The Daily Bruin

Attention: Former High School Key Club Members!

Though GFU does not yet have a Circle K club, you can still find out about the local Kiwanis Club of Newberg by joining us for lunch any Thursday at noon in VAC 117.

For more information contact Jim Jackson at jjackson@georgefox.edu.

GFU Theatre Honors Society is planning the fall New Playwrights Festival,and looking for plays written by students!  Scripts should in PDF or Word format and no more than 20 pages or 30 minutes in length. 

Deadline for first drafts is Monday, October 12 by 10 p.m.  Please email submissions to  Jordan Beanblossom at jbeanblossom06@georgefox.edu or Sarah Klatt at sklatt05@georgefox.edu.

The general meeting for the Student Nurses Association is set for Monday, Oct. 12, in the Hoover nursing lab from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. Come help plan for our upcoming blood drive and other community events. As an added bonus, we will be having faculty come in to do an NCLEX review. All nursing and pre-nursing students are invited.

For more information, please contact Amanda Monk at amonk06@georgefox.edu or Courtney Bumbarger at cbumbarger06@georgefox.edu.

Wondering how to include a citation for multiple authors in your paper? Wondering what the primary differences are between the fifth and sixth editions of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association?

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) will present a workshop on the basics of American Psychological Association (APA) style for citations and references on Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Stevens 207. Dates and times for future APA, MLA, and other workshops are listed at georgefox.edu/arc/Events.html.

If you haven’t already, please submit your September timesheet to your supervisor by Thursday, October 1 to ensure that you are paid on October 15.  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

Interested in volunterring to help at the Intercultural Conference?  Join us for an important meeting Friday, October 2 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in Stevens 101. 

If you already signed up to be on a committee you need to be at this meeting.  For those of you who haven’t signed up yet, please come and help us in this wonderful experience!  We hope to see you there.

Contact Lyndsey Kahuhu at lyndseykahyhu@yahoo.com for more information.

Answer: Tony the beat poet, Dan Kimball, Sarah Baldwin
Question: Who attends George Fox Evangelical Seminary?

Want to learn more about George Fox Evangelical Seminary? Members of our faculty will meet you at the university’s seminary fair Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Hoover Atrium.

Saturday, Oct. 3, noon – Women’s Soccer vs. Lewis & Clark, Morse Field
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran, Morse Field
Sunday, Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Soccer vs. Puget Sound, Morse Field

For more information, visit the Bruin athletics website at gfubruins.com or call the sports information office at ext. 2926.

Do you know a senior student who displays great servant leadership qualities? Let us know! We are looking for nominations for the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award. Only senior students are eligible. Please visit the following link to find out more and to download the nomination form: georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/leaddev/scholarship.html.

Please mail your nomination forms to Kristina Findley, associate dean of student leadership, by Friday, Oct. 23.

University Relations is hosting an event props garage sale from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 1-2, at the Pennington House (side of building). For more information, contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121 or at dochsner@georgefox.edu.

Are you ready to apply for graduate school? Career Services is sponsoring a workshop and webinar on getting into grad school, a blog on our website at careers.georgefox.edu, helpful resources in our Stevens 220 Career Center, and a Seminary Fair (Oct. 14). Please watch for the details (TBA) and don’t miss the chance to spruce up your professional image for graduate school admission.

Join student speakers and guests as they share their stories and cultures at a “Coffee and Culture” gathering at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Moore House. This is a fun and casual social event where you can sip some coffee, eat some treats, and get to know your George Fox neighbors.

This month features some of your fellow Chinese students speaking about Chinese National Day and The Moon Festival. The Moore House is located on Sheridan Street across from the Pennington dorm.

This is your last chance to purchase one or more of three Afrizo CDs. They are located at the Office of Spiritual Life in the Sheridan Street House on the corner of Meridian and Sheridan. Drop by soon before they’re gone! E-mail spirituallife@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Representatives from JET (the Japan Exchange & Teaching program) will be on campus to provide information about it at noon Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Lemmons Center’s Room 12. The JET program provides a unique opportunity to teach English to elementary, junior high and high school students in the Japanese public school system. The program helps to develop foreign language education in Japan and to promote international exchange at the local level through fostering ties between Japanese youth and JET program participants from around the world.

The program offers two positions: You may become a coordinator for international relations or you may be selected to serve as an assistant language teacher. Come and learn from JET alumni about their experiences.

What is Act Six?  Is it a scholarship for minorites or low income students? 

Come find out at the Act Six Informational Night Wednesday, September 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.  The event will include panel discussions, live performance, prizes, gift cards, and free food!

Contact Joel Perez at jperez@georgefox.edu for more information.

George Fox Seminary Admissions is coming to the Newberg campus Wednesday, October 14.  Come to the lower lobby of Hoover between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and let’s explore your options.

Contact Sheila Bartlett at sbartlett@georgefox.edu for more information.

Students and staff: As Security Services officers do their patrols around campus, if they do not recognize you as belonging on campus, they will be checking your ID as part of their routine patrol protocol. Please remember to carry picture ID with you as you walk around campus. Also, if you see someone on campus who looks suspicious, please call security immediately at ext. 2090. Thank you for helping us to keep the campus safe!

Please note that the Wednesday, Oct. 7 chapel will be about the South Africa May Serve trip, not about serve trips (this differs from what is listed in the spiritual life calendar). There will also be information about the 2010 May Serve trip.

Thank you and we hope to see you there!

The 17th Hoover Symposium is scheduled for this Saturday, Oct. 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. Joshua Hawley, author of Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness, will speak on the origins of the conservationist movement. Kendrick A. Clements, author of Hoover, Conservation, and Consumerism, will address the question of whether Hoover was a conservationist, an environmentalist or something else. Also, a panel of experts will consider whether or not history can offer practical lessons for modern environmentalists.

Registration and lunch are free for the first 100 people to register. Contact Mark Hall at ext. 2674 or mhall@georgefox.edu to register or for further information.

Students, staff and faculty, are you missing anything? The lost and found armoire is full to the brim! If you are missing any items, please come to Security Services during office hours. Thanks!