The Daily Bruin

EXTENSION FOR WINTER SERVE APPLICATIONS!  More applications will be available this afternoon. Please contact me if you are interested in leading a trip!
THANKS!

Shawnte Stoecker

sstoecker07@georgefox.edu

The Portland Youth Philharmonic, led by conductor and music director David Hattner, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in Bauman Auditorium.

The concert program includes Ives’ Variations on America; Bernstein’s Serenade, featuring violin soloist Jun Iwasaki; and Hanson’s Fanfare and Third Symphony. Iwasaki is the concertmaster with the Oregon Symphony who has worked with the Portland Youth Philharmonic for a number of years.

The event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required. For more information, call 503-223-5939.

The presentation is a free preview of PYP’s fall concert to be held in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6.

The university community is invited to George Fox’s Family Weekend Concert, scheduled at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 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.

Saturday, Oct. 30, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Puget Sound, Austin Sports Complex
Sunday, Oct. 31, noon – Women’s soccer vs. Lewis & Clark, Austin Sports Complex
Sunday, Oct. 31, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran, Austin Sports Complex

The men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete in the Northwest Conference Championships Saturday, Oct. 30, at Ft. Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Wash., the men running an 8K at 10 a.m. and the women a 6K at 11 a.m.

The 2010-11 basketball schedule cards are in and have been distributed to students and staff. For additional cards, and for more information about all George Fox athletics, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the Bruin sports website at gfubruins.com.

Considering Seminary or Graduate Theological Studies?
Come to a Claremont School of Theology info session on Thursday, October 28th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Bruin’s Den.
with CST Admission Representative, Jenn McGowan

Jennifer Hollis, an admissions rep from Harvard Divinity School, will host an information session from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27. She is seeking to recruit George Fox students (graduate and undergraduate) who wish to further their education in preparation for service and leadership. All are welcome.

The information session is scheduled at the Hotel Monaco in Portland, 506 S.W. Washington St. at Fifth Avenue. Write admissions@hds.harvard.edu or visit the Harvard Divinity School site for more information.

The International Justice Mission chapter at GFU deals in large part with the issue of sex-trafficking on both a global and local scale, and what steps we can do to combat it. We are currently planning for upcoming George Fox events in November and January. Come see how you can participate as well!

Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 8:50 p.m. in the Le Shana Lobby

Questions? Contact Amy McDonald amcdonald07@georgefox.edu

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.