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.

Bon Appetit hours will change next week as follows:

Monday, Dec. 14:

• Klages Dining Room – Breakfast, 8-10 a.m.; lunch and dinner regular hours
• Bruin Den – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Villa Café and Bruin Bites – Closed

Tuesday-Thursday, Dec. 15-17:

• Regular hours of operation except Wednesday dinner (5-7:30 p.m.)

Friday, Dec. 18:

• Klages Dining Room – Breakfast, 7:15-10 a.m.; lunch, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.; dinner, 5-6 p.m.
• Bruin Den – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Villa Café – 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
• Bruin Bites – Closed

Saturday, Dec. 19:

• Klages – Breakfast, 8-9 a.m. This will be the last board meal before winter break.

Monday, Jan. 4, through Friday, Jan. 8: Bruin Den open 8:30 a.m. 2 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 10: Klages open for dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. (first board meal)
Monday, Jan. 11: All locations resume regular hours of operation.

Questions? Contact Lisa Miles at lmiles@georgefox.edu.

If you have tickets for this weekend’s Christmas Concert and will be unable to use them, please inform Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu) as soon as possible so those tickets can be released for others to attend. All three performances are nearly sold out.

Thank you

We are undergraduate students doing a group research project for our gender communication class, and we need information from professors/employees. Your answers are 100 percent anonymous, and the results from the survey will be for comparison with another survey that we have sent out.

Here is the survey link:
Ethnography Survey

Thank you and Merry Christmas,
Sydney Beadle (sbeadle13@georgefox.edu) and MaryAnn Ellis

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.

A group of George Fox students are doing their part to feed members of the Newberg community as the weather gets colder. Teaming up with Subterra, a restaurant in town, students are helping create a community “Group Soup” program that both embodies community spirit and promotes the arts.

Students in Mark Terry’s ceramics classes will create bowls that will be filled with soup and served with home-baked breads in Francis Square in downtown Newberg during First Friday Art Walks in February, March and April. Next week (Dec. 13-19), Subterra is donating 25 percent of its gross proceeds during lunchtime as seed money to buy raw product and launch the program.

Downtown meals will be given away at no cost, or on a pay-what-you-want model for those wishing to donate to the future of the program. Ceramic bowls will be available for purchase, with proceeds dedicated to sustaining the program, or patrons can get their soup in disposable bowls.

Art Walks are held from about 5 to 8 p.m. the first Friday of each month with the exception of January.

For more information, contact Terry at mterry@georgefox.edu.

You’re invited to join the health and human performance and athletic training faculty and staff as we celebrate our senior HHPE and athletic training majors. They will exhibit their senior research projects via poster presentation from 10 to 11 a.m. today (Friday) in the Wheeler Sports Center’s upper lobby.

We can guarantee you will learn about the care and feeding of your body as you work to improve your health and quality of life.

Questions? Contact Byron Shenk at bshenk@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us for the all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Thursday) in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

During the meeting we will be using Poll Everywhere as part of a presentation. Please come with your phone or tablet enabled for text, or your device that can connect to the Internet.

Just a reminder that all employees and their families are invited to join Robin and Ruth Baker for the Bakers’ annual Christmas Open House from 5 to 8 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.).

Light appetizers and holiday sweets will be served as we celebrate together.

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.

Join us for a FoxTALE Gradebook open lab hosted by your educational technology team. Come to work on your FoxTALE Gradebook or to get your 2016 spring courses ready. Sessions are scheduled on the following dates:

• Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1-3 p.m. in PDS 220 (Portland)
• Thursday, Dec. 17, 1-3 p.m. in MLRC 018 (Newberg)

Visit the Schedule of Events page to RSVP and view more events scheduled for Jan. 4-7 and spring semester.

– Your Educational Technology Team (servicedesk@georgefox.edu)

The Wheeler Fitness Center hours over Christmas break are as follows:

• Open 6 to 8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday
• Closed weekends
• Closed Christmas Eve (Dec. 24), Christmas (Dec. 25) and New Year’s Day (Jan. 1)

Thank you and have a Merry Christmas!

– Wheeler Fitness Center staff

The December payday is Wednesday, Dec. 30. Both Thursday, Dec. 31, and Friday, Jan. 1, are holidays this year.

Reminder: Please have all payroll items turned in to human resources by noon on Thursday, Dec. 17.

