The Daily Bruin

Interested in hearing more about how the experience of traveling abroad has impacted students in a significant way? Come and find out this Friday, Feb. 23, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Canyon Commons.

This will be a time you can listen as well as ask questions and learn about how students have been changed by their travel experiences. We welcome everyone. Also, feel free to bring your lunch and drop by. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Cheryl Cha at ccha14@georgefox.edu or Alex Pia at apia@georgefox.edu.

This event is sponsored by International Student and Scholar Services.

A group from George Fox is going to Linfield College to hear Jane Elliot speak tomorrow (Thursday)! We will join Linfield for their Black History Month celebration. We will leave the Stevens Center at 6 p.m. Food is provided! Please text Khadija (503-481-2069) if you need a ride.

The event is being held in Linfield’s ICE Auditorium. It will also be streamed live on the Linfield and Linfield Black Student Union Facebook Page @LCBSU. Follow us for the link!

You recently received an email invitation to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

This important survey helps George Fox to better understand your college experience in areas such as:

• Academic challenge
• Learning with peers
• Experiences with faculty
• Campus environment
• Spiritual climate

George Fox administrators rely on the results in identifying where to make improvements. This is an opportunity for you to indicate what’s great about attending George Fox, and what could be better.

Complete the survey to be entered into a drawing for one of five Amazon gift cards worth $50 each!

Questions? Contact Rob Bohall at 503-554-2416.

The women’s basketball team is headed to the Northwest Conference Tournament, and you can catch the action right here at Miller Gymnasium! The Bruins take on the Lewis & Clark Pioneers on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.

The winning team will play on Saturday for an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Support your Bruins this Thursday!

We’re excited to introduce our upcoming event hosted by the George Fox College of Business and the Business Leadership Society!

Join us for …

Designing at Speed
Featuring Ryan Russell, Director of Human-Centered Design at Amazon

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
Portland Center’s Room 155

Admission is free, but please register. Coffee and dessert will be served.

Ryan is currently the director of human-centered design at Amazon. He is responsible for design and branding across Amazon Operations, including Prime Now, Amazon Flex, Hub by Amazon, Amazon Locker, Transportation, Global Fulfillment and more. His group has studios in Seattle; Sunnyvale, California; Minneapolis, Austin, Texas; and Portland. He loves creating something from nothing and bringing talented people together around a shared vision.

To register, visit this link. Contact Allie Duncan at aduncan@georgefox.edu.

Come join Emily Forbes from Love and Plants to learn healthy and delicious breakfast recipes. We’ll be in Canyon Commons 101 at 5 p.m. today (Tuesday), and credit is available for students in select classes. Emily is presenting as part of the Nutrition Matters program.

Contact Kelsey Herschberger (kherschberger14@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The IDEA Center office will not be available for drop-in appointments today (Tuesday), as our staff is helping out at the career fair in Canyon Commons.

If you need to schedule an appointment, you can email idea@georgefox.edu or call our front desk at 503-554-2330.

This Friday, Feb . 23, is the next meeting of the monthly event series Koinonia! At Koinonia, we learn about and celebrate the many cultures represented in our student body. This month we will gather for rich discussions, delicious food, and awesome activities in partnership with The Black Student Union (BSU).

The mission of BSU is to create space for Black culture on campus through discussion, events and guest speakers. Please join us for Koinonia in Canyon Commons from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Together we can bring the culture and learn the culture!

Elective chapel credit is available! Contact Kevin Tshilombo (ktshilombo16@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Though registration has closed for the Innovative Industry Idea (i3) Challenge, you have not lost your opportunity to network with top industry talent. Come listen to the creative presentations, hear the judges’ feedback, and cheer on your school mates.

In addition, come to network with judges and mentors who are all at the top of their respective fields. A special gift will be given to the first 20 in attendance! Come for a creative time on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 2:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Contact Maggie Plater (mplater14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

A group from George Fox is going to Linfield College to hear Jane Elliot speak this Thursday, Feb. 22! We will join Linfield for their Black History Month celebration. We will leave the Stevens Center at 6 p.m. Food is provided! Please text Khadija (503-481-2069) if you need a ride.

The event is being held in Linfield’s ICE Auditorium. It will also be streamed live on the Linfield and Linfield Black Student Union Facebook Page @LCBSU. Follow us for the link!

If you’re interested in catching up or getting ahead on your general education requirements, taking an online course at George Fox this summer is an excellent strategy! Registration is now open; class sections are limited to 20 students each, and they fill up fast.

Basic gen ed options such as MUSI 100, BIBL 100, BIBL 215, RELI 300, HIST 151, and new offerings in biology, math, physics, HUMA 205 and 290, and accounting are available.

