The Daily Bruin

Scholarship Manager for 2011-12 GFU scholarships is still open for all returning Newberg undergraduate students. Don’t miss your opportunity.

To apply, please go to your MyGFU web page and open the link in Student Resources titled “2011 Newberg Undergrad Scholarships.” From there you will sign in to set up your account. You will be able to work on your application and return to it at a later date if it is not yet complete, but please read the instructions on the application carefully.

The deadline is Tuesday, March 15

Are you interested in learning more about any of the following?

• What are the characteristics that employers value in new employees?
• How do you get started with a nonprofit organization?
• What’s involved in getting promoted and establishing a successful career?
• How do new grads best present themselves for a potential job?
• What is it like being a female in the workplace?

If so, you are invited to an executive business seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in Hoover 105. A group of experts will speak, including Jack Cuniff (CFO of Les Schwab), Bill Essig (vice president of Medical Teams International) and Barbara Palmer (senior VP of US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management).

The evening will include short presentations by each speaker (20 minutes each), a panel Q&A session (approximately 25 minutes) and a social session following the seminar with refreshments for all attendees.

All are welcome free of charge, and dress is casual. The event is being presented by Sunrise Consulting and Event Planning (the senior business capstone team of April Barkley, Jacob Cuniff, Jaime Wiebelhaus, Jenny Barram, Cliff Rhoten and Derek Aldrich).

Questions? Contact April Barkley at agbarkley@gmail.com or 509-499-6134.

Faculty members, please tell your students about this opportunity.

Join us in chapel Wednesday (March 9) as we welcome guest speaker Stephanie Mathis, director of spiritual formation at Warner Pacific College and activist for the Oregon Center for Christian Values. She will be sharing the local affects of sex trafficking from a Portland perspective. We hope to see you there!

Stephanie is visiting as part of the university’s New Abolitionists Week, designed to bring attention to the issue of sex slavery in our region and throughout the world.

Saturday, March 12, noon – Softball vs. Willamette (2), Morse Field
Saturday, March 12, 1 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Lewis & Clark, GFU campus courts
Sunday, March 13, noon – Softball vs. Willamette (2), Morse Field
Sunday, March 13, 1 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Whitman, GFU campus courts
Monday, March 14, 1 p.m. – Men’s tennis vs. Hardin-Simmons, GFU campus courts
Monday, March 14, 5 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Hardin-Simmons, GFU campus courts

The George Fox vs. Corban game that was scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, at 3 p.m. at Morse Field has been postponed due to wet grounds. It will be made up on Wednesday, April 13, at 4 p.m. at Morse Field.

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

The new issue of The Crescent is out. Look for stories about campus expansion, sports gambling and “All the Animals.”

Staff, faculty and students: The lost and found tables will be set up in the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. Please stop by to check for your lost items. All items not reunited with the owners will be donated to the May Serve garage sale and/or other charitable causes.

This is a reminder that the George Fox University Seminary Fair will be Thursday, March 10. Please come by the Hoover lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to meet representatives from schools that include:

• Emmanuel School of Religion
• George Fox Evangelical Seminary
• Mars Hill Graduate School
• North Park Theological Seminary
• Regent College
• Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
• Western Seminary

Contact Chloe Lee-Zorn, Career Services graduate assistant, at leec07@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Dinner for Eight is coming!

Taking place both March 15 and April 5 from 6:30-9 p.m., Dinner for Eight provides students with the opportunity to connect with George Fox alumni and learn about their experiences after Fox while enjoying a home-cooked meal. Join up to seven other students for dinner at the home of an alumnus while the conversation focuses on a career field that you find interesting and other aspects of life after graduation.

To participate in Dinner for Eight, you must register by March 10. The event costs $2 per person at the time of registration. Each participant will receive a $5 Chapters gift card when they participate in Dinner for Eight.

On the registration form you are able to list other students that you would prefer to participate with. We encourage you to talk with your friends and list one another. Although we are unable to guarantee your requests, we will make every effort to do so.

