The Daily Bruin

Get ready for this year’s Industry Innovation Idea (i3) Challenge! Students, start putting your teams together – six students from any major – and mark your calendars for Saturday, Feb. 25, for the third annual i3 Challenge. The event, sponsored by the College of  Business, will take place from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Hoover Academic Building.

Students will spend the day working alongside an industry mentor and will create an innovative idea, competing for a $500 grand prize. Registration will open soon. In the meantime, if you have questions, reach out to Laurie Koehler at lkoehler@georgefox.edu.

Sign-ups are open for Spring 2017 Life Groups! Life Groups provide an outlet for students to gather for a weekly time of discussion and prayer. Groups are coed, all male or all female, and are under the direction of a faculty, staff or post-graduate leader. Groups meet in a leader’s home or on campus.

Spring Life Groups will run from the week of Feb. 12 to the week of March 19. Students can sign up here through Feb. 10.

Contact Kearsten McCoy (kmccoy@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Tomorrow (Saturday) in the FoxHole, the Coast to Coast Swing Club will host a swing dance. The beginner lesson is at 6:30 p.m., the intermediate lesson at 7 p.m., and the free dance from 7:30 p.m. on. Hope to see you all there!

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Rooney (mrooney15@georgefox.edu).

Get ready for this year’s Industry Innovation Idea (i3) Challenge! Students, start putting your teams together – six students from any major – and mark your calendars for Saturday, Feb. 25, for the third annual i3 Challenge. The event, sponsored by the College of  Business, will take place from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Hoover Academic Building.

Students will spend the day working alongside an industry mentor and will create an innovative idea, competing for a $500 grand prize. Registration will open soon. In the meantime, if you have questions, reach out to Laurie Koehler at lkoehler@georgefox.edu.

The music of Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven and Gershwin will fill Bauman Auditorium when Soheil Nasseri, an internationally renowned pianist, performs for the university’s 11th annual Bösendorfer Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16.

All employees and students are entitled to one free ticket. Additional tickets are $12 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. All tickets are reserved seating and are available at this link or at the University Box Office by calling 503-554-3844.

Nasseri has performed at some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, London’s Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, Tokyo’s Musashino Center, Théâtre Fémina in Bordeaux, Florence’s Teatro Comunale, St. Petersburg’s Philharmonia, and Palermo, Italy’s Teatro Politeama.

He will perform four pieces: Schubert’s Sonata in A Minor, D 784, Schumann’s, Carnaval, Op. 9, Beethoven’s Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

To learn more about Nasseri and the concert series, visit this page.

Come try out for the upcoming theatre spring show! Auditions for Deus Ex Millennia, directed by Rhett Luedtke, are scheduled next week. Here are the details …

When
General Auditions: Monday, Feb. 6 (7-9:30 p.m.)
First Callback: Tuesday, Feb. 7 (8:30-10:30 p.m.)
Second Callback: Wednesday, Feb. 8 (7-9:30 p.m.)

Where
Wood-Mar Auditorium

How
Sign up for a five-minute audition time slot for general auditions. The sign-up sheet is on the theatre department call board in the Lemmons Center.

Prepare …
One 90-second contemporary and dramatic monologue (fully memorized and rehearsed).

Contact Rhett (rluedtke@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Sign-ups are open for Spring 2017 Life Groups! Life Groups provide an outlet for students to gather for a weekly time of discussion and prayer. Groups are coed, all male or all female, and are under the direction of a faculty, staff or post-graduate leader. Groups meet in a leader’s home or on campus.

Spring Life Groups will run from the week of Feb. 12 to the week of March 19. Students can sign up here through Feb. 10.

Contact Kearsten McCoy (kmccoy@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is getting ready to welcome hundreds of prospective students to compete for scholarships at Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots on Thursday, Feb. 2 (after noon), and Friday, Feb. 3.

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.

Preorder a rose for a friend, roomie or significant other! Roses ($1 each) will be available for pick-up the evening of Monday, Feb. 13, or in the morning on Tuesday, Feb. 14.

Reserve your rose(s) for $1 each before Feb. 10 by going to Canyon Commons (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and purchasing however many you would like. That way we won’t run out before you can get yours!

They will be sold the day of as well, but if you preorder you will be sure to have yours on pick-up day!

