Please join us for the all-campus Christmas worship service featuring President Robin Baker and the university choir on Wednesday, Dec. 10, in Bauman Auditorium. The service will go from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, contact the Office of Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Attention faculty: During the Community Christmas Worship Service, scheduled from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, you are invited to take part in an impromptu faculty choir. We will be singing “Joy to the World” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” There will not be rehearsal; directions will be announced in chapel.
The choir will be directed by Brent Weaver (Performing Arts). If you have questions, contact Sarah Baldwin (Spiritual Life) at ext. 2321 or sbaldwin@georgefox.edu.
The end of the semester is fast approaching, and Security Services would like to reunite students with their lost items before Christmas break. If you have items hanging around your offices/closets that have been left behind, please get them to the security office ASAP so we can hopefully match them up with their owners.
Thanks,
Security Services
A reminder as you are registering for spring 2009: If you are planning to teach English abroad or in a community program, don’t miss this opportunity to learn the basics. Take COMM 350 Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
The course will be offered in spring 2009, scheduled Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:40 to 4:55 p.m. The next time it will be offered is spring of 2011. COMM 350 Introduction to TESOL can be taken on its own or as part of the TESOL minor.
For more information, contact Martha Iancu (ESL) at ext. 2641 or at miancu@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget the Staff Lunch on Monday, Dec. 8 in the Cap and Gown Room. Come enjoy food and fellowship. Cost $3
Come to show your appreciation and to bid farewell to Bedford Holmes, executive director of Tilikum.
Friday, Dec. 19
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cap and Gown rooms
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:
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.
6:30-8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center, Hoover, EHS atriums)
6:30—8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center parking lot)
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:
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.
