The Daily Bruin

Would you like to feel more comfortable using a camping stove as you prepare food for backpacking and camping trips? This is the training for you!

OREC is hosting a training in how to use backpacking stoves tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8:30 p.m. We will cover basic stove operation, field maintenance and some advanced techniques and tricks for cooking better meals. Sign up on imleagues.com to reserve a spot.

This training is part of the initiative leading up to the OREC Trail Food Cookoff on Tuesday, April 7. This event will involve two-person teams vying for the title of best backcountry chef. Each team will prepare a meal using only a camp stove on the day of the competition. Watch for details and sign-up to come!

Questions? Contact Keith Schneider at kschneid@georgefox.edu.

If you know graduate or degree-completion students in need of ESL assistance, Eleanor Kelly is available in the Portland Center Library on an as-needed basis.

Kelly was previously employed through George Fox’s English Language Institute, and she is now working as a tutor and adjunct instructor in Newberg, Portland and online.

After earning a BS in math from Boston State College and ESL certification from California State University Long Beach, Kelly moved to Tokyo, Japan, where she lived and taught for 29 years. While in Japan, Kelly earned an MEd in curriculum, instruction and technology and TESOL from Temple University.

If you have any questions, Eleanor Kelly can be reached at ekelly@georgefox.edu.

Got stress, aches and pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? Come by to get a massage from a doctor of physical therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students ($15) and employees ($20). We are offering 30-minute massages on Wednesday, March 11, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Roberts Center 204.

All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda and Ghana. Donations are also welcome. Register here.

Questions? Contact Haleigh Rabe at hrabe18@georgefox.edu.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 Faculty Achievement Award for Undergraduate Teaching. Please review the criteria for the award (below) and consider your nomination.

The award will be announced on Tuesday, April 21, at the Spring Awards Convocation Chapel. A plaque and a $2,500 check will be given to this faculty member.

Criteria for the award:

• Currently a full-time faculty member at George Fox teaching undergraduate courses
• Unusually significant and meritorious teaching achievement during the past year
• Unusual effort devoted to ensuring the quality of the students’ classroom learning experience
• High scholarly standards for both the rigor and the currency of course content, and for the level of student performance with respect to these standards
• Evidence of the faculty member’s direct impact upon and involvement with the students
• The quality of relevant information and nominations submitted by current and former students, including formal teacher evaluations

Students may complete this Google nomination form or send an email to Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu) with the name and a statement regarding this faculty member’s excellence with regard to the above criteria. Nominations are due on or before Monday, March 9.

Are you still looking for a leadership role or job for next year? Apply for one of the best jobs on campus! Student Activities is hiring event planners, event staff, photographers, videographers, graphic designers and more.

Get paid to be a part of putting on fun events. All positions are paid by the hour. In addition, apply for full-time summer work for Welcome Weekend through this application.

We are seeking to hire a robust, diverse, fun team who value making events extraordinary. If this is you, apply here. Questions? Email activities@georgefox.edu.

The English department will launch its new major, which includes a writing concentration, in fall 2020.

The new writing concentration contains multiple elective courses, allowing students to focus on their particular interests, such as creative writing, technical/professional writing, or journalism; courses in advanced fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction writing; and the opportunity to gain real-world experience through an on- or off-campus internship.

The IDEA Center reports that effective writing skills are number one on the list of desired attributes for potential employees, so whether you hope to be the next J. K. Rowling or George R. R. Martin, or aim to write or edit for businesses or non-profits, consider an English major with a writing concentration.

There’s also a literature concentration for students who plan to teach or pursue graduate studies in English. To learn more, contact Gary Tandy, department chair, at gtandy@georgefox.edu.

Come cheer on the women’s basketball team at a watch party today (Friday) at 2 p.m. in the Hadlock Student Center as the Bruins play their first game in the NCAA Division III Tournament! Snacks will be available.

George Fox is playing Monclair State in the first round of the tournament in Arlington, Virginia.

Questions? Contact Jensyn Lown at jlown17@georgefox.edu.

Come support our University Players tonight (Friday), when they use masks, movement and storytelling to explore what it means to listen well to others, to ourselves, and to the world around us.

“The Art of Listening” performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium and is free to all. In Act 1, the Players will share the children’s stories they are performing at schools and churches this year. In Act 2, they will share stories from their own lives.

