Thank you to everyone who contributed to Operation Christmas Child! It’s not too late to help. If you still want to contribute, e-mail Jessi Fink (jfink09@georgefox.edu) before Friday, Nov. 19, and she’ll pick up anything you have.
A campus packing party will be this Sunday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. in the EHS atrium. Please come (just bring yourself/your family) and help pack boxes!
The Battle for the Blue Goose (powderpuff football tournament) sign-ups are available on the intramural sports bulletin board between the two windows of the bookstore. Anyone interested in participating as players or coaches can sign up there. We are particularly in need of junior women to sign up to fill out their team’s roster.
The event takes place on Sunday, Dec. 5, with games beginning at 1:30 p.m. and the championship game to follow at 2:45 p.m. on Colcord Field (the track field).
The Battle for the Blue Goose is hosted by Bruin Heritage Society. Contact bruinheritage@georgefox.edu with questions.
This is a reminder that all women employees – faculty, administrators and staff – are invited to a brown bag lunch with guest speaker Barbara Palmer from noon to 1:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22, in the Cap and Gown Room. The event will be live-streamed for all other university sites at noon PST.
Barbara is senior vice president and market executive of U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, where she has been employed for 37 years. She has management responsibility for two offices in Portland and Vancouver. Barbara has served on the university board of trustees for 17 years and also participates on boards for Transitional Youth, United Way Campaign, Medical Teams International, and Employers for Excellence in Education.
From her wealth of experience, Barbara will share with us her leadership journey and thoughts about mentoring and being mentored.
The Women’s Leadership Development committee invites all women employees on the Newberg campus to join us for this event as we continue exploring leadership development. Please bring your own lunch. Beverages and cookies will be served.
God created us in his image with such variety and color. Cultural Celebration Week is a celebration of the cultures God created. Join us in celebrating God through the events of this week.
Monday
Chapel: Ben Sand & Anthony Jordan, Portland Leadership Foundation Executives
10:40-11:30 a.m., Bauman Auditorium
Coffee and Culture: Students sharing about their culture. Snacks provided.
7-9 p.m., International Center/Cultural House
Tuesday
Cultural Fair: Students share food, crafts, information from their cultures.
4-6 p.m., Bruin Den
Wednesday
Chapel: Ben Sand & Anthony Jordan, Portland Leadership Foundation Executives
10:40-11:30 a.m., Bauman Auditorium
Chapel Talk-Back: Discussion with Ben Sand & Anthony Jordan. Bring your own lunch.
Noon-1 p.m., Cap & Gown Room
Reflecting the Diversity of God’s Kingdom at George Fox: Joel Perez shares about diversity at Fox.
3:30-5 p.m., Hoover 105
Movie: Invisible Children
7-9 p.m., Hoover 105
World’s Got Talent: Performances by George Fox students from all over the world.
8-10 p.m., Wood-Mar Auditorium
Thursday
Open House: See the newly remodeled International Center/Cultural House (used to be Moore House). Refreshments will be served.
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., International Center/Cultural House
Shalom: Engage in spiritual formation of reconciliation.
9-10 p.m., Cap & Gown Room
The worms are arriving on Friday. It took the worms longer to crawl to campus than expected, but they have arrived. Come to the front of the Student Union Building between noon and 1:30 p.m. today (Friday) to pick up your worms, if you have already signed up for a worm compost bin.
If you haven’t signed up, there may be extra worms for you. Also, you can pick up some worm T-shirts for just $10. Happy worm-herding!
– Creation Care Committee
Come see Fox play against Warner Pacific in the annual flag football game! Kickoff is 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, at the Austin field. Join the tailgate party in wearing your BlueZone T-shirt.
Students, staff, faculty and alumni are invited!
Fall mums are still available for sale from the Office of University Relations for just $5. Come by Pennington House to purchase these wonderful fall plants.
Contact Evangeline Pattison, epattison@georgefox.edu or ext. 2121, for more information or to reserve a plant.
This Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies will co-host an event with Invisible Children as part of their “Face to Face†tour. 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 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Continuing the practice begun last year to approve holiday schedules two years in advance, the 2012-13 holiday schedule has been finalized and approved. It is now available for employees to see at this link.
This link takes you to a three-page document that contains the current year’s holiday schedule on page 1, the 2011-12 holiday schedule on page 2, and the 2012-13 schedule on page 3. These holiday schedules are being provided well in advance to assist in the long-term planning of academic programs and calendars.
Shane Roghaar, our TIAA-CREF representative, is on campus and has a few slots available for consulting Thursday, Nov. 11. If you’re interested in a last-minute appointment, call Amy Reister at 866-928-4221, ext. 47-2601.
The Chehalem Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Bauman Auditorium. Pieces to be performed include Fanfare for the Common Man, by Aaron Copland; Overture to ‘The Magic Flute,’ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, by Johann Sebastian Bach; and Symphony No. 5, by Ludwig Von Beethoven.
Directed by Paul Featherstone, the Chehalem Symphony consists of George Fox students, faculty and residents of the greater Portland area. The symphony orchestra performs music from the baroque, classical, romantic and modern eras in three annual concerts.
This is a reminder that an all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Monday, Nov. 15, in Bauman Auditorium (note the location change).
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
We are welcoming our potential new students and their familes on Thursday and Friday for Bruin Preview. We’d like to ask you to sacrifice your parking spot in the Stevens, Hoover and Wood-Mar lots and to park on the campus side of Meridian Street, on Sheridan and North streets, and in the Bauman lot for those two days.
Thank you!
– Security Services
Get your tickets for World’s Got Talent this week! It will be an amazing night of talent from all over the world performed by your very own George Fox students.
Pick up your free ticket in Student Life on the third floor of the Stevens Center. Or visit the Bruin Den from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. to get tickets.
Seating is limited and tickets are going fast. You don’t want to miss this awesome event! It will be held at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
There has been an increase in cars parking outside the marked spaces, especially in the Bauman lot. All vehicles parked outside the designated lines are in the fire lanes and will be ticketed for a fire lane offense ($50).
If the Bauman lot is full, please park in the Fulton Street lot just one block east on Fulton Street.
Fine arts students have created versatile artworks on small 3×3 canvases, now on display in the MLRC. Most artwork is for sale for a nominal price and would make wonderful stocking stuffers.
Get a jump on the holiday season by getting a little something for your family and friends! Art can be taken immediately upon purchase. Your art purchase supports your art student friends, the art department and the library art book budget. “The Small Show” is curated by Lori McLaughlin.
Thank you,
Janis Tyhurst
Don’t miss out on the ever-popular baseball team orange sales. Cost is $20 per box ($12 is tax deductible), and the offer is available Nov. 14-28. Delivery will be Dec. 3-5.
Interested? Talk to a ball player or e-mail head coach Marty Hunter.
There will be limited mail service on Thursday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day.
The details:
Questions? Call ext. 2556 or contact Sherrie Frost at sfrost@georgefox.edu
Due to the large number of visiting students and parents who will be on campus for Bruin Preview this Friday, we are changing our normal Friday Burger Day to Wednesday. We’re doing this in order to speed up the level of service for everyone, as Burger Day lines tend to move pretty slowly.
Along with that, please try to come to lunch either before noon or after 12:45 p.m. on Friday in order to avoid the lines. We can guarantee they will be long.
Thanks,
Bon Appetit
Having a loved one with cancer can be a trying and difficult time, especially when you are away at school. If you are dealing with the cancer of a loved one and would appreciate support from fellow students who are dealing with this same thing please let me know. My e-mail is johnsona09@georgefox.edu and I would love to hear from you.
-Allysa Johnson
