The Daily Bruin

Exodus Fair for fall grads! If you are graduating this December stop by the Exodus Fair on Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Stevens Center Atrium from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more!

Your degree is almost done, graduation is right around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate! We hope to see you there!

For those students graduating in April, please note your Exodus fair will be in March.

Student Financial Services counselors will be unavailable to meet with you on Tuesday, Nov. 1, as they will be off-campus in training. Please feel free to e-mail your questions to them or come by on Wednesday, Nov. 2.  Thank you.

The university community is invited to two concerts on campus this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5, during Family Weekend.

‘An Evening of Jazz’ Concert
On Friday, jazz trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling will perform with the university’s Jazz Ensemble and a faculty trio at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Stripling is a Basie Band alumnus, known as a spectacular trumpeter with a wide range, beautiful tone, and the ability to blend together many influences in his own style.

All employees and students are entitled to one complimentary ticket, which covers admission for up to four people. Tickets are available for pick-up at the Information Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center or can be ordered online by going to this page and following these directions:

• Click the “Buy Tickets Now” link
• Click “Order” for the jazz concert
• Select “1” under the “Family” tab and “Hold at venue box office” in the “Select Delivery Option” field
• Click “I’m redeeming benefits” link
• Enter your university user ID/ name and submit

Call ext. 3844 if you have questions concerning purchasing tickets.

Family Weekend Concert
On Saturday, the university’s Family Weekend fall concert is scheduled at 4 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free. The event will feature performances by the university’s Women’s Chorale, String Ensemble, Men’s Ensemble, Concert Choir and Symphonic Band.

Among the selections to be performed are The Longest Time (Billy Joel) and The Lion Sleeps Tonight (as recorded by Metropolis), by the Men’s Chorale; Caledonian’s Air from Three Scottish Songs and Dance Into the Day (Mark Patterson) by the Women’s Chorale; Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach) by the String Ensemble; Rejoice Exultantly (Baroque Comoser Calvisius) and No Time (arr. Susan Brumfield) by the Concert Choir; and The Glory of the Yankee (John Philip) and Vizcaya (Vinter) by the Symphonic Band.

For more information about either concert, contact Debbie Hawblitzel in the Department of Performing Arts at ext. 2620.

Student Life is coordinating university employees who are interested in hosting a student at their family’s Thanksgiving dinner. We will be compiling a list of interested people.

If you would like to put your name on this list, please e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) with the following information:

• Your name
• Contact information (e-mail and phone)
• Number of students you would like to host

If we receive any requests from students, we will do our best to match them with interested hosts. You will be notified by e-mail if a student has been matched with your request no later than Monday, Nov. 21.

It’s time once again for the faculty/staff campaign! Gifts from faculty/staff members make it possible for students to receive tremendous opportunities for spiritual formation, vocational development, and character growth.

On Tuesday, Nov. 1, please watch your in-box for a personal e-mail highlighting videos and students’ testimonies of how these types of opportunities at George Fox deepen their relationship with God and prepare them to connect Christ and culture.

Thank you so much for the difference you make in students’ lives.

If you have any questions, please contact Mandria Montplaisir at mmontplaisir@georgefox.edu.

The next all-employee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 10, has been canceled and rescheduled for Thursday, Dec. 1, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

In addition, the Thursday, Dec. 15, meeting has been canceled. Please make a note of these scheduling changes.

Alan Kluge (Business) participated in the annual fall conference of the Deming Institute at Purdue University Oct. 15-16. The institute is an organization dedicated to creating dialogue between faculty, industry and students around the work of W. Edwards Deming, the individual attributed with turning around manufacturing in Japan following World War II and significantly contributing to the improvement of quality by industry in the United States in the 1980s. Alan will be sharing the knowledge gained from the conference with his MBA classes.

Kenn Willson (Performing Arts) performed his “Encounters with Beethoven” concert for the Tualatin Valley Oregon Music Teachers Association District event on Oct. 14. The concert incorporates the piano music of Beethoven (including the Hunt and Moonlight sonatas) with movie clips, cartoon clips, slides and readings from and about Beethoven. The event drew the largest audience (240) the event has ever had, according to organizers. Students in attendance ranged in age from 3 to college age.

Ed Higgins’ (English) poem “Match Point” appears in the current issue of Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature.

