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. Â Need help deciding on a major or looking at your vocational calling? Consider registering for GEED 214; Claim Your Career Calling
2. Â Need to solidify those important internship plans? Â Consider registering for GEED 216; Become Workplace Familiar
3. Â Need to hone those job seeking skills to beat the competition? Â Consider registering for GEED 218; Find Suitable Employment.
Register for our 1-credit courses through General Education in MyGFU class schedules. Â 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:Â 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 eâ€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.â€
Next under the “What I Owe” section, choose “Make a Paymentâ€.
Then choose “Click Here to Make a Payment.â€
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. Â 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. Â 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.
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:
Thanks!
Mail Services
Returning next semester? Â 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:
Service window hours will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
