The Daily Bruin

Two quick notes for users of our Information Commons computers.

1. Six of the computers have now been updated to Microsoft Office 2007 for those who wish to use this newer version of the software.  The updated machines are numbers 13-18 and are located closest to the Reference Desk.
2. Also, we have a new scanner to replace the one that broke over the summer.  It is on computer 18 on the far wall.  Instructions for using the scanner are provided.

The courier to George Fox’s Salem Center will be changing days starting this Thursday, Oct. 30. Mail Services will deliver mail to Salem on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There will be no Salem courier service on Fridays starting this week.

George Fox University is excited to announce a tour of alpine Europe to see the Passion Play at Oberammergau, Germany, in early-summer 2010.

Open to all employees, students, alumni, parents and friends of George Fox, our 11-day tour, departing May 31, will include visits to the beautiful alpine European cities of Frankfurt and Munich, Germany; Salzburg, Austria; and Lucerne and Interlaken, Switzerland. Among many other highlights, the tour will include travel through the Rhine Valley, Black Forest, as well as the Swiss, Austrian and Bavarian Alps. Additionally, visits are planned to Neuschwanstein and Heidelberg castles, and Rothenburg, Germany’s best-preserved medieval town.

The highlight of the trip will be the Passion Play, an inspiring one-day play, dating back nearly 375 years, which is performed for sold-out audiences every 10 years in a magnificent outdoor covered amphitheater with the Bavarian Alps as a backdrop.

To read the full itinerary, request more information, and register for the trip, click here.

Career Services is hosting Getting into Grad School: Admission Made Easy Thursday and Friday, Oct. 30-31. Following are the details:

Two sessions to choose from: 
Thursday, Oct. 30, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Stevens 220 or
Friday, Oct. 31, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Stevens 220
R.S.V.P. to careers@georgefox.edu or call ext. 2330

Presenter: 
Jennifer Pop, Grad Assistant
MS, MA Clinical Psychology; fourth-year PsyD

Available in our Career Center:

• GRE Bulletin (Graduate Record Exam)
• GMAT Bulletin (Graduate Management Admissions Test)
• LSAT Bulletin (Law School Admissions Test)
• “How to” guides for admissions
• Practice exam and graduate school reference books
• Excellent online resources

Due to the staff retreat on Thursday, Oct. 23, no courier service will be available that day. Regular service will continue on Friday, Oct. 24.

The Graduate Department of Counseling is changing the name of its on-campus clinic. The Portland Center for Counseling and Family Therapy is now called Individual & Family Matters, a Counseling Service of the Graduate Department of Counseling.

Individual & Family Matters is a nonprofit educational and counseling clinic offering therapeutic services to families, couples, individuals and children/adolescents. It is staffed by advanced graduate students supervised by American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy-approved supervisors and George Fox University faculty supervisors. Ellen R. Minshew, MS, LMFT, is the director of the clinic, located in the Portland North Building. More information is available at 503-554-6060.

The Health and Counseling Center will host a walk-in flu shot clinic from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at the Portland Center, in Room 155B. The cost is $15. Pioneer Education Health Trust will cover the cost. Please note Kaiser Insurance offers free flu shots to members at local Kaiser facilities.

Tigard Costco membership staff will be in the second floor atrium again on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to give away samples and offer sign-ups for individual/personal memberships.

You can also call the membership coordinator, Nancy, at 503-639-0773 if you have questions.

The Orbis Cascade Alliance, in conjunction with Online Computer Library Center, is finalizing work on the new Summit catalog. Summit is the catalog for ordering books and media from other academic libraries in Washington and Oregon. With one search, this new catalog will allow you to discover materials from all over the world. One search will soon allow you access to both the Summit and WorldCat catalogs.

The new catalog will be available to use beginning Dec. 1. Some inconveniences and disruptions in Summit features and functions may be part of the transition. The library is working hard to bring you better searching and discovery tools and will appreciate your patience while we work on implementing the new Summit system.

