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Need help finding and getting an internship?

GEED 216 – Becoming Workplace Familiar: Getting an Internship. This 1-credit course is for sophomores and juniors. It focuses on exploring occupations through information interviews, internships, job shadowing and professional organizations. Exposure to the workplace and readiness for graduate school admission are primary objectives.

Other online career courses offered this fall and next spring:
GEED 214: Claim Your Carer Calling: Selecting a Major (Fr & So)
GEED218: Find Suitable Employment: Effective Job Seeking (Jr & Sr)

You can find the courses in the course schedule under General Education.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, March 24, if you would like to nominate a colleague for March Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include a concise but specific summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced at the community meeting on Monday, March 28, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Jim Endicott of Newberg-based Distinction Communication Inc. will speak at the Tuesday, March 22, Newberg breakfast for the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The breakfast is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Endicott is a nationally recognized management consultant, executive coach and author specializing in the art of personal communication effectiveness. He was a Jesse H. Neal award-winning columnist for Presentations magazine and has also contributed presentations-related content in magazines like Business Week, Consulting and Selling Power while also serving as a paid contributor for a number of industry-related websites.

Distinction Communication Inc. works with client companies from Fortune 50 executives around the country to nonprofit organizations like Campus Crusade, Luis Palau Ministries, The Portland Rescue Mission, Mission Increase and many others.

For details on cost or to R.S.V.P., visit cccnw.net or call 503-928-8354.

All are invited to Monday’s (March 14) chapel. Dr. Jamie Noling-Auth, the associate campus pastor at Azusa Pacific University, will be speaking. We hope to see you there.

Please note location change for Saturday’s (March 12) May Serve garage sale due to rain. We will be set up in front of Bauman Auditorium.

The Department of Biology and Chemistry will host Dr. Davida Brown for a seminar, titled “State-to-State Reaction Dynamics: Understanding Vibrational Enhancement,” from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in EHS 102. Dr. Brown is an assistant professor of chemistry at Concordia University.

All are welcome. If you have questions, contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.

Are you going on a missions trip this summer? If so, e-mail missionsatgfu@gmail.com. We would love to be able to pray for you and your trip.

There also will be a commissioning event for you from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Cap and Gown Room put on by the Christian Services Committee’s missions coordinator. We would love to see you there.

Want information on public service jobs and internships?

Career Services hosted two webinars this spring focused on public service internships and full-time jobs. Those webinars are now saved on Bruin Careers! To view them, go to: Bruin Careers>Resource Library>Federal Government.

The staff employee in Print Services, Elizabeth Holme, will be unavailable Thursday and Friday, March 17-18. Print Services will be open on a limited basis and operated by the student employees in that department.

If you have print job(s) that must be done before March 20, please submit them no later than Tuesday, March 15. Your early submission of print jobs is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Sherrie Frost (ext. 2556)

Believe it or not it is the middle of the semester. Now is the time to take an assessment of your perception of how you are doing in each of your classes.

Mid-term grades, while not a part of your final semester grade report, are an important indicator of how you are doing academically.
Mid-term grades are meant to encourage students to get in touch with their professors.

There are many resources here at GFU to get you the help you need to be academically successful.

Have you checked your mid-term grade report? Depending upon what you find you need to consider taking some action.

You can review mid-semester grades now if they have been entered by your instructor(s):

1. Log in to MyGFU

2. Select Student Center

3. From the Other Academic drop-down (in the Academics section of the start page), select Grades

4. Select the term and the Mid-Term Grades tab (next to the Official Grades tab which will be the default display).

The Mid-Term Grades tab ONLY appears once at least one grade has been entered for you by an instructor.

Now you need to determine what to do next:
Consider whether to withdraw from one or more courses if it looks likely that you’ll get an F (or maybe even a D).

The last date to withdraw is Friday, MARCH 18, 2011, at 5 p.m.

You can usually go below 12 hours (at this point in the semester) without impacting your financial aid.

Withdrawal results in a W on your transcript but does not factor into GPA. If you were to get an F, it would impact GPA.

Next Steps:

1. Confirm any thoughts of withdrawing from classes with your advisor.

2. Meet with each professor, especially those teaching courses you’re struggling in. Even if your professor doesn’t post mid-term grades, find out from the professor what your grade is.

3. Meet with your advisor to discuss options.

4. Use labs, help sessions, & the ARC.

5. If you think you might have a learning disability, have some assessment done. Contact the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 or stop by their offices.

