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Hey everyone! I am inviting you all to participate in my “Dressember” team this December!

“Dressember” is a fundraiser to help prevent, intervene and protect the lives of trafficking victims and survivors worldwide. Ladies, by wearing a dress every day of the month of December, you create awareness and the opportunity for conversation in your community. Men, you can participate, too, either by simply spreading the word or wearing a dress shirt and tie every day in the month of December.

Not all of us will be in Newberg this month, but that makes for even more widespread conversation. To participate, please go to Dressember.com and create your personal page, then look for the team “GFU for change” and join the team!

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email Carissa Bixler (cbixler18@georgefox.edu) Also, if you want to be part of a Facebook group, please fill out this Google survey.

Looking to stay active over Christmas break? Then join the Exercise Science Club’s December Fitness Challenge!

To participate, create a free Strava account, join the “George Fox Exercise Science Club,” and upload any physical activity you did in the month of December. The top three people with the most minutes of activity will recieve a sweet prize!   

Questions? Contact Hunter Dieter (hdieter19@georgefox.edu)

The city is continuing its water line project and will have an impact today (Monday) through Wednesday, Dec. 2. Thank you for avoiding this area as the city updates its water and drain lines.

Construction schedule:

• Monday, Nov. 30
  • The Hoover parking lot entrance North of Franklin Street will be closed. This entrance will be closed until Wednesday, Dec. 2.
• Tuesday, Dec. 1
  • Meridian Street will be closed at the North Street intersection again. Traffic will not be allowed through.

Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

The Office for Spiritual Life invites the George Fox community to observe the Advent season with our 2020 Advent Reader.

This year’s reader includes Bible passages along with music selections created by students in the George Fox music program. We pray you have a blessed Advent season as your prepare your hearts for the celebration of Jesus’ birth.

The Richter Committee is pleased to let you know that a series of video presentations from our 2020-21 Richter Scholars is available for viewing on YouTube. In lieu of a poster symposium during fall semester, we asked each participant to record a five- to eight-minute presentation of their research.

You are encouraged to view the videos and send your thanks, encouragement and questions to the individual scholars. Their work is outstanding, and we would like to celebrate this achievement with them. You can access the videos at this link.

Be on the lookout for a second cohort of scholars to present later in spring semester.

Every Sunday of the Advent season a new Advent devotional video will be released by the Office for Spiritual Life. There will be five total videos, with devotionals offered by the George Fox pastoral team and President Robin Baker. 

This week’s devotional is on “Hope” and is given by University Pastor Jamie Noling-Auth. Watch it here.

The Office for Spiritual Life invites the George Fox community to observe the Advent season with our 2020 Advent Reader.

This year’s reader includes Bible passages along with music selections created by students in the George Fox music program. We pray you have a blessed Advent season as your prepare your hearts for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. 

Please join us for our last chapel of the fall this morning (Tuesday). It will go live at 11 a.m., but you can watch it on demand whenever your schedule allows at this link.

You can also watch any chapel and Monday Morning Devotional (MoMoDeVo) from the semester at the above link, including our final MoMoDeVo of the semester with Pastor Gaby Viesca.

Questions? Contact the Office of Spiritual Life (spirituallife@georgefox.edu).

All university offices and libraries on the Newberg campus and at the Portland Center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27, for the Thanksgiving holiday. In addition, the Bruin Store will be closed Thursday through Sunday.

The 24/7 space in the Murdock Library will be open during the closure.

Campus facilities (excluding the Murdock Library, Canyon Commons and Roberts Center) will be locked from now until the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

All buildings will be card-lock access only, so please bring your ID card and office keys to campus to access your work or academic spaces. All employees and students will still have card-lock access to those buildings they currently have access to (e.g., Maker Hub, Labs, etc.) and will also have card-lock access from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, to EHS/Wood-Mar, Wheeler, Hadlock, Hoover, Klages, Lemmons, Ross and the Stevens Center.

Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw (eshaw@georgefox.edu).

Bon Appetit has updated its hours. Please visit this link or check us out on Instagram at @bonappetitgfu to get all the details.

Do you feel that students with a disability are represented at George Fox? Do you have a disability yourself and feel that you are celebrated?

The disability awareness and advocacy group is looking to become a club at George Fox. Please help support our group as we seek to celebrate, organize events, and create awareness. Click this link to learn more about helping us become a club.

If you would like more information or would like to become a part of the club, please contact Christina Nase at cnase16@georgefox.edu.

The city of Newberg will close the on-street parking along Meridian Street this week for scheduled sewer work. There will be no parking on Meridian Street from Sherman Street to North Street starting today (Monday) through the end of the fall semester.

Students may park anywhere on campus without being ticketed for the remainder of the fall semester.

The entry into the Wood-Mar parking lot will also be blocked during the project; please plan to access the Hoover and Wood-Mar parking lots from the East Sherman Street entry point. 

Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw (eshaw@georgefox.edu)

Campus facilities (excluding Canyon Commons and Roberts Center) will be locked beginning today (Monday). Buildings will stay locked until the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

All buildings will be card-lock access only. Please bring your ID card and office keys to campus to access your workspaces if you will be working on campus.

Please make arrangements to meet any vendors or those who need to do business with the University at an entry door, and make sure that they have your contact information.

Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw (eshaw@georgefox.edu).

All are invited to join Paul Anderson, Erin Johnson and others from around the nation tomorrow (Tuesday) from 4 to 5:30 p.m. to discuss Volume 7 of the Quakers and the Disciplines Series (of which Paul is the founding editor).

The authors of the essays in this volume share will about their contributions regarding Quakers, social work, and justice concerns. Register online here.

Questions? Contact Paul Anderson (panderso@georgefox.edu).

The city is continuing its water line project and will have an impact today (Monday) through Wednesday, Dec. 2. Thank you for avoiding this area as the city updates its water and drain lines.

Construction schedule:

• Starting Monday, Nov. 23
  • No street parking will be available along the east side of Meridian Street as construction crews will begin staging (laying out) pipe.
  • Street parking along the east side will continue to be closed through December, as they will be staging pipe for multiple locations in town.
• Monday, Nov. 30
  • The Hoover parking lot entrance north of Franklin Street will be closed. This entrance will be closed until Wednesday, Dec. 2.
• Tuesday, Dec. 1
  • Meridian Street will be closed at the North Street intersection again. Traffic will not be allowed through.

Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

Starting today (Monday), the Murdock Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for campus holidays. 

View our hours here.

Questions? Contact Patty Vanier (pvanier@georgefox.edu).

Get into the holiday spirit and donate a food-related gift card to help foster and local families in need!

We will be collecting donations until this Wednesday, Nov. 25. Drop-off baskets are located at Information Services in the Stevens Center, ASC, SpiL, and the College of Christian Studies office. 

We are accepting gift cards to fast food and local restaurants, grocery stores, food delivery, Visa gift cards, etc. Thank you for your donation!

Questions? Contact Dayana Caamal Perez (dcaamalperez18@georgefox.edu).

The Bruin Community Pantry will be open the following hours starting today (Monday) through Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021:

• Monday: 3 to 5 p.m.
• Tuesday: Noon to 5 p.m.
• Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and 4 to 5:30 p.m.
• Friday: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and 4 to 5:30 p.m.

The food bank will be closed during the following days:

• Wednesday, Nov. 25
• Monday, Dec. 21 through Friday, Dec. 25

Questions? Contact Jere Witherspoon (bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu).

Want to help faculty better serve students? Please take a few minutes to complete this brief survey to assess how professors have and/or can assist students when they are under stress. All responses are and will remain anonymous.

Thank you! Questions? Contact Andrea Alexander (aalexander@georgefox.edu).