The Daily Bruin

The university’s Tilikum Center for Retreats & Outdoor Ministries will host a variety of family retreats throughout the summer that will give grandparents, parents and children an opportunity to step out of their daily lives and spend a weekend being renewed spiritually and relationally through community activities.

Retreats include a mother/daughter weekend (May 6-8), father/son retreat (June 17-19), grandparents/grandchildren event (July 5-8), a single moms family camp (July 8-10) and a father/daughter retreat (Aug. 5-7).

For details on specific camps, visit tilikum.georgefox.edu. Call Joan Littlefield at 503-538-2763 if you have questions.

Don’t forget Thursday’s (April 7) Thai folk dance drama program scheduled from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Newberg Friends Church, 307 S. College St. There also will be an evening performance on campus, beginning at 9 p.m. Thursday in Hoover 105.

The performance is being presented by the Christian Communications Institute (CCI) of Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The program will feature a number of dances from the various regions of Thailand, as well as a traditional Thai melodrama (Likay) with English translation.

Admission is free. Contact Melanie Newell at peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu for more information.

Internships available in Career Services for the 2011-2012 school year!
Marketing/Graphic Design Intern(s)
Professional Activities Intern(s)
Professional Activities International Student Intern
Help plan and coordinate events, promote programs and services, and design marketing campaigns. The internships are 8-10 hours a week for credit.
Benefits of being a Career Services Intern:
-work in a team
-access to career leads
-develop professional skills
-flexible hours
Apply through BruinCareers! Also, check out our Summer Marketing Internship!

Want to get involved and work alongside different groups of students?

ASC is accepting applications for next year’s Student Organizations Coordinator!

This position oversees all Student Organizations, working with the ASC Vice-President and Activities Committee. Applications are due Friday, April 8t at 5pm. Forms are outside of the ASC Office.

Questions? Please contact Emily Jordan at ejordan08@georgefox.edu.

As commencement rapidly approaches and our catering events ramp up with all the end-of-year activities, we realize we are missing a lot of equipment. Will you please check your offices, rooms, break room cupboards, drawers and refrigerators for any equipment (pump pots, bowls, platters, silverware, serving utensils, etc.) that may be hiding in those areas and somehow didn’t get returned to us?

We will be happy to pick up anything recovered, or just bring it by. Send us an e-mail at catering@georgefox.edu and we’ll arrange to retrieve anything and everything!

Thank you,
Denny Lawrence, Bon Appetit

Career Services will host its annual Healthcare Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, April 11, in the Cap and Gown Room at no charge to students. This fair is specific to students of the nursing, biology, chemistry and allied health majors. Students will have the opportunity to network with employers and discuss volunteer, internship and/or career opportunities.

Faculty members, please tell your students about this opportunity. For more information, contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.

Survey Number One

INTERRACIAL DATING. Share your experiences and thoughts about this provocative topic. I am trying to figure out the interracial dating patterns, trends, and even students’ attitudes toward interracial dating. This will be part of my senior research project.

Link to survey:

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/a/georgefox.edu/viewform?formkey=dGgyTjNWMDFOYk1uclRORDRQVlZka2c6MQ

Lisa Stills

Survey Number Two

Take a one minute survey on Media and Religion and how it affects your daily life.

Survey Link- http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RFRVWGT

Kacey Parks Kparks07@georgefox.edu

Survey Number Three

This survey is about nutrition and the effects of the American Dream.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FZH2FYS

Thank You,

Henry Balensifer
Jael Chambers
Nicole Baggett
Tiffany Hayes
Kaleb Dieker

Survey Number Four

How much do you know about nutrition? Test your knowledge it only takes 20 seconds!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F6YJGSW

By: Andrew Magnuson, Kellie Higa, Margaret Hollingworth, Bethany Foster, and Autumn Van Meter

Survey Number Five

“Do you think you could pass the citizenship test? Our LACI group wants to test the effectiveness of the American school systems. Please take our survey!”

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LACI-AmericanIgnorance

Thanks!
Brianne Emel – bemel06@georgefox.edu
Treve Widmer
Brianna Nap
Ashley VanMeter
Lizzy Alaimo

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Did you know your best offense in a tight job market is to be prepared?  Please don’t underestimate the competition you will face and sharpen your job search skills by using Optimal Resume now-at your fingertips on MyGFU/Career Services.  For a modest fee you can build a resume, coverletter, eportfolio, website, complete a skills assessment and practice interviewing.  If any of these are sent to the review center, your career services professionals will give you feedback online.

Contact us with questions at x. 2330 or atcareers@georgefox.edu or come in for a career conversation.  We are invested in your best future.

Attention:  Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors
Today’s the last day!

Summer address collection:
Please take care of this today.
Place:  Table by ASC Offices 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.
You have two options:
1.      Request to keep your mailbox open part or all of the summer.
2.      Close your mailbox for the summer.  We will forward your mail (during the summer) to the address you give us.
a.      (We will re-open your same mailbox in the fall – two weeks before school starts.)
You can always stop at or call Mail Services to make changes if your summer plans change.
It will only take a minute of your time!
Sponsored by University Mail ServicesA

Interested in leading ministries of mentorship, service trips, community services, missions, or a homeless ministry?

