The Daily Bruin

1098T Tuition Statements, for claiming educational tax credits, have been mailed to students who were charged tuition in 2007.

The IRS requires that we mail forms to your permanent home address. We suggest that you ask your parents, or whoever resides at that address, to watch the mail for the 1098T. It will arrive addressed to you.

For information about educational tax benefits, visit this link: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/1098t.html.

The campus community is invited to attend an artist talk and closing reception for the ceramics exhibit now on display. The event will feature stories about significant pieces in the collections.

Date: Friday, Feb. 1
Location: Minthorne Gallery and Hoover 102
Time: 7-8 p.m.

What holiday is celebrated on Feb. 1? It’s National Freedom Day. The purpose of this holiday is to promote good feelings, harmony, and equal opportunity among all citizens and to remember that the United States is a nation dedicated to the ideal of freedom.

Major Richard Robert Wright Sr., a former slave, fought to have a day when freedom for all Americans is celebrated. When Wright got his freedom, he went on to become a successful businessman and community leader in Philadelphia. He chose Feb. 1 as National Freedom Day because it was the day in 1865 that President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment – the amendment to outlaw slavery – to the Constitution.

Wright gathered national and local leaders together to write a bill declaring Feb. 1 “National Freedom Day,” and President Harry Truman signed the bill in 1948 to make it official.

One day left to complete Bruindata scholarship applications!

Go to your Bruindata account to complete the donor funded scholarship process.  You must write an essay to complete the process.

The scholarship application site will close at 8:00 a.m. on February 1.  There will be no extensions.

Questions can be directed to James Oshiro at joshiro@georgefox.edu.

Thursday, Jan. 31 is the last day for homecoming court nominations! 

Please vote online at http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/asc/homecoming/voting.html.

Career Services will be hosting a Christian Camp Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in the EHS Atrium. All those interested in learning more about summer camp employment opportunities are welcome to attend. More than 20 camps will be represented at the event.

For more information, call ext. 2330 or e-mail careers@georgefox.edu.

Capstone Booking is interested to know if the student body would like to participate or go to the talent show.  Please provide your feedback by taking the following survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GjG_2bhw4wms0NHNmUgRPIVA_3d_3d

Contact Cherie Beck at cbeck04@georgefox.edu for more information.

Orientation Committee Applications will be available Monday, February 4 in the Student Life Office. 

Six to seven students will be selected to help plan Orientation with the Co-Coordinators. Combine fun and leadership in this role!

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

Come find out what helping with Orientation is all about! Get the inside scoop at two informational meetings:

Sunday, Feb. 3 or Wednesday Feb. 6. Both meetings will be held at 6:00p.m. in Stevens 208.

Orientation selects two co-coordinators, six to seven Committee members, and forty to fifty Orientation Leaders. 

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

The university will host two home track and field meets this spring and volunteers are needed to help run the events. Prior experience is not required, and there are many positions available that don’t require a knowledge of the sport. We simply need people to perform some easy tasks so our student-athletes have a great experience on their home facility. The schedule is as follows:

March 15: Frank Haskins Invite. Frank Haskins has been a longtime friend of the program, and this meet will honor his contributions over the years. The meet will be about four hours in length, but each event only will take about one hour. Volunteer time would be about an hour to an hour and a half, unless you can help with more than one event.

April 18-19: Northwest Conference Championships. This is the championship meet of the season. Volunteer slots are approximately one and a half to two hours total, and you can sign up for as many or as few as you would like. The meet goes from about 2-7 p.m. Friday and from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

If you are available for either of these meets (or both), simply e-mail coach John Smith. Please provide a phone number and shirt size. Also, if you have an event preference, we can try to fit you in there. Thank you to all who support our athletic programs; meets like these cannot be done without you.

– John Smith, ext. 2915

Space is still available for the seminary’s Ministry in Contemporary Culture Seminar, featuring author, theologian, and futurist Len Sweet on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Sweet will speak on “The Influence of Islam on the 21st Century Church” from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Portland Center. Online registration is available through Feb. 1. Click here for more information on the seminar or Sweet.

Questions? Contact Jean Borgman (Seminary) via e-mail or at ext. 6150.

Have you thought about working at a Summer Camp this summer? 

Come to the Foxhole Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6:00 p.m. for a free Ice Cream Sundae party and learn more about Camp Berachah Ministries.  Go to a party and get a job at the same time!

Please R.S.V.P to Jenny jprickett04@georgefox.edu or Stephanie scostello04@georgefox.edu.

The theatre department is presenting the student-directed Winter One-Act Festival Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Come and support these students as they act, direct, and design this event.

The cost is $6 for students, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $10 general admission. Buy tickets online, at the University Store, or by phone at ext. 3844. Students get in free on Thursday night (Jan. 31) if they get their ticket ahead of time from the bookstore.

All George Fox University students (undergraduate and graduate), as well as alumni from the class of 2007, are invited to apply for the honor of presenting a project during the reception prior to the March 7 inaugural dinner for the university’s 12th president, Robin E. Baker, PhD.

Selected applicants will be invited to attend the inaugural banquet and will give casual presentations to attendees during the reception hour, answering questions and explaining their projects when people approach them.

Additional information Online application

Career Services will be hosting a Christian Camp Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in the EHS Atrium. All those interested in learning more about summer camp employment opportunities are welcome to attend. More than 20 camps will be represented at the event.

For more information, call ext. 2330 or e-mail careers@georgefox.edu.

Advanced-level graduate student interns from Counseling and Family Therapy will be hosting a gender reconciliation discussion group. The theologically-oriented group is designed to open dialogue about concerns such as:

• Theological anthropology
• Gender roles in marriage
• Gender and the church
• Society and gender relations
• Language and gender
• Gender reconciliation

The group will be meeting from Feb. 13 through April 16 every Tuesday from 5:30-7 p.m. It will consist of six to eight members. Please e-mail Jacob Dickinson or Allison Bradley for additional details. If there is enough interest, another group will be formed.

George Fox students and employees can get $3 off any size pizza at the Newberg Papa Murphy’s through April 25. Simply show your university ID card to get the discount. The store is located at 200 N. Main St., in Newberg.

This “Deal of the Week” is being organized by Inside Promotions, a senior capstone project.

GFU President, Robin Baker, would like to invite you to attend a dessert at his residence!

The first 15 students to respond to this invitation will have an opportunity to spend an evening at Robin Baker’s home, feasting on a homemade dessert made by his wife, Ruth.

Here are the details:

The first dessert will take place on Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 pm.

To be selected for this special opportunity, be one of the FIRST 15 students to e-mail Jere Witherspoon. Once you are chosen you will be sent directions to the Baker home in Newberg.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon if you have any questions.

The John and Jere Show will be broadcast on KFOX two times this week.

Jan. 29 at 8 am – tune in as John brings in some special guests.

Then again, Jan. 29 at 7 pm John and Jere will discuss the ‘ring by spring’ phenomenon with special guest, GFU senior, Joy Schneider. This show will feature a call in segment so be sure to listen and call in with your questions and comments. Prizes will be awarded for several different aspects of the show.

Email them: johnandjereonkfox@gmail.com
Phone them: 503-554-3000 (ext. 3000)

Where will you be Superbowl Sunday?

HMS is inviting you to join the most awesome party of the semester.  There will be a huge screen to project the game (and commercials) onto, great acoustics, some tasty treats, and tons of people to hang out with.  What could be better than that?

Date: Sunday, Feb. 3rd
Time: 3:00pm
Location: HMS Lobby

Contact Kirstin Hoffmann at khoffmann04@georgefox.edu for more information.