The university’s Jazz Ensemble will be performing in the Klages Dining Hall on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 5:30 p.m. Come out to support these talented and hard-working student musicians!
This is your last chance to audition for Lip Sync! You do not have to perform; we just want to hear your ideas!
Contact Grace Goodman (ggoodman11@georgefox.edu) by today (Friday), if interested.
Each year we have several staff and and faculty who contact the Office of Student Life to see if any students need a place to spend Thanksgiving Day.
If you would like to be matched up with someone, please send the following information to Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu):
Please send this information no later than Monday, Nov. 25.
Did you know that last year donors gave more than $3.5 million to George Fox University? We need your help to thank them!
This Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a huge “Thank You†sign in the quad for you to express your appreciation for these awesome people who help make the George Fox experience possible. The whole event will be captured on video so that we can send them a wonderful Thanksgiving message from you.
Come join your fellow Bruins – grab a colorful Sharpie and make your appreciation known!
Questions? Contact Carrie Bohl at cbohl@georgefox.edu.
We invite you to stop by between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. today, Nov. 14, in Hoover 104 for the Full-Time MBA Open House. Lunch will be provided for those who attend.
Drop in any time during our event to learn more about what our One-Year MBA can do for you! Come by and have lunch with us while you chat with the MBA director, current students and alumni.
Attendants may also enter our drawing for an iPad mini:
The winner will be chosen at random and notified via our Facebook page.
For more information, please contact Ty Sohlman at tsohlman@georgefox.edu.
Survey No. 1:
This is a survey to find out what countries the clothes that George Fox students purchase are made in. This is in light of the topic for our LACI project: the textile industry in Southeast Asia. For more information, contact Allie Carroll (acarroll10@georgefox.edu)
Survey: Where is Your Clothing Made?
Survey No. 2:
This is for a Biology project where my group is analyzing how the mutated gene for lactose tolerance has spread around the world. Certain ethnicities are more prone to this mutation than others, so this survey tries to capture this information.
For more information, contact Valentina Kucher (vkucher13@georgefox.edu)
Survey: Lactose Tolerance
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.
Students who are looking for a ride to the Portland airport or train station have several options available for finding a ride.
Generally, asking around your living area is the first step in trying to find a ride.
You may also post your request in the “Wanted” section of BruinBoards. You can find BruinBoards in the GFU Resources section in MyGFU.
Another way to find a ride is to use one of the shuttle services that are available:
Blue Star Transportation Group
: 503-249-1837;
 Email: info@bluestarbus.com
; Web Site: bluestarbus.com
Caravan Airport Transportation: 503-288-5102;
 Web Site: caravanairporttransportation.com
Green Transportation: 503-234-1414 or toll-free 1-877-853-3577
; Web Site: greentrans.com
Royal Shuttle:
 503-554-0005
White Van Shuttle Inc.
: 503-774-9755 or toll-free 1-877-774-9750; 
Email: whitevanshuttle@yahoo.com; 
Web Site: (whitevanshuttle.com)
Professor Brent Weaver’s piece A Farewell Overture will make its premiere as part of the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra’s performance in Bauman Auditorium this Sunday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m.
In addition, the orchestra will perform Robert Schumann’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, op. 129, and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony #5 in D Major, op. 107 (The Reformation).
There is no admission charge, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
James Project is calling all volunteers willing and able!
From 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, a group of students are getting together, through James Project (our campus community service outreach ministry), to partner with Love INC (a local service & networking organization) to meet the needs of people in our community.
This Saturday, we’ll be meeting and serving a handful of amazing people in our community, working alongside fellow students to mow lawns, work in gardens, do other yard work and some needed housework as well.
If you’re interested in joining the fun, or if you have any further questions, please contact James Project coordinator Miranda D’Agostini at mdagostini11@georgefox.edu
You are invited to the International Conversation Corner tonight (Thursday). We will meet in the Bruin Den at 7 p.m. Come enjoy conversation with people from other cultures.
Please note: The location is the Bruin Den, not Hoover 208.
Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre at dmcintyre@georgefox.edu.
Randy Woodley from our own seminary will be at the Newberg campus tonight (Thursday) to speak at Shalom at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.
Randy is the director of intercultural and indigenous studies at George Fox Evangelical Seminary and the author of books that include Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision. Randy will be sharing some of these reflections on shalom and wholeness tonight. Come join us for discussion, bread and worship music.
Chapel elective credit is available for this event.
The women’s basketball team opens its season this weekend by hosting the George Fox Classic Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16, in the Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym. The complete tournament schedule:
Friday, Nov. 15, 6 p.m. – Linfield vs. Wheaton (Ill.)
Friday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m. – George Fox vs. California Lutheran
Saturday, Nov. 16, 4 p.m. – Linfield vs. California Lutheran
Saturday, Nov. 16, 6 p.m. – George Fox vs. Wheaton
Tickets for the tournament cover both games each evening and are the same as for other regular-season games: Adults – $7; George Fox alumni – $5; non-George Fox students and seniors 60 and older – $3; “Classic Bruins†(alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago) – $2; children 6 and under and George Fox community with school ID – free.
