The Daily Bruin

Need help learning MLA style for citations? Join us for a workshop, “Using MLA Format Effectively,” today (Wednesday) from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. (note time change) in Hoover 105.

In this session, Kristie Richman, adjunct instructor of English, will cover the Modern Language Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in MLA style. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

If you are looking for a space to meet new people and have deep conversation, come out to “Culture Corner” at 7 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Foxhole! To go with the “Valentine’s Day” vibe, we will be playing a speed friendship and minute-to-win-it game.

Come for chocolate and cookies, too! Questions? Contact Noelle Ho at nho14@georgefox.edu.

Looking to dig a little deeper with community? Grow spiritually? Life Group sign-ups are open!

Life Groups are running for six weeks during the Lent season. Groups meet at various times and locations and are led by George Fox faculty and staff members. Groups are coed, all male or all female.

Sign up for one that fits your schedule by the end of this week! You can learn more about Life Groups and sign up at this link.

Want to play intramural floor hockey? Then sign up this week in the Bruin Den! Floor hockey will start next Monday, Feb. 15. This is a coed sport, and teams require at least six players, including two girls.

Please sign up your team name and members as well as your captain’s name, email and phone number. Any questions? Contact Justine Benner at jbenner12@georgefox.edu.

George Fox University’s singing club, Sweet Tunes, brings you Val-o-grams! Are you looking for a fun and easy way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with friends or loved ones? Then sign up for a singing Val-o-gram to be delivered at your specified location and time, and we will come to you!

We will sing a brief song and provide a gift of either chocolate or flowers for your special someone! We also will sing for special events or club meetings.

Cost is $5 for a standard Val-0-gram and $10 for special orders. All proceeds will go to International Justice Mission, so sign up today! Do so by contacting Simone at sbogar15@georgefox.edu.

ASC Elections Night is happening following Wednesday’s chapel (Feb. 10) in Bauman Auditorium. Come hear from this year’s ASC Central candidates! Speeches will be given and a Q&A session will be held. We will start at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Positions include ASC President, Executive VP, VP of Representation, VP of Commuter Life, VP of Multicultural Life, VP of Finance, VP of Activities & Programs, and VP of Marketing & Communications.

Voting starts immediately after on iGFU, ending on Saturday night, Feb. 13. Questions? Email ASC at asc@georgefox.edu.

Planning is in full swing to honor graduates from traditional undergraduate, adult degree, and graduate programs at a variety of 2016 Spring Commencement events the final week of April.

Details on all events are available at commencement.georgefox.edu.

Feeling poetic? Come to Sigma Tau Delta’s Poetry Reading Night on Thursday, Feb. 11, starting at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105.

You can sign up to read or recite your original poetry or spoken-word pieces, or you can share your favorite works by other poets. Or you can just come and listen to your poetic peers. So many options!

If you want to read, please sign up on the sheet posted in the Minthorn mailroom. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Heather Harney at hharney12@georgefox.edu.

Spending so much time formatting your papers that you don’t have time to write them? Join us for a workshop, “Microsoft Word and Google Docs: Formatting Basics,” this Thursday, Feb. 11, from 10:50 to 11:35 a.m. in Lemmons 8.

This workshop can help answer basic questions about creating and formatting documents in Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Bring your computers! The session will be presented by Kandie Comfort from IT Services and Hannah Adderley, Academic Resource Center coordinator.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Need help learning MLA style for citations? Join us for a workshop, “Using MLA Format Effectively,” tomorrow (Wednesday) from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. (note time change) in Hoover 105.

In this session, Kristie Richman, adjunct instructor of English, will cover the Modern Language Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in MLA style. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Will you be spending Valentine’s Day alone this year? Are you lamenting your lack of a “ring by spring”? If so, then you’re in luck!

Swing by the Bruin Den on Friday, Feb. 12, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and pick up a book for a “blind date.” For only $3, you can spend Valentine’s snuggled up with a great book, exploring a fantastic fictional world with some cool characters. Then you won’t be alone.

