The Daily Bruin

We’ve extended our deadline…submit your designs for the new 07-08 CMP album front & back cover!  Plus, it’s an amazing opportunity.  A marketing representative will be looking at ALL submissions.  If they like your work they’ll contact you for future design opportunities!

All submissions are due Sunday, February 24 at midnight.  Voting will take place in the Bruin’s Den Monday, February 25-Thursday, February 28.

Email Sue Johnson at sjohnson04@georgefox.edu.

Friday, Feb. 22
1 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Pacific Lutheran, Tualatin Hills Tennis Center, Beaverton, Ore.*
1 p.m. – Men’s tennis vs. Pacific Lutheran, Tualatin Hills Tennis Center, Beaverton, Ore.*
6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

Saturday, Feb. 23
11 a.m. – Men’s tennis vs. Lewis & Clark, George Fox’s campus courts (to be rescheduled in case of rain)
Noon – Baseball vs. Concordia-Portland, Morse Field
2:30 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Southern Oregon, Tualatin Hills Tennis Center, Beaverton, Ore.*
4 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
6 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

Sunday, Feb. 24
10:30 a.m. – Men’s golf in George Fox Invitational I, Centennial Golf Course, Medford, Ore.*

Monday, Feb. 25
9 a.m. – Men’s golf in George Fox Invitational I, Centennial Golf Course, Medford, Ore.*

*Though not in Newberg, George Fox is host of event

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926.

Do you love serving the homeless?  Check out this Urban Services Special Event:

Portland Homeless Connect
www.portlandhomelessconnect.com
 
We will be leaving the School on Tuesday February 26, 2008 around 11:00 a.m., and get back to campus around 4:30 p.m.

If you are interested PLEASE RSVP:
 
Davy Desmond
903.360.0634
ddesmond05@georgefox.edu

Don’t forget to sign-up for the Spring All-Campus Retreat in the Bruin’s Den during lunch and dinner.  Registration is open now until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27.

The retreat costs $15.  However, be one of the first 50 people to register and pay only $10!

This year’s retreat is February 29-March 2 at Twin Rocks in Rockaway Beach.  Jon Furman of Grace Chapel will be speaking on Stepping into the Story.

Join us for a weekend of fun, games, relaxation, and the beach.

Contact Dot Tobey at dtobey06@georgefox.edu for more information.

Are you a TCK or MK?

A third-culture kid is an individual who, having spent a significant part of their develop-mental years in a culture other than their parents’ home culture, develops a sense of relationship to all of the cultures, while not having full ownership in any. Elements from each culture are incorporated into the life experience, but the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of similar experience.”

Children are TCKs for many reasons. Some have parents with careers in international business, the diplomatic corps, the military or religious missions.

If you would like to connect with people who have similar backgrounds, join us on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 8:00 pm in the Moore House (or Commuter Lounge) on Sheridan Street, across from Pennington.

For more information, contact Mark Kelley at kelleym07@georgefox.edu.

Snacks and beverage will be provided.

It’s SENIOR NIGHT so come out and support your men and women basketball teams.

Saturday, February 23

• Women play at 4 pm
• Men play at 6 pm

George Fox and Providence Newberg Medical Center will host a public health forum featuring Dr. David Barker – a physician and researcher who discovered the relationship between birth weight and the risk of coronary heart disease – from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Barker, a physician and professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Southampton in England and a professor in the Department of Medicine and the Heart Research Center at Oregon Health and Science University, will speak on “Halting the Epidemic of Diabetes and Heart Disease.”

The forum is free and open to the public. In addition to seating in Wood-Mar Auditorium, a live feed of the presentation will be available in Hoover 105.

Barker, MD, PhD, is internationally renowned for what was named the “Barker Hypothesis” by the British Medical Journal in 1995. In 1989, with University of Southampton colleagues, he showed for the first time that people who had low birth weight are at greater risk of developing coronary heart disease. His theory is now widely accepted in the medical community.

ater studies he conducted showed that low birth weight also is associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes. In all, Barker has published more than 200 papers and written or edited five books about the developmental origins of chronic disease.

