The Daily Bruin

Heartsaver, CPR/AED and first aid classes will be available to take during the Christmas break. The eight-hour class will be split between two days during the week, or all day on a Saturday. Each class needs a minimum of six people and has a maximum of eight. The cost is $45.

Dates/Times:

• Jan. 6 and 8 (Monday and Wednesday), 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Jan. 7 and 9 (Tuesday and Thursday), 1-5:30 p.m.
• Jan. 11 (Saturday), 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Hoover 209

Sign up on security’s website. Contact Mark Stone in security services at 503-554-2090 for more information.

All are welcome to come on over to Wood-Mar Auditorium Wednesday and Thursday (Dec. 11-12) at 10:10 p.m. and enjoy a night full of wonderful stories at the annual 10! 10! 10! Play Festival. Each night is a different set of plays directed by students. This is part of the theatre directing class final.

Note: Plays contain mature content.

Questions? Contact Madelyn Larson at mlarson10@georgefox.edu.

You already make a difference in the lives of George Fox students through your daily investment of time and talent. Would you also consider investing in students through your treasure?

The end of the year is quickly approaching. Gifts from George Fox employees make it possible for students to receive tremendous opportunities for spiritual formation, vocational development and character growth.

To see videos and students’ testimonies of how these types of opportunities at George Fox deepen their relationship with God and prepare them for exceptional life outcomes as world changers please go to giving.georgefox.edu.

For an easy way to give via payroll deduction, please follow this link.

If you want to receive 2013 tax credit, please make sure your donation meets the following deadlines:

• Checks must be postmarked no later than Dec. 31.
• Online donations must be processed no later than Dec. 31 at midnight (Pacific time).
• Credit card payments must be processed in our office no later than Dec. 31 at 5 p.m. (Pacific time). To reach us on Dec. 31, please call Kristi Hagen at 503-554-2111.

Many thanks to those who have already responded! You make such a difference in students’ lives.

If you have any questions, please contact Lynn Andrews, vice president for advancement strategy and donor relations, at landrews@georgefox.edu.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

IT has been working to update electronic storage used by faculty and staff. On Friday, Dec. 13, we will turn off what has been traditionally referred to as the H-drive (Mac users may know this better as *username*$). We have spent the last three months contacting active users of this service and have helped them transition to alternative storage and set them up on our new automated backup system called CrashPlan.

We have reached the time to turn this service off. Files will be retained, but users will not have direct access. This transition will not affect most users. If you are still actively using your H-drive, then please contact the IT Service Desk before Friday Dec. 13, to set up an appointment if you need help transitioning away from using your H-drive.

Questions? Contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu.

A test of the FoxAlert Emergency Notification System was made Monday, Dec. 9, at 10 a.m. If you did not receive either a phone call, an e-mail or a text, then your contact information needs to be updated on MyGFU. Please log on and go to your personal information page and put in the necessary phone numbers or e-mail addresses so that you won’t miss out on important information in case of an emergency.

Questions? Please contact security at 503-554-2090.

Today (Tuesday) is your second chance to try an improved recipe of the “Grilly,”, a grilled-cheese pesto salami sandwich, with a side of tomato soup and a medium soda drink/water as Bon Appetit’s “Special of the Day.” It will be sold during lunch time, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., in the Bruin Den.

This week, purchasers may sign up to be one of three winners of two custom posters of your choice of size and design. The daily special is co-hosted by “The A-Team” (MGMT 260 class) and Bon Appetit.

Come join the International Justice Mission tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30 p.m. for a prayer and worship gathering in the Cap and Gown Room! We will be focusing on the hope that Jesus’ birth gives to those in bondage.

Cookies and hot chocolate will be served. We would love to see you there!

If you have tickets for the Christmas Concert this weekend and will be unable to use them, please return them to the box office as soon as possible. Sunday’s show is sold out and has a wait list. Questions? Call the box office at 503-554-3844.

Join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual wassail party on Monday, Dec. 16, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Please take a break on “Dead Day” and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for homemade cookies, wassail and coffee.

