Alumni and Parent Relations has tickets available for purchase to see Portland’s “Singing Christmas Tree” on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Keller Auditorium. Seats are located in the second balcony and cost $24 each.
Your may purchase your tickets at this link. Contact Mary Monahan with any questions at 503-554-2134 or mmonahan@georgefox.edu.
Bring your old clothing to the Bruin Den and help Bruin Heritage provide support for typhoon victims. We’re collecting clothes between 2 and 4 p.m. each weekday through Friday, Dec. 13.
Questions? Contact Taylor Ellis at tellis12@georgefox.edu.
Faculty: Spring textbooks are now listed on the BlueZone Store website (gfubookstore.com – search by course). Please review your courses to ensure the correct books/editions are listed. We want to ensure the information is as accurate as possible before students begin purchasing books.
E-mail Sandy Gidding (sgidding@georgefox.edu) with any changes or questions.
Thanks for your help.
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Northwest Christian (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
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.
Is there someone you consider a gift to have as a colleague, whether in your department or another department? If someone comes to mind, please consider submitting a nomination via e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by Wednesday, Dec. 11, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.
The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our all-employee meeting on Thursday, Dec. 19.
Congratulations again to Nancy Fawver on being named November Employee of the Month.
Can you help me create a coffee table book by uploading pictures of what you are thankful for in your life? This book project is for one of my business classes at George Fox, and I need your help to do it. Anything you upload is helpful (i.e. art, nature, community, etc.).
It’s simple and quick. Just click on the link below.
Thank you,
Kyle Ingram
George Fox’s Students for Life group is hosting its final club event of the year this evening (Monday). It will be a session on apologetics entitled, “Does Social Justice Start in the Womb?”
Please join us for fellowship, snacks, and our guest speaker’s presentation in EHS 125 at 7 p.m. tonight!
Questions? Email Elise at estewart09@georgefox.edu.
Staff: Be sure to mark Monday, Dec. 9, on your calendar for 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 hosting our first-ever Christmas sweater/tie/vest/sweatshirt “event,” so fair warning to start digging through your closet for the appropriate attire and to come “festively adorned!” There will be prizes as well, so you don’t want to miss this!
Don’t forget to join us for a “Reflections on Advent” service in the Cap and Gown Room tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. Students, this counts as a chapel elective!
Join us as the Worship Ensemble and guest speaker Jamie Johnson lead you thoughtfully through Advent themes in celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Christ. Music will range from modern renditions of old hymns to newly written songs about Christ and his Advent.
We will also be joined by George Fox artists from Gary Buhler’s art class who will give artistic impressions to the themes presented.
See you there!
Don’t forget to join us tonight (Monday) to hear George Fox Spanish alumnus James Wolfer share about his work in law enforcement and his current role as fraud prevention officer for First Tech Credit Union.
James will speak from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8. Questions? Contact Debbie Berho at dberho@georgefox.edu.
A featured sandwich will be offered each day during lunch hours in the Bruin Den for the first two weeks of December (Dec. 2-13). The Intro to Management class has partnered with Bon Appetit for the past month to design five unique sandwiches. Each sandwich represents a student group’s project, so stop by and enjoy the “Special Sandwich of the Day.”
Five different sandwiches will be featured, so be sure to try them all!
Thank you for your support,
Intro to Management class
George Fox Spanish alumnus James Wolfer will be on campus to share about his work in law enforcement and his current role as fraud prevention officer for First Tech Credit Union.
All are welcome to join us for this informational session on Monday, Dec. 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8. Questions? Contact Debbie Berho at dberho@georgefox.edu.
All university offices on the Newberg campus and at the Portland Center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28-29, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The library is closing early, at 5 p.m., today (Wednesday) for Thanksgiving. It will be closed through Sunday afternoon. The 24-hour study room will be open as usual over the break.
The library will reopen from 6 to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1.
Happy Thanksgiving!
This is a reminder that 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. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.).
Light appetizers and holiday sweets will be served as we celebrate together.
Employees are invited to attend each of the provost candidate presentations on “The future of higher education” at 3:40 p.m. in Hoover 105 on the dates listed below.
The candidates will also do a Q&A time at the Portland Center (details listed below).
Newberg campus presentations:
Portland Center Q&A sessions: 10 a.m. on days listed
I am creating a coffee table book for a business class, and I need your help. My book is centered around remembering all the things we should be thankful for, so I am asking people to upload pictures of these things (art, nature, community, whatever). Generic pictures are totally fine.
If you could help, I’d appreciate it. Just click on the link below. I’m collecting pictures between now and Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Thank you,
Kyle Ingram (kingram11@georgefox.edu)
All are invited to a “Reflections on Advent” service in the Cap and Gown Room at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. Students, this counts as a chapel elective!
Join us as the Worship Ensemble and guest speaker Jamie Johnson lead you thoughtfully through Advent themes in celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Christ. Music will range from modern renditions of old hymns to newly written songs about Christ and his Advent.
We will also be joined by George Fox artists from Gary Buhler’s art class who will give artistic impressions to the themes presented.
See you there!
The Bruin Heritage group is hosting a clothing drive for the victims of the typhoon in the Philippines. Thanksgiving break is a great time to clean out your closet and donate your old clothes to people in need!
We will be accepting shirts, jackets, sweaters, pants and shoes. The drive runs Dec. 2-13. To find out how you can donate, contact Joanna Rocha at jrocha13@georgefox.edu.
For those of you who are staying on campus over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, our meal times will be changing as follows:
Our entire staff wishes everyone a safe and blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends.
– Bon Appetit
