The Daily Bruin

The Department of Performing Arts will present its Christmas concert, “O Holy Night!,” Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 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.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children.  The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

Reminder that the Department of Performing Arts is presenting its last Students in Recital of 2008 this week!

Come support this semester’s music students as they perform their current repertoire on Friday, Dec. 5 from 12:40 to 1:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

This is a Critical notice regarding the registration/billing software transition for spring semester 09.  Please take a moment to read the information.

Impact:

• Fall 08 – Final grade entry will be in Bruindata – No Change
• Students are receiving emails/ennouncements asking them to register for Spring 09 by Thursday, Dec 4, at 5 p.m. to reduce manual work in late December and early January.
• Registration enrollment records will be converted into PeopleSoft beginning Dec 4 at 5 p.m. in preparation for Dec 8 go-live date.
• Students will continue using the Bruindata Registration for spring 09 after the new system is live on Dec 8. These records will then be entered manually in the new software by the Registrar’s office.

Please encourage students to register as requested; this will greatly assist the Registrar’s and Billing offices to start springs semester in the new software.

The university community is invited to George Fox’s annual Christmas celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6. Following is a schedule of planned activities.

6:15 – 6:45 p.m.

• Christmas carols and candlelight devotional service at the Centennial Clock Tower

6:30-8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center, Hoover, EHS atriums)

• Photos with Santa
• Craft activities
• Cookie decorating
• Live entertainment
• Refreshments

6:30—8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center parking lot)

• Horse-drawn wagon rides
• Bonfire
• Hot cocoa

On Friday, Dec. 5, the courier to the George Fox Portland Center will not leave Newberg until after 1 p.m. All items for Portland must be received at the University Mail Services by 12:45 p.m.

The regular schedule will resume on Monday.

The Baker family invites you and your family to their annual Christmas Open House, Sunday, Dec. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Edward’s Home, 402 S. College St., Newberg, Oregon.

We look forward to you joining us for light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas Season together!

(Each department will be receiving an invitation flyer in campus mail.  This invitation is extended to all members in each department)

It’s time again for the Library’s Annual Wassail Party! Please take a break on “Dead Day” and join us.

Murdock Learning Resouce Center is hosting the Wassail Party for students and employees on Monday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the multi-purpose room in the Library. Christmas goodies, wassail and coffee will be served.

For those not familiar, wassail is a warm spiced-cider drink.

The George Fox Dance Performance class presents, “So we think we can dance”. Come join us for 30 minutes of entertainment and lots of good laughs. The show begins at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10 in the Wheeler Sports Center gym. The students have worked hard in preparing for the show. So come relax, laugh, have fun and cheer them on.

The satellite copiers have a new cost center for paper and supplies.  The old number was 21180 and has been changed to 00-630035.  This change will not affect the departmental budgets.  The only place that you will need this number is at Print Services when you are filling out a supply form for your local copy machine.  All copier toner, staples, and paper and transparencies are still purchased through Print Services, using the 00-630035 cost center.

Supplies for your individual printers still need to be charged to your departmental cost centers. For any questions regarding this change, please contact Print Services at ext. 2550 or PrintServices@georgefox.edu.

Join the Department of Performing Arts for the final Students in Recital performance of 2008. Come hear the student perform on Friday, Dec. 5 from 12:40 to 1:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Undergraduate Admissions and Multicultural Services are seeking students to join a new Cultural Ambassador leadership initiative this spring semester. We are seeking student leaders who want to be a representative of the diversity of George Fox by actively sharing and valuing cultural differences within a Christ-centered university through education and outreach to both the George Fox and local community.  A pilot program will be launched spring semester.

Come find out more through an informational meeting on Thursday, Dec 4, 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Executive Dining Rm (on the left side of the Bruin Den)
We’ll treat you to a drink if you come between 3:15-3:30 p.m.

Please RSVP to Shelley Yonemura

For more info, please contact Shelley by e-mail or at 503-554-2318.

The Department of Performing Arts will present its Christmas concert, “O Holy Night!,” Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 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.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children.  The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

The BlueZone invites all students, faculty, staff to wear your letterman’s jacket for a photo on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 3:30 p.m. at the Centennial Clocktower.

