The Daily Bruin

Come join us for the first Black Student Union club meeting of the year this Sunday, Sept. 25, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the International House (across the street from Pennington dorms). There will be pizza and an ice cream bar!

Everyone is welcome, so bring a friend and come have fun! Contact Megan Wright (mwright14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

We are in the beginning phases of a university-wide phone upgrade. During this transition, some of the caller ID on your phone display will look different than usual. This may make it difficult to differentiate between internal and external calls.

To be safe, please answer all calls as if they were an external call. We appreciate your patience and welcome your questions! You can direct questions to Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.

You are invited to attend and help spread the word about a six-week leadership workshop that is being hosted by athletics. 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.

Each week, you will get to hear from one of our coaches on the following topics:

Sept. 22 – Marty Hunter on “Confidence and Composure”
Sept. 29 – Maco Hamilton on “How to Conduct Yourself With Class and Servant Leadership”
Oct. 13 – Mike Meek on “How to Inspire Your Team and How to Build Winning Team Chemistry”
Oct. 20 – Branden Thompson on “How to Get Your Teammates Back on Track”
Oct. 27 – Jessica Hollen on “How to Manage Team Conflict”

All sessions take place from 8:40 p.m. 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.

Tonight will be our second session. Even if you were unable to attend our first session, we would love to see you there!

Probably most important … there will be snacks!

Questions? Please contact Kelsea Meyers at kmeyers13@georgefox.edu.

The Write Way will be holding our first meeting of the semester today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. in Hoover 210. We welcome any kind of writing from anyone looking to share and improve.

For more information, contact David Shelby at dshelby14@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Tonight (Wednesday) in Vespers we will be talking about Romans 2! We are also recognizing Latino Heritage Month and outreach events kicking off. Join us at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Stay tuned to hear about the launch day for Urban Outreach. Outreach events you can be involved in now are James Project and Embrace! You can also sign up for a sexuality colloquium series, led by Kris Kays on Oct. 3.

See you tonight!

Do you know someone who is a nurse practitioner/physicians assistant? The Health and Counseling Center has an immediate opening for a nurse practitioner/physicians assistant to provide health care to the George Fox community. In addition, we have an immediate opening for a registered nurse.

These positions are perfect for individuals who would like to have the breaks and summers off and/or have children who would like to attend the university! It’s a friendly, fast-paced environment treating some of the nicest students in the country. Particularly for the NP/PA position, even if the individual is currently employed, we would greatly appreciate you bringing this position to their attention and forwarding their contact information to Bill Buhrow (bbuhrow@georgefox.edu) so we can follow up to see if they have any interest.

More info on both positions can be found at this link, or they can contact Bill at 503-554-2340. Thanks for helping us locate the right person for this pivotal position.

As we enter another fall at George Fox, Ruth Baker would like to invite the university’s women employees to a salad luncheon (come-and-go format) this Monday, Sept. 26, in Canyon Commons, Room 101 (this replaces the salad supper events from previous years).

Ruth’s hope is this change in schedule and format will be more accommodating to schedules and provide opportunities for fellowship and in making new acquaintances. The luncheon, catered by Bon Appetit, will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Please RSVP to Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

The IDEA Center wants to hear about your summer jobs and internships! Share how you spent your summer by completing this quick, five-minute survey and be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card!

Contact the IDEA Center with questions.

Marketing communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department (optional); and the chart of accounts budget to be charged. The next order will be placed on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source before Wednesday, Sept. 28.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Interested in playing in pep band at basketball games? Come to an informational meeting at 6 p.m. tonight (Wednesday) in Ross 210. We are looking specifically for bass players and drum set players. Food will be provided.

Questions? Contact Sydney Soetenga soetenga18@gmail.com.

You are invited to attend and help spread the word about a six-week leadership workshop that is being hosted by athletics. 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.

Each week, you will get to hear from one of our coaches on the following topics:

Sept. 22 – Marty Hunter on “Confidence and Composure”
Sept. 29 – Maco Hamilton on “How to Conduct Yourself With Class and Servant Leadership”
Oct. 13 – Mike Meek on “How to Inspire Your Team and How to Build Winning Team Chemistry”
Oct. 20 – Branden Thompson on “How to Get Your Teammates Back on Track”
Oct. 27 – Jessica Hollen on “How to Manage Team Conflict”

All sessions take place from 8:40 p.m. 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.

