The Daily Bruin

Are you interested in being a part of ASC Central Committee next year? Go to asc.georgefox.edu to apply or visit the ASC offices for more information.

Ty Dye, head of the company Unlock Limits Coaching Groups, will share on “Equipping 101 – What Every Leader Needs To Know” at this month’s Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Villa Academic Complex.

Dye is a certified teacher, speaker and teacher with the John Maxwell Team and was recently part of an international group that trained 24,000 leaders in Guatemala. Dye spent more than 20 years in sales and sales management, developing teams in multiple companies and industries. He is passionate about helping others develop in their leadership skills and unleashing their God-given strengths.

For more information, go to the Chamber’s website at cccnw.net or call 503-928-8354.

What does the future hold for higher education? This week, President Robin Baker addresses the question in his blog. Feel free to read the piece here.

The advancement office welcomes Pam Clem this month to serve in the newly created position of director of foundations, corporate giving and grants. Pam has worked the past two and a half years at Marylhurst University in three capacities – as interim director of advancement (November 2013 to January 2014), director of advancement communications and grants (January to November 2013), and manager of foundation, corporate and government relations (July 2011 to January 2013). Previously, she spent four and a half years at Westminster College in Salt Lake City as director of advancement communications (2008-11) and assistant director of corporate and foundation relations (2006-08). In all, Pam has more than 20 years of advancement experience, having worked at Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute in the early 2000s and at the University of Southern California for nine years (1985-94), where she began her career in advancement in 1989. Pam earned a master’s degree in public relations from USC in 1992, holds an MBA from Pace University’s Lubin School of Business, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Russian area studies from Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York (now Fordham University). She lives in Dundee with her husband, Ron, and their wirehaired dachshund, Bravo. They are new congregants of St. Peter Catholic Church in Newberg.

The biology and chemistry department welcomes Lori Scharton as an administrative assistant this month. For the past five years, she worked as director of operations for the Partnership to End Poverty in Redmond, Ore., where she did bookkeeping, office management and event coordination. Previously, from 1989 to 2005, Lori was a speech/language specialist for the Perris School District in Perris, Calif. She earned both a master’s degree (1989) and a bachelor’s degree (1987) in communication disorders from the University of Redlands. Lori is a recent transplant to Newberg, where she resides with her husband Ken. Her son Daniel is in his junior year at George Fox, majoring in studio arts. Her daughter Kara continues to reside in Redmond.

John Shaw joins the university this month as director of enterprise software in IT. He has spent the past two and a half years as a business analyst and business systems manager for JELD-WEN, the building products manufacturer headquartered in Klamath Falls, Ore. While there, John served in the project manager role for multiple global software toolset upgrades. He earned bachelor’s degrees in both information systems and business management from Corban University in 2011. John, his wife Whitney and daughter Avery have recently relocated from Klamath Falls to Newberg.

Ed Higgins’ (English) poem “Anniversary” appeared in the February 2014 issue of The Red River Review, a quarterly Texas-based literary magazine. Also, his short poem “Poetry as Jello” appeared in the February 2014 edition of Confettifall, an online e-zine that specializes in publishing stories and poems of 140 characters or fewer.

Feb. 19             Lisa Bingham, Sue Corbett-Furgal, Jere Witherspoon
Feb. 20             Gina Braden, Scot Headley
Feb. 21             Jonathan Hall
Feb. 22             Mark Hall
Feb. 23             Mark Weinert
Feb. 24             Corwynn Beals
Feb. 26             Pam Clem
Feb. 27             Joel Schutter
March 2            Gary Kilburg, Winston Seegobin
March 3            Joseph Clair, Kayin Griffith, Rhett Luedtke

Wednesday, Feb. 19, is the last day you can nominate someone for February Employee of the Month.

To nominate a colleague for this month’s award, please send an email to Peggy Kilburg by day’s end with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so. The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 Visa gift card at our all-employee meeting on Thursday, Feb. 27.

The works of Beethoven will be performed on the George Fox stage when Bösendorfer Educational Artist Kenn Willson presents his “Encounters with Beethoven” concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in Bauman Auditorium.

Employees and students are entitled to one complimentary ticket each. They can be picked up in the Box Office located in the Pennington House. Additional tickets may be purchased on this page.

Willson will perform German Dance #1, Sonata Op. 31 #3, Sonata Op. 27 #2 (“Moonlight”) and Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Tune: Ode to Joy). He has traveled to Vienna, Austria, and to the Piano Academy in Recanati, Italy, to perform. He is also known throughout the region for his “Encounters with Beethoven” performances. In 2005, Willson was named a Bösendorfer Educational Artist by the Viennese Piano Manufacturing Company.

The Bösendorfer Concert Series, sponsored by the music department, has brought in world-renowned classical pianists since its inception in 2007. Past performers have included Baruch Meir, Gianluca Luisi of Italy and Valentina Lisitsa of Ukraine.

You are invited to join us tonight (Tuesday) for a human trafficking awareness event hosted by the university’s Social Work Club.

Come hear from Door to Grace, a nonprofit organization that was founded as a door to freedom for girls forced into the sex trade. We are excited to host multiple guest speakers to address issues of prevention, rescue and action.

We would be honored if you and your friends would join us from 6 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. Contact Isabella Freeman at ifreeman11@georgefox.edu.

