The Daily Bruin

Save the date! Career Services will be hosting the annual GET SMART Job Search Workshop for undergraduate and degree completion students on Saturday, February 5, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event will be held in the Villa Academic Complex in room 117 in the form of an interactive workshop.  Lunch will be provided. There will also be opportunities to win prizes.

Registration is required.  Please sign up using BruinCareers via mygfu.  For further information, contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.

Research papers can seem overwhelming, but following a step-by-step, organized approach can make writing them a lot less stressful. We will go over these steps at an Academic Resource Center workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Lemmons 8.

Gary Tandy (English) and Jane Scott (Public Services Librarian) will speak about what steps to take and guide you to campus and Internet resources that can help make you a better researcher.

Students will be asked to sign in so their attendance can be verified for any professors who are giving credit for participation. Videos and materials from selected ARC workshops are available on the ARC website (arc.georgefox.edu).

Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314 for more information.

Do your students need assistance in writing better research papers? Please encourage them to attend an Academic Resource Center workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Lemmons 8.

Gary Tandy (English) and Jane Scott (Public Services Librarian) will speak about what steps to take and guide attendees to campus and Internet resources that can help make students better researchers.

Students will be asked to sign in so their attendance can be verified for any professors who are giving credit for participation. Videos and materials from selected ARC workshops are available on the ARC website (arc.georgefox.edu).

Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314 for more information.

All students who attend the Bruin basketball games this Saturday are asked to participate in GFU Silent Night.

Shhhh.  No sounds should be made until we score our 10th point, then GO CRAZY!    Bruin fans will do this for both games: 6 p.m and 8 p.m.

The Portland Trail Breakers, a team of 3 to 5 break dancers who perform during the time-outs of the Portland Trail Blazers, will be the featured basketball halftime shows this Saturday, January 22nd.

Want to relive the 80’s?   Here’s your chance.

See you in the gym.   Women’s game tips off at 6 p.m.  Men’s game tips off at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 22, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Linfield
Saturday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Linfield
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Willamette
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Willamette

All games take place in Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the sports website at gfubruins.com.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Feb. 1, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Students interested in building their international credentials are encouraged to activate their free subscriptions to The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas ONLINE at careers.georgefox.edu.

Consultations available by appointment in the career center, first floor of the Stevens Center, by calling ext. 2330, or writing careers@georgefox.edu.

Looking for a fun, somewhat flexible, full-time job on campus this summer?  We are hoping to find a responsible, detail oriented, creative, self-starter to help lead orientation this fall.

If you would like to learn more about the job come to the Leadership Preview night on Jan. 26 at 8:30 p.m. in Lemmons Hall or e-mail sstcyr@georgefox.edu.

Leadership Preview Night
Wednesday, January 26
8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Hoover 105

Come hear from current student leaders and staff about several leadership programs that would love to have you involved. The purpose of the evening is to give students a preview to a variety of GFU leadership opportunities for next year.

Here are some of the programs that will be present:

• SAAC
• Ambassadors
• Residence Life
• ASC
• Bruin Heritage
• Career Services
• Multicultural
• Spiritual Life
• BlueZone
• Leadership Minor/ADVANCE
• Orientation

Plus, we’ll have food and prizes!

If you are interested in ushering for the upcoming play, Doubt, please e-mail Hannah Adderley (hadderley07@georgefox.edu) for details. Ushers will get to see the show for free (providing the performance is not sold out). The show will run the first two weekends in February: Feb. 3-5 & 10-12 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 6 at 2 p.m.

Contact Hannah at hadderley07@georgefox.edu ASAP for an usher position!

This Valentine’s Day weekend, Feb. 11-13, the Office of Spiritual Life is sponsoring a relationship retreat. If you are married, engaged or seriously dating you are invited to join us for a time of community, learning and relaxation in Pacific City! Cary and Tracy Balzer, from the Center of Relationship Enrichment in Arkansas, will be teaching about the importance of cultivating healthy communication.

Each attendee will be taking a pre and post test and will be required to attend a spring follow-up session. It’s $30 per couple, including lodging and food (check payable to GFU) .

To sign up, fill out a form at http://bit.ly/hcxGW6 and drop by a check or cash off at the spiritual life office (on the corner of Meridian Street and Sheridan Street). This is due by Wednesday, Feb. 2.

SPACE IS LIMITED TO 15 COUPLES, SO SIGN UP SOON!

Come see the university theatre department’s winter play, Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley. Performances are Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 3-5, and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 10-12, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

All George Fox employees receive one complimentary ticket. Students will be admitted free on both Thursdays. Your complimentary ticket is only available at the Box Office in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or read a synopsis of the play, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.

Students, please remember to either register your vehicle or register as NOCAR by end of day on Friday, Jan. 21, to avoid being issued and charged for a non-refundable parking permit due to not registering.

If you have changed your housing from one side of the campus to another, or moved on/off campus over Christmas break, please scrape off your parking permit and bring it to the security office so that the proper permit can be issued. Single-edge razor blades are available in the security office if you need help in scraping off your permit.

If you have changed vehicles since last semester, please scrape off the permit from your previous vehicle and bring it to the security office so we can change the registration and issue a new permit. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please call ext. 2090 if you have questions. Thanks!

Tickets for this Friday’s Oregon Symphony concert are still being requested! If you have had a change of plans and will be unable to use your two tickets, please return them to Barbi Doran (ext. 2099) because several George Fox employees still hope to attend!

Faculty are invited to attend a Lunch and Learn session entitled “POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning); a Strategy for Teaching and Learning,” with Michael Everest (Chemistry) on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Join us from noon to 1 p.m. in Cap and Gown A.

POGIL is a learner-centered strategy that uses guided inquiry to lead students to construct new knowledge. It develops process skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and communication through collaborative learning.

Please R.S.V.P. to Karen Buchanan for this event.

Science Outreach Program classes will begin the week of Jan. 31 and end the week of March 14 (seven weeks). These are classes planned, primarily, for home school students and are taught by upper-class George Fox science students. Click this link for a list of classes being offered.

For additional information, please contact Jana Kaye at jkaye03@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2728.

If you are a benefits-eligible employee and there is any possibility that you will use tuition remission during the 2011-12 academic year (fall, spring and/or summer semesters), whether for yourself, a spouse, and/or dependent(s), a Tuition Remission Request Form for each person needs to be submitted no later than Tuesday, Feb. 1 – one month earlier than in previous years.

Please go to this document for instructions on completing the form(s). Links to the forms themselves are contained in the instructions document. It is important to read this information before completing a form.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by this Friday, Jan. 21, if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for January Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include a concise but specific summary of this person’s contributions to the university, its students, and/or its employees in the past 30 days or so, and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

The winner will be announced at the community meeting in Bauman Auditorium next Wednesday, Jan. 26, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Want to enhance your resume in order to connect with the right internship, on-campus job, or career position?

Attend the iConnect Resume Workshop on Friday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Career Services, where Career Services will educate and help you by walking through the ins and outs of strategic job search skills, including resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking.

The workshop includes demos of Optimal Resume and BruinCareers. Drop-ins are welcome!