The Daily Bruin

All are invited to the Fall 2019 Faculty Lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. Our featured speaker is theatre professor Rhett Luedtke, recipient of the 2018-19 Faculty Achievement Award for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship. 

Join Rhett as he shares his vision for building bridges across religious, ethnic and racial divides through the power of theatre, in a lecture titled, “A Bridge Worth Building.”

Come early, between 5 and 6 p.m., and check out the work of our Richter student scholars at a symposium in the Hoover lobby. Students will present their research projects in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be served.

Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Lip Sync season is upon us! Gather your friends and audition to compete for the grand prize of $500. Auditions will be from 9 to 11 p.m. tonight (Monday) and from 7 to 9 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 24. Sign up here.

Questions? Contact activities@georgefox.edu.

The Graduate School of Physical Therapy is looking for volunteers to participate in a lab session on the lower extremity.

If you have a problem with your hip, knee, ankle or foot, our lab is the place to be! Our doctor of physical therapy second-year students, along with faculty members, will be performing examinations and giving you direction on how to take care of your condition.

Volunteers are needed for either a one- or two-hour session between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Roberts Center.

Please email or call Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451 to sign up.

It’s time to show off your best cooking skills in the inaugural Family Weekend Chili Cook-off! Get together with your floor, suite, apartment, or house and come up with one crock-pot of your finest chili.

The contest will be judged by votes from students, families and friends at the tailgate party in the Bauman parking lot on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The winner will be announced in the third quarter of the football game and on social media.

The grand prize is a $100 gift card to a restaurant and the golden crock-pot trophy! Fill out this form to compete.

Questions? Contact Megan Fisher at mfisher@georgefox.edu.

Midterm grades are important indicators of how you are doing in your classes. While they are not a part of your permanent record, it is critical that you pay attention to midterm grades.

In some cases, midterm grades represent about half your grade in the course. If you have questions, you should check with your professors. It is vital to know where you stand in each of your classes.

Midterm grades are meant to encourage you to get in touch with others: your professor, your advisor, your Career and Academic Planning Coach. The WORST thing to do about midterm grades is to ignore them or to assume you can improve them on your own. Professors DO want to meet with you. Do not hesitate to make an appointment with each of them.

Midterm grades are due today (Sunday). You should plan to check your midterm grades after today.

To check your midterm grades, log in to my.georgefox.edu. Then:

• Select “Academic Records”
• Click “View Grades” in the left navigation bar
• Select the term you would like to view
• If you have received any midterm grades, they will appear in the last column titled “Midterm 1”

If you do not see a midterm grades tab then it is likely none of your professors have entered any midterm grades for you. Please contact your professors to find out what your grades are.

Now you need to determine what to do next: contact your professors. The faculty is not required to enter midterm grades. You are advised to check with each of your professors about your status in their class. Consider whether to withdraw from one or more courses if it looks likely that you will get an “F” (or maybe even a “D”). Withdrawal results in a “W” on your transcript but does not factor into your GPA. If you were to get an “F,” it would impact your GPA.

The last date to withdraw is Sunday, Nov. 3 (without grade responsibility). You can usually go below being enrolled in 12 credit hours (at this point in the semester) without impacting your financial aid or housing. To be sure, contact representatives in these departments:

Dave Johnstone, Residence Life, (djohnstone@georgefox.edu)
Student Financial Services (sfs@georgefox.edu)

Helpful tips:

• Confirm any thoughts of withdrawing from classes with your advisor
• Meet with each professor, especially those teaching courses you’re struggling in
• Even if your professor does not post midterm grades, find out from the professor what your grade is
• Meet with your advisor to discuss options
• Use labs, help sessions, and the ARC
• Plan well for the spring semester. Contact your CAP Coach to get advice about the spring semester.

If you think you might have a learning disability, plan to have some assessment done. Contact the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 or stop by their office on South River Street.

Not sure how to take the next step? Contact the Office of Student Life (studentlife@georgefox.edu).

There will be no Swing Dance Club meeting tonight (Saturday). Questions? Contact Andrea Alsager at aalsager17@georgefox.edu.

The Business Bridge invites all students to join a game night on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 210.

Come and play some board games with business students and professors while enjoying free pizza! RSVP here.

