The Daily Bruin

This is the last week to apply for the mission-learning trip to Nicaragua. PSYC 399: X-Cultural Experience in Nicaragua is an integration trip to serve and learn from at-risk girls rescued from a life of poverty on the city dump. To learn more, join us for an information session at 4:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, in Hoover 103.

Faculty, please encourage students who might be interested to attend. To learn more, contact Kelly Chang (kchang@georgefox.edu).

Mail Services is again hosting passport application and/or renewal sessions. The U.S.P.S. representative will be on campus this month.

The details:

Dates: Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 27 and 28
Location: Cap and Gown A
Times: Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to noon
Required ID: Current government-issued ID with photo and certified copy of your birth certificate.

Note: Your birth certificate will be mailed to the state department and returned with your passport.

Cost:
Adults:
Pictures (optional) – $15
Passport – $110
Passport Fee – $25

Children:
(under 16 requires both parents be present)
Pictures (optional) – $15
Passport – $80
Passport Fee – $25

Note: No credit cards accepted; only checks accepted. Two checks are required:

1. One to the state department ($110 for adults and/or $80 for children under 16)
2. One to the U.S.P.S. for the fee (and picture if required)

Visit the Mail Services webpage for more information.

Be a Part of Cultural Celebration Week!

We are getting ready for CCW 2010 – the week of Nov 15th – and we need your help!  There are different committees you can help with:  performances, food, fair, publicity, & t-shirts.

For more details contact:  Shelley Yonemura (syonemura@georgefox.edu), Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu) or Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyr@georgefox.edu).

Career Services is pleased to announce the program for this year’s Graduate Fair:

Wednesday, Oct. 20
“Getting into Grad School Workshop”*
6:30p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Stevens 109

Thursday, Oct. 21
George Fox Graduate Program Fair
9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hoover Atrium

*Registration for the workshop is available on MyGFU, under Career Services-Bruin Careers. There is no registration required for the fair.

A tuition remission information session will be presented online at 1 p.m. (PST) Thursday, Oct. 21. The session is meant for anyone who is interested in receiving more information regarding tuition remission, tuition exchange and admissions. Our audience in mind are those who are preparing (either for themselves or someone they know) for undergraduate admissions for the 2011 year. This is a repeat of the on-campus meeting that was held in September.

Click on this link to register.

Individual grad school advising appointments are available to underrepresented students interested in learning about Oregon Health & Science University’s admissions requirements. The OHSU visit is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 19. Sign up for a time slot in the Office of Student Life on the third floor of the Stevens Center. Just a few slots left!

Faculty, please encourage those students who might be interested in this opportunity to take part.

Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura at syonemura@georgefox.edu.

Thanks to a grant from the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) Tournees Festival, the university’s French program and cinema and media communication department are proud to host the first Fox French Film Festival this month.

Five current French-language films will be shown over a period of two weekends, Oct. 22-23 and Oct. 30. A Town Called Panic will show Friday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m.; the films Welcome and Daratt will be shown Saturday, Oct. 23, at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., respectively; and Coco Before Chanel will show at 6 p.m. and Paris Je T’Aime at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30.

The films will show in EHS 102 and the cost is $3 per movie or $9 for a pass. Tickets can be purchased in advance in Minthorn 205, or at the door.

The festival also will feature French pastries and other desserts made by French students and Terrie Boehr (Family and Consumer Science). There will also be a talkback session with Clint Baldwin (Center for Peace and Justice) during the intermission between Welcome and Duratt, films that deal with issues of immigration and post-war reconciliation.

FACE is a New York-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing French-American relations through projects in the arts and education.

For more information, contact Sarah Gibson (Cinema and Media Communication) at ext. 2607.

Don’t forget the Majors Fair Friday (Oct. 15) in the Hoover and EHS atriums from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. All First Year Seminar students are required to attend.

Student Life is hosting a Majors Fair from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, in the Hoover and EHS atriums. Encourage your students to check it out!

The Center for Peace and Justice invites you to the sixth annual Peace Fair and Walk, scheduled to begin with the fair at 2:30 p.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in McMinnville this Sunday, Oct. 17. At 3:30 p.m., speaker Lisa Shannon will present “War: The Forgotten Women of the Congo.” The remaining time includes songs for peace, a peace walk, and a soup supper until 6:15 p.m.

