The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed from Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 5 p.m. through Monday, Nov. 28, at 6 a.m. except for Saturday night’s men’s basketball game (7-9:30 p.m.).
The track will be open all weekend and may be used to walk off any excess calories you might consume. Happy Thanksgiving!
The courier service to Portland and Salem campuses will be limited due to the Thanksgiving holiday this week.
Questions or concerns? Contact Mail Services at ext. 2555.
This Monday, the 180 seniors in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues program will present their research on the Majority World and the West. We encourage you to stop by and see what the seniors have been working on this semester. This is a great opportunity for the juniors and seniors who will be in the program in spring and next fall to see what the exhibits are like before they are in the program.
Exhibits will be up in the Hoover and EHS atriums between noon and 4 p.m. For more information, contact Caitlin Corning at ext. 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu.
Applications for May/June Serve are in the spiritual life office, located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian streets. The due date for the application is Wednesday, Nov. 30 by 4 p.m.
May Serve will be traveling to Swaziland and June Serve will be traveling to Romania. Questions? Contact Andrea MacLeod at acrenshaw@georgefox.edu.
Staff and students: Some high-priced electronic items have been stolen from the library this week. Please do not leave your coats, purses or valuables unattended, and if you must leave your work area briefly, please have a trusted friend watch your items until you return.
– Security Services
As the semester comes to a close amid final examinations, projects and papers, this is a great time to make appointments at the Academic Resource Center. The ARC schedule fills up quickly, so if you are planning to make appointments before the semester’s end, please make them soon!
Either send an appointment request to the_arc@georgefox.edu or stop by the Special Collections Room during our office hours: 1-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 4 p.m. on Fridays.
Faculty, please encourage your students to make appointments soon.
This spring, two undergraduate student groups will meet to discuss current events reported in the weekly news magazine The Economist. The seven-person groups will gather on Fridays from 2:45 to 3:45 or 4 to 5 p.m. in the Coffee Cottage meeting room.
Participating students will each receive free copies of The Economist and a $100 gift certificate to buy coffee and treats. Students must be willing and able to attend at least 10 of the 13 meetings.
If you know of students who might be interested in joining a group, please tell them about this opportunity. The deadline to submit an application is Thursday, Dec. 1. For more information, contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.
If you have packed a shoe box or have items/money to donate to the campus packing party, please notify Jessi Fink (jfink09@georgefox.edu), and a student will come pick up what you have today (Friday) in the afternoon, or you can take boxes/items/checks to Barbi Doran at the Information Desk in the Stevens Center.
Also, the campus packing party is this Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. in EHS. We have the items for 1,000 shoeboxes and just need people to come help pack! Children are welcome. There will be Christmas music, hot drinks and dessert (all free). Come help impact the lives of 1,000 children around the world!
If you have any questions, please contact Jessi at the above address and check out our Facebook site for more information.
Tickets are going fast for the upcoming Christmas concert! You are invited to join fellow George Fox employees (halftime and over) and their families for an afternoon of Christmas festivities. The celebration is set for Sunday, Dec. 11.
The details …
Concert tickets are now available at the first-floor Box Office in Stevens Center. (If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets). Tickets will be available through Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m.
Please note that tickets are on sale for the general public and the concert will sell out, so don’t wait too long to get your tickets. Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Please contact Evangeline Pattison (ext. 2121) or epattison@georgefox.edu with questions.
Have students who need assistance with APA Style for citations? This workshop is for them. We’ll cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.
Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will present.
Encourage students to attend today (Friday) at 10:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 23, through Friday, Nov. 25, for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Appointments currently scheduled on these days will be rescheduled accordingly.
The ARC will be open for regular hours on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 21-22. Please contact the ARC with any questions: the_arc@georgefox.edu.
Custom university cards are available this year, which you can view at this link. The cards will be printed on special iridescent paper and will cost between 75 to 96 cents each, depending on the total number ordered university-wide. A permanent marker, such as a fine-tip Sharpie, works best when writing on this paper.
If you would like to order cards, please list the quantity desired and budget number on this form by Tuesday, Nov. 22.
We are soliciting recommendations for the 2012 First Year Book. Please take a moment to provide us with recommendations. Criteria for the book is provided on the form available at this link. Thank you in advance.
Joel Perez,
Dean of Transitions and Inclusion
Join us for a Spanish chapel from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18, in Lemmons 8. Worship with us and hear a good message in Spanish! Chapel credit provided.
The final event of the “Closing the Gap: Addressing the Mentality Behind Sex Slavery” is scheduled tonight (Thursday). Join us to hear the advocacy band Jubilee at 8 p.m. in the Foxhole.
“Closing the Gap” is hosted by the university’s International Justice Mission club. Contact Lauren Peña (lpena10@georgefox.edu) for more information.
The women of George Fox are invited to a women’s ministry night tonight (Thursday) from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in Room 117 at the Villa Academic Complex.
Come join us in worship and reflection. Olivia Pothoff will lead us in worship, and Melanie Hulbert (Sociology) will share with us her journey of struggle for wholeness.
Questions? Contact Beth Warnock at ewarnock10@georgefox.edu.
John 12:46 – “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”
An informal meeting about May Serve 2012 is scheduled for today (Wednesday) in Hoover 105 at 7:30 p.m. We will reveal all of the information you need to know about May Serve next semester. Come with questions!
Also, come to chapel Wednesday morning and hear about the Peru May Serve team from last May!
Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes are due this Friday, Nov. 18. If you have packed shoe boxes or money/items, please either:
If you still need empty shoe boxes or labels, they are available in the Bruin Den during lunch or by contacting Jessi.
For more information, visit our Facebook site. Questions? Contact Jessi at the above e-mail address.
Don’t forget: This afternoon (Wednesday), Gene Christian, principal of Charitable Estate Planning Northwest, will be available to answer questions about estate planning, wills, giving and other financial matters. Gene has worked closely with our advancement team for several years.
Gene will visit with us in both Newberg and the Portland Center:
This is a great opportunity to hear from an industry expert and learn more about estate planning – at no cost!
The Staff Development Committee invites you to save the dates for the next “Let’s Learn Together” sessions coming up on Tuesday, Dec. 6, when we will learn about PowerPoint, and Tuesday, Feb. 7 (subject TBD).
Both sessions will run from noon to 1 p.m. at a location to be determined. Watch e-nnouncements for further details and to R.S.V.P. for these sessions. Questions? Please e-mail Rachel Powell at rpowell@georgefox.edu.
