The Daily Bruin

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Serve Day is tomorrow! Here are a few reminders about the day:

• If you haven’t gotten an assignment, e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu
• Bring a water bottle, hat and wear sunscreen
• Meet on the quad for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and worship at 8:30 a.m.

The George Fox men’s soccer team will host Trinity Lutheran for a match at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, at the Austin Sports Complex.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox athletics website at gfubruins.com.

The university’s campuses in Portland, Salem, Boise and Redmond will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, for the Labor Day holiday. The Newberg campus will be open and will instead take a mid-semester holiday on Friday, Oct. 14.

Students: Around 230 of you have yet to either register your vehicle or register as NOT bringing a vehicle to campus. If you haven’t completed this by the Add/Drop date of Sept. 9, you WILL be issued a $25 non-refundable parking permit regardless of whether you have a car or not.

So, please register your vehicles on myGFU as soon as possible! If you didn’t bring a car to campus, you are still required to register on myGFU as “not bringing a car to campus” to avoid being assigned a parking permit.

Please contact Security Services at 503-554-2090 if you have questions after reading the Security Services webpages on the GFU website. We are more than happy to answer your parking/registration questions.

If you have yet to receive a bracelet that serves as a tangible reminder of how God seeks after us, please come by the Spil house and get one. Feel free to come by anytime, even if our office is closed; the “lost coin” bracelets will be in a jar on the porch.

Are you a graphic designer and want $50? Submit a T-shirt design that incorporates “George Fox” or “Be Known” to Andrea Heath (aheath@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Sept. 30, for a chance to earn $50.

The winning design will be printed on 400 T-shirts for prospective high school students at fall and spring Bruin Preview. The admissions office will choose the winning design by Friday, Oct. 7.

Serve Day is next Wednesday! The entire university community will unite together for our 13th annual Serve Day, participating in a variety of service opportunities in Newberg and the surrounding area.

Here’s the schedule:

7:30-8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast begins/bag your own lunch (provided by Bon Appétit)
8:20 a.m. – Kick-off celebration on the quad lawn
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes on lawn (commuters meet in front of Bauman) and depart for service site
Lunch – Eat with your group at the service site
3-4 p.m. (approximate) – Participants return to campus
4 p.m. – Church Connection Fair and Volunteer Fair begin
4:30 p.m. – Campus celebration, games, activities fair begin
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Dinner

The cost of breakfast, lunch, and dinner is covered for all George Fox students, even if you are not on a university meal plan. If you would like to invite family or friends from outside the Fox community to the evening celebration and would like to purchase dinner tickets, please fill out this form.

Serve Day is required for all undergraduate students. The university will be shut down during Serve Day, which means all daytime classes are canceled and campus offices are closed (evening classes are not canceled for Serve Day). If you live on campus, contact your RA for more information about your Serve Day assignment.

If you have any questions, please contact your RA or e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu.

Students are responsible to select their own meal plan for the fall 2011 semester and confirm the charges on MyGFU.

The deadline for making any changes is Friday, Sept. 9, at 5 pm.

Information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plan Options page.

Students who fail to confirm their meal plans, and if eligible, make any changes, will be charged for the meal plan applied to their account even if they did not use the meal plan.

Students select their meal plans on MyGFU. Log in to your account. Click on SELF SERVICE. Under GFU Resources, click on UNIVERSITY FORMS.

If you have any questions about meal plans, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or ext. 2316.

We still have some great internships to offer this year in our Career Services office. Our past interns have had exceptional experiences, growing professionally. You will learn how to plan, market and execute events along with administrative records management, budget, communication, and public relations training. These internships must be set up for credit through you academic advisor.

Go to BruinCareers for more information or contact Sidney at ext. 2330 or atcareers@georgefox.edu. We might be just what you need and vice versa.

Are you involved with a club on campus? Would you like to make other students aware of your club?

Then the Serve Day Activities Fair is just what you are looking for.

At the end of our service on Serve Day, during the all campus celebration, student clubs will have an opportunity to set up a display as a way to advertise your club. The tables will be set up on the quad near all the fun activities that will be planned.

If you would like for your club to be represented, please make plans to reserve your half of a table by contacting Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

It’s our first Movie on the Lawn of the semester! Join us for a showing of Cool Runnings on Friday, Sept. 2, between 9 and 11 p.m. in the amphitheater. Snow cones, popcorn and candy will be available.

Questions? Contact Stephanie Grosse at sgrosse10@georgefox.edu.

The nursing club will be hosting a kickoff celebration for all classes.

When: Monday, Sept. 5 
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Hoover 102

Come join us for dessert, information about upcoming events, and details on how to get involved in the nursing club! We look forward to meeting you!

– Nursing Club Officers

Info meeting Dance team/Freestyle group:
Thursday, Sept. 8 at 9 p.m. in the Bruin Den

Info meeting Cheer Team/Stunt group: Monday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. in the Bruin Den

Tryouts for both teams:
Friday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Wheeler Sports Center dance room.

For more info, contact advisor: Adina at ext. 2263 or amcconau@georgefox.edu

The Lutheran Student Fellowship is a new group on campus celebrating the Lutheran tradition. Come join us for an informational meeting. Open to both Lutherans and everyone else. See you there!

Meet us on Friday, Sept. 2 at noon in the Executive Dinning Room (just off the Bruin Den).

This is an invitation for anyone connected with the George Fox community to join our online community of Quaker (Friends) students, faculty and staff. If you are interested in learning about events, opportunities, and information connected to the Quaker community, please e-mail Jamie Johnson (jejohnson@georgefox.edu) to be added to the group.

If you have any empty two-liter plastic soda bottles, could you please drop them off in the admissions office before Tuesday, Sept. 6? They will be used for Serve Day. Thanks so much!

You are invited to meet us in the Spiritual Life House (corner of Sheridan and Meridian) for a time to connect with God and each other through Scripture and prayer every Monday through Friday from 2:40 to 2:55 p.m.

The opening reception for an art exhibit featuring the work of Craig Goodworth will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in the Minthorne Gallery.

An artist talk session is also scheduled at 4 p.m. Goodworth’s pieces will be on display through the end of September. Contact the Department of Visual Arts at ext. 2619 for more information.

The university community is invited to a free showing of the play A Suicide Note from a Cockroach this Friday, Sept. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

The play puts a comic twist on the existential dilemma of being an immigrant in the U.S. It is directed by Carlos Alexis Cruz, an adjunct professor at George Fox, and is the debut production of Portland’s Pelú Theatre. You can read more about the play here.

Questions? Contact Bryan Boyd at bboyd@georgefox.edu.