The Daily Bruin

Digital Learning is offering a web conference, FoxTALE Assignments, today (Monday) from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Pacific time via Zoom.

We will give an overview of assignment types, how to add assignments to your course site, and how to grade assignments. You can register for this session at the Faculty Development sign-up form. This session satisfies 1 hour of faculty development time.

Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Calling all George Fox employees! It’s Employee Appreciation Week today (Monday) through Friday, March 6.

Stop by Human Resources today between 9 and 10 a.m. at the Margaret Lemmons House for a yummy grab-and-go breakfast of bagels, pastries, fruit, yogurt, and coffee or tea. Thank you for all you do!

Questions? Contact Kara Holcombe at kholcombe@georgefox.edu.

Thank you to all Concur users! Great job on getting your reports submitted in a timely manner!

For those of you who are behind on submitting your Concur reports, please do so ASAP (reports delinquent over 60 days will have their Visa cards deactivated).

If you are having any issues with Concur or have any questions, please give Kathi Becker a call at 503-554-2166.

Three times a year, a group of employee mothers of young children and mothers-to-be gather together for networking and fellowship. This semester’s lunchtime gatherings will be held in Canyon Commons on the following dates: 

• Friday, March 6, from noon to 1 p.m.
• Friday, May 29, from noon to 1 p.m.

Contact Jamie Noling-Auth at jnolingauth@georgefox.edu with questions.

If you know graduate or degree completion students in need of ESL assistance, Eleanor Kelly is available in the Portland Center Library on an as-needed basis.

Kelly was previously employed through George Fox’s English Language Institute, and she is now working as a tutor and adjunct instructor in Newberg, Portland and online.

After earning a BS in math from Boston State College and ESL certification from California State University Long Beach, Kelly moved to Tokyo, Japan, where she lived and taught for 29 years. While in Japan, Kelly earned an MEd in Curriculum, Instruction and Technology and TESOL from Temple University.

If you have any questions, Eleanor Kelly can be reached at ekelly@georgefox.edu.

Calling all George Fox employees! It’s Employee Appreciation Week from Monday, March 2, to Friday, March 6.

Stop by Human Resources on Monday, March 2, between 9 and 10 a.m. at the Margaret Lemmons House for a yummy grab-and-go breakfast of bagels, pastries, fruit, yogurt, and coffee or tea. Thank you for all you do!

Questions? Contact Kara Holcombe at kholcombe@georgefox.edu.

Join us for a special guest appearance by Dolores Huerta, the woman who cofounded the National Farm Workers Association with César Chávez in the early 1960s and who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2012.

Huerta will give a presentation on Sunday, March 8, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, and the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Huerta has worked for labor rights and social justice for more than 50 years. This lecture will provide an inside look at the farm worker movement and its historical ramifications for today. She will speak to what the movement was all about and her role in it, and address what activism is and how it can effect change.

Questions? Contact Rebecca Hernandez at rhernandez@georgefox.edu.

The accounting department is offering free tax preparation and e-filing assistance to the George Fox community. Four sessions will be offered – two each month in March and April:

• Saturday, March 7 – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m
• Thursday, March 19 – 4:30 to 9 p.m.
• Saturday, April 4 – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Thursday, April 9 – 4:30 to 9 p.m.

All sessions will meet in Hoover 210 and are on a first-come, first-served basis. To e-file a joint return, both spouses must be present to sign the required forms.

Those seeking assistance are to bring photo identification, Social Security cards or individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers, birthdates for family members, the current year’s tax package (if you received one), and all appropriate tax forms.

If applicable, it is also advised that you bring a list of medical, taxes, interest, contributions and miscellaneous expenses; child and disabled dependent care information; bank routing and account numbers; health insurance coverage documentation; and a copy of their 2018 federal and state returns.

To find out more, contact Seth Sikkema at 503-554-2813.

The Office for Spiritual Life invites you to participate in one of our two Ash Wednesday services today. We will have a simple and short service at noon in the prayer chapel, then a full hour-long service in Vespers at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. All community members are welcome!

Questions? Contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to the Spring 2020 Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2018-19 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Leah Payne, assistant professor of theology. 

Payne is a historian of Christianity in America, and her analysis of religion, politics and popular culture has appeared in The Washington Post and Christianity Today. Join us as she explores “the contemporary Christian” and how evangelicals in the United States were shaped by the entertainment business of the late 20th century.

Come early, between 5 and 6 p.m., and check out the work of our Richter Student Scholars and Steinfeldt Peace Scholars at a symposium in the Hoover lobby. George Fox students will present their research projects in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be served.

For additional information, contact Dawn Ford at dford@georgefox.edu.

The university’s Parent Leadership Committee invites you to join us in a day devoted to prayer for the students, faculty and administration of George Fox. We invite our university community to find a 10- to 15-minute window in your work day to pray with a colleague, team, or on your own.

The 2020 Collegiate Day of Prayer is this Thursday, Feb. 27. We have partnered with the campus pastoral team to create this Liturgy of Prayer to help guide you as you pray.

Questions? Contact Megan Fisher at mfisher@georgefox.edu.

Join a workshop on creating videos to enhance your teaching! This workshop will focus on the (mainly free) technology available to teachers for video creation and the art behind making a professional-looking video without professional equipment.

