The Daily Bruin

Interested in learning more about nutritious cooking? Join us for a series of “Nutrition Matters” cooking classes this month! Here is the schedule:

• Kitchen Basics: Kitchen Set-up and Staples for Success!
  Wednesday, Oct. 12, 5-6 p.m. in Hoover 105
• Breakfast: Start Your Day in a Healthy Way!
  Thursday, Oct. 20, 10:30-11:30 a.m. in Canyon Commons
• Halloween Cooking
  Thursday, Oct. 27, 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 7-8 p.m. in Canyon Commons

All classes are free, and all are invited! Questions? Contact Marcella Loprinzi-Hatfield at mloprinzihatfield@georgefox.edu.

This week in chapel on Tuesday morning (10:50 a.m.), guest speaker Amy Williams will share. Williams is involved in youth ministry, with a specific passion for teens involved in gangs, on probation/ parole, and lost in the criminal justice system. Her calling is to a be a “Hope Dealer.”

Vespers on Wednesday night (7 p.m.) is a continuation of ONE. The passage for this week is Romans 6. See you in chapel and Vespers!

Want a job or internship in your field this spring or summer? Sign up to attend one of three career fairs that Oregon State has invited George Fox students to attend! More than 100 employers will be available to talk to you about current and future jobs and internships.

• Oct. 25: Business and Communications
• Oct. 26: Engineering
• Oct. 27: STEM & Health Careers

The fairs run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ride down with other George Fox students and IDEA Center staff or go on your own. Vans will depart at 9:30 a.m. and return to campus before 3 p.m. so athletes can attend. Sign up through the Events tab in Handshake so that the IDEA Center can make you a name tag.

Start planning now to work on you resume and LinkedIn profile and make an appointment to see a Career Coach to learn career fair strategies. This is a great chance to practice meeting employers and see what opportunities are in your field.

Faculty: Encourage your students to attend. Questions? Contact the IDEA Center.

Families of current traditional undergraduate students have been invited to join us on campus Oct. 14-16 for a weekend filled with some exciting events, including the Family Weekend Tailgate Dinner, music performances, and home athletic contests.

Please note that the parking lots and campus will be hosting extra people and events this weekend. Help us welcome these families and be extra hospitable as they find their way around and reconnect with students.

For more information and the schedule of events for the weekend, visit this webpage. If you have any questions, please contact Megan Fisher ext. 2112.

Need a good workout? Want to have fun too? Bring your friends, and try INSANITY!

One of the biggest workout sensations, INSANITY claims to be “the hardest workout on DVD.” Join the university’s Fitness Club tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. in the Wheeler dance room (Room 211) to find out if it’s true.

Questions? Contact Mikal Pattee at mpattee14@georgefox.edu.

Join us for the seventh Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation of the semester tonight (Monday), when “The Friends Work in Ramallah, West Bank/Palestine” will be discussed in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Guests Elizabeth Sherwood, administrative pastor at Newberg Friends Church; Shawn McConaughey, assistant superintendent for Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends; and Lynn Clouser-Holt, lead pastor at North Valley Friends Church, will describe the current  work being done by Friends in Ramallah and what their experience teaches us about Christian peacemaking at the boundaries of Islam and the West.

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

Know of students who need help with MLA style? Encourage them to attend a workshop, “Using MLA Format Effectively,” this Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 3 p.m. in Stevens 209.

In the session, Kathy Heininge, associate professor of English, will cover the Modern Language Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in MLA style. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages.

The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center. Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

“Strengths Week” starts this Monday, Oct. 10! It’s going to be a great week full of opportunities to explore and celebrate your Strengths. The IDEA Center will be sponsoring a variety of workshops and activities throughout the week. Check out this link for more information!

Contact the IDEA Center with any questions!

The second round of diversity book discussion groups for faculty will begin soon, but there is still time to sign up! We will be reading and discussing Black Scholars in White Space: New Vistas in African American Studies from the Christian Academy, by Anthony B. Bradley.

Groups will meet …

• Tuesdays, Oct. 18 – Nov. 22, 4-5 p.m. in Stevens 207
  or
• Thursdays, Oct. 13 – Nov. 17, 10:40-11:40 a.m. in Stevens 109,
  or
• Wednesdays, Oct. 19 – Nov. 23, 3-4 p.m. in PDS 290 at the Portland Center

Please join us, and sign up at this link. Questions? Contact Rebecca Hernandez at ext. 2147 or Laurie Fair at ext. 2140.

Ever wonder what’s for dinner? Want to know what the Bruin Den’s special is, without walking over? Trying to plan out your meals for the day? Now you can! Bon Appetit posts our menus daily on our website at georgefox.cafebonappetit.com.

You can also subscribe to “menu mail” from our website and get the daily menu for the Canyon Commons, the Bruin Den or Bridge Cafe emailed directly to your inbox!

