Come sign up for the women’s retreat! Â It is going to be 10 dollars. Â A one-nighter on friday night! Â The first 50 who sign up get a FREE book, Bittersweet! Â There are only 75 spots. Â Better sign up quickly. Â Bring cash. 🙂
February 28th-March 4th from 1-2 p.m. in the Bruin’s Den.
We are hosting a special guest, Nathan Parcells from InternMatch.com, Monday, Feb. 28 in the Career Center first floor Stevens. Â Nathan will present 2 separate times; 11:40 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. Being in the business of matching students with internships, he will speak on the value of early internships and then how to get them. Â Since many internships lead directly to full time employment, this event could bring a real (return on investment) ROI for you.
Contact Career Services at x. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu or register in BruinCareers if you plan to attend.
Thank you to everyone who donated prom dresses/formal wear for the Prom Dress Drive! We sent 40 dresses and five suit coats to Savoonga, Alaska, this week.
– Sheri Philips, Evangeline Pattison and Kristy Luther
What are the most important elements of MLA style that you need to know to prepare effective papers? The Academic Resource Center is hosting a session, “MLA Basics,” that will answer this question. Join us at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Lemmons 8.
Gary Tandy, professor of English, will cover MLA elements as well as guide you to other resources that can assist you in mastering this academic style of writing.
Do you have students who struggle with MLA style? Encourage them to attend an Academic Resource Center-sponsored session, “MLA Basics,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Lemmons 8.
Gary Tandy, professor of English, will cover MLA elements as well as guide attendees to other resources that can assist them in mastering this academic style of writing.
The inaugural lecture of the Dalton Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Kent Thornburg, will begin tonight (Tuesday). Thornburg will present “New Science Wrestles An Old Problem: The Roots of Human Disease” at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
This lecture will be followed by a reception and student research poster session.
Come help lift up the campus and each other in prayer! The goal is to have 24-hour prayer occurring all weekend (5 a.m. Thursday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday), but we need lots of people to make this happen.
To participate, sign up for a 30-minute time slot (longer if you wish) outside the ASC offices in the Bruin Den and then pray for that length of time in the prayer chapel. The setting is laid back, so feel free to come as a group or by yourself, pray audibly or silently, or simply be still in God’s presence. There will be journals available, music access, coffee for the late nights, and a list of prayer topics for those who don’t know what to pray for. Please come!
Questions/comments/concerns? Feel free to e-mail Elizabeth Teach at eteach06@georgefox.edu or visit the Facebook group/event.
God bless!
Have any old jeans? Spiritual Life will take them! We are in need of jeans for the spring retreat. Please bring the jeans to the Office of Spiritual Life, located on the corner of Meridian and Sheridan streets.
Thanks.
John Desmond joined the university last week as a custodian in Plant Services. In the last five years he worked as a custodian for the Oregon State Police Portland crime lab in Clackamas, Ore. (2009) and as a night custodian at Fort Vannoy Elementary School in Grants Pass, Ore. (2005-09). Prior to that, he owned and operated his own landscape spraying service for eight years. He has more than 30 years in groundskeeping and general landscape design and installation. He earned a bachelor’s degree in ornamental horticulture from California Polytechnic State University in 1983. He lives in McMinnville with wife Amy and three teenage boys: Jim (17), Matt (15) and Greg (13). The family attends St. James Catholic Church in McMinnville.
Melissa Thomas, formerly associate registrar, has been promoted to registrar, replacing Reid Kisling. She had served in the associate role for the last five and a half years. A search has begun to fill the associate position.
Kevin T. Jones (Communication Arts) and Carol Brazo (Education) presented a paper, “Cultivating a Community of Truth When Faced with Resistance: Teaching My Gender Students How To ‘Ride the Bus,’†at the Western States Communication Association annual convention in Monterrey, Calif., Feb. 19-21. The paper works from a theoretical framework of critical pedagogy to explore how the classroom is often seen as a culture of fear and disrespect. The paper explores ways that the culture of fear can be transformed into a culture of truth.
Ed Higgins (English) published this month a flash fiction piece, “Learning About Sonnets,†in the online journal Untoward.
Feb. 22 Mark Hall, Valerie Rogers
Feb. 23 Mark Weinert
Feb. 24 Corey Beals
Feb. 25 Brian McLaughlin
Feb. 28 Andrea MacLeod
March 2 Gary Kilburg, Winston Seegobin
March 3 Kayin Griffith, Rhett Luedtke
March 4 Tyler Cuddeford
The University Players drama troupe will perform vignettes this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Admission is free but donations are encouraged.
The vignettes last from six to eight minutes each and combine music, drama and comedy to present the challenges and joys of the Christian faith. This year’s theme is “Threshing Floor†and challenges people to examine their ways through meditating on Jesus’ parables.
Among the questions tackled in shows this year are “What seeds have been sown in our lives, and by whom?â€, “What have we allowed to grow or not grow?†and “What of our harvest will survive the threshing floor?â€
It’s playoff time! Come out to support our women as they once again take on the University of Puget Sound Loggers in the first round of the Northwest Conference Basketball Tournament. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Wheeler Sports Center.
Prices set by the NWC are:
We need to rock the gym! And as always, be loud, be proud, be a Bruin!
The Staff Development Committee invites Newberg staff to gather for morning worship on Tuesday, March 1, in VAC 117 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. A time of worship, praise and fellowship (with refreshments) is planned.
Portland staff will gather on March 8.
Evergreen Water Park will be hosting an information session on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. in EHS 125. Come learn about their new facility in McMinnville as well as the 75-plus job opportunities. R.S.V.P. via BruinCareers (mygfu>Career Services> BruinCareers).
Questions? Contact Angela Doty in Career Services at adoty@georgefox.edu.
Orientation Committee applications due in Student Life by 5 p.m. today, Peer Advisor applications due Thursday, February 24th by 5 p.m.
Applications can be found on the Fox website. Â Search “Student Leader Application”. Â Two confidential references are required. Â Men strongly encouraged to apply. Â Positions are paid and really fun.
Questions?  Email Stephanie at sstcyr@georgefox.edu
This Pizza Chat focuses on building skills for living and work abroad. Â It includes a 12-minute video and conversation about going global. Â Pizza will be served!
February 24th from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Career Services office.
We ask that you sign up in advance on Bruin Careers.
Marketing Communications will host a staff/faculty portrait session from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, in our Le Shana Hall studio. These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use.
Please call or e-mail Danette Newkirk (ext. 2125) to let us know what time you are planning to come. You can still come without prior notice, but your university photo ID will be required for entrance at the southwest side (the side facing Coffin Residence Hall) of the building.
Now that the month is coming to a close, were you aware that the month of February is Black History Month? Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the roles of African Americans in U.S. history.
Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month.
The group Quaere Verum invites all members of the George Fox community to come listen to the stories of an Iraqi woman named Balsam, who has lived in both the U.S. and Iraq. She is excited to share her story with those willing to listen. She will share at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21.
QV meets just across the street from the Media Center, in the basement of 603 N. Meridian. The entrance is on the right side of the house. Walk right in, and join us for soup and stories!
For more info, contact millerj06@georgefox.edu.
