Please help us welcome Bruin Preview students and their families to campus Thursday (after lunch) and Friday all day by parking somewhere other than the Stevens or Hoover parking lots.
Questions? Contact Mandee Wilmot at awilmot@georgefox.edu or ext. 2248.
Thank you,
Undergraduate Admissions
The College of Engineering invites the university community to its fourth “Earth, Wind, Fire and Water” lecture event tomorrow (Thursday) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Lemmons 13. The event is titled “Wind Farms and Wind Energy Systems” and features Bruce Hamilton of Navigant.
This is the fourth of five presentations in the series, dedicated to renewable energy, sustainability, climate change and the environment. The final lecture will be Thursday, Nov. 13, when George Fox engineering professor Chad Stillinger presents “Ocean Wave Energy Systems” in Hoover 105.
Questions? Contact Bob Harder at bharder@georgefox.edu.
Attention George Fox students and employees: If you are a U.S. military veteran or currently in the Reserves, we want to welcome you and your family to Abby’s Pizza in Newberg this Monday, Nov. 10, (the day before Veteran’s Day) between 6 and 8 p.m. We will serve you pizza, potatoes and soft drinks for free.
This will be a great opportunity to get to know other military students and families. Please RSVP and let us know how many you plan to bring. Please email Heidi McLain (hmclain13@georgefox.edu) or Hattie Piske (hpiske13@georgefox.edu) with any questions that you might have.
Thanks!
A panel of three professionals will share how their Christian faith intersects with and impacts their work at a “Faith and Work” session, sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, this Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Chapel credit is available for students.
Questions? Contact Noah Ramsey Smith at smithn13@georgefox.edu.
Thank you to all who helped with the 10th annual Choral Conductors Symposium this past weekend. More than 350 students from six area high schools attended this event.
It was noted by one American Choral Directors Association and OSAA official that George Fox University is only one of two universities in Oregon that help promote excellence in music education by providing on-campus workshops for directors and students.
– Loren Wenz
All students and employees are welcome to attend the third installment of the student life discussion series “Symposium: A Forum for Uncommon Conversations.” Our topic for this week is “Church and State: The Role of Christians in Politics.”
Join us tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in EHS 102 to hear a panel of George Fox community members discuss the ways that faith and politics intersect. The panel will include professor Mark Hall and students Mason Kriz and Lexxs Sutton.
Elective chapel credit is available.
Questions? Please contact Lizzy Riese at eriese11@georgefox.edu.
Contemplative Worship is an elective chapel event that meets in the Prayer Chapel every Thursday morning from 10:50 to 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to come use the stillness for prayer and reflection.
Cultural Celebration Week is again scheduling a Cultural Fair, which will include an opportunity for students to share their cultures with our community by hosting a booth during the fair.
The booth consists of a table that can display any variety of cultural artifacts or information, as well as food or activities. Cultures represented in the past included various countries and regions, as well as domestic cultures such as African-American, Hispanic, Texan or Hawaiian. Everyone has a unique culture that they can share!
The Cultural Fair is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Bruin Den. Students organizing their booths can be reimbursed up to $35 for money spent on decorations, posters, food, or anything else that would help them display their culture.
If you would like to participate by hosting a booth, please contact Joanna Cox at jcox@georgefox.edu.
Faculty and staff, please encourage your students to consider sharing their culture at this event!
The CMCO Intermediate Directing class is hosting open auditions for roles in its final projects tonight (Tuesday) from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Auditions are open to both students and employees.
These will be short, two- to five-minute films in a variety of styles, and will typically be shot in a few hours during the weekends of Nov. 15-16 or Nov. 22-23. There is no compensation, but actors will be well fed and will receive a copy of the finished film.
Auditions will take place in the Media Center, at the corner of North and Meridian streets. Please sign up for a time slot on the theatre bulletin board in Lemmons, or just show up at the Media Center.
Actors should come prepared with a short monologue, or we’ll have short scenes available at the check-in desk.
For more information, email Matt Meyer at mmeyer@georgefox.edu.
A student lost a small gold ring with a small diamond on it somewhere on campus. It is very special to her. If you find it, please bring it to the International Center/Cultural House.
