The Daily Bruin

If you are a student living on campus at George Fox, we want to hear your thoughts on a variety of factors regarding campus housing and dining services. Please take 10 to 15 minutes to complete this survey about your experiences.

The survey will be available for you to complete until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23.

The information collected from this will be used to:
1) Better understand student opinions and perceptions of university housing
2) Assess and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of student housing
3) Prioritize the use of resources to improving housing and housing selection
4) Prioritize and understand needs for strategic and long-term planning

If you have questions, please contact housing@georgefox.edu. Thank you for participating in this survey.

We will soon be conducting a test of FoxAlert, the Newberg campus emergency notification system.

In the unlikely event of an emergency, you would be potentially notified through three different methods:

• Cell phone
• E-mail
• Text message

However, for either of these methods to work you must enter your personal contact information in your MyGFU account.

Here’s how you do it:

• Login to your MyGFU account
• Click on SELF SERVICE
• Click on CAMPUS PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Click on PHONE NUMBERS
• On the PHONE TYPE pick list, choose the phone type you are registering
• Type in your contact information
• Click SAVE
• If you need to add a number, first click on ADD A PHONE NUMBER
• Make sure you click SAVE after each change

When contacted by phone, the number you will see is: “503-554-2007.”

Your safety is very important to us. Thank you for your participation!

If you have questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) or Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu).

Thanks for your attention to this matter, and please enter the requested information into MyGFU today!

A national juried art exhibition, “Expressions of Faith,” opens in the university’s Minthorne Gallery with a reception and artist talk on Thursday, Nov. 10.

The exhibit will feature pieces by artists including Susan Black, David Blow, Martha Chetelain, Kerri Jones, Angela D. Lee and others. It opens with a talk at 4:10 p.m. in Hoover 105 and a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the gallery.  The show runs through Dec. 8.

To learn more, contact Cheri Hampton at ext. 2619 or champton@georgefox.edu.

We still have openings to fill for Professional Preview Day on Wednesday, Nov. 16, so we are extending the student registration deadline until noon Wednesday, Nov. 9. We have a great group of alumni professionals eager to spend time with you to help you “power up your potential.”

There have been some professionals recently added, so go to careers.georgefox.edu review the possibilities and sign up right away. This event has proven to be a very beneficial and fun event for students, so don’t hesitate to join us.

Need to send out a student survey? The following guidelines have been established for the distribution of student surveys. Faculty members are encouraged to help facilitate this process.

Please follow these guidelines when submitting student surveys for mass distribution. Send your surveys to Jere Witherspoon in the student life office. Your approved survey request should include all of the following:

• Your name and e-mail address (may include the list of names from those in your group)
• Course name and professor
• Approval for distribution granted by: _______________________ (list department)
• Short, catchy blurb about the survey no more than 35 words in length
• A tested, workable link to the survey

An e-mail with all submitted surveys will be sent to all students once a week (on Wednesdays). An identical e-nnouncement will be submitted at the same time to student e-nnouncements. The following disclaimer will be attached to the e-mail and the e-nnouncement:

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.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon if you have any questions about this process.

The lost and found tables will be set up on Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Bruin Den. Please stop by to see if your lost item is there. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes after the tables are finished.

Come to the Bruin Preview Concert in the Foxhole this Thursday, Nov. 10, from 7-10 p.m. Hear great music from artists Emily Otteson and John Brazell, and meet prospective students! See you there!

All who are interested in playing on the flag football team against Warner Pacific College on Saturday, Nov. 19, please read carefully:

If interested, please come to the track field on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. as well as Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for team practices. No prior experience is need to come out for the team. I hope to see everyone soon.

Contact Joe Djanga with questions at jdjanga09@georgefox.edu.

Join us in welcoming Laurel Bunker, campus pastor at Bethel University, as she shares in chapel this morning (Monday). See you in Bauman Auditorium at 10:40 a.m.

Tonight (Monday) Kristina Kays (Psychology) and Michael MacLeod (Political Science) will offer strategies from their fields about promoting real change in regards to countering compassion fatigue and consumer apathy as we interact with the majority world.

