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Before you can change the world, let the world chang​e you! Study abroad for a semester.

Join us at the Study Abroad Fair today (Tuesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium.

Come learn about opportunities to study abroad for a semester through George Fox! Representatives from more than 10 different ​study abroad ​programs ​representing​​ ​programs in more than 35 ​countries will be available for questions and information. Everyone is welcome!

Students who attend will have the opportunity to be entered into a $500 drawing that will be applied to the program fee or an airline ticket when they participate in a George Fox-approved study abroad program.​ Students will also be eligible for four $25 gift certificates to either the Coffee Cottage or Newberg Bakery.

Faculty, please let your students know about this event.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

It’s back … Passport Day! Do you need a new passport? Do you need to renew your passport? If you answered yes to either one of these questions, then you will not want to miss this opportunity.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 7-8, the university will host a representative from the Dundee Post Office to take your photo and help you process your passport application. This piece of document is very important if you intend to travel outside of the country. Listed below are Passport Day details:

• Wednesday, Oct. 7 – 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Thursday, Oct. 8 – 9 a.m. – noon

Fees:

Adult first-time applicants (age 16 years and older who do not currently hold a valid passport book or card)

• Adult Passport and Card, $140 + $25 (execution fee)
• Adult Passport Book, $110 + $25 (execution fee)
• Adult Passport Card, $30 + $25 (execution fee)

Adult renewal applicants (age 16 years and older who currently hold a valid passport book or card)

• Adult Passport and Card, $140
• Adult Passport Book, $110
• Adult Passport Card, $30

You can read more on the price and regulations at this link. The picture fee is $15. If you wish to save a little bit of cash, you are more than welcome to get your picture taken at places such as Walgreens or Costco.

Remember to bring your photo ID. Both sessions will take place in the Cap and Gown Room on the Newberg campus. Please note that when you arrive to have your passport done you will need to pay at that time, and you can only pay by either cash or check (no credit cards will be accepted).

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551, or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Interested in learning some Chinese? Come to Chinese lab tonight (Tuesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. in Lemmons 2. Free snacks and drinks provided!

Questions? Contact Sihui Zhu at szhu13@georgefox.edu.

Google is coming to campus and they want to meet our students! Reps from the company will be here Thursday, Oct. 8, in the Cap and Gown Room. Here is the schedule:

• 10:50-11:40 a.m. – Tech Talk: Innovative Ideas for Bringing the Next Billion Users Online
• 11:40 a.m – 1 p.m. – Lunch with Google Engineers (food provided)

Over a billion people live in parts of the world with severely constrained Internet access. Shortages of infrastructure, of literacy and of market incentives contribute to disconnecting these individuals from economic opportunities, education and political activity. But many people are refusing to settle for the status quo. This talk will explore some creative approaches to joining cyberspace that people have developed to overcome their technical challenges within their limited resources.

They’ll finish by talking about Google’s internships and full-time positions for technical students, as well as an opportunity for mock interviews.

Students may RSVP at this link. For more information, contact Kaitlyn Ragan in the IDEA Center (kragan@georgefox.edu).

Our mascot, Pennington, is looking for new friends (12 and younger) to join his Penn Pals kids club. Do you know of some young people who would be interested? Members get a T-shirt, tickets to games, opportunities to meet and hang out with our Bruin athletes, and more!

Learn more about Penn Pals and join at this link.

Join us tonight (Monday) in Hoover 105 to hear Cherice Bock, an adjunct professor at George Fox, present “Restorative Earthkeeping and Global Development.” The same presentation will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. and again from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests are asked to attend the later session.

Bock will address questions including “What is the balance between using our brains to advance human ingenuity and well-being, and recognizing the limits of our planet? At what point do we have enough? And who is our neighbor?” Her presentation is the fifth in the “Majority World and the West” series.

Questions? Contact Ron Mock at ext. 2680 or rmock@georgefox.edu.

Know students who need help with APA style for writing assignments? We have a workshop for them.

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,” this Thursday, Oct. 8, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

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

It’s back … Passport Day! Do you need a new passport? Do you need to renew your passport? If you answered yes to either one of these questions, then you will not want to miss this opportunity.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 7-8, the university will host a representative from the Dundee Post Office to take your photo and help you process your passport application. This piece of document is very important if you intend to travel outside of the country. Listed below are Passport Day details:

• Wednesday, Oct. 7 – 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Thursday, Oct. 8 – 9 a.m. – noon

Fees:

Adult first-time applicants (age 16 years and older who do not currently hold a valid passport book or card)

• Adult Passport and Card, $140 + $25 (execution fee)
• Adult Passport Book, $110 + $25 (execution fee)
• Adult Passport Card, $30 + $25 (execution fee)

Adult renewal applicants (age 16 years and older who currently hold a valid passport book or card)

• Adult Passport and Card, $140
• Adult Passport Book, $110
• Adult Passport Card, $30

You can read more on the price and regulations at this link. The picture fee is $15. If you wish to save a little bit of cash, you are more than welcome to get your picture taken at places such as Walgreens or Costco.

Both sessions will take place in the Cap and Gown Room on the Newberg campus. Please note that when you arrive to have your passport done you will need to pay at that time, and you can only pay by either cash or check (no credit cards will be accepted).

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551, or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Are you a basketball fan? Do you watch NBA games? If so, this is the event for you! We are taking a group of students and employees to watch an NBA preseason game. Here is the information:

• Teams: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Golden State Warriors
• Time/Date: Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m.
• Location: Moda Center (transportation provided)
• Ticket Cost: $35/person

Our club is selling tickets to the game right now! We bought tickets at a closer location this time than previous years, so you will have a better experience at the game. We have reserved 40 tickets.