Members of Bruin Heritage Society will be in the Bruin Den Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 4:30 to 7 p.m. to answer any questions you might have and to help you register for the event. Spaces are limited, so sign up today by going to georgefox.edu/alumni/events/dinnerfor8.html.

Dinner for Eight is sponsored by Bruin Heritage Society and Alumni Relations.

Come, bring your lunch, and learn what it’s like to live in Afghanistan or the UAE (United Arab Emirates). George Fox students with Middle Eastern ethnicity will share such experiences as growing up in an an Islamic society, living in one of the most highly affluent cities in the world (Abu Dhabi), and  dealing with the daily realities of family and friends in a war-ravaged nation.

These presentations will be interactive, so there will be opportunities for questions and dialogue. Feel free to drop in and leave as your schedule permits.

Join us Wednesday, March 9, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Cap and Gown Room A.

Questions? Contact Alex Pia at apia@georgefox.edu or ext. 2643.

Come and join the Latino Heritage Club for some smores, hot chocolate and Spanish worship at the Pavilion Fire Pit on Wednesday March 9, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Bring blankets, mugs and friends. Everyone is invited!

The university’s International Justice Mission chapter invites the community to its next meeting at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the Le Shana lobby. The group deals in large part with the issue of sex-trafficking on both a global and local scale, and what steps we can do to combat it.

Two major focuses of the chapter are prayer and how we can get involved in the community. Please come see how you can get involved as well.

Questions? Contact Stephen Kenyon at skenyon09@georgefox.edu.

All are welcome to James Pick’s senior composition recital at 6 p.m. this Saturday, March 12, in Bauman Auditorium. Hear a diverse collection of James’ original compositions performed by 13 performers, including James at the piano. Enjoy pieces for saxophone, flute, violin, two pianos and a choir.

A missions commissioning event is scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14, for anyone going on a missions trip over the summer. I am hoping to get an idea of how many people will attend the event. If you are thinking about attending, please e-mail Roy Abdun-Nur at missionsatgfu@gmail.com.

Food will be provided and it will last just under an hour. We will meet in the Cap and Gown Room.

Please complete the LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey. If you have already filled out the survey, thank you! If not, please take about six minutes to go to this link and help us by taking the survey.

Only you can tell us how well we are serving your library needs. You also will have the opportunity to win prizes.

A New Abolitionists Faith & Film event – a showing of the film Born Into Brothels – is scheduled Tuesday, March 8, at 9 p.m. in EHS 102. The documentary tells the story of the inspiring nonprofit foundation Kids With Cameras, which teaches photography skills to children in marginalized communities.

We hope you can come and develop a deeper understanding of what life in these communities is like.

The Academic Resource Center is hosting a workshop, “Mid-term Grades and You: What You Can (and Should) do with Your Mid-term Grades,” at 10:40 a.m. this Friday, March 11, in Lemmons 8.

Regardless of whether you’ve gotten mid-term grades for your courses, you should be thinking about your standing in each course. Friday, March 18, is the last date to withdraw from a class without getting an F. This session will discuss some ways for you to make use of mid-term grade information you can get from MyGFU or your professor.

Rick Muthiah, dean of learning support services, and Kathi Gatlin, senior enrollment counselor, will present at the session. For more information, contact Rick at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Any frosh interested in helping to plan a big end of the year event for your class?  We want your input! It will be taking place Friday, April 1, at 7 p.m. in HMS.

E-mail Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu and be a part!

The Department of Nursing is sponsoring a nursing information session for all freshmen pre-nursing students on Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 103.

Carla Hagen, the program director, will lead the session. There will be prizes, an opportunity to meet faculty and current nursing students, and a student panel available for answering questions.

Spiritual Life positions are still open. If you are considering anything from leading worship to discipling Bible study leaders in living areas consider applying for a position for next year.

Positions available:
– Living Area Chaplain
– Worship Band Leader
– Creative Director
– Chapel Producer
– Graphic Design Intern

Applications available now outside of the ASC offices and in the Spiritual Life Office, due Tuesday, March 8, by 5 p.m.

Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu with any questions.