The Daily Bruin

The group Timothy’s Charge is again hosting Josiah’s Gift, a community event designed to bring the campus together around the Word of God. Each day between Sept. 21 and Sept. 25, the Bible will be read in the quad between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m., with the goal of reading it from start to finish. Sign up to read by following this link — cs.georgefox.edu/~slibby/josiahs_gift/Josiah — or just show up to listen. You’ll never look at God’s Word the same way again!

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s contribution(s) to the university, its students, and/or its employees in the past 30 days or so (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, Sept 18. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee(s) of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner(s) will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Thursday, Sept 24, and will receive a $100 gift certificate to the Jory Restaurant at the new Allison Inn & Spa in Newberg.

Multicultural Services is bringing back “Movies and Munchies,” beginning at 7 p.m. this Thursday, Sept. 17, with a showing of The Motorcycle Diaries in EHS 102 in celebration of Latino Heritage Month. Please remind your students of this event. It’s also a great opportunity to offer extra credit.

This year we have 30-plus new international students on the Newberg campus. Would you be interested in being a Fox Friendship Family for two of our new international students? The relationship between Fox Friendship Families and students become whatever the students and families want. We ask as a minimum that families invite students to their home at least once per semester. The relationships that develop are invaluable for the international students as well as families.

If you are interested, please e-mail or call Alex Pia (503-554-2643, apia@georgefox.edu) or Dianna McIntyre (503-554-2649, dmcintyre@georgefox.edu) by Sept. 25.

The university’s Science Outreach Program has a new updated website. The new fall schedule for youth science classes can be found online. Check it out at georgefox.edu/science_outreach.

Starting immediately, the Newberg campus bookstore has officially changed its name from George Fox University Store to Bruin Bookstore. The new name allows the bookstore to represent the university with a more collegiate feel and gives us the opportunity to highlight our great mascot. Same great merchandise, same great service, great new name! Come check us out.

This is a reminder of the Tuesday, Sept. 15, Intellectual Feast, which will discuss the topic “Quaker Approaches to Higher Education” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 250.

Outlining their essays in the most recent issue of Quaker Religious Thought, Jamie Johnson will present on “From Cutting Edge to Chopping Block: Reclaiming a Quaker Approach to Christian Higher Education,” and Paul Anderson will present on “The Mission of the Christ-Centered Quaker College.”

Free copies of the QRT issue will be available for the first 20 attenders. Refreshments provided!

If you did not receive coupons on Serve Day, please feel free to stop by the Spiritual Life House to pick them up. Thank you for your participation and awesome attitudes. You are a blessing!

Attention all music majors, minors and people who just love music: The George Fox Chapter of the Collegiate Music Educators National Conference is hosting its first meeting at 7:30 p.m. this Sunday, Sept. 20, in the Choir Room. Come to meet the chapter’s executive officers and learn more about the music programs at George Fox.

Multicultural Services invites you to come watch and discuss the movie The Motorcycle Diaries with your fellow George Fox neighbors at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in EHS 102. Popcorn and other goodies will be provided, and you can bring your own as well.

Based on a true-life story, The Motorcycle Diaries is an inspiring and thrilling adventure that traces the youthful origins of a revolutionary spirit. The film follows two daring friends who hop on the back of a beat-up motorcycle for a breathtaking and exciting road trip across Latin America. Spanish professor Uriel Plasencia will moderate.

There are still openings available for the three-day intensive course on how to apply foundational biblical principles to basic business concepts. The course, Biblical Entrepreneurship 1 (BE 1), will be hosted at the Portland Center Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 17-19. Sessions will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

The course is being offered at a discounted rate of $250 for George Fox employees, students and alumni.

Online registration is available, and more information is posted on the course flier and website.

Also, you are invited to hear about biblical entrepreneurship directly from course founder Patrice Tsague on Wednesday, Sept. 16, when he speaks at the monthly Northwest Christian Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Hayden’s Lakefront Grill, 8187 S.W. Tualatin-Sherwood Road, in Tualatin.

Following are fall Fitness Center hours in the Wheeler Sports Center. Please do not ask to work out during posted class times. Thank you.

Monday & Wednesday
6-7:30 a.m.
Noon-1:40 p.m.
2:30-11 p.m.

Tuesday & Thursday
6-7:30 a.m.
8:50-9:40 a.m.
Noon-12:40 p.m.
2:30-11 p.m.

Friday
6 a.m. – 1:40 p.m.
2:30-7 p.m.

Saturday
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Sunday
2-6 p.m.

Religious Studies is hosting an Intellectual Feast, discussing the topic “Quaker Approaches to Higher Education” from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Hoover 250.

Outlining their essays in the most recent issue of Quaker Religious Thought, Jamie Johnson will present on “From Cutting Edge to Chopping Block: Reclaiming a Quaker Approach to Christian Higher Education,” and Paul Anderson will present on “The Mission of the Christ-Centered Quaker College.”

Come and learn about this important topic together, and share your own views as well. Free copies of the QRT issue to the first 20 attenders. Refreshments provided!

The Department of Performing Arts will kick off the concert season with the first performance of the year this weekend. The Symphonic Band and Concert Choir will host a concert to end their retreat Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

The Bruin Bookstore’s hours are now 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Starting Sept. 19, the bookstore will be open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except during George Fox holiday weekends, the Christmas break and the summer season.

Do you teach anything about environmental science, ecology, creation care, sustainability in any of your courses? Or perhaps you teach an entire course dedicated to one of these topics?

The Creation Care Committee wants to know about it. Please let us know even if you just teach on such a topic one day out of the entire course. We are trying to get an inventory of where creation care and the environment are being taught in our curriculum. Also, let us know if you are hoping to teach on such matters or would like to in the future. Please respond to Corey Beals at cbeals@georgefox.edu with your response.

From the helicopter flash to the hour and half of brawling, there was plenty of excitement for the Bruin Brawl on Serve Day, Sept. 9. Bruin Junior, newly made, was torn to shreds, and in the excitement, the university sign in front of Wood-Mar was delettered. The sophomores successfully took the head of Bruin Junior off campus, winning the brawl. Here are the points rewarded for this brawl:

Freshmen: 20 points – Class Pride
Sophomores: 50 points – Winning the brawl
Juniors: 0 points
Seniors: 0 points

The next staff lunch is scheduled for noon Monday, Sept. 14, in the Cap and Gown Room. Come enjoy good food and the company of friends. The food is $3; the friends are priceless.

There is still opportunity to participate in this spring’s South American Studies Program in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Check it out at bolivia.georgefox.edu, then contact Lon Fendall (lfendall@georgefox.edu) or Carolyn Stansell (cstansell@georgefox.edu) in the Center for Global Studies in Stevens 123.

Information will also be available at general off-campus studies meetings Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Stevens 208 or Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 6:15 to 7 p.m. in Stevens 209.

“How Great is Our God” is the theme for this year’s Staff Development Conference, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Family Life Church in Newberg. This will be a day of encouragement, as well as a fun-filled day of learning and serving together. All staff members are expected to attend. Watch your campus mailbox for more information.