The men’s basketball team opens its season Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16, at the Lee Fullmer Classic in Redlands, Calif. The men’s and women’s cross country teams will participate in the NCAA Division III West Regional races on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Pomona-Pitzer Course in Claremont, Calif.
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox athletics website at gfubruins.com.
Are you passionate about helping the poor? Interested in exploring economic development? If so, there will be an economic development discussion group meeting during the spring semester to explore these topics.
Admission to the group will be competitive. If interested, please email Dr. Nate Peach, assistant professor of economics, at npeach@georgefox.edu for more details and an application.
Exodus Fair for all fall 2013 grads:
If you are graduating this December 2013, stop by the Exodus Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., TODAY, Nov. 14, in the Stevens Center Atrium. You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food and much more!
Your degree is almost done, graduation is right around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate! We hope to see you there!
For more information, please contact Aleida Polanco at apolanco@georgefox.edu.
The university’s College of Christian Studies and William Penn Honors Program invite all to a free presentation, “Re-Tuned by God: The Future of Worship,” featuring Jeremy Begbie of Duke Divinity School and Wolfson College, Cambridge, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in Bauman Auditorium.
Begbie will speak, perform, and use recorded music and visual material to explore the way the New Testament helps us understand more deeply some of the basic components of worship. He is a professionally trained musician and theologian who has taught in the United Kingdom and North America and delivered multimedia performance lectures around the world.
In addition to his Monday performance, Begbie will speak as a guest of the music and religion departments on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Ross 208. The “Intellectual Feast” session is also open to the university community free of charge.
Begbie, described as “a musician and theologian par excellence” by N.T. Wright, is the inaugural holder of the Thomas A. Langford Research Professorship in Theology at Duke Divinity School and a senior member at Wolfson College, Cambridge. More information and a video of Begbie is available here.
Questions? Contact Joseph Clair at ext. 2153 or jclair@georgefox.edu.
There has been a confirmed case of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) on our campus recently, and we want to encourage our students, faculty and staff to check their immunization status.
If you have not received a Tdap Tetanus shot since 2006, we recommend that you get the vaccine. It will help against spreading Pertussis to others, especially pregnant women and infants. The Tdap vaccine is available here at the Health Center or at your local pharmacy.
Please call the Health Center at 503-554-2340 with questions or concerns.
Cultural Celebration Week is a great time to remind all of us about the expectations of living in a Christ-centered community that honors diversity as an important value derived from our theological and Quaker roots. We believe that all people are of great worth and value in the eyes of our Creator God and seek to increasingly become a campus characterized by loving support of one another.
Cultural humility means that we seek to understand, appreciate and celebrate others who are different from ourselves. Language and/or behavior that relies on stereotypes or is demeaning toward individuals or groups of individuals is unacceptable for George Fox students and employees, whether it occurs in person, through social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), or anonymously.
We want to remind everyone that George Fox has a Harassment and Discrimination Policy and a Bias-Related Incident Policy. Any incidents of harassment, discrimination or bias should be reported immediately to the student life office (to Mark Pothoff, dean of community life, or Brad Lau, vice president for student life).
We would also encourage community members to hold one another accountable for what we say and do in this important area. May God enable each of us to be more and more like Jesus in the way we treat one another!
Are you shivering a bit going in between buildings, and are you maybe a bit parched as well? Is it hard to study for that exam or write that paper without your notebooks and books? Can’t play your tunes in the library because you lost your ear buds?
Well, then come to the Bruin Den on Wednesday and Thursday of this week from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to see if your lost hoody, coat, water bottle, coffee mug, book, notebook, and most anything else you’ve misplaced has been turned in. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes at 1:30 on Thursday afternoon, so be sure to stop by!
Redeeming Life, the support group for those struggling with eating disorders or disordered eating, continues to meet every other week. Join us tonight (Wednesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. in the religious studies lounge on the second floor of Hoover.
We walk alongside those in recovery, through encouragement, support and prayer. We don’t have a set agenda for each meeting. However, in the past we have focused our conversations on body image and advertising and how one can succeed in recovery when we live in a culture that is obsessed with dieting, fitness and appearance. More recently, we have been talking about how to survive the holiday season while in recovery (it is possible!).
Come to Redeeming Life and find hope and healing on your journey toward wholeness and freedom.
Contact Annie Stewart (estewart11@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
We are in for a special treat at today’s (Wednesday’s) Cultural Celebration Week chapel, set for 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Our special speaker is Lisa Espineli Chinn, director of international student ministries for InterVarsity USA. She will be sharing her personal cross-cultural journey from ignorance and prejudice to acceptance and celebration.
The Parade of Flags, with Gioia Zhang and Svetlana Voloshin directing, is back with 20 cultures being represented.
Join us for a time to worship God and celebrate the diversity of cultures he has created.
