Are you cheering on the Bruin football team from home while they play the University of La Verne in California today (Saturday)? Catch the game live at 12:30 p.m. by clicking this link.
Please read this message carefully as we have changed a fews things in the way students change their meal plans through MYGFU.
MEAL PLAN CHANGES FOR FALL 2015
Students who are eligible to do so may change their own meal plan in their MYGFU account through Sunday, September 6th, 2015.
After this date, students who wish to change their meal plan and are eligible to do so must email studentlife@georgefox.edu by Friday, September 11, 2015 at 5:00 pm.
In the email you must include your NAME and STUDENT ID NUMBER, along with your request.
Your eligibility will be confirmed prior to any changes being made.
Please contact the Student Life Office if you have any questions at studentlife@georgefox.edu.
CHANGES TAKE 24 HOURS TO BE ACTIVATED ON YOUR ID CARD
Once a change is made in MYGFU it takes 24 hours to be uploaded and activated on your ID card.
Changes made over the weekend are processed on Monday, with the change taking affect on Tuesday.
Information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plan Options page on the Student Life Website:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student-life/residence-life/mealplanOptions.html
Please contact Student Life if you have any questions.
We are looking for people interested in becoming a George Fox Ambassador. The Ambassadors are an elite group of students who represent the university to visiting prospective students and families by volunteering 2.5 hours each week, hosting lunch and chapel, greeting and directing people at events, leading occasional campus tours and generally helping make visitors’ experiences awesome. Their work has a big impact on recruiting new George Fox students!
If this sounds like something that you are interested in, please come get an application in the admissions office on the second floor of the Stevens Center. Applications are available now, and they are due Friday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m.
The faculty of the College of Christian Studies invites members of the campus community to join them for daily morning prayer weekdays. Gather in Hoover 250 (second-floor lounge) for a brief time of prayer, from 8 to 8:20 a.m.
Prayer format will alternative between liturgical and unprogrammed, with various members of the CCS faculty providing leadership. Come as often as your schedule allows.
Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at ext. 2650 or email at phampton@georgefox.edu.
This coming Monday, Sept 7, is Labor Day. Therefore, Mail Services will not its courier service to the Portland Center. Please note that next week’s courier delivery will be on Tuesday and Thursday.
In addition to Labor Day, none of the carriers will be making their rounds, so there will be no outgoing packages on Labor Day.
Finally, Mail Services will have special hours (2 to 4:30 p.m.) on Serve Day (Sept. 9).
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.
The campus community is invited to the first Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation of the fall this Monday, Sept. 7, in Hoover 105. Gina Miller, the university’s new assistant professor of politics and international studies, will speak on the topic “Balancing Western Values and Global Citizenship.” The same presentation will take place at 5 to 6 p.m. and again from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests are asked to attend the later session.
Miller will discuss how the spread of Western influences around the world has produced mixed outcomes, particularly regarding how many observers in the “majority world” perceive and react to Western involvement in national or regional issues and conflicts around the globe. Her presentation kicks off this year’s series, “Majority World and the West.”
Questions? Contact Ron Mock at ext. 2680 or rmock@georgefox.edu.
If you want to help lead worship music on campus, this is your opportunity! We need committed, enthusiastic student leaders, so bring your voice or instruments to praise God as a leader and artist to our auditions!
These auditions are for elective chapel events such as Shalom and other awesome worship experiences, and auditions will be held the first week of school. If you are interested, please contact Zack Tewksbury at ztewksbury14@georgefox.edu or Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu and an audition time will be set up.
The university community is invited to a series of “Turning the Page” sessions highlighting the Heritage Edition of the St. John’s Bible on campus. Beginning today (Friday) and each Friday through Oct. 16, Paul Anderson (Christian Studies) will speak about different sections of the Bible from 4 to 5 p.m. in the MLRC.
The Saint John’s Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to have been commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey (Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn.) since the invention of the printing press. The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible is the full-size fine art reproduction of the original.