6. Plan well for Fall semester.

7. Consider whether you are in the right pathway in terms of a major or career.
You might want to enroll in GEED 214: Claim Your Career Calling, a 1-hour online course or meet with someone in the Career Services office.

If you need guidance in any way, please come to speak with someone in the Student Life Office – 3rd floor Stevens Center.

E-mail us at studentlife@georgefox.edu

Pat Stone, a psychiatrist, Vietnam veteran and expert on veterans affairs, will speak Monday, March 14, on the challenges faced by veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars and ways that we can respond and better support them as they reach for the American Dream.

All are welcome to join us from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. or from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The event is part of the university’s Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series.

For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu.

Want to get a better handle on your personal finances? The final Academic Resource Center workshop of the semester will provide some guidance.

Join us on Monday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8 for a session, “Financial Follies,” with Ryan Halley (Associate Professor of Finance). Have you wondered what it would be like to have more freedom with your personal finances? Have you ever been stressed about your financial situation? If so, come find out what you need to know about money. You’ll be surprised how simple this process can be.

The workshop will provide information on a variety of personal finance topics, including budgeting, credit cards and student loans.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Don’t miss your chance to participate in Dinner for Eight! There are only a few spaces left!

Taking place both March 15 and April 5 from 6:30-9 p.m., Dinner for Eight provides students with the opportunity to connect with George Fox alumni and learn about their experiences after Fox. Up to eight students will visit the home of an alumnus for a home-cooked dinner and conversation focused around careers and other aspects of life after graduation.

Some of the career fields represented by the alumni participating on March 15 are education, biology, graphics, retail, construction, manufacturing, marketing, mediation and pharmacy.

To participate in Dinner for Eight, register online at this link. The event costs $2 per person at the time of registration. Each participant will receive a $5 Chapters gift card when they participate in Dinner for Eight.

On the registration form you are able to list other students that you would prefer to participate with. We encourage you to talk with your friends and list one another. Although we are unable to guarantee your requests, we will make every effort to do so.

Dinner for Eight is sponsored by the Bruin Heritage Society and Alumni Relations.

The George Fox community (students, faculty and staff) is invited to engage the movie The Gospel of John for the next six Sunday mornings (9:30-10:30 a.m.) at North Valley Friends Church (4020 N. College St., in Newberg). A discussion will be led by Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) and Brian Bews. All are welcome!

Faculty and staff, please encourage your students to participate in Dinner for Eight!

Taking place both March 15 and April 5 from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Dinner for Eight provides students with the opportunity to connect with George Fox alumni and learn about their experiences after Fox. Up to eight students will visit the home of an alumnus for a home-cooked dinner and conversation focused around careers and other aspects of life after graduation.

To participate in Dinner for Eight, students can register online at this link. The event costs $2 per person at the time of registration. Each participant will receive a $5 Chapters gift card when they participate in Dinner for Eight.

Dinner for Eight is sponsored by Alumni Relations and the Bruin Heritage Society.

Questions? Contact Robby Larson (Alumni Relations) at rlarson@georgefox.edu.

Come join us for First Friday Worship today (Friday, March 11) during chapel time in Bauman Auditorium for a time of creative worship and prayer. We look forward to worshiping with you!

Spanish Chapel tomorrow, Friday March 11 from 10:40-11:30am in Hoover 105.

Chapel credit will be provided if you slide your card.

We will start the service singing worship songs in Spanish and proceeded by a sermon by Josue Legaspi.

Anyone is welcome to come so spread the word!

For more information contact Michelle Gonzalez-Ramos – mgonzalezramos09@georgefox.edu

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 Thursday, March 17.

The login user ID is “gfubc” and password is “gfu123” (please save for future reference). Contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) if you have any questions.

Encourage, thank or appreciate a woman this week for Woman’s History Month! Come to the Bruin Den and make a card for a female on campus. We will provide all the supplies and will send it off for you. All you have to do is tell someone you care or appreciate them.

Drop by anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. or 5 and 7 p.m. on Monday, March 14.

If you have any questions, contact Anya Frolova at afrolova08@georgefox.edu.

Need help selecting or confirming a college major?

This 1-credit online course for freshmen and sophomores will help you explore your vocational calling, work skills, values, interests and personality; then matching those to occupational and educational choices. Sign up today to claim your career calling!
Other online career courses offered this fall and next spring:

GEED 216:  Become Workplace Familiar: Getting an Internship  (So & Jr)
GEED 218:  Find Suitable Employment: Effective Job Seeking (Jr & Sr)
You can find the courses in the course schedule under General Education.