The Daily Bruin

Getting married during 2011? Timing is everything when it comes to filing your FAFSA.

It is important that you meet with your financial aid counselor for an evaluation before you submit your 2011-12 FAFSA. By doing so, you will learn the best approach for the maximum amount of funding possible. Please keep in mind that you cannot change your marital status once you have filed a FAFSA, so contact your counselor first.

Your financial aid counselors are divided by the first letters of students’ last names:

A-G       Chris Schlarbaum             503-554-2234     cschlarb@georgefox.edu
H-O        Marla Sweningson           503-554-2294     mswening@georgefox.edu
P-Z         Terri Crawford                   503-554-2231     tcrawfor@georgefox.edu

During the holiday break (Dec. 20-31), there will be limited courier service to the Portland and Salem campuses.

Portland: Wednesdays only – Dec. 22 and 29

Salem: No courier service – Dec. 20-31

Normal service will return on Jan 3, 2011.

Encounters with Beethoven, Kenn Willson’s (Performing Arts) live recording CD project, is completed and now available for purchase on his website. Visit this link to buy it or learn more.

Congratulations to Bailey Nelson, Lauren Dodge and James Pena for receiving the most spiritual life credits this semester. Bailey had 48, Lauren 43 and James 41. Good work!

– Spiritual Life

The Bruin Bookstore will be closed Monday morning, Dec. 20, to update of the store’s computer system. The bookstore will reopen as soon as the update is complete.

The bookstore’s hours during the Christmas break will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The store will be closed both Fridays, on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve days.

Attention December graduating seniors and students who are withdrawing:

• Be sure you have filled out a blue forwarding address card. Extras can be found in wall pockets in the lobbies of Beebe and SUB post offices.
• Be sure to return your mailbox key by the last day of finals. A $15 key fine will be charged to your account for a non-returned mailbox key.

Thanks!
Mail Services

Returning next semester?  Keep your mailbox key over the Christmas break. Your mail will be waiting for you when you return in January!

We will hold your packages that come to you during the Christmas break – at GFU Mail Services.

More than 200 students will receive undergraduate and graduate diplomas at the university’s midyear commencement ceremony this Saturday, Dec. 18, in the Wheeler Sports Center. Seating begins at 1 p.m., and the ceremony will start at 2 p.m.

Tickets are not required; however, seating is limited to 10 guests per graduate. At 1:45 p.m., a live broadcast of the ceremony will be available to watch at this link.

David Le Shana, president emeritus of George Fox, will deliver the commencement address. Le Shana also has served as director of public relations, college pastor, evangelist and chaplain at Taylor University.

More specifics on the ceremony are available at commencement.georgefox.edu.

Mail Services will be open the following days during the Christmas break:

• Dec. 20-22
• Dec. 28-30
• Jan. 3-7

Service window hours will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Please join us in Klages between 4:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, as we host our annual Christmas banquet. Dickens carolers, great food, eggnog, yummy desserts and guest carvers will make this a wonderful event as we celebrate the end of finals and the birth of Jesus.

Free to meal-plan students and only $8.25 to everyone else. We look forward to seeing everyone Thursday night!

– Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit

Don’t forget to turn in your December time sheets to your supervisor before you leave for winter break. Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it.

If you will be working over the winter break, make sure you sign and turn in your time sheet when you are done working for the month. The last day of the month is Friday, Dec. 31. Payday is on Friday, Jan. 14.

Have a wonderful Christmas!
– Human Resources

Are you getting Student Health 101? The online health magazine’s December issue has some great articles, including:

• A Finals Survival Guide: Make the Grade at Finals Time With Less Stress
• Grade Yourself on Money Matters
• Maintaining Your Face Value on Facebook
• Your Guide to Indoor and In-Room Workouts
• How to Help a Friend in Crisis
• Information about George Fox Health & Counseling Center with an introduction to our counselors.

You can access Student Health 101 at readsh101.com/georgefox.html

We are happy to announce that students can now indicate via their “Student Service Center” that they want to access their 1098T Tax Form online. Making this selection will give you 24-hour access to a PDF of your tax form as soon as it is ready in January! From there it can be easily printed, e-mailed or saved.

Please be aware that if you “Grant Consent” a printed copy will no longer be mailed to you. If you like to file your taxes quickly, have moved or are concerned about mail safely reaching you, we strongly recommend this option.

Navigation: MyGFU>Student Center>Account Inquiry>Account Services tab, then choose “Grant Consent”.

Questions? Contact Student Financial Services at ext. 2300

Did you know you can create guest permissions so others can view unpaid charges and make payment online?

Navigation: MyGFU Student Center, scroll down to “Account Inquiry”>”Make a Payment”>”Parent/Authorized User” and fill in the boxes. You will need to create for them a PIN number (user name) and enter your guest’s e-mail address. Lastly, CLICK “OK” and a system-generated e-mail will be sent to your guest with a temporary password that they will need to change once they are logged in.

Questions? Contact Jenny Getsinger at jgetsinger@georgefox.edu

Is there someone at George Fox who has made a difference in your academic career? Someone who ignited a spark to make you want to learn or attend class or who has acted as a role model? Take a moment to write an e-mail, e-card, or traditional “thank you” card to that professor (or other person). Try to be specific as you describe how this person has contributed to your life.

Use your own card or stop by the Student Life front desk to pick up a blank card. Sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

The Center for Peace and Justice and the political science department will provide 15 free copies of the new book The Poor Will Be Glad: Joining the Revolution to Lift the World out of Poverty, by Peter Greer, to the first 15 students who sign up. These students will participate in a talk-back session with the author when he comes to campus on Jan. 20.

The 15 participants will need to commit to reading the book before Jan. 19 and participate in the talk-back session with author Greer, president of Hope International. We still have 12 copies remaining.

E-mail peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu or stop by the Center for Peace and Justice to pick up your copy.

Stock up on Bruin items for the new year and come to the Bruin Bookstore’s Christmas sale! Save up to 20 percent on all imprinted items (except diploma frames). Sale ends Dec. 23.

Don’t forget to join us today (Monday) in the MLRC multipurpose room for the annual Wassail Party for wassail, coffee and cookies. It’s the library’s treat to you!

The Fitness Center will be closed from 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 17, until Monday, Jan. 10. Ask Santa for a one-month membership to a health club to jump start your New Year’s resolution! The track is available also.

Have a wonderful Christmas.

Please note the schedule change for meal times in Klages and hours for the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe in the coming weeks:

Monday, Dec. 13
Klages – Open at 8 a.m.
Bruin Den – 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Villa – Closed

Tuesday-Thursday, Dec. 14-16
Klages and Bruin Den – Regular hours of operation
Villa – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 17
Klages:

• Breakfast – 7:15-10 a.m.
• Lunch – 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
• Dinner – 4:30-6 p.m.

Bruin Den – 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Villa – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 18
Klages (Cap and Gown)
Breakfast – 8-9 a.m. (last board meal)

Sunday, Jan. 9
Klages – 5-7 p.m. (first board meal)

Monday, Jan. 10
Resume all regular hours all locations