Mark McLeod-Harrison will discuss “What’s Wrong with Christian Exclusivism?” at Tuesday’s (Nov. 1) “Intellectual Feast,” hosted by the Department of Religious Studies. Join us at 4 p.m. in the Hoover second-floor lounge. Refreshments provided!

Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.

Nov. 1       Dave Johnstone
Nov. 4       Tom Head, Melissa Thomas
Nov. 5       Rob Bohall, Jared Ocker
Nov. 7       Doug Campbell
Nov. 9       Jack Lyda
Nov. 11     Denise DeCicco, Sean Patterson
Nov. 12     Kelly Borror
Nov. 14     Colleen Huffman, Jan Lefebvre

Have e-Colleague news to share? Send it to Sean Patterson at spatterson@georgefox.edu

The Student Financial Services Office wants to give you and your family access to all the information you need to successfully navigate through the financial aid and student payment process. To accomplish that goal, we have established SFS News: a list of e-mail addresses to whom we send brief alerts and announcements such as SFS due dates, financial aid policy information, calendar reminders, time-sensitive alerts, and other notifications.

Don’t worry about our selling your e-mail information or “spam.” Our goal is succinct, timely and relevant communication, and you can unsubscribe without any hassles.

By the way, if you choose to not subscribe, please be aware that with the beginning of this academic year, this is the primary communication tool SFS will be using. If you choose to not participate, you may miss out on critical information.

Please forward this information onto other family members (parents, spouse. etc.) who would also like to subscribe and stay up-to-date!

Here is the web link:
georgefox.edu/offices/sfs/other/news-updates.html

Between Monday, Oct. 31, and Saturday, Nov. 12, the first-floor lobby of the Portland Center will be our collection site for non-perishable food items to support Take Action Inc. All students, employees and friends are encouraged to participate.

Take Action works with students from six elementary schools in Portland to ensure that underprivileged children have food to eat when they go home on the weekend. This need was observed because many of the kids would load up on their Friday lunch, even trying to stuff their pockets of extra food to take home. Many of the kids at these schools wouldn’t eat again until the school provided breakfast on Monday morning.

The school staff began connecting with folks outside their area to gather food for these kids to take home to feed themselves and sometimes their families over the weekend.

This is where we can help. Below is a sample list of items that you can donate.

• Small jars of peanut butter and jelly
• Canned meats (beef, chicken, tuna)
• Non-perishable milk drinks
• Macaroni and cheese cups
• Canned meals (ravioli, stew, soups, etc)
• Instant oatmeal
• Fruit cups
• Canned vegetables
• Nuts and other healthy snacks

Take Action will also accept monetary donations if you’d like to help in that way.

The university’s Department of History and Political Science invites the community to hear Carol Swain, professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University, on campus Wednesday, Nov. 2.

Presentations open to the public include:

• Chapel address: 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium
• “The Congressional Black Caucus and Immigration Reform: A Study of Failed Leadership”: 3:45 to 5 p.m., Hoover 105
• “Does Political Correctness Threaten Religious Liberty?: 7-8:30 p.m., Hoover 105

Swain, an award-winning author and media personality, has appeared on BBC Radio, NPR, PBS, C-SPAN and ABC, among other media outlets. She rose from being a high school dropout and teenage mother to earning a PhD from the University of North Carolina and a master’s degree in law from Yale Law School.

She is widely recognized as an expert on race relations, immigration, black leadership and evangelical politics.

To read more about Swain, see this press release. For more about her visit, contact Mark David Hall at ext. 2674.

Over the past couple of years, many faculty and staff have asked me how to get their estate planning affairs in order. It’s been a joy to connect with so many people on this most important endeavor.

I thought it might be helpful to provide everyone a list of resources that can help you in this often complicated area of your life. If you click the links below, they will provide you with downloadable forms that contain several helpful pieces of information.

• Estate Planning Resource Guide
• Estate Inventory Form
• My Going Home Plan
• Distribution of Tangible Personal Property

As followers of Christ we have an obligation to be sure our affairs are in order — thinking deeply about the people and places that mean the most to us. In order to have a complete estate plan, everyone needs to consider developing the following things:

• A will or living trust
• Durable power of attorney (for finance)
• Advanced healthcare directive
• Disposition of tangible property sheet(s)
• Expression of last wishes

Again, to help get you started, click on the links above. I’m here to assist as well, so please let me know if/how I can serve you best!

