The Daily Bruin

Would you like to help others learn through one-on-one tutoring? George Fox has partnered with Tutor Matching Service to provide a platform for students to sign up as a potential tutor for other George Fox students or local community members.

Tutors set their own rates and make arrangements for meeting times and locations. If you’re interested in serving as a private tutor, go to the Tutor Matching Service page and follow the instructions at the bottom of the page.

Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Dr. Keith Dempsey, chair of the George Fox counseling program at the Portland campus, is coming to speak about how society views African American men. “Brothers, Can We Talk?” is an honest conversation which highlights how many institutions of higher education proclaim to embrace diversity but many black men continue to have challenging experiences on university and college campuses. Come to hear the trials and triumphs of black men who have navigated the waters of higher education.

Students are eligible to receive an elective chapel credit.

Dr. Dempsey will be speaking on the Newberg campus in the Cap and Gown Room from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday).

Contact Danayit Tsegay (dtsegaye15@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Want to win a cash prize up to $50? Submit photos taken abroad, whether photos of people, landscapes and architecture, or culture. The photo contest is open to all George Fox students and employees. The deadline for photo submissions is Friday, March 4.

For contest guidelines and submission details, please go to this document. The contest is sponsored by International Student & Scholar Services.

If you have any questions, contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu).

If you’re interested in completing a George Fox course in half the time and paying only 50 percent tuition while doing it, then the summer online program is the way to go!

Registration for summer 2016 is now open. The summer online dates are June 6 – July 31. You can check out our newly updated class information site, class.georgefox.edu, for a list of the classes being offered, or visit the George Fox summer courses site. If you have questions about the applicability of a class to your degree requirements, contact your CAP coach for more information. In many cases, your financial aid package may be used to cover the cost (check with Financial Aid for details).

Questions? Email Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu), director of the summer online program.

Note: Reduced tuition rates apply to traditional undergraduate programs only.

The George Fox women’s basketball team completed its second consecutive perfect season on Saturday and will host Whitworth University in the Northwest Conference Tournament semifinals this Thursday at 7 p.m. in Miller Gymnasium.

Students will receive free admission with their I.D. cards, but all George Fox employees are required to pay for their entry.

If the Bruins win on Thursday, on Saturday they will host the winner of the Puget Sound versus Whitman game. The Northwest Conference Tournament champion earns an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Questions? Contact Sarah Reid (sreid@georgefox.edu).

Starting today (Tuesday), tickets will be available for purchase outside of the Bruin Den to see Comedy Sportz in Bauman Auditorium on March 6 at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available for sale everyday during lunch hours (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.) until March 4. If you are unable to get your ticket during this time, tickets will be available at the door on the day of the show.

Tickets are $5 for an evening of fun and laughter! The event is sponsored by the Kenya Summer Serve team to help raise money for its trip. Come and enjoy the entertaining, improvisational act Comedy Sportz puts on — you might even get to be a part of the show!

Questions? Contact Rachel Wilson (rwilson14@georgefox.edu).

Dr. Keith Dempsey, chair of the George Fox counseling program at the Portland campus, is coming to speak about how society views African American men. “Brothers, Can We Talk?” is an honest conversation which highlights how many institutions of higher education proclaim to embrace diversity but many black men continue to have challenging experiences on university and college campuses. Come to hear the trials and triumphs of black men who have navigated the waters of higher education. Students are eligible to receive an elective chapel credit.

Dr. Dempsey will be speaking on the Newberg campus in the Cap and Gown Room from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25.

Contact Danayit Tsegay (dtsegaye15@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Want to win a cash prize up to $50? Submit photos taken abroad, whether photos of people, landscapes and architecture, or culture. The photo contest starts today (Monday), and it’s open to all George Fox students and employees. The deadline for photo submissions is Friday, March 4.

For contest guidelines and submission details, please go to this document. The contest is sponsored by International Student & Scholar Services.

If you have any questions, contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu).

Join us for the fifth annual Circle of Peace Seminar, “Building Bridges of Peace: Bringing Compassionate Solutions to Global Changes,” on Monday, Feb. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room on the Newberg campus.

Our panel discussion will highlight practical ways in which faith-based organizations have endeavored to build global bridges of peace across religious, cultural and political divides. The “Building Bridges of Peace” seminar will include a panel of three speakers from Muslim, Christian and Jewish relief and development agencies, as well as a short question and answer time.

Chapel credit is available for this event. This seminar is open to the public in addition to the George Fox community. You can learn more here.

Questions? Contact Sarita Gallagher at sgallagher@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in taking a week-long serve trip to Haiti during spring break 2017? Come by Minthorn 100 (downstairs) today (Monday) from 5 to 6 p.m. to learn more about what you’d be doing, how much it would cost, and what you’d need to prepare to go. Isabelle Corneaux, assistant professor of French, and Jacques St. Gelus, the serve trip’s leader, will facilitate the information session.

Questions? Contact Thao Anh Gailey at avu13@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in taking a week-long serve trip to Haiti during spring break 2017? Come by Minthorn 100 (downstairs) on Monday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 6 p.m. to learn more about what you’d be doing, how much it would cost, and what you’d need to prepare to go. Isabelle Corneaux, assistant professor of French, and Jacques St. Gelus, the serve trip’s leader, will facilitate the information session.

Questions? Contact Thao Anh Gailey at avu13@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join the university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry for the sixth annual Dalton Lecture at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Bauman Auditorium.

James M. Tour, PhD, the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University’s Smalley Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, will present “Jesus Christ and Nanotechnology: The Impact of Faith Upon the Life of a Scientist.”

