The Daily Bruin

Friday, Jan. 14, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Jan. 15, 4 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Jan. 15, 6 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

Please note that games are two hours earlier on Saturday to accommodate Whitman travel plans.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the Bruins’ website at gfubruins.com.

Looking for some quality classical music? Kenn Willson (Performing Arts) can help. His CD, “Encounters with Beethoven – The Live Recording Project,” is available in the music office on the Newberg campus and on his website.

Did you know that George Fox has a self-service password reset tool available? Login to MyGFU, and click on the “Password Reset Questions” link in the Account Management section to set it up. You will need to select and answer two security questions from the drop-down lists there.

After that, be sure that you have a non-GFU e-mail address submitted within your personal record. To update/verify your non-GFU e-mail address in MyGFU:

1. Click on “Self Service”
2. Click on “Campus Personal Information”
3. Click on “E-mail Addresses”
4. If you do not have a personal or non-GFU e-mail address listed, click on the “Add An Email Address” button to add one to your account
5. Click the “Save” button to complete the process

In the future, if you forget your password, click the “Forgot Password” button on the MyGFU login screen to request a temporary password. You will be asked to provide the answers to your security questions. The temporary password will be sent to your non-GFU e-mail, allowing you to log into MyGFU and change your university login password.

Please contact the Service Desk (503-554-2569) if you have any questions or need assistance with the setting up your security questions.

Nasser Abufarha, a Palestinian-American scholar and social entrepreneur, will present a free lecture, “Insisting on Life: Martyrdom and Fair Trade in Palestine,” on campus Wednesday, Jan. 19. A guest of the university’s Center for Peace and Justice, Abufarha will speak from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Abufarha is the founder of the Palestine Fair Trade Association and Canaan Fair Trade, which is bringing Palestinian olive oil and other traditional foods to mainstream American and European markets, while also improving economic conditions for more than 1,700 farmers in the West Bank. Canaan Fair Trade today is the largest exporter of certified fair trade and organic Palestinian olive oil to America and Europe.

Abufarha is the author of The Making of a Human Bomb: An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance. The book, described as “required reading” by the American Journal of Sociology, explains how geographic separation of Palestinians and mimetic actions to Israeli state repression will continue to be a source of violence until Palestinians can experience actual rootedness in their land and start to explore alternative exchanges between themselves and Israelis.

The university’s Center for Peace and Justice has collaborated with the Friends of William Stafford to bring several notable poets, including the current and former poet laureates of Oregon, a documentary film maker, and our very own Ed Higgins to the Newberg campus Thursday, Jan. 13, to honor the life and work of this beloved Oregon poet who strove to promote peace and justice through his creativity.

Thursday’s events are free and open to the public. There is no registration required. The day begins with a screening of Haydn Reiss’s new documentary on Stafford, Every War has Two Losers, featuring a discussion with Reiss himself afterward. The event closes at the Coffee Cottage with a musical performance by Bill Joliff and Seth Martin.

Event details and itinerary can be found at this link.

For the past few years, George Fox has utilized FOXALERT as a method of notifying the Newberg campus faculty, staff and students in the event of a campus-wide emergency. Each semester we update the FOXALERT database with your current contact information that we download from MyGFU. For this system to work, it is vital that you take a few minutes to update your contact information.

We are planning a test of the FoxAlert system within the next few weeks!

If you have not done so recently, please update your contact information by signing into MyGFU. Following are the steps to take:

• Login to your MyGFU account
• Click on SELF SERVICE
• Click on CAMPUS PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Click on PHONE NUMBERS
• On the PHONE TYPE pick list, choose the phone type you are registering.
• Type in your contact information
• Click SAVE
• If you need to add a number, first click on ADD A PHONE NUMBER
• Make sure you click SAVE after each change

In the near future, we will test FOXALERT as well as give you information on opting in or out to receive text messages. Your safety is very important to us. Please work with us to provide you with timely information should an emergency arise.

If you have questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Sincerely,
Brad Lau, VP of Student Life

Snow and icy conditions are in the forecast for this week. We caution you to walk carefully on icy sidewalks and to avoid walking beneath trees whose branches may fall due to snow.

In case of a weather-related campus closure, we want to make sure you have the information you need.

Weather Closure Policy

On rare occasions, classes may need to be canceled and offices closed due to adverse weather conditions or for other emergency reasons.

The provost decides if conditions warrant canceling classes or closing offices for the Newberg campus and the Portland and Salem centers. (Closure decisions in Boise and Redmond are made by local administrators.)

Major considerations are road conditions, ice, utility service disruption, and how long the severe weather or emergency is likely to last. Decisions on day classes are announced by 6:15 a.m., if possible. Most decisions on evening classes are posted by 2:15 p.m..

In no circumstances should employees or students put themselves in danger in an attempt to get to campus.

To find out if a closure decision has been made when bad weather occurs:

* Listen to local radio and television stations
* Call Newsline, the university’s recorded announcements, at 503-554-3868
* Call the George Fox switchboard at 503-538-8383
* Check television and newspaper Web sites:

o kgw.com
o koin.com
o kptv.com
o katu.com
o columbian.com
o oregonlive.com
o flashalert.net

Please submit off-campus study applications to the Center for Global Studies by this Friday, Jan. 14. This is for students wishing to study off-campus in fall 2011 and spring 2012.

Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu.

Come serve with us in the city! The second annual MLK Day of Service, in collaboration with seven other universities, is set for Monday, Jan. 17.

Only 70 spots are left. Any George Fox employee and student may join, but you must sign up online in order to attend. We will meet at 7 a.m. on Monday and return to campus the same day no later than 5 p.m.

For accommodations information and questions, contact Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Student Programs) at syonemura@georgefox.edu or ext. 2318.

Little Bruin Applications will be available Tuesday, January 11th! In the Bruin Den next to the ASC offices. Due back January 21 to Box #4125.

Questions? Email Little Bruin Coordinator, Kendra Phillips, phillipsk07@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services will open at 7:30 am on Monday, January 10th. Come early to pick up your packages and avoid some of the rush!

Mail Services!

1.  Need help deciding on a major or looking at your vocational calling? Consider registering for GEED 214; Claim Your Career Calling
2.  Need to solidify those important internship plans?  Consider registering for GEED 216; Become Workplace Familiar
3.  Need to hone those job seeking skills to beat the competition?  Consider registering for GEED 218; Find Suitable Employment.

Register for our 1-credit courses through General Education in MyGFU class schedules.  See you online?

Questions? Contact Bonnie Jerke at bjerke@georgefox.edu

If so, and you will be a traditional undergraduate student for the 2011-12 academic year, you may be qualified to apply for the George Fox Alumni Association Scholarship Program. Each year, the George Fox Alumni Association awards 16 scholarships to current students who are direct descendants (children or grandchildren) of George Fox alumni. In total, the GFU Alumni Association will award $17,000 to students for the 2011-12 academic year.

To learn more about the program and to get an application click on the following link:

http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/alumnischolarshipapp_2011.pdf

Applications are due in Alumni Relations by 5:00pm, Monday, January 31, 2011.

Please contact Robby Larson, director of alumni relations, at rlarson@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Guitar Lessons and Classes are offered for Winter 2011 at George Fox!

Group Classes are offered for beginners (Tues/Thurs. 9:40am-10:30am). Learn to strum and pick popular worship songs while learning to read music. MUSI 250-A

Private Lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level. All styles are covered including jazz, blues, rock, worship, folk, etc. MUSA 105/305 GT

Email George Fox guitar professor Dave Iula for more info: daveiula1@gmail.com

Students-if you have changed residences over the break from one side of the campus to the other, or on/off campus, you will need a new parking permit. Also, if you are bringing another car to campus other than what you registered in the fall, that will necessitate a new parking permit as well. Please scrape off your previous permit and bring it to the Security office during office hours so we can change your vehicle/permit registration.

If you were registered as NOCAR last semester, but will have a vehicle this semester, you will need to go on myGFU and DELETE your NOCAR registration, and then input your vehicle information. A permit will then be assigned to you and sent to the main Post Office where you will need to sign for it.

Every student is required to either register their vehicle, or register as NOCAR by the add/drop date, so please don’t delay! You will be issued and charged for a parking permit if you have not done this by Friday, January 21.

Textbooks are arriving daily at GFU Mail Services.  If you live in the Newberg or surrounding area, you can stop by this Thursday or Friday (Jan, 6 or 7).  Hours:  8:00 – 4:30.
We are closed Saturday and Sunday – so come this Thursday or Friday and avoid next  Monday’s rush!
Thanks!
University Mail Services

Want to expedite your payment? There are no longer any online service fees charged for bank drafts (also called e‐checks or ACH payments). You will need your bank routing information found on the bottom of your checks, then follow these steps:

Sign into your account at mygfu.georgefox.edu

Go to Student Resources and navigate to your Student Center.

Under the Finances section, find “My Account” and click below that on “Account Inquiry.”

Next under the “What I Owe” section, choose “Make a Payment”.

Then choose “Click Here to Make a Payment.”

Next click on the word “Amount” and edit amount as needed.

Now, choose “Add to Shopping Cart” and be sure to follow all the steps to “check out” properly.

Please Note: Credit card payment is also available online with a 2.75% additional fee. Cards accepted include Master Card, Discover and American Express. Unfortunately, VISA policies currently prevent us from being able to accept VISA.

Students who registered after spring bills were printed and mailed in December or who are expecting an updated bill will need to access their student account charges through their student service center. Everything you need… account transactions, pending aid and payment due dates are all accessible online at mygfu.georgefox.edu.

If you are from Oregon and have been a recipient in the past of the Oregon Opportunity Grant (OOG) or believe you may qualify for it in 2011-12, it is more important than ever to FILE THE FAFSA EARLY.  Due to shortfalls with state funding, it is expected that the OOG will run out even sooner than it did in 2010-11. The only way to secure the potential of this award is to file within the first week or two of January, 2011. Estimating your income is expected and encouraged in order to file early.  We in Student Financial Services would like to help you secure as much funding as you possibly can so please gather up your information and head towww.fafsa.gov soon after the first of the year.

MyGFU will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance beginning Wednesday, Dec. 29. at 5:30 p.m. through Sunday afternoon, Jan. 2, 2011.