Join us from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation, entitled “So You Want to Change the World,” is the latest installment of the university’s Liberal Arts and Critical Issues program.

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

Jill Schmidt, a recruiter for the Christian service programs of Mennonite Mission Network will be on campus in the Student Union Building  on Monday, November 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m.

Mennonite Mission Network is the mission agency of Mennonite Church USA and the programs are Mennonite Voluntary Service, Radical Journey, Service Adventure, DOOR, SOOP and Youth Venture. You can find out more information from their website.

Stop by to visit Jill or email her with questions  at jills@mennonitemission.net

Mail Services is an unofficial drop site for all Oregon ballots. Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County Elections Office for us to offer this service. We accept any Oregon ballot (any county), and there is no postage necessary.

The deadline for this drop-off site is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.

Thanks!
– University Mail Services

Professional Preview Day – Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Professional Preview Day matches you with an alumni professional in your field.  These alumni were once in the place you are today and now they are successful in the professional world. Empower your career plans by connecting with alumni professionals in occupations of interest to you.

The deadline for Professional Preview Day registration is this Monday, November 7.
Sign up through www.careers.georgefox.edu to secure your spot.  If you have questions, contact the Career Office at x. 2330 or email careers@georgefox.edu.

Students-Security Services is currently hiring for 3 student officer positions!. We will be taking applications until November 18, and interviews will begin shortly thereafter. Job training will begin as soon as spring semester starts. Applicants must be freshmen or sophomores as a 2 year commitment is required due to extensive training and certification costs.

Please see the job listing in Bruin Careers to read about the qualifications required and how to apply.

Becoming a Teacher? Please contact Beth Molzahn in Graduate Admissions to learn your next step toward an Initial Teaching License via the Master of Arts in Teaching program, either full time or part time, right here at George Fox!

Email: bmolzahn@georgefox.edu or phone: 503.554.2264.

Friday, Nov. 4, noon – Women’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran, Austin Sports Complex
Friday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Puget Sound, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the sports web site at gfubruins.com.

The university community is invited to two concerts on campus Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5.

‘An Evening of Jazz’ Concert
On Friday, jazz trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling will perform with the university’s Jazz Ensemble and a faculty trio at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. All employees and students are entitled to one complimentary ticket, which covers admission for up to four people. Tickets are available for pick-up at the Information Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center.

Family Weekend Concert
On Saturday, the university’s Family Weekend fall concert is scheduled at 4 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free. The event will feature performances by the university’s Women’s Chorale, String Ensemble, Men’s Ensemble, Concert Choir and Symphonic Band.

For more information about either concert, contact Debbie Hawblitzel in the Department of Performing Arts at ext. 2620.

Don’t forget to drop by the George Fox Auxiliary’s annual holiday bazaar Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5. The event will feature more than 30 artisans selling jewelry, art, crafts, plants and food.

The main bazaar will be in the Ron Gregory Atrium between Wood-Mar Hall and the Edwards-Holman Science Center on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Additional vendors will be in the Hoover Academic Building atrium during the same times. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Danya Ochsner at 503-537-8369 or Janet Lyda at 503-538-3032.

Most of us don’t worry too much about a writing mistake or two. It’s what we have to say that really matters, right?

Well, yes – and no.

The bad news is that too many editing errors can keep our readers from taking us – and our ideas – seriously. The good news is that most of our errors are relatively easy to fix, once we figure out which ones we’re prone to make.

In this Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop, Bill Jolliff, professor of English, will identify the 10 errors that professors are most likely to mark on student work, and he’ll demonstrate how to fix them.

Join us today (Friday) at 10:40 a.m. in EHS 125.

Students who want to sharpen their writing and editing skills and who have room to add one or two credits to their spring schedule should consider WRIT 103, Individualized English Skills.

The course allows students to work individually on specific grammar, punctuation, and writing skills they need to improve. Students will meet with a peer tutor at a time that fits their schedule. The course may be taken concurrently with other writing classes or stand-alone but does not meet general education writing requirements.