The Daily Bruin

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be hosting Bruin Preview on campus tomorrow (Friday). With 500 visitors expected, we are asking students and employees to help extend the Be Known promise throughout the day. Here’s what you can keep in mind:

• Guests will be arriving on campus Friday morning between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m. and will fill all the main campus parking lots. Students and employees are encouraged to take advantage of street parking and the Morse lot (near softball fields). Additional temporary overflow parking will be available at the Chehalem Cultural Center and the Highway 99 lot, which is right next to Steve’s Automotive; do not park in spaces marked off for Steve’s Automotive.
• Be mindful of guests in your housing area. We will have tours circulating through Newlin, Edwards, Gulley, Pennington, and HMS from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tour groups will be viewing dorm lobbies and a room in each dorm.
• Plan for a much busier-than-usual lunch in Canyon Commons. Guests will be going through the main servery lines and will eat in the main dining area. If you see a family looking for a spot to sit, invite them to join you and help direct them to their next activity.
• Offer a helping hand with directions to students and their families!
• 80 prospective students have opted to stay overnight on Thursday before the main event. Be mindful and welcoming of prospective students in your on-campus living areas starting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday night.

If you have questions, email visit@georgefox.edu or call Lauren Hill at 503-554-2245. Thank you!

Join us for a holistic day of healing, reflection and community at “Collective Healing 2025: Immigration, Healing Generational Wounds, and a Restorative Faith” this Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at West Hills Covenant Church. The George Fox dean for intercultural life, Carlos Fernandez, is helping to facilitate the event.

You can expect to:

• Hear from incredible speakers on immigration justice, trauma healing and faith
• Experience rest and renewal with taquitos, chair massages and BIPOC spiritual direction (Spanish available)
• Join affinity groups for immigrants, relatives of immigrants, and allies (Black, white, Latinx and more) to connect and share in community

Register at this link. For a student discount, select “Ask for a scholarship” and list your college under “church/org/college.” If finances or transportation are barriers, contact SpiL; we can help cover costs through our scholarship fund.

Join our Management 300 veteran outreach next Saturday, Nov. 8, when we’ll support veterans and community members in need by chopping firewood for individuals and families who cannot afford to heat their homes during the winter.

The initiative fosters meaningful connections among George Fox veteran students, nonveteran students, and the broader veteran community through shared service. Please sign up for the event here.

We’ll be serving from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 500 S. Everest Road in Newberg. Contact Kassidy Poetzl at kpoetzl23@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Come join our SpiL serve team in construction-related tasks this Saturday, Nov. 1! This is an opportunity to care for our neighbors by serving alongside a hardworking local family. Please expect to work for three hours (9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) at this event, helping with tasks like building a shed, spreading dirt, and similar jobs.

Experience is not required, and chapel credit is offered. Eight volunteers are still needed, so sign up today at newberghabitat.org. The build site is located at 717 N. College St.

Please reach out to Chloe Lucas at clucas22@georgefox.edu for next steps. Please also let her know if you are requesting a ride.

Do you have stress, aches, pains, or just want to feel relaxed? Come by to get a massage from a doctor of physical therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages ($25) to students, employees and community members. We are offering 25-minute massages on Friday, Nov. 14, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the new Medical Sciences Building located at 448 Werth Blvd. in Newberg.

All proceeds will help fund a medical service trip to Uganda. Donations are also welcome; there will be a tip jar on site! Register here.

Questions? Contact Maya Eathorne at meathorne24@georgefox.edu or Allison Brist at abrist20@georgefox.edu.

Snack alert! Need fuel for that totally necessary late-night study session? We’ve got you. For just $8, you can snag a snack pack with seven to eight brand-name delicious snacks (yes, that’s basically $1 a snack – what a steal!). We have a large variety including pretzels, chips, granola bars, fruit rolls and more.

Ask your parents to buy you a box, or treat yourself to one, as an “educational investment.” Order now and keep your hunger and your GPA under control!

You can purchase a box via our Instagram @gfucampuscravings, and we’ll drop it off at your student mailbox within 48 hours.

Enjoy snackin’!

Calling all fall grads! Seniors graduating this December are invited to come celebrate at the Exodus Grad Fair in the Stevens Center atrium on Wednesday, Nov. 5, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Pick up your cap and gown and get checked out with university offices before you graduate, with a bonus of enjoying free snacks and refreshments! Learn more here.

Please join the Department of Social Work for a Fall Diversity Dialogue, featuring Carlos Rodriguez, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in Hoover 103.

Carlos will share about the Happy NPO initiatives to care for the aging population of Puerto Rico. This population faces high levels of poverty, food insecurity and loneliness.

Carlos and his team have developed innovative approaches to respond to these ever-increasing needs that have been exacerbated by natural disasters and cuts to social programs.

Feel free to contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu for more information. See you there!

The Political Science Club is hosting a discussion-based event, following the style of speed-dating conversations, in which you will have the opportunity to discuss hot-topic events from the current administration’s time in office thus far.

Topics will include, but are not be limited to, ICE/deportations, Charlie Kirk, and the National Guard deployment. Whether you know a lot or little about these topics, we’d love to see you there!

Join us in Hoover 102 at 6 p.m. tomorrow night (Thursday). Contact Kendall Kartler at kkartler22@georgefox.edu for more information.

Do you long for time and space to be still and experience Christ’s presence with others? All are welcome to join Quaker worship in the chapel from 11 to 11:30 a.m. today (Wednesday). Elective chapel credit is available for students.

