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Would you like to sell your art at the Christmas Extravaganza Holiday Hangout on Thursday, Dec. 4? It only costs $10 to rent a table to sell your art to students, staff and the local community.

This year, Holiday Hangout is combining with the Christmas Extravaganza, which will feature a tree-lighting ceremony, carriage rides and lots of other fun activities. The art market will take place in Klages with tables for students and staff to sell their work. This event is attended by students, staff and Newberg locals, so all tables will receive lots of traffic.

Fill out this form to rent a table.

Get ready for some fun and excitement with your loved ones in the Hadlock Student Center tomorrow (Saturday)! Enjoy a variety of activities and games available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.:

• Bouldering at the rock-climbing wall
• Top-roping at the rock-climbing wall (belayers provided)
• Volleyball
• Floor hockey
• Pickleball
• Basketball
• Prizes and giveaways!

Family members and kids of all ages are welcome as long as the related employee is present. Please note that waivers are required for family members, so be sure to check the age-specific guidelines. Complete a guest waiver here.

If you have any questions, email Joe Thouvenel at jthouvenel@georgefox.edu.

Our community longs for shalom, God’s peace, justice and flourishing. The Shalom Summit is a time to pause together in worship, prayer and learning as we explore what it means to practice shalom.

The Shalom Summit, set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) in the chapel, will include workshops and activities:

• D’Metri Mattocks-Lopez, “Let Hope Arise”: Stories of hope and crafting “Shalom Statements” together
• Rev. Joel Sommer, “Survive. Thrive. Resist.”: Contemplative practices like silence, Sabbath, and Scripture to help justice seekers stay grounded
• Dr. Sadara Shine, “Justice Flows Where Prayer Intercedes”: How prayer fuels courage, clarity and lasting restoration in justice work

We’ll also hear from voices shaping conversations on justice, art, and hope:

• Jennifer Toledo (Expressions58): “Sustaining Hope While Seeking Shalom” (Main Session 1)
• Susie Gamez (Midtown Church): “Sustaining Hope While Seeking Shalom” (Main Session 2)
• Propaganda (PropHipHop): “Connecting Art and Justice”

Chapel credit will be available! Students, staff, faculty, administrators and friends are all welcome to come and “seek the shalom of the city” (Jeremiah 29:7).

See the full schedule here.

Click here to register.

If you have questions, contact sbackous@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Bookstore will be open for limited hours this Monday, Nov. 17, for inventory. We will be open from 9 a.m. to noon.

Have questions, concerns or suggestions about BruinBuy? Please join us in the Millage Building for our BruinBuy roundtable this morning (Friday) from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

We are here to help, listen and collaborate with you on all of your procurement and accounts payable needs. This will be an open-dialogue format. Please come take advantage of this learning opportunity.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Patrick Culligan at pculligan@georgefox.edu or Frank Charles at fcharles@georgefox.edu.

Below is a list of all scheduled BruinBuy roundtables leading up to the end of the calendar year. All are held in the Millage building unless noted otherwise:

• Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2:30 to 4 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 24, 2:45 to 4:15 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Hoover 211
• Thursday, Dec. 11, 8:30 to 10 a.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2:45 to 3:35 p.m.

The Crescent’s fourth issue is here! Check out the latest news from your George Fox student-run newspaper at gfucrescent.com.

Sneak Peek:

• “Southeast Asian Art and the Legacy of Harriet Isom”
• “Fizz Frenzy”
• “The Sweet Sounds of Studying to Music”

Visit our site today!

The finance office will be hosting an open house focused on questions from you, and we invite all faculty, administrators and staff to join us between 2 and 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Millage Building (1515 Portland Road).

This will be an opportunity to ask questions, receive guidance, and learn more about navigating finance processes effectively. Multiple team members from finance, including accounts payable, purchasing, and general ledger staff, will be present to provide one-on-one assistance and address any inquiries you may have.

Whether you are new to our university, need clarification on specific steps, or simply want to participate with festive food and fellowship, we encourage you to stop by and connect with us. We look forward to supporting you.

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Samantha Prewitt at sprewitt@georgefox.edu. Thank you!

Share the joy and beauty of Christmas with our 2025 George Fox Christmas cards, featuring this year’s special chapel and tree design. Check out the card design here and the envelope here.

Cards cost $1.16 each (envelopes included) and will be ready for pick-up as orders are placed. We have a limited quantity of 175 at this cost; additional orders can be placed for an extra cost if needed.

To place an order for your department, please email Brandy Donavant at bdonavant@georgefox.edu with the following information:

• Desired quantity
• Name of the person authorizing the IDC
• Full accounting string (account–fund–department–program–operating unit)

May this Christmas season fill your heart with peace, joy and gratitude.

Today (Thursday) only: Stop by the Bruin Bookstore to get 20% off diploma frames and receive a complimentary commemorative pen when you spend at least $75 on clothing and/or gifts.

