The Daily Bruin

You are invited to join us tonight (Tuesday) for a human trafficking awareness event hosted by the university’s Social Work Club.

Come hear from Door to Grace, a nonprofit organization that was founded as a door to freedom for girls forced into the sex trade. We are excited to host multiple guest speakers to address issues of prevention, rescue and action.

We would be honored if you and your friends would join us from 6 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. Contact Isabella Freeman at ifreeman11@georgefox.edu.

The Peer Advisor application deadline has been extended to Monday, March 3, at 5 p.m. Please consider applying for this fun role next year! We are looking for individuals who would like to use their experience to help new students transition well to Fox. More information can be found here.

If you are interested in being a Welcome Weekend Coordinator, applications will be due Feb. 24! We are looking for a small group of talented individuals to pull off big events! If you are detail oriented, hospitality focused, and like to think outside of the box, this might be the job for you! This is potentially a full-time job over the summer. More information and applications can be found at the bottom of this page.

Questions? Email Stephanie at sstcyr@georgefox.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!

Chapel Elective: Women’s and Men’s Sex Talk
Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 9 p.m.
Women will meet in Cap & Gown Room
Men will meet in Lemmons 8

Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 10:40 a.m.
Bauman Auditorium
Dale and Jonalyn Fincher of Soulation will be sharing about “Cat & Mouse Romance”

Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Bauman Auditorium
Dale and Jonalyn Fincher of Soulation will be sharing about “Guarded Hearts, Broken Hearts”

Shalom: Sex and Relationships Discussion
Thursday, Feb. 20, at 9 p.m.
Cap & Gown Room

Questions? Contact Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu

You are warmly invited to Kayin Griffith’s thank you and congratulations party! We’ll gather from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the International Center/Cultural House.

Kayin, assistant director of SpIL programs, has accepted an exciting new opportunity as the director of advocacy and development for the organization Word Made Flesh. She will be using her skills and talents to develop and implement new strategies for WMF’s fund development as well as helping to connect people to the WMF mission.

While the George Fox community will dearly miss Kayin, we are so excited for this new chapter in her life! Join us as we celebrate her and bless her new endeavors!

Community members are encouraged to join the George Fox University Master Chorus at it continues Tuesday rehearsals in preparation for an April 25 performance of John Rutter’s composition Mass of the Children.

On that evening, Master Chorus members will join with the university’s Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, select Women’s Ensemble from Newberg High School, and the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra for a 7:30 p.m. performance in Bauman Auditorium.

Rehearsals will be every Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Ross 208 (choir room). Participants are expected to have previous choir experience, average to above-average sight reading skills and the ability to attend rehearsals. There is no audition or cost, and director’s permission is required. Music will be supplied by the university.

Questions? Please contact the George Fox Music Department at 503-554-2620.

The university community is invited to come hear Dr. Michael Tso, director of training at His Mansion Ministries in New Hampshire, tonight (Monday).

Dr. Tso will present twice on campus. His first presentation, entitled “Hope for the Hopeless: Does Psychology, Science and/or Faith Provide Substantive Hope for Hurting People?,” is scheduled from 11:40 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Cap and Gown Room B & C.

His second talk is titled “Wounded People with Wounded Healers: How to Journey with Strugglers (Addiction/Trauma/Mental Health) Faithfully and Honestly?” and will be presented from 3:40 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 103.

Students interested in an eight-week summer internship, a semester internship, or post-graduate employment with His Mansion Ministries are encouraged to attend one of the sessions. Dr. Tso is also well-connected with a number of other potential medical, mental health and ministry setting internships around the U.S.

His Mansion Ministries is a faith-based residential recovery community serving adults ages 18-35 struggling with substance abuse, sexual addictions, eating disorders and mental health issues.

Questions? Contact Kris Kays at kkays@georgefox.edu.

The Accountability and Encouragement group being formed on campus has changed meeting days and location. We will be meeting on Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m., Feb. 18 through May 27, in the Duke Athletic Center’s second-floor conference room. There is no charge to take part.

Contact Patty Findley (pfindley@georgefox.edu) or Linda Sartwell (lsartwel@georgefox.edu) for further information.

Do tests drive you crazy? You read the book, did the assignments, studied the night before, and still didn’t do as well as you wanted on your test. What else can you do? This Friday, Feb. 21, the Academic Resource Center will host a session, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test-Taker),” from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125.

The session was originally scheduled for earlier this month but had to be rescheduled because of our snow day on Feb. 7.

Rick Muthiah, associate director of learning support services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests.

Questions? Contact Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314.

Greenroom is cancelled for this upcoming Sunday, Feb. 16. Feel free to use the Prayer Chapel space for gathering and prayer.

Join us for Relationship Focus Week events starting next week!

