The Daily Bruin

We have had tremendous interest and are excited to announce we have added tickets and extended the deadline for our “Bruins and Blazers” event to Friday, Oct. 12. There will be over 200 Bruins in attendance, so join us!

Enjoy cheering on the Portland Trail Blazers against the Minnesota Timberwolves at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, with other Bruins in Club 5 seats. Get access to nicer restrooms and amenities, as well as comfortable seats, for $47 each. Or, bring your whole family and sit with George Fox students in the tan section for only $10 per seat.

The evening includes a postgame free-throw experience for all Bruins. Seats are limited, so be sure to act before the Oct. 12 deadline. Don’t miss a great matchup at great prices!

Buy tickets at this link. Contact Nichole Drew (ndrew@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Join us on Tuesday, Oct. 16, for an informational meeting in EHS 202 from 6 to 7 p.m. to learn about the bioinformatics master’s program at the University of Oregon. Learn and ask questions about the program. See if the program is right for you.

Who should attend? Scientists who want to learn to use computer programming to study biology. All science backgrounds are welcome! Pizza provided.

Contact Vetta Berokoff (vberokof@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Feeling procrastination setting in? We will help! Gather your mid-semester assignments and head to the Academic Resource Center in the Murdock Library tonight (Tuesday) for the Night Against Procrastination!

ARC consultants and the librarians will be available from 6 p.m. to midnight to guide you down the road to academic success with stations focused on researching, brainstorming, revising papers, editing, citing sources, and more! At each stop in the journey, you will get a passport stamp. Turn in your passport for prizes!

You can come and go at any time throughout the event!

For more information, contact researchhelp@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) tomorrow morning (Wednesday), for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this update, 2018 Summer course sites will be hidden from student view.

If you want to make any of the 2018 Summer course sites visible to students, from the course home page:

•  Go to “Action Menu” then click “Edit settings”
•  Look for the “Visible” setting
• Change “Hide” back to “Show”
• Click “Save Changes” at the bottom

Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for a list of guides and resources.

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

– Your Educational Technology Team

Remind your families to register for Family Weekend, Oct. 19-21! Registration is open until Friday, Oct. 12. There will be events, games, prizes, and many additional opportunities to spend quality time with your family on campus!

Your family can’t make it? No problem. Family can be a spouse, friend, grandparents, or anyone else that YOU consider family. Gather a group of friends and register together! We would love to have you join the festivities even if your family can’t come.

The registration link can be found here, or if you are a group of friends, email parents@georgefox.edu and we will get you signed up!

Questions? Email us at parents@georgefox.edu.

A few students are filming a brief silent film this Friday, Oct. 12, for an Intro to Video class and are in need of three male actors. No experience required.

For more information, contact Tavin Headings (theadings15@georgefox.edu).

Flu shots now available at the Health and Counseling Center for only $20 (check or cash only). Come by anytime Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to get your flu shot. There is no charge for students with PacificSource student health insurance.

Call 503-554-2340 to schedule an appointment.

All are invited to the Fall 2018 Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. Our featured speaker will be Professor of Music Brent Weaver, recipient of the 2017-18 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship.

Brent will examine the underlying cognitive structures that our brains perceive, which contribute to our emotional and spiritual enjoyment of music. He will show how a composer can play with those structures to move listeners, using examples from many styles of music.

Come early, between 5 and 6 p.m., and check out the work of our Richter student scholars at a symposium in the Hoover lobby. George Fox students will present their research projects in a conversational poster format.

Both events are sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee. Refreshments will be served.

The Office of International Student Development has organized a program designed to match international students with American students to learn about global perspectives and differences between cultures.

Through a regular meeting time to share your culture and learn about another with your partner, you will gain a broader cultural awareness, friendship and Cultural Partner Program certificate.

Students meet for 30 to 50 minutes per week for eight weeks. Click on this Google Doc to sign up. Sign-ups are due by Thursday, Oct. 11. Participants will be invited to an introduction event where you will be matched with your partner.

Questions? Contact Rachel Li (zli16@georgefox.edu).

