The Daily Bruin

Join us tonight (Friday) in Wood-Mar for the University Players’ 7:30 p.m. presentation of “The Gospel of Enough.”

Come support the theatre department by attending our thought-provoking performance of drama and music. Free admission!

What is ‘The Gospel of Enough?‘
This year the University Players explore the fear, anger, sadness and joy that surround our inner tensions and deepest longings, and they celebrate the good news found in the realization that what we really need, and want, may simply be enough.

The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Please place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Friday, March 15.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Marketing communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your name tag requests at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged.

The next order will be placed Friday, March 15. Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

The spring staff conference is next Tuesday, March 12, and we are looking forward to an exciting day with all support staff! Please complete the registration form and select your break-out session at this link – Staff Conference Registration – if you haven’t done so already.

The “Growing Strong” conference is from 8 to 11:30 a.m., with breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. for early risers. Our keynote speaker is Kevin Jones, who will speak on “Pulling Tough Weeds: Communicating with Difficult People.”

The conference will be at Tigard Friends Church, located at 15800 S.W. Hall Blvd. Please note: Due to allergies, please do not wear perfume or cologne at this event.

Questions? Contact Becky Jensen at rjensen@georgefox.edu.

At the end of next week Urban Outreach will be putting together care packages for our friends living on the streets of Portland and Salem. To those of you who helped in the coin drive, thank you! That will help a lot toward the cost. I don’t know that we can afford to put everything into them that I had hoped, though. So here’s the plan: I’ll let you all in on the creation of these packages.

Following is a list of items I hope to put in each package.

Travel size of the following: shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, comb, floss, one large black trash bag (believe me, it comes in handy), one or two travel-size packs of wet wipes and a pair of socks

One mini care kit containing: Q-tips, Band-Aids, cotton balls, sterilizing swabs and medical tape

Please e-mail me if you would like to contribute any quantity of the items on this list, or if you have ideas about something else to include. I have thought of including small pocket New Testaments, or at least having them available.

Let’s see what God does!

God bless,
Mary Owen (mowen10@georgefox.edu)

Relay for Life Newberg will be held June 28-29 at Newberg High School. We’d love to partner with this incredible fundraiser, which had more than 630 community members of all ages participate last year and raise more than $93,000 for the fight against cancer.

If you are interested in leading/coordinating a George Fox team, please contact Evangeline Pattison (epattison@georgefox.edu or ext. 2121).

The Staff Development Committee is asking for donations to supply our upcoming service project during our March 12 staff conference. We will be looking to bless Urban Services with hygiene kits that will be distributed during their ministry on the streets of Portland and Salem.

We are asking for small travel sizes of hand sanitizer or wet wipes, Q-tips, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, combs and shampoos.

Please bring your donations to one of three drop-off centers for collection: Barbi Doran’s desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center, Darla Norgren’s desk at the Portland Center, or with Helen Morse in the VAC lobby.

Donations will be accepted through Thursday, March 7. Any help with this project will be most appreciated.

Questions? Contact Denise DeCicco at ddecicco@georgefox.edu.

Come support the university’s theatre department by attending the University Players’ thought-provoking performance of drama and music. The theme of our production this year is “The Gospel of Enough.”

Join us Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Free admission!

What is ‘The Gospel of Enough?‘
This year, the University Players explore the fear, anger, sadness and joy that surround our inner tensions and deepest longings, and they celebrate the good news found in the realization that what we really need, and want, may simply be enough.

We still have Bruin Directories to give away! Stop by the ASC offices or e-mail asccommunicationsdirector@georgefox.edu with your name and box number to have yours delivered today!

A memorial service for Richard Twiss, an adjunct faculty member at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, will be at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10. The service will be held at Living Hope Church, 2711 N.E. Andresen Road, in Vancouver, Wash.

Live online streaming will be made available. Please check the Wiconi website for more information.

Check out the BlueZone Store’s “Item of the Month” …

All full-priced crew neck sweatshirts and hoodies are 25 percent off during the month of March!

Is there a colleague you think is deserving of being named Employee of the Month for March? If someone comes to mind, please submit a nomination via e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Wednesday, March 20, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other relevant information.

The person selected by the President’s Executive Leadership Team will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa gift card at our next community meeting.

Congratulations again to Mandee Wilmot on being named February Employee of the Month.

Thank you to the 168 who have turned in your yellow open enrollment election forms. As a reminder to the other 300: Please return them by Friday, March 15.