More information is able available by contacting Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.
There are number of outlets to learn and play the piano at George Fox. Here is info on a few of them ..
Learn to play piano
Interested in learning how to play piano? Check out MUSI 135 A and B, a piano class for beginners and intermediate-level students. Beginners are considered those with no previous lessons or a year or less of lessons as a child. Intermediate-level players are those with more than one year of lessons recently or two years of lessons as a child. If you’re not sure, you can always email the instructors.
Level A: Jennifer Garrett (jgarrett@georgefox.edu)
Level B: Barbara Stewart (bstewart@georgefox.edu)
Private lessons
Would you like to learn the piano but are not sure if you want to be in a class? Enroll in MUSA 105 PN for .5 credit. This is “Applied Piano,†which is a private lesson each week. No need to be a music major to enroll in applied piano. Questions? Contact Kenn Willson at kwillson@georgefox.edu
Keyboard Ensemble
A last opportunity for pianists (you will need at least 4-plus years of lessons). Enroll in Keyboard Ensemble, a course that puts two to four students together to work on one or two pianos. This is great fun for pianists to get a similar experience to bands, orchestras or choirs, but you only need to be able to play the piano.
If interested, you can enroll in MUSA 145 K (if you are at 18 credit hours but need to enroll in this ensemble, you can take it for “0†credit). This spring we will be putting together a “Monster Piano Concert” featuring six grand pianos on the Bauman stage, with organ. It’s great fun to prepare, and a big hit with the audience. Contact Kenn Willson for more info: kwillson@georgefox.edu.
Follett Higher Education Group took over operation of the BlueZone Bookstore in June of 2015. The store has been renamed the Bruin Store (Georgefoxshop.com), and now offers textbooks and merchandise in one location. At the beginning of each semester, undergraduate and graduate textbooks will be offered for sale in the Bruin Store and no longer in the Textbook Annex. The remainder of the year the Bruin Store will be your source for Bruin apparel, accessories, gifts and general school supplies.
Part of our agreement with Follett is that they have the exclusive right to sell merchandise and services traditionally offered in college and university bookstores, including but not limited to, all required course materials (print and digital); class and alumni rings and jewelry; clothing (whether or not emblematic); school supplies; desk and dorm accessories; gifts; souvenirs; graduation regalia (sale and rental) and announcements; course-adopted software and paper and electronic custom anthologies; and textbook buybacks.
This agreement does not prohibit sales by student groups or student government organizations, but Follett should be consulted with prior to these sales.
If you have any questions, please email Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.
Policy and Procedures for Driving Personal Vehicles on University Business (i.e., for Serve Day) …
Students and employees will be allowed to drive on university business if they have had a current valid U.S. state driver’s license for at least one year and are at least 18 years of age.
When driving a personal vehicle on university business, the driver’s personal insurance serves as the primary insurance and is the extent of the driver’s protection. Students and employees need to be comfortable with their own auto insurance coverage and limits and assume all risks and responsibility for transporting other individuals in their vehicle.
When an employee or student uses a personal vehicle on university business or if the university arranges the transportation for an activity or event and a student or employee is asked to transport others in their personal vehicle, that person/driver must be on the approved driver’s list maintained by Plant Services indicating the following:
In all cases, the driver/owner of the vehicle must follow all traffic laws and regulations and ensure that the personal vehicle is in good operating condition and safe to drive.
Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.
A beginning guitar class and private guitar lessons are being offered this fall on campus. Sign up and add some fun to your schedule!
The Beginning Guitar Class is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting. Learn the skills to play all your favorite rock, folk, pop, and worship songs! No experience is necessary (MUSI 250-A, Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.).
