The Daily Bruin

Students who are eligible to make changes to their meal plan will be able to do so starting Jan. 2, 2014, through Jan. 24, 2014.

For more information about meal plans, please check out the Meal Plan Options page on the Student Life website.

If you have any questions about the meal plans, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the Office of Student Life. You may also phone her at 503-554-2316. The student life office is on the third floor of the Stevens Center.

Did you forget to return your rented textbooks? You are welcome to return them until Monday, Jan. 6, without being charged the non-return fee. Bring them to the Textbook Annex or BlueZone Store (see our website for store hours), drop them in campus mail to Box 6229 (please box them), or mail them to BlueZone Store, 409 Carlton Way, Newberg, OR 97132.

Please include your name and email with your returns in case we have questions. Thanks.

Sandy Gidding (sgidding@georgefox.edu)

Do you have a desire to lead worship? Join us in MUSI 340, Creating, Planning, and Leading Worship. The class will help you develop your philosophy of worship and then give you tools to implement that philosophy as you learn to create, plan, and lead worship!

The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 1:15 p.m. and is offered for 3 credit units.

Questions? Contact Bobby Gaither at rgaither@georgefox.edu.

The Murdock Learning Resource Center will be open over the Christmas break, Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be closed Saturdays and Sundays, between Dec. 24 and 27, and on Jan. 1, 2014.

Concert choir is looking for new singers to join for second semester. Auditions will be held the first week of school (Jan. 13-16).

Information packets can be picked up outside Ross 201, the Music Office before heading out for break.

Questions can be directed at Jessica Sokoloff at jsokoloff10@georgefox.edu

The library will be open over the Christmas break Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be closed Saturdays and Sundays, between Dec. 24 and 27, and on Jan. 1, 2014.

Attention all 2014-15 returning students: The Scholarship Manager, the George Fox donor-funded scholarship application site, opens today (Thursday) at 8 a.m.! It will close automatically on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 5 p.m. (no exceptions).

Scholarship Manager is George Fox’s site for returning 2014-15 traditional undergraduate students to apply for donor-funded scholarships. This process will allow you to apply for all available donor scholarships. Based on the donors’ criteria, Scholarship Manager will match you up with all scholarships for which you qualify.

To begin, follow the steps below:

• Sign in to your MyGFU account at mygfu.georgefox.edu
• Under the “Student Resources” box, click on “2014 Newberg UG Scholarships”
• This takes you to the Scholarship Manager sign-in page
• Sign in using your MyGFU username and password
• Under the heading of “Current George Fox Students” click on“Returning Student Donor Funded Scholarship Application”

Read the “Scholarship Manager Introduction” and “Application Instructions” carefully.

Please be aware that a personal statement essay is required of all applicants and an additional essay and/or references are required to be considered for the following specific scholarships: Hanson Quaker Leadership ($1,000), Miller BEST Achievement ($12,500), Sims Memorial Nursing ($1,000) and Steinfeldt Peace Studies ($1,000).

If you are graduating or plan to leave the university within or following the 2013-14 academic year, please disregard this notice.

Faculty, please inform your students of this opportunity.

Questions? Contact Terri Crawford at tcrawfor@georgefox.edu.

More than 200 students will receive undergraduate and graduate diplomas at the university’s midyear commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Wheeler Sports Center. Seating begins at 10 a.m., and the ceremony will start at 11 a.m.

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

Jay Mathisen, the assistant superintendent of human resources and strategic planning with Bend-La Pine Schools and an alumnus of George Fox, will present “Justice as a Lens” as commencement speaker. In 2011, while the principal at La Pine High School, Mathiesen was selected as the High School Principal of the Year by the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators.

Saturday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. California-Santa Cruz (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Sunday, Dec. 22, 4 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Simpson (Calif.) (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)

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

Today (Thursday) will be the last day to buy friendship bracelets for this semester! Stop by our table in the SUB during lunchtime (noon to 2 p.m.). Only $2 each!