Admission is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition, chapel credit is available for students.

Dr. Tour will also be speaking today at 3 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Feel free to attend that as well.

A summary of Tour’s presentation and information on Tour and the Dalton Lecture Series in general is available at this link. Questions? Call the Department of Biology and Chemistry at 503-554-2710.

We want to remind you that George Fox University is committed to providing a Christ-centered community that fosters a safe living, learning and work setting for students, employees and visitors. A core value of this institution is to maintain a respectful environment for all individuals that is free of the following:

• Sexual harassment
• Sexual assault
• Domestic violence
• Dating violence
• Stalking
• Harassment and discrimination
• Bias-related incidents and hate crimes

These behaviors and actions are contrary to the mission, values and Lifestyle Standards of our community. It is our firm belief that engaging in any aspect of this behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by members of the George Fox community.

Should an incident of this nature occur, the person is strongly encouraged to report the incident to university personnel. For further descriptions of these policies, resources for support, and the process for reporting please visit studenthandbook.georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join the university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry for the sixth annual Dalton Lecture at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 18, in Bauman Auditorium.

James M. Tour, PhD, the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University’s Smalley Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, will present “Jesus Christ and Nanotechnology: The Impact of Faith Upon the Life of a Scientist.”

Admission is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition, chapel credit is available for students.

Dr. Tour will also be speaking Thursday at 3 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Feel free to attend that as well.

Tour has more than 550 research publications and more than 75 patents, with citations totaling more than 55,000. He was named among “The 50 Most Influential Scientists in the World Today” by TheBestSchools.org in 2014.

He will share a brief overview of nanotechnology and his coming to faith in Jesus Christ and how this decision impacted his life. He will also share his thoughts regarding evolution and his hope for science and the young.

A dessert reception and Student Research Poster session follows the evening lecture.

For more information on Tour and the Dalton Lecture Series in general, visit this link. Questions? Call the Department of Biology and Chemistry at 503-554-2710.

As we ramp up to registration for the 2016-17 academic year, we’re implementing some improvements to our popular class information webpage, class.georgefox.edu.

On Monday, Feb. 15, you’ll see these changes go live!

Basic navigation for semester, student population and class subject are the same, but we’ve added drill-down functionality that includes class start and end dates as well as meeting dates, times and locations, along with access to some basic tuition refund calculations.

Advisors and students, we recommend you familiarize yourself with the new layout and functions prior to your advising appointments in March.

Questions? Contact Melissa Thomas at registrar@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to attend a free lecture featuring Lauren Winner, author and assistant professor of spirituality at Duke Divinity School, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, in Bauman Auditorium.

Winner is the author of numerous books, including Girl Meets God, Wearing God and Mudhouse Sabbath. The lecture she will present is titled “Wearing God: Encountering Overlooked Biblical Metaphors for God.”

Her recent memoir, Still: Notes on a Mid-faith Crisis, was named a “Best Book of 2012” in the religion category by Publishers Weekly and was a Christianity Today 2013 Book Award winner in the spirituality category. Her book on overlooked biblical images of God, Wearing God, was published by HarperOne in the spring of 2015.

Winner has appeared on PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Books and Culture and Christianity Today. She has degrees from Duke, Columbia and Cambridge universities, and she holds a PhD in history.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the William Penn Honors Program, the College of Christian Studies and the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life. Chapel credit is available.

Questions? Contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2152.

Please be aware that the student payday for February will be Tuesday, Feb. 16, due to President’s Day (bank holiday) on the 15th.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kasondra Silva at ksilva@georgefox.edu.

The College of Business is hosting its second annual Innovative Industry Idea Challenge (i3). This team competition will give you an outlet for challenge, competition, business innovation and a full day of collaborating with industry experts from Intel, Ivey Performance Marketing, Hewlett-Packard and more! The grand prize for the winning team will be $500 and your names commemorated on a trophy.

Teams must consist of six to eight George Fox students, with one member being from the College of Business. Each team will have an industry expert as a mentor and five hours to collaborate with each other to come up with an innovative business idea for a randomly assigned industry.

No outside prep is needed, but bring what you think you might need to succeed. Single members who do not have a team may sign up at the College of Business offices to be put on a random team.

Registration opens Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. and closes Saturday, Feb. 20, at noon. Visit our website for more information.

Questions? Contact Laurie Koehler at lkoehler@georgefox.edu or Kiana Neisig at kneisig14@georgefox.edu.

Planning is in full swing to honor graduates from traditional undergraduate, adult degree, and graduate programs at a variety of 2016 Spring Commencement events the final week of April.

Details on all events are available at commencement.georgefox.edu.

The efforts of George Fox to aid in restoring a favorable habitat for monarch butterflies will be featured in a television episode of Oregon Field Guide, to be aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB-TV) this Thursday, Feb. 11.

The Field Guide episode, entitled “Monarchs and Milkweeds,” will explore the planting by various groups and individuals of native milkweeds, which serve as an irreplaceable resource for the monarch butterfly’s reproduction during its migrations through western Oregon and the Willamette Valley. The program will air at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, with a repeat presentation scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 14, at 6:30 p.m.

With more than 99 percent of the original Willamette Valley habitat gone within historic times, the migration of the monarchs is jeopardized. George Fox has been collaborating its efforts with individuals and organizations to restore usable milkweed foraging habitat for these butterflies by planting milkweed both as landscape plantings and prairie restoration components on campus.

The goal is to not only create usable habitat on campus but also to be a community resource for education and for the propagation stock of these valuable native species.