The Daily Bruin

Veterans and Veterans United Association members: The George Fox Veterans United Association has worked hard to design a logo (approved by marketing communications) that we are embroidering on various styles of sweatshirts and shirts (polos and long-sleeved T-shirts).

To purchase one of these items, come to the veterans coordinator’s office in student accounts and take a look at our examples. Order forms are available, and payment in advance is required.

For more information or if you have questions, contact Jeff Brown (jbrown15@georgefox.edu). Jeff will be available in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1:30 and 4 p.m.

On Tuesday, Feb. 13, and Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 2:30 p.m. please join us for an official Veterans Club meeting in the ASC office. The meeting’s purpose is to discuss the wants and needs of our veterans community on campus and to establish membership. Come ready with questions and ideas.

Contact Spencer Craballo (scaraballo15@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Are you interested in studying abroad? Lynn Scott and Paul Chamberlain are hosting an information meeting about our programs, requirements, and due dates tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. in Hoover 102. Come to the meeting for more information and to ask any questions you have about studying abroad.

Questions? Email Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

Bob Gilmore, who began as a professor at George Fox in 1964 and who, in recent years, was known as a Spanish tutor and the man who would sing Happy Birthday to You to employees over the phone, died on Sunday, Feb. 4. A memorial service for Bob will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 11 a.m. at Newberg Friends Church, 307 S. College St.

The university community is invited to attend.

Come on out for Shalom tonight (Tuesday) in Canyon Commons! At 8:30 p.m. we will gather for fellowship and homemade bread. Don’t miss this opportunity to worship, support one another, and challenge others in the ways that matter most.

See you there!

The George Fox physical therapy program is doing a 50/50 raffle during the women’s basketball game at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 17! We are raising money for a serve trip to Africa in June where we will be giving free physical therapy to those in need.

We would greatly appreciate if you would consider participating or donating to our cause. And it’s a great game to come show your support because it’s senior night. We hope to see you there. Thank you!

Contact Justine Benner (jbenner12@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Create. Collaborate. Compete. On Saturday, Feb. 24, showcase your innovative ideas and develop the skills necessary to start your professional career at the Innovative Industry Idea (i3) Challenge! Build your team to compete and work together to create an innovative idea for our panel, all in just five hours!

Students from every major are invited to participate. For more information or to register, visit us at GFUi3Challenge.com. Questions? Contact Laurie Koehler (lkoehler@georgefox.edu) or Maggie Plater (mplater14@georgefox.edu).

The Chaos is coming. Our very own canyon is hosting one of the most anticipated Olympic events of the new millennia: The Canyon Chaos Relays.

On Saturday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m. the gun will go off and a horde of newly paired Valentines representing dozens of countries from around the world will race around the trail. They will battle for the title of Olympic Chaos Champion over one hour of racing.

Details:

• No one needs to preregister; just show up to be signed in and be given a country to represent.
• The course is a 0.9-mile loop run clockwise in the canyon. It starts running straight up the hill toward HMS.
• We’ll have a big fire going, warm beverages, music, and lots of cowbell for everyone to enjoy.
• Teams are of two and must alternate laps. Anyone who doesn’t have a partner we can pair with other singles.
• We have Winter Olympics-themed prizes for the first three places, and the first 36 people who sign up get cowbells to cheer with.

Sponsored by the Houses and Apartments-West living area. Email Grant Burns at gburns@georgefox.edu for more info.

As a part of the George Fox Web Design II class I am putting together a hypothetical proposal for the redesign of the Intramural Leagues website and App. I need your help! Fill out this quick survey on the common uses of imleagues.com and the IMLeagues App.

IMLeagues Survey

Thanks for your input!
– Zachary Keimig (zkeimig14@gmail.com)

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.

The music of Star Wars, Bach and Scott Joplin will fill the university’s Bauman Auditorium when a Monster Piano Concert takes the stage for the 12th annual Bösendorfer Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 15.

The evening will feature 16 performers playing eight pianos, on many occasions simultaneously. Among those performing will be local organist Dan Miller, the piano duet team of Eduard Gavril and Sorin Frisan, the university’s String Ensemble and Keyboard Ensemble, George Fox alumni, and members of George Fox music professor Kenn Willson’s recruiting studio.

The program will feature pieces by John Williams, from the Star Wars films; Joplin’s ragtime classic The Entertainer; a Bach Concerto; the music of Dave Brubeck; Beethoven’s Für Elise, with a jazz arrangement for four pianos; and Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, featuring four pianos.

All employees and students are entitled to one free ticket. All tickets are reserved seating and are available at this link or at the University Box Office by calling 503-554-3844. To get your free ticket online, click “Okay” after making your seat selection, select “GFU Employee” or “GFU Student” in the drop-down menu on the ticket selection screen, and proceed to checkout.

Additional tickets are $12 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12.

More information about the evening and the concert series is available at this link.

Janet Ellis joined the Office of Employee Empowerment this month as a payroll specialist. She brings with her 18 years of payroll experience. For the past three years, she has worked as a senior payroll specialist and payroll supervisor for Xenium Resources in Tualatin. Prior to that, she spent more than nine years as the payroll and benefits manager for ProGrass Inc. in Wilsonville, as well as six years as a payroll specialist for Hollywood Entertainment Corporation. She has also been volunteering as the treasurer for a local ministry, Lutheran Latino Ministries, since 2008. She studied accounting and business administration at Chemeketa Community College in Salem. Janet lives in Sherwood with her husband, Dan, and stepson Eric. She attends Countryside Community Church in Sherwood.

Spencer Hadduck joined the university last month as a media specialist in the IT department. Since 2015 he has worked as the creative director for Walk Creative, a Christian media company that specializes in video content for churches and other religious organizations. In addition, he has worked as an AV technician for GCA Services Group, responsible for setting up equipment and facilitating audio-visual needs in the primary meeting space for Cambia Health Solutions in Portland. Previously, Spencer was a part-time AV technician for the Red Lion Hotel in Jantzen Beach (2015-16) and a sound designer, production mixer and metadata specialist for Funnelbox Productions of Oregon City (2012-15). He holds a bachelor’s degree in film and video production from Pacific University (2010). Spencer lives in Oregon City and has two children, Vivienne (5) and Asher (3).

Plant Services welcomed Crista Kiefiuk Yates as a custodian last month. For the past year and a half she worked as an administrative assistant for the East Salem Seventh-day Adventist church, where she attends church with her family. Prior to that, she worked for two and a half years as a food service worker at an elementary school in Salem (2013-16) and worked for more than 11 years as a gymnastics coach in Salem (2002-13). Crista earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with a minor in music, from Western Oregon State College in 1996. She lives in Keizer with her husband Corey, and they have two children: Caleb, a freshman at George Fox, and Caitlyn, a sophomore at McNary High School.

Barbara Bokenyi (Adult Degree Program) is retiring from the university. Her last scheduled day at George Fox is Feb. 28.

Beth Hampton has transferred from her custodial position in Plant Services to work as a payroll specialist in the Employee Empowerment office.

Dan van der Water has transitioned into the role of safety specialist and project manager in the Plant Services office.

Cherice Bock (Seminary) published a study, “Watershed Discipleship: communicating climate change within a Christian framework, a case study analysis,” in the book Handbook of Climate Change Communication, Vol. 3: Case Studies in Climate Change Communication (Springer, 2018). On March 10, 2018, she will be the speaker for Quaker Heritage Day at Berkeley Friends Church in Berkeley, California, where she will speak on the topic “Quakers & the EcoReformation.”

Doug Campbell (Professor Emeritus, Art) published his book Tree Story and Other Poems in mid-January through Oblique Voices Press. Tree Story is the second book of poetry released by the author following his stroke in 2012, which subsequently left him with a language disorder called aphasia. According to the publisher, the book “challenges us to see through a different lens, one that clarifies and sharpens the natural world, and that places humans as supporting actors in the grand drama nature gives us.”

After several years of research and conducting thousands of interviews with leaders – including industry executives, coaches, government administrators and world-renowned academics – Tim Rahschulte and Ryan Halley (College of Business) captured leadership advice, lessons learned, and rules to follow that enable individual, team and organizational success in their latest book, My Best Advice: Proven Rules For Effective Leadership (IntelliPress Media). Also contributing to the book was Russ Martinelli, founder and president of Innovation InSites and a senior program manager at Intel.

Jennie Harrop (Department of Professional Studies/Adult Degree Program) published the university’s first open textbook last month. The Simple Math of Writing Well: Writing for the 21st Century is available as a free download in the Open Textbook Library, a peer-reviewed collection of textbooks used by hundreds of universities. As 21st-century writers are asked to embrace a variety of mediums in an internet-connected world, basic writing skills are increasingly more critical for effective, efficient communication. With section titles such as “The Sentence Equation” and “The Paragraph Equation,” the book outlines the basics of linguistic structure and mechanics in clear, simple terms. Other sections emphasize the importance of purpose, audience, and intentionality, and a subsection titled “12 Rules to Forget” names basic grammar rules that have changed over the years. The book is free, easy to access, and applicable as a primary or secondary resource for students from high school through doctoral level.