Private Guitar Lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level very quickly. One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and you’ll get top-notch instruction that is specific to your skill level and caters to the styles of music that you really want to learn. We can focus on anything from classical, rock, blues, metal, shred, folk, worship, etc. It’s up to you! (MUSA 105 GT/305 GT)
Lessons are taught by G.I.T. Musicians Institute graduate and veteran guitar player/instructor Jordan Stricklen. He has performed thousands of shows with countless bands in countless styles, and has been on many national tours with the bands Spence and Flashing Blue Lights. He is new to the area and is currently focusing on teaching and solo material.
Email Jordan directly for more info: JStricklen@georgefox.edu.
Do you like to sing? There is still time to enroll in a choir class! Auditions will take place this week in Ross 205.
Interested? Please contact Danielle Warner at dwarner@georgefox.edu for more information.
Hello George Fox students!
Serve Day 2015 is under a week away (Sept. 9)! The schedule is below and also on the Serve Day website. If you are new to George Fox, please take a moment to read about the history of Serve Day. This year we are excited to serve more than 100 different groups from around the area.
What you really need to know about Serve Day is that we need you! Serve Day is a great day to get away from campus, create new relationships with people and celebrate the joy in serving.
STUDENTS LIVING ON CAMPUS
You are assigned to a serve site with your living area. Some of the living areas are divided, so contact your RA for detailed information about your site. Your RA will have the site number that you are assigned so that you can go to the right spot on the quad at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning after the kickoff celebration.
COMMUTERS
All commuters are to report to the front of Bauman after the morning breakfast and opening activities at 9 a.m. Commuters will be assigned a Serve Day site at that time and location.
EVERYONE
We know that some of you will not be able to attend Serve Day due to jobs, internships, childcare, doctor’s appointments, etc. If you live on campus you should communicate your conflict with your RA.
If you are a commuter, you do not need to request an excuse. We sure hope you can make it if you do not have a conflict.
Don’t hesitate to contact serveday@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.
Schedule
7:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast on the quad* and bag your own lunch**
8:30 a.m. – Kickoff celebration on the lawn near the Centennial Tower
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes (Group#) on lawn and depart for serve site
Lunch with your group at the serve site
4 p.m. – Return to campus
4-6:30 p.m. – Evening Celebration including church, volunteer, activities fair, and concert
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Dinner on the quad
*Free for everyone
**Free for students, team leaders and committee members
Plant Services has had an unusually busy summer. We are still in the process of completing multiple building and remodeling projects, 42 smaller projects, as well as numerous office moves. As a result, we have accumulated more than 1,000 open work requests.
We are working hard to catch up but must complete student housing requests first. Thank you for your patience during this very busy time.
The Department of English and Theatre invites you to its semester kickoff event tomorrow (Friday) from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium!
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Questions? Contact Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to come out and support the Bruin women’s soccer team as they host Carleton College from Minnesota tomorrow (Friday). Game time is 6:30 p.m. at our incredible Austin Sports Complex about three-quarters of a mile off campus at 1013 Crestview Dr.
See you all there!
Announcing the Music Faculty Showcase Concert! Come hear your colleagues, professors and friends perform musical works by Handel, Corigliano, Weber and more! The concert will include performers on clarinet, saxophone, piano, voice, flute and cello.
Join us for this free event tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
Questions? Contact Sophia Tegart at stegart@georgefox.edu.
Students are strongly encouraged to take a moment to look at the new format of the Student Handbook.
The handbook is a searchable pdf, where the table of contents are linked to the pages of the document. You are able to both search the document for the topic of interest or click the table of contents to be taken immediately to a specific section. To search the document on a Mac computer please hit “command F†and type in the appropriate search words. On a PC “control F†will allow you to do a key word search. Also, embedded in the pdf are live web-links that will direct you to necessary forms or websites that you might find useful.
Questions? You can always contact us at studentlife@georgefox.edu
Join us for Movie on the Lawn this Friday, Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. in the Amphitheater! We will be showing ‘Jurassic World’ and snacks will be provided.
Questions? Please contact Lehman Pekkola at lpekkola13@georgefox.edu.