To purchase tickets, you can email us with your name and phone number or come to the International House, first-come first-serve! Your seat will be secured after you pay the $35. Act fast and come watch the game with us!

Need to send out a student survey? The following guidelines have been established for the distribution of student surveys. Faculty members are encouraged to help facilitate this process.

Please follow these guidelines when submitting student surveys for mass distribution. Send your surveys to Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in the student life office. Your approved survey request should include all of the following:

1. Your name and email address (may include the list of names from those in your group)
2. Course name and professor
3. Approval for distribution granted by: _______________________ (list department)
4. Short, catchy blurb about the survey no more than 35 words in length
5. A tested, workable link to the survey

An email with all submitted surveys will be sent to all students once a week (on Wednesdays). An identical Daily Bruin announcement will be submitted at the same time to the student Daily Bruin forum. The following disclaimer will be attached to the email and the Daily Bruin announcement:

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon if you have any questions about this process.

Tonight (Monday) from 6 to 7 p.m. two graphic designers from US Collective, Tom Ahn and Nic Sanchez, will speak at the Chehalem Cultural Center as part of the university’s ongoing ArtTalk series. US Collective is a decentralized design collective involving artists in Los Angeles, Texas and New York City. The group works on projects that engage communities and start conversations.

All are welcome to come listen, learn and be a part of the conversation. ArtTalks are every Monday night from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St.

• Saturday, Oct. 10, 1:30 p.m. – Football vs. Lewis & Clark, Stoffer Family Stadium
• Sunday, Oct. 11, noon – Women’s soccer vs. Linfield, Austin Sports Complex

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

Before you can change the world, let the world chang​e you! Study abroad for a semester.

Join us at the Study Abroad Fair tomorrow (Tuesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium.

Come learn about opportunities to study abroad for a semester through George Fox! Representatives from more than 10 different ​study abroad ​programs ​representing​​ ​programs in more than 35 ​countries will be available for questions and information. Everyone is welcome!

Students who attend will have the opportunity to be entered into a $500 drawing that will be applied to the program fee or an airline ticket when they participate in a George Fox-approved study abroad program.​ Students will also be eligible for four $25 gift certificates to either the Coffee Cottage or Newberg Bakery.

Faculty, please let your students know about this event.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

Join the George Fox University Players this Friday, Oct. 9, for their homecoming performance in Wood-Mar Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

This year’s theme is “Time Will Tell,” a 50-minute performance involving stories from the actors’ lives, featuring music and theatre exploring the theme “Time Will Tell.”

Free admission!

Questions? Contact Cambria Herrera at cherrera12@georgefox.edu.

World’s Got Talent is looking for students, employees and alumni who want to showcase their ethnic or cultural heritage through a performance. Singers, dancers, spoken-word artists, all types of performing artists and storytellers are welcome.

The first audition date is on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 8:30 p.m. in the Wheeler Dance Studio! To sign up for an audition time or a later date, click here. Registration will close Oct. 16!

World’s Got Talent will be held Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. If you have any questions, please contact Sierra Brambila at sbrambila13@georgefox.edu. This event is sponsored by the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life.

Thank you for taking the time to share recognition with your colleagues. If you know someone you believe deserves special recognition for “above and beyond” kind of work, please send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by Thursday, Oct. 15, with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa gift card at our first community meeting later this month.

Event services has tables, chairs and various other equipment available for your events. Please send your written equipment requests via e-mail to events@georgefox.edu.

Please submit your request a minimum of 24 hours or one full business day prior to the time you will need the equipment to allow time for processing your request. Equipment is available for on-campus use only.

In support of those impacted by the tragic shooting that took place Thursday morning at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, the Newberg campus flag located next to the Student Union Building will be lowered through sunset tonight (Friday), as per State Governor Kate Brown’s orders.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the students, faculty and staff members, families, friends and neighbors impacted by this terrible tragedy.

Google is coming to campus and they want to meet our students! Reps from the company will be here Thursday, Oct. 8, in the Cap and Gown Room. Here is the schedule:

• 10:50-11:40 a.m. – Tech Talk: Innovative Ideas for Bringing the Next Billion Users Online
• 11:40 a.m – 1 p.m. – Lunch with Google Engineers (food provided)

Over a billion people live in parts of the world with severely constrained Internet access. Shortages of infrastructure, of literacy and of market incentives contribute to disconnecting these individuals from economic opportunities, education and political activity. But many people are refusing to settle for the status quo. This talk will explore some creative approaches to joining cyberspace that people have developed to overcome their technical challenges within their limited resources.

They’ll finish by talking about Google’s internships and full-time positions for technical students, as well as an opportunity for mock interviews.

Students may RSVP at this link. For more information, contact Kaitlyn Ragan in the IDEA Center (kragan@georgefox.edu).

The university’s Department of Art and Design invites you to the opening reception of the show “Measures of Depth.” Join us this afternoon (Thursday) for an artist talk from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105, followed by a reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

The exhibit features the work of artists James Allen, Totem Shriver and Maria Simon. The pieces will be up in the Minthorne Gallery through Oct. 26.

Also today, a closing reception for the Cathy Jacobs show “Between Earth and Sky” will take place in the Lindgren Gallery. The artist will present a talk at 5:30 p.m.

Questions? Contact Cheri Hampton at champton@georgefox.edu.