The Daily Bruin

Do you want to know more about studying abroad?

Consider visiting one of the three meetings where you can learn all about study abroad programs the Center for Global Studies and George Fox offer. This is a great opportunity to ask any questions you might have.

Wednesday, September 16 from 4-5 p.m. in Stevens 208

Tuesday, September 22 from 6:15-7 p.m. in Stevens 209

Information Table – Tuesday, September 29 from 10:00 am – 2:00 p.m.  in the Bruin Den

If you qualify to change your meal plan for the fall 2009 semester, the deadline is Friday, September 11 at 5 pm.

NO exceptions will be made.

For more information about meal plans please check out the Meal Plan Options website.

If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office.

There is still opportunity to participate in this spring’s South American Studies Program in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Check it out at bolivia.georgefox.edu, then contact Lon Fendall (lfendall@georgefox.edu) or Carolyn Stansell (cstansell@georgefox.edu) in the Center for Global Studies in Stevens 123.

Information will also be available at general off-campus studies meetings Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Stevens 208 or Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 6:15 to 7 p.m. in Stevens 209.

Urban Services begins Friday, Sept. 18, in the Bruin Den. The ministry’s theme this year is “Beyond Charity.” The group will leave at 5 p.m. for Salem, so come at 4:30 p.m. to eat together before we leave. A Portland team leaves at 5:30 p.m. See you there!

All undergraduate students, commuters and resident students – have been assigned a campus mailbox.
If you have not picked up your mailbox key, please stop at Mail Services and ask for it. You may have mail in your mailbox!

Thanks!
University Mail Services

Students-Security has processed all the vehicle registrations it has received, and has sent the parking permits to Mail Services. A package notice has been e-mailed to each recipient of a parking permit, and if you have received that e-mail, you need to go to Mail Services and sign for your permit.

We know there have been occasional difficulties with the online registration process, so if you have not received your package notice from Mail Services, please come to the Security Office so we can check the database to make sure your registration went through.

Please come in as soon as possible so we can issue your permit by week’s end. If you have questions, please call 503-554-2090 during office hours, or come to the Security office. Thank you!

Please join the Staff Development Committee give HUGS (hats, umbrellas, gloves and scarves) to Love INC from Sept. 9 through Oct. 19. Items not covered by food stamps are also gladly being accepted. Donations can be placed in the brightly decorated barrels located in lobbies throughout the Newberg and Portland campuses.

Tilikum is offering an opportunity for women who are ready for a different kind of retreat experience Oct. 2-4. Planned activities include the challenge course, a vineyard hike, and lake canoeing. These will be directly tied to your life, woven together with times of goal-setting and reflection.

Cost is $199 per person. Current university students and employees receive 25 percent off ($149). For more information and to register, please see the link on the Tilikum website, camptilikum.org.

Serve Day – Wednesday, September 9

7:30 -8:30a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Kickoff Celebration on the Quad
8:55 a.m. Gather at your # post and leave
12:00 p.m. Eat lunch with your group at the service site
4:00 p.m.  Return to campus/Volunteer, Church, and Activities Fair Celebration with mechanical surf board and giant water slide
4:30-6:30 p.m.  Complimentary dinner for all George Fox community

Contact Rachel Lee, Serve Day Coordinator, at ext. 2326 or serveday@georgefox.edu.

Through Friday, there will be a poster in the Office of Spiritual Life for Alexander Spycher’s family. If you would like to stop by and sign your name and leave an encouraging note, the Spycher family would greatly appreciate it. Alexander, a 21-year-old transfer student, unexpectedly passed away last Thursday, Sept. 3.

The spiritual life office is located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian in the Sheridan Street House. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Department of  Visual Arts will host an exhibit, “Trial By Fire,” in the Minthorne Gallery beginning with an artists’ talk and reception on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Artists Kim Hamblin (mixed media), Landry Deese (ceramics), Ruri (claywork) and David Carmack Lewis (paintings) will share about their work at 4 p.m., followed by a reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

The show runs through Oct. 1 and features wood-fired porcelain, wood-fired clay pieces and paintings. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The library is pleased to announce that we now provide access to a suite of 32 periodical and reference database products from Gale/Cengage. Examples of our new databases are Gale’s Academic OneFile, covering a broad range of disciplines and subject-specific databases such as the Health & Wellness Resource Center and Business & Company Resource Center.

A complete list of these new databases is available. Databases can also be found at the Databases A-Z list on the library’s home page (library.georgefox.edu), and in some library subject guides.

The university’s History and Political Science Department is hosting the 17th Hoover Symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, 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. 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 who register. Contact Mark Hall (Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Political Science) at 503-554-2674 or mhall@georgefox.edu to register or for further information.

The Timothy’s Charge ministry is hosting a weekly Bible study led by Professor Byron Shenk this semester. The study will meet in Hoover 102 from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, with the first study set for Sept. 8. All members of the George Fox community are invited. Feel free to bring your lunch.

A new Google Group/listserv has been created for members of the George Fox community who consider themselves Quaker, are interested in learning more about Quakers, or for those who want to be informed of events on campus and in the area related to the Friends church. Please e-mail Jamie Johnson (jejohnson@georgefox.edu) to be added to the list.

Selah, a seminar for women, is Saturday, September 26 from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.  All full time traditional undergraduate students are welcome to attend for free! 

This year’s conference is about embracing change, trusting God, and moving forward.  Come listen to Sarah Thomas Baldwin, Linda Lucas, and Bo Stern share their hearts and God’s word.  For their full bios and a complete list of the breakout sessions visit selah.georgefox.edu.  Register online today!

If you are interested in volunteering for Selah, please contact Amy Lorenz at alorenz@georgefox.edu or call ext. 2134. 

Addresses for checks this fall will be mailed according to the following address hierarchy within MyGFU:

If you have an “Active” mailing address, it will go there.
If your mailing address is “Inactive,” your check will go to your “Home” address.

If you want your check to go to your campus mailbox, you must enter your box as your “Mailing Address.”  (Not an option for other sites.)

Please complete address updates by Sunday, September 13.  Log into mygfu.georgefox.edu  to make changes and then verify changes were accurately saved and addresses are active.

Interested in being involved with our campus radio station?  We have positions open for DJs, Music Director, and Sports Broadcaster at KFOX. 

Come to the meeting in the Bruin Den on Thursday, September 10 at 7 p.m. and/or contact Station Manager, Aubrey Ferguson at aferguson07@georgefox.edu.

Tuesday, Sept. 8, will be the last day for students to use their vouchers to charge to their student accounts in the University Store.

Just for Sophomores…

Come to the Second Annual Sophomore Evening of Black & White Friday, September 18 from 8-10 p.m. in the Stevens Center Atrium.

Featuring black & white desserts, italian soda bar, coffees, & live musical entertainment!

Semi-formal, black & white attire.

Check out http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/sophomore/ for more information.