The Daily Bruin

Make sure to fill out your housing application for 2019-20 by Friday, March 8! All undergraduate students are required to fill out the application, regardless of whether they plan to live on-campus or off.

Log in to the Housing and Meal Plan Intent application here and fill it out by March 8.

Have you paid your housing selection fee? This one-time application fee must be paid by March 8 in order to go through the entire application. To check whether or not your fee has been paid, click on “Your Profile and Details” on the homepage of your application.

If you choose to go through housing selection as a group, you can create your roommate group in the application. Remember, your roommates must have started their application and paid their application fee in order to be searchable in the form.

Additional details regarding housing selection are posted on the Housing and Residence Life website.

Questions? Contact housing@georgefox.edu or stop by the Student Life office.

This semester you have the opportunity to work with the Newberg Animal Shelter in business-centered volunteer positions. Currently, there are three volunteer positions available exclusively to George Fox College of Business students looking to gain experience in the fields of marketing and management.

We will be pairing with the Newberg Animal Shelter to provide support for the biggest fundraising event of the year – their annual Wine and Whiskers gala! These volunteer positions directly relate to the success of this event, and Newberg Animal Shelter needs your help.

If you are interested and would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Seth Roy at sroy15@georgefox.edu.

Come join the Swing Dance Club tonight in the FoxHole tonight (Saturday). Beginner lessons start at 6:30 p.m., intermediate at 7 p.m., and open dance at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join us.

Also, our official Disney dance will be on Saturday, March 16, so make sure you are getting ready for another fun, costumed night!

Questions? Contact Andrea Alsager at aalsager17@georgefox.edu.

Please fill out this five-minute survey to help some exercise science major seniors with their research project.

Questions? Contact Sarah Peterson at speterson15@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Are you looking at housing options for next year? Are you curious about what your on-campus options look like? Do you want to win a $50 Amazon gift card?

Take part in the Housing Preview night on Tuesday, March 5, between 7 and 9 p.m. Swing by the Stevens atrium, grab a traveling bingo card and head out to visit residential locations on campus.

Enjoy snacks and refreshments throughout the locations and then return to Stevens to spin the prize wheel. Win shirts, succulents, an Amazon gift card and much more!

Questions? Contact Murray Noble at mnoble@georgefox.edu.

The Art and Design Department presents our Student Art Exhibition! The shows will be up in both Lindgren Gallery and Minthorne Gallery from March 4 to April 12. 

We will be hosting an opening reception in Lindgren Gallery on Monday, March 4, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Come and see the talented work students have done.

If you have any questions, please contact Penny Martin at pmartin@georgefox.edu. 

Are you an undergraduate woman with a heart for ministry? Consider being one of six female undergraduate students selected to participate in the Office for Spiritual Life’s inaugural Living-Learning Community for ministry-hearted women.

Guided by the university pastors and in collaboration with a variety of faculty members, you will spend the year living in an on-campus house with other ministry-minded women. This community will grow in relationship with God together as we read, pray, worship, and discuss ideas that will enrich your ministry life – both now and in the future.

To learn more about the application process, please email the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu. All majors and grade levels are welcome. You can apply by filling out an application form here. Applications must be received no later than Sunday, March 3.

The Wineskin is still accepting submissions until March 22! Our previous announcement about submissions closing on Feb. 22 was incorrect. We apologize for any confusion.

There is no theme for this semester – just send us your best poems, stories, essays and artwork. The editors are open to a wide range of styles and subject matter, but we are particularly looking for work that pushes boundaries and surprises us with its artistic approach and perspective of the world.

Please submit all poetry, prose, photography and artwork online through this link.

Submission guidelines:

• Poetry and prose manuscripts must be submitted as a Word document in Times New Roman in 12-point font. Please title your pieces and remove your name from the document.

• Limit all prose to 1,000 words and send no more than five poems per submission.

• For artwork: Files should be named as the title of your piece followed by your name. Please remove all watermarks from your work.

