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This Christmas break, Jan. 4-11, join a SpiL trip headed to Yosemite to work with World Renew on fire recovery from the 2015 fires. We will serve by doing creation care alongside the Forest Service, learn from those affected by the fires, and connect with God through his beautiful creation!

Applications will close this Friday, Nov. 1. For more information on SpIL trips and to sign up, click here. Questions? Contact spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

If you joined the National Society of Leadership and Success, here are some important dates for this semester!

The next speaker broadcast is Monday, Nov. 4, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Stevens 207. If you aren’t able to attend that one, we have a make-up speaker broadcast on Thursday, Nov. 7, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Stevens 207. Both speaker broadcasts will be the same. You only need to attend one. 

If you have any questions, feel free to reach Kristi Welker, chapter advisor, by emailing NSLS@GeorgeFox.edu.

To celebrate the new season and the fast-approaching Halloween holiday, the student accounts office has a spooky special for you: Pay off your remaining fall balance in full by tomorrow (Oct. 31) and we’ll enter your name into a drawing to win a $31 gift card to Coffee Cottage. It doesn’t matter how big or small the balance is! If your balance is already paid, come by for a caramel apple pop.

In order to have your name entered into the drawing, you must either come to the student accounts office or call us at 503-554-3301 to confirm that your account has been paid in full. There is no minimum balance requirement! It can be $1.50 for a library fine, $25 for a parking fine, $100 for that parking permit, or the rest of your tuition balance.

To check your balance and make a payment:

• Log in to my.georgefox.edu
• Click the “Financial Account” tile
• Click “Account Balance”
• Click “Make a Payment”

Remember, if you choose the electronic check method you will avoid the service fee. This is a first-come, first-served event, so do it now before you forget.

Questions? Contact Jordan Moody at jmoody@georgefox.edu or Heidi Thomason at hthomaso@georgefox.edu.

Check out this week’s George Fox athletics home games:

• Women’s volleyball vs. Lewis and Clark College – Wednesday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m., Wheeler Sports Center
• Swimming vs. Whitworth – Friday, Nov. 1, 6 p.m., Chehalem Parks and Recreation Aquatics Center
• Men’s soccer vs. University of Puget Sound – Friday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m., Austin Sports Complex
• Swimming vs. Whitman – Saturday, Nov. 2, 1 p.m., Chehalem Parks and Recreation Aquatics Center
• Men’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran University – Sunday, Nov. 3, noon, Austin Sports Complex

Questions? Visit the athletics website.

In order to promote a fun and positive environment around the Halloween and harvest party season, the student life office has a few tips on avoiding cultural appropriation in your costume choice:

• Avoid clothing that belongs to the traditions of a people group other than your own.
• Avoid anything that involves blackface, Native/Indigenous representation, etc.
• Ask yourself: Why do I want to wear this costume? Could my costume be misunderstood if I don’t understand its origin or cultural context? 
• Not sure what cultural appropriation is? Stop by the Intercultural Resource Center (IRC) and ask Bryce or Jenny about it.

If you have any questions, please contact the student life office or the Intercultural Resource Center.

All are invited to a special presentation, “Reflections on Dr. King and the Beloved Community,” this Thursday, Oct. 31, at 4:15 p.m. in Canyon Commons. This lecture on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. will be given by Scott Finnie, a professor at Eastern Washington University.

Finnie has been a faculty member in EWU’s Africana Education Program and history department since 1992 and currently serves as director of Africana studies and as director of race and cultural studies.

For more information, contact Missy Terry at 503-554-2101.

On Friday, Nov. 1, 25Live, the system for reserving event locations on campus, will become 25Live Pro. This new version of 25Live features an improved user interface and a new “Event Form” which replaces the “Event Wizard.” 

For those who prefer to use a mobile device, this webpage provides streamlined navigation.

If you have any questions regarding this change, contact Event Services at events@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2027.

Come to “HAWlloween” trick-or-treat in Houses and Apartments West on Thursday, Oct. 31, between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.! There will be candy at the houses and apartments marked with glowing balloons for trick-or-treating students and community members.

Questions? Contact Cara Vincent at cvincent16@georgefox.edu.

Each Saturday morning, a student-led ministry called James Project meets to partner with various organizations in Newberg to do community service. This Saturday, Nov. 2, James Project will be serving from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. by doing some yard and housework for some folks in our community.

James Project is a fantastic way to form community with fellow Fox students, practice worship through loving our neighbors, and earn some elective chapel credit! To learn more about it or sign up for this Saturday or any of the following weeks, click here.

Questions? Contact Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Strange things are happening and the spookiest place on campus will be the Halloween Dance! Gather for the dance this Thursday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. in the Hadlock Student Center.

Start thinking about your costume, because the best costume will win an epic prize! Questions? Contact activities@georgefox.edu.

