The Daily Bruin

Spending so much time formatting your papers that you don’t have time to write them? Join us for a workshop, “Microsoft Word and Google Docs: Formatting Basics,” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:35 a.m. in Lemmons 8.

This workshop can help answer basic questions about creating and formatting documents in Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Bring your computers! The session will be presented by Kandie Comfort from IT Services and Hannah Adderley, Academic Resource Center coordinator.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

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 no later than Friday, Feb. 12. Applications can be found at this link. Trip info is available here.

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

Knows students who need help with MLA style for citations? Encourage them to attend a workshop, “Using MLA Format Effectively,” today (Wednesday) from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. (note time change) in Hoover 105.

In this session, Kristie Richman, adjunct instructor of English, will cover the Modern Language Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in MLA style. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Need help learning MLA style for citations? Join us for a workshop, “Using MLA Format Effectively,” today (Wednesday) from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. (note time change) in Hoover 105.

In this session, Kristie Richman, adjunct instructor of English, will cover the Modern Language Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in MLA style. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

If you are looking for a space to meet new people and have deep conversation, come out to “Culture Corner” at 7 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 11, 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.

We look forward to hearing about someone who has made recent significant contributions to the work of the university, so please send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by Thursday, Feb. 18, with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa gift card at an all-community meeting later this month.

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 this Thursday, Feb. 11. Questions? Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu.

Looking to dig a little deeper with community? Grow spiritually? Life Group sign-ups are open!

Life Groups are running for six weeks during the Lent season. Groups meet at various times and locations and are led by George Fox faculty and staff members. Groups are coed, all male or all female.

Sign up for one that fits your schedule by the end of this week! You can learn more about Life Groups and sign up at this link.

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.

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 request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department (optional); and the chart of accounts budget to be charged. The next order will be placed on Monday, Feb. 15.

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

George Fox University’s singing club, Sweet Tunes, brings you Val-o-grams! Are you looking for a fun and easy way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with friends or loved ones? Then sign up for a singing Val-o-gram to be delivered at your specified location and time, and we will come to you!

We will sing a brief song and provide a gift of either chocolate or flowers for your special someone! We also will sing for special events or club meetings.

Cost is $5 for a standard Val-0-gram and $10 for special orders. All proceeds will go to International Justice Mission, so sign up today! Do so by contacting Simone at sbogar15@georgefox.edu.

Penny Martin joined the university as an administrative assistant for both the Department of History, Politics and International Studies and the Department of World Languages, Sociology and Cultural Studies. She worked previously as a transaction coordinator and real estate assistant with Dwight Schwab, Keller Williams Realty of Lake Oswego for the past two years. Before that, she worked as an administrative assistant and office manager for NW Realty Group in Lake Oswego (2005-13) before taking time off to write a book in 2013-14. Penny lives in Tigard with her husband, Jeff.  She has three children: Royce, Ashley and her youngest, Alexis Behrend, who is a freshman at George Fox. She attends Westside: A Jesus Church in Portland.

Bill Buhrow (Health and Counseling/GDCP) presented a three-hour lecture on “Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders” as part of a multi-day training seminar, “Understanding Psychopathology,” at PLACE (Program for Leadership Advancement & Continuing Education) in Mumbai, India, to about 30 students via Skype. Bill was invited to speak by Dr. Steve Stratton (Asbury Seminary) to be part of this ongoing counselor training ministry, an initiative of The Church at Powai in Mumbai.

Anderson Campbell (Christian studies) published the article “Serving for Goodness Sake” in the Christ & Cascadia online journal, a collaborative publication that explores the cultural challenges, opportunities and responsibilities for Christianity in Cascadia (Oregon, Washington and British Columbia).

Kevin T. Jones (Department of Communication Studies) and Bethany Widdicombe (December 2015 communication studies graduate) recently had their book chapter, “Engaging Empathy in Interpersonal Social Justice,” accepted for publication in an upcoming 2016 textbook, Teaching From the Heart and Learning to Make a Difference: Teaching the Introductory Communication Course Through Critical Communication Pedagogy. The chapter examines how to teach students to explore social justice as more than a global concern, but a problem on the local level that needs attention through an interpersonal communication lens.

Sarita Gallagher (Christian studies) published an article, “Building Bridges of Peace in the Midst of Religious Diversity,” in a special edition of the Evangelical Society’s journal Occasional Bulletin.

Paul Anderson (Christian studies) has written an essay about Quakers that will be published in a forthcoming issue of Christian History magazine. The piece is part of a series of articles on the history of Quakers. Christian History magazine is a full-color, high-quality, quarterly publication “bringing the story of the church to the people of the church,” according to its website.

Feb. 9              Bill Stevens
Feb. 10            Debbie Cash
Feb. 11            Danae Allen, Lynn Scott, Cindy Zablotny
Feb. 12            Paul Shew
Feb. 14            Johanna Schweitzer
Feb. 16            Danielle Warner
Feb. 19            Sue Corbett-Furgal, Kelly Hughton, Cristina Schmitt, Jere Witherspoon
Feb. 20            Gina Braden, Scot Headley
Feb. 21            Adina Briggs McConaughey, Jon Hall
Feb. 22            Mark Hall
Feb. 23            Jeongah Kim, Mark Weinert
Feb. 24            Corwynn Beals
Feb. 27            Joel Schutter
March 1           Andrew Fleming
March 2           Winston Seegobin
March 3           Joseph Clair, Kayin Griffith, Rhett Luedtke
March 4           Tyler Cuddeford
March 6           Chris Casey
March 7           Lecia Retter

ASC Elections Night is happening following Wednesday’s chapel (Feb. 10) in Bauman Auditorium. Come hear from this year’s ASC Central candidates! Speeches will be given and a Q&A session will be held. We will start at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Positions include ASC President, Executive VP, VP of Representation, VP of Commuter Life, VP of Multicultural Life, VP of Finance, VP of Activities & Programs, and VP of Marketing & Communications.

Voting starts immediately after on iGFU, ending on Saturday night, Feb. 13. Questions? Email ASC at asc@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.

Feeling poetic? Come to Sigma Tau Delta’s Poetry Reading Night on Thursday, Feb. 11, starting at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105.

You can sign up to read or recite your original poetry or spoken-word pieces, or you can share your favorite works by other poets. Or you can just come and listen to your poetic peers. So many options!

If you want to read, please sign up on the sheet posted in the Minthorn mailroom. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Heather Harney at hharney12@georgefox.edu.

Know students who struggle formatting their papers? Encourage them to attend a workshop, “Microsoft Word and Google Docs: Formatting Basics,” this Thursday, Feb. 11, from 10:50 to 11:35 a.m. in Lemmons 8.

This workshop can help answer basic questions about creating and formatting documents in Microsoft Word and Google Docs. The session will be presented by Kandie Comfort from IT Services and Hannah Adderley, Academic Resource Center coordinator.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Spending so much time formatting your papers that you don’t have time to write them? Join us for a workshop, “Microsoft Word and Google Docs: Formatting Basics,” this Thursday, Feb. 11, from 10:50 to 11:35 a.m. in Lemmons 8.

This workshop can help answer basic questions about creating and formatting documents in Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Bring your computers! The session will be presented by Kandie Comfort from IT Services and Hannah Adderley, Academic Resource Center coordinator.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Need help learning MLA style for citations? Join us for a workshop, “Using MLA Format Effectively,” tomorrow (Wednesday) from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. (note time change) in Hoover 105.

In this session, Kristie Richman, adjunct instructor of English, will cover the Modern Language Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in MLA style. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.