You can help make Christmas special for a Newberg family with two small boys (ages 4 and 8). A giving tree is located in the Stevens Center lobby. The family will pick up the decorated Christmas tree and gifts Friday, Dec. 14, by 5 p.m. Gifts for the children, gift certificates, food, etc. are welcomed.
Questions? Contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121.
The university will host its midyear commencement ceremony in the James and Lila Miller Gymnasium on the Newberg campus Saturday, Dec. 15. The commencement will start at 2 p.m., with audience seating at 1 p.m. Tickets are not required. Seating is limited to no more than 10 guests per graduate.
Nearly 190 students will take part in the ceremony. Graduates are to assemble at the Wheeler Sports Center at 1 p.m. For more information on the ceremony, visit the commencement website.
The University Store’s Christmas sale is running this week and next, concluding Friday, Dec. 21. Save 20 percent on George Fox imprinted items (except diploma frames), World of Good items, and Christmas products. You also save 10 percent on all Burt’s Bees, Prestige cosmetics, and all jewelry. Bookstore hours this week are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; next week, hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Center for Teaching and Learning is sponsoring an Introduction to FoxTALE workshop and open lab time for faculty on Thursday, Jan. 3, in the CAI Lab on the third floor of the Stevens Center. An introductory class will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, and consultants will be available during open lab time from 1 to 4 p.m. Please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) if you would like to attend the morning class.
Security Services will set up lost and found tables from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Bruin Den. This will be the last time to retrieve your lost items for this year. After 1:30 p.m., remaining items will be given to charitable causes. So, if you are missing items, be sure and stop by the tables.
Bon Appetit will host a Christmas banquet in the Klages Dining Room between 4:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, for all students on meal plans and other guests. Along with strolling carolers, eggnog, and hot apple cider, the menu includes roasted baron of beef, grilled chicken with wild mushroom demi sauce, assorted salads, and Christmas desserts.
Non-meal plan students and guests are welcome for $10 plus cans of food to be donated to Love Inc.
Thank you to all who have participated in the United Way workplace campaign. Pledges and contributions will be accepted in the Human Resources office through Dec. 15. All payroll deductions for pledges made to United Way will run through the calendar year beginning with the January 2008 paycheck.
For more information on the campaign, contact Sheri Philips (University Relations).
The nursing department has adopted another family for Christmas, and employees and students are welcome to help. The family includes a working father, a stay-at-home mom, two daughters (ages 5 and 7), and a baby on the way.
Nursing has set up a gift tree on the second floor of the Hoover Academic Building. On it are ornaments with a gift listed on each. To participate, take an ornament, purchase the gift, and give it (wrapped or unwrapped) to Elaine Smith (Nursing). All gifts must be turned in by Wednesday, Dec. 12, so they can be delivered Thursday, Dec. 13, to the family.
Nursing also is seeking a tree and decorations to donate to the family. If anyone is willing to donate these, contact us.
There is also a food bin located by the tree for nonperishable foods (canned, boxed, etc.) for the family. Money collected is going toward the purchase of a gift card so the family can purchase perishable foods (turkey, produce, etc.).
Questions? E-mail Dottie Massey or Megan Davidson.
This is for such a wonderful cause and we appreciate everyone’s help.
Thank you,
– The Nursing Department and The Nursing Association
President Robin and Ruth Baker cordially invite George Fox University friends and alumni to a traditional Christmas celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Pittock Mansion in Portland. The evening will include holiday music and festive hors d’ oeuvres and desserts. The cost is $21 per person.
Please R.S.V.P. and send payment to University Relations at Box #6049. For more information, call Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134 or contact her via e-mail. Online registration is also available at http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/events.
The courier to the Portland and Salem centers will be leaving one hour early Friday morning, Dec 7. Please have any items for the Portland or Salem centers routed to Mail Services by 8:45 a.m. on the Newberg campus.
Portland and Salem personnel, please have your items ready by 9:30 a.m. and 10:20 a.m., respectively. We apologize for any inconvenience; we will be back to the normal hours on Monday, Dec.10.
