The Daily Bruin

The Bruin Store will be closed today (Tuesday) due to inventory. We will reopen at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Also, be sure to check out our sale Wednesday and Thursday this week!

Come enjoy Christmas music and each other at our Christmas staff lunch from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, in Canyon Commons 103. Feel free to wear your ugly Christmas sweater and win a prize, or laugh along with those who do.

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

Are you interested in collaborative or artful acts of worship? Come be a part of an event for a senior art and design student’s final project tomorrow night (Wednesday) from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Le Shana lobby. Warm drinks will be provided, just bring your own mug. Both students and employees welcome.

See you there!

Questions? Contact Erika Muir (emuir12@georgefox.edu).

Stop by the Bruin Den or Bridge Café between 2 and 4 p.m. daily through Dec. 15 and warm up with a delicious seasonal hot chocolate (classic, Mexican or peppermint). Orders come with choice of festive toppings, along with a house-made holiday cookie – all for only $4.50!

With the holidays quickly approaching, the finance department would like to bring to your attention the schedule for processing check requests and expense reimbursement requests to accommodate the short holiday weeks.

Please refer to the Forms page on the finance department website to view the Accounts Payable Holiday Payment Processing Schedule.

Happy Holidays!
– The Finance Team

Winter is coming.

Following is our process for announcing campus closure information. The provost will make the decision whether or not to close the Newberg campus, Portland Center and Salem site for daytime classes by 6:30 a.m. or 2:15 p.m. for evening classes. This applies to all days of the week, including Saturday. If there is no announcement by the deadline, assume classes are being held. Decisions at the Redmond site will be made by the professor.

Major considerations are road conditions, ice, utility service disruption, and how long the severe weather or emergency is likely to last. To find out if a closure decision has been made when bad weather occurs:

1. Visit the George Fox flashalert.net page at http://flashalert.net/news.html?id=32 (This is the first site updated)
2. Listen to local radio and television stations. Each campus will be identified separately. (They get their information from Flashalert.)
3. Call the George Fox University switchboard at 503-538-8383.

Weather may make it difficult or even impossible for some to come to campus even though the university is operating as usual. In no circumstances should employees or students put themselves in danger or peril in an attempt to get to campus. If they feel conditions are too hazardous for travel, they should not make the attempt.

More information on campus closure policies can be found at georgefox.edu/closure

Join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual Wassail Party on Monday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please take a break on Dead Day and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for snacks, wassail and coffee. It’s our treat to you!

Questions? Contact Susan Richie (srichie@georgefox.edu).

This is the last week of chapel and Vespers. On Tuesday morning (10:50 to 11:40 a.m.), President Robin Baker will speak in chapel. Come join us for festivities and treats!

Vespers on Wednesday night (7 p.m.) will meet in three locations. You may choose to attend in either Hoover 105, the Canyon Commons or Wood-Mar Auditorium. Each will be led by a different campus pastor and fellow students. These Advent services will include songs, Scripture and candle lighting. This is the final service of the semester!

We have really grown as a community this semester learning what building life in Jesus is from various guest speakers and becoming a unified “ONE” in Vespers.

Peace

Tonight (Monday) Art Talk is featuring Kensuke Yamada, a celebrated ceramist whose artwork has been shown at several national venues and has been featured in Ceramics Monthly and the Seattle Times. All are welcome to the free presentation from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.).

Yamada originally moved to the U.S. as an exchange student. His experiences as a foreigner navigating a new language led to a focus on “human gestures and facial expressions,” which are embodied in his sculptures. Come check out Yamada’s ceramic work and hear about his artistic practice.

Questions? Contact Annie Lunt at alunt13@georgefox.edu.

Want to see what our theatre students are up to? Join us Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 7-8, at 10:10 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium as we present a series of student-directed, one-act plays in our annual “Ten! Ten! Ten!” production.

Admission is only $2. See you there!

Today (Saturday) in the Pennington House, we will be reading the Advent service from The Book of Common Prayer. There will be warm cider and good company. Join us at 5:30 p.m. to celebrate this glorious season.

This event is being sponsored by the William Penn Honors Program. Contact Adrian Moons (amoons15@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Stop by the Bruin Den or Bridge Café between 2 and 4 p.m. daily from Dec. 5 through Dec. 15 and warm up with a delicious seasonal hot chocolate (classic, Mexican or peppermint). Orders come with choice of festive toppings, along with a house-made holiday cookie – all for only $4.50!