To learn more, go to orbiscascade.org/index/new-summit to read an FAQ on the new Summit catalog.

The GFU Health and Counseling Center will host a walk-in flu shot clinic from 4  to 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in Room 155b. The cost is $15. Students cost is $1.50 with GFU student insurance (Aetna). Pioneer Education Health Trust will cover the cost for covered employees. A receipt can be provided at request to submit to your insurance for reimbursement as needed. Please note Kaiser Insurance offers free flu shots to members at local Kaiser facilities.

Josten’s representative Troy Decker will be in the Portland Center 2nd floor atrium (by the elevator) on Wed. & Thurs. October 8 & 9 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. to take orders for college rings.

You can view ring options online at jostens.com/college.

The United States Postal Service will be on the Newberg campus Thursday, Oct. 2, for new passport applications (or renewals). The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Cap and Gown Room A. Passport photos also are available. Family members are welcome.

Andrew S. Miller, a student in the Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation program, believes that “beauty is important, especially to those who love God.” Come and enjoy the beauty he has found through his camera lens. His photographic art will be displayed through October at the Portland Center Library.

Many of you have been asking, so we wanted to let you know that the reception desk in the first floor atrium is for our receptionist, Barbara Lybarger. We are moving her workspace into that area to greet visitors and students with a friendly hello and ability to direct folks to where they need to go. The other purpose is to help with building security as Barbara will be able to see all three entrances into the building.

We are also working on maximizing space at the Portland Center to include more areas for students to use as study areas and break-out areas. This will be a slow process, but we are definitely prioritizing it as a need for you. We are hoping to add more furniture pieces as well as updating the look.

We are also working toward getting a coffeehouse put in upstairs in the student lounge area. We are still working on finding the funding for the project. We hope to be able to have it in by the end of fall semester at the latest. We will continue to offer evening meals from Bon Appetit Monday through Thursday.

We trust that you are off to a great semester!

Questions or comments can be emailed to Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor

A bike rack was installed at the west entrance of the south building for student use. We are looking into purchasing another for the west entrance to hopefully be installed this fall.

Have a great fall semester!

Don’t forget about the Staff Development Committee’s non-food pantry drive on behalf of Love INC. The local community has a high demand for necessities not covered by food stamps. Please help meet those needs. Look for Love INC donation barrels on the Newberg campus in the SUB (outside the University Store), Stevens Center lobby, Hoover Atrium, Mail Services and the VAC. The Portland Center also has a barrel available for donations. The donation drive ends Oct. 22.

Needed items include toilet paper (this is the highest need), laundry detergent, dish soap, dishwasher soap, bar soap, body wash, shampoo and conditioner, razors, shaving cream, feminine products, Saran Wrap, Zip bags, garbage bags, paper towels, deodorant, lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes and dental floss.

Don’t forget to register for Selah, the university’s women’s conference scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 27, in Bauman Auditorium. Online registration will be available through Thursday, Sept. 25. For more information, visit selah.georgefox.edu or call Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134. We hope to see you there!

– University Relations

Pictures from the university’s 10th annual Serve Day (Sept. 10) have been posted on the Web. Simply go to the homepage (georgefox.edu) and click on one of the rotating Serve Day photos at the top of the page to see a collection of pictures from the day.

We are looking for volunteers to help build lunch boxes for Selah’s 600 participants. We will put the lunches together as much as we can from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, and then place the cold packs and sandwiches in them on Saturday from 8:15 to 9 a.m. Both lunch-building sessions will meet in the Cap and Gown Room. All volunteers will recieve $10 off their Selah registration fee.

Please contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at 503-554-2121 or dochsner@georgefox.edu if you are interested in helping. If you have already signed up to volunteer for Amy Lorenz (University Relations) during Selah, we would prefer that you not also volunteer for the lunch building on Saturday.

Be sure to bookmark the Bon Appetit website to view weekly menus in the Klages Dining Room as well as daily specials in the Bruin Den. Check it out at cafebonappetit.com/georgefox.