Ed Higgins (Emeritus, English Department) has published a number of poems of late. His “What I Learned About Death While Eating Dark Chocolate” appeared in the literary journal Cacti Fur on Jan. 1, and his piece “Backyard” appeared in riverbabble 32 on Feb. 4. In addition, his poem “the rutting quop” was published in Scifaikuest (online version) in February, and his flash fiction piece “Odysseus Remembered” recently ran in the online journal Cafe Aphra.

Feb. 14            Barbara Bokenyi, Monika Kadarmanto
Feb. 15            Brooks Lampe
Feb. 16            Danielle Warner
Feb. 19            Sue Corbett-Furgal, Kelly Hughton, Cristina Schmitt, Jere Witherspoon
Feb. 20            Gina Braden, Scot Headley, Bethany Stoller
Feb. 21            Adina Briggs McConaughey, Jon Hall
Feb. 22            Mark Hall
Feb. 23            Jeongah Kim, Taylor Wayment, Mark Weinert
Feb. 24            Corwynn Beals
Feb. 25            Andrea Abernathy
Feb. 26            Daniel Winn

The Game Night Club will be meeting in the FoxHole tonight (Monday)! There will be all kinds of board and card games, yummy food, and other students who enjoy games as much as you do!

Make sure to stop by anytime between 7 and 8:30 p.m. Join in on the game night fun!

Contact Anna Kennedy (akennedy15@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

The city of Newberg will limit Fulton Street to one lane tomorrow (Tuesday). Flaggers will be on hand to direct traffic, so expect major delays. Drivers are encouraged to use a different route, as the street will be one lane all day, starting at 7 a.m.

The closure will occur east of the Bauman parking lot entrance at the top of the hill, past Thomas Lane and the West Wheeler/Le Shana parking lot entrance. Cars will be able to enter the Le Shana lot from the east entrance off Fulton Street. It is unclear if there will be access to the Wheeler circle lot. Entrance to the Bauman parking lot will be unaffected.

Thank you for your patience as the city corrects an issue with a sewer line traveling across Fulton Street.

Are you a George Fox student or grad student looking for a place to live this year? Friendship House Newberg might be the perfect house for you! We’re located just 10 blocks from campus and newly remodeled.

If you have a heart and a vision for friendship and community with other students and the people you live with, Friendship House has the vision of creating community within, and in the greater George Fox and Newberg communities.

At Friendship House, you’ll have your own bedroom with a half bath, as well as a shared master bathroom, newly remodeled kitchen and living room. You’ll also have the opportunity to live life alongside two individuals with developmental disabilities who are engaged in the community and life of Newberg.

The vision of Friendship House is to build relationships, build bridges between individuals with disabilities and the community.

Contact Sondra Strong at 503-201-8321 or fhnewberg@gmail.com to find out more. Hurry in to secure your room!

Employees, if you know of a student who might be interested, please encourage them to inquire with Sondra.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, Feb. 14, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, Fall 2017 course sites will be hidden to students (current semester course sites will be unaffected and remain visible to students).

If you want to make any of those course sites visible to students after this update, select Administration>Edit settings. In the “General” section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

Intercultural Life is partnering with the Black Student Union for Black History Month to put together next week’s Matheteis! Join us at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Canyon Commons 103.

Matheteis is a discussion forum that comes from the Greek word for disciple. Our goal is to provide space for faculty, staff/administrators and students to discuss difficult topics in a cross-disciplinary approach that leads to learning and understanding.

We invite four panelists who are given two to three prompt questions ahead of time. After panelists have an opportunity to discuss the prompt questions, audience participants can also ask questions and join the discussion.

The topic will be the issue of gentrification. We want to engage in dialogue about the effects that less affluent communities experience in the process of renovating urban areas. Come join us for good conversation, snacks, and chapel credit!

Contact Brianna Martin-Ortega (bmartinortega16@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Are you interested in studying abroad? Lynn Scott and Paul Chamberlain are hosting an information meeting about our programs, requirements, and due dates on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 102. Come to the meeting for more information and to ask any questions you have about studying abroad.

Questions? Email Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.