If you are planning to attend college next fall, now is the time to complete your 2019-20 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), currently available at fafsa.gov. The FAFSA will require your 2017 income information, so no need to wait until spring to file.

Questions? Contact the financial aid office at 503-554-2302 or email finaid@georgefox.edu.

Are you curious about women in the church? Would you like to know more about what “ordination” means? Join us for a conversation about the ordination of women at the next Mathetes tomorrow (Tuesday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103!

Elective chapel credit is available for all students. Contact Katherine Reamy (kreamy15@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Join us for a time of prayer on the quad, tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. for the indigenous community and for reconciliation to begin where difficult history, experiences and disparities still separate so many native and non-native peoples.

Upcoming Student Activities:

• Friday, Oct. 19, from 8 to 10 p.m.: Game Night in Hadlock Student Center
• Saturday, Oct. 20, at noon:  Family Weekend Tailgate Party in Bauman Parking Lot
• Saturday, Oct. 20, from 7 to 9 p.m.: Family Game Night in the Bruin Den
• Thursday, Oct. 25, from 8 to 10 p.m.: Movie Night/Hadlock Hangout in Hadlock Student Center
• Friday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 10 p.m.: Fall Fest at Heiser Farms

For more information, visit this link.

Questions? Email Steph (sstcyr@georgefox.edu).

Would you like to connect with family and friends in a fun and creative way? Stop by Information Services, on the first floor of Stevens, and pick up a free, vintage-looking, George Fox postcard to send to someone special!

Bring your handwritten postcard back to Information Services and we’ll put a stamp on it and mail it for you! So fun! So easy! Stop by today and send some love!

Questions? Contact Barbi Doran (bdoran@georgefox.edu).

Are you confused about what happened to the recycling on campus? Wondering how to get involved with recycling and sustainability? Join us tonight (Monday) at 5 p.m. in EHS 315 if you want to chat with like-minded students who want to make a positive change within our beautiful campus! We hope to see you there.

Contact Kristina Peterson at petersonk15@georgefox.edu with any questions or comments.

All are to view selections from the Harriet Isom Collection: “Vignettes of the Dani and Tuareg Peoples.” This exhibition will feature selections of photographs, art objects and cultural artifacts representing the Dani people group of New Guinea and the Tuareg people of Niger.

Ambassador Isom will give a public lecture on the exhibit and her time with these people groups tonight (Monday) at 6 p.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center ballroom. A reception to open the exhibit follows at 7 p.m. in the Hoover lobby.

Isom was a career foreign service officer from 1961 to 1996, assigned to embassies in Asia and Africa. During her last decade in the Foreign Service, she served as U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Benin and Cameroon.

Questions? Contact Penny Martin (pmartin@georgefox.edu).

In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Center for Peace & Justice welcomes Curtis Acosta to campus on Monday, Oct. 15, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Canyon Commons.

Acosta is an assistant professor in Language and Culture in Education at the University of Arizona South, and founder of Acosta Latino Learning Partnership and Acosta Educational Partnership. He is a teacher who fought to keep his outlawed ethnic studies classes alive. He will focus on the recent federal court victory, and speak about his journey and the importance of Mexican-American heritage studies.

The event is free and open to the community. Please contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Are you interested in studying abroad? The Center for Study Abroad will be hosting an information meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in EHS 125.

Come to the meeting for more details about specific programs, the application process, and application due dates. Someone from the registrar’s office will be there to answer questions about classes and transfer credits. Study abroad ambassadors will also be in attendance to answer questions and offer guidance.

Questions? Can’t make the meeting? Email Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu) or Paul Chamberlain (pchamberlain@georgefox.edu), or stop by the Center for Study Abroad.

The Office of International Student Development has organized a program designed to match international students with American students to learn about global perspectives and differences between cultures.

Through a regular meeting time to share your culture and learn about another with your partner, you will gain a broader cultural awareness, friendship and Cultural Partner Program certificate.

Students meet for 30 to 50 minutes per week for eight weeks. Click on this Google Doc to sign up. Sign-ups are due by Thursday, Oct. 11. Participants will be invited to an introduction event where you will be matched with your partner.

Questions? Contact Rachel Li (zli16@georgefox.edu).