The Daily Bruin

Midterm grades are important indicators of how you are doing in your classes. While they are not a part of your permanent record they are important to pay attention to.

In some cases, midterm grades represent about half your grade in the course. If you have questions, you should check with your professors. It is vital to know where you stand in each of your classes.

Midterm grades are meant to encourage you to get in touch with others: your professor, your advisor, your enrollment counselor, the Academic Resource Center.

The worst thing to do about midterm grades is to ignore them or to assume you can improve them on your own.

Professors do want to meet with you. Do not hesitate to make an appointment with each of them.

Midterm grades are due by Friday, March 14. You should plan to check your midterm grades after this date.

To check your midterm grades in MyGFU:


• Click on Self-Service
• Click on “Enrollment”
• Click on “View my Grades”
• Click on the correct term
• Click on the “Midterm Grades” tab

Now you need to determine what to do next:
 Contact your professors. Faculty are not required to enter midterm grades. You are advised to check with each of your professors about your status in their class.

Consider whether to withdraw from one or more courses if it looks likely that you’ll get an F (or maybe even a D). The last date to withdraw is Sunday, March 23.

You can usually go below being enrolled in 12 credit hours (at this point in the semester) without impacting your financial aid or housing. However, you should contact representatives in these departments to be certain:

• Residence Life – Dave Johnstone (djohnstone@georgefox.edu)
• Student Financial Services (sfs@georgefox.edu)

Withdrawal results in a “W” on your transcript but does not factor into GPA.
 If you were to get an F, it would impact GPA. Confirm any thoughts of withdrawing from classes with your advisor.

Meet with each professor, especially those teaching courses you’re struggling in. Even if your professor doesn’t post midterm grades, find out from the professor what your grade is. Meet with your advisor to discuss options, and use labs, help sessions and the ARC.

If you think you might have a learning disability, have some assessment done. Contact the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 or stop by their offices.

Plan well for spring semester. Contact your enrollment counselor to get advice about the semester.

Not sure how to take the next step? Email studentlife@georgefox.edu

Wednesday, March 12, 4:30 p.m. – Softball vs. Lewis & Clark, (Morse Field Complex)
Wednesday, March 12, 5 p.m. – Women’s lacrosse vs. Southwestern TX (Austin Sports Complex)
Friday, March 14, noon – Women’s golf in George Fox Westbrook Invitational (Westbrook Village Golf Course, Peoria, Ariz.)
Saturday, March 15, noon – Women’s golf in George Fox Westbrook Invitational (Westbrook Village Golf Course, Peoria, Ariz.)
Saturday, March 15, noon – Softball vs. Willamette, DH (Morse Field Complex)
Saturday, March 15, 6 p.m. – Women’s lacrosse vs. Puget Sound (Austin Sports Complex)

George Fox is the host for the golf tournament in Arizona, which will feature five Division III top-25 ranked teams. Two Bruins (Charity Arn and Maria Green) are competing in the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships Friday-Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

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

Want to get chapel elective credit for some hands-on experience? Come to the Community Garden Work Day this Saturday, March 15, from 1  to 3 p.m.

We will be helping prepare the garden for the summer and having a discussion about creation care and some of the implications it has in our spiritual lives.

Questions? Contact Crystal Colella at ccolella10@georgefox.edu.

Don’t have time for an internship? Join MODE (Minds of Dedicated Entrepreneurs) as we take on projects with local nonprofits. These projects will be made to have an internship-like experience, but will be much shorter and will be mainly concentrated in the Newberg area.

MODE accepts all type of major(s) and/or skills. Every project that MODE will do will be different. That means that in one project we may need a photographer and in another we may need an accountant. If you are interested, email us your first and last name, along with your major(s) with a description of your skills.

We plan on having a meeting before spring break; we will be contacting you by email a couple days before the meeting.

Please send your information along with any questions to oregonmode@gmail.com.

Questions? Contact Ricardo Miguel at rmiguelsixto13@georgefox.edu.

Tickets are still available for Kenn Willson’s piano concert Thursday, March 13, in Bauman Auditorium. Willson, a Bösendorfer Educational Artist and professor of music history and keyboard studies, will present his “Encounters with Beethoven” concert at 7:30 p.m.