His Oregon connection began in 2003, when he joined the faculty at the Heart Research Center at OHSU to study how nutrition and growth before birth and during early childhood alter the development of the heart. He is a research partner with Dr. Kent Thornburg, a member of the George Fox Board of Trustees and a 1967 George Fox graduate. Thornburg helped arrange the forum.

For more information, contact Sharon Pilon (Development) at 503-554-2115, or Mike Antrim, senior public affairs and marketing coordinator at Providence Newberg Medical Center, at 503-537-1699.

Register NOW for entry in the GFU Student Art Exhibit opening Thursday, March 6. 

Contact Cheri Hampton at champton@georgefox.edu for eligibility requirements and entry forms/information.

Orientation Leader applications are available in the Student Life office.  Applications are due Friday, February 29.  Be a part of welcoming new students to school.

Orientation Committee applications are due this Friday, February 22 to the Student Life office.  If you would like to assist in the planning of Orientation, this could be the role for you.

Questions? Contact Joel Perez at jperez@georgefox.edu.

Bon Appetit recently made a change with its serving lines at lunch to increase efficiency and speed up the lines.

Based upon the suggestions of approximately 50 business students, we have begun putting the same menu selections on both serving lines without reducing the number of selections and variety. Thus far we’ve received many positive comments about how much easier it is to get in and out quickly; however, there is a perception we’ve reduced the number of menu choices. Please be assured the variety and selection have not changed whatsoever, and we’re still preparing the same number of choices as before.

Many thanks to those who have given us their feedback. We’re now investigating the feasibility of doing the same at dinner. Please let me know if you have any questions.

-Denny Lawrence, Bon Appetit

Space is still available for employees and students interested in attending this Saturday’s Kaleo conference, featuring Wes Davis, pastor of Newlife Church in Silverdale, Wash. The event, designed to provide training for those involved with youth ministry, will draw church groups and individuals from throughout the region. It is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

“Courageous Leadership” is this year’s theme. In addition to Davis, who will speak on “Dare to Lead” and “Dare to Redeem,” breakout sessions led by several guest speakers will cover 16 topics, including “Avoiding burnout,” “Building a team,” “Mentoring young women,” “Prolonged adolescence,” “Postmodern evangelism,” and “Discipling a godly student living in an ungodly home.” Leading worship will be Mike Hohnholz, who leads a Sunday night service at Beaverton Foursquare Church.

The conference is free for George Fox undergraduate students. Employees and George Fox graduate students pay $25 per person. The price includes a lunch.

For more information or to register, visit kaleo.georgefox.edu.

“Engaging Etiquette: Becoming a Polished Professional”

Come to the Etiquette Dinner Wednesday, March 5 from 5:50-7:30 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

Tickets on sale February 18 through March 2 in Career Services (Stevens 325).  Tickets will also be available in the Bruin Den Feb. 25-29 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for students with a meal plan and $12 for students not on the meal plan.

Event will include:

* Presentation from Elise Petersen, certified etiquette professional
* Delicious four course meal (including dessert!)
* Networking opportunity with alumni table hosts

Contact: MaryBeth Thompson: thompsonm04@georgefox.edu. 

Help George Fox Career Services Coach You Toward Your Best Future!

We need you to complete an online survey by Friday Feb. 29, 2008 that should take a mere 15 minutes.  It will tell us how we compare nationally to schools like ours in offering career services to students.  We will pay close attention to the results, so you will have an impact on how we serve you here. 

