The Daily Bruin

Don’t forget to join us tonight (Monday) as Jeremy Begbie from the Duke Divinity School and Wolfson College, Cambridge, presents “Re-Tuned by God: The Future of Worship” at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. He is a guest of the College of Christian Studies and William Penn Honors Program.

Begbie will speak, perform, and use recorded music and visual material to explore the way the New Testament helps us understand more deeply some of the basic components of worship. He is a professionally trained musician and theologian who has taught in the United Kingdom and North America and delivered multimedia performance lectures around the world.

In addition to his Monday performance, Begbie will speak as a guest of the music and religion departments on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Ross 208. The “Intellectual Feast” session is also open to the university community free of charge.

More information and a video of Begbie is available here. Questions? Contact Joseph Clair at ext. 2153 or jclair@georgefox.edu.

Did you know that last year donors gave more than $3.5 million to George Fox University? We need your help to thank them!

Tomorrow (Tuesday), from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a HUGE “Thank You” sign in the quad for you to express your appreciation for these awesome people who help make the George Fox experience possible. The whole event will be captured on video so that we can send them a wonderful Thanksgiving message from you.

Come join your fellow Bruins – grab a colorful Sharpie and make your appreciation known!

Questions? Contact Carrie Bohl at cbohl@georgefox.edu.

The university’s Jazz Ensemble will be performing in the Klages Dining Hall on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 5:30 p.m. Come out to support these talented and hard-working student musicians!

In support of our Creation Care values, Human Resources has issued year-end W-2 forms online in “Self Service” for all employees. In order for the university to save the expense of purchasing, printing, stuffing into envelopes and delivering your form by campus mail, the law requires that you give your consent to receiving this form online.

If you consented last year, you do not need to do so again. You can verify your consent status or give consent for the first time by following the steps below. It only takes about 30 seconds, so we encourage you to take care of it as soon as possible (perhaps right now?) Here’s how:

1. Log in to mygfu.georgefox.edu
2. From the menu at left, select “Self Service”
3. Select “Payroll and Compensation”
4. Select “W-2/W-2c Consent”
5. Check your current status. Does it say “Consent received?” If so, thank you! You’re done. If not …
6. Read the statement and check the box to give consent
7. Enter your GFU password as a confirmation of your identity and click “Continue”
8. Click OK

You’ll receive a confirmation e-mail of your decision shortly after completing this process. And just to be clear, you will only have to do this once — not every year.

Thanks very much. Contact Katie Sol at ksol@georgefox.edu with questions.

The Staff Development Committee is still collecting non-food items for Love INC’s non-food pantry. Those receiving the items at the bimonthly distributions are thankful for your generosity.

Please share your thankfulness by bringing one or more of the following items to one of four drop-off locations in Newberg during the remainder of November.

• Empty laundry jugs or gallon milk or juice jugs to be filled with homemade laundry detergent
• Empty spray bottles to be filled with cleaning solution
• Shampoo, shaving cream and dental floss
• Conditioner, dishwasher soap and liquid hand soap
• Deodorant, dish soap and paper towels
• Disposable razors, bar soap, feminine pads, liners, tampons and lotion

Drop off-locations:

• Stevens Center – Barbi Doran
• VAC – Helen Morse
• Plant Services – Patti Cooke
• Coyote Place – Jan Lefebvre

Do you have an extra chair at your Thanksgiving table this year? If you are interested in hosting a student in your home, please e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu).

Please include the following information:

• Your name
• Contact phone number
• Number of students you are able to host

If any students contact the Office of Student Life asking to be matched with a host, I will share contact information with each of you.

If interested, please e-mail Jere no later than Monday, Nov. 25.

Did you know that last year donors gave more than $3.5 million to George Fox University? We need your help to thank them!

This Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a huge “Thank You” sign in the quad for you to express your appreciation for these awesome people who help make the George Fox experience possible. The whole event will be captured on video so that we can send them a wonderful Thanksgiving message from you.

Come join your fellow Bruins – grab a colorful Sharpie and make your appreciation known!

Questions? Contact Carrie Bohl at cbohl@georgefox.edu.

Be sure to join us for an all-employee meeting next Thursday, Nov. 21, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium!

Our theme this month is “Thanksgiving,” which will include the serving of a special Thanksgiving “Blessings Mix.” At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve treats in Room 161 (please note room change from last month’s meeting).

Professor Brent Weaver’s piece A Farewell Overture will make its premiere as part of the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra’s performance in Bauman Auditorium this Sunday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m.

In addition, the orchestra will perform Robert Schumann’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, op. 129, and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony #5 in D Major, op. 107 (The Reformation).

There is no admission charge, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

You are invited to the International Conversation Corner tonight (Thursday). We will meet in the Bruin Den at 7 p.m. Come enjoy conversation with people from other cultures.

Please note: The location is the Bruin Den, not Hoover 208.

Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre at dmcintyre@georgefox.edu.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday schedule, please be aware of the following changes to the usual financial affairs office payment schedule.

• Check requests received in our office before noon on Thursday, Nov. 21, will be paid on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

• Check requests, including rush check requests, received in our office after noon on Thursday, Nov. 21, and before 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, will be paid with the Dec. 6 check run.

Questions? Contact Bruce Owen at bowen@georgefox.edu.

