The Daily Bruin

The Bruin Den, Bruin Bites and Bridge Café will all be closed today (Wednesday) due to Serve Day. All three cafes will reopen Thursday with regular hours of operation.

As we enter another fall at George Fox, Ruth Baker would like to invite the university’s women employees to a salad luncheon on Monday, Sept. 26, in Canyon Commons, Room 101 (this replaces the salad supper events from previous years).

Ruth’s hope is this change in schedule and format will be more accommodating to schedules and provide opportunities for fellowship and in making new acquaintances. The luncheon, catered by Bon Appetit, will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Please RSVP to Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Bruin fans, don’t miss your chance to watch our teams play at home this week.

Wednesday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. – Women’s soccer vs. Lewis & Clark, Austin Sports Complex
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran, Austin Sports Complex
Sunday, Sept. 18, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Puget Sound, Austin Sports Complex

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

After your team returns to campus from Serve Day tomorrow (Wednesday), please join us for a 125th Anniversary Celebration! A birthday picnic will will be free for all George Fox employees, students and children under 12. Additional family members or guests may purchase a meal ticket for $5. Balloons, cake, festivities and a visit from Newberg’s mayor are all in order. Join us!

Questions? Feel free to contact serveday@georgefox.edu.

All George Fox employees (.5 FTE and above) have been emailed with their Serve Day placement. Please make sure to find this email and review the logistics so you are well prepared. Many placement details are also posted here for review.

Please note that employees may swing by Canyon Commons from 7 to 8:10 a.m. to pick up a free breakfast. Packed lunches will also be available for purchase by card/cash for $6.75. Please return to the quad to eat your breakfast, enjoy a coffee, and prepare for the Kickoff Celebration at 8:30 a.m. Teams will depart from the quad.

Questions? Feel free to contact serveday@georgefox.edu.

Have you been experiencing back pain or want to know what exercises or stretches evidence shows to decrease symptoms of back pain? “We’ve Got Your Back” is a free five-part class on the prevention and management of back pain.

Li-Zandre van Eeden, PT, DPT, and the university’s School of Physical Therapy will sponsor the class, which will meet on five Tuesdays between Sept. 13 and Oct. 11. Sessions are scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 202 in the Roberts Center (501 N. Villa Road). Attending all five sessions is encouraged but not required.

There will be a lab component, so please dress comfortably. To sign up, please call 503-554-2479.

Today (Tuesday) we are conducting out 10th annual “Burn in the Quad” with the fire department. As part of our fire safety initiatives, this is one of the more dramatic programs on campus, and one of the shortest (lasts about nine minutes). It will take place around 11:50 a.m.

The Wheeler Fitness Center will be open limited hours, from 4 to 11 p.m., tomorrow (Wednesday) due to Serve Day.

All George Fox employees (.5 FTE and above) have been emailed with their Serve Day placement. Please make sure to find this email and review the logistics so you are well prepared. Many placement details are also posted here for review.

Please note that employees may swing by Canyon Commons from 7 to 8:10 a.m. to pick up a free breakfast. Packed lunches will also be available for purchase by card/cash for $6.75. Please return to the quad to eat your breakfast, enjoy a coffee, and prepare for the Kickoff Celebration at 8:30 a.m. Teams will depart from the quad.

Questions? Feel free to contact serveday@georgefox.edu.

After your team returns to campus from Serve Day on Wednesday, Sept. 14, please join us for a 125th Anniversary Celebration! A birthday picnic will will be free for all George Fox employees, students and children under 12. Additional family members or guests may purchase a meal ticket for $5. Balloons, cake, festivities and a visit from Newberg’s mayor are all in order. Join us!

Questions? Feel free to contact serveday@georgefox.edu.

All are welcome to the semester’s third Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation tonight (Monday), when Caitlin Corning, professor of history at George Fox, speaks on the topic “Highlights of the History of Islam” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Islam and the West.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Tonight (Monday) at the Chehalem Cultural Center, designer Kathy Mueller will be speaking about her life as a designer and educator. She is practicing in Philadelphia and teaches at Temple University School of Media & Communication.

