The Daily Bruin

It’s time to order university stationery. For detailed order instructions, go to the university’s communications website.

Elizabeth Holme (Print Services) will work with the Office of Marketing Communications in ordering general university (i.e. non-departmental stationery) letterhead and envelopes. You will continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through her.

Orders are due by Tuesday, Nov. 16.

Tickets are available for the final shows of the university’s fall theatre production, Euripides’ Ion. The show is a world premiere of Paul D. Streufert’s translation of the Greek tragedy.

The play runs this Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 11-14, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. each night with the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 14 show, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.

All George Fox employees receive one complimentary ticket. Students will be admitted free on Thursday. Your complimentary ticket is only available at the Box Office in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or read a synopsis of the play, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.

George Fox Evangelical Seminary invites the university community to a free lecture featuring Dr. Erhard Gerstenberger, a world-renowned Old Testament scholar, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, at the Portland Center’s Room 155.

Gerstenberger, a German theologian, has authored or edited 15 books and more than 100 articles on Old Testament studies, form criticism, Psalms and ritual studies, practical theology, feminist criticism and liberation theology. He will speak on “Old Testament Theologies and Pastoral Ministry” in the seminary’s Old Testament introduction class.

He has worked as a professor at Yale and at Giessen and Marburg universities in Germany. He’s also served as a pastor in Germany and as a missionary to Brazil. To learn more about Gerstenberger, visit this link. To learn more about his visit, contact Jean Miller ext. 6150.

The religious studies department invites you to join us Tuesday (Nov. 9) at 4 p.m. to hear current students share about their recent trip to another Quaker college and to hear Colin Saxton, superintendent of the Northwest Yearly Meeting, share about diversity within the Quaker church. We’ll be meeting in the religious studies department.

Chapel credit will be offered!

A “Free for All Sale” is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the back of the Villa Academic Complex.

Everything will be free. Items will include desks, fluorescent light fixtures, doors, door hardware, hospital beds and more.

Questions? Contact Tim Wheeler, who will be available at the site.

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Plant Services, ext. 2010

Several of the university’s ensembles, including the Handbell Ringers, Clarinet Trio, String Ensemble, Flute Quartet and Keyboard Ensemble, will perform in a Fall Chamber Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free.

The Handbell Ringers will perform Celtic Noel, arranged by Sondra K. Tucker; Fantasia on Greensleeves, arranged by Kevin McChesney; and On This Day Earth Shall Ring, arranged by Cathy Moklebust. The Clarinet Trio will play Andantino, by Ernst Streben. The Flute Quartet will play La Lune, Les Etoiles, by Catherine McMichael.

Other selections include String Quintet in C Major ‘Allegro man non troppo’ (Franz Schubert) by the String Ensemble, and Keyboard Ensemble pieces Scherzo, by Diabelle; Five Spanish Dances, op. 12, ‘Allegro Brioso,’ by Moszkowski; and Six Pieces, op. 11, ‘Waltz,’ by Rachmaninoff.

Some important reminders regarding Operation Christmas Child:

• Deadline for boxes/donations/supplies: Friday, Nov. 12
• If you need shoeboxes/labels, contact Jessi Fink at jfink09@georgefox.edu
• You do not need to include funds for shipping.
• To donate money for supplies at the campus packing party, write a check to “Newberg Friends Church” with “OCC” on the memo line and return to Jessi.

Thanks!

The Office of University Relations has Family Weekend mums for sale. Plants are 6.5-inch interior flowering chrysanthemums and are in a variety of fall colors. Each plant is only $5 and will be available for purchase at Pennington House until they are gone.

Contact Evangeline Pattison, epattison@georgefox.edu or ext. 2121, with questions or to reserve a plant(s).

Undergraduate Field Experience (PSYC 475) is an applied experiential learning component of the psychology major. If you want to understand the who, what, how, when, and where of this course, join us for an information meeting from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in Hoover 102.

The Department of Religious Studies invites you to join us for the events of Quaker Focus Week beginning Monday (Nov. 8). Come learn more about George Fox University’s heritage as we focus on Quaker spirituality. Events are as follows:

Monday: Howard Macy speaks in chapel
Tuesday: At 4 p.m., students will share about their recent trip to another Quaker college (in the religious studies department.)
Wednesday: Jamie Johnson speaks in chapel

Please join us!

Colleagues,

I encourage you, by department or individually, to participate in the following Operation Christmas Child ministry being facilitated by a group of George Fox students. If you choose to participate as a department, please contact Jessi Fink (jfink09@georgefox.edu) so the team can know where to pick up the boxes or plastic bags of items to be placed in boxes.

If not participating as a department, individuals should drop their shoeboxes or plastic bags of items with Barbi Doran at the information desk in the Stevens Center. Below is information about the ministry and a list of suggested items. I encourage you to provide sustainable items if at all possible.

