The Daily Bruin

The Doctor of Physical Therapy program invites you to a continuing education event, “Evidence-Based Practice for Clinicians,” presented by Jeff Houck, PT, PhD, on Saturday, April 12, in VAC 203. The session runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dr. Houck, in addition to publishing numerous studies in peer-reviewed journals, is on the International Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy. His expertise in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) includes assigning levels of evidence for international journals, presentations at national conferences, and teaching EBP to many audiences. He also is currently an active member of the EBP special interest group of the American Physical Therapy Association.

The objectives of the session are to:

1. Be able to discuss the purpose of Evidence-Based Practice
2. Be able to formulate and discuss various clinical questions that motivate research
3. Be able to determine the validity of published studies
4. Be able to apply results of published studies to patient cases
5. Be able to design learning experiences that facilitate EBP in the clinic (i.e. journal clubs, speakers, blogs).

Please go to this link to register.

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

This new full-time position (on pay range 6) with a focus on broadcasting and event production will be open through Tuesday, April 8. A copy of the job description can be obtained by emailing your request to hr@georgefox.edu.

To apply, please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter and resume to Human Resources no later than next Tuesday at 5 p.m. The link to the transfer request form can be found at this link.

Thank you to all who participated in taking the LibQUAL Library Survey. The library faculty and staff will be reviewing the data as well as your written comments and appreciate your willingness to share your opinions with us.

Congratulations to Amazon card winners whose names were randomly drawn from all who took the survey and entered their email address. Winners have been notified via email.

ADP graduates: Now that you have picked up your regalia, please check out the commencement website for all of the details about your big day! Some important highlights include:

• Tickets will be available at the Portland Center Grad Night Event on April 9. If you are unable to pick up your tickets, they will be mailed to your home address in mid-April. Each graduate will receive 10 tickets for guests.
• Your ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, on the Newberg campus.
• There is no rehearsal prior to commencement.
• Please arrive at the Wheeler Sports Center by 9 a.m. for information and forming lines.
• Doors will open for guests one hour before the ceremony start time.
• Physically challenged guests are welcome to request seating on the gym floor. Please contact Jennifer Kepler at jkepler@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2140.

As you may have heard, a Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) accreditation team will visit the Newberg and Portland campuses next week, on April 8-10. Staff and administration are invited to consider meeting with the accreditation team at the staff and administration sessions that will be announced prior to the team’s visit.

At these sessions, or any time during their visit, feel free to speak honestly with the team about your position within the George Fox community and how you see your role as a member of our community working in support of the mission and core themes at George Fox.

Please take some time to review the resources available on our website regarding our George Fox University Mission and Themes as well as the Institutional Report, and at any time, contact academic affairs with any questions you may have regarding the team visit or accreditation process.

All interested employees are invited to follow-up conversations regarding the Gender Culture Survey. If you would like to discuss the survey and the recommendations, or have questions and comments, please join Sarah Baldwin and other members of the Gender Culture Survey Task Force on Thursday, April 3, at one of these times:

• Noon to 1 p.m. (bring your own lunch) in Cap and Gown Room
• 4-5 p.m. (refreshments will be served) in Stevens 207

Questions? Contact Sierra Neiman at sneiman@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to hear Makoto Fujimura, an internationally renowned artist, writer and speaker who formerly served as a presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in Bauman Auditorium.

“A Conversation with Makoto Fujimura on Faith, Art and Culture” will include a showing of the artist’s new documentary film, Golden Sea, and a discussion session with Fujimura about the arts. There is no charge to attend.

Prior to the campus visit, a 5 p.m. pre-event opening is scheduled at the Chehalem Cultural Center, where Fujimura’s work is currently on display in the center’s Parrish Gallery. The Chehalem Cultural Center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.

The evening will conclude with a post-event reception in the Lindgren Gallery, where Fujimura will be available to sign books. The reception will be co-hosted by Mark Terry of the university’s Department of Visual Art and Design and Joseph Clair, director of the William Penn Honors Program.

The event is cosponsored by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the Chehalem Cultural Center, and George Fox’s Department of Visual Art and Design and William Penn Honors Program. More information is available at this link. More about Fujimura is available at makotofujimura.com.

Fujimura is recognized worldwide as a “cultural shaper.” He was a presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003 to 2009, and his work is exhibited in galleries around the world. He’s also widely recognized as one of the key illustrators of the St. John’s Bible, the first fully illuminated manuscript to have been commissioned in more than 500 years.

Know of students looking for a job, internship or summer employment? If so, encourage them to check out the First Avenue Career Expo, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Friday, April 4, at the University of Portland. George Fox’s Idea Center is participating in the event and encourages students seeking employment or an internship to attend.

More information and registration are available at olapcfirstavenue.org.