The Peer Advisor application deadline has been extended to Monday, March 3, at 5 p.m. Please consider applying for this fun role next year! We are looking for individuals who would like to use their experience to help new students transition well to Fox. More information can be found here.

If you are interested in being a Welcome Weekend Coordinator, applications will be due Feb. 24! We are looking for a small group of talented individuals to pull off big events! If you are detail oriented, hospitality focused, and like to think outside of the box, this might be the job for you! This is potentially a full-time job over the summer. More information and applications can be found at the bottom of this page.

Questions? Email Stephanie at sstcyr@georgefox.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!

Chapel Elective: Women’s and Men’s Sex Talk
Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 9 p.m.
Women will meet in Cap & Gown Room
Men will meet in Lemmons 8

Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 10:40 a.m.
Bauman Auditorium
Dale and Jonalyn Fincher of Soulation will be sharing about “Cat & Mouse Romance”

Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Bauman Auditorium
Dale and Jonalyn Fincher of Soulation will be sharing about “Guarded Hearts, Broken Hearts”

Shalom: Sex and Relationships Discussion
Thursday, Feb. 20, at 9 p.m.
Cap & Gown Room

Questions? Contact Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu

You are warmly invited to Kayin Griffith’s thank you and congratulations party! We’ll gather from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the International Center/Cultural House.

Kayin, assistant director of SpIL programs, has accepted an exciting new opportunity as the director of advocacy and development for the organization Word Made Flesh. She will be using her skills and talents to develop and implement new strategies for WMF’s fund development as well as helping to connect people to the WMF mission.

While the George Fox community will dearly miss Kayin, we are so excited for this new chapter in her life! Join us as we celebrate her and bless her new endeavors!

Community members are encouraged to join the George Fox University Master Chorus at it continues Tuesday rehearsals in preparation for an April 25 performance of John Rutter’s composition Mass of the Children.

On that evening, Master Chorus members will join with the university’s Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, select Women’s Ensemble from Newberg High School, and the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra for a 7:30 p.m. performance in Bauman Auditorium.

Rehearsals will be every Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Ross 208 (choir room). Participants are expected to have previous choir experience, average to above-average sight reading skills and the ability to attend rehearsals. There is no audition or cost, and director’s permission is required. Music will be supplied by the university.

Questions? Please contact the George Fox Music Department at 503-554-2620.

The university community is invited to come hear Dr. Michael Tso, director of training at His Mansion Ministries in New Hampshire, tonight (Monday).

Dr. Tso will present twice on campus. His first presentation, entitled “Hope for the Hopeless: Does Psychology, Science and/or Faith Provide Substantive Hope for Hurting People?,” is scheduled from 11:40 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Cap and Gown Room B & C.

His second talk is titled “Wounded People with Wounded Healers: How to Journey with Strugglers (Addiction/Trauma/Mental Health) Faithfully and Honestly?” and will be presented from 3:40 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 103.

Students interested in an eight-week summer internship, a semester internship, or post-graduate employment with His Mansion Ministries are encouraged to attend one of the sessions. Dr. Tso is also well-connected with a number of other potential medical, mental health and ministry setting internships around the U.S.

His Mansion Ministries is a faith-based residential recovery community serving adults ages 18-35 struggling with substance abuse, sexual addictions, eating disorders and mental health issues.

Questions? Contact Kris Kays at kkays@georgefox.edu.

The Accountability and Encouragement group being formed on campus has changed meeting days and location. We will be meeting on Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m., Feb. 18 through May 27, in the Duke Athletic Center’s second-floor conference room. There is no charge to take part.

Contact Patty Findley (pfindley@georgefox.edu) or Linda Sartwell (lsartwel@georgefox.edu) for further information.

Do tests drive you crazy? You read the book, did the assignments, studied the night before, and still didn’t do as well as you wanted on your test. What else can you do? This Friday, Feb. 21, the Academic Resource Center will host a session, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test-Taker),” from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125.

The session was originally scheduled for earlier this month but had to be rescheduled because of our snow day on Feb. 7.

Rick Muthiah, associate director of learning support services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests.

Questions? Contact Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314.

Are some of your students struggling with tests? Please encourage them to attend an Academic Resource Center workshop, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test-Taker),” this Friday, Feb. 21, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125. This workshop was originally scheduled for earlier this month but was rescheduled because of our snow day on Feb. 7.

Rick Muthiah, associate director of learning support services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests. If you have students you feel would benefit from this workshop, please encourage them to attend.

Questions? Contact Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314.

Greenroom is cancelled for this upcoming Sunday, Feb. 16. Feel free to use the Prayer Chapel space for gathering and prayer.

There are currently three staff and administrator positions open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• University Pastor/Dean of Spiritual Life, Inclusion, and Leadership
• Computer Support Specialist IV
• Video Producer

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Join us for Relationship Focus Week events starting next week!

Chapel Elective: Women’s and Men’s Sex Talk
Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 9 p.m.
Women will meet in Cap & Gown Room
Men will meet in Lemmons 8

Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 10:40 a.m.
Bauman Auditorium
Dale and Jonalyn Fincher of Soulation will be sharing about “Cat & Mouse Romance”

Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Bauman Auditorium
Dale and Jonalyn Fincher of Soulation will be sharing about “Guarded Hearts, Broken Hearts”

Shalom: Sex and Relationships Discussion
Thursday, Feb. 20, at 9 p.m.
Cap & Gown Room

Questions? Contact Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu