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Feb. 21            Adina McConaughey, Jon Hall
Feb. 22            Mark David Hall
Feb. 23            Jeongah Kim, Mark Weinert
Feb. 24            Corwynn Beals
Feb. 26            Trey Watt
Feb. 27            Joel Schutter
March 1           Andrew Fleming
March 2           Winston Seegobin
March 3           Joseph Clair, Emily Gigoux, Kayin Griffith, Rhett Luedtke
March 4           Tyler Cuddeford
March 5           Jeremy Bascom
March 6           Chris Casey, Stephen Winterberg

Beginning today (Monday, Feb. 20), the George Fox summer online program is open for registration! Space is limited, as each course is capped at 20 students. All university online courses are taught by faculty experienced in the online format, and the offerings cover a range of required general education options such as:

• Art History Survey to 1450 (ARTS 216)
• Bible Survey (BIBL 100)
• Biblical Studies: Life of Christ (BIBL 215)
• Biblical Studies: The Book of Genesis (BIBL 215)
• Introduction to Communication (COMM 100)
• United States to 1865 (HIST 151)
• United States from 1865 (HIST 152)
• Nutrition (HLTH 300)
• Philosophy and Literature: Tolkien and Philosophy (HUMA 205)
• World Religions (INTL 440)
• Intro to Literature (LITR 100)
• World of Math (MATH 150)
• Calculus I (MATH 201)
• Calculus II (MATH 202)
• Music Fundamentals (MUSI 100)
• World of Music (MUSI 120)
• General Psychology (PSYC 150)
• History and Theology of Christianity (RELI 300)
• World Religions (RELI 440)
• Principles of Sociology (SOCI 150)
• Cultural Anthropology (SOCI 310)
• College Writing (WRIT 110)

These courses are offered at 50 percent off tuition, and your regular financial aid may be available (talk to the financial aid office for details). Online education does not have to be “impersonal” or ineffective; our summer online courses are routinely evaluated by students with very high scores, comparable to “traditional” class experiences, and in a survey of the 2016 summer online students, 90 percent responded positively when asked, “Did you feel this online course delivered on the university’s ‘Be Known’ promise?”

To register, talk to your CAP Coach – or log in to MyGFU, then navigate to the “Student Center,” then “Enroll,” and then follow the process from there.

Questions? Contact the director of the summer online program Brian Doak, at bdoak@georgefox.edu.

The Job & Internship Fair is tomorrow (Tuesday), and you don’t want to miss this exciting opportunity to network with 40-plus professionals from companies like Kaiser Permanente, Nordstrom, Providence Health Services, Keller Williams Realty, and various other state agencies and nonprofits!

They will all be here for the purpose of meeting students who they can add to their teams of interns and employees! This event will take place in Canyon Commons from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sign up for the event on this page.

Faculty, please encourage students to attend!

Come run against President Robin Baker in the first “Beat Baker” 5K run throughout Newberg on Saturday, March 18, at 8 a.m.

The race entry is only $10 for students and $25 for the general public and includes a T-shirt and access to the health fair expo to follow. In addition, those beat President Baker in the race will receive a sticker and bragging rights. Consider joining us in promoting health and wellness while raising funds to continue bettering health care in Yamhill County and beyond.

You can register for the run here. The event is part of a Health and Wellness Week (March 13-18) that includes nutrition, exercise and behavioral classes, a Corporate Games competition, 5K and 10K runs, and a pool party for children with special needs. More on the week is available at this link.

We hope to see you there!

Reminder: Today is President’s Day and incoming and outgoing first-class mail will not be delivered today.

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The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Monday) in Canyon Commons 101-103. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 155A.

Faculty lunch tomorrow (Tuesday) has a location change. We’ll meet in Roberts 117. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $3.

The online timesheet program will be inaccessible on Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 4 to 7 a.m. If you need to record your hours during this time you will need to wait and log your shift after 7 a.m.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kasondra Silva (ksilva@georgefox.edu) or by phone at 503-554-2184.

Come grab a Krispy Kreme doughnut in the quad* tomorrow (Tuesday) and help our athletic training club raise money to attend the Northwest Athletic Training Association convention in Tacoma, Washington.

Cost is $1 per doughnut. Bring all your friends! We’ll be selling from 10:30 a.m. until they are all sold out!

Contact Paige Knight (pknight14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

*If it’s raining, we’ll be in the Bruin Den.

Are you interested in engaging in dialogue about current issues in our society?

We are hosting an event, Matheteis, designed to provide space for faculty, staff/administrators and students to discuss difficult topics that lead to learning and understanding. Those who attend will have the opportunity to listen and learn from our four panelists as they answer a series of questions. Afterwards, attendees will have the chance to ask questions themselves and join the discussion.

Our first gathering for this semester’s series will be tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons, and the topic will be “Would You Stand.” We will be discussing the national anthem and activism. There is no cost to attend, and snacks will be provided. Elective chapel credit is offered for this event. This event is sponsored by the Intercultural Life office, Shalom and BSU.

Feel free to contact Mikaela Smith at smithm16@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Join us for a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation tonight (Monday), when Elton Villanueva, a special education assistant at South Eugene High School, presents “Deconstructing the American Dream via The Metacognitive System” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Synopsis: The American Dream, like race, is a socially defined construct, in that the existence of an American Dream requires people to collectively agree and accept that it does in fact exist. We will introduce the metacognitive system and analyze the notion that “all men are created equal” with the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” via a metacognitive lens.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “The Future of the American Dream.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Wondering how colleagues are using media in their courses? Looking for moral support as you make plans to produce videos? Join us for a brown-bag show-and-tell. Give a five-minute tour of a course, demonstrate your favorite media tool, or come to watch colleagues share. We hope you can join us!

• Friday, Feb. 24, noon to 1 p.m., Portland Center Library Study Room 132
• Friday, March 3, noon to 1 p.m., Newberg’s MLRC Study Room 114

RSVP at this link. Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu).

Our International Photo Contest finalist photos are on display in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium Feb. 16-22. Drop by the atrium on Tuesday, Feb. 21, to cast your vote and to help us select the winning photos (voting open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)!

Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu with any questions.

If you are an employee who uses 25Live for event and room reservation requests, you may want to be a member of the 25Live Users group. The purpose of this Google group is primarily to notify you of any 25Live downtime or updates, such as we had this past Wednesday morning.

If you would like to be added to this group, please email Janelle Baugh (jbaugh@georgefox.edu) in IT.

Graduating this spring? Visit the undergraduate commencement information webpage for complete information about events, tickets, ordering announcements, and providing the best information for your guests visiting campus.

Commencement is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, in Stoffer Family Stadium.

Interested in studying abroad in Germany? Jerry Orr, from AMBEX, will be on campus today (Monday). Stop by his table in the Canyon Commons between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. and check out what this program has to offer.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu).

It’s a challenge within a challenge! This week, as part of the 125 Days of Wellness Challenge, challenge one of your teammates in a “battle” of some kind. The winner of that battle can take an additional 125 points for themselves. Limit one battle per person. For example: Doubling your steps, getting the most done at work, etc.

– Brought to you by the Staff Development Committee

Join the Write Way tonight (Monday) for a workshop and discussion. In this session, we’ll focus on aspects of storytelling and plot structure. All aspiring novelists struggling with their story arcs are more than welcome, but as per usual, writers of all stripes are invited.

We’re meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Stevens 207. Questions? Contact David Shelby at dshelby14@georgefox.edu.

Stress is a constant in our lives, but how we manage stress can change the quality of life. This Wednesday, Feb. 22, the Academic Resource Center will host a workshop, “My Computer Crashed, My Project is Lost, and I’m out of Detergent: Strategies for Managing Stress,” that will help you learn how to manage stress and use it to your advantage.

Members of our Health and Counseling Center staff will be our presenters. Join us from 3 to 3:50 p.m. in Stevens 109.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

You’re invited! Join us for an evening of fellowship, food and fun as we celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival together. We’ll be eating delicious tangyuan, singing karaoke, making lanterns, and hanging out with each other. It all begins at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Monday) in Canyon Commons 101.

We’ll have a photo booth, and the best-decorated lanterns will win gift card prizes! Please note there is a limited amount of tangyuan, so it’s first-come, first-served.

We want to see you there! Contact Noelle Ho at nho14@georgefox.edu if you have any questions!

– Sponsored by ASC Multicultural Life, French Club and International Club