The Daily Bruin

Looking for a professional, résumé building opportunity?

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking two qualified candidates to work as interns in the area of admissions counseling during the spring semester. This is a great opportunity to get a professional internship on campus! 

We are looking for professional, energetic, and detailed candidates who seek academic credit or qualify for federal student employment. 

Applications and detailed job descriptions are currently available and can be picked up in the Office of Admissions. Applications must be returned to the Office of Admissions no later than Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.

Please contact Erin Macy (x2247) with any questions.

Thailand May Serve Applications are due this Wednesday, November 7th by 4:00 p.m.  In addition to your application all three references must be in for your application to be complete. 

Please email Andrea Crenshaw, acrensha@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Don’t Forget:
Study Abroad Meetings Monday and Wednesday!

Go.Ed. Africa Program
Monday November 5th
5:30pm
Lemmons 15
Dinner Provided

Best Semester
Wednesday, November 7th
5:30pm
Cap & Gown B/C
Bring your tray, dessert and drinks provided

Contact Bethany Schlachter bschlachter05@georgefox.edu for more information.

MONDAY, November 5 
Peace Corp Info Session
3-4pm, Hoover 104.

Northern Lights Urban Mission Adventure (Alaska Ministry Internships)
SUB / Bruin Den

TUESDAY, November 6
Serving in Mission
SUB / Bruin Den

WEDNESDAY, November 7
Health Care Chaplains Ministry Association
SUB / Bruin Den

TUESDAY, November 13
Regent University School of Law Info Session
Chapters, 7pm
(Please RSVP careers@georgefox.edu, ext 2330, Stevens #325)

THURSDAY, November 15
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
SUB / Bruin Den

For more information contact Christee Wise cwise@georgefox.edu in Career Services.

What’s BLACK and WHITE and REaD all over by many great employers?!! Your resume and cover letter if you know how to make it STAND OUT!!!!

Find out how at the Pizza Chat, THIS Friday, November 9 from 12noon-1pm in Career Services, Stevens #325.  Free pizza and soda.

Please contact Christee Wise cwise@georgefox.edu to RSVP by Thursday at 5pm. And no, the RED all over isn’t pizza sauce!

The Boren Scholarship and Fellowship both encourage study in areas that are generally underrepresented in study abroad. NSEP provides a unique funding opportunity for US students to study world regions critical to US interests including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Carribbean, and the Middle East.

Bring your lunch and come learn how this funding works and how to apply Tuesday, November 6 from 12noon-1pm in the Executive Dining Room next to the Bruin Den.

Contact Christee Wise cwise@georgefox.edu in Career Services for more information.

Wednesday, November 7 from 5-7pm in the LeShana lobby there will be FREE Krispy Kreme donuts, milk, and coffee for juniors only. Come have a good time and enjoy fellowship with fellow juniors.

Contact Jenae Knierim jknierim06@georgefox.edu for more information.

Bruin Preview is scheduled Thursday and Friday, Nov. 8-9. Students can avoid the crowds in the cafeteria by eating before 5:30 p.m. or after 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Also, please avoid parking in the Stevens Center lot on those days so that visitors will have space. Please help welcome prospective students as they visit our campus.

– Admissions

The Mosaic House and Multicultural Club are sponsoring a Potluck Dinner on Tuesday, November 6 at 5:15 pm until the food is gone!

What to bring: A dish of meaning to share and your friends.

Why: Meet new people and share who you really are.  But more importantly, COME AND EAT!

Together we can get passed the color of skin and start learning about who we really are.

The Mosaic House is the front side of Parker House on Sheridan Street.  For more information contact Shereen Sherman: ssherman05@georgefox.edu

WE NEED YOU to share your love of George Fox with Prospective Students!  Bruin Preview is coming up on November 8th & 9th, and we need overnight hosts for Thursday night. 

Please contact Rachel Powell in the Admissions Office at rpowell@georgefox.edu or 503.554.2240 if you are interested!

Employees and students interested in getting involved with the new community garden on campus (as well as those who have started being a part of it already) are welcome to help put some of the beds “to bed” for the winter and/or find out more about the garden at a “bedtime party” Friday, Nov. 2.

From 2 to 5 p.m., we’ll be harvesting potatoes, squash, and sunflowers, and spreading compost on the beds we’re putting to bed for the winter.

From 5 to 5:15 p.m., we’ll be making plans for the winter and spring. So, whether you’re already a supporter of the garden or would just like to learn more, please join us for any or all of this time.

P.S. We’ll have some apple cider.

– Corey Beals (Religious Studies)

Come knit and get to know new friends. “Knit to Know” is a new group on campus that will be getting together every Sunday from 9:00-11:00pm in the Carey 1 lobby.  We will be knitting scarves until the end of January and then donating them to a women’s shelter.

Wear your PJ’s, bring a mug, and show up for a fantastic time of knitting, fellowship, and food! Everyone is welcome and you may come and go as you please.

Contact Linsey Wages lwages06@georgefox.edu for more information.

Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

The university community is welcome to a free jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in Bauman Auditorium. Guest vocal jazz artist Kathy Kosins, the George Fox University Jazz Band, and the Faculty Jazz Trio will perform.

Attention Senior Psychology majors:

Early Admission program for the PsyD program at George Fox University deadlines are coming up quickly!

Requirements by November 15:
1. Be a current psychology major in good standing with GFU.
2. Have a minimum GPA of 3.40.
3. Completion of the GRE general test.
4. File a letter of interest with the undergraduate psychology Chair and the GDCP Director, Wayne Adams.
5. Complete the GDCP application, available online psyd.georgefox.edu or in the admissions office in Stevens Center.
6. Recommendation by the undergraduate psychology faculty.

For more info: Email psyd@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2263

The public is invited to a free fall concert at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in Bauman Auditorium. The performance will feature the university’s Symphonic Band, Concert Choir, Men’s Chorale, Women’s Chorale, and String Trio. For more information, contact Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620

Plant Services will be installing new light poles in the Villa Academic Complex South lot Friday. All vehicles must be moved out of the South VAC lot before Friday morning. Owners who cannot be found will have their vehicles towed at their expense. The South lot will be closed all day.

As an alternative, there is plenty of parking at the Le Shana lot. Thank you for your cooperation.

– Security Services

You are invited to join the engineering department for its annual “Pumpkin Chunkin'” event at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Farmer Brown’s Pumpkin Farm. The event demonstrates student-designed catapults that fling pumpkins.

To get to the farm, take 217 toward St. Paul. Turn left on McKay Road and follow it until the truck weight station. Signs will direct you to the parking area. For more information, e-mail Lynn Scott (Engineering).

If you are interested in studying abroad next year ’07-‘08, come to these meetings:

Go.Ed. Africa Program
Michael Pucci from Food for the Hungry
Monday, November 5th at 5:30pm in Lemmons 15
Dinner provided

Best Semester Program
(China, Middle East, Oxford, Australia, Costa Rica, Uganda, Russia)
Elizabeth Hannah from Best Semester
Wednesday, November 6th 5:30pm Cap & Gown B/C
Bring your tray, dessert and drinks provided

Questions?  Contact Lon Fendall, lfendall@georgefox.edu in the Global Studies Office, on the 1st floor of Stevens. 

The Portland Youth Philharmonic will perform two concerts in Bauman Auditorium Sunday and Monday, Nov. 4-5.

Sunday’s concert begins at 4 p.m. and features the PYP’s wind ensemble. Tickets cost $10 for seniors/students and $12 for adults and will be available at the door a half hour before the concert.

On Monday, the PYP’s youth orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge for that performance.