by the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues program.
Rakha, an award-winning journalist who has been heard on NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace Radio, Christian Science Monitor, and Living on Earth, is the author of The Crying Tree. Set in southern Illinois and central Oregon, Rakha’s novel relates the story of a mother who must overcome the hate, grief, and secrets that surround the murder of her 15-year-old son, and defy church and family as she attempts to stop the execution of the man who killed her boy.
With the heart of a storyteller, Rakha explores the death penalty and forgiveness with her audience through the lens of our justice system, her experiences as a reporter for public radio, as well as subsequent interviews with crime victims, inmates, corrections officials and exonerated death row prisoners.
The capacity to forgive the unforgivable has long intrigued Rakha. She has witnessed it in her work as a teacher and consultant for Native American tribes, as a mediator in the clean up of the nuclear site that created the Nagasaki bomb, and as a reporter covering state-run executions.
For more information on Rakha’s visit, contact Elizabeth Todd at 503-554-2648.
Feeling stressed? The Academic Resource Center is hosting a workshop, “Managing Stress,” today (Friday) from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125.
This workshop will give effective and concrete tools to help college students manage the stress of college. Topics will include time management, test anxiety, insomnia, roommate and relationship issues, and utilizing stress to your advantage. Our presenter will be Laura Helmer from the Health and Counseling Center.
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We’re looking for female students to volunteer for this year’s Selah Conference. Volunteers are needed on Friday, March 16, from 12:30 – 2 p.m. to assist with session presenter needs. Training will be provided and you’ll get a free Selah T-shirt.
Please contact Vangie Pattison if you are interested: epattison@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2121.
Today (Thursday) is International Women’s Day! This holiday is celebrated all around the world for the purpose of showing women that they are loved and appreciated.
Ladies: Stop by the Bruin Den today between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and pick up some free chocolate!
Gents: Let your female friends know that you appreciate them today. Give a hug, a big smile, or even some flowers to women who mean a lot to you!
Are you a business major looking for an upper-division course for next academic year? Are you a non-business major who might have a particular interest in a specific business topic?
The School of Business would like to highlight several new(er) courses that are being offered fall 2012:
ECON 485 – Environmental Economics
Students will explore the relationship between the economy and the environment. The efficient management of natural resources, impacts of pollution, and sustainability issues will all be considered. To account for economic growth concerns the scope of analysis includes both the developed and developing world. The primary objective of the course is to increase students’ understanding of policy-relevant, incentive-based solutions to environmental issues.
BUSN 303 – Personal Finance
This course is designed to prepare students to think critically about their relationship with money, develop their own personal financial philosophy and implement practical application of personal financial management. Topics include relationship with money, biblical financial foundations, budgets, loans, spending, housing, insurance, investments, and taxes.
MKTG 485 – Consumer Engagement and Social Networking
Marketing is all about connecting … connecting with your customer, connecting with management, connecting with money (budget), and connecting with retail. What is our business? Who are our customers? What does the customer value? Consumer engagement is not a single source of contact but an ongoing “conversation” – developing brand positioning, leveraging user-generated content, and creating a word-of-mouth social audience, all resulting in customer loyalty and influencing behavior. The questions haven’t changed BUT how we tell the story has.
The 14th annual Fox Film Festival is fast approaching. Your Film Festival Committee is hard at work preparing for a spectacular event. We have some awesome new ideas this year and are looking forward to some fun marketing phases for the event (be on the lookout for a golden ticket in your mailbox).
The dates of the festival are as follows:
To get a submission form, please e-mail filmfestival@georgefox.edu. Questions? Contact Carissa Hoffman at choffman09@georgefox.edu.
The International Club is hosting a Chinese class from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday). All are welcome!
Join us in the International House/Cultural Center, where we had the Chinese class last time. We will spend the first 30 minutes getting to know each other and reviewing what we have learned before, and the main learning time is from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. So, if you have work until 7:30, you can still come.
I hope to see you there. I enjoyed the company of each of you last time!
Yali He (yhe11@georgefox.edu)
If you are graduating this April stop by the Exodus Fair today, Wednesday, March 7th or Thursday, March 8th in the Stevens Center Atrium from 1o a.m. to 4 p.m.
You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more!
Your degree is almost done, graduation is right around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate! We hope to see you there!
Join us for chapel today (Wednesday) as we welcome Jey Mbiro, a Christian music DJ representing Compassion who, as a child in the slums of Kenya, received care through Compassion’s child sponsorship program.
See you at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium!
Interested in developing your leadership skills? Want to serve the international community and connect the international students with the domestic community?
The International Club is recruiting leaders for the 2012-2013 school year. We are looking for one president, one vice president, one secretary, one treasurer, five event coordinators and two reporters.
If you are interested in applying for any of the club leadership positions, please go to the International House/Cultural Center to get the application form, fill it out, and turn it in to the International House/Cultural Center. You can find out the job description of each position in the application form. Please remember the application deadline is Friday, March 16.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask Lishan Zeng (lzeng09@georgefox.edu).
The International Club encourages you to value all the leadership experience you can have at Fox and maximize your college experience.
Join us for an International Coffee House event! Come down to the Foxhole, grab a cup of coffee and get to know how different cultures think about the topic “women around the world.” We’ll meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday).
Everybody is welcome. The purpose of the International Coffee House is to build connections between people all over the world.
Questions? Contact Kaleb Olsen at olsenk10@georgefox.edu.
The second annual George Fox International Photo Contest is here. Submit your photos taken outside of the United States to join this event. Winners will receive a cash prize of $50, $25 and $15 (for first-, second- and third-place winners). The Best of Show will receive $75.
Three categories of the photos you can submit:
Contestants must e-mail the photo to:
All entries must be submitted with the following information:
For more information, please contact Lishan Zeng or Alice Gozal at the above e-mail addresses. Please remember that the deadline for submission is coming soon, so take some time to look through your album and decide which photo you want to show to the Fox community.
Please join with other students, faculty, alumni, parents and friends of George Fox University for a time of joint prayer this Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. We will begin in Klages Dining Hall with one of our chapel worship bands, followed by a time of prayer, both in groups and on a walking tour of campus. Prayer is powerful and effective!
If you have questions, please contact Nancy Almquist, director of parent relations, at 503-554-2114 or nalmquist@georgefox.edu.
The National College Health Survey is open and waiting for your input. This every-other-year survey lets us know how our students are doing and how we can better help address their health and counseling needs.
Check your e-mail for the link to the survey. It will only take a few minutes and you’ll be entered into a drawing for one of 3o prizes.
All info is confidential! Fill out the survey today!
We’re doing more tree planting! This week we will be planting more dogwood and a wide variety of native wildflowers in the Hess Creek forest on Thursday, March 8. Meet at the gazebo fireplace next to the suites at 3 p.m., or come join us when you can. We plan to plant until 5 p.m. Hope to see you there!
Questions? Contact Evan Watson at ewatson@gmail.com.
Do you love helping others uncover their potential? Do you like showing others ways to be a more effective and efficient student? Do your friends always come to you to look over their papers before they turn them in? Do you have a GPA above 3.0? If you answered yes to these questions, you might have a future as a consultant in the Academic Resource Center (ARC).
Application material for the 2012-13 academic year is available at this link. Completed materials are due by Friday, March 9. Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu; 503-554-2314) if you have questions.