– Robin Baker

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Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse that sends gift-filled shoeboxes to children in need around the world. Since 1993, they have sent out more than 80 million shoeboxes to more than 130 countries. For more information, go to samaritanspurse.org.

This year, George Fox is teaming with Newberg Friends Church for a goal of packing 1,000 shoesboxes! We would love for all the George Fox faculty and employees to get involved. Here’s how:

Pack a shoebox. You can pack a box for a 2-4, 5-9, or 10-14 girl or boy.

These are the items for a typical box:

• Paper (notebook, coloring book, etc.)
• Pencils
• Pencil Sharpener
• Crayons or colored pencils
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Soap (in two Ziploc bags)
• Washcloth
• Comb
• Toy (baby doll, matchbox cars, jump rope, etc.)
• Stuffed animal
• Hard candy (also double bagged)
• Miscellaneous items: shoes, shirts, gloves, hats, hair clips, etc.

*You do not need to include shipping money for the boxes.

Other ways to participate:

• Purchase items for boxes or purchase extra items when you shop for your boxes which will be used at the packing event.
• Donate money to be used to purchase supplies. Checks can be written to Newberg Friends Church with OCC written on the memo line.
• Come to the campus packing party on Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. in the EHS atrium.

Return boxes, supplies, or checks to your department office or to the Stevens Center by Nov. 12. If you need shoeboxes and/or labels, please contact Jessi Fink.

Questions? Contact Jessi at the above e-mail address.

Goldfish are up for adoption in the biology department! Take home a new friend for your home, office or pond. See Teresa Arnold, or anyone in the department, for access to the tank.

Come and celebrate culture and talent during this year’s Cultural Celebration Week by attending the first-ever World’s Got Talent event, a night of amazing performances from all over the world. You won’t want to miss it!

Seats are limited. You can get a free ticket in the Bruin Den starting Monday, Nov. 8, through Friday, Nov. 12, between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Or go to Student Life at any time and pick one up. First come, first serve.

World’s Got Talent will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

On Monday, Nov. 22, the students in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues (LACI) program will present their research exhibits on Islam and the West. We need about 30 people to help judge the exhibits. Each judge will look at the projects for five groups and fill out a form. This takes about one hour.

We are looking for staff, administrators and faculty judges. No experience is necessary. You can come to the Hoover and EHS atriums anytime between noon and 4 p.m. We also provide a small thank you gift. If interested in being a judge, please contact Caitlin Corning at ext. 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu.

This Monday, Nov. 8, is the last Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the semester. We will host five speakers who will speak about interfaith dialogue and initiatives. Our guests include Jews, Christians and Muslims involved in interfaith groups in the Portland area.

Sessions are scheduled from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.

If you have any questions, please contact Caitlin Corning at ext. 2673 or via e-mail at ccorning@georgefox.edu.

Do you know of a deserving senior who demonstrates outstanding service as a servant leader on campus or in the community? You can honor that person and the activity of voluntary service by nominating him or her for the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award.

Visit this site for the nomination form. The nomination due date has been moved to Friday, Nov. 12.

Wondering where Development has gone? Come and find out on Monday, Nov. 8, between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. The Office of Advancement invites you to attend an Open House at our newest offices at Coyote Place, 700 Deborah Road, Suite 100, in Newberg.

Come and see some old friends and meet a few new ones, too! Cookies and punch will be served.

Get some sun and dirt time. Drink some apple cider. Thursday (Nov 4) at 5:30 p.m. come help put the community garden to bed. Whether you are part of the garden or not, come join the fun!

We’ll be doing some final harvesting and preparing the beds to sleep over the winter. We’ll also have some apple cider to enjoy this autumn event! The community garden is located just north of the Villa Academic Complex and is near Coffin Hall.

The university community is invited to two concerts on campus this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-6.

Jazz Concert
On Friday, jazz saxophonist Allan Chase will perform with the university’s Jazz Ensemble and a faculty trio at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

All employees and students are entitled to one individual complimentary ticket, available for pick-up in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets cost $10 (good for a family of four), and can be purchased by calling the University Box Office at ext. 3844, online, or in the lobby the night of the concert.

Family Weekend Concert
On Saturday, the university’s Family Weekend fall concert is scheduled at 4 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free. The event will feature performances by the university’s Women’s Chorale, String Ensemble, Men’s Ensemble, Concert Choir and Symphonic Band.

For more information about either concert, contact Debbie Hawblitzel in the Department of Performing Arts at ext. 2620.

The Bruin Bookstore will be open this Saturday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Family Weekend. Come check out the sale on this year’s new product: Sweatpants, regularly priced at $19.99 each, will be two for $30, and select hoodies, normally $29.99, will be two for $40.

All other imprinted clothing and gifts will be 20 percent off! The Family Weekend sale will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Friday and Saturday.