Thank you,
Katie Sol, Human Resources (ksol@georgefox.edu)

The university’s College of Engineering invites you to its Winter Expo today (Thursday) in Wood-Mar Auditorium and the EHS Atrium. Following is the schedule:

12:30-1:30 p.m. – Air Engine Displays (EHS Atrium)
Freshmen students display their working engines

2-3:30 p.m. – Wobble-Off Competition (Wood-Mar Auditorium)
Freshmen engineering students compete with their air engines for maximum speed and coast, minimum pressure, cost efficiency and aesthetics

All are welcome to come see what our students are working on. For more information, please contact Adina McConaughey at ext. 2780.

The lost and found is full yet again, and we are certain you’d love to have your lost items back before Christmas break. Please come to the security office to look for your lost items before you leave for Christmas, as all unclaimed items will be given to charitable causes during break.

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

You’re invited to join the health and human performance and athletic training faculty and staff as we celebrate our senior HHPE and athletic training majors. They will exhibit their senior research projects via poster presentation from 10 to 11 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) in the Wheeler Sports Center’s upper lobby.

You will learn about the care and feeding of your body as you work to improve your health and quality of life.

Questions? Contact Byron Shenk at bshenk@georgefox.edu.

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

Please click this link to view the holiday check run schedule posted on the “Forms” page of the finance department’s website. Please check this webpage periodically for any changes to the current schedule. If you have questions, contact Jen Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu.

Please note that the finance department will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1, so no checks will be available from accounts payable during this time.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

– The Finance Department

Still need to shop for friends and family this Christmas? The Bruin Store has what you’re looking for!

Today (Thursday), save on all apparel and gifts. Get 20 percent off one item, 25 percent off two items, or 30 percent off three items or more.*

We hope to see you at the Bruin Store!

– Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu)

*Other discounts cannot be applied to this sale. Sale includes in-store purchases only.

The Athletic Training Student Club is teaming up with the Newberg Fire Department to assist with its annual toy drive. Each year, the Newberg Fire Department organizes a “Toy & Joy” program by collecting toys and cash donations. The money generated is used to purchase toys for local children in need.

The need for toys increases each year, yet the program funds do not always keep up with that increased demand. We invite you to help us give local children in need a wonderful Christmas!

Here are the details:

• We will have a table set up prior to and during the men’s basketball game this Saturday, Dec. 12 (3 to 5:30 p.m.).
• Donations can be dropped off in Dana Bates’ office in Wheeler.
• Donations can be toys priced around $15 suitable for kids up to 15 years old; cash donations are also accepted.
• The fire department will not accept any dangerous or weapon-like toys, nor will they accept electronics.

Thanks for supporting this cause!

Questions? Contact Matthew Alvarez at malvarez13@georgefox.edu.

Be sure to join us for Tefillah, our prayer ministries on campus! We’re hosting two events today (Thursday) in the Prayer Chapel, located behind Edwards Hall next to the stairs to the canyon.

Contemplative worship is at 10:50 a.m. Currently, we’re going through traditions of how people have met God in the quiet. Chapel credit is available, so for those of you who need credit be sure to take advantage of this opportunity.

Lifted Hands, our time of intercessory prayer, will follow at 2 p.m. Be sure to join us as we lift up our campus in prayer together!

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

Due to the Christmas holiday break we will have three fewer days to process December payroll. Please have all payroll items turned in to human resources by noon on Thursday, Dec. 17. Payday will be on Thursday, Dec. 31.

Payroll Reminders:

• If you have had a change of address, please be sure that it is up to date in MyGFU. Click on “Self Service” and update in “Campus Personal Information” by Jan. 8 to ensure that we have your correct address for W-2 processing.
• Remember that one year’s worth of vacation accrual can be rolled over into the next year. Dec. 31 is the date by which you must “use it or lose it.” Here is the link to the staff and administrator accrual tables.

Thank you,
Katie Sol, Human Resources
ksol@georgefox.edu

Friends of the Newberg Mill is partnering with George Fox to help alleviate some of the stress of the holidays for mill families, due to the recent layoffs.

We are collecting toys for children ranging from toddlers to teens, along with pet supplies (food, treats, beds, toys, etc). Some possible gift ideas include sports gear, stuffed animals and non-violent toys. If you have any donations, please drop them off at the ASC office in the Student Union Building no later than Monday, Dec. 14.

Thank you for helping make a difference in this time of need.

Questions? Contact Emily Veer at eveer13@georgefox.edu.