This is a final reminder that today (Tuesday) at 4:30 p.m. is the deadline to have your Oregon ballots delivered to the drop site at University Mail Services. We take ballots for all Oregon counties, and no postage is required. Out-of-state ballots do require postage.
– Mail Services
National Student Service, Inc. offers renter’s insurance to college students. This is a private company and is not supported in any way by George Fox University.
If you would like information about this service, please pick up a brochure from the student life office on the third floor of the Stevens Center.
Thank you for participating in the Christian Life Survey. As a reminder, this is research being conducted by Steve Bird, an administrator at Taylor University.
Your participation is COMPLETELY confidential. The information will be used in a broad sense and will have no impact upon George Fox University’s spiritual life programs or policies.
Thank you for assisting in this research project.
Questions? E-mail studentlife@georgefox.edu
Please join us this Friday, Nov. 7, for Spanish Chapel! We’ll meet at 10 a.m. in Ross 208 to hear a great message and spend time in worship in Spanish. Our guest speaker will be Jorge Trujillo from Communidad Cristiana Agape in Keizer, Ore.
Chapel elective credit is available. Please contact Kate Lowen at klowen11@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Morning chapel will be on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Gregg Koskela will speak on “Doors, Judgement, Love.†Chapel credit is available.
Shalom will be on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Mark Almquist will speak on “Listening Together Within the Motion of Love.†Chapel elective credit is available.
Evening chapel will be on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. “Point Me Home,†a dramatic performance, will be presented by the University Players. Chapel credit is available.
For more information visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu
A-dec Inc. is hosting an information session for the A-dec internship offered to George Fox students. The meeting is on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 5:30 p.m. in EHS 125.
Juniors majoring in the following disciplines are invited to attend to learn more about A-dec and our 2015 internship opportunities: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering and computer science.
Pizza and soft drinks will be served!
Questions? Please contact Sidney Tafflinger at stafflinger@georgefox.edu.
Join us tonight (Monday) for the “Islam and the West” Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture featuring alumna Suhila Haidary, who will speak on the topic “Trapped in the Crossfire: Women and Children Under the Taliban.” The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Haidary was a child of 6 when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. She will share on the experience of women and children during and after Taliban rule, highlighting the artificial divisions and injustices created by radical Islamist rule.
Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.
Come join us for an evening of bilingual theatre as George Fox’s Spanish department presents “El Gran Teatro del Mundo” (“The Great Theatre of the World”) by Calderón de la Barca. Join us at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Entry is free!
Questions? Contact Brenna Brutscher at bbrutscher11@georgefox.edu.
A panel of three professionals will share how their Christian faith intersects with and impacts their work at a “Faith and Work” session, sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, this Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Chapel credit is available for students.
Questions? Contact Noah Ramsey Smith at smithn13@georgefox.edu.
“A Motion of Love” is the theme for the university’s annual Quaker Focus Week, Nov. 3-6, on the Newberg campus. Quaker Focus allows the campus community an opportunity to explore its Quaker roots and heritage. Events for students, faculty and the community this year include:
Monday, Nov. 3
9 a.m. – “Quakers in Business, Science, and Industryâ€
An open invitation to visit Paul Anderson’s History & Doctrine of Friends Class (Hoover 210)
Tuesday, Nov. 4
10:50 a.m. – “Doors, Judgment, Loveâ€
University Chapel with Gregg Koskela, lead pastor, Newberg Friends Church (Bauman Auditorium)
9 p.m. – “Listening Together Within the Motion of Loveâ€
Shalom with Mark Almquist (Cap and Gown Room)
Wednesday, Nov. 5
9 a.m. – “Quakers, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Underground Railroad,†a Skype interview with Max Carter of Guilford College
in Paul Anderson’s History & Doctrine of Friends Class (Hoover 210)
7 p.m. – “Point Me Homeâ€
University Chapel with a dramatic performance by the University Players (Bauman Auditorium)
Thursday, Nov. 6
10:40 a.m. – Contemplative worship (Prayer Chapel)
“I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the Goodness of God …â€
– John Woolman
Need to learn MLA style for your papers? Join us for a workshop, “An Introduction to MLA Style,” this Thursday, Nov. 6, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
In this session, Kathy Heininge, associate professor of English, will present key elements of the Modern Language Association style for essays and other written works. MLA is commonly used in humanities courses such as English, literature and modern languages. The workshop is sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.
Do you enjoy rock music? The music department is offering the class for you: The History of Rock and Roll (MUSI 285-B Special Topics #3747)! It will be offered during Spring 2015 and meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in Ross 208.
This course will be a survey of the origins of rock and roll to the popular music of today. For more information about the class, contact Sophia Tegart at stegart@georgefox.edu.
Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County Elections Office for Mail Services to serve as a drop site for all Oregon ballots. We accept any Oregon ballot (any county), and there is no postage necessary.
The deadline for this drop-off site is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage. If you have questions, email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
Thanks,
University Mail Services
During Cultural Celebration Week (Nov. 10-14), we would like to invite students of different cultural backgrounds/ethnicity to share some of your stories or games!
Monday evening, Nov. 10, will be storytelling and Thursday evening, Nov. 13, will be a showcase of games. Contact Louis Liu at lliu11@georgefox.edu if you’d like to show what your culture is about!
Come experience a new way of dancing on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 8:30 p.m. in the library. Instead of dancing with a regular sound system, everyone listens on wireless headphones. “The Loudest Dance You’ve Never Heard” is powered by Silent Storm and sponsored by Nerds and Geeks United. Wireless headphones will be provided for use at the dance.
Buy your ticket for $1 today (Friday) between 11:30 and 2 p.m. in the Bruin Den to be entered in a raffle for a pair of Beats Headphones! Only 400 tickets are available, so make sure to get your ticket early.
Questions? Please contact Michael Wegener at mwegener13@georgefox.edu.
A panel of three professionals will share how their Christian faith intersects with and impacts their work at a “Faith and Work” session, sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, next Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Chapel credit is available for students.
Questions? Contact Noah Ramsey Smith at smithn13@georgefox.edu.
The BlueZone Store will be finalizing its midyear inventory on Friday, Oct. 31, and will close at 2 p.m. The store will reopen on Monday, Nov. 3, with regular hours.
Urban Outreach is tonight (Thursday)! We invite you to come and serve alongside us in Portland and Salem, where we will share a meal and develop relationships with those that live outside.
We will meet outside the ASC offices at 5:30 p.m. and go from there. Hope to see you there!
Please contact Mikayla Greenwell (mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The Portland Youth Philharmonic will perform a preview concert opening their 91st season in Bauman Auditorium on Monday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge and seating is general.
Th program includes Richard Wagner’s Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Gotterdamerung; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances; and Norman Leyden’s Serenade for Strings.
Join us for Greenroom tonight (Thursday)! We’ll be having a special Greenroom in the Foxhole at 9:45 p.m.! Thereafter, all remaining Greenroom events will be held in the Cap and Gown Room.
Please join us for worship in song!
