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:
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 Consentâ€.
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:
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
Don’t forget! Applications for off-campus semester programs through George Fox are due the first Friday of spring semester, Jan. 14. Those wishing to spend a semester studying at one of our off-campus study programs during fall 2011 or spring 2012 must apply by this date. Completed applications include faculty recommendations, essays, and approval signatures, so it is best to begin your application as soon as possible!
Applications are available at the Center for Global Studies or online at this link. For program information and policies and procedures, please visit the Center for Global Studies webpage.
For further information, please contact Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu
Poinsettias will be sold for $5 after this weekend’s Christmas Concert. You may pay and reserve your poinsettias at any of the performances, but they will not be available for pick-up until after Sunday’s performance.
If you cannot make it on Sunday, they will be available for pick-up on Monday in the music office.
George Fox is again participating in the annual MLK Day of Service in Portland! This is a great opportunity for us to represent the university in the city.
Please register at this link. The event is scheduled from 6:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 17. We’ll be leaving from the Duke Atrium in the Stevens Center. There is no cost to you, as we’ll provide breakfast, lunch and transportation.
Check out last year’s event on YouTube. See who you can find from Fox! Only 125 volunteers can sign up from George Fox, so register early.
Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura, director of Multicultural Student Programs, at syonemura@georgefox.edu.
Interested in honing your artistic skills? Register now for ARTS 245 (4431), watercolor painting taught by Gary Buhler. Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. during spring semester.
Do you want to be more involved with campus events? Do you like taking pictures? If you answered yes to these questions, you should consider working for the darkroom next semester. We take pictures for the Crescent and the yearbook.
If this sounds like something you’d like to try or if you have more questions, e-mail Lindley King at lking06@georgefox.edu right away!
Christmas Cookie Decorating with the Psychology Department
Thursday, December 9th at 12:00 pm in Cap and Gown A&B
Come hang out with the psych club, chat with the professors, and
decorate some Christmas Cookies
Then at 5:00 pm the Psych Club is having Pizza and Christmas Activities in Hoover 105
Students-the last Lost and Found tables of the semester will take place in the Bruin Den on Monday, Dec. 13 between 11 and 1:30pm. Please stop by to look for your lost items as all items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes Monday afternoon.
Questions? Contact Security at x2090
The yearbook staff wants your fun photos. We would love to see what you captured at sporting events, club activities, or any other main event from this year for the 2010-2011 yearbook. Send pictures as an attachment in an e-mail to Hannah Wilcox at hwilcox06@georgefox.edu. Send pictures of your friends; they will thank you for it!
Don’t forget to drop by the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS Thursday (Dec. 9) to check out the engineering program’s seventh annual “Wobble-Off” engine competition from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The demonstration will feature a variety of oscillating steam/air-operated engines built by freshmen students. It is the culmination of the students’ first-year studies in engineering design, solid modeling and machining.
The engines will compete in a variety of categories, including maximum speed, minimum vibration, maximum coast, cost efficiency and creativity/craftsmanship. All are welcome.