Submissions close on Friday, March 22. Questions? Contact Hannah Dierdorff at hdierdorff15@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to participate in the university’s eighth annual International Photo Contest!

The contest, sponsored by the Office of International Student Development and Intercultural Resource Center, is open to all George Fox students and employees. Photos will be judged in three categories: people, landscape, and architecture and culture. All photos must be taken outside the U.S.

The prizes will be $50, $25 and $15 cash (for first-, second- and third-place winners) in each category. Participants may submit up to five photos total, with a maximum of three photos in the same category.

The top-10 finalists for each of the three categories will be hung in the Steven Center’s atrium for voting. Please send your JPG format photos to this link by Wednesday, March 6. Photo contest guidelines can be found here.

For more details, write wangz17@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to the university’s annual Dalton Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 11, in Bauman Auditorium.

This year’s lecture, “Two Degrees of Separation: Climate Change and the Pursuit of Truth in a Post-truth World” will be presented by Richard L. Lindroth, the Vilas Distinguished Achievement professor of ecology and recent associate dean of research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lindroth’s presentation will explore the fundamental premises of science, how humans engage with facts, and how to improve science communication across ideological, cultural and tribal divisions for the betterment of humanity and the sake of the world.

Following his presentation, a George Fox student research poster session and dessert reception will take place in the Bauman lobby.

Lindroth will also speak in a class in Wood-Mar Auditorium at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 11, presenting a lecture entitled “What Can Chemistry Tell Us about Ecology? Insights into the Ecological and Evolutionary Success of an Iconic Forest Tree Species.” All are welcome to this event as well.

For more on the presentation and the Dalton Lecture Series, visit this link.

Questions? Contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to the 2019 Spring Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. 

Nijay K.Gupta’s lecture, “People of Faith: Why the First Christians Called Themselves ‘Believers,'” will focus on why followers of Jesus adopted the label “believers” in reference to their identity, and even referred to their religion as “the faith.” What significance did this pose for them? Was it primarily about “beliefs,” or something more? Gupta will explore these important historical questions and also address the relevance this discussion has for Christian identity today.

Gupta is the recipient of the 2017-18 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship and the Associate Professor of New Testament at Portland Seminary. 

Come early, between 5 and 6 p.m., and check out the work of our Richter Student Scholars and Steinfeldt Peace Scholars at a symposium in the Hoover lobby. Students will present their research and peace projects in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be served.

Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

The National Society for Leadership and Success is looking for more board members. If you are interested in building your professional skill set and volunteering your time to make NSLS great, we would love for you to apply online. 

The current open positions are vice president, secretary, success networking team coordinator, publicity chair, community service chair, member outreach chair, and IT coordinator.

If you have questions regarding these positions, contact the current NSLS board members by emailing NSLS@georgefox.edu or Chapter Advisor Kristi Welker at kwelker@georgefox.edu. 

Would you like to be better prepared to deal with a natural disaster? Are you ready if and when the “Big One” strikes? Come hear Steven Eberlein, disaster preparedness expert, talk about emergency preparedness at 4 p.m. this Monday, March 4, in Bauman Auditorium. 

Eberlein was living in Sri Lanka in 2004 when a 9.1 subduction zone earthquake off the coast of Indonesia triggered a massive tsunami that took 230,000 lives in more than a dozen countries circling the Indian Ocean. As an aid worker, he was active witnesses to one of the largest multi-national relief efforts in history, starting from its earliest hours. Steven now works full time to educate audiences on the power of earthquakes and what can be done to be prepared for them.

For more information on the presentation, contact Brett Meyers, coordinator of student programs, at bmeyers@georgefox.edu.

Do you love playing Dungeons and Dragons? We are looking for volunteers to help run a Dungeons and Dragons adventure for kids at the Newberg Public Library on Tuesday, March 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 16, from 1 to 4 p.m.

If you’re interested in helping one or both days, contact Julia Sutter at jsutter16@georgefox.edu.

