The Daily Bruin

An Intro to Guitar class and individual guitar lessons are being offered on campus this spring. Sign up and add some fun to your schedule!

The Intro to Guitar class is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting. Learn to play rock, worship and popular songs while learning strumming patterns and chord progressions. No experience is necessary (MUSI 250-A; meets Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:40-10:30 a.m).

Individual guitar lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level. One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and get some new skills and techniques. Work on music that you really want to play: rock, blues, worship, jazz, classical, etc. (MUSA 105/305 GT).

Lessons are taught by in-demand Portland guitarist Dave Iula. He performs with Portland’s top bands (Mel Brown, Patrick Lamb, Excellent Gentlemen) as well as many churches in Portland (Beaverton Foursquare, Southlake Church, Rolling Hills, Imago Dei Community).

E-mail Dave for more info at daveiula1@gmail.com.

We would like to inform you of a great and fun volunteer opportunity coming on Monday, Jan. 20. Once again, we will be taking part in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. There are no classes this day, so instead of taking the day off, come serve with us in Portland and get a free T-shirt.

MLK Day consists of meeting early Monday morning at Stevens and then heading to Portland. The day begins with a rally at David Douglas High School. From there, volunteers are assigned a community project, alongside other Portland-area college students.

This is a great event to meet other college students and also to volunteer. Transportation and food is provided by our department at no cost to you. All you need to do is register here by midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

If you would like more information, you can find it at this link or you can e-mail Inclusion and Student Leadership Programs at islp@georgefox.edu.

Make sure you invite your friends.

Don’t forget there is an RA informational meeting this Thursday, Jan. 16, at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Come and hear about what it means to be an RA and get your questions answered. This is a great opportunity to see if serving as an RA could be for you before applications are due next Wednesday!

For more information, please contact Ben Kulpa at bkulpa@georgefox.edu

Attention student employees: If you have not yet given consent to receive your W-2 online, please do so by 5 p.m. today (Tuesday). It takes just a minute to log into MyGFU and go to “Self Service,” “Payroll and Compensation,” “W-2 Consent” and check the box.

Help us go green!

Spring 2014 FoxTALE sites are currently hidden from students. When you are ready, make your course visible to your students by logging in to your course, selecting “Administration>Edit Settings” on the course homepage and changing the visible setting from “Hide” to “Show.”

Use your new, empty 2014 Spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

If your course site is set to “Weekly” format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to “Administration > Edit settings” on the course home page. Change the course start date to the first day of your course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and save changes.

Learn More: FoxTALE Faculty Guides by Topic

Imagine working, cooking, or managing a hotel in Yosemite, Yellowstone, Glacier, the Grand Canyon, and many others!

Talk with ACMNP on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 10: a.m. -2 p.m. in the Bruin Den!
Check out www.acmnp.com for more info and start thinking about NEXT summer NOW!

Interested in finding out more about domestic and international missions? Come to the 2014 Missions Fair tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium on the Newberg campus.

Missions organizations participating include Word Made Flesh, Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry, Teach Beyond, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Iron Sharpens Iron Campus Ministries, Children’s Relief International, Faith in Action and many more!

If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.

Hope to see you there!

Interested in finding out more about domestic and international missions? Come to the 2014 Missions Fair tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium.

Missions organizations participating include Word Made Flesh, Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry, Teach Beyond, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Iron Sharpens Iron Campus Ministries, Children’s Relief International, Faith in Action and many more!

If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.

Hope to see you there!

If you sing or play an instrument, Concert Choir and Symphonic Band are holding auditions the first week of spring semester. Concert Choir audition sign-ups are posted outside the music office (Ross 201).

If you have any questions about Concert Choir, please contact Jessica Sokoloff at jsokoloff10@georgeofox.edu.
If you are interested in joining Symphonic Band, please contact Jana Boyd at jboyd12@georgefox.edu.

Nursing Club members: Your officers will be providing pizza and drinks for lunch and you’re welcome to come and go as you please and hear about our upcoming new year events! Join us in the Cap and Gown Room on Monday, Jan. 20, between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Questions? E-mail gfnursingclub@gmail.com.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Tuesday, Jan. 21.

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

On Wednesday, Jan. 15, the normal class schedule will be adjusted to accommodate the president’s Honors Convocation Chapel. Please use the link included below to view the adjusted class schedule. Locate the regular meeting time of your scheduled Wednesday classes in the “Regular Schedule” column on the left, and modify your schedule to attend the time listed in the “Adjusted Schedule” column on the right.

Adjusted Class Schedule Due to Honors Convocation Chapel

Questions can be directed to registrar@georgefox.edu.

ALL Juniors Abroad documents are due Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The only way to secure your spot on your trip is to make sure you have all documents turned in on time. Turn documents in to Lynn Scott in Lemmons 9.

For more information, please contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

Applications to go on a Semester Abroad trip are due Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Make sure all documents are turned in to Lynn Scott in Lemmons 9.

For more information, please contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

If you have not yet given consent to receive your W-2 online, please do so by Tuesday, Jan. 14, by 5 p.m. It takes just a minute to log into MyGFU and go to “Self Service,” “Payroll and Compensation” and “W-2 Consent” and check the box. This saves envelopes, processing and delivery, and you will have your W-2 ready to print anytime.

Help us go green!

Attention student employees: If you have not yet given consent to receive your W-2 online, please do so by Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. It takes just a minute to log into MyGFU and go to “Self Service,” “Payroll and Compensation,” “W-2 Consent” and check the box.

Help us go green!

To nominate a colleague for this month’s Employee of the Month award, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Jan. 17, 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 community meeting on Thursday, Jan. 30.

Mail Services will be open at 7:30 a.m. on Monday. Jan. 13.  

Come early to pick up your packages and avoid the long lines that will surely be in our hallway for a few days.

Oregon students have two opportunities for additional financial aid for the 2014-15 academic year. If you plan to attend at least half time next Fall in an undergraduate program, please continue reading!

It’s time to start working on your OSAC scholarship application. Go to: www.OregonStudentAid.gov and apply online for any of the more of than 450 scholarship programs that OSAC administers. This scholarship opportunity closes on March 1st.

OSAC also administers the Oregon Opportunity Grant (OOG) for undergraduates. Please be aware that these funds are given based on the income of the student and parents as well as THE DATE OF YOUR FIRST FAFSA FILING. Please be sure to file your 2014-15 FAFSA no later than January 31st. In the past few years, OSAC has had to cut off funds to students that file in February or later even though they may have otherwise qualified. Please file your FAFSA now if you have not already. It is fine to estimate income number on the first FAFSA. Once you have completed your 2013 taxes, you can update the FAFSA using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool. Don’t miss out on funding by filing too late.

Two staff and administrator positions are currently open – for a programmer analyst and a graduate admissions counselor (seminary).

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 either of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.