The Daily Bruin

George Fox will host the school’s seventh annual Choral Conductor’s Symposium in Bauman Auditorium this Saturday, Oct. 20, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than 500 hundred students from eight local high schools, and their directors, will perform a prepared program and be critiqued by Rodney Eichenberger, a world-renowned choral director.

Following their performances, the groups will attend clinics in which the directors and choirs will work one-on-one with George Fox University professors Brent Weaver, who will work on improving choirs’ sight-reading skills, and vocal instructor Cynthia McGladrey, who will address the issue of teaching proper singing technique in choir rehearsal.

The GFU Concert Choir will perform at the end of the morning and afternoon sessions, at 11:20 a.m. and 4:20 p.m., respectively. The Newberg choir is scheduled to perform from 10:35 to 11:15 a.m. All are invited to attend the concert free of charge.

To learn more, contact Debbie Hawblitzel at ext. 2620 or dhawblit@georgefox.edu.

Long-term care insurance information meetings are scheduled Tuesday through Friday this week.

• The first meeting is at the Portland Center on Tuesday (Oct. 16) at 9 a.m. in Room 281.
• On Wednesday (Oct. 17), there will be two meetings on the Newberg campus, one at 10:30 a.m. in VAC 180 and the other at 2 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room.
• Webinars and two more Newberg campus meetings are scheduled throughout the week as well. Please click here for the details.

These meetings provide a great opportunity to learn more about long-term care insurance. If you decide it is a good approach to protect your financial future, during this special enrollment you can sign up with streamlined underwriting (few or no health questions to answer, depending on your age).

Questions? Contact Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu.

Voters’ Pamphlets for the Nov. 6, 2012, general election are available for pick-up at the following locations:

• University Mail Services
• SUB Post Office lobby
• VAC Post Office lobby

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell lsartwel@georgefox.edu

Thanks!
– Mail Services

Are you pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-veterinary, pre-physical therapy, pre-optometry, pre-pharmacy, etc.? Get informed on what it takes to get into a professional health program by attending a pre-professional information meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5:30 p.m. in EHS 125.

The topics covered at the meeting will include admission requirements, the application process, and resources available to you at GFU. This meeting is an annual event, so you may not need to attend if you have done so before. New interested students should plan on it!

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu or John Schmitt at jschmitt@georgefox.edu. If you are not able to attend, but consider yourself a pre-professional health student, please contact Jane so that you are added to the pre-professional health student contact group.

Faculty members, please tell students you think may be interested about this opportunity.

Interested in grad school? A “Getting into Grad School” info session, led by Career Services graduate assistant Jeffrey Schloemer, is scheduled from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, in Hoover 102.

If you’re wondering about what it takes to get into graduate school, this is the meeting for you! Get information on how to use an admissions timeline; excel at the GRE and MAT grad exams; select the right grad schools and programs; and prepare a curriculum vitae, cover letter and essay.

Register at this link!

All are welcome to hear Jim Triggs, executive director of the Heritage Program of the Saint John’s Bible Project at Saint John’s University in Minnesota, share with us the latest in this 15-year undertaking. Come join us for this “Intellectual Feast,” hosted by the Department of Religious Studies, this afternoon (Tuesday) from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 103.

Jim will bring copies of the latest edition for display and discuss the latest developments in the leading illustrated and hand-calligraphied Bible project in the world today.

Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Wednesday, Oct. 17, if you would like to nominate a colleague for October Employee of the Month with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting on Thursday, Oct. 25.

The second faculty “Coffee & Conversation” of the fall is titled “Assigning Students Work: How Much Is Too Much?” Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, in the Executive Dining Room.

“Coffee & Conversation” sessions address “burrs under the saddle” – those persistent, annoying problems and challenges that seem to come with the work but drain an inordinate amount of time and energy. Student complaints about too heavy of a workload may be an issue you struggle with. How do you decide what is fair to expect? Do you expect too much? Not enough? How can you tell?

