The Daily Bruin

Tickets are selling fast for the university’s Christmas Concert, “All is Calm, All is Bright,” presented by the Department of Performing Arts Friday through Sunday, Dec. 11-13. This year’s concert features more than 150 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring 10 of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

• Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium: Friday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.), and Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
• One off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620. Questions regarding tickets can be directed to the University Box Office at ext. 3844.

Tickets may be purchased online now at music.georgefox.edu, or (two weeks prior to the event) at the box office by calling ext. 3844. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children. All faculty, students and staff receive one free ticket (to the on-campus performances only), available for pick-up in the Bruin Bookstore. The concert on campus features reserved seating. Seating will be open for Sunday’s matinee performance.

On Wednesday, Dec. 2, chapel will be in various locations. We invite all of you to worship with your living community from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. at the following locations:

PCWB: Hoover 105
Apartments: Lemmons 8
Co-Ed: EHS 102
HMS: Bauman
Houses & commuters: Hoover 102

Attention Newberg staff, administrators and undergraduate faculty: Residence Life, Orientation, and ASC are looking for students who exhibit Christian maturity, humility and leadership skills for the 2010-2011 student leadership teams. We would value your suggestions and recommendations for students to be considered for these leadership positions.

Please refer to the letter sent to your campus mailbox for more information. Return the letter with your recommendations to Megan Marsh (Student Life) at Box 6148 by Friday, Dec. 4. Recommendations can also be sent electronically to mmarsh@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to see five short original works written, directed and performed by George Fox students at a New Playwrights Festival this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

Take a break from work duties and studying to enjoy grandly eclectic stories about people from all walks of life. Contact Cyndi Kimmel at ckimmel05@georgefox.edu for more information.

Stop by the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS between 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, and 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, for Nutrition Expo. Want to know what to eat to perform well in sports? Get fact and fiction information about carbohydrates, plus many more engaging topics. Information is provided by students in the FCSC Nutrition 300 class.

What do grades represent? Are they an objective measure of knowledge? Do they show growth in understanding? Do grades give evidence of subject mastery? A recent Chronicle of Higher Education article (tinyurl.com/GFUgrades) challenges professors to reconsider the purpose of grades and the manner in which grades are used.

Join a conversation about accuracy, fairness and effectiveness of grading practices. Should you choose to read ahead of time, look over the comments below the article. You will need your university library card number to access the article from off campus; the link should take you directly to the article if you are on campus.

The session will be held from noon to 1:20 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in Cap & Gown A (note the different location than on academic calendar).

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1. 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.

Tickets are now on sale for the university’s Christmas Concert, “All is Calm, All is Bright,” presented by the Department of Performing Arts Friday through Sunday, Dec. 11-13. This year’s concert features more than 150 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring 10 of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

• Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium: Friday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.), and Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
• One off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620. Questions regarding tickets can be directed to the University Box Office at ext. 3844.

Tickets may be purchased online now at music.georgefox.edu, or (two weeks prior to the event) at the box office by calling ext. 3844. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children. All faculty, students and staff receive one free ticket (to the on-campus performances only), available for pick-up in the Bruin Bookstore. The concert on campus features reserved seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now! Seating will be open for Sunday’s matinee performance.

You are invited to enjoy holiday luncheons presented by the Family and Consumer Sciences Quantity Food Production class on Friday, Dec. 4, and Friday, Dec. 11. The menu features a choice of pan-seared chicken breast stuffed with spinach and herb cheese, or roasted garlic-rosemary pork loin with cranberry orange sauce. Meals are served with savory russet and yam mashed potatoes with bacon and sautéed broccoli with red pepper. Beverages, soup or salad, and seasonal desserts are included.

Seating will be from noon to 12:30 p.m., with dining until 1:30 p.m., in Lemmons 5. The cost is $10 per person in advance. Make reservations by e-mailing Helen Morse at hmorse@georgefox. To-go meals and special dietary needs gladly accommodated.

Come wish Kendra Irons well as she finishes her final semester at George Fox and completes her move to Texas. As an associate professor, Kendra has been an important part of our Religious Studies Department for the past six and a half years.

A farewell reception is scheduled from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the Hoover Lounge (Hoover 250). Both colleagues and students will miss her.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for Employee of the Month for December. Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s  recent contributions (past 30 days or so) to the university, its students, and/or its employees (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, Dec. 11. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee(s) of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner(s) will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 16, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

The university will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27, for the Thanksgiving holiday. All offices, bookstores and libraries will be closed those two days.

The Baker family invites you and your family to their third annual Christmas Open House from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Edwards House, 402 S. College St., in Newberg. Join us for light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas season together!

Thomas Peng (China and East Asia Studies Program) will speak at a George Fox Auxiliary luncheon scheduled for noon Friday, Dec. 4, in the Cap and Gown Room. Reservations are required and tickets are $7.50 per person.

Also appearing will be several international students. To make reservations, contact Margene Haworth at 503-538-0604 by Tuesday, Dec. 1.

The Bruin Bookstore will close early this Wednesday, Nov. 25, for the Thanksgiving holiday. The store will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 30. All the bookstore employees wish everyone a safe and restful holiday break.

We will be closing the Bruin Den at 1:30 p.m. and the grill will close at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen on Monday, Nov. 30.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.

– Bon Appetit

With the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Bon Appetit will be revising the hours of service in the Klages Dining Room for those students remaining on campus throughout the holiday. Following is the schedule.

Wednesday dinner: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Thursday bunch: 10:30-11 a.m.
Dinner:  4-4:30 p.m.
Friday & Saturday brunch: 10:30-11 a.m.
Dinner: 5-5:30 p.m.
Sunday brunch: 10:30-11 a.m.
Dinner: 5-7 p.m.

For those students who are anticipating to be eating meals with us on Thanksgiving Day, please let us know by signing up at our front desk so that we know how much food to prepare.

The Bruin Bookstore invites you to gobble up the savings of leftover and reduced merchandise during our “Turkey Sale” on Thanksgiving week, Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 23-25. It’s a great opportunity to buy gift items to stuff in Christmas stockings!

The store is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Time change update: An edited recording of the ASC town hall of Nov. 10, in which a discussion took place regarding a proposed campus fire pit project, will be broadcast on KFOX at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24. Listen online at kfoxradio.georgefox.edu. This is two hours earlier than originally reported.

An edited recording of the ASC town hall of Nov. 10, in which a discussion took place regarding a proposed campus fire pit project, will be broadcast on KFOX from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24. Listen online at kfoxradio.georgefox.edu.

Everyone is encouraged to come to the Bruin Basketball games this Friday, but if you are unable to attend in person, watching on the Internet should be a better experience this year. Stretch Internet is the host that will be delivering our video stream. We are excited because the quality should be better thanks to more bandwidth and better production software.

Check out the schedule by clicking this Stretch Internet link. The first games to be broadcast will be Friday’s (Nov. 20) home openers.

– IT