The Daily Bruin

We want to remind you to be discerning when you are seeking employment opportunities online. With the Internet connecting us to all corners of the world, scams are present.

We would like to remind you to never send money to any employment opportunity. A genuine organization would never ask for payment.

Also, do not complete a W-2 form sharing your Social Security number unless you have met your new employer face to face.

Bruin Careers is a service that George Fox provides to help employers connect to students, as one of our priorities is to assist students in finding employment that supports your career aspirations. The IDEA Center staff reads each posting carefully, but we recently had a scam slip through our system as Internet thieves are using new tactics posing as actual Newberg businesses.

We do not have access to your correspondence with employers, so we caution you to be discerning if you receive emails that do not have proper English or grammar.

If you ever have any questions or suspicions, please come to the IDEA Center and ask to talk with a Career Coach and we will help you vet the organization or company.

– Deb Mumm-Hill (dmummhill@georgefox.edu)

Feeling poetic? Come to Sigma Tau Delta’s Poetry Reading Night tomorrow (Thursday) 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,” tomorrow (Thursday) 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.

Are you interested in going on a serve trip over spring break? This is the last week to sign up! The trips are only $50 to $100 for the whole week!

This year’s trips are going to Camp Attitude, Flying H Ranch, Urban Impact in Seattle, Mending Wings and Word Made Flesh. If you are interested in participating, applications are due no later than Friday, Feb. 12. Applications can be found at this link. Trip info is available here.

Contact Mikayla Greenwell (mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

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.

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