Tryouts for the GFU Dance Team 2013-2014 will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday September 29 at Chehalem Valley Dance Academy. Tryouts will consist of jazz and hip hop routines. There is no need for previous experience.
We are looking for Guys and Girls that LOVE to dance and perform; jazz dancers, hip hop dancers, breakers, freestylers, tumblers/stunters – and more!
Email kristen@iheartcvda.com with any questions. Come dance with us!
In commemoration of the International Day of Peace and to mark the successful completion of Friendly Water for the World’s first project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the university’s Center for Peace and Justice is honored to host Zawadi Nikuze on campus today (Friday). She will take part in a talk-back session at 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room, then speak in a Women & the Bible class in Hoover 103 from 3:40 to 4:30 p.m.
The campus community is invited to both events as Zawadi speaks about her work and the condition of women in the midst of the conflict in the DRC.
Zawadi is a women’s and human rights activist working in Goma in the Eastern Province of North Kivu, DRC. As coordinator of the African Great Lakes Initiative (GLI) /Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC) project in the DRC, for the past six years she has been working with rape survivors and their children on trauma healing and small micro-economic programs. She has been forced to flee on several occasions, only to courageously return. Zawadi is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Questions? Contact Clint Baldwin at cbaldwin@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to join us today (Friday) as Ralph Beebe, a professor of history emeritus at the university, hosts a book reading and signing session to promote his new historical fiction book Cousins at War: A Civil War Novel. Ralph will be in the second-floor lounge of Hoover at 3 p.m. Books will be available for purchase.
Cousins at War is the fictional tale of two cousins, Aaron and Joel Haskins, living in Maryland during the Civil War. They are best friends who share a birthday and just about everything else. As Maryland begins to prepare for the Civil War, they both must decide if they will fight. The cousins end up making different choices that forever alter their lives.
Weaving emotional decisions throughout, the book provides a poignant social commentary about the ramifications of our decisions, our roles in society and our responsibilities to one another. Beebe uses a tragic storyline to question the morality of war and educate readers by presenting an authentic view of the Civil War from both Union and Confederate perspectives.
Beebe has previously authored six books, including The Worker and Social Change: The Pullman Strike of 1894 and The Embargo. Published by iUniverse, Cousins at War is available online through Amazon.
We are joining together as a university to support two of our community members in need. On Monday, Sept. 30, we will host a “Be the Match” event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.
Our goal is to get between 200 and 300 people registered as potential bone marrow and stem cell matches for people in need. In particular, our hope is that someone on campus would “Be the Match” for Dianna McIntyre (International Student Services). The event will also benefit student Haley Bellows, who will be selling T-shirts to help fund her cancer treatment costs.
There are three ways to get involved:
Thank you in advance for your willingness to be a part of this noble cause. If you have questions, please e-mail Sarah King at sking@georgefox.edu.
Interested in mentoring? Â Little Bruins is a Big Brother/Big Sister opportunity for you to serve kids in the area through mentorship!
Come join us to hear more about the ministry at 5 p.m. or 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in Lemmons 8.  We’d love to see you there!
For more information and applications, visit asc.georgefox.edu > Get Involved > Little Bruins.
If you have questions, contact coordinator Sydney Thiessen at sthiessen12@georgefox.edu.
Fall Science Outreach classes have been posted online. These new classes begin the week of Sept. 30. Classes are available for students ages 6-14 (ages 6-8, “The Human Body;” ages 9-11, “All God’s Creatures;” and ages 12-14, “The Science of Foods”).
To view class descriptions and registration paperwork, visit the Science Outreach website.
Questions? Contact Elizabeth Licon at scienceoutreach@georgefox.edu.
The third Liberal Arts and Critical Issues event of the fall is set for Monday, Sept. 23, when the film Toxic Tears will be shown from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The film is the latest installment in the series “State of the World.”
Toxic Tears looks at the little-known darker side of the “Green Revolution” in India that transformed agriculture, but has negatively impacted thousands of farmers in the country. The film will be followed by a discussion with a panel of George Fox professors.
The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.
Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran (Austin Sports Complex)
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Puget Sound (Austin Sports Complex)
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.
The purpose of SCORR (Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation) is to “glorify God by empowering students to better face the challenges existing on their campuses, in their communities, and in society at large through multi-ethnic awareness and engaging in the active process of racial reconciliation.â€
All interested students are welcome to attend the SCORR information sessions tonight, Thursday, September 19 in the Cap and Gown Room A from 12 to 1 p.m. and an evening session in Stevens 202 (conference room) from 7 to 8 p.m.
Contact Mandee Campos for more information at camposm12@georgefox.edu.
Our campus needs a pro-life club! Are you passionate about pro-life issues? Are you interested in moving form just being pro-life to knowing what you can do to impact your peers and your campus? Do you want to educate and activate our generation to promote life? Do you want to be better equipped to defend your position on life? Do you want to see abortion abolished? Do you want to provide support to women facing unplanned pregnancies? Are you convinced abortion hurts women and children?
Then this club is for you!
Please e-mail estewart09@georgefox.edu if you are interested in being part of the start-up and/or leadership team for this club on the George Fox campus. More information to come … once we get a feel of how many people are interested. Come stand with us for life!
Common Ground will be meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight Thursday, September 19. We will meet at the Newberg First United Methodist Church.
If you would like to take part in the carpool, meet in front of Edwards at 6:45 p.m. for a ride!
For more information, please contact Landon Isabell at landonisabell@gmail.com.
This Thursday’s Shalom (September 19) is our second night to recap the experiences of the 2013 Summer/May Serve trips.  This week the teams from China and Swaziland will be sharing stories from their time serving in other cultures.
Shalom starts at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown room.
All are invited to join us for International Chapel this Friday, Sept. 20, as Colette Correa shares her story. Colette’s family is from Senegal, and she was raised as a Muslim. As she was seeking for God she became a Christian while studying in the United States.
You are welcome to join us for worship, a devotional and prayer from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House.
International chapel is designed to help us better understand what it means to be a Christian. Everyone is invited to attend.
We think it would be incredible if you and a handful of your deepest friends at Fox met together regularly to share meals, prayer, your struggles, support, the reading & applying of Scripture, and even continued to serve together regularly at your Serve Day site throughout the year! If you also think this would be incredible, maybe you should be the one to make something like this happen with your closest friends!
For more information on making a LYFE Group happen this year, just stick around after chapel tonight (September 18) in Bauman at 8:30 p.m. for an informational & vision-casting meeting about our approach to cultivating Fox into a Christ-centered community through more intentional small groups of spiritual friends committed to “Living Your Faith Experientially”!
If you want to lead a LYFE Group, go to this link.
Do you have textbooks you want to sell (books from last year, duplicates you bought by mistake, etc.)?
Simply go to our website (www.gfubookstore.com) and select “Sell Textbooksâ€. Follow the steps to find out the value of your books and if you decide to sell them, print the price quote and come to the Textbook Annex for immediate CASH (an extra 10% with the printed quote). You may also wait until Finals Week to get more value from books that will be used in spring semester.
For more information, please contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.
The BlueZone Store Textbook Annex will be closed this Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19-20. The main store in the SUB will be open.
With volleyball season underway and basketball season quickly approaching, we are looking for national anthem singers. Auditions will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in Wheeler 208.
Contact Alyssa Montero (amontero10@georgefox.edu) for more information!
Don’t forget tonight’s (Tuesday’s) lecture by Jane Calvert, associate professor of history at the University of Kentucky. In recognition of Constitution Day and the inauguration of the university’s William Penn Honors Program, she will speak at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. The event is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Calvert will present “Quakerism, John Dickinson, and the Creation of America’s Two Constitutions.†Drawing from her book, Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John Dickinson, Calvert argues that Quaker political ideas had a significant but generally unrecognized influence on the creation of the American republic.
To learn more, see the “Jane Calvert speaks at George Fox” page on the university’s website.
All of us have leadership qualities within us. What do they look like? How are they manifested in our actions? Why might this fact be both important, yet carry risk? Why is it seemingly undervalued?
These and other questions will be discussed at the School of Business’ Fall Speaker Series Event, “The Leader in All of Us; High Calling, High Risk,” featuring Dirk Barram, dean of George Fox’s business school. The presentation is scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Portland Center.
Dirk is in his 27th year at George Fox. He worked at Hewlett–Packard in Palo Alto, Calif., as a division training and development manager prior to coming to the university. Since coming to George Fox, Dirk has served in a number of administrative capacities, including vice president for Academic Affairs (1992-1998) and undergraduate chair of the Department of Business and Economics (2002-2010).
There is no fee to attend the Oct. 4 event, and coffee and tea will be provided. To R.S.V.P. or to learn more, go to this page. Please sign up by Friday, Sept. 27. More information is also available by contacting Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.
Valley Repertory Theatre’s opening play of the 2013-2014 season, In the Family Things: Stories of Newberg, opens Thursday, Sept. 19, with a special “pay-what-you-will” performance! Based on interviews with local people, this play uses drama and humor to explore how we define a Newberg family.
This production will run Sept. 19, 20 & 21, and Sept. 26, 27, & 28 at 7:30 p.m. with matinee performances Sept. 22, & 29 at 2:00 pm. Performance location is C.S. Lewis Academy Performing Arts Center, 609 Wynooski St., Newberg. Regular student tickets are only $10. Tickets and more information can be found here: www.valleyrep.org
