Family Weekend - November 4-6, 2011

View photos from this year's Family Weekend on our Facebook page.

Come to campus and join the celebration!

Join us in celebrating our 30th annual Family Weekend at George Fox University! This is a special time when families can join their students in celebrating Bruin spirit on campus. Parents, siblings and grandparents are welcome.

Whether you are a recent addition to the university family or have a student who will graduate soon, you will enjoy being on campus and taking part in the classes, culture and faith that are helping to shape and define your student. During Family Weekend, you will have the opportunity to sit in on a lecture, have lunch with President Robin Baker, cheer on our soccer and volleyball teams, take a chance at winning some great bingo prizes, or just enjoy spending time with your student.

Bring your student the best gift from home they can imagine – you!

The schedule

Take a sneak peek at our schedule of events! Registration will be available in October.

10:40-11:30 a.m.
 First Friday Worship
Join in this weekly student-led worship service to start your Family Weekend in communion with Christ.

Bauman Auditorium
2-7 p.m. Registration
Pick up a schedule of events, meal tickets, faculty lecture locations and other information.

Bruin Den, Student Union Building
10 a.m. — 5:30 p.m. Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar and Silent Auction*
Start your holiday shopping early and enjoy some festive snacks as this fundraiser organized and operated by the George Fox University Auxiliary.

Ron Gregory Atrium, Edwards-Holman Science Center
Noon Women's Soccer Game vs. Pacific Lutheran

Austin Sports Complex
2:40 p.m.
 Campus Tour
New to the George Fox campus or need a refresher tour? Join in the student-led walking tour. Tour lasts about an hour.

Admissions Welcome Center, 2nd Floor Stevens Center
4:30-7 p.m. Dinner: A Taste of George Fox
Enjoy some of our cafeteria's most popular dishes set up buffet style. Please remit payment with registration.

Cost: $12.50 adults, $6.75 children under 10, free for students on the university's meal plan.

Klages Dining Room, Student Union Building
7 p.m. Women's Volleyball Game vs. Puget Sound

Wheeler Sports Center
7:30 p.m. Theatre Presentation
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling (Directed by Jan Powell)

Chinquapin, Louisiana. 1988. In the midst of wedding plans, divorces, births, funerals, new beginnings and profound endings six women find a haven in the comfort of Truvy's Beauty Salon. As they tackle the challenges of life with laughter, charm, tears and grit we are reminded that while they are as lovely and fragile as magnolias they are also as tough and unflinching as steel. Tickets available with registration (registration now closed).

Cost: $12 general admission, $8 seniors and GFU alumni, $6 for GFU students and children under 12.

Wood-Mar Auditorium, Edwards Holman Science Center
7:30 p.m. Evening of Jazz
Featuring Jazz artist Byron Stripling

Stripling is a Basie Band alumnus, known as a spectacular trumpeter with a very wide range, beautiful tone, and the ability to blend together many influences in his own style. The happiness he exudes through his trumpet, his vocals and his words is reminiscent of Louis Armstrong, yet very much his own.

Family Weekend pass, for up to four persons, available for $10, with registration (registration now closed).

Bauman Auditorium
8:30 a.m. — Noon Registration
Pick up a schedule of events, meal tickets, faculty lecture locations and other information.
(Complimentary coffee and pastries for George Fox family members - 8:30-9:30 a.m.)

Bruin Den, Student Union Building
10 a.m. — 11 a.m. Faculty Lectures & Workshops
Sit in on a lecture presented by GFU faculty, 10-11 a.m.
Listing of classrooms will be distributed at registration.

Lecture 1
"Commanded to Love, Created to Love"
This lecture addresses a basic question in ethical theory from a Christian worldview. Should Christians affirm a divine command theory of ethics or the theory of natural law? The answer I suggest is: "Yes, both!"
Phil Smith, PhD
Professor of philosophy, department head of the religious studies department

Lecture 2
Juniors Abroad
Come hear an overview of George Fox University's signature travel program.
Paul Chamberlain, PhD
Professor of organic chemistry

Lecture 3
"Secrets of the Teenage Brain"
We all puzzle over the sometimes dramatic changes that our children undergo around the age of 13 – what happened to our enchanting son or delightful daughter? This talk will focus on several of the new research studies looking at the teenage brain and how adolescence differs from both childhood and adulthood.
Sue O'Donnell, PhD
Assistant professor of psychology
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar and Silent Auction*
Your last chance to shop for Christmas while supporting student scholarships.