Chapel Elective: Women’s and Men’s Sex Talk
Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 9 p.m.
Women will meet in Cap & Gown Room
Men will meet in Lemmons 8

Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 10:40 a.m.
Bauman Auditorium
Dale and Jonalyn Fincher of Soulation will be sharing about “Cat & Mouse Romance”

Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Bauman Auditorium
Dale and Jonalyn Fincher of Soulation will be sharing about “Guarded Hearts, Broken Hearts”

Shalom: Sex and Relationships Discussion
Thursday, Feb. 20, at 9 p.m.
Cap & Gown Room

Questions? Contact Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu

Everyone is invited to attend International Chapel this morning (Friday) from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House. This week Denny Lawrence, director of Bon Appetit on campus, will speak about knowing God. His message is titled, “Walking on Water.” You are welcome to come, listen, ask questions and be encouraged.

International Chapel is eligible for chapel elective credit. It is designed to help us better understand what it means to be a Christian.

Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre at dmcintyre@georgefox.edu.

Miss Parade the last two weeks? Don’t worry: The last chance to see this wonderful theatre production is tonight (Friday)! Don’t miss out on this beautiful story! The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Buy tickets online at theatre.georgefox.edu or by going to the Pennington House.

James Project, our campus community service outreach ministry, will be partnering with Love INC this Saturday, Feb. 15, to serve some our neighbors in Newberg. We need willing volunteers to join in and help with yard work and some inside cleaning and organizing at the homes we will be connecting with.

Love INC (In the Name of Christ) is an awesome local organization that recruits willing volunteers to meet the needs of those in our community.

We’ll be meeting in the Outreach Ministries office at 8:30 a.m. and will serve from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Please email Miranda D’Agostini with any questions and/or to RSVP at mdagostini11@georgefox.edu.

What is your story? The Prodigal Daughter group will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. and continue to meet weekly in Winters Apartment 201-4. The group consists of daughters gathering to learn how we can impact the community through spiritual formations of our hearts. Pray and see if God is calling you NOT to join.

We will all walk through the book Undaunted by Christine Caine. Christine offers life-transforming insights about not only how to overcome the trials, wrong turns, and often painful circumstances we all experience, but also how to grow from those experiences and be equipped and empowered to help others.

Questions? Contact Cat Saeteurn (csaeteurn13@georgefox.edu) or Amy Rose (arose12@georgefox.edu).

Come buy your Sadie Hawkins tickets this week outside of the ASC offices (must have your student ID in order to buy a ticket).

Tickets are on sale today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Fox students only.

• One ticket per ID number
• $5 each
• Fewer than 200 tickets left!

Tickets for non-GFU students will go on sale next week for $20.

For more information, please contact Sarah at smackenzie11@georgefox.edu.

The Latino Heritage Club is putting on a Slam Poetry Night tonight (Thursday) at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.

We have a list of wonderful performers and we will also have a few snacks. Thanks to Shalom, this will also count for chapel elective credit, so come stop by and enjoy the night with us!

If you have any questions please contact Julio Bautista at jbautista11@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to register for the Faith and Culture Writers Conference taking place on the Newberg campus Friday and Saturday, March 7-8. A number of well-known writers will be on campus, including Sarah Bessey, Tony Kriz, Sarah Thebarge and Deidra Riggs, among others.

The current adult registration price of $75 per person is good through this Friday, Feb. 14. After that, the price increases to $85 (Feb. 15 through March 6) and $95 (March 7-8). Students can register for $30. Registration is available at faithandculturewriters.com. More info is also available here.

The event also offers the opportunity to meet with literary agents and editors. The conference is for those seeking inspiration in their writing, and in their lives. If you have any questions, please contact Melanie Springer Mock (mmock@georgefox.edu).

Come bring your friends and get your photo taken for the university’s yearbook today (Thursday).

This event will be taking place in the Bruin Den between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Come see us if you want to see your face in the yearbook this year!

The works of Beethoven will be performed on the George Fox stage when Bösendorfer Educational Artist Kenn Willson presents his “Encounters with Beethoven” concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in Bauman Auditorium.

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). He has traveled to Vienna, Austria, and to the Piano Academy in Recanati, Italy, to perform. He is also known throughout the region for his “Encounters with Beethoven” performances. In 2005, Willson was named a Bösendorfer Educational Artist by the Viennese Piano Manufacturing Company.

The Bösendorfer Concert Series, sponsored by the music department, has brought in world-renowned classical pianists since its inception in 2007. Past performers have included Baruch Meir, Gianluca Luisi of Italy and Valentina Lisitsa of Ukraine.

Survey #1
This survey is for an investigative four-part series on the meal plan at GFU and if it is beneficial to help build community when all freshmen are required to be on the 21-meal plan. All responses will be anonymous if used in the articles.
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