The Daily Bruin

Would you like to be well-equipped to effectively manage your career plans throughout college and after? Consider taking Career Services’ online, one-credit career courses in the fall or spring of 2010-11. These GEED courses – 214, 216 and 218 – can be found under General Education as you register.

Imagine being more confident about your mission, selecting a major, locating and succeeding at an internship, or beating out the competition in finding employment or getting into grad school. These classes will help you with all of the above. Contact Career Services with questions at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Wednesday, March 17, at 4 p.m., a Crescent reporter is going to interview Invisible Children representatives on KFOX. Invisible Children is a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as child soldiers.

Tune in at kfoxradio.georgefox.edu.

There will be no Shalom this week. Enjoy your spring break.

ASC invites you to the Spring Carnival, scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the Wheeler Sports Center gym. Kick off your spring break, ’50s style. Prizes include a 32-inch TV, a Bluetooth device, a Flip Video camera, and more. So, come eat food and have fun.

Don’t forget: An all-employee meeting is set from 3:40 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in Hoover 105. As part of the meeting, President Robin Baker will give a report of the March 12-13 board of trustees meeting.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Wednesday, March. 17, 3 p.m. – Baseball vs. Corban, Morse Field
Friday, March 19, 1 p.m. – Women’s Golf in Phoenix Invitational, Westbrook Village GC, Peoria, Ariz. (GFU hosting)
Saturday, March 20, 1 p.m. – Women’s Golf in Phoenix Invitational, Westbrook Village GC, Peoria, Ariz. (GFU hosting)

The George Fox-Corban baseball was originally scheduled for Salem but was shifted to Morse Field due to wet, unplayable conditions on Corban’s Warrior Field. The Bruins will return the game on April 14.

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

Nominations for Support Staff Member of the Year and Administrative Staff Member of the Year for 2009 are due in HR on Monday, March 22.

If you have any colleagues you believe are deserving of this award, please take a few minutes to submit a nomination by describing each person’s unique, “above and beyond” contributions to George Fox, its students, and/or its employees in the past year. Indicate what was done, who was impacted, and how this impact was and can be observed. In other words, what makes this person stand out?

Other questions to also consider: How has this person encouraged or helped you, other employees, or students in the past year? What is it about this person’s job performance that impresses you? How has this person demonstrated Christian commitment, loyalty to George Fox, and leadership skills at the university and the broader community in the past year?

Nominations can be submitted via e-mail (hr@georgefox.edu), fax or hard copy, but they must arrive in HR by 5 p.m. on Monday.

The university’s diversity committee would like to invite you to a feedback session to be held prior to the Thursday, March 18, all-employee meeting. Join us at 3 p.m. in Hoover 105 to offer insights and ask any questions you might have pertaining to the Blueprint for Diversity. For those on the Portland, Boise, Salem and Redmond campuses, we will have the technology in place to facilitate comments and questions via the chat room.

The committee has been hard at work re-conceptualizing the Blueprint, and this past weekend, the board of trustees approved the conceptual framework of the document. We have already been meeting with several groups to gather feedback about the Blueprint and to provide ideas into how to put the Blueprint into action as we move forward.

Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) if you would like a copy of the Blueprint.

The Rock and Worship Road Show is coming to Portland on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 6:00 pm.

GFU has been given free tickets in one of the luxury suites courtesy of one of the members of the Board of Trustees. This means you not only have great seats but food is also provided. Transportation is NOT provided.

If you want to attend this event, for free, be one of the first 12 people to contact me, Jere Witherspoon, to get your name on the list.

Tickets are available on a FIRST-COME basis, so if you REALLY want a ticket, please e-mail me ASAP!

jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu

Please join the women of George Fox for pizza and a movie on Tuesday, March 30, in Hoover 105. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., and the movie Lars and the Real Girl begins at 6:30 p.m. Please R.S.V.P. to Lori Allen at allen.redpants@gmail.com by Monday, March 29. Thank you and see you there!

Come and play at the 1950’s Spring Carnival! Lot’s of games, free food, and sweet raffles. You could win a camera, a GPS, or even a TV!!!