April’s Employee of the Month award will be the last one until September – no foolin’! If you know someone you believe deserves this recognition, now is the time to submit that nomination. Please send an email to Peggy Kilburg by Wednesday, April 16, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes him or her deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our community meeting on Thursday, April 24.

Congratulations again to Ethan Burke and Tyler Robertson on being named March Employees of the Month.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, April 7, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– IT Educational Technology Team

R.V. Kuhns & Associates Inc. (RVK) would like to invite finance and economics students to a presentation introducing their firm and the investment consulting industry. You are welcome to join us for a university visit day at the PacWest Center in Portland (1211 S.W. 5th Ave., Portland) the afternoon of Friday, April 4.

Here is the schedule:

• 1-1:30 p.m.: Welcome and introduction to our firm and the investment consulting industry
• 1:30-2 p.m.: Demo of an asset allocation study and the Asset Allocation Game
• 2-2:30 p.m.: Investment manager research
• 2:30-2:45 p.m.: Break
• 2:45-3:15 p.m.: Performance measurement and analytics
• 3:15-3:30 p.m.: Critical factors for career success
• 3:30-4 p.m.: Asset Allocation Game results and questions
• 4 p.m.: Office tour or departure

Please register and submit a resume in Bruin Careers by Wednesday, April 2. Questions? Stop by the IDEA Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center or call 503-554-2330.

Faculty, please tell your students about this opportunity.

Worried about those final papers?

The Portland Writing Center can help! A Writing Center consultant can help you with developing your thesis; grammar and punctuation; organizing your arguments; citation formatting (MLA, APA or Turabian); structuring your paragraphs; and using software effectively (e.g., Word, EndNote).

Appointments are available in person or distance. For more information, e-mail wc@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-6055.

All Newberg, Portland, Salem and Redmond offices will be closed this Friday, March 28, for the spring break holiday. The Newberg and Portland libraries and bookstores will be closed as well.

Today is a big day for George Fox University as we proudly launch season-ticket availability for our inaugural season of Bruin football to a select group of individuals. For the next seven days, all university employees and alumni will have early access to season tickets before they are released to the general public on March 31.

Some details you should know:

• Season tickets in the covered grandstand are $90 until May 5, when the price increases to $100.
• The Bruins will host five home games this first season.
• Single game tickets in the covered grandstand and general admission tickets will be released later this spring; we are not selling season tickets in the general admission section.
• All university staff and students will receive one complimentary ticket per home game to sit in the uncovered general-admission bleachers.

If you are interested in purchasing season tickets, visit the Vendini website. To learn more about season-ticket pricing, our football program and Bruin athletics, please visit our athletics website and follow our teams on Facebook. To have your questions answered, please email our director of sports marketing, Sarah Reid.

The university wishes to extend well wishes to Brian Gardner, who has accepted the position of vice president for university advancement at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. His last day with George Fox is today (Friday).

Indiana Wesleyan is a fellow member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Reporting to the CEO of residential education, Brian will oversee the university advancement division, work closely with President David Wright (a George Fox alumnus), and serve on the President’s Executive Council.

Brian has been a valued member of the George Fox advancement team the past two years. Please be sure to wish this George Fox alumnus success in his new role and school.

Three staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Administrative Assistant II: Department of Physical Therapy
• Accounting Specialist II – GL
• Recruitment and Enrollment Counselor: ADP

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Don’t forget to join us for an all-employee meeting this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium!

Our theme this month is “Spring.” The menu will include strawberry streusel bars, asparagus and Parmesan puffs, and strawberry lemonade.

At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve treats in Room 160.

All interested employees are invited to follow-up conversations regarding the Gender Culture Survey. If you would like to discuss the survey and the recommendations, or have questions and comments, please join Sarah Baldwin and other members of the Gender Culture Survey Task Force on Thursday, April 3, at one of these times:

• Noon to 1 p.m. (bring your own lunch) in Cap and Gown Room
• 4-5 p.m. (refreshments will be served) in Stevens 207

Questions? Contact Sierra Neiman at sneiman@georgefox.edu.

Brad Neary, director of the Saint John’s Bible Heritage Program, will display Volume 6 (the Gospels and Acts) on the Newberg campus today (Thursday) in Hoover 250 from 1 to 2 p.m.

Come and take a look at this historic project (the first of its kind for more than 500 years), which combines the biblical text with contemporary art and amazing calligraphy as part of a historic, international endeavor.

You can read more about the project at this link. Questions? Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

Join George Fox alumni, parents and students as we come together on Wednesday, April 9, to watch the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Sacramento Kings at the Moda Center. Tickets with the George Fox group are only $22 for seats in section 333. Register online at this link.

Questions? Contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.