Mueller’s work has been acknowledged by organizations that include AIGA, Art Directors Club and Type Directors Club, and it has appeared in PRINT, Applied Arts, HOW Books and Rockport publications.

Join us tonight from 6 to 7 p.m. in the ballroom of the Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.)!

Questions? Contact Annie Lunt at alunt13@georgefox.edu.

You are invited to attend and help spread the word for a six-week leadership workshop that is being hosted by athletics. You don’t have to be an athlete or coach to be part of Bruins LEAD. It is simply an opportunity to develop your leadership skills.

We will take basic leadership concepts and spend one hour diving into details of how to develop responsible and respected leaders.

Each week, you will get to hear from one of our coaches on the following topics:

• Sept. 15 – Neal Ninteman on “Exploring Leadership and How to Get and Keep Yourself Motivated”
• Sept. 22 – Marty Hunter on “Confidence and Composure”
• Sept. 29 – Maco Hamilton on “How to Conduct Yourself With Class and Servant Leadership”
• Oct. 13 – Mike Meek on “How to Inspire Your Team and How to Build Winning Team Chemistry”
• Oct. 20 – Branden Thompson on “How to Get Your Teammates Back on Track”
• Oct. 27 – Jessica Hollen on “How to Manage Team Conflict”

All sessions take place from 8:40 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. in Hoover 102.

While some of the content may be specific to athletics and teams, we feel strongly that every person will end up working in a team at some point in their lives and this information can be relevant for everyone on campus.

Thursday, Sept. 15, is our first session. We would love to see you there!

Probably most important … there will be snacks!

Questions? Please contact Kelsea Meyers at kmeyers13@georgefox.edu.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we are conducting out 10th annual “Burn in the Quad” with the fire department. As part of our fire safety initiatives, this is one of the more dramatic programs on campus, and one of the shortest (lasts about nine minutes). It will take place around 11:50 a.m.

Due to Serve Day, Mail Services will only be open from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14. You are free to pick up packages, but there will be no outgoing mail.

Questions? Contact Richard Silver at ext. 2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Sign up to serve as a Fox Friendship Family for one or two new international students. You do not have to be married and/or have kids to apply. Friendship families commit to hosting a student or two for dinner or an activity at least once per semester (one-year commitment).

Apply online here by Monday, Sept. 26. For more information, contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2649.

The university community is invited to attend a free lecture featuring Todd Breyfogle, director of seminars at the Aspen Institute. The lecture will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in Hoover 105.

Breyfogle will speak on “The Earthly City and the Ethics of Exchange: Augustine on the Spiritual Economy.” He earned a BA at Colorado College in classics-history-politics and attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where he read ancient and modern history and patristic and modern theology. Breyfogle earned a PhD at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought and has written numerous essays and book chapters about St. Augustine.

A reception will immediately follow the lecture. Program director Joseph Clair will be in attendance.

Questions? Contact Jocelyn Stein at jstein@georgefox.edu.

Know students who need help with APA style for writing assignments? Encourage them to attend a workshop this Thursday, Sept. 15.

Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style, at an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop, “Using APA Format Effectively,” from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

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

After your team returns to campus from Serve Day on Wednesday, Sept. 14, please join us for a 125th Anniversary Celebration! A birthday picnic will will be free for all George Fox employees, students and children under 12. Additional family members or guests may purchase a meal ticket for $5. Balloons, cake, festivities and a visit from Newberg’s mayor are all in order. Join us!

Questions? Feel free to contact serveday@georgefox.edu.

All George Fox employees (.5 FTE and above) have been emailed with their Serve Day placement for Wednesday, Sept. 14. Please make sure to find this email and review the logistics so you are well prepared. Many placement details are also posted here for review.

Please note that employees may swing by Canyon Commons from 7 to 8:10 a.m. to pick up a free breakfast. Packed lunches will also be available for purchase by card/cash for $6.75. Please return to the quad to eat your breakfast, enjoy a coffee, and prepare for the Kickoff Celebration at 8:30 a.m. Teams will depart from the quad.

Questions? Feel free to contact serveday@georgefox.edu.