The Daily Bruin

This is the last week to sign up for “World’s Got Talent” auditions. Now through Friday, Oct. 7, sign up in the student life office to share your cultural talent with Fox and the surrounding community. All acts welcome: dancing, singing, acting, spoken word, etc. Everyone has a culture! What’s yours?

Auditions will be held Tuesday, Oct. 11. Acts do not have to be perfected in order to audition.

E-mail Anya Frolova (afrolova08@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Have you ever wanted to learn to speak Russian but never had the chance? Well now is your time. Come to an informational meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in Stevens 208 to learn more about an upcoming Russian class. The class is not credited and free.

Come and see if this student-led class is something of interest to you. Contact Pavel Timofeyev at 10ptimo2@gmail.com for more information.

We need women of all ages, ethnicities, dress and profession to be a part of a large crowd for our student film Beautiful, sponsored by Newberg’s Youth Outreach and the university’s CMCO department. It’s a short film advocating each woman’s unique God-created beauty that they get to express in their own unique way and not be defined by the media or hide from what God has given them: a natural physical and internal beauty.

We’ll be meeting in the grass field behind the Newlin Apartments at 3:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 7.

Please partner with us in this statement about what it means to be a beautiful woman of God. Come dressed in something that is uniquely you. If you participate, you can put your name down for a drawing to win an iTunes gift card!

We hope you have the time to come out and participate in this cause. Feel free to bring something to do while you wait between takes, or just come and make some new friends or hang out with old ones.

Questions? Contact Carissa Hoffman at choffman09@georgefox.edu.

Get your $5 Tyrone Wells tickets while they last in the SUB at lunch and dinner. The living area with the most funds raised for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will earn a mini-concert with Tyrone Wells and pizza party after the Thursday night show… just for that living area!

The concert will be on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. 

Raise money by buying a ticket or making a donation to the jugs in the SUB.

There is a serious national shortage of blood. George Fox has been asked to help meet this need. Please sign up to give the gift of life. Our next blood drive will be from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, in VAC 117.

Sign-ups can be done on the Red Cross website or in the Bruin Den this Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 5-6, between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Questions? Contact Timothy Fouch at tfouch05@georgefox.edu.

We welcome you to join us in chapel as Steve Sherwood, assistant professor of youth ministry, continues our series of teaching in the book of Acts. Join us in Bauman Auditorium at 10:40 a.m. this morning (Oct. 3).

On Monday (Oct. 3), Suhailh Haidary, a George Fox student and native of Afghanistan, will share about what life is like for families in Afghanistan and discuss some of the ways that Afghans are working to rebuild their country. Her presentation is the latest installment of the university’s Liberal Arts and Critical Issues (LACI) program.

Join us from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For more information, contact Caitlin Corning at ext 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu.

We are looking for people to represent a country flag in the Oct. 24 chapel to open Cultural Celebration Week. Whether you are native, lived in that country, or have a strong connection, we invite you to be a part of a biannual chapel performance.

If you are interested, contact Dianna McIntyre (ext. 2649) or Shelley Yonemura (ext. 2318) no later than Friday, Oct. 7. You will also need to be available for these dates:

• Sunday, Oct. 23, 1-2:30 p.m.: You need to be here for the entire practice. We need to coordinate a large group of flag walkers and dancers. You’ll be learning a very easy walk routine.
• Monday, Oct. 24, 10:15 -11:30 a.m.: We’ll need you to come to chapel early to line up and receive your flag. Performance will be at the beginning of chapel, around 10:40 a.m.

It’s really important that can attend both events on the times stated. Please make sure you can do this before making a commitment!

For questions or accommodations, please contact Dianna or Shelley.

2011 Fall Webinar Series:
Preparing for employment with leading experts in the field of career development

Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. in Career Services

Oct. 5  Topic: Career Choice
Now What? Learn how to choose the right career!
Presenter: Nicholas Lore, author of Now What?

Oct. 12 – Social Media
Oct. 19 – Brand
Oct. 26 – Career Plan
Nov. 2 – Leadership
Nov. 9 – Interviewing
Nov. 16 – Job Search
Nov. 30 – Job Strategy
Dec. 7 – Social Media/LinkedIn

RSVP: https://www.myinterfase.com/georgefox/event_view.aspx?token=tW8RLhweEtjgVTczdypjsw%3d%3d

Are you interested in a weeklong time of building, bonding and blessing? Then apply for a serve trip today! There are three incredible trips and locations to choose from.

