Students, Mail Services needs your help! Please, make sure your name and box number are clearly written on all your class papers. Many faculty return class papers though the campus mailbox syatem. Â If personnel at Mail Services cannot read your name and box number, the class paper will not be delivered to you.
Submitted by Linda Sartwell (lsartwell@georgefox.edu)
A student-led group invites you to participate in wear-a-hijab day Thursday, Nov. 4, as a way to show support for Muslim women in America. Help challenge the negative stereotypes attributed to Islam and felt by Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab. The event is being hosted by the Islam and the West student research group.
Headscarves donated by the university’s Muslim Student Association can be picked up in the Bruin Den between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. A talkback session is scheduled in Hoover 103 at 6 p.m. that night. Hope to see you there!
The Center for Peace and Justice/Center for Global Studies invites all George Fox undergraduates to submit up to three poems in the spirit of William Stafford.
Three students will be selected to win $50 and guaranteed placement in a poetry anthology honoring Stafford. The submission deadline is Dec. 8.
E-mail submissions to: william.stafford.poetry@gmail.com. Questions? Contact peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu.
Career Services’ annual BYOS/BYOP open house is this Saturday during Family Weekend. Students, this is a great opportunity to explore the resources that Career Services has to offer. Be sure to bring your parents, too!
The event will include refreshments, games, our new Career Services video, a career chat with Bonnie Jerke, director of Career Services, and demos of all of our software programs and resources. Join us from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6. Come for the whole event and enter to win prizes just for showing up!
If you have any questions or would like to find out more about Career Services, please contact us via e-mail (careers@georgefox.edu), phone (ext. 2330), our website (careers.georgefox.edu), or by dropping by our office on the first floor of the Stevens Center.
We look forward to seeing you!
If you would like help registering or selecting a professional for Professional Preview Day, a Career Services representative will be available in the Bruin Den on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 3-4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help you. You can also stop by the Office of Career Services on the first floor of Stevens for assistance during normal business hours. All are welcome!
If you would like to speak with a Professional Preview Day intern personally, you can set up a time with Jenny (jbruinier07@georgefox.edu) or Aimee (smitha06@georgefox.edu), stop by the table in the Bruin Den, or drop in to Career Services during our office hours (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 12:30-3:30 p.m. and Wednesday 12:30-2:30 p.m. and 3:30-5 p.m.).
Reminder: The deadline for Professional Preview Day registration is this Friday, Nov. 5. Sign up through BruinCareers to secure your spot.
They were once in your shoes, now take a step in theirs. 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. Come take a look at where you can be after graduation!
Faculty, please encourage your students to sign up.
Do you know of a deserving senior who demonstrates outstanding service as a servant leader on campus or in the community? You can honor that person and the activity of voluntary service by nominating him or her for the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award.
Visit this link for the nomination form. Nominations are due Friday, Nov. 5.
Tickets are still available for the university’s fall theatre production, Euripides’ Ion. The show is a world premiere of Paul D. Streufert’s translation of the Greek tragedy.
The show runs this Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 4-6, and the following Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 11-14, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. each night with the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 14 show, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.
All George Fox University employees receive one complimentary ticket. Students will be admitted free on both Thursdays. Your complimentary ticket is only available at the Box Office in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or read a synopsis of the play, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.
If you are enrolled in this spring’s fashion show production class, then come to this week’s meeting to discuss all of the details. Hope to see you there.
Thursday November 4th at 4:15 in Lemmons 2
Questions? Email Shannon Donohue at sdonohue09@georgefox.edu
The university’s Center for Global Studies and Center for Peace and Justice are hosting a panel Tuesday, Nov. 2, related to the panelists’ participation at the Lausanne Movement’s Third Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa, in October. Chapel credit is available for those students who attend.
Panel members include President Robin Baker, Sarita Gallagher (Religious Studies) and the university’s missional-practitioner-in-residence, David Chronic.
Join us at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. A reception will follow.
For more information on the Lausanne Movement, visit lausanne.org. For more information on this event, please contact Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu.