Questions? Contact Haley Lindsay at hlindsay18@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox music department will host its annual Christmas Concert in December. Tickets are available now on the music department website, and one ticket is free for every student for the Friday, Dec. 6, performance at 7:30 p.m.

Each student must reserve only their own ticket online and bring their George Fox ID with them to show at the door. Because each free ticket must be connected with a student’s name and ID, any group of free tickets in the same transaction and attached to the same student name and ID will be canceled.

You may purchase additional tickets online for any of the performances. 

Contact Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Gather in Bauman Auditorium for the fifth annual Organ Hymn Festival at 6 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 20. 

Daniel Miller, a nationally known organist and adjunct professor of organ, will play the university’s recently upgraded Rodgers digital organ, featuring the 2,067 pipes displayed as the stage background. 

The 15-part program will feature well-known hymns and include audience participation. Several pieces will be preceded by stories explaining the origin and history of the song, presented by Brent Weaver, professor of music, theory and composition.

General admission tickets are $10. George Fox students and children 12 and under are free. Tickets are available at the door, online, or through the university box office by calling 503-554-3844. 

Questions? Contact Sara Reamy at sreamy@georgefox.edu. 

The School of Physical Therapy is excited to host Christopher M. Powers to lecture on the topic “Mechanisms of ACL Injury: Implications for Evidence Based Rehabilitation, Injury Prevention and Return to Sport Decisions.”

The lecture will be given on Thursday, Nov. 7, in Hoover 105 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Powers’ lecture will focus on recent insights into the pathomechanics of ACL injury, in particular those related to female athletes. Implications of research and application for athletes, coaches and rehab clinicians will be highlighted.

Powers, a national leader in this area of sports injury, is a professor in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy as well as co-director of the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Southern California.

Visit our website for more information about this lecture. Questions? Contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.

Send some love to our furry friends at the Newberg Animal Shelter! Students in the Management 300 course are organizing a “Fetch” donation drive. Drop off donations Oct. 21-23 in the big black bins located at two locations – one in Hoover and one in Roberts Center, just inside the front doors.

The “Fetch” list:

• Foods: Premium dog food (adult and small bites), premium canned dog food, kitten & cat food (dry and canned), dog treats

• Cleaners: Simple Green, window spray, dish soap, hand sanitizer, 409 spray, laundry detergent (any high-efficiency brand), Tide Free & Gentle (high-efficiency brand), bleach, sponges/scrub brushes, garbage bags (kitchen size), paper towels

• Other: Flea medications, toys/Kongs, small fleece/soft blankets

Questions? Contact Ellen Dahlberg (edahlberg14@georgefox.edu).

The cinematic arts department will possibly offer a Christian songwriting class during the spring of 2020, on Thursday nights. In order to offer the class, there needs to be at least eight students willing to take it.

If you are interested in taking this class or have any questions, please contact Dawn Ford at dford@georgefox.edu.

Join us for a panel discussion on the topic, “Should the U.S. Remain in the UN?” This panel, featuring David Rawson, Kelsey Zorzi and Fred Gregory, will be held next Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 5:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons.

To attend, please RSVP at this link by Monday, Oct. 21, at 5 p.m. The dress is business casual.

Zorzi serves as the director of advocacy for global religious freedom with ADF International. In 2018, she was elected president of the United Nations’ NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

In over 28 years of U.S. diplomatic service largely in Africa, Rawson engaged regularly with UN field agencies on humanitarian issues. As a U.S. ambassador to Rwanda and then to Mali, he worked closely with the UN on peace-keeping programs in both countries.

Gregory, an alumnus of George Fox, has successfully managed programs funded by the U.S. Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, United Nations, European Union, and private donors. He has experience working with the UNHCR in refugee environments, mostly in East Africa.

Questions? Contact Angeleen Umfleet at aumfleet@georgefox.edu.

The Society of Women Engineers is hosting Bottle Battles, a bottle rocket competition, today (Friday)! Registration will be outside the Bruin Den at 3 p.m., and launches will start at 3:45 p.m. on the quad.

There will be prizes for aesthetics, tricks in the air, highest launch, and length of time in the air. Participants must bring their own bottle rockets. Please join us to compete or to be a spectator.

Questions? Contact Madison Sitzmann at msitzmann16@georgefox.edu.

Goldfish are still up for adoption this week! Come pick up your scaly swimming friend from EHS 202 anytime between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Questions? Contact Teresa Arnold (tarnold@georgefox.edu).