A group of Master of Social Work students are teaming up with CycleBar to host a cycling class to raise money for Compassion First, a Beaverton-based organization that helps victims of sex trafficking in Indonesia by funding rescues, offering safe aftercare, and empowering the women and children in their future endeavors.

Come party with us at the CycleBar Tanasbourne (2110 NE Allie Ave., Unit 608 in Hillsboro) on Saturday, March 9, at 1 p.m., as we cycle to upbeat music and support a good cause at the same time. The class costs $25, and all of the proceeds go to Compassion First. Towels and shoes will be provided, as well as post-ride snacks!

Cyclists new to CycleBar need to first register here. Then log out and register for a bike and donate here.

Questions? Contact Mickina Biagi at mbiagi14@georgefox.edu.

Come cheer on our women’s basketball team, ranked No. 8 in the nation, as we take on Greenville in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament! The Bruins tip off at 3 p.m. today (Friday) on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

We will host a viewing party in the Hadlock Student Center lobby for those who wish to cheer on the Bruins together. It begins at 2:45 p.m. and lasts until about 5 p.m. A popcorn bar is included.

If George Fox wins today, the Bruins will play again tomorrow at 5 p.m. against the winner of today’s Washington University/UW-Whitewater game. In that event, a viewing party will take place in the same Hadlock location from 4:45 to 7 p.m. A nacho bar will be included for that game.

You can read the preview story here. Students, employees and community members are all welcome! Questions? Contact sportsmarketing@georgefox.edu.

Join the College of Business’ visiting scholar, David Rawson, tonight (Friday) from 5 to 9 p.m., when he will be signing copies of his new book, Prelude to Genocide, at Chapters Books and Coffee (701 E. 1st St.).

In Prelude to Genocide, Rawson draws on declassified documents and his own experiences as a United States ambassador to Mali and Rwanda to seek out what went wrong in the events leading up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 lives were lost. It poses the question, “What lessons might be learned from the failure of diplomacy in this historic tragedy?” 

Questions? Contact David Rawson at drawson@georgefox.edu.

The Center for Peace and Justice presents Promised Land, an indigenous film, on Tuesday, March 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 104.

Chinook Tribal Chairman, Tony Johnson, and the producers, Vasant and Sarah Salcedo, will be there for a Q&A following the film. Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Promised Land is an award-winning social justice documentary that follows two tribes in the Pacific Northwest, the Duwamish and the Chinook, as they fight for the restoration of treaty rights they have long been denied. In following their story, the film examines a larger problem in the way that the government and society still look at tribal sovereignty.

Students and faculty are welcome to come early, from 3 to 4 p.m., to meet Chinook Tribal Chairman Tony Johnson in Hoover 211 or the film producers, Vasant and Sarah Salcedo, in Hoover 250.

Questions? Contact Tricia Hornback at thornback@georgefox.edu or Laurie Fair at Lfair@georgefox.edu.

If you’re interested in catching up or getting ahead on your general education requirements, taking an online course at Fox this summer is an excellent strategy!

Registration is now open. Class sections are limited to 20 students each, and they fill up fast. Excellent general education options in BIBL, CHEM, RELI, MATH, HUMA, MUSI, PHYS, ACCT, and more are available.

The courses run for eight weeks for full credit, and the fee is 50 percent off normal tuition. In some cases, your financial aid package can be used to cover the cost; check with Financial Aid for details.

The courses are all taught by experienced, devoted faculty members with a track record of success in online teaching. If you have questions about the applicability of a particular class to your degree requirements, contact your CAP Coach for more information.

Visit our website for the course list and instructions for registration.

Questions? Contact Brian Doak, director of the summer online program, at bdoak@georgefox.edu

Do you love dancing? Then come join the Swing Dance Club tomorrow night (Saturday) in the Foxhole. Beginner lessons start at 6:30 p.m., intermediate lessons at 7 p.m., and open dance at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join us!

Questions? Contact Andrea Alsager at aalsager17@georgefox.edu.