The Daily Bruin

The Bruin Den will reopen on Monday, Aug. 29! Coffee will be hot and the grill will be ready for orders at 8 a.m. Stop by and see us!

Copies of the Student Life Resources brochure will be available in the Foxhole starting next week.

Information found in this brochure:

• Living on campus
• Lifestyle standards and values
• Community policies
• Campus housing policies

Resources found in the brochure:

• Academic Resource Center
• Disability Services
• Health and Counseling Services
• Housing
• Residence Life
• IDEA Center
• Intercultural Life
• Security Services
• Spiritual Life
• Student Involvement – ASC
• Student Support Network

Please contact the Office of Student Life if you have any questions or need assistance in any way.

studentlife@georgefox.edu
503-554-2310

Come watch the Bruin football team compete in the third annual Bruin football “Swim Olympics!” The program will begin at 9 p.m. at the Chehalem Aquatic and Fitness Center. Here are the events:

• 100-yard medley relay
• Trick dive
• Belly flop
• Synchronized swim

Questions? Contact Gabe Haberly at ghaberly@georgefox.edu.

We have four choirs at the university, and we would love to have you join us!

• Returning students: Please email Danielle Warner (dwarner@georgefox.edu) if you are planning to be in a choir but are not currently registered for a course.
• New students: All choir information can be found on the bulletin board outside Ross 208 along with the audition sign-up sheets. Please check it out!
• Faculty and staff: The Master Chorus will be singing the Fauré Requiem on Saturday, Nov. 5. Please join us! Rehearsals will be held in Ross 208 on Tuesday nights, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., starting Sept. 6.

If you have questions, please contact me.

Thanks!
– Danielle Warner

George Fox University’s football season kicks off on Sept. 3 at home against the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. For the past two seasons, the Bruins have played in front of a Northwest Conference-leading crowd and last year doubled the number of players selected to the All-Northwest Conference team.

All George Fox employees are entitled to free entry into the uncovered general admission bleachers at home football games when they show their George Fox ID at the gate. Children under 10 are also admitted for free. Additional tickets can be purchased at the gate or in advance here. You may also use this link to purchase reserved season tickets in the covered grandstands.

If you have questions, please contact Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.

Just a reminder that Mail Services will be open tomorrow (Saturday) for a limited time. From 1 to 4:30 p.m., you can pick up your packages. Mail Services will not be taking any outgoing packages.

Mail Services will also have special hours during the first week of school, when we will be available to serve you from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
Mail Services

All are welcome to the first Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation this Monday, Aug. 29, when Ron Mock, professor of politics and peace studies at George Fox, introduces this semester’s series in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Islam and the West.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

On Monday, Aug. 29, all on-campus residents will have all-area gatherings to meet with their residence life staff. These will be at 9:15 p.m. after classes on the first day of classes.

Each residential are will be meeting in separate areas:

• Houses/Apts North will meet in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
• Houses/Apts West will meet in in Hoover 105.
• Residential Area East will meet in Bauman Auditorium.
• Pennington, Carey, Willcuts and Beebe Halls will meet in Lemmons 8.
• Coffin and Edward Halls will meet in Robert Center 117.
• Hobson, Macy and Sutton Halls will meet in Canyon Commons.

If you have any questions, ask your RA or your Area Coordinator (AC).

At 4 p.m. today (Friday) Paul Anderson will lead a “Turning of the Page” session featuring Volume 6 of The Saint John’s Bible, the first major illuminated, hand-calligraphied Bible in more than 500 years. This event kicks off our second year with The Saint John’s Bible. Join us in the MLRC.

Questions? Contact Paul at panderso@georgefox.edu.

All are welcome!

Van reservations will now only be accepted via email. There has been some confusion when reservations have been taken over the phone. We are now requiring student groups to have written approval before making reservations.

Exceptions will be given for same-day reservations. Cancellations can be submitted via email or phone. Please send all van reservations to Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu or Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
– Plant Services (ext. 2011)

Interested in playing in the university’s Jazz Ensemble this year? Come learn more at an informational meeting on Monday, Aug. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in Ross 210. You’ll hear about auditions and all of the great performances planned for the year!

Questions? Contact Nathanael Ankeny at nankeny@georgefox.edu.

The first Newberg all-employee lunch is coming Tuesday, Aug. 30. Join your colleagues in Canyon Commons 101-102 anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. for great conversation over a bargain meal ($3 per person).

Hope to see you there!

What are you interested in listening to on the university’s own KFOX radio station? We’d like to find out! Take a couple minutes to let us know by taking this survey.

Thanks!

Are you still looking for a job? Do you like cleaning?

Custodial Services still has lots of positions available in a variety of locations, from dorms to public houses to large public buildings.

Job requirements/details:

• You must be able to work two hours per day Monday through Friday.
• For most positions you must be willing to work from 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday.
• You will receive individual training for your assigned area from the supervisor of that building.
• You must be a self-starter, dependable and trustworthy.
• At times, you may need to work unsupervised.

If this sounds like a job you would like to do, email Laurie or Dwayne at llorenzen@georgefox.edu or dastlefo@georgefox.edu and we will send you the Placement Questionnaire for you to fill out. Once we have placed you in a position you will be notified that there is additional paperwork ready for you to sign at Plant Services.

Theatre auditions for this fall’s comedy, Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, are happening next week! Here is the info …

When

• General audition: Wednesday, Aug. 31, 7 to 10 p.m.
• First callbacks: Thursday, Sept. 1, 7 to 10 p.m.
• Second callbacks: Friday, Sept. 2, 7 to 10 p.m.

What

• General audition: 90-second comic monologue (fully prepared and memorized)
• Callbacks: cold readings

Where: Wood-Mar Auditorium

What do to

• Sign up for an audition time slot for your general audition on the theatre call board in Lemmons.

Questions? Contact Rhett Luedtke, professor of theatre, for more information at rluedtke@georgefox.edu.

SpIL’s Outreach Ministries (James Project, Urban Outreach, Embrace, etc.) are all in need of drivers this year! If you’re 21 years of age or older and willing to drive a university van, or any age and willing to drive a personal vehicle for any of these ministries, please contact Zack Tewksbury at ZTewksbury14@georgefox.edu.

Starting this Monday, Aug. 29, the Wheeler Fitness Center will begin its school-year hours:

• Monday-Friday: 6 a.m. – 11 p.m.
• Saturday: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• Sunday: 1-7 p.m.

Hope to see you all in the gym!

Do you need direction in making a connection? Are you having trouble with your recollection? In looking for a colleague and making your selection, would you rather not do a complete website inspection? Just click right here to make your selection.

The link will take you the Employee Extension & Box List. Updates are made every two weeks to this collection! So check in often for further direction.

Did you check it out and find an imperfection? Contact Barbi Doran (bdoran@georgefox.edu) to make a correction.

We have four choirs at the university, and we would love to have you join us!

• Returning students: Please email Danielle Warner (dwarner@georgefox.edu) if you are planning to be in a choir but are not currently registered for a course.
• New students: All choir information can be found on the bulletin board outside Ross 208 along with the audition sign-up sheets. Please check it out!
• Faculty and staff: The Master Chorus will be singing the Fauré Requiem on Saturday, Nov. 5. Please join us! Rehearsals will be held in Ross 208 on Tuesday nights, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., starting Sept. 6.

If you have questions, please contact me.

Thanks!
– Danielle Warner

We have an opening for a senior mail services specialist to start Oct. 1. This position is being offered to internal candidates only; deadline for applications is Thursday, Sept. 1, at 5 p.m.

Please email HR@georgefox.edu to request a position announcement.