Thursday will be our second session. Even if you were unable to attend our first session, we would love to see you there!

Probably most important … there will be snacks!

Questions? Please contact Kelsea Meyers at kmeyers13@georgefox.edu.

An internationally acclaimed pianist and current professor, Ilonka Rus-Edery, will join with two of her distinguished students from Sam Houston State University to perform a free concert on the university’s Bauman Auditorium stage at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Sept. 22. There is no charge to attend.

The Romanian-born Rus-Eldery, an associate professor of piano and director of keyboard studies at Sam Houston State University, has appeared as a recitalist and concert artist with numerous orchestras and chamber music ensembles throughout Romania, Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Colombia and the United States.

Both of the students joining her on stage, Eduard Alexandru Gavril and Sorin Frisan, are natives of Romania who have extensive performance experience. Together, the guests will perform pieces by Schubert (Fantasy in F minor), Saint Saens (Danse Macabre: remix), Khachaturian (Sabre Dance), Rosenblatt (Carmen Fantasy), Rachmaninoff (Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14) and Mozart (Ragtime alla turca).

The concert is a piano exchange concert, as George Fox’s Kenn Willson, coordinator of keyboard studies, will be performing his “Encounters with Beethoven” concert at Sam Houston State University at a future date.

We’re hosting an Instagram contest on campus! Here’s the scoop …

Find: Each day for two weeks, find and take a picture with the yellow Handshake chair (alone or in a group, with a maximum of four people)

Post: To Instagram using #gfuhandchair; tag and follow @gfuidea

Win $: Daily winners are posted in the Bruin Den and Stevens lobby. Judges will choose the most creative pictures each day, awarding points to each individual in the photo. At the end of the two weeks, the four highest-scoring participants will win $50 Amazon gift cards!

For more details about this social media contest, visit this link.

Thank you for the time and energy many of you invested in Serve Day last Wednesday. You painted fences and walls, cleared brush, cleaned wheelchairs, organized classroom supplies … it was a great team effort, and it was for the “Good of our Neighbors!”

Since last Wednesday we have received a number of notes from community members that were touched by your work. Though Serve Day isn’t exactly about the “thanks,” it is good to know your efforts and sacrifices have been kindly received. We’re attaching a short video that tells a few of these stories.

This year, more than 2,000 people were involved in Serve Day in various ways. We know that this means that more than 2,000 people saw different sides of Serve Day; we are eager to learn about these experiences. If you have any feedback you’d like to share regarding Serve Day, we’d be happy to receive it. Please use this form to offer that feedback.

Thank you!

Know students who need help with their writing? We have a workshop for them.

Polly Peterson, assistant professor of English, will present “Correcting Common Writing Mistakes” at an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105. The workshop will help students understand, identify and correct the top-10 grammatical errors that annoy professors the most.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Need help with your writing? We have a workshop for you.

Polly Peterson, assistant professor of English, will present “Correcting Common Writing Mistakes” at an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105. The workshop will help you understand, identify and correct the top-10 grammatical errors that annoy professors the most.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Exercise your civic right and responsibility to vote in the upcoming election! BestColleges.com recently published a helpful voting guide for students, which is useful for both first-time and out-of-state voters.

BestColleges.com has no political affiliation, but provides this resource to encourage and increase voting participation among college students.

Artists needed! The Wineskin is looking for an art editor and a designer. Minimal time commitment, great experience, and there may or may not be cookies at every meeting.

If you are interested in either position, or if you’d like more information, please contact Chelsea Gritten at cgritten13@georgefox.edu by Sept. 28.

Bruin Cards, formerly the Serve Day Discount Card, will be arriving in campus mailboxes this week for all Newberg students (undergrad and grad) and employees (staff, administrators, faculty and adjuncts)!

The Bruin Card offers great discounts at 15 local businesses. You can use the card as many times as you’d like until it expires on Aug. 31, 2017. Not only will you receive great savings on your purchases, you’ll support local businesses. You must show your card at time of purchase.

Don’t have a campus box? Pick up a card at the Information Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center starting this Monday.