March 18th at 8PM in the Wheeler Gym

 Come dressed up and you could win even more raffle tickets! We are gonna rock the night away. You don’t want to miss this!

Stop by the VOTE table in the SUB during lunch and dinner and make your voice heard.  The voting is for the nominations of your 2010-2011 Central Committee. Your vote is important!

A George Fox surplus inventory sale will take place in the back section of the Villa Academic Complex on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 23-24, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. both days. Some items available for purchase will be: lighting fixtures, laminate, desks, student tablet desks, bookshelf units, couches, chairs, office chairs, office supplies, soap dispensers, sound panel doors, cubicle panels and more. Cash or checks only.

If you hope to teach English abroad or in a community program, prepare yourself by taking COMM 350 Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

 Offered Spring 2011, Tuesday and Thursday, 2:45-4:00 p.m.

 Note: If COMM 350 does not yet appear on the spring course schedule, keep the slot available. It will be added to the schedule soon.   

 COMM 350 Introduction to TESOL can be taken on its own or as part of the TESOL Minor.

 For further information, contact Martha Iancu at x2641 or miancu@georgefox.edu

Fall 2010 housing selection will be online in MyGFU Monday through Friday, March 19th. The form will close at 5:00 pm on Friday.

 Your housing code can be found on the first page of the Housing Groups Sign-ups form. One person from each group will fill out the form with the housing codes of the whole group.

• Log into MyGFU.
• Under the “Student Resources” menu, click on “Enrollment Forms.”
• You’ll need to enter your login information again to get to the forms.
• The housing sign-ups form should appear in the list on the left.
• The forms will walk you through the process:
  • One person enters housing codes for the group
  • Confirm your roommate choices
  • Rank order your preferences

 If you do not have a group to sign up with, you can go through the housing process as an individual. In this case, rather than placing you according to your credit ranking, we would work with you to identify a suitable spot to live.

 If you would like help going through the process, there is a computer set up in the Student Life Office. You may use this computer to go through sign-ups with one of the housing staff to help answer questions.

 If you have questions about the selection process, please stop by or call the Student Life Office, ext. 2310 or email housing@georgefox.edu.

Graduating seniors, we need a mailing address to which we can send your 2009-2010 yearbook when it arrives next fall.  Please fill out this form to get your copy – http://bit.ly/bMoL5K.

 Questions? Contact Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu or stop by the ASC offices in the SUB.

You’ve got questions, and we’ve got answers! Members of Security Services will be available in the Bruin Den on Wednesday, March 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to answer your security questions – everything from parking to personal safety to how to work for Security Services. Please stop by and meet us, and bring your security-related questions.

See you then!

– Security Services

Chloe Lee, a doctoral student in clinical psychology and Career Services’ graduate assistant, will cover the topic “How to get into grad school” in an extensive and concise overview from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, in the Career Services Center (Stevens 220). It will include a timeline of dates, tips for interviews, application essays, obtaining references, choosing the right school, and more.

An R.S.V.P. is required. Please e-mail Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu before 11 a.m. if you plan to attend. There is no cost, and pizza will be provided. We hope you are able to join us.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Gary Tandy (English) will present “Responding Effectively and Efficiently to Student Writing” at a Faculty Teaching Forum session from noon to 1:20 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the Cap and Gown Room.

Since grading papers and essay exams is one of the most time-consuming and challenging tasks for teachers, this session will provide guidelines and suggestions for both the process and product of responding to student writing. Questions to be addressed include: “How can I make my grading process more efficient?”, “How can I use grading rubrics effectively?” and “What grammatical and mechanical errors should I mark?”

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.

All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). The schedule of upcoming sessions is available online. Video podcasts of FTFs will be available on iTunesU.

On Monday, April 12, several from the George Fox community are headed to the Rose Garden to watch the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly the Seattle SuperSonics) at 7 p.m. Put on a George Fox T-shirt or hat and bring your family and friends to the game. It will be a great way to connect with other alumni, parents, employees, students and friends. As a member of the George Fox community, you can purchase $15 discounted tickets, saving $4 per ticket.

Click on this link for more information and to order tickets. Contact Alumni Relations at ext. 2131 or alumni@georgefox.edu with questions.