The Daily Bruin

The university community is invited to a free art exhibition featuring ceramic artist Jonathan Steele in the university’s Minthorne Gallery, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.

The show, titled “In the Service of Tea,” will be on display Monday, Jan. 13, through Friday, Feb. 28. An opening reception is scheduled in the gallery from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, at which time Steele will perform a Chinese tea service that is free and open to the public. An artist’s talk will follow the reception from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.

Steele earned an MFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland in 2016 and completed an Artist in Residency at Pleasant Hill Pottery in Pleasant Hill, Oregon, where he organized wood firing for the community and made work.

Contact Jennifer Salzman at jsalzman@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) is here to help students with writing, study skills, test-taking strategies, time management, and more. For your convenience, here is the official ARC syllabus statement for use in your syllabi.

“The Academic Resource Center (ARC) on the Newberg campus provides all students with free writing consultation, academic coaching, and learning strategy review (e.g., techniques to improve reading, note-taking, study, time management). The ARC, located in the Murdock Library, is open from 1 to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Friday. To schedule an appointment, go to the online schedule at arcschedule.georgefox.edu, call 503-554-2327, email the_arc@georgefox.edu, or stop by the ARC. Visit arc.georgefox.edu for information about ARC Consultants’ areas of study, instructions for scheduling an appointment, learning tips, and a list of other tutoring options on campus.”

Check out our Semester Calendar on one page to see if it might be of use to your students as they plan projects for their classes!

Questions? contact Julia James at jjames@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Den is open this week from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and all retail cafes will start their regular hours of operation this Monday, Jan. 13.

Winter is here! Get out and enjoy the snow with a pair of snowshoes from the Hadlock Rental Center. A pair runs $7 for the day, or $11 for a weekend. We’ve got gaiters to keep the snow out of your boots and trekking poles as well!

Stop by and chat with our staff at the front desk for more information or reserve online through this rental form.

Questions? Email studentcenter@georgefox.edu or contact Keith Schneider at kschneid@georgefox.edu.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), please avoid parking in the Stevens Center and the River Street parking lots, as crews will be blowing and picking up leaves in these lots.

The Hoover parking lot has already been cleaned, so you are free to park your car there. Thank you for your patience!

Questions? Contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Faculty are now invited to submit requests for spring semester course reserves at the libraries. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete, so we encourage submitting early and over break if possible!

To place a request, please fill out and submit this reserves form. If you have any questions, contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

The library is pleased to deliver library material for participating faculty to their offices on the Newberg campus. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign.

If you have used this service in the past or if you are signing up for the first time, please fill out the request form. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

If you are a supervisor who approves Concur reports, please take the time to review or reject outstanding reports as soon as possible. If you are a Concur user who has transactions waiting to be assigned to a report, please create the report and submit.

If you have any issues or questions, please give Kathi Becker a call at ext. 2166.

George Fox’s new physician assistant (PA) program, set to launch in January of 2021, will be featured at the university’s Legacy League luncheon at noon on Friday, Jan. 17, in the Canyon Commons dining hall.

Gregory Davenport, chair of the School of Medical Science, will speak. The PA program will be affiliated with nearby clinics and is designed to help alleviate a nationwide shortage of physician assistants. Six professors and three staff already are hired for the program.

The Legacy League, previously known as the George Fox University Auxiliary, was renamed two years ago but serves with the same purpose and mission. Each year it raises funds for student scholarships, raising more than $25,000 last year. Funds are added to an endowment fund that last year provided three scholarships.

Reservations for the luncheon are $10 and must be made by Wednesday, Jan. 15. For information or to RSVP, contact Judy Woolsey at 503-538-7314 or Connie Magee at 503-927-5011, or register online here.

The Bruin Community Pantry food bank will be available to the community in the coming weeks by making an appointment with the student life office. Call student life at 503-554-2310 or email studentlife@georgefox.edu to make an appointment through Jan. 20.

The food bank will have limited hours in the spring semester due to the remodeling of the demonstration kitchen, a project scheduled to begin this month.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (503-554-2316) if you have any questions. Updated information will be posted on the Bruin Community Pantry website.