Ron Gregory Atrium, Edwards-Holman Science Center
Seating at 11:30 a.m.
Program begins at noon.		 Family Weekend Luncheon**
Join other George Fox University students and families for this buffet luncheon and program featuring student entertainment and presentations by our university president and student body president. Reservations are required for family members and students due to limited capacity (even if they are on the meal plan). Please remit payment with your reservation.

Cost: $10.50 adults, $7 children under 10, free for students on the meal plan.

Klages Dining Room, Student Union Building
1:45-3 p.m. Ready to Launch vs. Failure to Launch
Come to the Career Services open house where you as a parent, or important "other," can learn what is available to assist your student as they create and manage their career plans throughout college and beyond. Our vision is to engage them early in a career management process that will bring success when it is time to launch at graduation.

Stevens Center, First Floor
1:45-3:45 p.m.
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4-6 p.m.		 Willamette Valley Trolley Tour
Travel through the beautiful Willamette Valley on a vintage trolley! Sites will include a tour and tasting at the Willamette Valley Cheese Company. Limited seating available.

Cost: $10 per person. Please call for availability before sending payment.

Board the trolley in the Stevens Center parking lot
4 p.m. Music Department Concert
Enjoy vocal and instrumental performances by George Fox University's concert choir and symphonic band as they debut their 2011-2012 season. Admission is free.

Bauman Auditorium
7:30 p.m. Theatre Presentation
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling (Directed by Jan Powell)

Chinquapin, Louisiana. 1988. In the midst of wedding plans, divorces, births, funerals, new beginnings and profound endings six women find a haven in the comfort of Truvy's Beauty Salon. As they tackle the challenges of life with laughter, charm, tears and grit we are reminded that while they are as lovely and fragile as magnolias they are also as tough and unflinching as steel. Tickets available with registration (registration now closed).

Cost: $12 general admission, $8 seniors and GFU alumni, $6 for GFU students and children under 12.

Wood-Mar Auditorium, Edwards Holman Science Center
7:30 p.m. Family Bingo
Fun and prizes will be the theme at this '50s-style event. Soda and light snacks will be provided. All prizes have been donated by local businesses and Parent Council members. All proceeds for this event benefit Serve Day, an annual community service day for all students and employees in September.

Cost: $9 adults, $7 non-GFU students and children, free to GFU students (GFU students must preregister with their family due to limited capacity). Extra games available for purchase the night of the event.

Heacock Commons

Today is set aside for you to have fun together as a family. Feel free to visit a local church this morning – or take a day trip to the coast. There is a lot to see and do in Yamhill County and the Portland metro area. If you'd prefer to stay on campus, we will have space available for families to spend time visiting over a board game or playing a game of bocce ball in the quad, with light snacks in the afternoon.

See a list of places to go and things to do on our website: georgefox.edu/parents/quick-links.html
2 p.m. Theatre Presentation
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling (Directed by Jan Powell)

Chinquapin, Louisiana. 1988. In the midst of wedding plans, divorces, births, funerals, new beginnings and profound endings six women find a haven in the comfort of Truvy's Beauty Salon. As they tackle the challenges of life with laughter, charm, tears and grit we are reminded that while they are as lovely and fragile as magnolias they are also as tough and unflinching as steel. Tickets available with registration (registration now closed).

Cost: $12 general admission, $8 seniors and GFU alumni, $6 for GFU students and children under 12.

Wood-Mar Auditorium, Edwards Holman Science Center

Important:

* Parents are also invited to support the George Fox University Auxiliary by donating handmade (or creative) saleable items for the Auxiliary Bazaar held during Family Weekend. Items will be collected in the Parent Relations office by Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. For information, please call Evangeline Pattison at 503-554-2121.

** George Fox students must be preregistered by their parents for meals served in the dining room. Non-registered student dining is in the Cap and Gown Room.