Career Services is pleased to announce the program for this year’s Graduate Fair:
Wednesday, Oct. 20
“Getting into Grad School Workshop”*
6:30p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Stevens 109
Thursday, Oct. 21
George Fox Graduate Program Fair
9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hoover Atrium
*Registration for the workshop is available on MyGFU, under Career Services-Bruin Careers. There is no registration required for the fair.
Career Services will host a Graduate School Emphasis Week Oct. 18-22. The week will include a “Getting Into Graduate School” presentation from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Stevens 109; a George Fox graduate schools fair from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Hoover lobby; packets of information for students; and a discussion blog on Career Services’ website.
Registration for the Oct. 20 presentation is available on Bruin Careers and is limited to the first 40 people.
Interested in living or working overseas, but not sure how to do it? The Big Guide can help. The Office of Career Services has a subscription to this great interactive website that allows you to access its abundant resources for free.
Visit careers.georgefox.edu and find the link under “News and Updates” to activate your free account. Once registered, you can network with others interested in living or working abroad, both inside and outside of George Fox, and can access numerous videos and text resources to help you prepare for your upcoming adventure.
If you have any questions, contact Career Services at ext. 2330, via e-mail at careers@georgefox.edu, or in person at our new location on the first floor of the Stevens Center.
The Newberg campus will be closed Friday, Oct. 8, for the mid-semester holiday. All offices, the Bruin Bookstore and the library will be closed.
The George Fox Behavioral Health Clinic is offering a free eight-week parenting class for parents of ages 1-18. Build better relationships with your kids and get better behavior, too! Snacks provided. Sorry, no childcare is provided.
Sessions last from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each Monday from Monday, Oct. 11, through Monday, Nov. 29. Classes meet in the new Behavioral Health Clinic building next to the Villa Academic Complex on Villa Road in Newberg.
Questions? Contact Joel Gregor at jogregor@georgefox.edu.
Gmail has announced the option of turning off the conversation view in your e-mail. Tired of related e-mails being “stacked” into one message? Simply click on “Settings” in the upper-right corner, then the “General” tab. The sixth option on the list will turn off conversations and let every e-mail you receive remain independent in your in-box.
Next week, the university will host the biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith and History (CFH) Oct. 6-9. The theme of this year’s conference is “The Search for Peace, Justice and Equality.” Approximately 170 attendees will be presenting more than 150 papers on a variety of historical subjects.
For location, content and cost information, visit the university’s history webpage, the society’s web page or contact Caitlin Corning.
The Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends and the university’s Center for Peace and Justice would like to invite all students, faculty and staff to this weekend’s conference: “Christians and Immigration in a Land of Contradictions: A Call to Biblical Action.”
On Friday and Saturday, join with other concerned Christians as we educate ourselves about immigration in the United States. Together, we will examine details of immigration law and history, hearing firsthand stories about the immigrant experience and be inspired by fellow Christians working to share the love of Christ with our immigrant brothers and sisters. Although there is no charge for those from George Fox, participants are asked to register online at this link.
For a detailed schedule of events, please see our page on the university’s website.
Questions? E-mail peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu.
We hope to see you this weekend.
Blessings,
George Fox Center for Peace and Justice
Tickets are still available for this Thursday’s concert featuring internationally acclaimed pianist Valentina Lisitsa in Bauman Auditorium. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m.
Lisitsa will play a selection of Chopin and Liszt pieces in celebration of their 200th birthdays (Chopin was born in 1810 and Liszt in 1811). She is making the appearance to benefit the Friends of Music program, the main resource fund for the university’s Bösendorfer concert series.
Tickets are only $5 for all university students and employees (get your ticket at the box office). To learn more about Lisitsa, visit valentinalisitsa.com. Don’t miss seeing this gifted pianist perform!
We have a new batch of books out now for sale. Come take a look!
$2 for hardback; $1 for paperback;
Volume discount -> more than 10 books = half price ($1 hardbacks; $0.50 paperbacks!)
Portland Center Library hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
George Fox Evangelical Seminary will host author Scot McKnight for a one-day seminar, “In the Beginning was the Gospel,†from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 29, in Room 155 at the Portland Center. The event is part of the seminary’s Ministry in Contemporary Culture series.
McKnight, author of The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, will discuss “the many differences between how we ‘evangelize’ and how the apostles evangelized.†He poses such questions as “Do we need to re-examine the meaning of ‘gospel’?â€, “Did Jesus preach the gospel or were the apostles the first to preach the gospel?â€, and “How important is the cross to the gospel?â€
Admission is $20 for employees and students. An optional deli lunch will be available on site for $10. To register online or learn more about McKnight, visit seminars.georgefox.edu.
The Center for Peace and Justice is sponsoring a visit to the community open house at Bilal Masjid Mosque in Beaverton this Sunday, Sept. 12, in remembrance of the events of 9/11/2001. We will be leaving from the Stevens Center parking lot at 10:30 a.m.
We are coming alongside one of our senior students, Lindley King, who originally voiced the idea of a George Fox visit after hearing the president of the Bilal Mosque speak at Senior Capstone on Monday. Please R.S.V.P. to peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu if you are interested in coming with us. Let us know if you are able to drive and take other students who will need rides or if you are someone who will need a ride.
Blessings,
The Center for Peace and Justice and the Center for Global Studies
There will be no U.S. Mail service (no incoming or outgoing) on Monday, Sept. 6. Carriers such as UPS and FedEx are also closed and will make no deliveries.
There will be no courier service to Portland or Salem on Monday, Sept. 6. We will deliver to both Salem and Portland centers on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
IT is offering video quick guides for using George Fox Google Mail. In addition to printable documentation, we now have short video clips that show you how to get the most out of your e-mail.
These videos get you started with the basics and then some. Watch them on the IT website. More advanced content is coming soon.
To pay online, you may need to “enable cookies.†To do this in Safari, point your cursor to “Safari†(top left side of the menu bar). Then select “preferences†and “security” and last choose to “accept cookies always.†For other applications, contact the help desk for assistance. 503-554-2569.
Looking for a job or internship? Â Check out BruinCareers, a new online career center and job posting system. BruinCareers will allow you to:
• Search and apply for positions directly through the system
• Create job search agents to alert them when new positions matching their criteria enter the system
• Sign up for Career Services events
Click on “BruinCareers” under Career Services Resources in “mygfu” to create an account. (On-campus jobs are still located in JobConnect, also in mygfu.) Questions? Contact Career Services, 1st floor of Stevens, careers@georgefox.edu or x2330.
Don’t forget to turn in your August timesheets to your supervisor at the end of your shift. Remember that summer employment ends on August 29th.  Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it.  Payday is on Wednesday, September 15th.  Thank you!
– Human Resources
To pay your bill online, simply go to your student center and remain on the student center tab. Then scroll down to “Account Inquiry“ and from there, “Make a Paymentâ€. You can choose to pay directly from your savings or checking account and no fees are charged! If you want to pay by credit card, however, there is a 2.75% convenience fee. Questions? Please email studentaccounts@georgefox.edu. Thanks!
Students who registered after fall bills were printed and mailed in July or who are expecting an updated bill will need to access their student account charges through their student service center. Everything you need…account transactions, pending aid and payment due dates are all accessible online. And now, you can even pay online and give permissions to others to pay online! (See yesterday’s E-nnouncement.)
