Do you have extra winter clothes? Urban Services is doing a clothing drive from Nov. 29 through Dec. 3. There will be a bin outside the Christian Services office as well as a collection at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30. Check your closets over the break!
Questions? Contact Alicia Keithley at akeithley08@georgefox.edu or Elizabeth Teach at eteach06@georgefox.edu.
The Bruin Bookstore will close for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend starting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24. The store will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 29. All the bookstore employees wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you for supporting your Bruin Bookstore!
Students, faculty and staff, please come and join us for our annual Thanksgiving chapel at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, in Bauman Auditorium. Hot cider and donuts will be provided. Come celebrate this holiday season by sharing what you are thankful for.
The lost and found is stuffed to the brim with lost items! If you are missing that coffee mug, water bottle, book, or hoodie, etc., please stop by the security office between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. to look for your lost items.
We will be doing one last lost and found table in the Bruin Den before semester’s end, but please come and look for your lost items before then at the security office. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes at semester’s end.
The Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies will host the second symposium of the semester on Thursday, Nov. 18. Please join us as we learn about two of our faculty members’ involvement with issues of peace and justice.
Speakers:
Ed Higgins – Professor of English
Marcella Gowan – Assistant Professor of Nursing
Time: 7:15 p.m. – Treats
Program: 7:30- 9 p.m.
Location: Quaker Heritage Room (upstairs in the library)
A question-and-answer session will follow. Chapel credit is available for those students who attend. For more information on this event, please contact peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu.
Academic Affairs has announced a new spring commencement schedule. The following schedule will be implemented next semester:
Saturday, April 30, 2011
The midyear commencement schedule remains the same, with doors opening at 1 p.m. for the 2 p.m. ceremony. Please contact Karlyn Fleming (kfleming@georgefox.edu) in the Office of Academic Affairs if you have questions. Thank you!
Don’t forget the women’s brown bag lunch event, featuring Barbara Palmer, this Monday, Nov. 22, from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. All faculty, administrators and staff are invited. For those at the regional sites, the event will be streamed at this link.
Barbara is senior vice president and market executive of U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, and has served on the university’s board of trustees for 17 years. From her wealth of experience, she will share with us her leadership journey and thoughts about mentoring and being mentored.
The event is being sponsored by the Women’s Leadership Development Committee. Please bring your own lunch. Beverages and cookies will be served.
Steve Sherwood (Religious Studies) will join with students to share about the partnership between the university and the Young Life organization at the next George Fox Auxiliary luncheon, scheduled for noon Friday, Dec. 3, in the Cap and Gown Room. Reservations are required and tickets are $7.50 per person.
To make reservations, contact Margene Haworth at 503-538-0604 by Tuesday, Nov. 30.
Everyone is invited to an open house at the new International Center/Cultural House (formerly the Moore House) Thursday, Nov. 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The house was recently remodeled and now serves as a lounge area for international and underrepresented domestic students. It also houses the offices of International Student Services and international admissions.
We would love to have you come visit our new space. Refreshments will be served.
Don’t forget: World’s Got Talent is Wednesday night (Nov. 17)! For those of you who have your tickets, head on over to Wood-Mar Auditorium for an exciting show!
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Be there first for the best seats. Show starts at 8 p.m.
We have extra mums in various fall colors from Bruin Preview for sale. You can purchase the chrysanthemum flowers for $5 in the admissions office (second floor of Stevens Center).
They make great Thanksgiving centerpieces!
The Department of Performing Arts invites you to James Pick’s senior piano recital this Saturday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The program will include compositions by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Muczynski. Violinist Kathleen Lavengood and cellist Jerry Bobbe will join James onstage for Muczynski’s First Piano Trio.
George Fox is investing in Yamhill County by partnering with the Mid-Willamette Valley United Way in a workplace campaign from now through Dec. 31. Within the next few days you will receive a letter from President Robin Baker regarding your opportunity for involvement in a Community Care Fund that will directly benefit local nonprofit organizations.
Every donor has the opportunity to designate their dollars for an impact area, or for a specific organization. Please take a moment to read through the brochure and donation form accompanying the letter. Send your gifts or requests for payroll deduction to Human Resources at Box 6108 by Dec. 31, 2010.
Please direct all questions to Sheri Philips, executive director of University Relations, at ext. 2114 or sphilips@georgefox.edu.
Ever thought about how Hollywood and the media portray Arabs? Come watch Reel Bad Arabs in Hoover 210 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, and join our GEED 490 class in thinking about how Hollywood has vilified a people. We look forward to seeing you there. And bring a friend or two!
Questions? E-mail Lindley King at lking06@georgefox.edu. You can also preview the film by watching the trailer.
Come join the fun at the Cultural Fair Tuesday, Nov. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Bruin Den (new location this year). George Fox students will be sharing their cultures through music, dance, videos, pictures, crafts, games, and, of course, the all-time favorite: food. All students and George Fox employees are invited.
Correction to Cultural Celebration Week schedule: The Invisible Children “Face-to-Face” Tour event is not Wednesday, but is Tuesday, Nov. 16. This event is co-hosted by the Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies and Invisible Children. The evening will include a showing of the 40-minute film Go!, which documents three American students who traveled to Uganda, met students their age, and through these relationships saw their lives changed.
In addition, two Ugandans, James and Robert, who have lived through the war and have been involved with Invisible Children’s partner school program, will share their stories and address ways in which students can respond and participate in advocating on behalf of northern Uganda’s children. This will include a talk-back session with a question-and-answer time following the film.
Please join us Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.
The university’s Symphonic Band and the Newberg Community Band will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Bauman Auditorium.
The Symphonic Band will perform Dies Natalis, by Howard Hanson; Ave Maria (Angelus Domini), by Franz Biebl, arranged by Robert C. Cameron; and Commando March, by Samuel Barber. The band is directed by Pat Vandehey. The Hanson piece is a small preview of the upcoming Christmas Concert.
The Newberg Community Band, directed by Dick Elliott, will perform Loudoun Praises, by Brian Balmages; Colonial Airs and Dances, by Robert Jager; and Symphonic Fanfare, by Mark Camphouse.
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Corban, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Nov. 19, 5:30 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Southern Oregon, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Corban, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Northwest, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Sunday, Nov. 21, 2 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Chapman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
These are the only home games until Jan. 8. Ticket prices for George Fox basketball games are $6 for adults and $3 for non-GFU students and seniors 55 and over. Children 6 and under who are not in school are free. George Fox faculty, staff and students are admitted free with valid university ID; the ID covers immediate family members for all employees.
Additional basketball schedule cards are available in the department of athletics, ext. 2910. For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit gfubruins.com.
The university will host a breakfast featuring Kirk Petersen, regional director in Oregon for Alpha, a course on the basics of the Christian faith, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, in the Villa Academic Complex.
The event, hosted by the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest, is free for chamber members who R.S.V.P. at cccnw.net. It costs $8 for non-members and those who R.S.V.P., and $10 at the door.
Petersen helps churches effectively connect with people in their communities by running Alpha courses. He has been a pastor for 17 years, working most of that time directly with middle and high school students. He is a graduate of Biola University and earned a master’s degree from Western Seminary in Portland.
Based in Portland, the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest offers eight monthly networking opportunities throughout the region. For more information, go to cccnw.net or call 503-928-8354.
The university community is invited to a free presentation of Waiting for Godot by students in French and British literature classes. Join us at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
