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Do you want to know more about living and working in the business community of New York City? We invite you to join the School of Business in meeting with Benny Mah, managing director of The Mathes Company in New York City, this Thursday, Oct. 27, from 2:45 to 4 p.m. in Stevens 109.

At The Mathes Company, Mah manages discretionary portfolios for individual and institutional investors from Asia. He joined the company in 2001. Previously, he worked with Alpha Investment Management, Clariden Asset Management (New York), UBS Asset Management (NYC) and Chase Investors.

Questions? Contact Becky Jensen at rjensen@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services is an unofficial drop site for all Oregon ballots. Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County elections office for us to offer this service.

We accept any Oregon ballot (any county), and there is no postage necessary. The deadline for the this drop-off site is 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.

Thanks!
– University Mail Services

Final reminder: The support staff conference is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 25. The theme is “Survival | Revival – Preparations for the Body & Spirit.”

Please arrive at Newberg Christian Church by 8:15 a.m. and remember to bring your Bible. Breakfast (including espresso coffee bar – $2 each) and lunch are included. The church is located at 2315 Villa Road.

Join us for chapel on Monday  (Oct. 24)  as Jamie Johnson, director of the Friends Leadership Program, continues our series in the book of Acts. See you at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

The university community is invited to attend Lisa McMinn’s faculty lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. Lisa will present her research on the work and impact of local food movements.

Please join us to hear more about “The Pursuit of More: The American Dream Meets the Local Food Movement.” The lecture will be recorded and available on iTunesU in the days following the presentation.

Don’t forget to join in celebrating cultures of the world during the university’s Cultural Celebration Week, scheduled Oct. 23-27.

Here’s the schedule:

• Sunday, Oct. 23
  • Coffee and Culture, Pennington lobby, 7 p.m.
• Monday, Oct. 24
  
  • Chapel with Jamie Johnson, 10:40 a.m., Bauman Auditorium
  • Play: We Are Witnesses, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Cap & Gown Room
• Tuesday, Oct. 25
  
  • Cultural Fair, 4-6 p.m., Bruin Den
  • Shalom, 9-10 p.m., Cap & Gown
• Wednesday, Oct. 26
  
  • Chapel with Kevin Neuhouser, professor of sociology, Seattle Pacific, 10:40 a.m., Bauman Auditorium
  • World’s Got Talent show, 8-10 p.m., Bauman Auditorium (doors open at 7:30 p.m.)
• Thursday, Oct. 27
  
  • State of Diversity Address, Joel Perez, 3:30-5 p.m., Hoover 105
  • International Coffee House, 7-10 p.m., Foxhole

Our theme this year is “Living Outside the Box.” Please feel free to join in as many of these activities as your schedule allows. Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura at syonemura@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget the Seminary Fair to be held between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Hoover Atrium. There will be a variety of seminaries represented to connect with prospective students who desire to be equipped for ministry through graduate education.

The event, hosted by Career Services, is a great opportunity to meet with recruiters to investigate different career choices and seminary opportunities for the future. Check BruinCareers on MyGFU for a list of seminaries attending.

This is a reminder that FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Oct. 25, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Marketing Communications will host a staff/faculty portrait session from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in VAC 101. These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use.

Please e-mail or call Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) at ext. 2125 to let us know what time you are planning to come. You may still come without prior notice.

The university community is invited to hear Diane Randall, executive secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation – the largest team of registered peace lobbyists in Washington, D.C. – present a free lecture from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight (Friday) in EHS 102.

Randall will speak on “The Privilege and Responsibility of Faithful Citizenship.” Her visit is being sponsored by George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice.

Randall’s background includes many years as an executive director of statewide advocacy organizations, a passion for rebuilding the democratic system in our country, a record of achievements in lobbying and citizen engagement, and a spiritual grounding in the Religious Society of Friends.

In addition to her evening presentation, Randall will lecture in an 11:40 a.m. political science class in Hoover 103 and again at 1:40 p.m. in a philosophy class in Stevens 209. She also will introduce the FCNL internship program to interested students during lunch beginning at 12:35 p.m. in the Klages Dining Hall.

You can read more about Diane and the FCNL here. Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgeefox.edu for more information on her visit.

Adele and Dr. Michael Pucci from GoED will visit George Fox to share information about their off-semester programs GoED Africa (based in Rwanda) and GoED Mekong (based in Thailand). They will have a table in the Bruin Den Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24-25, and Michael will give lectures in several classes as well as a talk on the theology of poverty at Quaere Verum on Monday night.

Schedule

Monday, Oct. 24

• ECON 370 Global Political Economy, 1:40-2:55 p.m. in Hoover 208
• Quaere Verum, 7:30 p.m. at 209 N. Edwards St, Newberg

Tuesday, Oct. 25

• LACI The Majority World in the West, 1:20-2:10 p.m. in Stevens 101
• Meeting for interested students with directors and alumni, 4-5:30 p.m. in EHS 102

website: go-ed.org/index.html

Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgefox.edu.

Do you or family members or friends need a passport? Passport applications and renewals are available on campus next Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 26-27, in the Cap and Gown Room.

Visit the Mail Services webpage to see the details of costs, procedures, and required ID. Questions? Contact Mail Services at ext. 2555.

There will be no courier service on Tuesday, Oct. 25, due to the staff conference. Normal service to the Portland Center will resume on Wednesday, Oct. 26.

Thank you,
University Mail and Print Services

Security Services needs to inform you that somebody has been cutting bike locks on campus bike racks. Please purchase the sturdiest bike lock you can and never leave your bike unlocked.

Now that the weather is cool and wet, we urge you to take your bike home until warmer and dryer weather returns next spring.

The next Newberg all-employee lunch date has been changed to Tuesday, Nov. 1, at noon in the Cap & Gown Room. All-employee lunch events are normally held the last Tuesday of the month, but this was moved due to the staff conference on Oct. 25.

All-employee lunch dates for the remainder of the year are as follows:

• Nov. 1
• Nov. 29
• Dec. 13
• Jan. 31
• Feb. 28
• March 20
• April 24

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this afternoon (Thursday) in Hoover 105. Part of the meeting will include President Robin Baker’s report on last weekend’s board meeting.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at this stream site. A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

This live budget-monitoring tool created by Tim Goodfellow and Brian McLaughlin has been designed for use on smartphones, pads or computers. The tutorial can be accessed here.

Place your order online at this link for the 2011-2012 Bruin Directory. Bruin Directories are a service to the George Fox community, created by a staff within ASC. We have worked very hard to get the book out to the community in a timely fashion, and we are pleased to say that the books are near completion.

Each Bruin Directory is $5, and the total will be charged to the provided department account number. The directories will be distributed through Mail Services. The deadline for placing orders is Nov. 4, 2011.

Thank you for placing your department orders!

Please contact Krissy Findley at kfindley@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Issue No. 3 of the university’s International Newsletter has just been published. The electronic copy can be found at the following link: georgefox.edu/intlstudents

Hard copies can be found in the Bruin Den, the International Center/Cultural House, and in the waiting areas of most buildings.

Drop by Lindgren Gallery this afternoon (Thursday) for an opening reception with exhibitor Austin Salzwedel. The reception is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m., with an artist talk set in the gallery at 5:30 p.m.

All are invited to attend. Contact Cheri Hampton (champton@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.