The Daily Bruin

Family Weekend is here! Our campus will be full this weekend with families and friends. Check out our web site, familyweekend.georgefox.edu, to see the schedule of events.

Reminder to students on the meal plan: Saturday’s breakfast and lunch will be served in the Cap and Gown rooms. Klages Dining Hall is reserved for families and their students who pre-registered for the event’s luncheon.

Registrations for the luncheon are sold out.

For more information contact Amy Lorenz – alorenz@georgefox.edu

All George Fox students, staff and faculty are encouraged to wear BlueZone shirts on the opening night of the fall play, The Diviners, Thursday, Nov. 5. This is a great way to show unity.

Shirts are available in the Bruin Bookstore for $5 (employees) and $4 (students). There will also be shirts available for purchase before the play, scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Aaron Strumpel returns to GFU to perform for YOU for FREE!

http://www.aaronstrumpel.com/HTML/home.html

Thursday, November 5
9 pm
As part of Shalom
Cap and Gown room – Student Union Building

For more information contact Andrew Watson – awatson06@georgefox.edu

Sponsored by ASC Chaplains Committee

The George Fox University Auxiliary will host its annual holiday bazaar and silent auction on campus this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7.

The bazaar will feature more than 20 artisans selling jewelry, art, crafts, plants and food. A silent auction is also planned, featuring donated items from local businesses.

The main bazaar will be held in the Ron Gregory Atrium on Friday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The silent auction will be held in the Hoover Atrium during the same times, closing at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Admission is free. For more information, contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121.

The university will host a free concert performed by the Portland Youth Philharmonic at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, in Bauman Auditorium.

Led by conductor and music director David Hattner, the concert is a preview of the orchestra’s fall concert to be held in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Nov. 14. The program will feature Kai Talim, the winner of PYP’s Piano Concerto Competition. Selections will include Verdi ballet music from Otello, Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 (featuring Talim), Debussy’s Fanfare from Le Roi Lear, Bloch’s Two Interludes from Macbeth, and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

No tickets are required for the concert. For more information, call the Portland Philharmonic at 503-223-5939.

As part of the Faith & Film series, Spiritual Life is offering the chance to bring together minds and hearts in reflection and conversation over the important themes presented in “Slumdog Millionaire” and how they relate to the vision and practice of globally-minded Christians today.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
9:00 pm
EHS 105

For more information contact Rusty St. Cyr – rstcyr@georgefox.edu

SENIORS – please come to the FoxHole for senior pictures.

Wednesday, November 4th or Thursday, November 5th
11 am to 2 pm

These pictures will be used in the yearbook, and should not take much of your time.

For more information contact Hannah Wilcox at hmorse06@georgefox.edu

There’s still time to turn in your C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award nominations. Do you know a senior student who displays great servant leadership qualities? Let us know! We are looking for nominations for the award. Only senior students are eligible.

Please visit the award nomination site to find out more and to download the nomination form. Please mail your nomination forms to Kristina Findley, associate dean of student leadership, by Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Do you love to meet new people, have space on the dorm floor and Fox experiences to share?

Check out preview student hosting! Grab an application in the Admissions Office or the Bruin Den!

Questions?
Rachel Powell or Sadie Olson
(503)554-2249
rpowell@georgefox.edu
solson08@georgefox.edu

FoxTALE will be unavailable on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 6 to 7 a.m. (PST) for scheduled maintenance. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Tickets are now on sale for a Michael Allen Harrison piano concert in Bauman Auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 14.

Harrison, who has performed for such dignitaries as President Clinton and Quincy Jones, will present “A Night Out with Michael Allen Harrison,” a benefit concert for the St. Paul Lutheran School in Sherwood. The concert begins at 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5:15 p.m.

Advance tickets are $20 ($25 at the door) and $10 for students (including George Fox students), seniors and children. Children under 3 are free. There are also a limited number of VIP seats, which reserves a seat within the front two rows and a reception with the artist following the show ($50 each). Tickets may be purchased at the ticketsoregon.com website. More information is available by calling 503-432-9477.

More information on Harrison is available at mahrecords.com.

Come hear James Waller, an expert on the Holocaust and genocide, talk about the role of the church in responding to such events. Dr. Waller has spoken to the State Department and the CIA. He also is the author of numerous books, including Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing. 

Waller will speak from 4:40 to 5:35 p.m. and from 7 to 7:55 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, in Hoover 105. His presentation is part of the university’s Liberal Arts and Critical Issues Forum. For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ccorning@georgefox.edu.

The Disability Services Office is accepting applications for a student employee whose primary role will be to convert texts into electronic formats for students with disabilities. Other tasks might include reading for a student, overseeing tests for individual students, and communicating with professors to best assist students with disabilities. Computer skill, comfort with learning new technology, and ability to work independently are essential. Training on specific software processes will be provided.

Submit student employment application (from the Human Resources Student Employment Information page) and a letter describing interest and qualifications to Rick Muthiah (Student Life office or Box 6197) by Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

Check out details on the Disability Services website.

Audition for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing & Alpha Psi Omega’s New Playwright Festival.
 
General Auditions:

Monday, November 9 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Woodmar Auditorium.

For A Grand Night for Singing:
Prepare a 90 second comedic monologue and a Rodgers and Hammerstein song with music for the accompanist.

For APO’s New Playwright Festival:
Prepare a 90 second monologue.

Sign up for an auditon time slot on the door to the Theatre and Fine Arts Offices, Ross Center 101.

Callbacks:

Tuesday, November 10 & Wednesday, November 11 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Email Rhett Luedtke at rluedtke@georgefox.edu for details.

Do you have the voice and the desire to sing the national anthem during the 2009-2010 Bruin basketball season? Auditions are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 2, in the Wheeler Gymnasium. Audition a cappella in order of arrival, beginning at 7 p.m.

Open to students, faculty, staff and friends and relatives. Please don’t bring your pets.

October timesheets for student employees are due Monday, November 2. If you haven’t already, please submit your October timesheet to your supervisor to ensure that you are paid on Monday, November 16.  Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it.  Thank you.

– Human Resources

The Multicultural Club is hosting an intercultural conference Nov. 13-14 on the Newberg campus that will include guest speakers in regards to diversity. Meals are provided (breakfast, lunch and ice cream social). To get details and register online, visit the conference’s website.

Mid-term grades can provide a wake-up call for students who aren’t doing well in one or more courses. 

This session will provide ideas for addressing common reasons for poor performance and alternatives that students have for salvaging the semester.

Rick Muthiah from the Center for Teaching and Learning will lead the session.

Tuesday ~ Nov. 3, 2009
6:30 p.m.  ~ STV 207

All Francophones are invited to attend the presentation of four sketches in French: Y’a un Bug, Il suffit de s’en souvenir, Le Discours and Le Juste Mot. Performances begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in EHS 102. A reception will follow.

A small band of commuters have already begun to set aside time on Mondays from noon to 1:30 p.m. to “break bread” together in the Bruin Den Annex with the intention of knowing and growing together spiritually.  Any and all commuters are welcome to join us.  Discussions will vary and will be driven by this intention to get to know one another better by learning more about how our life journeys are enveloped by God’s story.

Contact Rusty St. Cyr at rstcyr@georgefox.edu for more information.