Student and leader applications are now available in the Bruin Den and are due Friday, Oct. 21.

Questions? Contact Christa Branham at cbranham08@georgefox.edu.

Chapel Credit Exemption forms are due today, Friday, Sept. 30, by 5 p.m. Turn in the forms at the Spiritual Life Office on the corner of Meridian and Sheridan.

For those interested in scheduling a flu shot at the Health Center, please do so by contacting the center at ext. 2340. As a reminder, the clinic will offer the shots on the following days:

• Thursday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

The fee is $15. If you have Regence Blue Cross of Oregon insurance or the GFU Aetna insurance, it is free (you must bring your Regence insurance card with you).

Homecoming 2011 will take place from Oct. 2 to Oct. 8.

• Sunday: Super Brawl Sundae from 7 to 8 p.m. Bruin Brawl, ice-cream sundaes, announcement of homecoming court: Located in the SUB
• Tuesday: Sky High, from 8 to 10 p.m. Bring $5 and your student ID
• Thursday: Tyrone Wells Cystic Fibrosis Foundation benefit concert from  7:30 to 9 p.m.  in Bauman
• Saturday: Crowning of the Homecoming Court!

Interested in learning Mandarin Chinese and/or Japanese? Faculty and students are welcome to learn the basics of each language, including commonly used words, numbers, the different dialectic tones, and pronunciation, through a program run by students from China and Japan.

The hope for the program is that each student/faculty member will gain a basic understanding of the language as well as the culture.

• Mandarin Chinese will start Oct. 5 and continue every other Wednesday.
• Japanese will start Oct. 12 and continue every other Wednesday.

Both programs will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. in the International Center/Cultural House. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Questions? Contact Lishan Zeng at lzeng09@georgefox.edu.

Sign and submit your September time sheet to your supervisor!

Don’t forget to turn in your September time sheets to your supervisor at the end of your last shift of the month. The last day of the month is Friday, Sept. 30. Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it. Payday is on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Please Note: If you had direct deposit last year, it is still in effect. To make changes, just submit a new form. If you haven’t yet signed up for direct deposit, but would like to, there is still time to do that. Just get your form in by Oct. 5.

Thank you!
– Human Resources

For our Intro to Marketing class this semester, we have selected a GFU department on campus to analyze its current marketing strategies and brainstorm ways to improve them. We have developed a market research survey to determine the wants/needs of our target market and how the current events and services offered by Career Services are catering to those needs.

We are hoping to receive feedback from an array of undergrad, grad, and ADP students.

If you wouldn’t mind filling out our survey on Survey Monkey, it should only take you about five minutes and will be simple questions about your interactions with Career Services, what services you have used, and what services you’d like to see implemented on campus.

We would really appreciate the feedback and your help on this class project!

surveymonkey.com/s/D2HXNKD

Thanks!

Contact Lauren if you have questions: lwoodruff08@georgefox.edu

The Health Center is offering flu shots on the following days:

• Thursday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

The fee is $15. If you have Regence Blue Cross of Oregon insurance or the GFU Aetna insurance, it is free.*

Questions? Contact Dana Ferrin at dferrin@georgefox.edu.

*You must bring your Regence insurance card with you

Kick off homecoming early on Thursday, Oct. 6, with a night of great music by Tyrone Wells (tyronewells.com) and help raise money for cystic fibrosis research. Wells is the brother-in-law of Kelly Chang (Psychology) and cousin of Meredith Dougherty (Student Life).

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show in Bauman Auditorium are $10 at the door or can be purchased at georgefox.edu/tyronewells. All proceeds go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on behalf of Team Win With Quinn, which supports Meredith and Ryan Dougherty’s son, diagnosed with CF in 2006.

Questions? Contact Meredith Dougherty at mdougher@georgefox.edu.

Foxfiles will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (PDT) on Monday, Oct. 3, for system maintenance.

Don’t miss out on a morning of live music from Anna Gilbert. Anna will be performing her heartfelt music in concert for our Wednesday morning (Sept. 28) chapel gathering beginning at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. See you there!