Please be sure to encourage students to apply for the 120-plus donor-funded scholarships available, as all continuing traditional undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.

From MyGeorgeFox.edu, students are to click “Student Resources,” then “UG Donor Funded Scholarships.” The application process closes Feb. 19.

More information is available by contacting Joyce Staats at jstaats@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2233.

Athletics would like to invite Newberg and surrounding communities (St. Paul, Sherwood, Dundee) to kick off the new year with a fun night of basketball free of charge.

The Bruins will face off against conference opponent Willamette tonight (Friday), with the women’s game tipping off at 6 p.m. and the men’s game at 8 p.m. This marks the start of Northwest Conference play for our teams.

Complimentary tickets will be offered to anyone who provides proof of address in Newberg, Dundee, St. Paul and Sherwood by showing their license.

Questions? Contact Elise Trask (etrask@georgefox.edu).

IT will be doing maintenance on the card access system tomorrow (Saturday) between 5 and 9 a.m. During this time period your card might not work in academic and administrative buildings on the Newberg campus.

Some cards will start to work as early as 6:30 a.m., but the system might not be finished until around 9 a.m. Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 if you have an access emergency.

Winter is here! Get out and enjoy the snow with a pair of snowshoes from the Hadlock Rental Center. A pair runs $7 for the day, or $11 for a weekend. We’ve got gaiters to keep the snow out of your boots and trekking poles as well!

Stop by and chat with our staff at the front desk for more information or reserve online through this rental form.

Questions? Email studentcenter@georgefox.edu or contact Keith Schneider at kschneid@georgefox.edu.

Looking to learn tennis for the first time and don’t know where to start? Join our five-session beginner tennis course that teaches all of the basics. Each session will focus on a different aspect of the game:

• Jan. 6: Forehand
• Jan. 13: Backhand
• Jan. 20: Volleys/overhead
• Jan. 27: Serve/returns
• Feb. 3: Point play/scoring

Classes are Mondays, and the cost for the entire course is $79. The price is $20 if you’re looking to only attend a few of the classes. Sign up at this link or email Jeff Cero at jcero@georgefox.edu for more information.

The Bruin Community Pantry food bank will be available to the community in the coming weeks by making an appointment with the student life office. Call student life at 503-554-2310 or email studentlife@georgefox.edu to make an appointment through Jan. 20, 2020.

The food bank will have limited hours in the spring semester due to the remodeling of the demonstration kitchen, a project scheduled to begin in January.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (503-554-2316) if you have any questions. Updated information will be posted on the Bruin Community Pantry website.

Looking to learn tennis for the first time and don’t know where to start? Join our five-session beginner tennis course that teaches all of the basics. Each session will focus on a different aspect of the game:

• Jan. 6: Forehand
• Jan. 13: Backhand
• Jan. 20: Volleys/overhead
• Jan. 27: Serve/returns
• Feb. 3: Point play/scoring

Classes are Mondays, and the cost for the entire course is $79. The price is $20 if you’re looking to only attend a few of the classes. Sign up at this link or email Jeff Cero at jcero@georgefox.edu for more information.

During this holiday season, please be mindful of your George Fox Visa cards for unauthorized purchases and scam emails.

If you encounter any suspicious activity, please call the number on the back of your Visa card to have the card inactivated. If you receive scam emails, please report them to the IT Service Desk (servicedesk@georgefox.edu).

If you need any assistance with this process, please call Kathi Becker (ext. 2166 or kbecker@georgefox.edu).

The finance office will be closed from Dec. 21 through Jan. 1 for Christmas break.

Deposits that need a December 2019 date must be brought to Heather in the finance office no later than 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 20. If it arrives later, it will go into a deposit for January 2020. 

Please look around your desk and file cabinet to see if there are any lingering items that need to go to the bank. If you are taking extra time off during the Christmas holiday, please send your deposits over before you leave.

If you have any questions about deposits, contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173.

Due to a technical glitch late last week and yesterday, the university’s email system was unable to process Daily Bruin requests. If you made a request that failed to appear in the forum, feel free to resubmit it or email your information to Sean Patterson at spatterson@georgefox.edu.

We apologize for any inconvenience.