Questions? Call Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) at ext. 2556.
– Mail Services
Those who worked on the Campus Music Project would like to invite you to a festive listening party from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Bruin Den on the Newberg campus.
Come enjoy free hot chocolate and candy canes while listening to the Campus Music Project’s 2006-07 CD. There also will be contests.
For those who would like to purchase the CD, entitled Growing Roots, they are available for $5 each or $8 for a pair during a holiday sale. To purchase it before winter break, e-mail Jamie Griggs on or before Dec. 11 with your office location and quantity. The CD(s) will be delivered to you and you may pay by cash or check at that time.
The CD also is available in the Foxhole between 7 and 11 p.m. or at the University Store. The project is an annual compilation of original music written, recorded, and produced by George Fox students.
‘Tis the season to do Christmas shopping at the University Store. Starting Monday, Dec. 10, save 20 percent on all George Fox imprinted items (except diploma frames), World of Good items, and Christmas products. Also, save 10 percent on all Burt’s Bees and Prestige products, as well as select earrings.
The sale ends Saturday, Dec. 15. Hours during finals week will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Saturday hours will be 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3 to 4:30 p.m.
The last faculty business meeting of the fall semester is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Dec. 10. Portland Center and Boise Center faculty can join the meeting via video conferencing.
Newberg faculty will meet in Hoover 105.
Portland faculty will meet in Room 280.
Boise Center faculty will meet in the center’s conference room from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
All proposals to be discussed have already been distributed via e-mail.
If you have not yet completed the Best Christian Workplaces survey, please take about 10 minutes to do so this week. The survey closes this Friday, Dec. 7. The link is www.bwinstitute.com/survey/login.aspx. The access code is 1680-571.
The Best Christian Workplaces Institute will present the survey results in summary format to maintain all employees’ confidentiality.
All faculty and staff are invited to a “general talk†session with visiting provost candidate Ginger MacDonald from 3:40 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in EHS 102. She will be presenting on one of two topics: “How she sees herself changing the university†or “Thoughts on the future of higher education,†with time for questions and answers. Please mark your calendars.
The provost survey will be distributed directly after her talk, and, due to the fact the Provost Search Committee will be meeting at 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, the deadline to complete the survey will be 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7.
For those of you unable to attend, the sessions will be recorded and posted online at the following link: http://media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl.
The students and faculty of the English Language Institute invite you to join them for a holiday musical, “Happy Holidays 2007,†at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in Hoover 105. The program celebrates holiday traditions throughout the year from China and the United States, as well as music from both countries. It will feature the Chinese zither, flute and piano, along with original compositions and sing-a-longs.
Seats are still available for the final holiday luncheon to be served by the students of Family and Consumer Sciences this Friday, Dec. 7. The luncheon will include a chicken entree with seasonal accompaniments, soup or salad, beverage, and dessert. The cost is $8.
Lunch will be served from noon to 12:30 p.m. in Lemmons Room 4. Take-out orders also are available, so you may pick up several for dinner. Contact Helen Morse (Family and Consumer Sciences) at ext. 2640 between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for reservations and any dietary accommodations.
The campus community is welcome to enjoy engineering’s “Wobble Off” from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Ron Gregory Atrium. The event is a demonstration of freshmen engineering students’ first project – a 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.
If you have not already done so, please complete, check and sign your November time sheet (staff) or time off report (administrators), and send it to your supervisor for signature. These forms can be found at: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/forms.html
Please send it to HR at Box 6108 this week. If your supervisor is not available to sign, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed. Thank you.Â
For the second year, the George Fox Student Nurses’ Association is sponsoring a Giving Tree to assist a family in need. The family is a father, mother (four months pregnant) and 2 daughters, ages 5 and 7.
Please stop by the Giving Tree on the second floor of Hoover and select an ornament. Please return your wrapped gift, with the ornament attached, to Hoover 215 by Dec. 12.
 Contact Elaine Smith for more information.