Employees and students are entitled to one complimentary ticket each. They can be picked up in the Box Office located in the Pennington House. Additional tickets may be purchased on this page.

Willson will perform German Dance #1, Sonata Op. 31 #3, Sonata Op. 27 #2 (“Moonlight”) and Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Tune: Ode to Joy).

The School of Physical Therapy invites the university community to hear Dr. Diane Wrisley, PT, PhD, NCS, Thursday, March 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. She will be speaking on “Update on BPPV for the Clinician.”

Dr. Wrisley received her BS in physical therapy from the University at Buffalo, a MS from Old Dominion University and a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University. She has published numerous articles and presented at national and international conferences on the evaluation and treatment of patients with vestibular and balance dysfunction. Her research interests include the use of sensory information for balance and novel techniques in the evaluation and treatment of vestibular and balance dysfunction.

In preparation for Thursday’s presentation, Dr. Wrisley has reviewed 70 recent articles on Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). Some of the learning objectives for the lecture are:

• Briefly describe the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
• Briefly describe the pathophysiology of BPPV
• Describe the evaluation and intervention techniques for BPPV
• Relate new findings in the evaluation and treatment for BPPV

Hope to see you there.

Questions? Contact Gina Braden at rbraden@georgefox.edu.

The School of Physical Therapy invites the university community to hear Dr. Diane Wrisley, PT, PhD, NCS to George Fox University this Thursday, March 13, 5pm – 7 pm in Hoover 105.   She will be speaking about benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, a disorder affecting balance.

Dr. Wrisley received her BS in physical therapy from the University at Buffalo, a MS from Old Dominion University and a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University.  Her research interests include the use of sensory information for balance and novel techniques in the evaluation and treatment of vestibular and balance dysfunction.
Dr. Wrisley is one of PT’s finest educators.   Some of the learning objectives for the lecture are:
•       Briefly describe the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
•       Briefly describe the pathophysiology of BPPV
•       Describe the evaluation and intervention techniques for BPPV
•       Relate new findings in the evaluation and treatment for BPPV

Hope to see you there.

Questions?  Contact Gina Braden at rbraden@georgefox.edu

Want to see what happens when you give three playwrights, three directors, and a whole kit and kaboodle of actors and crew exactly 24 1/2 hours to create three 10-minute plays ready for performance?

Find out this Saturday, March 15th, at 7:30pm in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Admission is free; donations are welcome.

If you have questions or comments, please contact Susan Carlson at scarlson10@georgefox.edu or visit the facebook page.

On Thursday March 13 the summer serve teams will be selling quesadillas and cookies in the Bruin Den from 9 pm to 12 am. All proceeds will benefit the upcoming summer serve trips. Take a study break, or stop by while waiting to sign up for your trip during tent city. Please come help us fundraise for our trip!

Questions? Contact Kelly Simonsen at ksimonsen13@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to join us for the university’s Spring Faculty Lecture, “Miley Cyrus, the Google Algorithm and the New Epistemology,” presented by Ken Badley from our education department, at 5:30 p.m. tonight (Tuesday), in Hoover 105. There is no charge to attend.

The lecture will be preceded by a Richter Scholars Symposium beginning at 5 p.m. in the Hoover lobby (food will be served). The Richter Scholars program enables undergraduate and graduate students to receive funding for independent research projects conducted with a faculty mentor.

Lecture Description

What connection does Miley Cyrus have to the Google algorithm? Badley argues that cultural trends have changed how we think, what knowledge we value, and how we judge wisdom. Our obsession with celebrities, our immersion in digital technology, and our high-irony combine to leave us wondering what is worthwhile and who will guide our steps.

About Ken Badley

Badley, recipient of the university’s 2013 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research/Scholarship at the graduate level, serves in George Fox’s doctoral program in education. He completed his PhD dissertation at the University of British Columbia by examining what Christian educators mean by the phrase, “the integration of faith and learning.”

His current writing projects include applying architectural theory to curriculum and course design, and gathering a collection of quotations which are all deliberately misattributed to either Jesus, Polonius, Yogi Berra or Groucho Marx.

Have you always wanted to grow your own organic produce but you don’t know how or don’t have the space? Join our community garden this season!

