The Daily Bruin

Recently, the U.S. Department of Education implemented new race and ethnicity categories that require responses to two questions rather than one. This allows for better reporting given the changing makeup of our nation’s population. You might recognize these questions from the 2010 U. S. Census form.

We would appreciate it if students responded to the new questions to enable us to better comply with the new reporting requirements (on IPEDS and other reports).

To do so:

1. Login to MyGFU.

2. Navigate to Self Service > Campus Personal Information > Ethnicity.

3. If you indicated racial/ethnic information to George Fox in the past, it will be shown. Respond to the questions, and check the “The information is correct as entered” box.

4. Click Submit.

Again, reporting your race and ethnicity is voluntary, but it is very helpful to us as we assess our programs and serve our diverse world.

For more information, visit this link.

Career Services is offering transportation for up to 10 students interested in attending the Nonprofit Career Fair at Portland State University on Wednesday, Nov. 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. View the list of registered organizations at this link. In addition to the fair, there will be two employer panels – on “Careers in Sustainability” and “Moving up in the Nonprofit World: From Volunteer to Staff and Beyond.”

Sign up for transportation via BruinCareers. Questions? Contact Angela Doty at ext. 2331 or adoty@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Bookstore Textbook Annex is in the process of returning all overstock textbooks to publishers in anticipation of the Nov. 1 transition. All online textbook ordering has been disabled for all programs. The textbook annex will be closed during this process.

Thank you for your patience. We look forward to continuing to serve you under the management of Validis Resources after Nov. 1.

If you are dealing with cancer of a loved one this is the place for you. We will be meeting this Friday Oct. 29 from 10:40-11:30 in Hoover 206. It can be extremely hard and stressful being here at school with someone in your family back home dealing with cancer. This will hopefully be a time for students who are going through this to support each other and receive prayer. If you can make it we would love to see you there or if you have questions email johnsona09@georgefox.edu.

Need to apply or renew a passport? Apply on campus this week.

Date: Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 27-28
Times: Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to noon
Location: Cap and Gown A

See Mail Services’ passport page for more information on costs and requirements.

The university will host jazz saxophonist Allan Chase, who has performed with some of the nation’s top jazz musicians, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, in Bauman Auditorium. The concert is being hosted in conjunction with Family Weekend.

All employees and students are entitled to one individual complimentary ticket, available for pick-up in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets cost $10 (good for a family of four), and can be purchased by calling the University Box Office at ext. 3844, online at familyweekend.georgefox.edu, or in the lobby the night of the concert.

Chase will be the featured artist at the fall jazz concert, performing with the university’s Jazz Ensemble and a faculty trio. He is chair of the ear training department at Berklee College of Music in Boston and leads the Allan Chase Trio and the Allan Chase Quartet. Chase has been a soloist on 35 jazz recordings and performed with artists that include Rashied Ali, Joe Morris, Gunther Schuller and John McNeil.

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

Tickets are now 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.

Show dates are 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.

Share your culture by having a booth at the Cultural Fair on Tuesday, Nov. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Bruin Den. At your booth you may choose to share your culture through music, dance, videos, pictures, crafts, games, and, of course, the all-time favorite: food. So come join the fun!

If you are interested in hosting a booth at the Cultural Fair, please e-mail or call Dianna McIntyre (ext. 2649) or Alex Pia (ext. 2643) by Nov. 3. We can reimburse you up to $50 for expenses if you give us your receipts.

A Christian Ministry in the National Parks organization will have an information table in the Student Union Building again this year on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Interested? See their website at acmnp.com

The new “Forever” stamp is now available at Mail Services. It will always be worth the price of a one-ounce first class letter stamp – no matter what increases occur.

Drop by and pick up a booklet for Christmas cards. Each $8.80 booklet of 20 stamps contains views of the foliage and cones of four different conifers: ponderosa pine, eastern red cedar, balsam fir, and blue spruce. These and other Christmas stamps are now available.

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 county ballot, and there is no postage necessary.

The deadline for this drop-off site is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.

Thanks,
University Mail Services

Halloween is just around the corner! Come and join us on Halloween for a game of Screamin’ Sardines that will be played in the quad and surrounding academic buildings. After the game, we will all gather in the Cap and Gown Room for the movie Clue. Treats will be provided!

Meet in the Cap and Gown Room at 7 p.m. for rules of the game, and the movie will start around 8 p.m. Dress up to compete in the costume contest!

Come learn what kids are doing on the Internet and how predators lure children on the Internet by a attending a free seminar presented by the Newberg Police Department and the Newberg Kiwanis Club on Tuesday, Oct. 26, in the Hoover Academic Building from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Come wish Candy Schlott farewell at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, in the Cap and Gown Room. Candy has been the textbook coordinator for nearly 10 years and her last day of work will be Friday, Oct. 29.

Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) and Melissa Pucci (admissions rep from Yale Divinity School) will speak on graduate studies for every aspiring leader (Paul) and how YDS (Melissa) would serve the student in his or her preparation for service.

All are welcome to this “intellectual feast.” Join us Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 250. Refreshments will be provided.

The Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture series continues Monday, Oct. 25, with a panel of Christians sharing personal experiences about being neighbors to Muslims, both in America and abroad. Examples of what it means to be neighbors will be followed by descriptions of challenges and rewards as people know and learn from each other.

Sessions are scheduled from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. or from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Contact Caitlin Corning or Elizabeth Todd for more information.

Please follow these guidelines when submitting student surveys for mass distribution.

Send your surveys to Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu

Your approved survey request should include all of the following:

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

An email 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 email 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.

Calling all fashion designers and stylists! Come to the meeting on November 5th at 4:15 in Lemmons 2 to discuss details about this spring’s fashion show.

Questions? Email Shannon Donohue at sdonohue09@georgefox.edu

A representative from Yale Divinity School, Melissa Pucci, will visit George Fox on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Please come by the Bruin Den between 3 and 4 p.m. to learn more about the divinity school’s graduate and professional degree programs and study options.

For more information, visit yale.edu/divinity or e-mail Pucci (melissa.pucci@yale.edu) or Paul Anderson (panderso@georgefox.edu).

The Bruin Bookstore is hosting one of its largest sales ever in the Cap and Gown Room Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22-23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This is the perfect opportunity for you to select gift items for Christmas and other special events. The discounts will never be bigger … please join us!