Out of all of the innovation ideas submitted by employees, a select number have been invited to submit a formal proposal laying out their idea in more detail. Those proposals with higher complexity, more risk, or higher cost have also been asked to give a short final presentation explaining their proposal and to answer questions from members of the Innovation Team next week. George Fox employees are invited to attend these presentations to hear what their colleagues have been working on this semester.

Here is the schedule of presentations:

Monday, Dec. 5, in Roberts 180
9 a.m. – Rhett Luedtke, “The Big Bridge Theatre Consortium: An Interfaith Theatre Project”
9:15 a.m.- Rick Muthiah, “Academic Content Accessibility Project”

Wednesday, Dec. 7, in Klages 232
9:15 a.m. – Chris Koch, “Master’s in Experimental Psychology”
9:30 a.m. – Chris Koch, “Eye-Tracking and EEG”
10:15 a.m. – Chad Stillinger, “Engineering 4 + 1 Masters Program Research”

Thursday, Dec. 8, in Klages 232
1 p.m. – Matt Meyer, “Virtual Reality Content Creation Studio”
1:15 p.m. – Matt Meyer, “Be Sown: Better, More Affordable Internships”

Friday, Dec. 9, in Portland Center 295
9:15 a.m. – Patrick Kelley, “Continuing Education for K-12 Teachers”
9:30 a.m. – Jennie Harrop, “DPS Adjunct Faculty Mentorship Program”
9:45 a.m. – Jen Macnab, “FoxTALE Auto-enrollment”
10 a.m. – Britny Scholz, “Portland IDEA Center”

Decisions about which proposals will be funded will be announced in December or January.

Questions? Email innovation@georgefox.edu.

Come drop off any new unwrapped toys at 6 p.m. during the women’s basketball game tonight (Friday). We are looking for toys, games and books for children up to age 15. All donations will be going to the Newberg Fire Department to be distributed to those in need throughout the community.

If you cannot make it tonight, there are collection boxes in Wheeler and in Hoover. Thank you for helping out the community!

Contact Brynelle Bremner (bbremner14@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Do you love to serve? Does volunteering for the larger vision of Martin Luther King Jr. inspire you? How about in Portland?
Your chance to get involved with our neighboring community is finally here, with the opportunity to be a part of MLK Day of Service in Portland!

MLK Day of Service is a day we are able to live into this vision Dr. King had for serving and justice. Though one day of service is never enough to fully celebrate him or what he stood for, we hope you are able to join us for this day of service and recognition of Dr. King.

MLK Day of Service takes place on Monday, Jan. 16. You can register and find more information about what the day will look like here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

The academic affairs office is still looking for volunteers to usher at the midyear commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 11 a.m.! Those of you who choose to help will be asked to arrive at 9:30 a.m., for a short training session, before the doors open at 10 a.m. Please consider joining us as we celebrate our graduates on their big day!

Please contact Laurie Fair at ext. 2140 or via email at lfair@georgefox.edu. Thank you, in advance, for your help!

Come enjoy Christmas music and each other at our Christmas staff lunch from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, in Canyon Commons 103. Feel free to wear your ugly Christmas sweater and win a prize, or laugh along with those who do.

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

Paul Anderson will conduct a turning of the page session today (Friday) on Volume 1 of The Saint John’s Bible (Pentateuch). Come and “see the Word” as the biblical message comes to life in this historic illuminated Bible.

The session runs from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the MLRC.

Faculty, students and staff are invited to hear Kevin Cooney present on “George Fox University’s College of Business in the Next Five Years” today (Thursday) from 2 to 3 p.m. in Canyon Commons Room 101.

Cooney is a candidate for the position of dean of the College of Business. He has a doctorate in international relations and comparative politics from Arizona State University. He is a professor of business and political science at Northwest University in Washington, a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University, and is a managing partner at Cooney Consulting Services.

Questions? Contact Linda Crossland (lcrossland@georgefox.edu).

Are you in the Christmas spirit? Are you looking to jump into the Christmas spirit? So are our friends at Friendsview!

Tonight (Thursday), James Project is joining Friendsview for their Christmas party! There will be Christmas tree decorating, live music, free Christmas cookies, and lots of Christmas cheer. Meet at 6:45 p.m. in Le Shana and we’ll go to the celebration together. Can’t wait to see you all!

Questions? Contact Gary Buckley (gbuckley15@goergefox.edu).