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Trying to integrate your love for sports entertainment with a future job or internship? The Portland Trail Blazers organization is hosting the Sports & Entertainment Career and Internship Fair at the Moda Center on Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 2 to 7 p.m.

Companies affiliated with sports entertainment like Adidas, the Seattle Mariners, the Portland Timbers and many more will be there! Cost to attend the event is $10, which can be paid at the IDEA Center. One ticket will gain you entrance into both the career fair and the game versus the Brooklyn Nets that evening at 7 p.m.

Register your name at the IDEA Center or fill out this Google form if you have an interest in attending. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first served basis. See this career fair link for more details.

Don’t hesitate to make an appointment with a Career Coach if you need help prepping for this fair.

Questions? Stop by the IDEA Center or contact us at idea@georgefox.edu.

Want to play intramural floor hockey? Then sign up today (Friday) in the Bruin Den! Floor hockey will start this Monday, Feb. 15. This is a coed sport, and teams require at least six players, including two girls.

Please sign up your team name and members as well as your captain’s name, email and phone number. Any questions? Contact Justine Benner at jbenner12@georgefox.edu.

Want to get involved in the culture of prayer on campus? Come join us in Lifted Hands Intercessory Prayer, a time of prayer dedicated to coming together to pray in community over issues affecting our campus and local community.

We will be in the Prayer Chapel this afternoon (Friday) at 2 p.m., so be sure to come join us for this special time.

Calling all staff! Could you use some extra training in current aspects of your job? Did you know that the Staff Development Committee has funds set aside to help defray some of the tuition costs for workshops, classes or other training?

All that is needed is to download the form from the Staff Development Committee website, fill it out, include a copy of your class registration and payment form, and submit materials to Nadine Kincaid at Box 6095. Funds are dispersed on a first-come, first-served basis and are available until they are all used up, or July 1, whichever comes first.

We want you to be the best you can be at your job, so please avail yourself of this opportunity to learn new skills. Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at 503-554-2090 or nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Due to safety concerns and fire risk associated with hoverboards that have been raised by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the potential impact to the safety of our community, George Fox University has decided to temporarily ban these devices.

Effective the spring 2016 semester until further notice, the use, possession or storage of hoverboards, including all self-balancing-type scooters and hands-free segways, will not be permitted on campus or on any George Fox property.

The College of Business is hosting its annual Innovative Industry Idea Challenge (i3) for its second year. This team competition will involve business innovation and a full day of collaboration 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 members, 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.

This week, as always, we are hosting our regular night of swing dancing Saturday in the Foxhole! However, this time it is special. This week it is Valentine’s Day-themed, so there will be chocolate!

Beginner lessons start at 6:30 p.m., advanced lessons at 7 p.m., and free dance from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Hope to see you there!

The university’s Jazz Ensemble will be performing in the Klages Dining Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 5:15 p.m. Come out to support these talented and hard-working student musicians. Their set will feature music by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria and more!

Questions? Contact Nathanael Ankeny at nankeny@georgefox.edu.

The Office of Alumni Relations is planning a networking event for you! As we put the pieces together, we want to know how we can best serve you as you prepare for life “Post Fox.”

The following survey will allow you to let us know what you are most interested in learning. Those who fill this survey will be entered in a drawing for a Dutch Brothers gift card and will not be obligated to attend the event, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, April 15, in the Stevens Center.

Post Fox Survey

Questions? Contact Taylor Ellis at tellis12@georgefox.edu.

Need help trying to optimize and professionalize your LinkedIn profile? The IDEA Center has drop-in hours from noon to 1 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays for anyone needing help articulating their experiences, skills and talents through LinkedIn.

Stop by the IDEA Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center and come out with a better, impressive-looking profile that can help get your foot in the door!

All are invited to a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture this Monday, Feb. 15, when Winston Seegobin, professor of clinical psychology in the George Fox doctor of psychology program, speaks on the topic “How Does Christianity Influence Cultural Dialogues” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

We live in a diverse world that consists of many cultures. Cultural misunderstandings can easily occur and may result in hurt and pain, even when it is unintentional. In this session, Winston will discuss how we can have healthy cultural dialogues in the context of a Christian university. We will also address how Christian principles and practices can enhance these difficult dialogues.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Christianity and Pop Culture.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in going on a serve trip over spring break? This is the last week to sign up! The trips are only $50 to $100 for the whole week!

This year’s trips are going to Camp Attitude, Flying H Ranch, Urban Impact in Seattle, Mending Wings and Word Made Flesh. If you are interested in participating, applications are due today (Friday, Feb. 12). Applications can be found at this link. Trip info is available here.

Contact Mikayla Greenwell (mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The IDEA Center’s second Be Found February 30-Day Challenge Workshop, “Create A Standout Resume,” is this Monday, Feb. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

This workshop is all about making your passion and your skills stand out from the crowd. We’ll show you how to outline a resume that will be ready for tailoring and will make applying for multiple internships and jobs a piece of cake. Bring your lunch!

Questions? Stop by the IDEA Center our contact us at idea@georgefox.edu.

If you are looking for a space to meet new people and have deep conversation, come out to “Culture Corner” at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in the Foxhole! To go with the “Valentine’s Day” vibe, we will be playing a speed friendship and minute-to-win-it game.

Come for chocolate and cookies, too! Questions? Contact Noelle Ho at nho14@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.

Join us as we welcome George Fox alumni Bill Jackson, Michael Livingston and Rose Livingston for a special Black History Month alumni panel. The three guests will share stories from their time here at George Fox and will provide insight into what it was like for students of color on campus during the late 1960s/early 1970s.

Join us from 11 a.m. to noon in the Cap and Gown Room today (Thursday). Questions? Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu.

Looking to learn a little more about current mental health issues and research? Join psychology’s honor society, Psi Chi, today (Thursday) for a live lecture put on by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research.

The lecture, titled “To Tweet or not to Tweet: Community-based Participatory Research Approaches to Advance Wellness,” will be presented by Ann Marie White, PhD, from the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Melanie Funchess, director of the Mental Health Association.

Stop by Hoover 103 at 11 a.m. to join with fellow students and faculty to discuss important psychological research!

Questions? Contact McKenna Tornblad at mtornblad14@georgefox.edu.

Want to play intramural floor hockey? Then sign up this week in the Bruin Den! Floor hockey will start next Monday, Feb. 15. This is a coed sport, and teams require at least six players, including two girls.

Please sign up your team name and members as well as your captain’s name, email and phone number. Any questions? Contact Justine Benner at jbenner12@georgefox.edu.

Want to get involved in the culture of prayer on campus? Come join us in Lifted Hands Intercessory Prayer, a time of prayer dedicated to coming together to pray in community over issues affecting our campus and local community.

We will be in the Prayer Chapel tomorrow (Friday) at 2 p.m., so be sure to come join us for this special time.

Need to take a break from the craziness? Join us in Contemplative Worship today (Thursday) for an opportunity to meet with God in the quiet, exploring the traditions of silent worship and meditation. It will be held at 10:50 a.m. in the Prayer Chapel, and there is chapel credit available.