Our treat to you!

– Library staff

Do you like colorful bracelets with hundreds of different choices to choose from?

During lunch time (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) through Friday, Threads of Hope, an organization that works with the impoverished in the Philippines, will be selling these bracelets in the SUB. These handmade friendship bracelets are made on the beautiful beaches of the Philippines. Proceeds will go to help the families who have been impacted by Typhoon Haiyan.

Any questions? Please e-mail Chris Miller at cmiller11@georgefox.edu.

Want to be a part of the Christmas Concert this year? Come help us greet guests as an usher!

We’re looking for 14 people who are able to do all three shows, if possible. Call time would be an hour before the performance (6:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m.), and dress is semi-formal black and white. The job includes taking tickets, passing programs, guiding people to their seats, and coming to a training. And, you get to watch the concert!

Concert dates/times are:

• Friday, Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2:30 p.m.

Please e-mail Michelle Croce (mcroce12@georgefox.edu) with your interest and availability.

To nominate a colleague for this month’s award, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Wednesday, Dec. 11, with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

Due to the Christmas holiday, our community meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 19, so the time frame is shorter to submit nominations this month. The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 Visa gift card at the meeting.

This new .75FTE position (pay range 5) is open to both employees and external candidates. Please check the position announcement on the George Fox website at this link to learn more details about the duties and qualifications of this position.

To apply: Please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources by Friday, Dec. 13. Interviews may begin as early as the week of Dec. 16. The link to the transfer request form can be found here.

Come out to support one of our senior artists! Rachel King Rudeen will open her Senior Thesis Exhibit, entitled “Marrow,” tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5 p.m. in Minthorne Gallery. It will feature her ceramic works. The exhibit will run through Saturday, Dec. 21.

Following is Rachel’s statement about the show:

“Family gathers to eat, old friends catch up over coffee, a tea party bridges the gap between student and professor. Forming the marrow of these events are three constants: food and drink, the vessels that contain them, and the presence of people. It is for these occasions of coming together that I have a passion for creating quality, functional ceramic vessels.”

The university’s library staff wants to make it easier to access important information and resources using handheld mobile devices – and we need your help.

Please take a few minutes to complete this very short survey on mobile device usage and preferences. You should be able to complete it in less than five minutes. Your answers will help to improve the library’s mobile-optimized homepage.

Thank you!

Today, Monday, Dec. 9, is our annual staff Christmas lunch sponsored by your Staff Development Committee! It will begin at noon in the Cap and Gown Room, and the cost is only $3.

We will be singing carols with the university choir and hosting our first-ever Christmas sweater/tie/vest/sweatshirt “event,” so come “festively adorned.” There will be prizes as well, so you don’t want to miss this!

University President Robin Baker will speak in our Christmas Chapel today (Monday) at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Come and celebrate the Christmas season with us!

As we approach Christmas, we want to offer some reminders about living in a Christ-centered community.

Our campus single-stall bathrooms have recently been converted to allow more flexibility in use. We have visitors, guests, family members and students (undergraduate and graduate) who benefit from using non-gender-specific bathrooms when they have young children, are transgender, or when lines form for a single-sex bathroom during major events.

Two weeks ago, two restroom signs on campus were defaced during the night with “X’s” over specific gender symbols. The markings were immediately removed by university staff. In addition to being an act of vandalism, this action brought pain to members of our community. This kind of action has no place in a community like ours.

We believe that all people are of great worth and value in the eyes of our Creator God and seek to increasingly become a campus characterized by loving support of one another (even when we disagree). Cultural humility and civility means that we seek to understand and appreciate others who are different from ourselves. Language and/or behavior that relies on stereotypes or is demeaning toward individuals or groups of individuals is unacceptable for George Fox students and employees, whether it occurs in person, through social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) or anonymously.

Saturday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Linfield (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Linfield (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)

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

Don’t forget to join Robin and Ruth Baker for the Bakers’ annual Christmas Open House from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.). All employees and their families are welcome.

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