Spanish Chapel tomorrow, Friday March 11 from 10:40-11:30am in Hoover 105.
Chapel credit will be provided if you slide your card.
We will start the service singing worship songs in Spanish and proceeded by a sermon by Josue Legaspi.
Anyone is welcome to come so spread the word!
For more information contact Michelle Gonzalez-Ramos – mgonzalezramos09@georgefox.edu
Encourage, thank or appreciate a woman this week for Woman’s History Month! Come to the Bruin Den and make a card for a female on campus. We will provide all the supplies and will send it off for you. All you have to do is tell someone you care or appreciate them.
Drop by anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. or 5 and 7 p.m. on Monday, March 14.
If you have any questions, contact Anya Frolova at afrolova08@georgefox.edu.
Need help selecting or confirming a college major?
This 1-credit online course for freshmen and sophomores will help you explore your vocational calling, work skills, values, interests and personality; then matching those to occupational and educational choices. Sign up today to claim your career calling!
Other online career courses offered this fall and next spring:
GEED 216:  Become Workplace Familiar: Getting an Internship  (So & Jr)
GEED 218: Â Find Suitable Employment: Effective Job Seeking (Jr & Sr)
You can find the courses in the course schedule under General Education.
Exodus Fair today!
Stop by the Stevens Center between 10:00-4:00 for the last day of the Exodus fair for graduating seniors. Check to make sure you are on track for graduation, enjoy some food, and pick up your cap and gown! We hope to see you there!
Good news, Â Fox students…one of your favorite events, Survivor, is back! Sponsored by Bruin Heritage Society, this exciting event will take place April 15th. Come ‘on out and see who will survive.
Do you think you can stay in a van longer than everyone else? Then go to https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/georgefox.edu/viewform?formkey=dHN4NjdWdEpkdEpVUGViNW14aEJtRVE6MQ and sign up!
Questions about the event? Contact us at bruinheritage@georgefox.edu.
Come have some pizza and learn more about the fields of dentistry and physical therapy. The Pre-Professional Health Advisory committee is sponsoring a visit by two prominent professionals: Dennis Nicola, DDS, a local dentist and mentor to pre-dentistry students, and Tyler Cuddeford, PhD, PT, the director of the university’s doctor of physical therapy program.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 16, at 6 p.m. in EHS 125.
Questions? Contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.
The Academic Resource Center has scheduled two workshops in the coming days:
On Friday, March 11, at 10:40 a.m. in Lemmons 8, Rick Muthiah (Dean of Learning Support Services) and Kathi Gatlin (Senior Enrollment Counselor) will present “Mid-term Grades and You: What You Can (and Should) Do With Your Mid-term Grades.”
Summary: Regardless of whether you’ve gotten mid-term grades for your courses, you should be thinking about your standing in each course. March 18 is the last date to withdraw from a class without getting an F. This session will discuss some ways for students to make use of mid-term grade information you can get from MyGFU or your professor.
Also, on Monday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8, Ryan Halley (Associate Professor of Finance) will present “Financial Follies: Have You Wondered What it Would Be Like to Have More Freedom With Your Personal Finances?”
Summary: Have you ever been stressed about your financial situation? If so, come find out what you need to know about money. You’ll be surprised how simple this process can be. This workshop will provide information on a variety of personal finance topics, including budgeting, credit cards and student loans.
Faculty, please encourage your students to attend.
Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.
Your donations are needed! Please bring donations of any kind to the Spiritual Life House by Friday, March 11, to support the 2011 May Serve team that is going to Peru. Then come to the sale on Saturday, March 12, in the Wood-Mar parking lot (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Questions? Contact Rebecca Barnick at rbarnick07@georgefox.edu.
Thanks!
Fall 2011 housing selection will be online beginning on March 14th.
Be sure you have your housing deposit in by 5:00 p.m. on March 11th. You may pay your deposit at Student Financial Services.
Detailed information about how to sign up for housing will be available next week. If you have questions about the selection process, please stop by the Student Life Office or e-mail housing@georgefox.edu.
Sunrise Consulting and Event Planning (Senior Business Capstone Team)
Are you interested in learning how to better present yourself in the
professional world? Â Would you like to learn from top CFOs and
executives how to be successful in a job?
Come support Sunrise Consulting and Event Planning, a capstone group
of GFU seniors, as they host the Executive Business Seminar.
Speakers include: CFO of Les Schwab, Vice President of Medical Teams
International, and the Senior Vice President of US Trust, Bank of
America Private Wealth Management.
We will be raffling three $25 i-Tunes gift cards!  You won’t want to miss it!
Light refreshments will be provided.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011.
6:00pm-8:00pm
Hoover 105
If you are graduating this spring, stop by the Stevens Center between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to make sure you’re on track for graduation, pick up your cap and gown, and much more! You can also enjoy some free food. We hope to see you there!
Exodus Fair is March 9-10
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?
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:
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.