Just fill it out now and click submit:

http://www.cedarville.edu/takesurvey/csba-georgefox

Career Services is teaming up with the religion and Christian ministries departments to host a seminary fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in the Hoover Academic Building on the Newberg campus. Seminaries from across the country will have representatives present. Get information from Asbury, Ashland, Fuller, George Fox Evangelical, Trinity Western, Phillips, North Park, Western, and Truett

The Chehalem Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Bauman Auditorium. The orchestra, consisting of George Fox students, faculty, and residents of the greater Portland area, will play Mendelssohn’s “Sinfonia #10,” Dvorak’s “Serenade Op. 44,” and the famous “Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 5, 6, and 7.”

Later this week, on Thursday, Feb. 21, the university will host a Chamber Concert featuring the Chamber Singers, Trumpet Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, Clarinet Quartet, String Quartet, String Ensemble, and Early Music Ensemble.  It begins at 7:30 p.m. and also takes place in Bauman Auditorium.

The deadline for the Campus Music Project’s Artwork Album Cover Contest has been extended to next Sunday, February 24 at midnight.

A Columbia Records marketing representative will be looking at ALL of the artwork submissions! The winner and anyone they are interested in, will be contacted by Columbia Records. Come participate in this amazing opportuniy and possibly do work for Columbia.

Email Sue Johnson  at sjohnson04@georgefox.edu for submissions and any other questions.

For more details check out the CMP website:
www.cmp.georgefox.edu

Are you interested in creating awareness and promoting activism in the global AIDS pandemic at Fox?

Join us Thursday nights at 8:30 p.m. in the Bruin’s Den starting Feb. 21.

As Christ’s followers, it is our responsibility to live a life where we speak for those who cannot. Will you speak?

For more information, contact Caitlin Bletscher: cbletscher05@georgefox.edu

James 1:27

Mu Kappa is a fraternal organization for third culture kids. It is sponsored by missionary kids FOR missionary kids or others who grew up in a culture not their own.

The purpose of this group is to help embrace the past while building a foundation for the future.

For the first time, GFU will have a Mu Kappa chapter on campus.

The first gathering will be held on Thursday, February 21 at 8 pm in the Moore House (or commuter lounge).

Food and beverages will be provided.

For more information about this group, please contact Mark Kelley at kelleym07@georgefox.edu.

We look forward to getting together and finding ways to connect and serve each other.

We are excited to announce, though it was inadvertently left out of our previous announcement, that the Optimal Resume Job Search system is available to ALL GFU students, both undergraduate and ­graduate students as well as alumni. 

Your job search preparation has never been so convenient and so professional.

Imagine having access to a top-notch resume builder, cover letter builder, interviewing practice, skills assessment, e-portfolio and website builder in one system online and on your own schedule.

Optimal Resume, now offered through Career Services, is certain to give you the professional advantage you need to compete successfully with other candidates in the market. You will be getting a great value with the complete set of tools available in this Career Services resource system along with consultation on demand.

This new system is now an important prerequisite to getting further assistance – the starting point before you request to see us about any of the above job search tools/skills.

Sign up for an account at: http://georgefox.optimalresume.com or go to Bruindata, click on “My Data,” and click on “Optimal Resume”

Pricing:

GFU Graduate and undergraduate students pay a one-time fee of $25 and can use Optimal Resume as long as you are a student at George Fox, plus six months after graduation.

Alumni pay a $29 fee for one year of use.

A 20 percent discount applies for those who are required to use the system in a course.

Your best first impression just got better with Optimal Resume!

Questions? Contact Career Services at 503-554-2330.

Through the support of the Marshall Christenson Foundation, George Fox is currently hosting a visiting faculty member from Kazakhstan. Her month-long stay will soon be ending, but we will be hosting two more professors, these from the Kiev National Linguistic University in Ukraine. They both teach English, so they will have no trouble communicating. One is a man and the other a woman.

They will be here from Feb. 26 through March 26. Their goal is to learn about our teaching strategies in English literature and the English language, so they will be visiting several classes. They also will want to participate in various university and community activities during their time here.

If you would consider hosting one or both of them or know of someone in the community who might be interested, please contact Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies) at ext. 2685.