We will see you there! Contact Kathy Harris (kharris@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Experience the richness of Hispanic culture at our “Bailemos!” event tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m. in Canyon Commons! We will have a taco bar and a night of music. Let’s dance!

Questions? Write studentactivities@georgefox.edu.

Please join Anna Olson and Anna Smoll at their degree voice recital tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

This hour of music will feature works by Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joaquín Rodrigo, Gustav Holst, Eric Whitacre and more! There will be a reception to follow.

Questions? Contact Anna Smoll at asmoll17@georgefox.edu.

Interested in studying abroad? MacKinzie Conrad, a representative from Veritas Christian, will be on campus on Thursday, March 12, to talk about their program and all the different locations they have!

If interested in learning more, stop by and talk with MacKinzie between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Canyon Commons. Write studyabroad@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Got stress, aches and pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? Come by to get a massage from a doctor of physical therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students ($15) and employees ($20). We are offering 30-minute massages on Wednesday, March 11, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Roberts Center 204.

All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda and Ghana. Donations are also welcome. Register here.

Questions? Contact Haleigh Rabe at hrabe18@georgefox.edu.

A Student Art Exhibition is coming to the Minthorne and Lindgren galleries! It will run from Monday, March 9, to Friday, April 10.

A reception is being held on Monday, March 9, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., with awards being given out at 4:30. This year’s juror is Hester Coucke, arts curator from the Corvallis Art Center.

A Salon des Refuses will also be held from Monday, March 9, to Friday, April 10, at Friendsview Retirement Community. This exhibition features works that were not selected for the student exhibition, and is curated by arts administration majors Megan Nipp and Lauren Lunt.

Questions? Contact Jennifer Salzman at jsalzman@georgefox.edu.

Digital Learning is offering a web conference titled “Introduction to Zoom” on Monday, March 9, from 4 to 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. We will give an overview of Zoom features and share some ideas for using Zoom in instruction.

You can register for this session at the faculty development sign-up form. This session satisfies one hour of faculty development time.

Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.

Campus Public Safety will be hiring five or six student officers for the upcoming school year. We will hire this spring and do some training before the end of the semester in preparation for the following academic year.

We are looking for dependable, responsible, committed and diverse applicants to add to our already hardworking team. The job description and additional information can be found on Handshake.com.

Questions? Email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu or call 503.554.2090.

Students in the marketing research course are conducting a study to determine whether involvement in extracurricular activities, such as sports or clubs, affects students’ GPAs. If you take this short survey, you have a chance to be entered into a drawing for a $10 Chapters gift card!

Questions? Contact Alyssa Ridgway at aridgway17@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Concerned about the coronavirus? Click the accompanying image to watch an informative YouTube video that provides insight and instruction on what to do if you or someone you know is ill.

In addition, the university has created this page to outline the university’s response to the coronavirus.

A technical glitch in yesterday’s Daily Bruin prevented the video from properly showing up in the email feed. We apologize for this inconvenience.

Tell a group of students gathering data what you do and don’t love about George Fox! Undergraduate and graduate students are being asked to share with a group of admissions interns the things that they think George Fox can improve on, while also sharing with us the ways that you have felt known at George Fox.

As a member of the George Fox community your voice matters, but the only way for change to happen is if we can hear about it. Share whatever you want with us for a chance to win a Chapters gift card! Click here for the survey.

Questions? Contact Joseph Barnes at jbarnes17@georgefox.edu.

Calling all George Fox employees! It’s Employee Appreciation Week through Friday, March 6.

Stop by the Portland Center lobby this morning (Thursday) between 9 and 10 a.m. for a yummy grab-and-go breakfast of bagels, pastries, fruit, yogurt, and coffee or tea. Thank you for all you do!

Questions? Contact Nichole Drew at ndrew@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox dance team is hosting a free clinic on Saturday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Hadlock Student Center. This is an opportunity for dancers of all experience levels to get together and learn technique and a jazz routine!

No prior dance experience is necessary for attendance, and the clinic is open to all George Fox students. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask current Bruin Dancers questions about auditions and their experience being on the dance team.

Questions? Contact Bayli Moore at bmoore18@georgefox.edu.