Two Big BlueZone events this week.
Opening Night of the play ION by Euripides
Thursday, November 4, 2010
7:30pm
Students get a FREE ticket to the play for opening night.
Pick up your ticket in the Bruin Bookstore.
Volleyball game vs local rival Linfield
Saturday, November 6, 2010
7:00pm
Students are encouraged to wear BlueZone shirts to each of these events to show support and Bruin Unity
Questions? Email Valerie Rogers at vrogers@georgefox.edu
The English Department invites you to a reading by poet, novelist, and essayist Paul Willis at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in Hoover 105.
Paul has served on the faculty at Westmont College for over 20 years. Â During that time he has demonstrated a creative output nothing short of remarkable: his work ranges from fantasy novels on the lists of major New York publishers, to poetry volumes offered by literary and university presses. Â His poems and essays have also appeared in the most distinguished annual anthologies, including Best Spiritual Writing and Best American Poetry.
There is no charge to attend. Questions? Please contact Bill Jolliff at wjoliff@georgefox.edu.
Solid Rock Outdoor Ministires will be hosting an information table in the SUB to connect with students about their internship programs. Stop by November 2nd and 3rd from 11:00am-2:00pm.
Please check out their website at www.srom.org for further detail!
Questions? Email Sydney at stafflinger@georgefox.edu
Have you checked your mid-term grade report? Depending upon what you find you need to consider taking some action.
Mid-Term grade entry is not comprehensive: YOU NEED TO CHECK IN WITH EACH OF YOUR PROFESSORS TO BE CERTAIN YOU ARE IN PASSING YOUR CLASSES.
Please note: The deadline to withdraw from classes is this Friday, November 5, 2010.
To check your mid-term grades in MYGFU –
Now you need to determine what to do next:
Consider whether to withdraw from one or more courses if it looks likely that you’ll get an F (or maybe even a D).
Consider whether you are in the right pathway in terms of a major or career. You might want to enroll in GEED 214: Claim Your Career Calling, a 1-hour online course:
(see http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/career_services/inactive_pages/careercourses.html) for more information) or meet with someone in the Career
If you need further assistance, please contact the Student Life Office immediately!!
503-554-2310
3rd Floor Stevens Center
Or contact Jere Witherspoon – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu
This is a reminder that the Bruin Bookstore and textbook annex will be closed all day this Wednesday, Nov. 3, for a transitional inventory. The Box Office will continue to do ticket sales right outside the bookstore between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The George Fox University Auxiliary will host its annual holiday bazaar and silent auction Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-6, on campus. The bazaar will feature 20 artisans selling jewelry, art, crafts, plants and food. A silent auction is also planned.
The event is scheduled in the Ron Gregory Atrium in Wood-Mar Hall on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Questions? Contact Janet Lyda at 503-538-3032 or Danya Ochsner at 503-537-8369.
ome hang out with Experiential Ministries and get some climbing in too! This is a time for anybody to come climb on the wall, spend time with friends, and get to know some new people. Whether you’ve climbed your whole life or never before, you’re welcome to come. There will be both top-rope climbs and traverses. Every other Monday from 6-8 starting November 1 at the Miller Gymnasium Climbing Wall.
Questions? Contact Paige Copenhaver at pcopenhaver09@georgefox.edu
Come audition for the winter show, Doubt, and Ten! Ten! Ten!, the university’s 10-minute play festival, on Saturday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sign up for a time slot on the audition board on the first floor of Ross. Bring a fully memorized 90-second contemporary monologue.
Just a reminder of the Halloween Event happening this Sunday starting at 7 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room!
Come enjoy the Halloween festivities by playing Screamin’ Sardines and watching the movie Clue! Delicious treats are provided.
Hope to see you there!
The Health & Counseling Center has FREE Gardasil vaccine available for women between the ages of 18 and 26. This vaccine was released in 2006 to prevent cervical cancer. Gardasil usually costs $145 per dose and is given as three doses over six months.
If you have questions or would like to schedule an appointment for the vaccine, please call the HCC at 503-554-2340.
