The George Fox community (employees and students) will be asked to show their ID cards when entering home basketball games. Admission is free, but IDs must be shown to get in without being charged.
George Fox will close for the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday, Nov. 22, through Sunday, Nov. 25. All offices will be closed, including the administrative offices and bookstores on the Newberg campus and Portland Center. The Boise Center also will be closed.
The Newberg library will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, and be open from 6 to 10 p.m. on Nov. 25. The Portland Center library will close at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and remain closed until Monday.
An all-campus meeting is scheduled from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, in Bauman Auditorium. All-campus meetings provide George Fox employees an opportunity to receive campus updates, be involved in planning processes, and dialogue with President Robin Baker. Your participation is strongly encouraged.
Employees are welcome to a seminar from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, in the Cap and Gown Room. The seminar, hosted by Rivermark Credit Union, will discuss the topic “Tax Strategies: Managing Your Taxes All Year Long.” Lunch is free, compliments of Rivermark and Bon Appetit.
Go to http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/lunch to reserve your lunch online.
Questions? E-mail Lisa Burton (Human Resources)
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Bon Appetit will close the Villa Cafe (in the Villa Academic Complex) at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 19-20, and at 1:30 p.m. on Nov 21. It will reopen at its regular hours on Nov. 26.
Don’t forget the University Store’s “Turkey Sale” Nov. 19-21. Take advantage of reduced-for-clearance gift items and supplies. The sale runs through Wednesday. The store will close early (5 p.m.) Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
The Best Christian Workplaces Institute reports that 209 (of 475) George Fox employees have already completed this year’s survey. If you have not taken time to complete the survey, please take about 10 minutes to do so. The link is www.bwinstitute.com/survey/login.aspx. The access code is 1680-571.
The survey closes on Dec. 2. The Best Christian Workplaces Institute will present the survey results in summary format to maintain all employees’ confidentiality.
The closing night of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None will be presented in Wood-Mar Auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. The cost is $3 with a George Fox ID card. The murder-mystery play is being presented by C.S. Lewis Academy High School’s drama department. Ages 10 and older please.
Bruin Directories will be available the week of Nov. 26. If you haven’t already placed an order, please do so soon. E-mail Martha Byrne with your department and box number, account and cost center, and how many directories you would like to order. The Bruin Directory is $4 per copy.
I am looking for someone with debate experience who will coach our 2008 Ethics Bowl team for the Ethics Bowl in March. I have information about this I will share with interested parties. There is a stipend for the coach.
Please e-mail me by Monday if you’re interested.
– Becky Ankeny (Academic Affairs)
Student Life is looking for employee leaders to help lead Winter Serve trips. Leaders will partner with two student leaders and get to know a great group of students over a week of ministry, serving and building relationships in one of four locations (see below). The dates for Winter Serve are Dec. 30 through Jan. 5 (plus or minus a day, depending on trip).
If you are interested or have any questions, contact Andrea Crenshaw (Student Life) via e-mail or at ext. 2323.
Trips:
There are still seats available for the first holiday luncheon to be served by the students of Family and Consumer Sciences this Friday, Nov. 16. 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 students also will serve the lunches on Friday, Nov. 30, and Friday, Dec. 7.
Come to the University Store Monday through Wednesday of Thanksgiving week (Nov. 19-21) and “gobble up” the savings of “leftover,” reduced-for-clearance gift items and supplies during the store’s “Turkey Sale.”
The store closes early (5 p.m.) on Wednesday and is closed Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 22-25.
Do you have vocal talent? Can you make a parrot voice? If so, the student Christmas movie, The Plight Before Christmas, needs you. Just imagine seeing your name (and hearing your voice) on the big screen at the Fox Film Festival this spring.
Interested? E-mail Ryan Weldon ASAP.
Many George Fox international students would love to have the opportunity to share Thanksgiving dinner with an American family. If you would be interested in inviting international students to your home for Thanksgiving dinner, contact Alex Pia (International Student Services) via e-mail or at ext. 2643, or contact Dianna McIntyre (Registrar) via e-mail or at ext. 2649. We would like to hear from you by Tuesday, Nov. 20.
– International Student Services
Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Multnomah Bible, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Basketball schedule cards are now available. One is being placed in every faculty, staff, and student mailbox on campus, but if you would like to have extras, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926.
An exhibit featuring the art of Doug Campbell (Visual Arts) will go on display in the Lindgren Gallery beginning Thursday, Nov. 15. The exhibit is titled “Face to Face II†and will run through Jan. 18. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The exhibit will feature portraits and up-close images of people in a form he calls “photo-expressionism.†Campbell takes photographs of people, structures, and landscapes and transfers the image to canvas with an overhead projector. He then paints the images using layers of bright, intense colors.
C.S. Lewis Academy High School’s theater department will present Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None in Wood-Mar Auditorium at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, through Friday, Nov. 16. The cost is $3 at the door with a George Fox ID card.
Mike McConaughey will direct the murder mystery, which is not intended for children under age 10.
George Fox will host a midyear commencement ceremony in the James and Lila Miller Gymnasium-Coleman Wheeler Sports Center 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. Visit the commencement website for additional event and general information.
For questions regarding commencement, e-mail Missy Terry (Academic Affairs) at ext. 2141.
Is “Christian philosopher†an oxymoron?
Or a new paradigm?
Join in a panel discussion, sponsored by the Philosophy Club, to address these questions at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Hoover Academic Building’s second-floor faculty lounge. Panel speakers will be Phil Smith (Religious Studies), Mark McLeod-Harrison (Religious Studies), Corey Beals (Religious Studies), Frank Canepa, and Kohleun Adamson. Refreshments will be served.
