University Relations is hosting an event props garage sale from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 1-2, at the Pennington House (side of building). For more information, contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121 or at dochsner@georgefox.edu.
Are you ready to apply for graduate school? Career Services is sponsoring a workshop and webinar on getting into grad school, a blog on our website at careers.georgefox.edu, helpful resources in our Stevens 220 Career Center, and a Seminary Fair (Oct. 14). Please watch for the details (TBA) and don’t miss the chance to spruce up your professional image for graduate school admission.
Join student speakers and guests as they share their stories and cultures at a “Coffee and Culture” gathering at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Moore House. This is a fun and casual social event where you can sip some coffee, eat some treats, and get to know your George Fox neighbors.
This month features some of your fellow Chinese students speaking about Chinese National Day and The Moon Festival. The Moore House is located on Sheridan Street across from the Pennington dorm.
This is your last chance to purchase one or more of three Afrizo CDs. They are located at the Office of Spiritual Life in the Sheridan Street House on the corner of Meridian and Sheridan. Drop by soon before they’re gone! E-mail spirituallife@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.
Order Bruin Directories for your department now with our easy online form at bit.ly/bd09-10. No orders will be taken after Oct. 2. Directories cost $4 each. Please submit one order for your entire department. Questions? E-mail Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu.
Representatives from JET (the Japan Exchange & Teaching program) will be on campus to provide information about it at noon Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Lemmons Center’s Room 12. The JET program provides a unique opportunity to teach English to elementary, junior high and high school students in the Japanese public school system. The program helps to develop foreign language education in Japan and to promote international exchange at the local level through fostering ties between Japanese youth and JET program participants from around the world.
The program offers two positions: You may become a coordinator for international relations or you may be selected to serve as an assistant language teacher. Come and learn from JET alumni about their experiences.
Ruth Baker’s Fall Salad Supper scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, will meet in a different location than originally planned. Due to the threat of rain, the event will now meet in the Villa Academic Complex (VAC 117). It is open to all women associated with the university, whether as employees or spouses of employees. We hope you can join us as we gather to welcome newcomers, renew old acquaintances and celebrate the coming of fall.
Please bring a salad to share (if you are new to George Fox, please be our guest). Drinks, bread and dessert will be provided.
Students and staff: As Security Services officers do their patrols around campus, if they do not recognize you as belonging on campus, they will be checking your ID as part of their routine patrol protocol. Please remember to carry picture ID with you as you walk around campus. Also, if you see someone on campus who looks suspicious, please call security immediately at ext. 2090. Thank you for helping us to keep the campus safe!
Please note that the Wednesday, Oct. 7 chapel will be about the South Africa May Serve trip, not about serve trips (this differs from what is listed in the spiritual life calendar). There will also be information about the 2010 May Serve trip.
Thank you and we hope to see you there!
The 17th Hoover Symposium is scheduled for this Saturday, Oct. 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. Joshua Hawley, author of Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness, will speak on the origins of the conservationist movement. Kendrick A. Clements, author of Hoover, Conservation, and Consumerism, will address the question of whether Hoover was a conservationist, an environmentalist or something else. Also, a panel of experts will consider whether or not history can offer practical lessons for modern environmentalists.
Registration and lunch are free for the first 100 people to register. Contact Mark Hall at ext. 2674 or mhall@georgefox.edu to register or for further information.
University employees have until Friday, Oct. 2, to turn in book suggestions for the library book display featuring books that have positively impacted George Fox employees. Use the online form at georgefox.edu/offices/murdock/bookdisplay.html to do so.
We ask that, along with the title and author of the book, you write a few sentences about how the book has impacted your life. Questions? Contact Jane Scott or Michael Foster.
Students, staff and faculty, are you missing anything? The lost and found armoire is full to the brim! If you are missing any items, please come to Security Services during office hours. Thanks!
George Fox has purchased licenses for the Turning Technologies classroom response system. This system enables you to have your students respond to a your question via their laptops, iTouches, or data-enabled cell phones. (This system is an Internet-enabled “clicker.”)
To begin, contact Russ Devore or Greg Smith for an account.
Read more about the response system on the IT website.
Did you know that students who access Career Services multiple times throughout their college experience have greater success in getting jobs? Drop by Stevens 220 on Tuesday, Sept. 29, between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for “i-Connect” and “connect the dots” of your professional job search. Bring your laptop for this high-tech/high-touch workshop for savvy job seekers.
The university’s Nursing Club will host Dr. Kristine Campbell, executive director of the Oregon Center for Nursing, at its fall seminar. Campbell will speak about health care policy, the nursing shortage in Oregon, and nursing policy development from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in Hoover 105. Registration forms are available in the nursing office.
The Oregon Center for Nursing was established by the Oregon Nursing Leadership Council in 2001 as a strategy for addressing Oregon’s severe nursing shortage.
Joshua Hawley, a practicing attorney who spent two years clerking for United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, will present an informal lecture, entitled “My Life in the Law,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in Hoover 105. Hawley will talk about his experiences at Yale Law School and, especially, his two years working for Chief Justice Roberts.
The lecture, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, also will include time for questions and answers. Hawley is the author of Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness (Yale 2008).
The campus community is welcome to join in “Thy Kingdom Come” week Sept. 27-30. Richard Twiss of Wiconi International returns as special speaker for the event.
The schedule:
Sunday, Sept. 27, 7 p.m.: “Daring to Hope!” in the Cap and Gown Room
Monday, Sept. 28, 10:40 to 11:30 a.m.: Chapel featuring Richard Twiss, Part 1, in Bauman Auditorium
Monday, Sept. 28, noon to 1 p.m.: Talk-back session with Richard Twiss in Cap and Gown A
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.: “Removing Barriers and Building Bridges” in the Library Special Collections Room on the second floor of the Newberg library.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 10:40 to 11:30 a.m.: Chapel featuring Richard Twiss, Part 2, in Bauman Auditorium
Note: Spiritual Life Credits are offered for every event listed.
Friday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Soccer vs. Willamette, Morse Field
Saturday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Sunday, Sept. 27, noon – Women’s Soccer vs. Willamette, Morse Field
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Soccer vs. Linfield, Morse Field
For more information, visit the new George Fox athletics website at gfubruins.com or call the sports information office at ext. 2926.
ASC is still accepting applications for L’Ami (yearbook) staff. Please contact Hannah Wilcox at hmorse06@georgefox.edu or stop by the ASC offices to get an application.
Faculty, please alert your students to this opportunity.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, all Bon Appetit cafes across the country will serve a meal that is made completely from local ingredients. Everything we’ll use here in the preparation of our food will come from within a 150-mile radius of Newberg, with the exception of salt.Â
We’re doing this because we believe everything starts with flavor, and we’re committed to creating food that simply tastes good. Food that is grown locally is fresher and dramatically more flavorful than food that is harvested before it is fully ripened so that it can be transported thousands of miles. Locally produced food is picked at the height of freshness, and often we have it delivered less than 24 hours after harvest.
We also support purchasing locally, as it supports the dozens of local farmers in our community and helps keep them in business. Last year that totaled more than $300,000 in purchases from more than 20 different farmers in our area.
Please join us next Tuesday. We also encourage you to take our Eat Local Challenge Facebook Quiz, available at cafebonappetit.com/georgefox.
Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit
