Come hear about and discuss issues of injustice in our world and ways to fight these injustices! IJM meets tonight from 8:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 10 in the Cultural House. IJM club focuses on advocacy and awareness about sex-trafficking.
And bring a mug — there will be tea and hot chocolate!
For more information, please contact Hope Kenyon at ekenyon11@georgefox.edu.
Love books? Have a post-Halloween wish to dress up as your favorite literary character?
Join us at Sigma Tau Delta’s first-ever Book Ball for a night of literary food, games, costumes, and prizes in the Brewin’ Grounds (formerly the Foxhole). Test your knowledge in literary Jeopardy, eat licorice wands, and enter in our “May the odds be ever in your favor” raffle!
This event will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9.
For more information, please contact Renata Sweeney at rsweeney09@georgefox.edu.
Have you started to think about winter break? How about a week of adventure and serving others? This year there are three Winter Serve opportunities: Portland, Seattle and Twin Rocks.
Winter serve applications now available online. Go to the ASC web page and look under “Get Involved.”
Applying is easy: Download the application. Fill it out. Save it as “YourName.docx” and e-mail it to Kaylena Charpertier at kcharpentier10@georgefox.edu. Then click the “Reference Form” link and send that link to one professor and one student to fill out on your behalf. Applications are due by Friday, Oct. 19!
Still have a question? Feel free to e-mail Kaylena or Kyle Webster (kwebster12@georgefox.edu) for more information.
Through a digitization project of the George Fox University/Northwest Yearly Meeting archives, The Crescent, George Fox University’s student newspaper, is now available online from 1891 to 1931. Papers can be accessed at this link.
Digitization efforts are ongoing and will result in additional issues being made available online. For further information, contact Zoie Clark, archivist, at ext. 2415, or Rob Bohall, reference librarian, at ext. 2416. The GFU/NWYM Archives is located in the Murdock Learning Resource Center.
Josh White, pastor of Door Of Hope Church in Southeast Portland, is speaking in chapel in Bauman Auditorium this morning (Wednesday) at 10:40 a.m., with music from his band, The Followers. See you there!
Just a reminder to come by the Spiritual Life House anytime today through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to check out our porch sale! All proceeds go to support Summer Serve 2013!
Questions? Contact Kendra Phillips at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Are you interested in going on a Summer Serve trip? Come to the information night to find out more about upcoming trips! The meeting will be held in Hoover 105 at 9 p.m. tonight (Wednesday).
Be sure to stop by; there are so many amazing opportunities planned! Questions? Write spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Tilikum Center for Retreats & Outdoor Ministries, a ministry of Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, is hosting its annual Potlatch celebration on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in the university’s Klages Dining Room. The public is welcome; please register by Monday, Oct. 15.
The event celebrates past donors and program supporters and presents the camp’s new campaign, “Lasting Impressions, Phase 1”. To R.S.V.P., call 503-538-2763, ext. 107, or e-mail registrar@camptilikum.org.
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m. – Women’s soccer vs. Pacific (Austin Sports Complex)
Friday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Pacific (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. – Cross country in George Fox Invitational (Fernhill Park, Portland, Ore.)
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Willamette (Austin Sports Complex)
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Linfield (Austin Sports Complex)
For more information, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit gfubruins.com.
Take a quick look at what’s coming up in Career Services! Contact us at ext. 2330 or at careers@georgefox.edu, or stop by Career Services on the first floor of the Stevens Center (and in the Bruin Den on Fridays) if you have questions. Please join us! Upcoming events include:
If you are considering changing your major and would like some assistance with that, please come to Career Services on Stevens First Floor, call x. 2330 or email us at www.careers.georgefox.edu.  We are equipped to help you sort this out so you can learn the best major fit for you as you go forward.
Come by the Spiritual Life House anytime today through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to check out our porch sale! All proceeds go to support Summer Serve 2013!
Questions? Contact Kendra Phillips at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Jim Triggs, executive director of the Heritage Program of the Saint John’s Bible Project at Saint John’s University in Minnesota, will share with us the latest in this 15-year undertaking. Jim will bring copies of the latest edition for display and discussion, featuring the latest developments in the leading illustrated and hand-calligraphied Bible project in the world today.
Come join us for this “Intellectual Feast,” hosted by the Department of Religious Studies. We will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Hoover 103. All are welcome!
Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.
Tonight (Tuesday), starting at 8:30 p.m., there will be an opportunity to learn about the social work major and how it can help you attain your career goals. Â You will be able to meet current majors and hear about their internships. Join us in Lemmons 5.
For more information, please contact Claudia Hirsch at chirsch@georgefox.edu.
If you are thinking of applying to be an RA, peer advisor, student chaplain, spiritual life assistant, run for ASC office next year or any other student leadership position on campus, they you should take LEAD 360.
This course will help prepare you for any student leadership position you wish to hold. It will also make your application look a lot stronger. The course is designed to give you the basic skills you will need in any student leadership position.
If you have questions do not hesitate to contact Joel Pérez at jperez@georgefox.edu.
This week the George Fox team for “Race to 2025” is in its last stages of preparation for the adventure race (taking place over fall break). On Friday morning, our team of four students will be leaving for Montana to compete with other college teams in an outdoor adventure race with eternal impact.
Before we leave we need your help! As part of “Race to 2025” our team has committed to raising more than $2,000 in donations. This will go directly to funding an active Bible translation project in Cameroon.
Look for us this coming week, selling donuts in the Bruin Den or doing a dollar drive across campus.
If you have a heart for global missions and you want to be a part of bringing God’s Word to unreached people groups, join us in raising money for “Race to 2025.”
To learn more about getting on a “Race to 2025” team during spring semester, or to find out more about the race, check out the website here or contact Mary Owen at mowen10@georgefox.edu.
Abide is hosting a women’s discussion panel starting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, featuring Jere Witherspoon, Shelley Yonemura and Missy Terry.
Come and have your voices heard by asking questions on issues about sexuality, body image, relationships, etc.
For more information, please contact Trisha Elizarde at telizarde10@georgefox.edu.
Looking for a place to be REAL about who you are and what you hope to be?
Abide is providing focused small groups for women with a mentor. These groups aim to generate safe environments to openly discuss issues around relationships, sexuality, body image, self-image, depression, etc. The goal for these groups is to move toward healing in Christ as we receive support and prayer from each other.
Pick up an application at the student life office! Turn them in by Thursday, Oct. 11, to the student life office!
For more information, please contact Trisha Elizarde at telizarde10@georgefox.edu
Would you like an opportunity to see the theatre department’s production of The Servant of Two Masters for free? If you volunteer to usher for one of the shows, you will get to see it free of charge. Below are the dates and times that ushers are needed.
Please contact Jenn Lippert at jlippert09@georgefox.edu if you would like to take advantage of this opportunity.
There will be no outgoing U.S. Mail today (Monday) due to the Columbus Day holiday. Most of the other carriers such as UPS and FedEx will be operating as normal. Campus mail will also be sorted throughout the day.
The courier run to Portland and Salem campuses will continue as scheduled on Monday.
Questions? Contact Mail Services ext. 2555.