Contact Ashley Meyer (ameyer14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The Delight Women’s Bible Study is hosting Pam Lau for a special talk on what it looks like to be “Better Together.” Join us at 8:45 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Canyon Commons 101.

Pam will talk about the deep need women have to connect at a deeper level as she shares real-life stories and uses Scripture to support the fact that even though we’re more connected than ever before we are more lonely than ever before. Pam has recently been traveling and speaking about her book A Friend in Me: How to be a Safe Haven for Other Women. This is one of many books she has written.

Pam is impassioned to speak the word of Jesus as it continually transforms us. This is a chapel elective credit option. Ladies, join us for snacks, fellowship and incredible influence.

Contact Jamie Barrett (jbarrett14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

All study abroad alumni are invited to a pizza night hosted by the study abroad ambassadors. Come for pizza, sodas and good conversations about great times!

Make plans to join us at 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Lemmons 13. Contact Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

See you there!

Interested in being a leader next semester? Come to a Peer Advisor information meeting tonight (Thursday) at 9 p.m. in Lemmons 8.

Peer Advisors assist in helping new students feel at home at George Fox, from Welcome Weekend through their first semester. This is a fun and important role. Come learn what is required and how you can apply.

Questions? Contact Stephanie St Cyr (sstcyr@georgefox.edu).

Check out what is on sale during the Bruin Store’s February clearance sale! Oh and by the way, Nike is included! Shop while supplies last. Offers are valid both in store and online at georgefoxshop.com.

For more custom apparel, go to georgefoxbruinstore.com.

Go Bruins!

There are a number of textbook orders waiting to be picked up at the Bruin Store. If you have not for whatever reason received an email notification and are waiting for an order, please come by the Bruin Store between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday or between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday to pick up your purchased textbook(s).

Thank you!

This Saturday, Feb. 4, in the FoxHole, the Coast to Coast Swing Club will host a swing dance. The beginner lesson is at 6:30 p.m., the intermediate lesson at 7 p.m., and the free dance from 7:30 p.m. on. Hope to see you all there!

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Rooney (mrooney15@georgefox.edu).

Get ready for this year’s Industry Innovation Idea (i3) Challenge. Start putting your teams together – six students from any major – and mark your calendars for Saturday, Feb. 25, for the third annual i3 Challenge.

Students will spend the day working alongside an industry mentor and will create an innovative idea, competing for a $500 grand prize. Registration will open soon. In the meantime, if you have questions, reach out to Laurie Koehler at lkoehler@georgefox.edu.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is getting ready to welcome hundreds of prospective students to compete for scholarships at Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots on Thursday, Feb. 2 (after noon), and Friday, Feb. 3.

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.

On Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., you’ll have the opportunity to attend the IDEA Center’s first on-campus Job & Internship Fair! Employers from the Portland area and beyond are coming to talk to students from all majors and recruit for open jobs and internships. They will be in Canyon Commons 101-103.

This is an amazing opportunity to connect with industry-leading companies right here on the George Fox campus! Stay tuned for updates on IDEA Center workshops in the coming weeks that have been specifically designed to help you prepare well and stand out in the crowd.

To learn more about the employers attending, visit this webpage. Contact the IDEA Center at idea@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Come join us to hear Emily Palkert, head volleyball coach, speak on the topic, “The Identity Crisis of Being a College Student.”

All are invited to this Bruins LEAD event, scheduled from 8:40 to 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, in Lemmons 8. You don’t have to be an athlete or coach to be part of Bruins LEAD, so please join us even if you are not directly connected to athletics. Snacks will be provided!

Questions? Contact Kelsea Meyers (kmeyers13@georgefox.edu).

Baseball season kicks off at home this week, and basketball season continues with one of the programs’ last home doubleheaders of the season.

Want to get up to speed on the baseball season before the first pitch is thrown at home on Thursday? Read the season preview here.

• Thursday, Feb. 2, 1:30 p.m.: Baseball vs. Pacific University
• Friday, Feb. 3, 1:30 p.m.: Baseball vs. Pacific Lutheran University
• Saturday, Feb. 4, 4 p.m.: Baseball vs. Whitworth University
• Saturday, Feb. 4: Women’s (4 p.m.) and Men’s (6 p.m.) Basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran University
• Sunday, Feb. 5, 1 p.m.: Baseball vs. Whitman

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.