The Daily Bruin

Be sure to join us for an all-employee meeting this Thursday, Dec. 11, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve snacks in Room 160.

Mail Services will distribute your mail to your campus mailbox during the Christmas break, and it will be waiting for you when you come back in January.

Your packages will be stored at University Mail Services until you come back to campus and will be available for pick-up when you return. No packages will be returned over the Christmas break.

If you have questions, please call Mail Services at ext. 2555.

Take a break from studying for finals to celebrate Christmas with residents at Friendsview! Tonight (Tuesday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. is the final Fox & Friends event. Join residents for a Christmas-themed game night. Eat Christmas cookies, sip hot cocoa, and roll a Yahtzee while reflecting on the season.

We will be meeting in the Bruin Den at 6:45 p.m. to head over to Friendsview.

Questions? Please contact Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.

25Live, our calendar and scheduling software, will be unavailable for up to four hours beginning at 6 p.m. tonight (Tuesday), while the vendor performs scheduled maintenance. After the maintenance is complete, we suggest you clear your browser cookies and cache before logging in to 25Live again.

Thank you for your understanding.

– IT

Don’t forget to join us at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, for a “Think Again Conversation” facilitated by professors Paul Anderson and Mark Terry in the Chehalem Cultural Center’s Parrish Gallery. The discussion will focus on the Saint John’s Bible-inspired “The Art of Illumination” exhibit currently up at the center. The exhibit will remain on display through Dec. 19.

There is no charge to attend, and the event is open to the public. Questions? Visit chehalemculturalcenter.org. The center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.

If you missed the opportunity to order university Christmas cards, it isn’t too late. You can see this year’s card here. You may request them using this order form until they run out. The cost is 79¢ per card/envelope.

Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join us for an evening of great music with university employees Melissa Thomas and Nathanael Ankeny, George Fox alumni Nate Macy, Aaron Pruitt and Nolan Staples, and Frank Verhoorn. Enjoy styles from jazz to folk, blues to bluegrass. This is a family-friendly concert that celebrates the Christmas season. $10 suggested donation.

Concert dates/locations:

• Friday, Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at West Hills Friends Church in Portland (7425 S.W. 52nd Ave.)
• Saturday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at the Tigard Grange (13770 S.W. Pacific Hwy.)
• Sunday, Dec. 21, 7 p.m. at North Valley Friends Church in Newberg (4020 N. College St.)

Contact Melissa at mthomas@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

The lost and found is filled to the brim and all items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes on Monday, Dec. 15.

Please come to the security office between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on weekdays to see if your lost item has been turned in, or email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu with a description of your lost item.

This week is textbook buyback at the BlueZone Textbook Annex! We will be open for buyback from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily through Friday.

Do you want to skip the line for buyback? You can sell your books back online. Just go to gfubookstore.com and click on the “Score Extra $$$” link. Using the online buyback will get you an additional 10 percent for your books – and the shipping is free!

Faculty, please be sure your students are aware of textbook buyback week.

Contact John Stewart at jstewart@neebo.com if you have questions.

Adjuncts: Your parking permits will expire on Dec. 31, so if you are teaching all or part of next year, you will need to get a 2015 parking permit. They will be available beginning next week.

Please go on MyGFU, review your vehicle information and make any needed changes. Then email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu so she can prepare a permit for you. Or, just stop by the security office during office hours next week or after New Year’s and you can get it on the spot.

Questions? Call 503-554-2090 or email Nadine.

The grounds department currently has a couple of work study positions available for next semester. We are looking for students who are interested in working 10 hours a week and enjoy landscape maintenance work. If this sounds like something you’re interested in, come apply at the plant services office on Villa Road.

Questions? Please email Trevor Woods at twoods@georgefox.edu

Sell your textbooks back to the bookstore and return your rentals:

When: Dec. 8 to Dec. 12., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
Where: Textbook Annex – 1109 E. Hancock St., Newberg

• Prices paid for books are based on need: highest price if needed for spring semester; others based on wholesaler’s need.
• Rentals may be returned to the Textbook Annex or the BlueZone Store.
• Off-site students may return rentals through campus mail at Box 6229, or ship to us (include your name and contact info).
• Students may also sell and ship their books directly to Neebo using our website; click on “Score extra $$$ when you sell us your textbooks.”

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu

Want to be a part of midyear commencement in Miller Gymnasium? Come help out as an usher!

We are still in need of people for the Saturday, Dec. 13, ceremony from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Duties include passing out programs, guiding people to their seats and assisting guests.

Please email Jennifer Kepler (jkepler@georgefox.edu) to let us know of your interest.

Don’t forget to join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual Wassail Party today (Monday) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please take a break on “Dead Day” and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for snacks, wassail and coffee.

It’s our treat to you!

The final Newberg all-employee lunch of the semester will be held tomorrow (Tuesday). Lunch will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. The cost is $3.

Hope to see you there!

‘Tis the season to ship packages and we have some tips to help ensure that your packages arrive safely.

1. Do not wrap the box in brown paper, grocery bags, wrapping paper, etc. (Too many times, the paper is ripped off in the handling and shipping process – and the address and postage are gone!)
   1. Just use a plain old box – a cereal box, a ShopVac box, an Office Depot box, etc.
   2. Put your new address label directly onto the box (or write the address on a clear side of the box). We also have shipping labels available that you can use.
   3. We do have a wide variety of the free Priority boxes – regular and Flat Rate.
   4. Another safety item: Put a copy of the address where it is going inside the box – just in case the box gets torn open.
2. Use blue or black ink for the address. Do not use red ink. Red is hard to read by the U.S. Mail scanners.
3. Use regular packing tape on the package. Do not use ribbon, bows, twine, etc. Also, do not use duct tape of any kind (security reasons).
4. Pack fragile items with lots of padding. ALL packages are handled by machines – they can’t read “Fragile” that people write on the outside of the package.
5. This year, U.S. Mail will deliver packages seven days a week during the holiday season.
6. Shipping deadlines are found in the lobby area of Mail Services or on our website (click here).

If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Returning next semester? Here are instructions regarding your mail.

• Keep your mail box key
• Your mail will be in your box when you return in January.
• Your packages will be held at Mail Services. No packages will be returned over the Christmas break.

Have a great Christmas season! See you in January!

– Mail Services

Not returning next semester? Here are instructions regarding your mail.

Graduating seniors:

• You gave your forwarding address during Exodus or you were contacted via email
• Not sure? Fill out a pink address card found on the counter in the hallway of the Beebe post office, SUB post office or University Mail Services
• Return forwarding address card to University Mail Services
• Remember to return your mailbox key before you leave campus ($15 charge to your account for non-returned mailbox key)

Withdrawing students:

• Fill out a pink forwarding address card, found on the counter in the hallway of the Beebe post office, SUB post office or University Mail Services
• Return card to University Mail Services
• Remember to return your mailbox key before you leave campus
• Key return envelopes are on the counters of the post offices. Return via campus mail ($15 charge to your account for non-returned mailbox key)

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwell@georgefox.edu.

Interested in learning a stringed instrument? Or playing in a small ensemble? Beginning and intermediate string classes are available during spring semester, meeting Mondays and Wednesdays at noon.

These classes will be set up as chamber groups focusing on technique, while learning classical and fiddle music. We will do both solo and duet/trio music so that everyone gets both solo and group experience.

Email Rebekah Hanson with any questions at rhanson@georgefox.edu.