The Daily Bruin

Just a reminder that both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closed during the Christmas break. The Bruin Den will reopen on Monday, Jan. 7, and the Villa Cafe will reopen on Monday, Jan. 14.

We will be setting up complimentary coffee service between 8:30 and 11 a.m. in the Bruin Den Monday through Thursday, Dec. 17-20, as our treat for those needing their caffeine and sugar next week!

Many thanks to everyone for a wonderful year, and our entire staff wishes you a joyful and blessed Christmas with your families and friends.

We are looking for someone to drive a faculty member from Newberg to the Portland Center as follows:

• The first five Mondays and Tuesdays of spring semester (Jan. 14-15, Jan. 21-22, Jan. 28-29; and Feb. 4-5, Feb. 11-12)
• On Mondays, pick-up at Newberg residence is at 8 a.m. Pick-up at the Portland Center is at 5 p.m. to return to Newberg residence.
• On Tuesdays, pick-up at Newberg residence is at 7:30 a.m. Pick-up at the Portland Center is at 9:15 p.m. to return to Newberg residence.
• This driving will take approximately two and a half to three hours each of day.
• A car will be provided.
• Driver license and good driving record are required (to be verified by the DMV).

If you know someone who might be interested, please ask him or her to send an e-mail to hr@georgefox.edu. If the person does not already have an application on file, one will be required.

As you are getting ready to head out for the holidays, we would appreciate it if you would return any Bon Appetit dishware you may have in your dorms or offices. There will be a station set up outside the dish room doors for returning dishes.

Thank you, and have a wonderful Christmas break!

– Bon Appetit staff

Come show support tonight (Thursday) for the 12 outstanding performers of the fall 2012 Musical Theater Performance class as students showcase various scenes they have worked on throughout the semester!

Accompanied by the talented James Pick, duets and group scenes will be featured from musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof, Newsies, The Little Mermaid, West Side Story, Spamalot, Little Women, Sweeney Todd and more. Admission is free!

When: Thursday, Dec. 13
Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:20 p.m.)
Where: Wood-Mar Auditorium
Who: Olivia Anderson, Micah Bevis, Susan Carlson, Jeannot Djanga, Brooke Flood, Michelle Gonzalez-Ramos, Nicole Greene, Jennifer Lippert, Amberly Orr, Caroline Smith, Cydney Thompson, Jessica Woehler

Still decorating for Christmas? Swing by the music office in Ross 201 to pick up a poinsettia from this year’s Christmas concert. Cost is only $5 each. You can either drop by or arrange pick-up with Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu or ext. 2620).

Merry Christmas!

Bon Appetit is serving its annual Christmas buffet to all of our meal-plan students today (Wednesday) from 4:30 to 7 p.m., and we’d like to invite staff, faculty and commuter students to join in the celebration.

Our menu includes smoked-roasted tri-tip & Carlton Farms roasted pork loin, a wide variety of seasonal salads, and some yummy desserts – all for just $10 per person.

If you have any questions, please give our office a call at ext. 2500.

It’s time to sign up for MLK Serve Day 2013! I know it seems early, but it is just so we can prepare for the approximately 1,000 volunteers that day. Will you be one of them? Our 2013 MLK Day will have a special focus on literacy.

Did you know that…

• Only one-third of all students entering high school are proficient in reading
• Only about 15 percent of African-American students and only 17 percent of Hispanic students are proficient in reading entering high school (NAEP Reading, 2009)

Register here today to be a part of the largest collective movement in the nation on MLK day!

The details:

When: Jan. 21, 2013
Time: Meet in Stevens at 6:30 a.m., where we will bus to Portland together
Why: Promote literacy in accordance to Dr. King’s dream

Faculty: Please submit course reserve material A.S.A.P. for spring semester. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete. For all requests, please fill out and submit the online form, located here.

If you have any questions, please contact Patty Vanier at ext. 2425 or pvanier@georgefox.edu.

The faculty courier service will be suspended over the Christmas break and will resume on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.

Questions? Contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu.

If you have lost items since Nov. 20, please come to the Security House to see if they have been turned in before you leave for Christmas break. Any items not reconnected with their owners will be donated to charitable causes next Monday, Dec. 17.

Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., or you can call ext. 2090 to talk to the officer on duty if it is after those hours.

With just four days left in the semester, please look around your offices and send any “found” items over to the security office as quickly as possible so that students will have time to reconnect with their lost items before they leave for Christmas break.

Thanks!
– Security Services

The Swaziland Summer Serve teams from 2012 and 2013 will be conducting a fundraiser in the Bruin Den Tuesday through Thursday of this week. Timbali Crafts is a ministry/business in Swaziland allowing local women to sell handmade crafts and handbags.

We will be selling many of their free-trade items in order to continue supporting the locals and their ministry. Visit us between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Questions? Contact Andrew Harding (aharding09@georgefox.edu)

More than 250 students will receive undergraduate and graduate diplomas at the university’s midyear commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Wheeler Sports Center. Seating begins at 1 p.m., and the ceremony will start at 2 p.m.

Tickets are not required; however, seating is limited to 10 guests per graduate. At 1:45 p.m., a live broadcast of the ceremony will be available to watch at this link.

Dr. William M. Schniedewind, a professor of biblical studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a 1984 alumnus of George Fox, will serve as commencement speaker. He holds the Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies at UCLA and is chair of the school’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

The financial affairs office will process the last check run of the year on Friday, Dec. 21. In order to ensure your expense reimbursement and/or check request is processed, we must receive your paperwork no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18. If your paperwork arrives after the 18th, it will be processed after the New Year.

Questions? Contact Andy Dunn at adunn@georgefox.edu.

Join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual wassail party today (Monday) between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Take a break and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for snacks, wassail and coffee. It’s our treat to you!

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

Please join your colleagues for the final all-employee lunch of the semester on Tuesday, Dec. 11, in the Cap and Gown Room. It will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Merry Christmas!

Monday, Dec. 10, is “Dead Day.” Breakfast in Klages will start at 8 a.m., and the Bruin Den will have reduced hours, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Villa Cafe will be closed.

Come show support for the 12 outstanding performers of the fall 2012 Musical Theater Performance class as students showcase various scenes they have worked on throughout the semester!

Accompanied by the talented James Pick, duets and group scenes will be featured from musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof, Newsies, The Little Mermaid, West Side Story, Spamalot, Little Women, Sweeney Todd and more. Admission is free!

When: Thursday, Dec. 13
Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:20 p.m.)
Where: Wood-Mar Auditorium
Who: Olivia Anderson, Micah Bevis, Susan Carlson, Jeannot Djanga, Brooke Flood, Michelle Gonzalez-Ramos, Nicole Greene, Jennifer Lippert, Amberly Orr, Caroline Smith, Cydney Thompson, Jessica Woehler

For those who missed the presentation entitled “The State of Diversity at George Fox University” made during Cultural Celebration Week, the video recording has been uploaded to the Multicultural Programs folder in George Fox’s iTunes U.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Joel Perez at ext. 2305.

Wheeler Sports Center will be closed from Friday, Dec. 14, at 5 p.m. through Monday, Jan. 14, at 6 a.m.

If there are campus groups (noon hoops players, racquetball players, etc.) who wish to make pre-arrangements for access, they are welcome to do so.

Questions? Contact Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.