The Daily Bruin

Come join us in the Klages Dining Room for Bon Appetit’s annual Octoberfest dinner, scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. This year we’ll be featuring chicken jager schnitzel, roasted pork loin, German sausages and potato pancakes, along with some tasty desserts. By popular demand, we’ve also brought back the “Oompah Boys” to perform live polka music — and don’t forget the always-popular “Chicken Dance.”

Free to students on meal plans and only $8 for everyone else. For more information on this event or to see our weekly menus, visit cafebonappetit.com/georgefox.

An all-employee meeting is set from 3:45 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

On Thursday, Oct. 22, at 8:30 a.m. the city of Newberg will close North Street between the Newlin parking lot entrance and Center Street to conduct  a sewer repair to their mainline. They plan to be through with their work shortly after noon. Please notify your delivery people to use an alternative campus entry.

Want information about graduate school admissions? 

Join us on our blog at www.careers.georgefox.edu.  Read and comment on posts by your career office professionals and current graduate students.  There is discussion and information on what not to do in the process, best websites, how to get past the one application syndrome, and other first hand accounts of being in graduate school.  Bring your questions to be answered.

Contact Career Services at ext. 2330 for more information.

The university community is invited to get free water and watch a free film, F.L.O.W. (For Love of Water) beginning at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in EHS 102. Come see a film about what people will do for the love and lust of water. Sponsored by Sophilo (Love Wisely).

Wednesday, Oct. 21, is the official “walk or ride your bike to school day” as a part of the university’s Week of Living Light. In an effort to decrease our dependency on fossil fuel sources and reduce our excessive carbon emissions every day, students and employees are encouraged to avoid the use of motor vehicles.

Please carpool if driving to or from school is necessary, or take advantage of public transportation. Otherwise, enjoy the exercise as you walk or ride your bike.

The Department of Performing Arts presents a concert of works by composer and music professor Brent Weaver at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 24, in Bauman Auditorium.

The concert will feature the world premiere of “Legends” for piano and electronic sounds performed by Portland pianist Maria Choban. Also featured will be performances by the Portland ensemble The Alder Street Sextet and George Fox faculty members Cynthia McGladrey, David Iula, Joel Tanner and Barbara Stewart. Admission is free.

Mail Services is pleased to announce that the U.S. Postal Service will be on campus next Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 27-28, for passport applications and/or renewals. This event is open to students, employees and families. Visit the Executive Dining Room between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday and between 10 a.m. and noon Wednesday.

Details will be posted later this week on the Mail Services web page.

BlueZone shirts are now available in the Bruin Bookstore! The shirts are $4 for students with ID, and $5 for everyone else. BlueZone is a way for the Bruin community to show its support for one another. Get your BlueZone on!

Reminder:  Turn in May Serve Applications and references by Wednesday, October 21 at 4:00 p.m.  Applications can be dropped off at the Office of Spiritual Life, located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian Street.

Email Andrea Crenshaw at acrensha@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, has been designated “A Day Unplugged” during the university’s “Week of Living Light,” sponsored by members of Lisa McMinn’s social change class. Remember to turn off the lights as you leave a room, unplug your appliances or computer/cell phone chargers if you aren’t using them, and consider ways you can contribute to reducing energy demands and live more sustainably. Check out 350.org for more ideas.

Paul Otto (History) presented “Henry Hudson, the Munsees, and the Wampum Revolution” at a conference, “Henry Hudson, New Netherland, & Atlantic History,” at State University of New York at New Paltz on Sept. 25. He also published “Intercultural Relations between Natives and Europeans in New Netherland” in Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations, 1609-2009 (Albany: SUNY Press, 2009). Finally, Paul also published museum exhibition catalog entries on Wampum and Munsee Indians in Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009).

Jim Steele (School of Business) led a concurrent session titled “Tipping the Career Ladder: Is Up the Only Way?” at the Northwest Human Resource Management Association conference at the Portland Convention Center on Sept. 30. The workshop was part of a special track for HR professionals in transition. The conference was attended by about 600 HR professionals from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.

Jeff Duerr (Biology) and his wife Suzanne welcomed a baby girl, Trillium Elizabeth Duerr, on Sept. 24. Born at Providence Newberg Medical Center, she was 7 pounds, 5 ounces and 21 inches long. She joins two older sisters, Tabitha (4) and Brigitte (2).

Oct. 21        Teresa Arnold, Helen Morse
Oct. 22        Randy Pitts
Oct. 23        Andy Baker
Oct. 24        Ryan Dougherty, Dixie Downey
Oct. 26        Linda Sartwell
Oct. 27        Bruce Arnold
Oct. 28        Ellen Wirtz
Oct. 29        Roger Nam, Rusty St. Cyr
Oct. 30        Janis Sanford
Nov. 1        David Johnstone

The deadline for serve trip applications has been extended until Friday October 23rd.

If you are still interested in applying for a winter serve trip please pick up an application in the SUB.

If you have questions please contact Alexis Powell at apowell06@georgefox.edu

Eloise Hockett (Education) will present a session titled “Taking a Step Backwards in Course Planning” at a Faculty Teaching Forum scheduled from 12:40 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Cap and Gown A (note the different location than on the academic calendar). The session will explore an effective adult learning methodology in planning courses and curriculum. Come and learn about the four “I’s.”

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch. Please have your lunch ready so we can begin the conversation at noon.

All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available on iTunesU.

Bring your lunch and join the George Fox women’s walking club in Hoover 102 from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22. Bethany Goldman, assistant professor of HHP and director of the athletic training education program, will share about the benefits of walking and other excellent fitness information.

The walking club, begun for the threefold purpose of “fitness, friendship and fun,” invites the university’s women, including wives of GFU employees, to join a walking group. Choose a time that fits your schedule or start a new one. You are also encouraged to bring a friend!

The club meets at 6 a.m., noon and 5:30 p.m. on the George Fox track. There is also an 8:30 a.m. session on the track at North Valley Friends Church.

Journalist and author Elizabeth Grossman will discuss trash, recyling and the promise of Green Chemistry as part of the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture series from 4:40 to 5:35 p.m. and from 7 to 7:55 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in Hoover 105.

Elizabeth has been published in numerous publications and has two recent books: High Tech Trash and Chasing Molecules. Both these books will be available to those who are interested.

The evening chapel session scheduled for 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, has been moved from Klages Dining Room to Hoover 105. The chapel will feature guest speaker Mike Foster.

Also, on Tuesday at 9 p.m., there will be a men’s Q&A in Lemmons 8 and a women’s Q&A in Hoover 105. Finally, Bill Buhrow (Health and Counseling Services) will be speaking in chapel on Wednesday.

In the last few weeks, several of your guest lecturers/visitors/volunteers have been ticketed for parking in the wrong lot, not having a permit, etc. If you have a person who comes to campus on a regular basis, we can make up a visitor permit for them so they don’t have to check in with us every time they are on campus. Otherwise, please have your guests check in with Security Services upon arrival at campus so we can give them a map and visitor permit and show them where to park.

We are also glad to have their permits ready ahead of time if you e-mail us their name and license plate number. We can also e-mail you a template for a customized visitor permit, and you can e-mail it to your guests along with a link to the campus parking brochure. Then, they can arrive on campus with their permit printed out and displayed on their dashboard.

Please help us to make your guests’ time here on campus as welcoming and pleasant as possible.

Thanks!
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