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This survey is a great way to help your peers gather information about how you use social media. This isn’t a confession or conviction; we are simply interested in your social interactions online and how they relate to your health, economy and society.

Social Networking Survey

Questions? Contact David Brooks at dbrooks11@georgefox.edu

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The George Fox nursing and education team that recently traveled to Kenya invites the university community to a presentation about the trip from 3 to 4 p.m. on Monday, April 13, in Hoover 105.

This will be a time of hearing specific patient stories (some in the form of case studies), showing some of our pictures, and discussing a few of the ways we improvised the nursing/medical care based on the supplies we had available. We hope to show you more specifically how God was working through each situation and to encourage you to join with us in praying for the people we had the privilege to meet.

– Stephanie Fisher and Eloise Hockett (team leaders)

Coming soon: Summer address collection for returning students will be held next week!

Here is the info:

• Dates: April 7, 8, 9
• Time: 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Place: Table by ASC offices in Bruin Den
• Who: All current freshmen, sophomores, juniors
• Why: All student mailboxes will be closed the last day of finals. Tell us what to do with your mail over the summer.

Options for your mailbox (and your mail) during the summer:

1. Keep your mailbox open all or part of the summer
2. Provide a forwarding address for the summer (your closed mailbox will be saved for you)

Questions? Please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks!
– Mail Services

The Dress Drive is looking for those who can donate formal dresses for the organization Adorned in Grace in downtown Portland. They are a boutique run by volunteers who help teach girls, at-risk of becoming trafficked, seamstress skills to have better means in finding employment. These formal dresses will aid our community in preventing trafficking.

Dresses can be dropped off in the Bruin Den by the SpIL office the week of April 6-10. Questions? Contact Olivia Christensen at ochristensen11@georgefox.edu.

In January 2016, selected George Fox students will travel to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The Sundance festival is widely regarded as the most prestigious annual showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. Alongside the Sundance Festival, George Fox students will also be attending the Windrider Forum, a venue for conversations about the intersections of faith and film.

We will be attending them during the final week of January. Attending students will be required to notify professors in advance of anticipated absences and create appropriate academic work plans. Personal costs for students will most likely range from $600 to $700 (not including food and incidentals).

You do not need to be a CMCO or COMM major to attend. Applications from all full-time George Fox undergraduate students will be considered.

During the Spring 2016 semester, CMCO 285/485, a selected topics course, will be offered on “Independent Cinema,” and will connect to the Sundance trip experience. Students will have the option of registering for this course to receive credit connected to the Sundance and later semester experiences. However registration in the course is not required for Sundance attendance.

To apply to attend the Sundance festival, please complete the Google form at the following link.

Questions? Please contact Professor Steve Classen at sclassen@georgefox.edu.

Following are the hours of operation over Easter weekend:

Bruin Bites, Bruin Den and Villa Café will all close at 2 p.m. today (Thursday), and there will be no late-night Bruin Den. All outlets will be closed Good Friday, April 3, and will resume regular hours of operation on Monday, April 6.

Klages Dining Room hours of operation will change this weekend due to the Easter holiday.

• On Thursday, breakfast and lunch are normal hours, and dinner is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
• On Friday, April 3, breakfast will be from 9 to 10 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
• On Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5, brunch will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Regular hours of operation resume Monday, April 6.

Please complete your time sheet for March and submit to your supervisor (lock it if you’re using the online system) by the end of the day today (Thursday, April 2), or sooner, if possible. Thanks to those of you who already took care of this! Happy Easter weekend.

– Human Resources

April’s Employee of the Month award will be the last one until September, so if you know someone who deserves this recognition, now is the time to submit that nomination. Please send an email to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, April 16, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes him or her deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our community meeting later this month – along with the recipient of the March Employee of the Month award.

A reminder that the job postings for athletics will close on Saturday, April 4. If you are interested in working in the athletic department next school year, or even this summer, be sure to apply soon!

To apply, log in to Bruin Careers through your MyGFU. Once there, search for “On-Campus Student Employment.”

Questions? Please contact Elise Trask at etrask@georgefox.edu.

The Fitness Center will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 3, and remain closed Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, for the Easter holiday break.

Please plan to fellowship as a George Fox community by participating in our final special chapel series service today (Thursday) from 12:30 to 1 p.m., when we host a a brief mid-day Maundy Thursday communion service in Bauman Auditorium to commemorate the Last Supper.