All bracelets are handmade in 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.

‘Tis the season to ship packages, and we have some tips to help ensure that your package arrives safely.

1. Do not wrap the box in brown paper, grocery bags, wrapping paper, etc. (Too many times, the paper is ripped off in the handling and shipping process – and the address and postage are gone!)

• Just use a plain old box – a cereal box, a ShopVac box, an Office Depot box, etc.
• We have a wide variety of the free Priority boxes – regular and Flat Rate.
• Be sure any old address label on the box is covered with a blank adhesive label; we have free blank labels you can use – just ask a clerk.
• Put your new address label directly onto the box (or write the address on a clear side of the box).
• Another safety item: Put a copy of the address it is going to inside the box – just in case it gets torn open.

2. Use blue or black ink for the address. Do not use red ink. Red is hard to read by the U.S. Mail scanners.

If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

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.

Textbook Buyback is happening all this week at the Textbook Annex located at 1109 E. Hancock St., in Newberg. Remember to visit gfubookstore.com to get a price quote before you come in to get an additional 10 percent back for your books.

Students, if you haven’t used your bike lately due to the weather, please consider taking it home this week, and then bringing it back after spring break when the weather will be more amenable for bike riding.

If that is not possible, be sure to put your bike in your room before leaving to avoid a potential theft. Christmas is also a prime time for car prowls, so please don’t leave anything valuable in your car and always keep it locked.

For more information, please contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

The Jan. 14 visit by organic chemistry candidate Anton V. Dubrovskiy, announced in Tuesday’s Daily Bruin, has been canceled.

The service window at Mail Services (North Street Annex) will be closed on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24. The window will be open on the following days over the break:

• Dec. 23
• Dec. 30-31
• Jan. 2-3
• Jan. 6-10

Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on all open days listed above.

Mail Services will be closed:

• Dec. 24-27
• Jan. 1

Please join us for an organic chemistry candidate seminar by Anton V. Dubrovskiy, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate at California Institute of Technology. The title of the lecture is “Adventures in Aryne Chemistry and Total Synthesis of Ritterazine B.”

This lecture is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 4 p.m. in EHS 102 and is sponsored by the Department of Biology and Chemistry.

Please contact Jane Sweet (jsweet@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Graduating seniors

If you did not stop at our table during Exodus (November in Stevens Atrium) or have not responded to my e-mail …

• Please fill out a pink address card found in the wall rack of the lobbies in Beebe, SUB and University Mail Services.
• Return completed address card via campus mail.
• Remember to return your mailbox key before you leave campus ($15 will be charged to your account for non-returned mailbox key).

Withdrawing

• Fill out a pink forwarding address card (found in wall rack in the post office lobbies).
• Return completed address card via campus mail or drop it off at University Mail Services.
• Remember to return your mailbox key before you leave campus ($15 will be charged to your account for non-returned mailbox key).

Going on off-campus study trip?

• You were contacted by e-mail regarding your forwarding address for the semester.

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Yeah! Keep your mailbox key. Mail Services will keep and store any packages you receive over the break – until you come back in January. Your mail will be in your mailbox when you return in January.

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Have a great Christmas season! See you in January!

The service window at Mail Services (North Street Annex) will be open on the following dates over the Christmas break:

• Dec. 23-24
• Dec. 30-31
• Jan. 2-3
• Jan. 6-10

Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on all open days listed above.

Mail Services will be closed:

• Dec. 25-27
• Jan. 1

Access to student mailboxes

• Undergrad students: You can access your mailbox on all of the open dates listed.
• VAC graduate students: The last day to check your mailbox is Dec. 20, 2013 (until Jan. 6).

Mail that arrives after Dec. 20 will be held at Mail Services’ North Street Annex from Dec. 21 through Jan. 3. You can stop and ask for it on the open dates. Packages can be picked up during the regular window hours on those open dates.

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.