Faculty and staff: Spring 2026 course materials are now live on the Bruin Bookstore website and in the store. Please verify that your course materials are correct.

Thank you to everyone who submitted adoptions. If any support is needed, please contact Kristin McGuirk at kmcguirk@georgefox.edu.

Guten tag! If you speak German, the English Department invites you to join both faculty and peers for casual conversation today (Thursday) in the Armstrong House. This will be our last meeting, so please join us to connect through the German language.

Whatever your level of German, you are welcome to join us at 1 p.m. to connect with fellow Deutschsprechern. Tschüss!

Be sure to follow the new Instagram account for the George Fox Innovation Committee: @fox.innovation. This group of faculty works to showcase the incredible innovative work being done across George Fox. Follow along as we spotlight programs doing innovative work every day!

Disability and Accessibility Services (DAS) has a new resource available to help community members create accessible PDF files. Ensuring digital documents are accessible is an important step in supporting inclusivity for all students and staff. To learn best practices and find step-by-step instructions, please visit the accessible PDF resource guide.

If you have questions, please contact Jocelyn Day at jday@georgefox.edu.

Do you long for time and space to be still and experience Christ’s presence with others? All are welcome to join Quaker worship in Hoover 250 from 11 to 11:30 a.m. today (Wednesday). Elective chapel credit is available for students.

Contact Jay Miller at jaym@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Is a new digital divide emerging – not just between those who can and can’t use AI, but between those who trust and distrust each other because of it?

Join us at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 19, for an interactive webinar that explores how AI is reshaping workplace relationships and what it means for trust – among colleagues, teams, and even between humans and machines.

Together, we’ll tackle two key questions:

• As AI joins the team, who do we trust more – the human or the machine?
• How is AI transforming trust between coworkers?

Don’t miss this opportunity to reflect, engage, and reimagine the future of workplace trust in the age of AI.

You can register here.

Please take a minute to review the requirements for outgoing department mail. Particularly, we want to remind everyone that outgoing mail should be bundled and that the proper account string information needs to be included with each bundle of mail or package.

If you would like to receive tracking for your package, please leave us with an email as well. This makes it easy for us to send things out in a timely manner with less guesswork and follow up required. Thank you!

For more details, please refer to our website.

Have you ever wanted to see what Student Activities is up to? If so, sign up to be a chaperone at the Evergreen Space Museum for our Winter Formal dance on Saturday, Nov. 22. If you’re interested, please complete this form.

If you have any questions, please contact Kara Holcombe at kholcombe@georgefox.edu.

Our community longs for shalom, God’s peace, justice and flourishing. The Shalom Summit is a time to pause together in worship, prayer and learning as we explore what it means to practice shalom.

The Shalom Summit, set from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 15, in the chapel, will include workshops and activities:

• D’Metri Mattocks-Lopez: “Let Hope Arise”
• Stories of hope and crafting “Shalom Statements” together
• Rev. Joel Sommer: “Survive. Thrive. Resist.”
• Contemplative practices like silence, Sabbath, and Scripture to help justice seekers stay grounded
• Dr. Sadara Shine: “Justice Flows Where Prayer Intercedes”
• How prayer fuels courage, clarity and lasting restoration in justice work

We’ll also hear from voices shaping conversations on justice, art, and hope:

• Jennifer Toledo (Expressions58): “Sustaining Hope While Seeking Shalom” (Main Session 1)
• Susie Gamez (Midtown Church): “Sustaining Hope While Seeking Shalom” (Main Session 2)
• Propaganda (PropHipHop): “Connecting Art and Justice”

Chapel credit will be available! Students, staff, faculty, administrators and friends are all welcome to come and “seek the shalom of the city” (Jeremiah 29:7).

See our schedule here or email sbackous@georgefox.edu for more information. Also, be sure to register!

Have questions, concerns or suggestions about BruinBuy? Please join us in the Millage Building for our BruinBuy roundtable this Friday, Nov. 14, from 9 to 3:30 p.m.

We are here to help, listen and collaborate with you on all of your procurement and accounts payable needs. This will be an open-dialogue format. Please come take advantage of this learning opportunity.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Patrick Culligan at pculligan@georgefox.edu or Frank Charles at fcharles@georgefox.edu.

Below is a list of all scheduled BruinBuy roundtables leading up to the end of the calendar year. All are held in the Millage building unless noted otherwise:

• Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2:30 to 4 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 24, 2:45 to 4:15 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Hoover 211
• Thursday, Dec. 11, 9 to 10:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Hillsboro Airporter is a preferred service to provide a shuttle service to Portland International Airport for the semester break.

Students and families will be expected to work directly with Hillsboro Airporter (or any other service) to reserve their spot. If you make your reservations with others more than 24 hours in advance, Hillsboro Airporter may be able to group students together to possibly save money.

Students can explore alternative transportation by reaching out to those in their living area or connecting with classmates. Google is also a great resource for finding additional choices.

Questions? Contact the Office of Student Life at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2316.