We work together to grow crops, and each one shares in the harvest. We meet weekly to plant, weed, harvest and eat together, between April and August. You can learn more at an informational meeting scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, March 15, in the Villa Academic Complex.

The garden is open to the first 20 adults who register. The cost is only $15 per adult (no cost for children; scholarships and payment plans are available).

Contact Cherice Bock at cbock@georgefox.edu for more information. You are also invited to visit our Facebook page.

Do you ever find yourself frustrated with the lack of gender equity in today’s workplace? So are we! Leading Change: Altering Perceptions, a College of Business-sponsored event, is a chance to engage in this conversation with dynamic leaders.

Please join us Wednesday, March 12, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus.

Here is the schedule:

• 4-4:30: Keynote speaker, Melissa Berndt, AKT Group
• 4:30-5:30: Panel discussion
• 5:30-6:30: Networking and hors d’oeuvres

Panel members include Deb Sepich, TMG 3 Consulting; Matt McKenzie, CUI Inc.; Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee, PsyD; Jill Nguyen, First Republic Trust Company; Judge Darleen Ortega, Oregon Court of Appeals; and Mandy Huth, Tripwire.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email Morgan Blomstrom at mblomstrom10@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to join us for a session, “Women Serving AND Leading: The Role of Presence and Power in Servant Leadership,” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this afternoon (Tuesday) in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus. Our own MaryKate Morse from the seminary will be presenting.

Women and men in institutional environments can default to traditional roles of men primarily leading and women primarily serving. Jesus led and served, and he invited women and men to do the same.

This presentation by MaryKate explores the unique challenges women face as servant-leaders and suggests ways men and women might support each other on the journey. We hope you can join us! Refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by the Leadership Development Initiative.

Questions? Email Sarah Baldwin at sbaldwin@georgefox.edu.

Wheeler Sports Center will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 21, and reopen on Monday, March 31, at 6 a.m. Colcord Track will be available for use.

Want to see what happens when you give three playwrights, three directors and a group of actors and crew exactly 24 1/2 hours to create three 10-minute plays ready for performance?

Find out this Saturday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Admission is free; donations are welcome.

If you have questions or comments, please contact Susan Carlson at scarlson10@georgefox.edu.

You can also check out our Facebook page.

Jessica Sokoloff is giving her Senior Degree Recital on the flute this Saturday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the BA degree in music performance (flute emphasis). This hour-long program consists of a wide variety of musical genres, from classical to contemporary.

Come enjoy some great music, with a reception to follow in the Bauman lobby.

Registration for Post Fox closes Thursday, March 13 at 5 p.m. Don’t miss this chance for networking and getting advice for your life after Fox. Register online at georgefox.edu/alumni.

Questions? Contact Alumni and Parent Relations

Introducing a new class: Bible and Cinema! With the spring release of Son of God and the upcoming release of Noah, the biblical story continues to be a source of ethical intrigue, repulsion and conviction.

How are we to navigate? Bible 285/485 (3 CREDITS) aims to chart a way through this sea of concerns and find a destination of honest dialogue, delicious snacks and a field trip to the movies! Meets May 5-23 from 9 a.m. to noon each weekday. Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.

See you at the movies!

– Jenny Matheny, instructor

Security has received a report of thefts happening in residence halls and public locations. We’d would like to remind everybody to take precautions to always lock your dorm rooms and cars and to carry your keys with you. Do not leave items of value in your cars, and keep your bikes locked as well. If you are not taking your bike home at spring break, please leave it in your residence to avoid tempting a potential thief.

Lastly, never let people you don’t know into your residence! If they state they are there to visit somebody in your residence hall or apartment complex, go and get that person and have them vouch for the stranger, but do not let them into your residence without knowing them!

If you see somebody or something that just doesn’t “seem right,” please call security at 503-554-2090 as soon as it happens so that we can go and investigate. We’d much rather investigate and find out it was nothing rather than have everybody notice a stranger and nobody called. Please help us to keep you and your belongings safe!

Questions? Contact Security: 503-554-2090

Witness your future ASC leaders present their plans for next year at 8 p.m. in Hoover 105  on elections night this Wednesday! Have your voice heard!

Voting opens immediately afterwards.