The courses run for eight weeks, and the fee is 50 percent off normal tuition. The courses are all taught by experienced, devoted George Fox faculty members with a track record of success in online teaching. Which classes are being offered, and how do I register? Visit the George Fox University summer online website for a course list and instructions for registration.

If you have questions about the applicability of a particular class to your degree requirements, contact your CAP Coach for more information. In some cases, your financial aid package can be used to cover the cost (check with Financial Aid for details).

Questions? Email Professor Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu), director of the summer online program.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

The Coast to Coast swing dance club is hosting our live jazz band in the Wheeler Sports Center this Sunday, Feb. 25! There will be snacks, fun and live jazz music provided by our very own George Fox band. Come anytime between 6:30 and 9 p.m.

We hope to see you all there!

Contact Justin Chang (jchang15@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Do you spend your free time playing PUBG or other video games? Then we are looking for you! We are a group of George Fox MBA students exploring the game console industry and the reasons behind purchasing a specific console.

This survey will take about a minute to complete. To participate, click on the link below.

Game Console Survey

Thank you for your feedback!
– David Guild (dguild14@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.

Spring commencement plans are underway for traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree program students. Have questions? Check out commencement.georgefox.edu.

The IDEA Center office will not be available for drop-in appointments tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 20), as our staff will be helping out at the career fair in Canyon Commons.

If you need to schedule an appointment, you can email idea@georgefox.edu or call our front desk at 503-554-2330.

If you are looking for a chance to put what you have learned about APA into practice, join the ARC for our hands-on APA workshop this Wednesday, Feb. 21, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8.

There will be a brief review of basic APA in-text citations and references, and then plenty of time to practice the skills with immediate feedback from peers and the ARC coordinator, Maddie Lowen.

A basic understanding of APA will be helpful for this workshop. If you were not able to attend Sue O’Donnell’s previous APA workshop, please take some time to review these slides from her presentation.

Intercultural Life is partnering with the Black Student Union for Black History Month to put together next week’s Matheteis! Join us at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Canyon Commons 103.

Matheteis is a discussion forum that comes from the Greek word for disciple. Our goal is to provide space for faculty, staff/administrators and students to discuss difficult topics in a cross-disciplinary approach that leads to learning and understanding.

We invite four panelists who are given two to three prompt questions ahead of time. After panelists have an opportunity to discuss the prompt questions, audience participants can also ask questions and join the discussion.

The topic will be the issue of gentrification. We want to engage in dialogue about the effects that less affluent communities experience in the process of renovating urban areas. Come join us for good conversation, snacks, and chapel credit!

Contact Brianna Martin-Ortega (bmartinortega16@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry invites you to join us for the eighth annual Dalton Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in Bauman Auditorium.

Dr. Simon Conway Morris, a professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St. John’s College, will speak on the topic of evolutionary palaeobiology along with the question of “Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe?” Admission is free.

More information is available on the Dalton Lecture Series webpage. Questions? Call the Department of Biology and Chemistry at 503-554-2710.

The university’s Department of Biology invites you to a special guest lecture presented by Dr. Carlos Martinez del Rio, professor of zoology and physiology at the University of Wyoming, on Thursday, March 8, at 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Martinez del Rio has published more than 150 papers on physiological ecology and natural history and has received wide recognition for his substantial contributions to stable isotope ecology. He has explored how birds disperse mistletoe seeds, why hummingbirds can digest table sugar but robins cannot, and why variable temperatures make hawkmoths uncertain pollinators.

Most recently, he’s studied stable isotopes to find out how much white-winged doves depend on saguaros and why there are so few marine songbirds. The title of his presentation is “From isotopes to adaptive radiations: A cyborg’s perspective.”

This lecture is open to the university community and the public. Please contact the biology department (ext. 2710) with any questions.

If you’re interested in catching up or getting ahead on your general education requirements, taking an online course at George Fox this summer is an excellent strategy! Registration is now open; class sections are limited to 20 students each, and they fill up fast.

Basic gen ed options such as MUSI 100, BIBL 100, BIBL 215, RELI 300, HIST 151, and new offerings in biology, math, physics, HUMA 205 and 290, and accounting are available.

The courses run for eight weeks, and the fee is 50 percent off normal tuition. The courses are all taught by experienced, devoted George Fox faculty members with a track record of success in online teaching. Which classes are being offered, and how do I register? Visit the George Fox University summer online website for a course list and instructions for registration.

If you have questions about the applicability of a particular class to your degree requirements, contact your CAP Coach for more information. In some cases, your financial aid package can be used to cover the cost (check with Financial Aid for details).

Questions? Email Professor Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu), director of the summer online program.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.