The church is located at 822 S.W. Second, in McMinnville. Questions? Contact Clint Baldwin (Center for Peace and Justice) at ext. 2685 or cbaldwin@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to “Lend a Hand: One Hour, One World, Many Promises to End Extreme Poverty,” scheduled from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the Cap and Gown Room. The event will feature guest speaker Jason Fileta and is being hosted in conjunction with Micah Challenge, an organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty in the world.

The Majors Fair is this Friday, Oct. 14 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the EHS and HVR Atriums.

Come visit and hear from representatives of all departments and majors on campus. Learn more about the majors you are interested in and ask Career Services for their help! All First Year Seminar students are required to attend.

This week we have two days of opportunity to help out the James Project: Saturday, Oct. 16 and Sunday, Oct. 17. We’ll be meeting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday (back around 12:30 p.m.) and at 11:30 a.m. Sunday (back by 3:30 p.m). We’ll assemble in the Bruin Den both mornings.

Saturday we’ll be hanging fliers up around town about the food drive. Sunday we’ll be picking up food from around town.

Try to e-mail by Friday night so we can get a head count: Daniel at dwulff09@georgefox.edu

We will be meeting in the Bruin Den at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, to head to “The Circuit”,  a sick bouldering gym, so no ropes or pesky harnesses are needed.

Come with any experience level! (back around 11 p.m.) Cost: $10 entrance to gym, $4 to rent shoes. There’s a group as well as a “first time” discount.

Questions? E-mail Daniel at dwulff09@georgefox.edu

We look forward to a great day of fellowship and community building during our staff conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “Abiding in the Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the Holy Spirit.” All staff are expected to attend.

As a reminder, the conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Tigard Friends Church, from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Drivers of a carpool of three or more will be eligible for mileage reimbursement. The church is located at 15800 S.W. Hall Blvd., in Tigard.

Please take just a couple minutes to click this link and take the pre-conference survey. This will help us make final plans for the day. Your participation is appreciated.

Friday, Oct. 15, noon – Women’s Golf in Culturame Women’s Classic, Pumpkin Ridge GC, North Plains, Ore. (GFU host)
Friday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Lewis & Clark, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Oct. 16, noon – Women’s Golf in Culturame Women’s Classic, Pumpkin Ridge GC, North Plains, Ore. (GFU host)
Saturday, Oct. 16, noon – Women’s Soccer vs. Willamette, Austin Sports Complex
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Soccer vs. Linfield, Austin Sports Complex
Sunday, Oct. 17, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Soccer vs. Willamette, Austin Sports Complex

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the Bruins’ website at gfubruins.com.

Student Project Fund proposals are now being accepted. Bring your idea for a permanent addition to campus to ASC and see what you want to happen. Past ideas have been the fire pit, amphitheater, bike racks, etc.

Due October 22. Contact Brady Mordhorst at bmordhorst07@georgefox.edu

For the first time in George Fox history, the Multicultural Department is bringing to you World’s Got Talent – a night of cultural celebration with performances from around the world.

Do you have a cultural performance you would like to share with Fox? Let us know about it! All talents from all cultures are welcome: dancing, singing, acting, poetry, spoken word, etc. If you are interested, please e-mail Anya Frolova at afrolova08@georgefox.edu.

Auditions will be held November 2. More information to follow.

Are you interested in mentoring a high school student? Are you eager to serve others in the Newberg community? The Connections Mentor program will be hosting two informational meetings next week. Come hear about the exciting things that will be happening this year and grab an application!

Tuesday, Oct. 19 in Stevens 208 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Hoover 102 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Questions? Contact Stephanie at shanna05@georgefox.edu

Beginning in the fall of 2011, we will be adding a common book component to the First Year Experience program. In preparation, we would like to solicit book recommendations from as many people in our community as possible. Please take some time to recommend one or more books for this program.

After we receive recommendations, the committee will begin the task of narrowing the list down to three to five books that we will all read. The decision will be made by the end of February and announced in March. The criteria will include the following three things:

• Must meet the diversity outcome for the First Year Seminar program, which includes the following:

– Socioeconomic

– Race/ethnicity

– Gender

– Religious

– International

• Books must not be more than 500 pages

• Should spark meaningful dialogue

You can make a recommendation by clicking on this link.