The Daily Bruin

The Newberg campus will be closed Friday, Oct. 7, for the mid-semester holiday. All offices, the Bruin Store, Mail Services and the Newberg library will be closed.

If you’re staying on campus for the mid-semester holiday, we have plenty of fun to fill your schedule! Come join us at the weekend’s athletic events.

Saturday, Oct. 8, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Pacific, Austin Sports Complex
Saturday, Oct. 8, 5 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Linfield, Wheeler Sports Center
Sunday, Oct. 9, noon – Women’s soccer vs. Willamette, Austin Sports Complex

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

We are creating a proposal for the student project fund to put more lighting around campus. This is a two-minute survey to find out how important it is for students to have more lighting around campus.

Lighting on Campus

Please take time to fill this out. We appreciate your input.

Thank you.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars: On Thursday, Oct. 20, the university will participate in The Great Oregon Shake Out, an exercise designed to test the school’s emergency notification systems as well as create dialogue among the George Fox community on how to be personally prepared should an earthquake occur.

To help prepare you for an earthquake, just follow this link for “Seven Steps to Prepare for an Earthquake.”

If you are a global business major, an accounting major or anyone else interested in the opportunity to study business in international settings, come to an International Business Institute (IBI) info meeting from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Hoover 102.

IBI is designed with business in mind for a unique study abroad experience. The 10-week program incorporates the international dimensions of business and culture by integrating academic study with international field experience. It includes periods of residence in key locations as well as coordinated visits and presentations in the major political and economic centers of Russia, The European Union, India and China.

Though the meeting begins at 4:30 p.m., stop by anytime during the session to learn about these exciting opportunities that build skills and competency in global business and cultural awareness – a critical need for today’s business careers.

Questions? Contact Kelly Borror at kborror@georgefox.edu.

Enterprise Car Share is open and ready for business. You can pick up a coupon in the student life office for a special offer: $1 to join. The coupon expires Dec. 31, 2016.

For more information, go to EnterpriseCarShare.com/GeorgeFox.

Have you ever thought about living and working overseas? Are you passionate about serving people and their communities? Come join Lisa Snell, a Peace Corps recruiter who served in the Peace Corps in Morocco for two years, at an info session today (Wednesday) from noon to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons (Room 101).

Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and have the experience of a lifetime. Bring your lunch and join us to learn about Peace Corps experiences, ask questions about service, and gain tips to guide you through the application process. Register to attend at this link.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Contact the IDEA Center with questions.

Before traveling to Sam Houston University to present his “Encounters with Beethoven” program this Friday, music professor Kenn Willson will perform music from the concert for the George Fox community today (Wednesday) from 9 to 10 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Feel free to swing by any time as your schedule allows for this “open house” play-through.

Do tests drive you crazy? You read the book, did the assignments, studied the night before, and still didn’t do as well as you wanted on your test. What else can you do?

Tomorrow (Thursday), Rick Muthiah, director of Learning Support Services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests in an ARC-sponsored workshop, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test Taker).” Join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Questions? Contact Rick at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Want to do something tangible for local foster parents? Embrace Ministries, an outreach ministry of George Fox that helps show hospitality to those in the foster care system, is hosting Foster Parents’ Night Out, a monthly event where we provide a fun and safe place for children in foster care to hang out so their parents can have a night out.

Dates planned are Nov. 5, Jan. 4 and Feb. 4. If you are interested in helping out or learning more, please email Jamie Kitchen at jkitchen15@georgefox.edu.

Join us in the Prayer Chapel tomorrow (Thursday) for Contemplative Worship! This week, we’ll be doing the Examen, which is a practice focused on gratitude and reflection.

Join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. Elective chapel credit is available.

Calling all student musicians, bands or solo artists: If you are interested in performing a set at this year’s Fall Carnival (Friday, Oct. 28), contact Ashley Meyer (ameyer14@georgefox.edu) with a recorded video/demo/mixtape. Multiple bands will be chosen to play at this year’s carnival, and we’d love it to be you!

Due to a family emergency, special guest John Foubert will be unable to speak on the Newberg campus today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) as originally scheduled. Foubert, a professor of higher education and student affairs administration at Oklahoma State University, was to speak on the important topic of ending sexual violence.

Foubert expressed his regrets for being unable to speak to the George Fox community at this time. The university plans to reschedule his visit on a future date to be determined.

Questions? Contact the student life office at studentlife@georgefox.edu.

Before you can change the world, let the world change you! Study abroad for a semester.

Want to learn more? Join us for a Study Abroad Fair tomorrow (Wednesday) in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium. Come learn about your opportunities to study abroad for a semester through George Fox! Representatives from more than 10 different programs in almost 40 countries will be available for questions and information. Everyone is welcome! The fair will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott in the Center for Study Abroad, at lscott@georgefox.edu or ext. 2150.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

The Wheeler Fitness Center will be closed this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7-8, for fall break. It will reopen for regular hours on Sunday (1-7 p.m.).

Have a wonderful, exercise-filled weekend!

If you missed dance team tryouts last time, you have another chance! Come prepared to dance with our new coach, former Portland Trail Blazer dancer Kimberly Kjersten!

Tryouts will be from 8 to 9:30 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) in Wheeler Sports Center’s Room 211. Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey at amcconaughey@georgefox.edu.

Exercise your civic right and responsibility to vote in the upcoming election! BestColleges.com recently published a helpful voting guide for students, which is useful for both first-time and out-of-state voters.

BestColleges.com has no political affiliation, but provides this resource to encourage and increase voting participation among college students.

The university community is invited to chapel today (Tuesday) as alumnus actor Rich Swingle (class of 1991) presents a one-man program, “Big Fish, Little Worm,” at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Tomorrow night in Vespers, we’ll take a look at Romans 5 beginning at 7 p.m. in Bauman.

Looking ahead, next week we’ll host an info meeting about upcoming SpIL trips over the winter, spring and summer breaks. If you’re interested in any of these trips, join us Wednesday, Oct. 12, right after Vespers in Bauman.

Have you ever thought about living and working overseas? Are you passionate about serving people and their communities? Come join Lisa Snell, a Peace Corps recruiter who served in the Peace Corps in Morocco for two years, at an info session on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from noon to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons (Room 101).

Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and have the experience of a lifetime. Bring your lunch and join us to learn about Peace Corps experiences, ask questions about service, and gain tips to guide you through the application process. Register to attend at this link.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Contact the IDEA Center with questions.

Before traveling to Sam Houston University to present his “Encounters with Beethoven” program this Friday, music professor Kenn Willson will perform music from the concert for the George Fox community tomorrow (Wednesday) from 9 to 10 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Feel free to swing by any time as your schedule allows for this “open house” play-through.