We will focus on how to quickly and effectively put content in front of students that gets them thinking and learning. No prior experience with digital classrooms or video creation is required.

This class satisfies six hours of faculty professional development requirements. While directed toward faculty, George Fox staff members have taken this course previously and found it very helpful.

The course will begin on Monday, March 2, and continues through Sunday, March 15. It is designed to be asynchronous and will be offered online through Adobe Spark. There is a $65 fee. Please register and pay the fee here.

Interested in other faculty development opportunities? Sign up here. Questions? Contact Andrea Byerley at abyerley@georgefox.edu.

The seminary is holding our face-to-face class meet-ups this week, and we will have several activities going on that all Portland Center students, staff and faculty are welcome to join.

• Visio Divina Devotionals:- Do you like art? Check out one of the four devotionals inspired by four of the art pieces in the building. Look for the arrows to find one. A perfect way to spend 10 minutes of your break!
• Chapel Experience: The chapel will also be open for individual prayer Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 25-27, from noon to 1 p.m., with poems and other activities available to guide you if you’d like.
• Collage Away: Drop by the library any time Tuesday through Thursday to add your special artistic touch to our community collage!
• Panel Discussion: Bring your lunch and join us for a panel discussion on Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Room 155 from noon to 1 p.m. on the topic of suffering, faith and pastoral care, featuring Ekaterina Lomperis, author of Essentials Readings in Medicine and Religion, and Providence chaplain and faculty member Thomas Payne.

Questions? Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu.

The seminary is holding our face-to-face class meet-ups next week, and we will have several activities going on throughout the week that all Portland Center students, staff and faculty are welcome to join.

• Visio Divina Devotionals: Do you like art? Check out one of the four devotionals inspired by four of the art pieces in the building. Look for the arrows to find one. A perfect way to spend 10 minutes of your break!
• Chapel Experience: The chapel will also be open for individual prayer Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 25-27, from noon to 1 p.m., with poems and other activities available to guide you if you’d like.
• Collage Away: Drop by the library any time Tuesday through Thursday to add your special artistic touch to our community collage!
• Panel Discussion: Bring your lunch and join us for a panel discussion on Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Room 155 from noon to 1 p.m. on the topic of suffering, faith and pastoral care, featuring Ekaterina Lomperis, author of Essentials Readings in Medicine and Religion, and Providence chaplain and faculty member Thomas Payne.

Questions? Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu.

The Graduate School of Physical Therapy is excited to present its sixth annual research symposium tonight (Thursday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101 and 102.

Physical therapy doctoral faculty and third-year students will showcase various rehabilitation research topics. David Cimbora, PhD, dean of the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, will present the keynote address. Light refreshments will be served.

Please contact Linda Dallof at 503-554-2451 or ldallof@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The university community is invited to a special presentation, “King’s Speech: Preaching Reconciliation in a World of Violence and Chasm,” at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Hoover 105.

Presenting will be George Fox’s own Sunggu Yang, an assistant professor of Christian ministries. He is the author of two books, King’s Speech: Preaching Reconciliation in a World of Violence and Chasm (2019) and Evangelical Pilgrims from the East: Faith Fundamentals of Korean American Protestant Diasporas (2016), and two books that are in progress, Picasso and Preaching: An Aesthetic Homiletic for the 21st Century and Sacred Waters: Pastoral Essays for Aspiring Preachers.

To learn more about Yang, visit this page. For more information on the event, part of the President’s Speaker Series, contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to join your colleagues at the all-employee meeting this afternoon (Wednesday). We’ll be meeting in Canyon Commons from 3:30 to 5 p.m. (with live streaming in PDS 155B). Have a shout-out you’d like to give to a colleague for recent work they’ve done? Share it at this link!

The university’s Parent Leadership Committee invites you to join us in a day devoted to prayer for the students, faculty and administration of George Fox. We invite our university community to find a 10- to 15-minute window in your work day to pray with a colleague, team, or on your own.

The 2020 Collegiate Day of Prayer is on Thursday, Feb. 27. We have partnered with the campus pastoral team to create this Liturgy of Prayer to help guide you as you pray.

Questions? Contact Megan Fisher at mfisher@georgefox.edu.

As a faculty advisor, you can help students appreciate and harness their talents and strengths. The better you can help students apply their dominant talents, the greater will be their potential to consistently act with confidence, direction and hope.

Join us for a faculty advising workshop from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Stevens 109. Sign up here.

In this workshop, you will explore your signature themes, discover how you use your strengths to manage the things you are responsible for each day, and embrace what motivates or energizes you.

You will learn coaching conversations to engage students in identifying and embracing their strengths and practice some strengths activities you can use in the classroom.

Wendy Flint is certified in strengths coaching and strengths-based teaching. Contact her for a Strengths Finder assessment code prior to the workshop at wflint@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to the Spring 2020 Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2018-19 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Leah Payne, assistant professor of theology. 

Payne is a historian of Christianity in America, and her analysis of religion, politics and popular culture has appeared in The Washington Post and Christianity Today. Join us as Payne explores “the contemporary Christian” and how evangelicals in the United States were shaped by the entertainment business of the late 20th century.

Come early, between 5 and 6 p.m., and check out the work of our Richter Student Scholars and Steinfeldt Peace Scholars at a symposium in the Hoover lobby. George Fox students will present their research projects in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be served.

For additional information, contact Dawn Ford at dford@georgefox.edu.