An information meeting for all May 2012 Juniors Abroad (and Cross-Cultural Study) students is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Please make every effort to attend. If you cannot, due to class, make sure that someone takes notes for you.
Robby Larson is now a major gift officer, transitioning from alumni relations to the development office as of Nov. 1.
Nov. 16 Carol Jaquith
Nov. 17 Sue O’Donnell, Abigail Rine
Nov. 18 Kathleen Jones, Shary Wortman
Nov. 19 Bob Hamilton
Nov. 21 Dan Kimball, Ryan Tafflinger
Nov. 22 Vern Choin, Corban Harwood
Nov. 23 Laura Simmons
Nov. 24 Waneen White, Tamara Jones, Mark Sundquist
Nov. 26 Larry Weber
Nov. 28 Peg Hutton, Clella Jaffe
Join fellow George Fox employees (halftime and over) and their families for an afternoon of Christmas festivities. The celebration is set for Sunday, Dec. 11.
The details …
Concert tickets are now available at the first-floor Box Office in Stevens Center. (If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets). Tickets will be available through Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m.
Please note that tickets are on sale for the general public and the concert will sell out, so don’t wait too long to get your tickets. Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Please contact Evangeline Pattison (ext. 2121) or epattison@georgefox.edu with questions.
The Robin Baker family invites you and your family to please join us for our annual Christmas Open House.
Here are the details:
Date: Sunday, Dec. 4
Time: 5-7 p.m.
Location: The Edwards House, 402 S. College St., Newberg
Join us for light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas season together!
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.
Are you using a United States Postal Service tray to stow away items around the house or office? Do you use any to transport department mail on campus? If so, it’s time to return them to the owner.
Postal inspectors say that, effective Nov. 26, they will resume their efforts to recover missing and stolen Mail Transport Equipment (MTE) and also seek prosecution against offenders. The resumption of criminal enforcement comes after the postal service offered a two-week amnesty period, encouraging anyone who was in possession of postal service equipment to return it – no questions asked.
“Theft of postal equipment is a federal crime. Replacing missing equipment last year cost the postal service $50 million – money that it can ill afford,” said Guy Cottrell, chief postal inspector. U.S.P.S. says previous efforts to recover MTE and prosecute offenders have been successful.
In 2008, postal inspectors launched the Equipment Recovery Project, an effort to return MTE that leaked out of the postal service network. Since then, postal inspectors have recovered almost 200,000 pieces of MTE, including pallets, trays and tubs, worth more than $4 million.
If you have any U.S. Postal Service tubs or trays, please bring them to Mail Services so they can be returned to the U.S.P.S. Thanks for your cooperation.
– Mail Services
As a follow-up to the e-nnouncement sent recently in regards to estate planning resources, Gene Christian will host a gathering this Wednesday, November 14, 4:00 in Room 240.
Over the past couple of years, many faculty and staff have asked Gene how to get their estate planning affairs in order. It’s been a joy for him to connect with so many people on this most important endeavor.
Gene thought it might be helpful to provide everyone a list of resources that can help you in this often complicated area of your life.  He will have these resources available on Wednesday – Estate Planning Resource Guide, Estate Inventory Form, My Going Home Plan, Distribution of Tangible Personal Property.
As followers of Christ we have an obligation to be sure our affairs are in order — thinking deeply about the people and places that mean the most to us. In order to have a complete estate plan, everyone needs to consider developing the following things:
•    A will or living trust
•    Durable power of attorney (for finance)
•    Advanced healthcare directive
•    Disposition of tangible property sheet(s)
•    Expression of last wishes
Gene looks forward to seeing you Wednesday at 4:00.
This is a reminder that Marketing Communications will host a staff/faculty portrait session from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in VAC 101. Portrait sessions are scheduled twice per semester to obtain high-quality studio portraits for use on the university website. The portraits also will be available for professional promotional use.
Please e-mail or call Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) at ext. 2125 to let us know what time you are planning to come. You may still come without prior notice.
This Wednesday, Nov. 16, Gene Christian, principal of Charitable Estate Planning Northwest, will be available to answer questions about estate planning, wills, giving and other financial matters.
Gene has worked closely with our advancement team for several years. The brown-bag lunch is hosted by Provost Patrick Allen and will take place at noon in Cap & Gown A. This is a great opportunity to hear from an industry expert and learn more about estate planning – at no cost!
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Corban, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Nov. 19, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Northwest (Wash.), Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Northwest (Wash.), Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Basketball schedule cards are now available and have been distributed to the campus mailboxes. For additional cards, contact the department of athletics at ext. 2910 or pick some up at one of the ballgames.