We are still looking for volunteers to participate in our poverty simulation on Wednesday, Oct. 12, and Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. We would be thrilled if you would like to attend one or both dates. If you would like to “job share,” we would be happy to accommodate this as well.

To review, the School of Nursing and the School of Social Work are hosting a joint simulation for our senior students to “walk a mile” in the shoes of those facing poverty.

Please R.S.V.P. by today (Friday) with which day you would like to participate. You can contact the School of Nursing at 503-554-2963 or nursing@georgefox.edu.

Thank you for your time!
– School of Nursing and School of Social Work

Bon Appetit’s hours of service will be altered as follows in observance of the mid-semester break this week …

• There will be no Late Night in the Bridge Cafe on Thursday, Oct. 6.
• The Bruin Den, Bruin Bites and the Bridge Cafe will be closed on Friday, Oct. 7.

Canyon Commons will serve meals during the following times:

Friday, Oct. 7
Breakfast: 8:30-10 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 8
Continental Breakfast: 9-10 a.m.
Brunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 9
Brunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-7 p.m.

Join us for the seventh Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation of the semester this Monday, Oct. 10, when “The Friends Work in Ramallah, West Bank/Palestine” will be discussed in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Guests Elizabeth Sherwood, administrative pastor at Newberg Friends Church; Shawn McConaughey, assistant superintendent for Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends; and Lynn Clouser-Holt, lead pastor at North Valley Friends Church, will describe the current  work being done by Friends in Ramallah and what their experience teaches us about Christian peacemaking at the boundaries of Islam and the West.

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

“Strengths Week” starts this Monday, Oct. 10! It’s going to be a great week full of opportunities to explore and celebrate your Strengths. The IDEA Center will be sponsoring a variety of workshops and activities throughout the week. Check out this link for more information!

Contact the IDEA Center with any questions!

Because of the Columbus Day holiday on Monday, Oct. 10, there will be no outgoing mail that day.

Thanks,
Mail Services

We are creating a proposal for the student project fund to put more lighting around campus. This is a two-minute survey to find out how important it is for students to have more lighting around campus.

Lighting on Campus

Please take time to fill this out. We appreciate your input.

Thank you.

Want to do something tangible for local foster parents? Embrace Ministries, an outreach ministry of George Fox that helps show hospitality to those in the foster care system, is hosting Foster Parents’ Night Out, a monthly event where we provide a fun and safe place for children in foster care to hang out so their parents can have a night out.

Dates planned are Nov. 5, Jan. 4 and Feb. 4. If you are interested in helping out or learning more, please email Jamie Kitchen at jkitchen15@georgefox.edu.

You’ll notice a few changes to this year’s process, including:

• In order to better coordinate financial aid communications with tuition remission benefits, the due date for  2017-18 tuition remission requests will be Friday, Nov. 4.
• We are using a Google Doc form. Click here to access the Tuition Remission Google Doc. Paper forms are available upon request from HR. In order to utilize the electronic request form you must be logged into your George Fox email account.
• The employee submits one request form for each student (no longer three separate forms for undergraduate, ADP and graduate).
• Supervisor, VP/provost and/or admissions signatures are not required when you initially submit the request, but Human Resources will coordinate the electronic approval process with the employee where approvals are needed.
• You will receive a confirmation, including a copy of the submitted information, by email. Please review the information for accuracy and retain a copy for your records.

Our hope is that these process improvements make it easier and less time consuming for you to utilize this valuable benefit!

Information and Resources

• Please review the updated instructions prior to completing your Tuition Remission Google Doc request form.
• For updated tuition remission information, see the top section of the Benefits, Forms & Resources page.
• For the tuition remission policy, see the Employee Handbook (starting on page 48).
• The tuition exchange information sheet explains this separate benefit.
• For assistance with tuition remission, or other employee benefits, please contact Darby Thiessen in HR at ext. 2188 or dthiessen@georgefox.edu.

We are still looking for volunteers to participate in our poverty simulation on Wednesday, Oct. 12, and Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. We would be thrilled if you would like to attend one or both dates. If you would like to “job share,” we would be happy to accommodate this as well.

To review, the School of Nursing and the School of Social Work are hosting a joint simulation for our senior students to “walk a mile” in the shoes of those facing poverty.

Please R.S.V.P. by Friday, Oct. 7, with which day you would like to participate. You can contact the School of Nursing at 503-554-2963 or nursing@georgefox.edu.

Thank you for your time!
– School of Nursing and School of Social Work

Bon Appetit’s hours of service will be altered as follows in observance of the mid-semester break this week …

• There will be no Late Night in the Bridge Cafe on Thursday, Oct. 6.
• The Bruin Den, Bruin Bites and Canyon Commons will be closed on Friday, Oct. 7.

Canyon Commons hours of operation will be as follows:

Friday, Oct. 7
Breakfast: 8:30-10 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 8
Continental Breakfast: 9-10 a.m.
Brunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 9
Brunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-7 p.m.