The Daily Bruin

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.

A bioethics discussion, “Abortion and Breast Cancer, the Missing Link Found,” with Dr. Clem Persaud, PhD, a professor of biotechnology, is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Hoover 105.

Come hear one of the world’s leading biotechnology experts discuss relevant topics of faith and science. Dr. Persaud is a retired professor of biotechnology from Canadore College, Ontario.  He travels extensively leading bioethics discussions on various topics such as stem cells, embryo research, and cloning.

For more information, contact Ryan MacKenzie at rmackenzie04@georgefox.edu.

Welcome prospective students as they visit our campus for the Scholarship Competition Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16.

Avoid the crowds in the Bon by eating before 5:30 p.m. or after 6:00 p.m. on Friday.

Please also avoid parking in the Steven Center lot so that visitors will have space to park.

Don’t forget to listen to KFOX Monday, Feb. 18 at 9:00 p.m. to hear “The Cheese Stands” alone with DJ Lauren.

Tune in again on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7:00 p.m. to hear “The John and Jere Show” with special guest Joy Schneider to discuss her Ring by Spring dilemma. 

Continue listening Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. for “3 Nails No Duct Tape” with DJ’s John and Andrew. 

The University Store is hosting a President’s Day sale Monday, Feb. 18. Save 50 percent on all showcase items (in the display case). Don’t know what these are? Just ask!

– Laura Klaus

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:

Undergrads 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.

Baruch Meir, an associate professor at Arizona State University, will visit George Fox for the second installment of the university’s newly created Bösendorfer Artist Concert Series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Bauman Auditorium.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. Tickets may be purchased at the box office by calling ext. 3844 or by visiting music.georgefox.edu.

In addition to Sunday’s concert, Meir will be offering a public master class to three piano majors – Joseph Forster, Beth Sellers and Becca Couch – at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, on the Bauman stage. There is no admission fee to attend the master class.

Meir, named a Bösendorfer Concert Artist in 2003, will perform works by Ravel, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Galuppi on Sunday. He has performed in Austria, England, France, Israel, Portugal, and throughout the United States.

He has presented solo recitals at the Bösendorfer Saal in Vienna, Austria; Murphy Hall in Los Angeles; and at the Toujours Mozart Festival in Salzburg, Austria. He also has presented master classes at the Music Academy in Vienna, the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, and universities in the U.S.

A native of Israel, Meir is a summa cum laude graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music of Tel Aviv University, where he earned both bachelor and master degrees in piano performance.

Spring Serve Applications due this Friday, February 15 by 5:00 p.m.

Pick up your application in the Bruin’s Den today!

Contact Hannah Johnson at hljohnso@georgefox.edu. for more information.

Campus Music Project Artwork Album Cover Contest submissions due:  Monday, Feb. 18 by midnight

A Columbia Records marketing representative will be looking at ALL of the artwork submissions!  The winner will be contacted by Columbia Records. Come participate in this amazing opportuniy.

To submit your artwork or if you have any questions contact Sue Johnson at: sjohnson04@georgefox.edu.

Save the date for the Spring All-Campus Retreat Friday, February 29 at 5:15 p.m. to Sunday, March 2 at 2:00 p.m.. 

The weekend will be spent at Twin Rocks Friends Camp in Rockaway Beach.  Come for a weekend of fun, great food, and relaxation with guest speaker Jon Furman of Grace Chapel in Wilsonville. 

The cost is $15 and sign-ups begin Wednesday, February 20 in the Bruin’s Den. 

If you have any questions, contact Dot Tobey at dtobey06@georgefox.edu.