Applications for Christian Services Committee positions are outside of the ASC offices, and they are due to the ASC Supreme Court Chief Justice on  Monday, April 11 by 5 p.m.

Any questions? Contact Kristy Luther, Christian Services Director, or Lauren Johnson, 2011-12 CSD.

The Bruin Bookstore at George Fox is now on Facebook. We invite you to become a fan. You’ll be the first to know about upcoming sales, important dates, etc. Just go to our page and “like” us.

Thinking about getting real-world work experience and class credit? Please join us on Thursday, April 14, in Stevens 109 from 5 to 6 p.m. and be introduced to your newly created internship leadership team.

Jeff VandenHoek and Deb Sepich will present the opportunity, process and commitment of the George Fox School of Business (GFSB) to help you find internships. We will discuss preparing for your opportunities, creation of your internship resume (portfolio) and answer questions you might have.

Please contact Becky Jensen at rjensen@georgefox.edu if you plan to attend this event. We look forward to seeing you! Don’t miss out!

Thirsty? You probably will be after watching this film about Water. James Bond dealt with it in Quantum of Solace. This film is dealing with the same thing in real life: water wars. It may not seem like we’re lacking it here in Oregon (right now). But come see why you will care about how you get your water.

Get Spiritual Life Credit. We will provide water for only $5 per small bottle. Watching the movie is free – for the first 175.

TONIGHT, Wednesday, April 6, 9 p.m., Hoover 125

Wednesday, April 6, 2 p.m. – Softball vs. Willamette (2), Morse Field
Friday, April 8, 2:30 p.m. – Women’s Tennis vs. Pacific, GFU campus courts
Saturday, April 9, 11 a.m. – Women’s Tennis vs. Willamette, GFU campus courts
Saturday, April 9, noon – Softball vs. Pacific Lutheran (2), Morse Field
Sunday, April 10, noon – Softball vs. Willamette (2), Morse Field

The George Fox Invitational men’s golf tournament that was originally scheduled for April 9-10 at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course has been canceled. One team had a scheduling conflict and another dropped out after realizing they would not have enough players to qualify for a team score.

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

If you have used the Community Life Fund to fund events and NOT turned in your receipts, please turn them in by April 15 to the ASC in-box of the Supreme Chief Justice.

Please attach your name, ID number, and amount approved by Supreme Court to your receipts!

The university’s fashion design and merchandising students are set to debut the work of 10 student designers at a bi-annual fashion show at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

All are invited to attend at no charge. Tax-deductible donations, as well as gently used professional women’s clothing donations, will be taken at the door to benefit the charity Dress for Success Oregon, an affiliate of an international charity that provides low-income women with the tools they need to put them ahead in the job market.

The event, titled “Simmetria: A Fashion Show Celebrating Style from the Past, Present and Future,” will feature design inspirations ranging from the chic silhouettes of the 1940s to present-day styles. Produced by students in a fashion show production class, the event will showcase designs that incorporate “flower power,” sequins, feathers, velour, wools and more.

To learn more, contact Kristin Rosario at kristinrosario@gmail.com.

The artistic talents of senior art students will be on display for the university’s annual Senior Thesis Exhibit and Design Presentations.

The graphic design presentations will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoover 105 on Tuesday, April 12. The senior graphic design majors expected to present include Alicia Orlob, Kyler Dougherty, Sierra Holder, Davis Martin, Bethany Kroeker, Melissa Clarkson, Preston Devine, Nicole Johnson and Kyle DeVore.

The studio art exhibit will open with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Minthorne and Lindgren galleries on Thursday, April 14, and will include the artwork of senior art majors Mariah Carrillo, Gina Wombacher, Ari Sanders, Beth Sellers and Ali Walker. The exhibit will run through April 30.

A student sociology group’s “Just Add Water” Week-Long Water Challenge continues through Friday, April 8. Drop by our display in the SUB between 4:30 and 7 p.m. We’re selling water bottles for $6 and shower timers for $2 in order to raise money to build wells in Kenya through the organization World Concern. Just add water, and be the change!

Learn more by contacting Lauren A. Peña at lpena10@georgefox.edu.

On Tuesday, April 12, in the SUB, a table for organ donation registration, supported by Donate Life, will be set up between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Please join us in giving the gift of life by registering to be an organ donor, and you could save up to eight lives!

Please note this date change from the previous announcement.

Questions? Contact Angelyn Haughey at ahaughey09@georgefox.edu.

The university’s International Justice Mission chapter is hosting a week of “binding prayer” for those who are in bondage in the sex-trade industry. This Wednesday, April 6, we will meet in the Prayer Chapel at 8 p.m. for an hour of prayer for those in bondage. Please join us!

Contact Stephen Kenyon at skenyon09@georgefox.edu for more information.