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:
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on all open days listed above.
Mail Services will be closed:
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 …
Withdrawing
Going on off-campus study trip?
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:
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on all open days listed above.
Mail Services will be closed:
Access to student mailboxes
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.
Drop by the library’s annual wassail party today (Monday) between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Please take a break and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for homemade cookies, wassail and coffee.
Our treat to you!
– Library staff
W-2 consent needed from all (including student employees)
If you have not yet given consent to receive your W-2 online, please do so now before we order forms for printing. It takes just a minute to log into MyGFU and go to “Self Service,” “Payroll and Compensation,” “W-2 Consent” and check the box. Help us go green today!
Update your personal data in MyGFU
While you’re in MyGFU, please verify that your address, social security number, and any other personal information is up to date before we issue W-2s. From “Self Service,” open the “Campus Personal Information” screen and verify/update your information. If there is a change or misspelling in your primary name, please contact HR at hr@georgefox.edu.
As you are cleaning out your dorms and offices before Christmas break, it would be greatly appreciated if you would bring back to Bon Appetit any dishware you may have “accidentally” taken out of the building with you this past semester.
We have some bus tubs set up just outside the dish room for your convenience in returning dishes.
Thank you!
Don’t forget to come celebrate with the English department as we showcase the work of our seniors tonight (Monday)!
Take a welcome break from studying to support your friends and classmates, who will be sharing works of poetry, creative non-fiction, literary criticism, and more. English majors and minors are particularly encouraged to attend.
The showcase will be held in Hoover 105 at 7 p.m. Any questions? Contact Abigail Rine at arine@georgefox.edu.
1. Lei Tian, Miaomiao Cao, Yajin Cao
ltian13@georgefox.edu mcao13@georgefox.edu ycao13@georgefox.edu
We need go to Boltbus station in Portalnd on Dec.23 and we need someone pick us up come back to Georgefox on 27th. Thanks!
Please note: Students are also encouraged to post their ride requests on the “community bulletin board†located outside of the Blue Zone store.
DISCLAIMER: Student Life does not accept any responsibility for this service beyond making connections on The Daily Bruin. Students must accept full responsibility for all actions and results resulting from connecting with other students regarding ride sharing.
Residents at Friendsview Retirement Center have requested help from George Fox students to decorate their wheelchairs for Christmas.
Take a break from studying at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, to help with the festivities. Decorating begins at 2:30 p.m. and will last about an hour. There will be Christmas music and fellowship with the elderly  in our community.
If you are interesting in helping, meet in the Bruin Den at 2:15 p.m.
For more information, please contact Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.
Join ASC in the Stevens Lobby at 9:30 p.m. tonight (Dec. 13) to watch and interact with Buddy The Elf!
If you haven’t seen the movie before, you’re in for a treat. Even if you have seen the movie, you’re in for a treat. We’ll experience and journey through the movie with Buddy The Elf. The viewing of this movie will include possible interactive activities like: Chugging soda as fast as possible and try to burp louder and longer than Buddy, eating marshmellows, and more.
You’re not going to want to miss this fun event.
For more information, please contact David Shin at yshin10@georgefox.edu.
ALL Juniors Abroad documents are due Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The only way to secure your spot on your trip is to make sure you have all documents turned in on time. Turn documents in to Lynn Scott in Lemmons 9.
For more information, please contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.
Applications to go on a Semester Abroad trip are due Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Make sure all documents are turned in to Lynn Scott in Lemmons 9.
For more information, please contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.
Today (Friday) is the last day to donate clothes to the Bruin Heritage club’s clothing drive! Bring your items to the Bruin Den between 2 and 4 p.m.
Questions? Contact Taylor Ellis at tellis12@georgefox.edu.
Textbook Buyback begins Monday, Dec. 16! This semester, Buyback will be in the Textbook Annex (not the main store). You may check the value of your books ahead of time and print a price quote for an extra 10 percent back.
Go to gfubookstore.com, click on “Sell Textbooks,” select “George Fox University” and enter the book information. Print the quote to lock in your prices (valid for 24 hours only) and bring that to the Annex. (Rental books are also due by Friday, Dec. 20, at 4 p.m.)
Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.
Bookmaking Workshop with Forrest Freed at the Chehalem Cultural Center!
When: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 6–9 p.m.
Cost: $20
For the holiday season, Forrest Freed will be offering a Book Arts workshop where you will learn how to create a “pamphlet stitch book.” These books could function as a great handmade Christmas gift as either a journal, sketchbook, or photo album. It will have blank pages inside and a colorful cover, and the making process will involve simple folding and gluing.
If time permits, we will also make and decorate Christmas cards and envelopes.
For more information about this workshop, or to register for it, please go to the Chehalem Cultural Center website or click this link.
Come celebrate with the English department as we showcase the work of our seniors!
Take a welcome break from studying to support your friends and classmates, who will be sharing works of poetry, creative non-fiction, literary criticism, and more. English majors and minors are particularly encouraged to attend.
The showcase will be held in Hoover 105 at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16. Any questions? Contact Abigail Rine at arine@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual wassail party on Monday, Dec. 16, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Please take a break on “Dead Day” and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for homemade cookies, wassail and coffee.
Our treat to you!
– Library staff
Swing by EHS today (Thursday) to see the engineering department’s 10th annual “Wobble-Off” competition. Engines will be on display in the EHS Atrium from 2 to 3 p.m., and the engine competition begins at 3 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Come and enjoy this demonstration of freshman engineering students’ first projects – an exciting variety of oscillating steam/air-operated engines. The event highlights the students’ first-year studies in engineering design, solid modeling and machining, and showcases the creative and impressive results of their design-build projects.
The students’ engines will compete in a variety of categories, including maximum speed, minimum vibration, maximum coast, cost efficiency and creativity/craftsmanship.
Questions? Contact Neal Ninteman at nninteman@georgefox.edu.
