The Daily Bruin

Hear from Norah Otondo, the program director for Quilts for Empowerment, about her journey of faith and resilience in the face of stigmatization and suffering on Friday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Intercultural House.

QFE is a local nonprofit that works toward personal and economic empowerment for sexual assault and obstetric fistula survivors in Kenya. This is Norah’s first time traveling outside of Africa to share her story.

If you would like to hear a voice that often goes unheard, engage in discussions at a multicultural event, see the beautiful art quilts created by survivors, and learn how QFE is empowering women, then please come!

Light refreshments and good company will be present. Elective chapel credit is offered.

Contact Justine Hostetler (jhostetler16@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Want to know more about the candidates and measures on the Oregon ballot? Oregon Voter’s Pamphlets are available in the Murdock Library Resource Center, courtesy of ASC student government and the Yamhill County clerk.

Stop by and get informed on state and county ballot information, and fill out a voter registration card if you haven’t already.

Election Day is Nov. 6. Ballots in Oregon are mail-in and are due by Nov. 5.

Need financial, spiritual or relationship advice? A panel of Friendsview residents are excited to answer questions, give advice and build relationships with you! Come to EHS 102 tonight (Thursday) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. to meet these life experts and make some elderly friends in the process! Snacks will be provided.

Questions? Contact Caitlin Fettig (cfettig15@georgefox.edu).

George Fox Library’s “Fox at the Fireside” event is back this year with another round of exciting guests!

Next Friday, Nov. 9, from 3 to 4 p.m., gather around the Murdock Library fireplace with coffee and light refreshments to chat with Guadalupe García McCall, award-winning young adult fiction author and assistant professor of English, about her latest books!

Her novel, Shame the Stars (Tu Books, 2016), was chosen as Texas’ Great Read 2018 by the Center for the Book in affiliation with Texas State Library and the Library of Congress. Her most recent novel, All the Stars Denied (Tu Books, 2018), has already received a starred review from School Library Journal. She will read selections from these two novels, share some stories, and open the space for further conversation around the fireplace.

For more information, visit this link.

The university’s Department of Music invites you to attend its Fall Concert featuring masterworks by Mozart and Tchaikovsky. Bring your friends and family for a delightful evening of music performed by the university’s Concert Choir and Orchestra.

Join us tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free!

Contact Danielle Warner (dwarner@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

November: No-Shave November to raise cancer awareness!

• Nov. 2: Lip Sync, 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium
• Nov. 4: $5 Trail Blazers game, 6 p.m. at Moda Center
  • Tickets on sale before Lip Sync and by email (activities@georgefox.edu)
• Nov. 9: Student Concert, 8 p.m. in Bruin Den
• Nov. 10: Football Tailgate
• Nov. 30: Winter Formal, 8 p.m. at Leftbank Annex

Got questions? Write activities@georgefox.edu.

Commuters please take one to two minutes of your time to fill out this survey for a public relations project.

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

If you have experienced a concussion while playing a sport or during a season in high school or college, this survey is for you!

Senior nursing students are looking for current or retired student-athletes who are willing to fill out a five-minute survey about their experiences surrounding their concussion during a season of their sport.

Our goal is to learn from you about how the concussion impacted your academic life and quality of life to better support and educate our coaches, teachers/professors, and other staff about the healing process and support needed.

There is also a $5 Amazon gift card for a lucky friend who participates!

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Need financial, spiritual or relationship advice? A panel of Friendsview residents are excited to answer questions, give advice and build relationships with you! Come to EHS 102 tomorrow (Thursday) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. to meet these life experts and make some elderly friends in the process! Snacks will be provided.

Questions? Contact Caitlin Fettig (cfettig15@georgefox.edu).

In light of this week’s acts of violence in our nation, the university pastors would like to invite you to join us for a time of community prayer in Bauman Auditorium today (Tuesday) immediately after chapel, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. We will gather in front of the stage.

If you are unable to join us, we invite you to be praying as you go through your day.

If you would like to meet with a university pastor for one-on-one conversation or prayer, we welcome you to contact us at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-544-2320.

The Nutrition Matters grant at George Fox is sponsoring upcoming cooking demonstrations. If you would like to learn how to make a healthy meal, join us in Canyon Commons on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 6 p.m. to learn how to make breakfast food!

Emily Forbes, a George Fox alumna and local nutritionist, is passionate about helping students learn to make healthy meals. You will walk away with knowledge on how to make a dish, a sample and the recipe! It’s like watching a cooking show, but you actually get to taste the food! Join us!

Any questions should be directed to Kristi Welker at kwelker@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services is an official drop-off location for your Oregon ballot, and we will be accepting ballots up to election day.

You must have your Oregon ballot turned in to Mail Services no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6. All ballots outside of Oregon must be stamped and turned in to Mail Services no later than 3 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to join professor Paul Anderson and student Anastasia Reinhardt as they lead Contemplative Worship (or, unprogrammed worship after the manner of Friends) on Thursdays in Hoover 250. The gathering meets each Thursday this semester from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m., and all are welcome.

Contact Paul at panderso@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The university community is invited to a special William Penn Honors Program lecture featuring Bradley Campbell, coauthor of The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars, in Hoover 105 at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The title of his presentation is “Dignity, Victimhood and the Future of the University.”

Campbell, a sociologist, will discuss the challenges that new moral concepts and related trends are posing to scholarship, free speech and students’ well-being at contemporary universities, along with some possible solutions. The lecture is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Helen Morse (hmorse@georgefox.edu).

Are you an athlete? Are you experiencing knee pain and have no history of knee surgeries? If so, please consider participating in an athletic training/exercise science research project for our Senior Seminar class.

The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of a new exercise protocol for managing anterior knee pain.

Please contact Erin Rowland (erowland15@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the inaugural fall food drive. It was a HUGE success!

The winners will receive pastries from Newberg Bakery tomorrow (Tuesday).

The winner of the food drive is Event Services!

• First place – Event Services (469 items)
• Second place – Minthorne (327 items)
• Third place – Nursing Department (88 items)
• Fourth place – Weesner Village (60 items)
• Fifth place – Engineering (56 items)
• Sixth place – Advancement (40 items)
• Seventh place – Admissions (12 items)

Our next drive will be for specific items for the pantry. An audit will be performed to see what types of items are needed.

Thank you to all seven groups for making this event a complete success!

Please fill out this survey for an Intro to Public Relations project!

If you are married, engaged, in a serious relationship, or you have worked at weddings in the past, let us know what you think about wedding coordinators, and how they can best serve you!

Wedding Coordinator Survey

Questions? Contact Jayden Berger (jberger17@georgefox.edu).

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

All are invited to a Reader’s Theatre performance of The Light Princess, a fairy tale by George MacDonald, at 5:30 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

The readers are members of Professor Gary Tandy’s Advanced British Literature class under the direction of Hope Bellinger, a senior theatre major. The presentation is suitable for children.

For more information, contact Gary Tandy (gtandy@georgefox.edu).

All are invited to a Reader’s Theatre performance of The Light Princess, a fairy tale by George MacDonald, at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

The readers are members of Professor Gary Tandy’s Advanced British Literature class under the direction of Hope Bellinger, a senior theatre major. The presentation is suitable for children.

For more information, contact Gary Tandy (gtandy@georgefox.edu).