Books will be wrapped so you will not know what you have until after you commit to the blind date!

Questions? Contact Heather Harney at hharney12@georgefox.edu.

Quaere Verum stands for seeking the truth. Come eat homemade soup and bread with us and discuss an issue related to social justice.

You can find us at the Campbell House (612 N. Meridian St.) tonight (Tuesday) from 7:15 to 9 p.m.!

Questions? Contact Corbin Gronvold at cgronvold12@georgefox.edu.

The efforts of George Fox to aid in restoring a favorable habitat for monarch butterflies will be featured in a television episode of Oregon Field Guide, to be aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB-TV) this Thursday, Feb. 11.

The Field Guide episode, entitled “Monarchs and Milkweeds,” will explore the planting by various groups and individuals of native milkweeds, which serve as an irreplaceable resource for the monarch butterfly’s reproduction during its migrations through western Oregon and the Willamette Valley. The program will air at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, with a repeat presentation scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 14, at 6:30 p.m.

With more than 99 percent of the original Willamette Valley habitat gone within historic times, the migration of the monarchs is jeopardized. George Fox has been collaborating its efforts with individuals and organizations to restore usable milkweed foraging habitat for these butterflies by planting milkweed both as landscape plantings and prairie restoration components on campus.

The goal is to not only create usable habitat on campus but also to be a community resource for education and for the propagation stock of these valuable native species.

In honor of Black History Month, the Bon is serving East and West African food tomorrow (Wednesday) and Soul/Caribbean food on Wednesday,  Feb. 24. We hope you enjoy!

Join us as we welcome George Fox alumni Bill Jackson, Michael Livingston and Rose Livingston for a special Black History Month alumni panel. The three guests will share stories from their time here at George Fox and will provide insight into what it was like for students of color on campus during the late 1960s/early 1970s. There will be chapel credit for you as well!

Join us from 11 a.m. to noon in the Cap and Gown Room this Thursday, Feb. 11. Questions? Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, Feb. 10, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The George Fox community is invited to celebrate the beginning of the season of Lent with an Ash Wednesday service hosted by the Office of Spiritual Life on Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Bauman Auditorium. We are providing two options for you:

• A 4 p.m. service (a short service with singing, prayer and the disposition of ashes)
• A 7 p.m. service (our normal chapel service with the addition of the disposition of ashes)

Join us for the third Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the semester this Monday, Feb. 8, when Kristie Knows His Gun, an assistant professor of psychology here at George Fox, speaks on the topic “American Pop Culture: Left Swipe or Right” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Within a fingertip’s reach we are faced with a bounty of American pop culture. These images, messages and ideas influence our everyday lives, but what are consequences for those who miss, or don’t resonate, with the trend? Knows His Gun will explore the influence of American pop culture on individuals who fall to the wayside of mainstream.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Christianity and Pop Culture.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Today (Monday), you are invited to a presentation about the nursing and education departments’ recent trip to Kenya over Christmas break. Come hear stories about the patients we met and see photos of the baby boy born during our visit whose name is “George Fox.” We’ll meet from noon to 12:45 p.m. in Hoover 103.

We will also share about future trip plans and connections there. Anyone is welcome, and feel free to bring your lunch.

Questions? Contact Stephanie Fisher at sfisher@georgefox.edu.

Do you have what it takes to score a great internship or job in the business world? In addition to a fabulous education, you’ve got to have the skills, strengths and personality to stand out in the crowd. Come hear from two corporate recruiters as they share tips on what employers are looking for, and learn how you can become a sought-after candidate. You’ll hear from these two George Fox alumni:

• Aimee Mattson (2005), former corporate recruiter for Columbia Sportswear
• Katie McKenzie (2002), VP of human resources at tech company CUI

This @GFUbizcareers event is sponsored by the College of Business and the IDEA Center and will be held in Hoover 103 from noon to 12:50 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12. Free lunch provided!

Questions? Contact Colleen Sump at csump@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please tell your students about this event.