The Daily Bruin

We are looking for some feedback regarding the joint ASC/SpIL event, Holiday Hangout. If you attended Holiday Hangout on Dec. 1, please take five minutes to fill out this quick survey!

Holiday Hangout Survey

Thank you!
– Alaina Hill (asc@georgefox.edu)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Meal times in Canyon Commons will change slightly during finals week as follows:

• Monday, Dec. 11: Breakfast, 8-10 a.m.
• Monday-Friday, Dec. 11-15: Regular hours of operation will be observed from lunch on Monday through breakfast on Friday (with the exception of dinner on Thursday, Dec. 14, which will be from 5 to 7 p.m).
• Friday, Dec. 15: Lunch will be served from 11 to 1:30 p.m. and dinner from 5 to 6 p.m.
• Our last board meal before winter break will be Saturday, Dec. 16,  with breakfast served from 8 to 9 a.m.

Our first board meal after winter break will be dinner on Sunday, Jan. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. Regular hours of operation resume on Monday, Jan. 8.

Contact Lisa Miles (lmiles@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Come join the Latinx Heritage Club for our Christmas Fiesta tonight (Friday)! We will be having food, games and music. Bring a friend and come have a good time before finals week!

The fiesta runs from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Intercultural Resource Center. Contact Stephanie Garcia Cruz (sgarciacruz14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Hope to see you there!

The undergraduate admissions office, in conjunction with the William Penn Honors Program, will welcome hundreds of guests today (Friday) for its second annual William Penn Honors Fellowship Day.

Please be considerate of our guests by avoiding parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots all day today. Extra parking is available to George Fox staff and administrators in the commuter parking lot off of 99W if street parking becomes full.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at ext. 2248 or kfriesen@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to attend Mass in the Prayer Chapel at 11 a.m. today (Thursday) with Fr. Juan Pablo of the Saint John Society as the celebrant. Catholic students and employees are encouraged to receive the sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation beforehand starting at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend. This is a chapel elective for students.

The Saint John Society is an international apostolate focused on engaging college students and energizing their faith in Christ. Contact Maricruz Arias (marias15@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Our goal at the Academic Resource Center is to continually expand and improve the resources we offer to students and professors. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey for professors about your experiences and how we can best serve the George Fox community.

Thank you!
– Maddie Lowen (mlowen@georgefox.edu)

ARC Survey

The Office for Spiritual Life has become aware of a need in the Newberg School District with regard to the upcoming holiday break. Forty-eight percent of students in the Newberg School District participate in the free lunch program, and 168 of the students experience homelessness.

Over the winter break, these children and families will have difficulty getting the meals that they need. The spiritual life office is collecting monetary donations and gift cards to local grocery stores and restaurants to aid our neighbors during the Christmas holiday. Please direct gift cards and/or donations to the Office for Spiritual Life before Dec. 15. Thank you!

Contact Jamie Noling-Auth (jnolingauth@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Come join the Latinx Heritage Club for our Christmas Fiesta! We will be having food, games and music. Bring a friend and come have a good time before finals week!

The fiesta runs from 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) in the Intercultural Resource Center. Contact Stephanie Garcia Cruz (sgarciacruz14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Hope to see you there!

The undergraduate admissions office, in conjunction with the William Penn Honors Program, will welcome hundreds of guests for its second annual William Penn Honors Fellowship Day today (Thursday) and tomorrow.

Please be considerate of our guests by avoiding parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. Extra parking is available to George Fox staff and administrators in the commuter parking lot off of 99W if street parking becomes full.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at ext. 2248 or kfriesen@georgefox.edu.

Marketing Communications has included guidelines for what information should and should not be included on your business cards. Please review this information before submitting your business card requests.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu).

The Bruin Store’s two-day December sale, which ends today, is your last chance to save on all George Fox apparel and gifts!

Get 25 percent off:

• Nike, Champion, League apparel
• All headwear (excluding cold-weather headwear)
• All drinkware (mugs, tumblers, water bottles)

Sale is valid in-store and online at georgefoxshop.com.

Come see what our engineering students have been working on this semester at the annual Wobble-Off and air engine display event tonight (Thursday) in the Engineering Innovation Center.

