The Daily Bruin

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) welcomes applications for the William E. Simon Fellowship.

The Simon Fellowship is a $40,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to those graduating college seniors who have demonstrated passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction, and originality in pursuit of a goal that will strengthen civil society. In addition, two $5,000 cash awards are made to two other outstanding students.

Examples of how recipients may use the award include:• Engage directly in the civic life of their community.
• Help to create opportunity for others, including job creation.
• Advance their expertise.
• Fund the ultimate realization of their noble purpose.

Deadline is February 15, 2008.

More information and application guidelines available at www.simonfellowship.org.

Mulitcultural Services and the university’s theatre department invite the George Fox community to the production Black Boy, a one-person play featuring Broadway actor Charles Holt, on Feb. 8-9. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. both nights in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Synopsis: Holt plays Richard Wright and a host of additional characters in Wynn Handman’s adaption of Wright’s influential 1945 autobiography Black Boy.

What was life like in the Jim Crow South of the United States as an African American boy in 1908? What were the hardships one had to overcome? In what way was a person buoyed by hope, pride, and dignity? Those questions and others are addressed in the production.

The play is being presented in recognition of Black History Month. Holt has been performing Black Boy for the last seven years throughout the United States. To find out more on Holt and the play, go to charlesholtproductions.com.

Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. Tickets may be purchased at the box office by calling 503-554-3844 or online at theatre.georgefox.edu.

Courageous leadership with Wes Davis

Wes Davis is a creative and inspiring leader who uses humor to help people understand and experience what it means to become the church and go on a mission with Jesus.  A former youth pastor, he is the lead pastor of Newlife Church, a fast growing new church plant in Silverdale, Washington.

Come to Kaleo 2008 Saturday, February 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Traditional undergraduate students are free!   Don’t miss out on a great opportunity.

Check out www.georgefox.edu/kaleo for more information.

Questions? Want to volunteer?  Contact Amy Lorenz @ 503-554-2134 or alorenz@georgefox.edu.

Tickets are still available for the Five O’clock People concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in Bauman Auditorium. The event marks the return of one of George Fox’s favorite Christian bands.

Student tickets are $5 and are available for purchase at a table in the Bruin Den. Tickets may also be purchased online for $10 each at georgefox.edu/alumni/focp.html. All tickets purchased online or over the phone will be at will call the day of the concert.

The Student Talent Show is presented by Capstone Booking.

Money generated by this event will go to the Patrick Kibler Fund, a fund set up to help finance business majors.

We are trying to keep the cost low enough for students and faculty to attend while also trying to generate money for the fund.

Please help by taking the following survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GjG_2bhw4wms0NHNmUgRPIVA_3d_3d

Thanks,
Capstone Booking

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.