The Daily Bruin

Students in the servant engineering program are conducting a poll to determine car usage on campus. Please take a few minutes to complete a simple poll.

The reasoning behind the poll is to find out if there is enough need among students to validate setting up an account with ZipCar, a company that offers electric cars for renting. The idea is to help limit the number of cars on campus, cut down on people needing to pay car insurance, and allow those who don’t have cars the ability to get around just as easily as those who do.

Here is the link to the poll:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEpWY3ROYjk5dWhneWJ5dzNmUzEtb1E6MA.

Thanks for your help!

Treasure hunters, get ready for the Medallion Search April 12-16! Become a member of  the Bruin Heritage Society on Facebook in order to receive the clues to the best treasure on campus.

If you are looking for a place to make new relationships, serve the Fox community, and build up your resume, apply to be on the Bruin Heritage Society Leadership Team! Clink on this link to visit our website and download the application:

georgefox.edu/bruinheritage

You’re invited to the International Justice Mission chapter’s weekly meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in Hoover 206. Join us as we prayerfully respond to injustice as a community and further the fight against sex trafficking and human trafficking locally and abroad.

The university now has a subscription to the online version of “Birds of North America.” You can access it from the library’s website.

Scroll down to the “Birds of North America” link, halfway down the page under Environmental Resources. This can be accessed from off-campus by entering your ID number for the bar code. Enjoy!

Are you interested in learning more about what it means to be a leader? Join us this Fall for a 1 credit Quaker Seminar exploring leadership. Everyone is welcome! We will meet Monday nights from 6:40-7:30 during the Fall semester. Email Jamie Johnson (jejohnson@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Would you like to be well-equipped to effectively manage your career plans throughout college and after? Consider taking Career Services’ online, one-credit career courses in the fall or spring of 2010-11. These GEED courses – 214, 216 and 218 – can be found under General Education as you register.

Imagine being more confident about your mission, selecting a major, locating and succeeding at an internship, or beating out the competition in finding employment or getting into grad school. These classes will help you with all of the above. Contact Career Services with questions at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Wednesday, March 17, at 4 p.m., a Crescent reporter is going to interview Invisible Children representatives on KFOX. Invisible Children is a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as child soldiers.

Tune in at kfoxradio.georgefox.edu.

There will be no Shalom this week. Enjoy your spring break.

ASC invites you to the Spring Carnival, scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the Wheeler Sports Center gym. Kick off your spring break, ’50s style. Prizes include a 32-inch TV, a Bluetooth device, a Flip Video camera, and more. So, come eat food and have fun.

Wednesday, March. 17, 3 p.m. – Baseball vs. Corban, Morse Field
Friday, March 19, 1 p.m. – Women’s Golf in Phoenix Invitational, Westbrook Village GC, Peoria, Ariz. (GFU hosting)
Saturday, March 20, 1 p.m. – Women’s Golf in Phoenix Invitational, Westbrook Village GC, Peoria, Ariz. (GFU hosting)

The George Fox-Corban baseball was originally scheduled for Salem but was shifted to Morse Field due to wet, unplayable conditions on Corban’s Warrior Field. The Bruins will return the game on April 14.

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

The Rock and Worship Road Show is coming to Portland on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 6:00 pm.

GFU has been given free tickets in one of the luxury suites courtesy of one of the members of the Board of Trustees. This means you not only have great seats but food is also provided. Transportation is NOT provided.

If you want to attend this event, for free, be one of the first 12 people to contact me, Jere Witherspoon, to get your name on the list.

Tickets are available on a FIRST-COME basis, so if you REALLY want a ticket, please e-mail me ASAP!

jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu

Come and play at the 1950’s Spring Carnival! Lot’s of games, free food, and sweet raffles. You could win a camera, a GPS, or even a TV!!!

March 18th at 8PM in the Wheeler Gym

 Come dressed up and you could win even more raffle tickets! We are gonna rock the night away. You don’t want to miss this!

Stop by the VOTE table in the SUB during lunch and dinner and make your voice heard.  The voting is for the nominations of your 2010-2011 Central Committee. Your vote is important!

A George Fox surplus inventory sale will take place in the back section of the Villa Academic Complex on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 23-24, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. both days. Some items available for purchase will be: lighting fixtures, laminate, desks, student tablet desks, bookshelf units, couches, chairs, office chairs, office supplies, soap dispensers, sound panel doors, cubicle panels and more. Cash or checks only.

If you hope to teach English abroad or in a community program, prepare yourself by taking COMM 350 Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

 Offered Spring 2011, Tuesday and Thursday, 2:45-4:00 p.m.

 Note: If COMM 350 does not yet appear on the spring course schedule, keep the slot available. It will be added to the schedule soon.   

 COMM 350 Introduction to TESOL can be taken on its own or as part of the TESOL Minor.

 For further information, contact Martha Iancu at x2641 or miancu@georgefox.edu

Fall 2010 housing selection will be online in MyGFU Monday through Friday, March 19th. The form will close at 5:00 pm on Friday.

 Your housing code can be found on the first page of the Housing Groups Sign-ups form. One person from each group will fill out the form with the housing codes of the whole group.

• Log into MyGFU.
• Under the “Student Resources” menu, click on “Enrollment Forms.”
• You’ll need to enter your login information again to get to the forms.
• The housing sign-ups form should appear in the list on the left.
• The forms will walk you through the process:
  • One person enters housing codes for the group
  • Confirm your roommate choices
  • Rank order your preferences

 If you do not have a group to sign up with, you can go through the housing process as an individual. In this case, rather than placing you according to your credit ranking, we would work with you to identify a suitable spot to live.

 If you would like help going through the process, there is a computer set up in the Student Life Office. You may use this computer to go through sign-ups with one of the housing staff to help answer questions.

 If you have questions about the selection process, please stop by or call the Student Life Office, ext. 2310 or email housing@georgefox.edu.

Graduating seniors, we need a mailing address to which we can send your 2009-2010 yearbook when it arrives next fall.  Please fill out this form to get your copy – http://bit.ly/bMoL5K.

 Questions? Contact Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu or stop by the ASC offices in the SUB.

You’ve got questions, and we’ve got answers! Members of Security Services will be available in the Bruin Den on Wednesday, March 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to answer your security questions – everything from parking to personal safety to how to work for Security Services. Please stop by and meet us, and bring your security-related questions.

See you then!

– Security Services

Chloe Lee, a doctoral student in clinical psychology and Career Services’ graduate assistant, will cover the topic “How to get into grad school” in an extensive and concise overview from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, in the Career Services Center (Stevens 220). It will include a timeline of dates, tips for interviews, application essays, obtaining references, choosing the right school, and more.

An R.S.V.P. is required. Please e-mail Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu before 11 a.m. if you plan to attend. There is no cost, and pizza will be provided. We hope you are able to join us.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.