• Come if you wonder how other faculty approach this question.
• Come if you are looking for tools to gauge workload fairly.
• Come if you have all the answers.
• Come if all you have are questions.
• Come if you just want to have some free coffee and goodies and listen to the discussion.

Questions? Contact Gary Sehorn at gsehorn@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder of tonight’s (Monday’s) “Islam and the West” Liberal Arts and Critical Issues event, featuring a showing of the film Welcome to Shelbyville in Hoover 105 from 7 to 8 p.m.

The film tells the story of racial interaction between whites, African Americans, Hispanics and Somalian Muslims in the small town of Shelbyville, Tenn. The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

This year Bon Appetit has joined with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a corporate sponsor to help raise funds for cancer research.  LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding patient support services, advocacy and promising cancer research.

Between October 15-26, you can buy as many  lunches or dinners as you want in Klages Dining Room for just $5 cash each time you purchase with all proceeds going to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to support their very worthy efforts.

This is a great chance for commuter students, staff and faculty to have a great meal and help support a great cause.

If anyone would like to make a personal contribution, please click on the following link:

http://pages.lightthenight.org/oswim/portlndL12/bonappetitgeorgefox

The Wheeler Sports Center is CLOSED Saturday & Sunday (Oct. 13-14) and will open Monday, Oct. 15 at 6 a.m.

Due to fall break, Bon Appetit is changing hours of service this weekend as follows:

• Friday, Oct. 12: Breakfast, 8:30-10 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; dinner, 5-6:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 13: Continental breakfast , 9-10 a.m.; brunch 11:30-1 p.m.; dinner, 5-6:30 p.m.
• Sunday, Oct. 14: Continental breakfast, 9-10 a.m.; brunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; dinner, 5-7 p.m.

Have a great weekend!

Due to the fall break holiday, both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closed on Friday, Oct. 12. Have a great weekend, and we will see you all on Monday!

Are you interested in being featured on a poster for Cultural Celebration Week? The Inclusion and Student Leadership Program is hosting a photo shoot with Toby Nguyen on Monday, Oct. 15, and Tuesday, Oct. 16. For more details and to register, follow this link.

The campus community is invited to the next installment of the “Islam and the West” Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series this Monday, Oct. 15, in Hoover 105.

The session runs from 7 to 8 p.m. and features a showing of the film Welcome to Shelbyville, which tells the story of racial interaction between whites, African Americans, Hispanics and Somalian Muslims in the small town of Shelbyville, Tenn.

The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

The Newberg campus will be closed Friday, Oct. 12, for the mid-semester holiday. All offices, the BlueZone Store, Mail Services, and the library will be closed.

All are invited to “Seminary Fair Plus” on the Newberg campus on Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the atrium of the Hoover Academic Building. The event is designed for those interested in pursuing religious or professional higher education.

The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Representatives from a variety of seminaries as well as George Fox graduate programs will be available to connect with prospective students who desire to be equipped for ministry or professional education.

For more information or a list of seminaries attending, contact the career services office at 503-554-2330.

A team of four students (Mary Owen, Kyle Webster, Bethany Widdicombe,and Nick Largusa) are raising funds for and participating in the “Race to 2025” held this weekend in Montana. To help raise funds for the trip, Nick will be making fresh donuts in the Bruin Den today (Thursday) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The donuts are free with donation.

More than 200 million people from 2,200 different language groups still do not have God’s Word in their language. “Race To 2025” is an adventure race fundraiser held by Wycliffe Bible Translators that has the goals of creating awareness for the need in Bible translating, raising up a new generation of Bible translating missionaries, and raising funds for the Bible translating currently happening in Cameroon, Africa.

Any and all donations raised on campus will go straight to the Wycliffe Cameroon project. Contact Nick (nlargusa@gmail.com) if you have questions.

Blessings

The BlueZone Store will be closed for mid-semester break, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13.

All are welcome to join us for a Spanish chapel at 10:40 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in Bauman Auditorium. Bob Gilmore, professor emeritus, will be our guest, sharing his music and poetry.