The Lip Sync battle is tonight (Friday) at 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium! Come watch your peers battle it out for a grand prize! We have nine teams competing this year and the competition is going to be close. Audience vote and participation counts in order to determine who wins!
Questions? Contact Charlotte Gray at cgray12@georgefox.edu.
Want a taste of East African culture? Come to the Swahili Lab today (Thursday) at the International House from 7 to 8 p.m. and join us for some language learning. We’ll also be learning some African dance moves and all are welcome.
Questions? Please contact Imani Kamau at fkamau14@georgefox.edu
Do you enjoy playing games in the company of the elderly? Come, join the residents for this week’s game night tonight (Thursday) at Friendsview Retirement Community at 7 p.m. Feel free to bring your favorite card or board game. Meet in the Bruin Den at 6:50 p.m. to walk over there together or be there in the Terrace Room at Friendview.
Questions? Please contact Nissi Undurthi at nundurthi14@georgefox.edu.
Please join us tonight (Thursday) for a William Penn Honors Program lecture featuring Wilfred M. McClay, the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma and director of the Center for the History of Liberty. He will present a talk titled “Why Religious Liberty Matters†at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
McClay’s book, The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America, won the Merle Curti Award of the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American intellectual history.
More about McClay is available on this page.
Questions? Please contact Jane Sweet at honors@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2152.
We’re proud to celebrate the seniors of our men’s soccer, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball teams this Saturday, Nov. 7, during their last home games of the year.
These are the last home matches these athletes will play in a Bruin uniform, and we hope you come to cheer them on.
All benefit-eligible employees can bring a guest for free to our final home football game of the year on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. against Willamette University by picking up a complimentary ticket in the Bruin Store. All university employees will continue to be admitted for free with their ID cards.
Questions? Contact Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.
Today (Thursday), we’re having more opportunities to join in Tefillah, our prayer ministry on campus. Come to the Prayer Chapel at 10:50 a.m. for contemplative worship as we explore how those who have come before us have shown us how to greet God in silent prayer.
Then, at 2 p.m., in the Prayer Chapel, you can join us for Lifted Hands, a time of intercessory prayer, praying into issues on our campus and in our world.
We’ll see you there!
Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to turn out tonight (Thursday) for a free Fall Symphonic Band Concert in Bauman Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
The evening features the university’s Handbell Ringers and Symphonic Band. The former will play the selections For All the Saints, You Raise Me Up and On This Day Earth Shall Ring, while the latter will perform Symphonic Fanfare, Stardust, Liberation, Florintiner Grande Marcia Italiana, Irish Tune from County Derry and Portrait of Freedom. Cynthia McGladrey serves as conductor of the Handbell Ringers, and Pat Vandehey and Dick Elliot serve as conductor and associate conductor of the Symphonic Band, respectively.
Questions? Contact Debbie Hawblitzel at dhawblit@georgefox.edu.
Students who’ve held internships in industries such as business, design/creative, human services, nonprofit/policy, and ministry are ready to share their experiences about what they learned with companies such as Nike, HP and CMF International. Don’t miss out on this exciting “Landing an Internship” event today (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in the EHS Atrium. It will be a fun and casual event, so come join us!
For more information about the organizations the panelists have worked for, visit this link. Faculty, please tell your students about this opportunity.
Questions? Contact TJ Haimoto at thaimoto13@georgefox.edu or stop by the IDEA Center.
Finding a job can be a challenge. Developing a strategy when approaching your job search is key to optimal results. Check out the Job Search Strategies Workshop hosted by the IDEA Center in Stevens 209 from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. and hear tips on building your job search strategy. Join us today (Thursday, Nov. 5).
Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.
Questions? Stop by the IDEA Center or contact Elise Gibson at egibson@georgefox.edu.
ASC is looking for projects to fund around campus! Outdoor seating? New dance studio? A movie theater? We want your proposals! The form can be found at this link under the “Student Project Fund” section. The deadline to submit ideas is tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 6).
Email Erika Lopez at elopez12@georgefox.edu with any ideas or questions.
All are invited to the final Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation of the semester this Monday, Nov. 9, in Hoover 105, when Geri Mason, an assistant professor of economics at Seattle Pacific University, speaks on the topic “Global Human Flourishing: Should Markets be Freer? Fairer? Forsaken?” The same presentation will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. and again from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests are asked to attend the later session.
The presentation will discuss strategies of how we should interact with profit-seeking corporations, advocates of fair trade, humanitarian NGOs, and governments that control institutions vital to development. Her presentation is the 10th in the “Majority World and the West” series.
Questions? Contact Ron Mock at ext. 2680 or rmock@georgefox.edu.
The Department of Art and Design welcomes the university community to an opening reception for a show, “Conversation,” featuring the quilt work of artists Bonnie Hull and Kay Worthington, today (Thursday) from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Minthorne Gallery.
The event will also feature an artists’ talk from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. Refreshments will be served at the reception.
Questions? Contact Cheri Hampton at champton@georgefox.edu.
Cultural Celebration Week is coming Nov. 9-13! Events include but are not limited to the Cultural Fair (Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Bruin Den), LHC Spoken Word and special guest Janet Bennett, who will speak on developing your intercultural communication skills on Monday, Nov. 9, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in EHS 102. Bennett’s visit is cosponsored by the communication arts department.
For a full schedule of events for the week, check out the SpIL poster board in the Bruin Den or visit the university’s calendar page.
Questions? Contact Jenny Elsey at jelsey@georgefox.edu.
Please be considerate and welcome our Bruin Preview guests on Thursday (after lunch) and Friday by avoiding the Stevens and Hoover parking lots.
Questions? Please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2248.
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Undergraduate Admissions
Tomorrow (Thursday), we’re having more opportunities to join in Tefillah, our prayer ministry on campus. Come to the Prayer Chapel at 10:50 a.m. for contemplative worship as we explore how those who have come before us have shown us how to greet God in silent prayer.
Then, at 2 p.m., in the Prayer Chapel, you can join us for Lifted Hands, a time of intercessory prayer, praying into issues on our campus and in our world. Prayer in community and in solitude can be intimidating, but it is also a refreshing place of peace in this crazy college life, and we invite you to join us in that this week.
We’ll see you there!
Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.
Know students who struggle with their test-taking skills? Encourage them to attend a workshop, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test Taker),” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Rick Muthiah, associate director of Learning Support Services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests.
Questions? Contact Rick at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.
Do tests drive you crazy? Need help with your test-taking skills? Attend a workshop, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test Taker),” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Rick Muthiah, associate director of Learning Support Services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests.
Questions? Contact Rick at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.
Finding a job can be a challenge. Developing a strategy when approaching your job search is key to optimal results. Check out the Job Search Strategies workshop hosted by the IDEA Center in Stevens 209 from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. and hear tips on building your job search strategy. Join us Thursday, Nov. 5.
Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.
Questions? Stop by the IDEA Center or contact Elise Gibson at egibson@georgefox.edu.
The university’s dance team is hosting a gently used or new warm clothing drive! Please donate jackets, sweaters, gloves, new socks, scarves, hats, etc. There will be a bin in the Bruin Den right outside the ACS office for all donations. Donate between now and Friday, Nov. 6.
Questions? Contact Lauren Kleven at lkleven15@georgefox.edu.