Tuesday is also Letterman Jacket Night at the men’s basketball game. Watch the Bruins take on Northwest Christian University at 7:30 p.m. in Wheeler Sports Center.

This is a Critical notice regarding the registration/billing software transition for spring semester 09.  Please take a moment to read the information.

Impact:

• Fall 08 – Final grade entry will be in Bruindata – No Change
• Students are receiving emails/ennouncements asking them to register for Spring 09 by Thursday, Dec 4, at 5 p.m. to reduce manual work in late December and early January.
• Registration enrollment records will be converted into PeopleSoft beginning Dec 4 at 5 p.m. in preparation for Dec 8 go-live date.
• Students will continue using the Bruindata Registration for spring 09 after the new system is live on Dec 8. These records will then be entered manually in the new software by the Registrar’s office.

Please encourage students to register as requested; this will greatly assist the Registrar’s and Billing offices to start springs semester in the new software.

Please take a few minutes to submit your November time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) to your supervisor right away. As always, please be sure it is complete, accurate and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108. If your supervisor is not available to sign it, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed. These documents are available on the HR website.

Thanksgiving holidays note: No hours should be recorded for the Nov. 27 and 28 holidays on the staff time sheet unless an employee worked those days.

Student supervisors, please submit your students’ November time sheets to HR right away. Please be sure the student’s name is legible on each one and use the new cost center numbers. Also, don’t forget to sign the time sheet, and be sure the students do as well.

If the student is not available to sign it this week, please send it without the signature; HR will hold the check until the time sheet is signed. If a student delivers his or her own time sheet to HR, it must be in a sealed envelope, a Federal Work Study regulation.

The university’s engineering department will present its fifth annual “Wobble-Off” from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, in the Ron Gregory (EHS) Atrium.

Come and enjoy this demonstration of freshman engineering students’ first project – an exciting variety of oscillating steam/air-operated engines. The event highlights the students’ first-year studies in engineering design, solid modeling, and machining — and showcases the creative and impressive results of their design-build projects.

The students’ engines will compete in a variety of categories, including maximum speed, minimum vibration, maximum coast, cost efficiency and creativity/craftsmanship.

The University Store wishes to congratulate the door-prize winners at the first fall Exodus event.

Stacy Dexter: $15 iTunes gift card
Jordan Weiss: $15 iTunes gift card
Jenae Knierim: George Fox CamelBak bottle
Jeremy Phillips: Glass picture frame
Brian Leyrer: George Fox sweatshirt
Bryan Rupp: 2GB iPod Nano
Nate Radmacher: George Fox diploma frame

And the grand prize winner of an 8GB iPod Touch: Dania Behrens

Congratulations to all the graduating seniors who attended the Exodus event.

A Faculty Teaching Forum, “Putting the fun into teaching fundamentals,” will be presented by Kris Kays (Psychology) from 3:40 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Hoover 104 (Hoover Library).

A synopsis: Is it important to have fun in the classroom? Yes, but the functions, which are numerous, have to be well thought through. Join our conversation on how to use fun effectively in instruction. Refreshments will be served. No R.S.V.P. is required.

All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available at the “Events and Resources” link on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.

Please encourage your freshman, sophomore and junior students to consider applying for the SCORR Conference, a student congress on racial reconciliation scheduled Feb. 27-28, 2009, at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif.

The application deadline is 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9. George Fox’s Multicultural Services will award $2,500 in scholarships to current students who show leadership potential and want to actively engage in racial reconciliation on campus.

According the organizers, the annual conference convenes with the purpose of “glorifying God by empowering students to better face the challenges existing on their campuses, in their communities, and in society at large through multi-ethnic awareness and engaging in the active process of racial reconciliation.”

The event focuses on the needs of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds who currently attend Christian colleges and universities. Students have the opportunity to meet one another, fellowship, dialogue and pray together for a weekend. You can read more at the SCORR website.

More information is available by contacting Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Services) at syonemur@georgefox.edu or ext. 2318. The application is available online at this site.