Midyear commencement is set to take place at 2 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 19, in Miller Gymnasium on the Newberg campus. Please visit the university’s commencement site to get details, including hooding ceremonies and luncheon information.
The music department is selling poinsettias from the Christmas concert for $5 each. You can pick them up and pay for them at the music office (Ross 201) between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 18.
The music department wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Want to know if you are really prepared for your upcoming job search? Contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or visit Stevens 220 to complete a Job Search Readiness Survey and setting appropriate goals to reach that readiness level. You might be surprised at what it takes to compete in our current market-be prepared. We can help.
Attention Students:
Not Returning next semester? Graduating, withdrawing, or studying abroad?
1. Email lsartwel@georgefox.edu with your forwarding address. Or fill out a Forwarding address card available in Beebe, the SUB or at Univerity Mail Services. Return the card to Mail Services.
2. Return your mailbox key to Mail Services before you leave campus.
Returning Next Semester?
1. Keep your mailbox key over the Christmas break.
2. Your mail will be waiting for you when you return.
Merry Christmas!
– Mail Services
Don’t forget to turn in your December timesheets 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 timesheet when you are done working for the month. Payday is on Friday, January 15. Have a wonderful Christmas!
– Human Resources
With the chance of inclement arriving this weekend it is possible that alternative plans will be made for the Winter Formal – A Knight of Enchantment.
Please check the ASC website for up-to-date information about this event and any changes that may take place due to weather.
Students eligible to change their meal plan for the Spring 2010 semester may now do so by logging into their MYGFU account.
Once you have logged onto your MYGFU account, find STUDENT RESOURCES.
Then find ENROLLMENT FORMS. You will be asked to LOG IN again.
There you will find your MEAL PLAN SELECTION FOR SPRING 2010.
The meal plans that you are eligible for, based on the number of credit hours you have attempted/completed, will be listed there.
All changes to meal plans in MYGFU MUST be made prior to Friday, January 22, 2010.
More information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plans Options page.
If you need assistance, please contact Jere Witherspoon in Student Life Office.
The last lost and found tables of the semester will be set up from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the Bruin Den. Any items not recovered by the owners will be donated to charitable causes after this date, so be sure to stop by if you are missing an item!
Join the university in saying farewell to Ron and Carolyn Stansell at a retirement reception from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center. Ron has served as professor of religion with a missions emphasis for the past 25 years. Carolyn worked in Student Financial Services for seven years and then, together with Ron, led students in our South American Studies Program for the past five years. They will retire this spring upon returning from Bolivia.
Celebrate with us their years of dedication and valuable contributions to George Fox.
Check out the new website for ASC. It includes a school calendar, quick link to university sports, information on ASC members and more. Visit it at asc.georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget the library’s annual wassail party Monday, Dec. 14! Take a break and drop by the MLRC anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for snacks, wassail and coffee!
There are only two weeks remaining to do your Christmas shopping! Come check out the new styles of clothing at the Bruin Bookstore and take 25 percent off during our Christmas sale Dec. 14-22. Sale also includes 25 percent off on gift items (does not include diploma frames), 25 percent off on children’s books and 30 percent off on Christmas products.
Store hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. next week, Monday through Friday, during finals.
Senior business capstone groups invite you and your families to join us this Saturday, Dec. 12, for our first community market. It will be held in EHS from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be live Christmas music, great food and local vendors, with a percentage of the sales going toward the Patrick Kibler fund.
Some of the local vendors include Victoria Lavender, Scarf it Up, and authors Dirk Barram, Jim Foster and Erin Macy. Come support the community and our business students while also doing some Christmas shopping.
Any questions e-mail us at dreamlocal@gmail.com.
For those hoping to participate in a semester study program off campus next year, it’s time to get your applications completed and ready to turn in by the deadline on Friday, Jan. 15.
There will be an information table in the Bruin Den on Wednesday, Dec. 16, between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Stop by with your questions for Lon Fendall, director of the Center for Global Studies.
A piece from a recent senior thesis exhibit, an Oregon Symphony 2009-10 season brochure, is missing. If you have any information concerning its whereabouts, please write rwhitley05@georgefox.edu. It was part of a graphic artist’s show and needs to be returned.
The Staff Development Committee would like to thank the university community for joining in our fall 2009 “HUGS for Kids” clothing drive for Love INC. Together, we collected dozens of hats, umbrellas, gloves and scarves as well as several boxes of personal hygiene items and lots and lots of toys! Thank you for making this winter a whole lot more fun and warm for many, many Newberg kids.
Interested in a career in the sports and entertainment industry? Career Services is sponsoring transportation to the Sports and Entertainment Career & Internship Fair at the Rose Garden on February 9th.
The cost is $15, which includes transportation, career fair registration, and a ticket that night’s Blazer game. This offer is limited to the first ten students to sign-up.
Contact Career Services (x2330 or careers@georgefox.edu). Game on!
The Fitness Center will follow the following schedule during the holiday break. On days it is open, the hours are 6 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.
Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 21-22, OPEN
Wednesday through Sunday, Dec. 23-27, CLOSED
Monday through Thursday, Dec. 28-31, OPEN
Friday through Sunday, Jan. 1-3, CLOSED
Monday through Friday, Jan. 4-8, OPEN
Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 9-10, CLOSED
Monday, Jan. 11: First day of spring semester
The music department has five MIDI digital pianos for sale — just in time for the holidays!
The Kawai PN60 pianos have 76 keys and are selling for $175 each. They are in excellent working condition and sound great. They can be played with earphones so as not to disturb the family. They feature MIDI connection, an onboard recorder (sequencer), metronome and demo songs. In addition, about 10-12 different sounds are built in to each keyboard.
If you have wanted to hook up your computer to a keyboard, now is the time. These will go fast at this price.
The keyboards are currently in Ross 218 and are available to look at anytime the lab is open. They will be removed on Dec. 18 and will be available for pick-up by appointment Dec 21-24. Any unsold pianos will be posted for sale on craigslist as of Dec 18.
For more information contact:
Debbie Hawblitzel
Administrative Assistant, Performing Arts Department
Telephone: 503-554-2620
E-mail: dhawblit@georgefox.edu
To read more about the piano, click on this link to the owner’s manual.
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 email, 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.
This idea sponsored by the Academic Resource Center/Writing Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning.