From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., feel free to talk with freshmen as they display their working air engines. From 7 to 8:30 p.m, freshmen engineering students will compete with their air engines in multiple categories. Come cheer them on!

Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Stop by Round Table Pizza in Newberg today (Thursday) between 4 and 9 p.m. to support the university’s independently funded dance team. Mention our name at checkout and 20 percent of your purchase will go toward new dance team uniforms and choreography! Round Table is located at 2512 Portland Road.

We would love your support! Contact Lauren Hill (lhill15@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Come join us at 10:10 p.m. tonight (Thursday) as the theatre department presents its annual 10-minute play festival, Ten! Ten! Ten!

Six 10-minute plays, one night only (mature themes)! Cost is a $2 suggested donation. All plays will be performed in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Contact Reid Arthur (rarthur16@georgefox.edu) with questions.

George Fox is a private college, so if students can pay to enroll, they can certainly pay for their books, right? Not necessarily. Click this link to see stories of undergraduate students who would have benefited from help buying course materials.

For some students, purchasing textbooks can make the difference between a college education and dropping out of college. The Textbook Assistance Fund has been created to provide assistance to undergraduate students who cannot purchase required textbooks or course materials due to financial hardship.

We invite you to donate to the Textbook Assistance Fund. One faculty member contributed a portion of royalties, turning income from book sales into funds that enable students to acquire textbooks. See the invitation to contribute if you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the fund.

Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu) if you have questions about the Textbook Assistance Fund.

The university community is invited to a special presentation, “Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement,” at 6:45 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Hoover 102.

Daniel Bennett, an assistant professor of political science at John Brown University, will make the presentation. Bennett’s research is focused on the intersection of American politics, law and religion. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Fox, then worked for a year in the audit and inventory management industry before starting work on his doctorate. His PhD is in political science from Southern Illinois University. He recently published his first book, Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement.

For more information, contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to eat at MOD Pizza in Sherwood today (Thursday) to support George Fox theatre’s honor society, Alpha Psi Omega. Drop by anytime between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. and MOD will give 20 percent of what you spend to theatre students.

Just show the theatre’s flier, available in the main office in Minthorn or by visiting this Facebook event page to get a digital copy. The fundraiser will help pay for students to attend the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February.

Contact Lauren Vander Aarde (lvanderaarde15@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Here are a couple of Employee Empowerment items to make note of  …

December Deadlines

• All payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14, in order to be effective for December.
• Any benefit change and/or enrollment forms are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, in order to be effective for December’s payroll.
• Temporary employee time cards should be filled out through Dec. 13 and returned to Employee Empowerment by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15.

Updating Your Personal Information and Consent for W-2

• Make sure your mailing address is correct for year-end reporting. You can check it and update if necessary in MyGFU > Self-Service > Campus Personal Info.
• You can also elect to have your W-2 available via MyGFU rather than mailed. To sign up or check to see if you already have, go to MyGFU > Self-Service > Payroll and Compensation > W-2/W-2c Consent.

Questions? Contact Employee Empowerment at ee@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2180.

Join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual Wassail Party this Monday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Please take a break on Dead Day and join us in the MLRC for snacks, wassail and coffee. It’s our treat to you!

Contact Sue Richie (srichie@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

George Fox is once again partnering with Hillsboro Airporter to provide shuttle service to Portland International Airport for Christmas break. Students will be expected to work directly with Hillsboro Airporter to reserve their spot.

Here are the details:

• Each shuttle can fit five to six passengers. The cost per student is based on the total number of passengers during the scheduled times, so if you can fill one shuttle, the cost per student could be as low as $15 (if you have a total of six passengers). Cost for one student is $65.
• Make your reservations more than 24 hours in advance and Hillsboro Airporter can group you together. To reserve your spot, go online to Hillsboro Airporter & Car Service LLC.
• Hillsboro Airporter accepts cash or credit card for payment. Parents can call Hillsboro Airporter with a credit card to pay for their student’s fare.
• Hillsboro Airporter has 24/7 service. It will work with students and their families, putting students together to lower the cost of the fare.

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

Faculty, please let your students know about this resource.