The Daily Bruin

Newberg Curves (a locally owned, women-only gym) has offered to waive 100 percent of its enrollment fee for George Fox employees and students.

The business has scheduled the next two Thursdays (Dec. 7 and Dec. 14) as an open house specifically to accommodate the George Fox community. You may visit them either day from 6 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or from 4 to 7 p.m. to take advantage of this offer!

Questions? Call Curves directly at 503-554-0899, or contact Darby Thiessen at ext. 2188.

Come join us at 10:10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, 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.

Tonight (Wednesday) is our last Vespers of the semester. Where did time go?!

Join us as we get into the Christmas spirit by singing Christmas carols and thinking about what Advent really means. Come fellowship with one another as we enjoy our last chapel gathering of the semester.
Hope to see you in Bauman Auditorium  at 7 p.m.!

The Bruin Store’s December two-day sale 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.

Note: The Bruin Store will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 6, for annual inventory and will reopen on Dec. 7. If you desire to shop and save on Dec. 6, shop at georgefoxshop.com!

Come and enjoy Christmas music during a special staff lunch today (Wednesday) at noon in Canyon Commons 101-102. Come take a break with coworkers while enjoying student-led Christmas music. Cost is only $3. See you there!

Contact Peg Hutton (phutton@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Come and enjoy Christmas music during a special staff lunch tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon in Canyon Commons 101-102. Come take a break with coworkers while enjoying student-led Christmas music. Cost is only $3. See you there!

Contact Peg Hutton (phutton@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Come see what our engineering students have been working on this semester at the annual Wobble-Off and air engine display event this Thursday, Dec. 7, 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.

Come out for the final Shalom of the semester tonight (Tuesday)! We’ll meet at 8:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons for a time of fellowship, worship and the Christmas spirit! See you there!

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.

The George Fox community is setting up a “Meal Train” for Tai and her family during the next few weeks. Please click on the link below to access the site for details and the opportunity to sign up for a meal.

Meal Train for Tai Harden-Moore and Family

You are welcome to prepare a meal or have takeout food delivered.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316) if you have any questions.

As the Advent season begins this week, the Office for Spiritual Life would love to share the The Advent Project: A Collection of Meditations by George Fox University Students.

Each Sunday of Advent opens with a chapter title indicating the theme for the week and offering a guiding Bible passage from the Gospel of Luke. The student writers were nominated for this project by George Fox faculty and student life staff, and represent various academic majors and years in school.

We hope you enjoy!

Help parents in need in our community this Christmas by being a part of a diaper drive hosted by the Students for Life Club! We will have boxes set out for donations in the Bruin Den and Bridge Café through the Tuesday of finals week (Dec. 12).

All donations will be given to the Pregnancy Counseling and Information Center right here in Newberg. Newberg PCIC is in need of bigger diaper sizes (sizes 3-5), but any diapers will be a blessing.

Questions? Contact Hannah Thom (hthom16@georgefox.edu).

This Thursday Dec. 7, come support George Fox theatre’s honor society, Alpha Psi Omega, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the MOD Pizza in Sherwood (21370 S.W. Langer Farms Pkwy., #132). This fundraiser will help us raise money to go to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February.

MOD will give 20 percent of what you spend back to us if you show our flier, so spread the news! To get the flier, either go to the main office in Minthorn or visit this Facebook event page to get a digital copy. The more people who know, the better! So, come and support our theatre students at MOD Thursday!

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

Today (Tuesday) is our last Tuesday morning chapel of the semester. Where did time go?!

Join us for a wonderful time of Christ-centered fellowship with one another as we enjoy one of our last chapel gatherings. Hope to see you this morning in Bauman Auditorium at 10:50 a.m.!

P.S. There might be a couple surprises for you if you come …

Please mark your calendar to attend Debby O’Kelley’s retirement party on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 3 p.m. Debby started working for George Fox in the university’s mail room 25 years ago, but most people know her as the former office manager for Plant Services.

Feel free to swing by Canyon Commons to thank Debby for her 25 years of service.

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. this Friday, Dec. 8, in the Intercultural Resource Center. Contact Stephanie Garcia Cruz (sgarciacruz14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Hope to see you there!

The Graduate School of Physical Therapy is excited to present its fourth annual research symposium today (Tuesday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101 and 102. Physical therapy doctoral faculty and students will showcase eight rehabilitation research topics. Light refreshments will be served.

Please contact Linda Dallof at 503-554-2451 or ldallof@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The university community is invited to a special presentation, “Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement,” at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, 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.

More than 120 summer internships at leading Portland companies and organizations are being made available to students of color through the Emerging Leaders Internship Program (ELI). The goal is to increase the number of diverse people who are in leadership throughout the Portland area. Faculty, be sure to tell our students about this opportunity!

Businesses including Salt & Straw, Yahoo, Dave’s Killer Bread, Wieden & Kennedy, and the Black United Fund look forward to seeing our students’ applications and are offering positions for all types of majors. Applications are due Jan. 31.

To learn more, contact Jenny Elsey (jelsey@georgefox.edu) or Joe Thouvenel (jthouvenel@georgefox.edu).

In an effort to streamline the employment process for new student employees, Employee Empowerment is announcing the following new process for the Newberg campus student employees.

Student supervisors, when employment is offered to a student employee on the Newberg campus, please take the following steps:

1. Generate an offer letter in the timekeeping system
2. Send the new student worker to Employee Empowerment for orientation during business hours, BEFORE their first shift. Ensure the student brings acceptable ID for their I9 form and documentation from their bank if they plan to enroll in direct deposit.
3. Employee Empowerment will assist the student in accepting their offer letter.
4. Employee Empowerment will fill out the W4, I9 and Direct Deposit paperwork with the student.
5. Employee Empowerment will provide an overview of the timekeeping system.
6. Employee Empowerment will provide an overview of resources for student employees.

After a student has completed student employee orientation at Employee Empowerment, they may begin working their shifts in your department.

As always, contact Employee Empowerment anytime you have questions. Kasondra Silva (ksilva@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2184) is your student employment manager and an expert in all things related to student employment.