All are welcome and encouraged to participate! Any questions may be directed toward the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life at 503-554-2320 or spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Do you ever feel like others make assumptions about you based on your culture? Do you ever get frustrated by conversations about race and ethnicity or wish you could just have an honest conversation about diversity?

Today (Thursday), from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in EHS 102, there will be a panel discussion addressing these questions and more. This panel is the first in the spring Student Life discussion series, “Symposium: A Forum for Uncommon Conversations,” which will feature a different topic each Thursday for the next three weeks.

This week’s multicultural panel is titled “Culture Stories: Living Life in Vibrant Color,” and will feature student panelists Leah Abraham, Israel Hammond, Noelle Ho, Marcus Mateo and Kelly Simonsen. Come enjoy refreshments and join in the discussion!

Elective chapel credit is available.

Questions? Please contact Lizzy Riese at eriese11@georgefox.edu.

The Multicultural Returnee Leadership Scholarship application is due by Friday, April 3, at 5 p.m. Four $2,500-per-year renewable scholarships will be given to returnee students who meet the following requirements:

• Considered a domestic undergraduate student
• Actively involved in leadership at George Fox
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
• Strong desire for and willingness to be engaged in diversity and reconciliation activities on campus

To qualify, you must not currently be a multicultural scholarship recipient (if you have questions, contact Donna Barber), and you must submit a leadership resume that includes the following to SpIL via email no later than Friday, April 3, at 5 p.m.:

1. Tell us what makes you qualified as a Multicultural Leadership Scholar
2. Current cumulative GPA
3. Names and contact information of TWO George Fox faculty/staff who would recommend you

Scholarship awardees will be notified by Friday, April 10. For more information, contact Donna Barber, interim director of intercultural life, in the SpIL House or at dbarber@georgefox.edu.

We will not be hosting Chinese Lab this week. See you all next Friday.

Survey #1:

The survey is a great way to help your peers gather information about how you use social media. This isn’t a confession or conviction, we are simply interested in your social interactions online and how they relate to your health, economy and society.

Social Networking Survey

Questions: Contact David Brooks at dbrooks11@georgefox.edu

Survey #2:

This survey is ONLY for sophomores, juniors and seniors.

My study relates to the ways that sports promote moral development and how that compares to other programs on campus.

The survey includes a series of moral dilemmas (cheating, bullying, etc.), and the students are asked to resolve the dilemma and to answer questions regarding the ways they reached their conclusion. The survey and strategy are based on the work of Lawrence Kohlberg, who described a series of stages of moral development.

Behavior and Growth Across Contexts Survey

Questions: Contact Mark Sanchez at msanchez13@georgefox.edu

Survey #3:

Spirituality and Depression are both difficult topics to openly discuss, especially on the George Fox campus. For my senior research project I am trying to see if there is a relationship between the two. Please participate by taking this quick survey. Your response would be extremely helpful!

Spirituality and Depression Survey

Questions? Contact Talline Awabdeh at tawabdeh12@georgefox.edu

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The university’s offices, libraries and BlueZone Store will be closed this Friday, April 3, to observe Good Friday.

The Fitness Center will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 3, and remain closed Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, for the Easter holiday break.

Save the date! On Thursday, April 9, scholar Jason Lepojärvi will present a lecture, “C.S. Lewis’s Famous Disagreement with Augustine on Love,” at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Lepojärvi is a junior research fellow in theology at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford, and a former president of the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society. Born to a Canadian mother and a Finnish father, he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Helsinki. More details about him can be found here. The lecture is sponsored by the Office of the President and the William Penn Honors Program.

Do you know a high school student who may be interested in the William Penn Honors Program? An honors program reception will be held immediately following the lecture. Additionally, a special visit day event will be held on April 10 during Bruin Preview.

Questions? Contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.

We give thanks! The William Penn Honors Program is celebrating the completion of its first year with an open house. All faculty, staff and administrators are invited!

Please join us on Monday, April 13, between 3:30 and 5 p.m. in the Pennington House, home of the honors program. Please contact Jane Sweet (jsweet@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

It’s blood drive time! To sign up and schedule an appointment, go to redcrossblood.org.

Once on the site, find the George Fox blood drive by searching with the ZIP code (97132) or sponsor code (GeorgeFox). Click either George Fox blood drive (Villa Academic Complex Room 117 or Red Cross bus). Sign into your account or register to create one, then schedule an appointment and confirm!

The drive will be from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday). Remember to eat breakfast and drink plenty of water, and be sure to bring your ID! The event is hosted by the university’s Nursing Club.