This is a final reminder that today (Tuesday) at 4:30 p.m. is the deadline to have your Oregon ballots delivered to the drop site at University Mail Services. We take ballots for all Oregon counties, and no postage is required. Out-of-state ballots do require postage.
– Mail Services
Please join us this Friday, Nov. 7, for Spanish Chapel! We’ll meet at 10 a.m. in Ross 208 to hear a great message and spend time in worship in Spanish. Our guest speaker will be Jorge Trujillo from Communidad Cristiana Agape in Keizer, Ore.
Chapel elective credit is available. Please contact Kate Lowen at klowen11@georgefox.edu with any questions.
As we roll into November and the season of Thanksgiving, do you have a colleague you are especially thankful for this month – someone who might deserve to be named November Employee of the Month? If someone comes to mind, please submit a nomination via email to Peggy Kilburg by Friday, Nov. 14, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes him or her 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 next community meeting.
Congratulations again to Cris Banton on being named October Employee of the Month.
The Fall Staff Conference is this Wednesday, Nov. 5, and we are looking forward to an exciting day with all support staff! Please complete this registration form and select your break-out session if you haven’t done so already. The theme of this year’s conference is “Sowing, Watering, Reaping.”
The conference is from 8 to 11:30 a.m., with breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. for early risers. Our keynote speaker is Deb Mumm-Hill, director of the university’s IDEA Center. The conference will be at Mountain Park Church, 40 McNary Parkway, in Lake Oswego. Please note: Due to allergies, please do not wear perfume or cologne at this event.
Questions? Contact Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu.
Join us tonight (Monday) for the “Islam and the West” Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture featuring alumna Suhila Haidary, who will speak on the topic “Trapped in the Crossfire: Women and Children Under the Taliban.” The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Haidary was a child of 6 when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. She will share on the experience of women and children during and after Taliban rule, highlighting the artificial divisions and injustices created by radical Islamist rule.
Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.
Come join us for an evening of bilingual theatre as George Fox’s Spanish department presents “El Gran Teatro del Mundo” (“The Great Theatre of the World”) by Calderón de la Barca. Join us at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Entry is free!
Questions? Contact Brenna Brutscher at bbrutscher11@georgefox.edu.
The following survey is in response to the confusion caused by some of the questions in the previous survey. It is for all employees of George Fox. Thank you to all of you who filled out the previous email; your continued help would be much appreciated.
A panel of three professionals will share how their Christian faith intersects with and impacts their work at a “Faith and Work” session, sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, this Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Chapel credit is available for students.
Questions? Contact Noah Ramsey Smith at smithn13@georgefox.edu.
“A Motion of Love” is the theme for the university’s annual Quaker Focus Week, Nov. 3-6, on the Newberg campus. Quaker Focus allows the campus community an opportunity to explore its Quaker roots and heritage. Events for students, faculty and the community this year include:
Monday, Nov. 3
9 a.m. – “Quakers in Business, Science, and Industryâ€
An open invitation to visit Paul Anderson’s History & Doctrine of Friends Class (Hoover 210)
Tuesday, Nov. 4
10:50 a.m. – “Doors, Judgment, Loveâ€
University Chapel with Gregg Koskela, lead pastor, Newberg Friends Church (Bauman Auditorium)
9 p.m. – “Listening Together Within the Motion of Loveâ€
Shalom with Mark Almquist (Cap and Gown Room)
Wednesday, Nov. 5
9 a.m. – “Quakers, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Underground Railroad,†a Skype interview with Max Carter of Guilford College
in Paul Anderson’s History & Doctrine of Friends Class (Hoover 210)
7 p.m. – “Point Me Homeâ€
University Chapel with a dramatic performance by the University Players (Bauman Auditorium)
Thursday, Nov. 6
10:40 a.m. – Contemplative worship (Prayer Chapel)
“I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the Goodness of God …â€
– John Woolman
Know of students who need help with MLA style? Encourage them to attend a workshop, “An Introduction to MLA Style,” this Thursday, Nov. 6, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
In this session, Kathy Heininge, associate professor of English, will present key elements of the Modern Language Association style for essays and other written works. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages. The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.
