The Daily Bruin

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.

Will you be spending Valentine’s Day alone this year? Are you lamenting your lack of a “ring by spring”? If so, then you’re in luck!

Swing by the Bruin Den on Friday, Feb. 12, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and pick up a book for a “blind date.” For only $3, you can spend Valentine’s snuggled up with a great book, exploring a fantastic fictional world with some cool characters. Then you won’t be alone.

Books will be wrapped so you will not know what you have until after you commit to the blind date!

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

Quaere Verum stands for seeking the truth. Come eat homemade soup and bread with us and discuss an issue related to social justice.

You can find us at the Campbell House (612 N. Meridian St.) tonight (Tuesday) from 7:15 to 9 p.m.!

Questions? Contact Corbin Gronvold at cgronvold12@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.

In honor of Black History Month, the Bon is serving East and West African food tomorrow (Wednesday) and Soul/Caribbean food on Wednesday,  Feb. 24. We hope you enjoy!

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. There will be chapel credit for you as well!

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.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, Feb. 10, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, Fall 2015 course sites will be hidden to students (current semester course sites will be unaffected and remain visible to students). If you want to make any of those course sites visible to students after this update, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. In the “General” section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.