The Portland Trail Breakers, a team of 3 to 5 break dancers who perform during the time-outs of the Portland Trail Blazers, will be the featured basketball halftime shows this Saturday, January 22nd.
Want to relive the 80’s?  Here’s your chance.
See you in the gym.  Women’s game tips off at 6 p.m. Men’s game tips off at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Linfield
Saturday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Linfield
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Willamette
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Willamette
All games take place in Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym.
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the sports website at gfubruins.com.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Feb. 1, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Students interested in building their international credentials are encouraged to activate their free subscriptions to The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas ONLINE at careers.georgefox.edu.
Consultations available by appointment in the career center, first floor of the Stevens Center, by calling ext. 2330, or writing careers@georgefox.edu.
Looking for a fun, somewhat flexible, full-time job on campus this summer? Â We are hoping to find a responsible, detail oriented, creative, self-starter to help lead orientation this fall.
If you would like to learn more about the job come to the Leadership Preview night on Jan. 26 at 8:30 p.m. in Lemmons Hall or e-mail sstcyr@georgefox.edu.
Leadership Preview Night
Wednesday, January 26
8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Hoover 105
Come hear from current student leaders and staff about several leadership programs that would love to have you involved. The purpose of the evening is to give students a preview to a variety of GFU leadership opportunities for next year.
Here are some of the programs that will be present:
Plus, we’ll have food and prizes!
If you are interested in ushering for the upcoming play, Doubt, please e-mail Hannah Adderley (hadderley07@georgefox.edu) for details. Ushers will get to see the show for free (providing the performance is not sold out). The show will run the first two weekends in February: Feb. 3-5 & 10-12 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 6 at 2 p.m.
Contact Hannah at hadderley07@georgefox.edu ASAP for an usher position!
This Valentine’s Day weekend, Feb. 11-13, the Office of Spiritual Life is sponsoring a relationship retreat. If you are married, engaged or seriously dating you are invited to join us for a time of community, learning and relaxation in Pacific City! Cary and Tracy Balzer, from the Center of Relationship Enrichment in Arkansas, will be teaching about the importance of cultivating healthy communication.
Each attendee will be taking a pre and post test and will be required to attend a spring follow-up session. It’s $30 per couple, including lodging and food (check payable to GFU) .
To sign up, fill out a form at http://bit.ly/hcxGW6 and drop by a check or cash off at the spiritual life office (on the corner of Meridian Street and Sheridan Street). This is due by Wednesday, Feb. 2.
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 15 COUPLES, SO SIGN UP SOON!
Come see the university theatre department’s winter play, Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley. Performances are Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 3-5, and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 10-12, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
All George Fox employees receive one complimentary ticket. Students will be admitted free on both Thursdays. Your complimentary ticket is only available at the Box Office in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or read a synopsis of the play, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.
Students, please remember to either register your vehicle or register as NOCAR by end of day on Friday, Jan. 21, to avoid being issued and charged for a non-refundable parking permit due to not registering.
If you have changed your housing from one side of the campus to another, or moved on/off campus over Christmas break, please scrape off your parking permit and bring it to the security office so that the proper permit can be issued. Single-edge razor blades are available in the security office if you need help in scraping off your permit.
If you have changed vehicles since last semester, please scrape off the permit from your previous vehicle and bring it to the security office so we can change the registration and issue a new permit. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please call ext. 2090 if you have questions. Thanks!
Want to enhance your resume in order to connect with the right internship, on-campus job, or career position?
Attend the iConnect Resume Workshop on Friday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Career Services, where Career Services will educate and help you by walking through the ins and outs of strategic job search skills, including resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking.
The workshop includes demos of Optimal Resume and BruinCareers. Drop-ins are welcome!
If you want to help foster intentional relationships, safe and fun environments, be a part of a team, and learn crisis management, confrontation, programming, and leadership skills, then apply to be a Resident Assistant today!
Download and complete an application today at reslife.georgefox.edu
Applications are DUE on Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. to the Student Life Office (located on the third floor of Stevens Center)
Interested in the RA (Residence Assistant) application process? Have questions about the RA position?
Come to the RA informational meeting this Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.
This short film is in need of a male actor.  If you can act, and you’re a guy, send Natalie Daly an email at ndaly08@georgefox.edu, so that she can set up a time with you to audition this Sunday.
The engineering department will host a research seminar presented by Dr. Karl Olsen, clinical assistant professor of engineering at Washington State University, from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, in EHS 102. All are welcome.
Olsen’s presentation is entitled “Ultrasonic Detection of Simulated Corrosion in 1-Inch Diameter Steel Tieback Rods.” The research presented investigates the use of pulse-echo ultrasonic techniques to identify simulated corrosion in steel rods. The primary objective was to quantify loss of cross section due to corrosion of steel tieback rods in earth retention systems.
Contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu or ext. 2780 for more information.
In an effort to inform undergraduate students about what is happening in and around campus, BruinLife, a monthly, e-newsletter, has been created.
Our hope is that it will be a useful tool in communicating important (and, hopefully, interesting) information about the changes happening at George Fox University. We also hope to provide answers to various questions that you might have regarding student life or other aspects of your Fox experience. Please feel free to let us know what is helpful, what is not, and offer suggestions about what you’d like to see in this monthly update from Student Life.
You should have received your first issue by e-mail on Tuesday, Jan. 18.
This is an interactive newsletter with opportunities for you to respond in a variety of ways.
We value your input, so please send you suggestions to Jere Witherspoon – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.
If you would like to receive this newsletter, please contact Jere Witherspoon as well.
All Bruins are encouraged to wear their BlueZone shirt every Friday.
Be a part of BlueZone Friday’s. Wear your shirt. Make it happen.
All undergraduate students are required to select a meal plan through their MYGFU account. (Including No Meal Plan if you are eligible for one.)
The meal plan selection form is found in UNIVERSITY FORMS.
More information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plan Options website:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student-life/mealplanOptions.html
The deadline for making any changes to your meal plan is Friday, January 21, 2011 at 5 p.m. This is the last day to add or drop classes as well.
No reduction in meal plan selections will be allowed after this date, however, you may be able to add a meal plan.
Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in the student life office if you have any questions.
This month’s Multicultural Student Programs-sponsored Coffee & Culture event will highlight international students and other student voices. Come join us for coffee, treats and hearing students’ perspectives.
We’ll meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, in the International Center/Cultural House, located across from the Pennington parking lot.
The university community is invited to an MLK chapel with Pastor Emmett Wheatfall, a poet, author and member of the external diversity committee. He will be doing a rendition of the “I Have a Dream” speech. In addition, come worship with us and hear student voices on what Martin Luther King Jr. stood for and how it plays out in their own lives.
Join us Wednesday, Jan. 19, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
