Join us tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:50 a.m. for Contemplative Worship in the Prayer Chapel! This week, we’ll be praying through the Lectio Divina, or “Divine Reading,” a contemplative process of praying through Scripture.
Fall 2016 grads: Stop by our Grad Night Open House on Wednesday, Nov. 16, to pick up your cap and gown between 4 and 6:30 p.m. at the Portland Center (PDS 155).
Meet with student accounts, alumni, Jostens and Bruin Store representatives while also enjoying snacks with your cohort and other George Fox graduates!
Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.
Mu Kappa Club is meeting tonight (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in the International House! This week we will be brainstorming ideas for Mu Kappa T-shirts. Come ready to draw or suggest a theme, image, or anything you think describes our club. As usual, we will have hot drinks and snacks. Hope to see you there!
Mu Kappa Club exists to create space for interaction in a fun and friendly group, and to advocate for and support MKs, TCKs and international students here at George Fox! We are focused on supporting students who have lived in other countries or whose parents work outside the U.S., but all are welcome at any of our events.
Questions? Please contact Jewellyn Bardwell at jbardwell14@georgefox.edu.
Fall Retreat is just around the corner! Twin Rocks is hosting us again this year, with retreat scheduled Nov. 11-13. That’s just three weeks away!
The theme this year is “Let Nothing.” It comes from Romans 8:38, where Paul says he is convinced that “nothing can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus.” Students will be led in sessions that identify, validate and facilitate surrendering the barriers that limit them from fully seeing and experiencing God’s love.
Kaitlyn Ragan and Anderson Campbell are session leaders. Our guest musician is Tyson Motsenbocker, who is featured on Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube and iTunes. Swing by the sign-up table in the Bauman lobby before or after chapel and Vespers, or in the Canyon Commons during mealtimes. Please make sure to have the $30 fee ready to be paid when signing up. We will take card, chip or cash.
Those who sign up before Nov. 4 will be entered into a drawing to receive five chapel credits. Five students will be chosen. This is a dynamic retreat where you will have plenty of opportunities to engage and relax over the weekend!
Questions? Contact Jamie Barrett at jbarrett14@georgefox.edu.
Are you a student interested in being a part of tough conversations revolving around race, faith, and diversity? Do you enjoy discussions about intercultural communication and relationships? If this is you, then consider applying to be a Cultural Ambassador through the Intercultural Life office.
This unique student leadership opportunity is open only for six to 10 students who are seeking to be culturally engaged and who have a desire to see change take place on their own campus. The skills acquired through this intensive training are recognized as being indispensable in the workplace (of all fields). In addition to training with your peers on a weekly basis, students involved in Cultural Ambassadors will be attending the SCORR (Student Congress of Racial Reconciliation Conference) in the month of February, held at Biola University.
This is an enriching opportunity for all students, so do you want to be known as a Cultural Ambassador?
Applications will be open from Oct. 31 through Nov. 11.
For more information about becoming a Cultural Ambassador, please email Grace Packer at gpacker15@georgefox.edu.
Are you interested in attending a professional health program after George Fox? Are you pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-veterinary, pre-physical therapy, pre-optometry or pre-pharmacy? Get informed on what it takes to get into a professional health program. The topics covered at a meeting this Thursday, Oct. 27, will include admission requirements, the application process and resources available to you at George Fox.
The meeting will take place in EHS 102 at 5 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu. If you are unable to attend but consider yourself a pre-professional health student, please contact Vetta so that you can be added to the pre-professional health student contact group.
Faculty, please tell your pre-professional health students about this meeting.
We at Young Life are very pleased to announce that we are starting up Capernaum! Capernaum is a Young Life group for individuals from the ages of 12-21 who have special needs.
If you are interested in becoming a Capernaum leader for the 2016-17 school year, or if you would like more information, contact Hailey Leavitt (hleavitt14@georgefox.edu).
Looking for some good deals and discounts on cool stuff? You’re in luck: Students and employees on the Newberg campus are eligible to receive the Bruin Card, a discount card you can use at 15 local businesses.
If you’ve received your Bruin Card, be sure to use the card as many times as you’d like until it expires on Aug. 31, 2017! Not only will you be getting great savings on your purchases, you’ll be supporting local businesses. Just show your card when you make your purchases.
Don’t have a Bruin Card yet? Pick up a card at the Information Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center.
We hope you’re looking forward to the opportunity to step away from daily tasks to refresh and renew yourself at our fall staff conference tomorrow (Wednesday), Oct. 26, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons (101-103).
Join us for worship and a workshop with our guest speaker, Doreen Dodgen-Magee, a psychologist from Portland who has 22 years of experience working with individuals and groups. She presents material that is fascinating and sobering in a way that is absolutely captivating.