All Bruin home basketball games will have live webcasts this season, along with live stats on the Internet and live audio from KFOX campus radio. For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.
We are soliciting recommendations for the 2012 First Year Book. Please take a moment to provide us with recommendations. Criteria for the book is provided on the form available at this link. Thank you in advance.
Joel Perez,
Dean of Transitions and Inclusion
One-credit online career classes are available. Register today!
Select from three online courses designed to fit your career planning needs, as well as your busy schedule. Learn important skills about finding your calling and preparing yourself for a career after college. You can find the courses in the course schedule under General Education.
How can social media greatly benefit the promotion of a business or ministry?
Anne Burbank, co-owner of a Vancouver, Wash., company focusing on Internet strategies, will provide her insights at the Tuesday, Nov. 22, Newberg meeting for the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.
Burbank is the social media administrator and art director of Northwest Web Construction Company (NWWCC), a Vancouver-based web presence development company formed in 1998 by Anne and her husband of 31 years, Kelly Burbank. Over the past 14 years, NWWCC has gained an outstanding reputation for helping small businesses and organizations thrive online.
In addition to more than 26 years of combined graphic design, business administration and marketing experience, Burbank oversees the company’s social media division. She will discuss some of the basics of social media and the benefits of using it, and share a few tactical ways to incorporate social media networking into marketing plans.
Coffee, tea and pastries will be available at the meeting, which is free for newly renewed Chamber members who R.S.V.P. at cccnw.net. A $5 donation is suggested from non-members and guests who R.S.V.P.
For more information, go to the Chamber’s website or call 503-928-8354.
All women employees – faculty, administrators and staff – are welcome to a brown-bag lunch with special guest Peggy Fowler from noon to 1:15 p.m. (PST) Thursday, Nov. 17, in the Cap and Gown Room on the Newberg campus. For those at other university sites, the event will be live-streamed at this site.
Fowler retired from Portland General Electric as CEO and president in 2009. She remains on the board of directors and is on the finance committee. Peggy has 35 years of experience in the utility business and, in that time, has managed almost every major area of the company. She earned bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and mathematics from George Fox.
Please don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a significant woman leader as she shares her leadership journey with the women of George Fox.
The Women’s Leadership Development committee invites all women employees to join us for this event as we continue exploring leadership development. For those who attend in person, please bring your own lunch.
The university’s International Justice Mission chapter will host its annual event, “Closing the Gap: Addressing the Mentality Behind Sex Slavery,” this week. The four-day event will address the issue of sex trafficking.
Here is the schedule:
If you have any questions, please contact Lauren Peña at lpena10@georgefox.edu, or see posters on campus bulletin boards.
Alpha Psi Omega, the university’s theatre honors society, is hosting a “slam” poetry event on campus at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. If you have a passion for crafting strong poetry, please come share your work with us and the rest of the George Fox community! It will be an entertaining and thought-provoking night. Hope to see you there!
If you are interested in presenting poems at this event or simply have questions concerning it, please contact Hannah Adderley (hadderley07@georgefox.edu) More specific details of event to follow soon.
Please join us Monday (Nov. 14) in chapel to welcome our university president, Robin Baker. We look forward to hearing him speak as we continue our series in Acts. See you at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
In the wake of our recent cultural celebration week the library is putting together a display to explore the different cultural winter holiday traditions. We need your help! If you have any items that the library could borrow from November 11 Â until November 23 please contact us!
In the display case we like to feature a mix of written information and three dimensional artifacts. We are looking for several items to help illustrate the information. If you have something that is used in a winter holiday please help me share it with our George Fox Community. The items will be displayed in a locked case in the library along with information about various holidays around the world.
If you don’t have any items to share but would like to tell us more about traditions in your country, please contact me at kwilder10@georgefox.edu. I would love to hear about the rich diversity represented on campus and be able to share your stories with the rest of the student body. Thank you!
nk you.
Some examples of celebrations we might like to represent:
•    Santa Lucia
•    Shichi-go-san
•    Deepavali/Diwali
•    Eid-al-Adha
•    Hannukkah
•    Tori-no-ichi
•    Kumbh Mela
•    Kwanzaa
•    Boun Phan Vet
•    New Years
•    Keretkun Festival
•    Loi Krathong
On behalf of the Library staff,
Kate Wilder
Shawn McDonald will be doing a free concert for local college students on Sunday, November 13 at 7 p.m.  at the Broadway Coffee House in Salem.
You can learn more about Shawn from his website.
Don’t forget that our First Friday chapel is happening on the second Friday of this month, on November 11. Come and welcome our Bruin Preview students into a time of worship and community.