The women’s basketball team opens its season this weekend by hosting the George Fox Classic Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16, in the Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym. The complete tournament schedule:

Friday, Nov. 15, 6 p.m. – Linfield vs. Wheaton (Ill.)
Friday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m. – George Fox vs. California Lutheran
Saturday, Nov. 16, 4 p.m. – Linfield vs. California Lutheran
Saturday, Nov. 16, 6 p.m. – George Fox vs. Wheaton

Tickets for the tournament cover both games each evening and are the same as for other regular-season games: Adults – $7; George Fox alumni – $5; non-George Fox students and seniors 60 and older – $3; “Classic Bruins” (alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago) – $2; children 6 and under and George Fox community with school ID – free.

The men’s basketball team opens its season Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16, at the Lee Fullmer Classic in Redlands, Calif. The men’s and women’s cross country teams will participate in the NCAA Division III West Regional races on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Pomona-Pitzer Course in Claremont, Calif.

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

Please encourage fall 2013 (midyear) grads to attend Exodus Fair today (Thursday).

Here is the information:

If you are graduating this December 2013, stop by the Exodus Fair today (Thursday) between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium. You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food and much more!

For more information, please contact Aleida Polanco at apolanco@georgefox.edu.

The university’s College of Christian Studies and William Penn Honors Program invite all to a free presentation, “Re-Tuned by God: The Future of Worship,” featuring Jeremy Begbie of Duke Divinity School and Wolfson College, Cambridge, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in Bauman Auditorium.

Begbie will speak, perform, and use recorded music and visual material to explore the way the New Testament helps us understand more deeply some of the basic components of worship. He is a professionally trained musician and theologian who has taught in the United Kingdom and North America and delivered multimedia performance lectures around the world.

In addition to his Monday performance, Begbie will speak as a guest of the music and religion departments on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Ross 208. The “Intellectual Feast” session is also open to the university community free of charge.

Begbie, described as “a musician and theologian par excellence” by N.T. Wright, is the inaugural holder of the Thomas A. Langford Research Professorship in Theology at Duke Divinity School and a senior member at Wolfson College, Cambridge. More information and a video of Begbie is available here.

Questions? Contact Joseph Clair at ext. 2153 or jclair@georgefox.edu.

There has been a confirmed case of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) on our campus recently, and we want to encourage our students, faculty and staff to check their immunization status.

If you have not received a Tdap Tetanus shot since 2006, we recommend that you get the vaccine. It will help against spreading Pertussis to others, especially pregnant women and infants. The Tdap vaccine is available here at the Health Center or at your local pharmacy.

Please call the Health Center at 503-554-2340 with questions or concerns.

Cultural Celebration Week is a great time to remind all of us about the expectations of living in a Christ-centered community that honors diversity as an important value derived from our theological and Quaker roots. We believe that all people are of great worth and value in the eyes of our Creator God and seek to increasingly become a campus characterized by loving support of one another.

Cultural humility means that we seek to understand, appreciate and celebrate others who are different from ourselves. Language and/or behavior that relies on stereotypes or is demeaning toward individuals or groups of individuals is unacceptable for George Fox students and employees, whether it occurs in person, through social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), or anonymously.

We want to remind everyone that George Fox has a Harassment and Discrimination Policy and a Bias-Related Incident Policy. Any incidents of harassment, discrimination or bias should be reported immediately to the student life office (to Mark Pothoff, dean of community life, or Brad Lau, vice president for student life).

We would also encourage community members to hold one another accountable for what we say and do in this important area. May God enable each of us to be more and more like Jesus in the way we treat one another!

Are you shivering a bit going in between buildings, and are you maybe a bit parched as well? Is it hard to study for that exam or write that paper without your notebooks and books? Can’t play your tunes in the library because you lost your ear buds?

Well, then come to the Bruin Den on Wednesday and Thursday of this week from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to see if your lost hoody, coat, water bottle, coffee mug, book, notebook, and most anything else you’ve misplaced has been turned in. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes at 1:30 on Thursday afternoon, so be sure to stop by!

Redeeming Life, the support group for those struggling with eating disorders or disordered eating, continues to meet every other week. Join us tonight (Wednesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. in the religious studies lounge on the second floor of Hoover.

We walk alongside those in recovery, through encouragement, support and prayer. We don’t have a set agenda for each meeting. However, in the past we have focused our conversations on body image and advertising and how one can succeed in recovery when we live in a culture that is obsessed with dieting, fitness and appearance. More recently, we have been talking about how to survive the holiday season while in recovery (it is possible!).

Come to Redeeming Life and find hope and healing on your journey toward wholeness and freedom.

Contact Annie Stewart (estewart11@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

We are in for a special treat at today’s (Wednesday’s) Cultural Celebration Week chapel, set for 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Our special speaker is Lisa Espineli Chinn, director of international student ministries for InterVarsity USA. She will be sharing her personal cross-cultural journey from ignorance and prejudice to acceptance and celebration.

The Parade of Flags, with Gioia Zhang and Svetlana Voloshin directing, is back with 20 cultures being represented.

Join us for a time to worship God and celebrate the diversity of cultures he has created.

Please encourage fall 2013 (midyear) grads to attend Exodus Fair on Thursday, Nov. 14.

Here is the information:

If you are graduating this December 2013, stop by the Exodus Fair on Nov. 14 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium. You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food and much more! Your degree is almost done, graduation is right around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate! We hope to see you there!

For more information, please contact Aleida Polanco at apolanco@georgefox.edu.