Midterm grades are important indicators of how you are doing in your classes. While they are not a part of your permanent record, it is critical that you pay attention to midterm grades. In some cases, midterm grades represent about half your grade in the course. If you have questions, you should check with your professors. It is vital to know where you stand in each of your classes.

Midterm grades are meant to encourage you to get in touch with others: your professor, your advisor, your Career and Academic Planning Coach. The WORST thing to do about midterm grades is to ignore them or to assume you can improve them on your own. Professors DO want to meet with you. Do not hesitate to make an appointment with each of them.

Midterm grades are due this Sunday, Oct. 21. You should plan to check your midterm grades after this date.

To check your midterm grades, log in to my.georgefox.edu. Then:

• Select “Academic Records”
• Click “View Grades” in the left navigation bar
• Select the term you would like to view
• If you have received any midterm grades, they will appear in the last column titled “Midterm 1”

If you do not see a midterm grades tab, then it is likely none of your professors have entered any midterm grades for you. Please contact your professors to find out what your grades are.

Now you need to determine what to do next: contact your professors. The faculty is not required to enter midterm grades. You are advised to check with each of your professors about your status in their class. Consider whether to withdraw from one or more courses if it looks likely that you will get an “F” (or maybe even a “D”). Withdrawal results in a “W” on your transcript but does not factor into your GPA. If you were to get an “F,” it would impact your GPA.

The last date to withdraw is Sunday, Nov. 3 (without grade responsibility). You can usually go below being enrolled in 12 credit hours (at this point in the semester) without impacting your financial aid or housing. To be sure, contact representatives in these departments:

Dave Johnstone, Residence Life, (djohnstone@georgefox.edu)
Student Financial Services (sfs@georgefox.edu)

Helpful tips:

• Confirm any thoughts of withdrawing from classes with your advisor
• Meet with each professor, especially those teaching courses you’re struggling in
• Even if your professor does not post midterm grades, find out from the professor what your grade is
• Meet with your advisor to discuss options
• Use labs, help sessions, and the ARC
• Plan well for the spring semester. Contact your CAP Coach to get advice about the spring semester.

If you think you might have a learning disability, plan to have some assessment done. Contact the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 or stop by their office on South River Street.

Not sure how to take the next step? Contact the Office of Student Life (studentlife@georgefox.edu).

Campus Public Safety has noticed a lot of improper parking on campus in the evenings after 5 p.m. While students can properly park anywhere on campus after 5 p.m., parking in designated parking spaces is still required.

Please do not create new parking spaces or park along buildings, curbs or in loading zones. Never park in a fire zone, and do not park in disabled parking spaces without a permit. Failure to park properly in a designated parking spot may result in a citation, even after 5 p.m. and on weekends.

Questions? Contact Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu or call the Campus Public Safety Office at 503-554-2090.

Plant Services will need to do a full water shut-off on Monday, Oct. 21, for both Wheeler Sports Center and Murdock Library. The water shut-off will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please use other bathroom facilities during this time. Thank you.

Questions? Contact Sonia Rademacher at srademacher@georgefox.edu.

Don’t miss one of George Fox’s longest-running traditions, the Hoedown, this Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Hadlock Student Center! Wear your country attire and get ready for some traditional country dancing. Ruby Jewell ice cream sandwiches will be served.

Check out our upcoming activities:

• Monday and Thursday, Oct. 21 and 24 – Lip Sync/Student Concert Auditions
• Saturday, Oct. 26 – Family Weekend Game Night
• Thursday, Oct. 31 – Halloween Dance and Haunted Hallway
• Friday, Nov. 8 – Pool Party at Chehalem Aquatic Center
• Saturday, Nov. 16 – Lip Sync

Questions? Contact activities@georgefox.edu.

It’s time to show off your best cooking skills in the inaugural Family Weekend Chili Cook-off! Get together with your floor, suite, apartment, or house and come up with one crock-pot of your finest chili.

The contest will be judged by votes from students, families and friends at the tailgate party in the Bauman parking lot on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The winner will be announced in the third quarter of the football game and on social media.

The grand prize is a $100 gift card to a restaurant and the golden crock-pot trophy! Fill out this form to compete.

Questions? Contact Megan Fisher at mfisher@georgefox.edu.