Check out this week’s George Fox athletics home games:

• Women’s volleyball vs. Lewis and Clark College – Wednesday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m., Wheeler Sports Center
• Men’s soccer vs. University of Puget Sound – Friday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m., Austin Sports Complex
• Men’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran University – Sunday, Nov. 3, noon, Austin Sports Complex

Questions? Visit the athletics website.

The Social Work Club is hosting a Rain Gear Drive for the homeless population in Portland. The drive runs through tomorrow (Tuesday). Please bring all donations to the Social Work House (Meridian Street House).

We will be accepting donations of tarps, waterproof coats, towels, blankets, umbrellas, waterproof boots and shoes, hand warmers, and waterproof bags and/or backpacks.

All items will be donated to Rose Haven, a women’s homeless shelter in Portland. For more information, contact Madison Reed at mreed17@georgefox.edu.

The Friendsview Retirement Community is hosting a Christmas sale this Saturday, Nov. 2, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come browse hundreds of Christmas-themed items! George Fox students get half off items all day. Everything will be free after 2 p.m.

Questions? Contact Corinne Van Ostrand at cvanostrand@friendsview.org.

What’s it like to go from college to career? What can you do now to be a qualified candidate for a job after graduation? What skills are employers looking for? What’s it actually like to be a working young adult?

If these questions are on your mind, come to the next Industry Insiders tomorrow (Tuesday) from 1:25 to 2:40 p.m. in Hoover 105.

You will hear from seven recent grads who are working in a wide range of business fields and for a diverse set of companies:

• A marketing manager doing digital marketing and advertising to support global marketing efforts for a software company
• A production assistant at an experience-driven agency specializing in immersive storytelling
• A director of marketing and operations managing day-to-day operations for LivBar, an energy bar startup
• A product marketing analyst involved in product marketing and project management
• An assistant operations manager for a local manufacturing company after earning an MBA
• A client success manager for a software analytics firm in central Oregon
• An admissions counselor at George Fox who used to work in marketing for a fitness agency and a digital marketing company as a SEO and a PPC specialist

All majors are welcome at this event. Sign up here. Faculty, be sure to tell your students about this opportunity! Questions? Contact Colleen Sump at csump@georgefox.edu.

The Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR) trip is an opportunity for students to engage in conversations surrounding diversity to prepare to attend the SCORR conference at Biola University in February.

The cohort of students selected to be on the SCORR trip will learn how to challenge perceptions, to engage in reconciliation, and will be equipped with tools to navigate difficult conversations surrounding diversity topics.

Applications can be found here and will close on Friday, Nov. 8.

Questions? Contact Loveleen Brar at lbrar16@georgefox.edu.

The Outdoors Club will be hosting a s’mores event tonight (Saturday) from 7 to 9 p.m. at the fire pit pavilion. This has become an annual tradition for our club and is a great way to meet people, enjoy some treats together, and hear some original spooky stories!

Sign-ups for telling stories are on a first-come, first-serve basis and will begin at 7 p.m. sharp. These stories must be kept appropriate. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Allyx Goodman at agoodman16@georgefox.edu.

Friendsview is looking for a bunch of fun George Fox students who would like to come put up Christmas decorations in the lobby on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. We will make a party of it!

Contact Corinne Van Ostrand at 503-537-2231 or cvanostrand@friendsview.org for more information.

Come audition for the theatre department’s 10-minute showcase! Anyone can come audition for these 10-minute plays between 7 and 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29.

This is a great way to try something new! Theatre majors and minors should prepare a monologue. Nonmajors will be provided with cold readings at the audition. Sign up for these auditions on the Lemmons theatre board.

Questions? Contact Rhett Luedtke at rluedtke@georgefox.edu.

What’s it like to go from college to career? What can you do now to be a qualified candidate for a job after graduation? What skills are employers looking for? What’s it actually like to be a working young adult?

If these questions are on your mind, come to the this Industry Insiders next Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 1:25 to 2:40 p.m. in Hoover 105.

You will hear from seven recent grads who are working in a wide range of business fields and for a diverse set of companies:

• A marketing manager doing digital marketing and advertising to support global marketing efforts for a software company
• A production assistant at an experience-driven agency specializing in immersive storytelling
• A director of marketing and operations managing day-to-day operations for LivBar, an energy bar startup
• A product marketing analyst involved in product marketing and project management
• An assistant operations manager for a local manufacturing company after earning an MBA
• A client success manager for a software analytics firm in central Oregon
• An admissions counselor at George Fox who used to work in marketing for a fitness agency and a digital marketing company as a SEO and a PPC specialist

All majors are welcome at this event. Sign up here. Questions? Contact Colleen Sump at csump@georgefox.edu.

It’s that time of year again! Tonight (Saturday) is the night to wear your spooky costumes and get freaky to Halloween swing dance music in the FoxHole.

Enjoy fun games, yummy snacks, and the company of ghouls and witches. The dance starts at 6:30 p.m. and goes ’til 9 p.m. See you there.

Questions? Contact Andrea Alsager at aalsager17@georgefox.edu.