Continental breakfast and lunch are included. Please contact Peg Hutton (phutton@georgefox.edu) if you have food allergies. Please remember to avoid wearing perfume or aftershave for those who have severe allergies and sensitivities.
All staff (non-administration, non-faculty) are required to attend unless you have VP approval; direct your absence approvals to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu).
Program provided by your Staff Development Committee.
Please take a few moments to answer this short 10-question survey about last Thursday’s “Shake Out” test. Your participation will help us to improve our notification systems and planning for next year’s “Shake Out.”
Thank you for your help.
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Today (Tuesday) is the day! Join your colleagues at all-employee lunch in Canyon Commons. Lunch is $3 per plate and will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. See you there!
There are only a few days left to see the current George Fox University history exhibit in the Stevens Center. There are artifacts and pictures from the founding of the college to more recent events. On Friday, we will be installing a new exhibit of objects from the George Fox museum collection.
If you have questions about the university’s archives, please contact Rachel Thomas (rthomas@georgefox.edu). If you have questions about the museum collection, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).
Sign up to carry a flag representing a cultural heritage of personal meaning to you at the Tuesday, Nov. 15, chapel service, in honor of International Education Week. Click this link to sign up by Monday, Nov. 7.
A brief dress rehearsal will be held in advance of the Nov. 15 chapel in Bauman Auditorium (chapel begins at 10:50 a.m.). All carrying flags will be required to attend.
Questions? Contact Hongyang Yin (hyin13@georgefox.edu) for more information.
Fall Carnival is taking place on Monday, Oct. 31!
There will be popcorn, cotton candy, henna, inflatable jousting, a costume contest at 9 p.m., a pie-eating contest at 9:30 p.m., carnival games and more! We’ll even have a mechanical bull! The fun begins at 8 p.m.
So dress up in your Halloween costume and come to Wheeler for a night of fun and get some awesome prizes and food! (No masks allowed … thanks).
Contact Ashley Meyer (ameyer14@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Join us for our final Bruins LEAD event on Thursday, Oct. 27, to hear softball coach Jessica Hollen speak on “How to Manage Team Conflict.â€
You don’t have to be an athlete or coach to be part of Bruins LEAD. It is simply an opportunity to develop your leadership skills. We will take basic leadership concepts and spend one hour diving into details of how to develop responsible and respected leaders. The session meets from 8:40 to 9:40 p.m. in Lemmons 8.
While some of the content may be specific to athletics and teams, we feel strongly that every person will end up working in a team at some point in their lives, and this information can be relevant for everyone on campus.
If you were unable to attend the first series of sessions, join us this week! Snacks will be provided!
Questions? Contact Kelsea Meyers at kmeyers13@georgefox.edu.
Housing Area West (HAW) will be hosting trick-or-treating Monday, Oct. 31, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Several houses and apartments in the area will be passing out candy. Trick or treat locations will be marked outside the door with a green glow-in-the-dark alien face balloon.
Questions? Contact LaQuae Aughtman at laughtman13@georgefox.edu.
Have a “Happy HAWaween!”
It’s Quaker Focus Week! This morning (Tuesday) in chapel at 10:50 a.m. we welcome guest speaker Doreen Dodgen-Magee. She is a reluctant “geek,†spending inordinate amounts of time interacting with scholarly research, technology and pop culture around the topic of how the new digital landscape is shaping us. She is passionate about engaging people around this topic.
In Vespers Wednesday night at 7 p.m. we will be discussing Romans 9 in continuing our series “One.” Both Vespers and chapel will be in Bauman Auditorium.
Tuition Remission applications are now being accepted. You’ll notice a few changes to this year’s process, including:
Our hope is that these process improvements make it easier and less time consuming for you to utilize this valuable benefit!
Information and Resources
Join Sigma Tau Delta as we host an open mic poetry night! Whether you want to share something original or something from your favorite poet, you are welcome to experiment in a supportive environment — no previous experience required! We’ll be in Hoover 206 at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday), Oct. 24.
Contact Kelsey Herschberger (kherschberger14@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Audition for Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Rhett Luedtke;Â Musical Direction by Maggie Daane
WHEN
General Auditions: Monday, Oct. 24 (7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.)
First Callback: Tuesday, Oct. 25 (7 p.m. – 10 p.m.)
Second Callback: Wednesday, Oct. 26 (7 p.m. – 10 p.m.)
WHERE
Wood-Mar Auditorium
HOW
Sign up for a five-minute audition time-slot for general auditions. The sign-up sheet is on the theatre department call board in the Lemmons Center.
Prepare:
• One 90-second contemporary monologue (fully memorized and rehearsed).
• 60 seconds of a song selected from a musical of your choice (fully memorized and rehearsed). Please bring sheet music with you so that our accompanist can play for you.
Contact Rhett Luedtke (rluedtke@georgefox.edu) with questions.
