The Daily Bruin

You can help make Christmas special for a Newberg family with two small boys (ages 4 and 8). A giving tree is located in the Stevens Center lobby. The family will pick up the decorated Christmas tree and gifts Friday, Dec. 14, by 5 p.m. Gifts for the children, gift certificates, food, etc. are welcomed.

Questions? Contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121.

Please make meal plan changes by December 14, 2007.

Check out the student life website for more information about meal plans.

Questions can be directed to Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office.

Help make Christmas special for a Newberg family with two small boys – ages 4 and 8.

The Giving Tree is located in the Stevens Center lobby.  The family will pick up the decorated Christmas tree and gifts Friday, Dec. 14 by 5 p.m.

Gifts for the children, gift certificates, food, etc. are welcomed.

If you have any questions please contact Danya Ochsner at ext. 2121.

Thank you, George Fox!  The Urban Services coin drive and jewelry drive this semester were a tremendous success.  We were able to give jewelry to women in Portland and Salem as Christmas presents, and still have more gifts to give. 

Urban Services is doing well, and cannot be done without your love for relationships.  Thank you!

The university will host its midyear commencement ceremony in the James and Lila Miller Gymnasium on the Newberg campus Saturday, Dec. 15. The commencement will start at 2 p.m., with audience seating at 1 p.m. Tickets are not required. Seating is limited to no more than 10 guests per graduate.

Nearly 190 students will take part in the ceremony. Graduates are to assemble at the Wheeler Sports Center at 1 p.m. For more information on the ceremony, visit the commencement website.

Are you graduating this semester?

If so, have you picked up your regalia (cap and gown)?

Today, Thursday, Dec. 13, is your last day to pick it up.

Refer to the Commencement webpage for pick-up times and locations:
georgefox.edu/offices/academic_affairs/commencement/decembercommencementinformation.html

Questions? Contact Sandie Tuck (Registrar) at ext. 2218 or at stuck@georgefox.edu.

The University Store’s Christmas sale is running this week and next, concluding Friday, Dec. 21. Save 20 percent on George Fox imprinted items (except diploma frames), World of Good items, and Christmas products. You also save 10 percent on all Burt’s Bees, Prestige cosmetics, and all jewelry. Bookstore hours this week are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; next week, hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

As you prepare to leave for Christmas break, we also are preparing for the entrance of new students and students returning from study abroad trips. If your living area has an empty spot, please prepare this space to be clean and organized for the possible move of a new or returning student.  This preparation should be complete before you leave for Christmas break. Thank you for your help and cooperation.

If a new student or transfer is placed in your living area, you and your roommates will be notified via e-mail during the break. This information will also be available in Bruin Data under My Data—Student Life/Housing.

If you have any questions please e-mail housing@georgefox.edu.

Have a wonderful Christmas break!

Security Services will set up lost and found tables from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Bruin Den. This will be the last time to retrieve your lost items for this year. After 1:30 p.m., remaining items will be given to charitable causes. So, if you are missing items, be sure and stop by the tables.

Clean Sweep is a business created out of George Fox University’s senior capstone business class. As part of our cleaning service, Clean Sweep will arrive with two crewmembers and all supplies needed to clean your home.

The rate for the two person cleaning team is thirty dollars an hour.
Half of our proceeds will be contributed into the Patrick Kibbler Memorial fund.

Services will include but are not limited to
– Dusting
– Vacuuming
– Mopping
– Cleaning showers
– Cleaning toilets
– Wiping counters
– Dusting cobwebs
– Emptying trash bins
– Cleaning appliances
– Cleaning windows

Customize the cleaning you want for your home!

Contact us at georgefoxcleansweep@gmail.com or call Kelsey Burghardt at 503-991-1292.

Students graduating on December 15, 2007 please visit the commencement website: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/academic_affairs/commencement/
for complete details of the events of the day, including regalia pick-up. 

Bon Appetit will host a Christmas banquet in the Klages Dining Room between 4:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, for all students on meal plans and other guests. Along with strolling carolers, eggnog, and hot apple cider, the menu includes roasted baron of beef, grilled chicken with wild mushroom demi sauce, assorted salads, and Christmas desserts.

Non-meal plan students and guests are welcome for $10 plus cans of food to be donated to Love Inc.

I just want to thank all of my George Fox family for the outpouring of love, prayer, thoughts, money, gifts, flowers, and cards. I appreciate everything the Fox community has done for me, and I am so touched by everything that has been done. I am on the road to recovery, and am looking foward to returning next semester.

Thank You,
Arianne Reagor

Interested in a summer 2008 PAID professional internship?Juniors, Seniors, & Graduate Students qualify.

Your mail will be in your campus mailbox when you return in Janurary.  Keep your mailbox key.

Beebe and SUB Post Offices will be open during the Christmas break on regular work days.  Hours are posted in the lobbies.

Window Service at University Mail Services is from 8:00 – 4:30pm on regular work days.  Days and hours posted at University Mail Services.

Graduating or withdrawing?

1. You must fill out a blue forwarding address card found in wall racks in the Beebe and SUB Post Office, and at the University Mail Center.  Return completed card to Mail Services.

2. Return your mail box key before you leave campus.  (Avoid a $15.00 key charge.)

3. Questions?  Email lsartwel@georgefox.edu

The nursing department has adopted another family for Christmas, and employees and students are welcome to help. The family includes a working father, a stay-at-home mom, two daughters (ages 5 and 7), and a baby on the way.

Nursing has set up a gift tree on the second floor of the Hoover Academic Building. On it are ornaments with a gift listed on each. To participate, take an ornament, purchase the gift, and give it (wrapped or unwrapped) to Elaine Smith (Nursing). All gifts must be turned in by Wednesday, Dec. 12, so they can be delivered Thursday, Dec. 13, to the family.

Nursing also is seeking a tree and decorations to donate to the family. If anyone is willing to donate these, contact us.

There is also a food bin located by the tree for nonperishable foods (canned, boxed, etc.) for the family. Money collected is going toward the purchase of a gift card so the family can purchase perishable foods (turkey, produce, etc.).

Questions? E-mail Dottie Massey or Megan Davidson.

This is for such a wonderful cause and we appreciate everyone’s help.

Thank you,

– The Nursing Department and The Nursing Association

With Christmas break approaching, we ask that you secure your bikes in your living area or take them home if you don’t plan to use them again. This will cut down the temptation for those who wish to take one as an early Christmas present.

Have a Merry Christmas.

– Security Services

Winter Weather Left You Cold With No Cash to Burn? 

Warm Up With Extra Money When You Sell Back Your Textbooks!

In Front of Bookstore In S.U.B.
3 Days: Wednesday, December 12 – Friday, December 14
9:00am-4:00pm

Bring all CD’s, tapes and supplemental waterials with your textbooks

Check buy back pricing at – www.store.georgefox.edu

The George Fox University Store has proudly teamed up with the Used Textbook Association to help make textbooks more affordable. 

Now through December 21, 2007, students may go to the student section at www.usedtextbookassociation.org and register for a chance to win $500 for textbooks for the next term.  Ten $500 prizes will be awarded to qualifying students who are currently enrolled at a UTA-member college or university. 

Winners will be announced by December 31, 2007.

Contact Candy Schlott at cschlott@georgefox.edu for more information.