Working Together,

K. Gene Christian, Estate and Gift Planning Services
George Fox University
503-936-5350/Direct Line

The student film Pushing 80 is still in need of two remaining roles, a grandma and a main gang member, Felix. We will be shooting one short scene the weekend of Nov. 4-5, so we are in need of filling Felix’s part as soon as we can. We need to fill the Grandma’s part by the weekend of Nov. 11-13. Here is the info about the script and the character descriptions.

A car thief gang of five is raiding a small town of specific vintage cars for a car collector. They do this untraditionally by overtaking the car as its driving down the road. The gang meets its match in the form of a 65-year-old grandma in a red 1970 Corvette Chevrolet.

Felix: Felix is the ring leader of the gang who has the final say in the discussions for the gang. However, he gets his instructions from from a higher-up boss. He has been doing this for years now and is confident in his skills and in his gang’s abilities. Felix is a clean-cut 30-year-old. He is not necessarily buff, but rather uses his intelligence the most. He does all the thinking, but sometimes his anger comes out and dictates his discussions. Felix also feels that he must protect the new girl Scarlet.

Mary (Grandma): Mary is the main protagonist in the film. She is a sweet, typical 65-year-old grandma who loves her simple life but also is able-bodied and independent. She used to be a police officer in her younger days, but nobody ever sees that side of her until she is put in a situation that she needs those skills.

If interested, e-mail the producer at choffman09@georgefox.edu or call our director to set up an audition before Tuesday at 831-331-8397.

If you would like help registering or selecting a professional for Professional Preview Day, a Career Services representative will be available in the Bruin Den on Monday, Oct. 31, from noon to 2 p.m. to help you. You can also stop by the Office of Career Services on the first floor of Stevens for assistance during normal business hours. All are welcome!

If you would like to speak with a Professional Preview Day intern personally, you can set up a time with Mingfei Song. Stop by the Bruin Den table or drop in to Career Services during Mingfei’s office hours: Wednesday 1 to 5 p.m. or Friday 1 to 4 p.m.

Professional Preview Day is on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

GFU Career Services highly recommends and supports this fair for GFU students.  We are welcome to attend by special invitation. There will be a record number of 67 employers there.
Nonprofit Career Fair — Tuesday, November.1, 2011

The Nonprofit Career Fair is sponsored by the PSU Career Center. Employers will provide information on career positions, internships, and volunteer opportunities in the nonprofit sector. It will be held 11a.m.-3p.m. in the SMSU Ballroom, 3rd Floor, 1825 SW Broadway. For a list of employers attending click here.

If you can offer a carpool for the Newberg campus, please contact our office asap-x2330, careers@georgefox.edu.  Thank you.

Faculty: If you have not yet done so, please submit your textbook requests for spring 2012 as soon as possible. The due date was Oct. 1, and we need them to obtain as many used books as possible to save students money. Please this online form to submit your order.

Thanks to all who have already placed their orders!

Exodus Fair for fall grads is coming! If you are graduating this December, stop by the Exodus Fair on Thursday, Nov. 3, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center Atrium. You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more! Your degree is almost done, graduation is right around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate. We hope to see you there!

(For those students graduating in April, please note your Exodus Fair will be in March.)

The George Fox SCORR (Student Congress of Racial Reconciliation) group is in the process of fundraising for our conference trip to Biola University this coming February, and we need your help!

This Sunday, Oct. 30, a group of us will be going to OSU to help run a race to fundraise for this trip, and we need volunteers. If you need community service hours, this is a great opportunity to fill those and help out part of your Fox community as well.

If you are interested, please contact Bailie Bowey at bbowey11@georgefox.edu as soon as possible. Thank you for your support!

Bruin Directories can now be ordered online. The directories are a service to the George Fox community, created by a staff within ASC. We have worked very hard to get the book out to the community in a timely fashion, and we are pleased to say that the books are near completion.

Each Bruin Directory is $5 and the total will be charged to the provided department account number. The directories will be distributed through Mail Services. The deadline for placing orders is Friday, Nov. 4. Please place your orders online at this link.

Thank you for placing your department orders! If you have any questions, contact Carly Halverson at chalverson09@georgefox.edu.