Enrollment forms and detailed information are on the employee benefits web page.

Additional reminders:

• Kaiser offers vision insurance in the medical plan, and Pioneer offers discounts for vision (see this link)
• Although alternative care is not covered by our medical plans, many of the costs are reimbursable by the flex plan (read more here)
• Both health plans offer personalized online health assessments and resources to keep you and your family informed and healthy!

Questions? Contact Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget: Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee will address issues related to technology in our lives when she comes to campus today (Monday) through Wednesday as guest speaker for the Spring Theological Conference.

The schedule for the week includes:

• Monday, March 4 – “You’ve Been Hacked: How technology has taken you hostage (and how your parents are to blame),” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Powered-Off Zone: A space to engage, play, and create” (2-6 p.m. in the Bruin Den)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Finding Your Sweet Spot: Brain health and multiple intelligences information to help you increase engagement in your first (real) life,” Shalom (9 p.m. in Cap & Gown Room)
• Wednesday, March 6 – “Pushing the Pause Button: Practical tips for learning to be still, bored, and centered,” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)

Dr. Dodgen-Magee is a licensed psychologist, truth communicator and Jesus follower. The Spring Theological Conference is sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies. For more information, contact Paula Hampton at ext 2650.

This is a reminder that the George Fox University Day of Prayer is Saturday, March 9. In preparation, the spiritual life office is gathering personal prayer requests from faculty, administrators, staff, students and their families.

Please send your prayer request to spirituallife@georgefox.edu by Tuesday, March 5. Write your prayer request in the way that you would like it to read for the Day of Prayer (please include your name in the request unless you would like it to be unnamed).

Send any questions to Kayin Griffith at kgriffith@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox University Day of Prayer is Saturday, March 9. In preparation, the spiritual life office is gathering personal prayer requests from faculty, administrators, staff, students and their families.

Please send your prayer request to spirituallife@georgefox.edu by Tuesday, March 5. Write your prayer request in the way that you would like it to read for the Day of Prayer (please include your name in the request unless you would like it to be unnamed).

Send any questions to Kayin Griffith at kgriffith@georgefox.edu.

The Portland Center food drive for the Northeast Portland Backpack Lunch Program begins Monday, March 4!

The program serves more than 170 students at four Northeast Portland schools. Oregon hunger statistics are higher than the national average. We can’t solve this problem completely, but our community can make a world of difference to this group of children!

From March 4 through March 15, please bring your food donations to the bins provided in the lobby of the Portland Center. Suggested items include: cans of chili, soup, ravioli in meat sauce, boxes of mac & cheese, small juice boxes (100 percent juice only, no foil containers), individual serving fruit cups, healthy snacks, small packages of dried fruits, oatmeal cups, etc.

Monetary donations can be made at the Information Desk. A $100 donation sponsors a child for weekend meals for the entire school year. Donation checks made out to Fremont United Methodist Church will be tax deductible.

Questions? Contact Emily Maynard at emaynard@georgefox.edu.

Next week, Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee will address issues related to technology in our lives when she comes to campus Monday through Wednesday, March 4-6, as guest speaker for the Spring Theological Conference.

The schedule for the week includes:

• Monday, March 4 – “You’ve Been Hacked: How technology has taken you hostage (and how your parents are to blame),” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Powered-Off Zone: A space to engage, play, and create” (2-6 p.m. in the Bruin Den)
• Tuesday, March 5 – “Finding Your Sweet Spot: Brain health and multiple intelligences information to help you increase engagement in your first (real) life,” Shalom (9 p.m. in Cap & Gown Room)
• Wednesday, March 6 – “Pushing the Pause Button: Practical tips for learning to be still, bored, and centered,” chapel (10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium)

Dr. Dodgen-Magee is a licensed psychologist, truth communicator and Jesus follower. She had one of the first computers in her class when she was a graduate student “a million years ago,” and was the last person in her family to get an iPhone. She is a reluctant geek and an avid reader of research.

The Spring Theological Conference is sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies. For more information, contact Paula Hampton at ext 2650.

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday), from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.”

The George Fox music department proudly presents its Symphonic band in concert tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. Music from “Lord of the Rings” will be featured.

On Saturday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. the music department proudly presents its choral groups in concert. Groups performing include Chamber Choir, Women’s Chorale and Concert Choir. A special feature of this concert will be the first hearing of the newly installed organ, both in a solo presentation as well as accompanying the Concert Choir.

Both concerts are in Bauman Auditorium and admission is free to both events.