The Daily Bruin

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. 18. 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 Bruin Den and Villa Café will be closing at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and be closed through the weekend, reopening Monday, Nov. 30.

The Bruin Bites will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 25, through the weekend, also reopening Monday, Nov. 30.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday!

– Bon Appetit

Hours of operation in the dining room will change over the weekend as follows:

• Wednesday, Nov. 25: Dinner, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 26: Brunch, 10:30-11 a.m.; Dinner, 4-4:30 p.m.
• Friday-Saturday, Nov. 27-28: Brunch, 10:30-11 a.m.; Dinner, 5-5:45 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 29: Brunch, 10:30-11 a.m.; Dinner, 5-7 p.m.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving, from all of us at Bon Appetit!

ASC invites you to a “Prayer for Peace” today (Tuesday) after chapel at noon in the Bauman Greenroom. May our student body and employees come together to stand with the hurting, marginalized and oppressed from every part of the world.

The campus community is invited to come check out the research exhibits created by our Liberal Arts and Critical Issues students this semester. Join us today (Monday) in the EHS Atrium and the Hoover lower lobby to see the work that went into these projects, all of which are related to the theme “Majority World and the West.”

Exhibits will be on display from noon to 4 p.m.

If you are using Square, it is your responsibility to provide the daily amount and the accounting string. Contact Heather Groenlund (hgroenlund@georgefox.edu) so we can complete your deposits in a timely manner.

Any unclaimed Square transactions will go into university general income after two weeks. We currently have some transactions waiting to be claimed.

Thank you,
The Finance Department

Saturday, Nov. 28, 3 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. St. John’s (Minn.), Wheeler Sports Center

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

Are you interested in learning how to quickly produce a video that can be shared with students, colleagues or public audiences? Have you had any experience with screencasting tools – or would you like to start playing with some of these tools?

Join us for a hands-on introduction to Screencastify, led by Brent Weaver, a mentor in the Digital Fluency Initiative. We will play with the tool, share our experiences, and explore ideas.

In addition, we’ll upload videos to our individual George Fox YouTube channels. A key takeaway for this lab will be to identify next steps for advancing our capabilities in using media in our learning communities.

Bring your laptop or tablet and your brown-bag lunch.

• Newberg brown-bag lunch: Monday, Dec. 7, Roberts Center 168, noon-1 p.m.
• Portland Center brown-bag lunch: Wednesday, Dec. 9, PDS 280, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

RSVP at this link today! Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.

Tonight (Monday) in the Chehalem Cultural Center’s ballroom, the Art Talk program will host Sunshine Cobb, a utilitarian ceramic artist who has been working in ceramics for 15 years. She has done everything from eight-day anagama wood firings to slip castings. She focuses her talent on functional ware, embracing the richness of earthenware, and is currently exploring the challenge of electrogama (electric firing).

Come to the Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.) tonight at 6 p.m. to hear about Sunshine’s artwork and processes. Hope to see you there!

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

Be sure to join us in Shalom tomorrow (Tuesday) as we celebrate God’s goodness in an Ebenezer service at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

This is a great way to explore how our forebears have engaged in thankfulness and celebration throughout history, as well as engaging with community in a wonderful time for worship. Students can also get some of that elective chapel credit. Don’t miss it!

Also, at 6 p.m. in Lewis 1 on Tuesdays before Shalom, we’re teaching artisan bread making! The bread we share in Shalom every week is handmade by students, and we have a great time enjoying community and learning this skill. Now, we want to share that experience with you! Be sure to take advantage of this awesome opportunity.

Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.

Know of students who would make great RAs? Encourage them to attend a meeting tonight (Monday) at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105. No commitment will be required. We will just provide information and answer questions.

If they have questions, they can write reslife@georgefox.edu.

Security officers have been noticing a lot of cars parked next to yellow curbs both during the day and at night. Just a reminder that under Oregon law, yellow curbs are fire lanes 24/7, and cars found parked next to a yellow curb will be ticketed for a fire lane violation ($50) that is non-appealable.

Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

We at the Bruin Store have loved serving you this semester! Have you come to see us yet? If so, we would really appreciate it if you took a few minutes to complete a survey about your experience in our store.

Click on this link and let us know how we can better serve you and the George Fox community!

Learn how to make the French yule log in French cooking lab and, of course, enjoy it with some hot chocolate (mini marshmallows and whipped cream provided)! Please bring anyone you’d like.

We’ll meet from 2 to 5 p.m. today (Monday) in Minthorn 200. Questions? Contact Thao Anh Gailey at avu13@georgefox.edu.

Here is the latest benefit news from HR:

Tuition remission applications now being accepted for 2016-17 

Application Deadline: Jan. 5, 2016

In order to better coordinate financial aid communications with tuition remission benefits, the due date for the 2016-17 tuition remission applications will be Tuesday, Jan. 5. See the tuition remission section (top of the page) of the Benefits, Forms & Resources page for instructions and applications.

Note: The 2017-18 applications will likely be due in September of 2016 due to changing regulations.

​Flexible spending account features

The Allegiance Flexible Spending Account is adding new features. This means a service interruption for debit card users from Nov. 20 to Dec. 1 and a new debit card being issued to all participants. Click here for details.

2016 Medicare news

Medicare announces rate increases and no Social Security COLA for 2016. See articles and the Medicare website for more details:

No Social Security COLA in 2016
Medicare Part B premiums to rise
Medicare.gov

Have benefit questions? Contact Darby Thiessen at dthiessen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2188.

Mail and print services will be on a reduced schedule during the holiday break. Please take note of the hours below:

Print services will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1. Please plan accordingly for your printing needs.

Mail services will be open limited hours during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. On Dec. 29 and 30, the hours of operation will be 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. U.S. Mail will be the only service offered for those two days, so if you need to send mail or packages through U.S. Mail, you must have your items to mail services no later than noon. Anything after noon will need to be taken to the downtown post office.

In addition, mail services will not be getting delivery or pickup services from UPS, FedEx and DHL. Therefore, if you have any packages you want sent via UPS, FedEx or DHL, we recommend you take your packages to the “Mailroom,” located in the Springbrook shopping center. They will happily take care of your shipping needs.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2551.

Happy holidays to you all!

– Mail and print services

The College of Engineering is writing an accreditation report for ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) this year, and we need your help. This survey helps to assess our engineering program’s educational objectives.

Engineering Survey

Please complete this survey by today (Friday). We appreciate your time. Thank you!

– Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu)

Six staff, administrator and athletics positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency they are:

• Associate Registrar
• Administrative Assistant, Department of Biology and Chemistry
• Head Women’s Volleyball Coach
• Accounting Specialist II – Deposits
• Financial Aid Director
• Enrollment Specialist

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

All Christmas trees to be put up on campus require a permit. This permit can be found on this plant services webpage. The requestor is responsible for purchase, installation, decorating, undercoating, watering and removal of permitted trees.

Terms of Permit: Trees must be watered by the department and must be removed no later than Dec. 18, 2015. A $100 fine is assessed for violation of terms.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
Plant services

A group of students need your input on a product we’re producing. If you would be willing to take two to three minutes to help, please click the link below.

The product is a phone case that has a locking device so that no one can get to your phone. The case also has a built-in wallet so you are able to put your credit cards and money in the case for safe keeping.

Please take time to fill out this short survey to tell the students what you think and how they can improve their product.

Questions? Contact Taylor Mato at tmato15@georgefox.edu.

Phone Case Survey

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.