Contact Jay Miller at jaym@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The OSAC Scholarship and George Fox Donor-Funded Scholarship applications open on Nov. 1!

OSAC (for Oregon residents only) offers more than 600 scholarships, totaling more than $10 million in awards, while our Donor-Funded Scholarships have more than 200 awards available for our returning students, ranging from $500 to $25,000. Applying for scholarships can be time-consuming, but worth it, so be sure to take advantage of the opportunities below to make the most of scholarship season!

Enter our scholarship drawings

The financial aid office will award one $500 scholarship to a student who completes the OSAC application! A recipient will be randomly selected after the final deadline has passed on March 2. Once you complete your application, upload the confirmation email you receive from OSAC to financial aid at “Submit Financial Aid Documents” and you’ll be entered to win! 

You will also be entered into a drawing for an additional $500 scholarship if you submit your donor-funded application by our early bird deadline of Feb. 17!

Get help at the ARC

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) will be offering scholarship essay-writing workshops at the following times. Select “Scholarship Essay” when you schedule an appointment online, and these 25-minute time slots specifically for essay help will appear for booking. 

Donor-funded workshops:

• Nov. 3: 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. 
• Nov. 4: 5 to 7 p.m. 
• Nov. 5: 4 to 8 p.m. 
• Nov. 6: 4 to 6 p.m. 

OSAC workshops:

• Nov. 17: 4 to 8 p.m. 
• Nov. 18: 5 to 7 p.m. 
• Nov. 19: 4 to 8 p.m. 
• Nov. 20: 4 to 6 p.m.

If you can’t make it, schedule an appointment at a time that works for you. You can also access our Scholarship Resource Folder for more tools to help with the OSAC application, writing a great essay and more!

Contact the financial aid office for any questions about scholarship applications and opportunities.

Serve alongside our team as we dedicate time to helping people in need at McMinnville City Park on Saturday, Nov. 8. We will be serving others by handing out food, offering prayer and engaging in friendly conversation.

Our partner, Choctaw RainEagle, will also provide food and supplies for the homeless. We want to spread the gospel and help these people be seen.

Our team will be meeting at Klages at 11 a.m. that morning. There will be pizza for lunch! Sign up here to join us.

For more information, you can email our team member Evan at eisenbeisevan@gmail.com or message him at 916-216-3152.

Grab your brushes, your besties and your fall spirit – it’s the Great Pumpkin Paint Night, Charlie Brown! Join us tonight (Monday) from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Roberts 170 for pumpkin and leaf painting, warm cider, cozy treats, and a screening of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! You can come and go as you please.

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we’ll be celebrating community, creativity and care together.

Readers, writers and friends,

Registration for the English department’s Eclectic Texts Conference (ETC), “Beneath the Bonnet: The Secret World of Jane Austen,” is now open!

Join us for fascinating conversations, Regency-era dancing and an evening theatre production by registering here. The registration code is Austen2025. The event is scheduled for Nov. 14-15.

We hope to see you there! Please email any questions to gfu-english@georgefox.edu.

One of George Fox’s favorite events is upon us. Venture into a haunted house and celebrate the spooky season with a night of fright. Tonight at 7 p.m., Minthorn Hall will be transformed. Wind your way through the haunted hallways and try to make it out. We will have snacks as well.

Due to expected poor weather we will have a check-in system at the door. Come check in and we will send you a text when your time slot is ready. We don’t want you standing out in the rain!

Check out the Activities Weekly email for more details on upcoming events.

Events coming up:

• Trivia Night: Friday, Oct. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons
• Dueling Pianos: Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in Canyon Commons
• Fox Got Talent: Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in Bauman

Contact activities@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Mark your calendars for the cornhole tournament happening tomorrow (Saturday). All students, staff, faculty, and their families are invited to compete.

This double-elimination bracket competition starts at 11:30 a.m. inside Hadlock. Grab your friends and family – it’s time to show off your skills and have some fun!

Contact Nate Weber at nweber@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Happy Family Weekend! The Bruin Bookstore will be open today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Swing by to check out new merchandise (like George Fox Christmas crewnecks!).

We have Bruin Family crews available in all sizes for $34. We look forward to welcoming you into the store!

Fusion and the IRC are hosting an autumn-themed celebration for Soul Food Friday today at 4 p.m. Stop by the IRC to enjoy great company, fun activities and festive treats. We can’t wait to see you there!

We are excited to welcome back music educator and an ambassador for jazz, Matt Wilson, for a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, in Bauman Auditorium. This is his second visit to campus (his first was in 2014).

Wilson is a jazz drummer extraordinaire and Grammy nominee who’s been featured on the covers of Downbeat, Modern Drummer and JazzTimes magazines. He played for President Obama at the White House, and has appeared on over 250 albums, including several of his own as a leader of his Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts and Crafts, and the Christmas Tree-O.

Wilson has played with the who’s who of contemporary jazz musicians, including Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Baron, Ron Miles, Bill Frisell, Herbie Hancock, Dewey Redman, Pat Metheny, and Michael Brecker.

For more info about our guest artist, visit this link. You can purchase tickets from the George Fox Box Office.

Día de Muertos is a Mexican celebration that honors and celebrates the lives of those who have passed on. One way to celebrate their lives in this tradition is by putting their picture up on an ofrenda (altar).

If you are interested in having a loved one (yes, this can include pets), on the IRC’s Día de Muertos ofrenda, fill out this Google Form!