The Daily Bruin

The university community is invited to Lindgren Gallery this month and next to see to work of Kim Chai, a printmaker and textile designer who recently moved to Newberg from Hawaii. Her work will be on display Thursday, Jan. 14, through Friday, Feb. 26.

At the conclusion of the exhibit, a closing reception will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25.

Questions? Contact Gary Buhler at gbuhler@georgefox.edu.

If you are bringing back a car after Christmas break, or are new to George Fox and registering for the first time, your parking permit fee for spring semester is $60.

If you live on campus, be sure to put your campus PO box number as your “mailing” address, as permits can take up to two weeks to arrive. Please print out the temporary permit that will be emailed to you, and put that on your dashboard until your permit arrives.

Questions? Out-of-the-box situation? Email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu. See you soon!

A beginning guitar class and private guitar lessons are being offered this spring on campus for credit! Sign up and add some fun and a new skill to your schedule.

The Beginning Guitar Class is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting. Learn the skills to play all your favorite rock, folk, pop and worship songs! No experience is necessary, but your own guitar is. The class is MUSI 250-A (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 4:15-5:05 p.m.). Currently we’re only offering one section, but may offer a second if the first one fills up.

Private Guitar Lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level very quickly. One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and you’ll get top-notch instruction that is specific to your skill level and caters to the styles of music that you really want to learn. We can focus on anything from classical, rock, blues, metal, shred, folk, worship, etc. It’s up to you. The class is MUSA 105 GT/305 GT.

Lessons and class are taught by G.I.T. Musicians Institute graduate and veteran guitar player/instructor Jordan Stricklen.

Email Jordan directly for more info on applied lessons: jstricklen@georgefox.edu.

Join the community of Newberg as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and celebrate his legacy with a free program featuring a talk by Johnny Lake of Northwest Christian University and performances by local musicians and artists, including two of our very own students.

This year’s commemoration will be held at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. An informal social hour with refreshments will also be held prior to the program, from 5 to 6 p.m.

Questions? Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in leading a serve trip over spring break? We are looking for both student and faculty leaders. Here are the trip descriptions:

Haiti
In partnership with the French department, a team of students will be immersed in the Haitian culture as well as serve alongside local ministries and health care organizations. The trip will be led by Isabelle Corneaux and Jaques St. Gelus. Separate applications are required.

Camp Attitude
Students will partner and serve with Camp Attitude, a not-for-profit Christian organization dedicated to providing a unique faith-based camping experience for families in the disability community. Students will help complete projects for the camp and maintain facilities for the special needs community

Flying H Ranch, Yakima, Wash.
This trip is located at the Flying H Ranch, located 30 miles west of Yakima, Wash. The ranch ministers to at-risk youth. On this trip, students will do physical labor as well as spend some time with the boys in worship, devotions, meals, games and conversation.

Urban Impact, Seattle
A team of students will serve with Urban Impact in Seattle, focusing on building relationships and serving in the community through the local church. The team will do a variety of work projects, which may include tutoring, service projects, administrative work and cleaning.

Mending Wings, Washington
We will partner with Mending Wings, a nonprofit Native American youth organization located on the Yakama Reservation in Washington state. Students will come alongside the reservation community to build trust and friendship while serving alongside them painting homes, cleaning yards of garbage and debris, chopping wood for elders, mowing, weeding gardens, working at a homeless shelter, doing light construction projects, and perhaps working at one of their local powwows.

San Francisco
This trip will go to San Francisco to work with ReImagine, a center for integrating Christian practice. The week will consist of guided prayer tours, trash pick-up, serving meals to people living on the streets, learning about local issues such as human trafficking and poverty, as well as spending time in group and individual spiritual reflection.

If you are interested in participating, applications are due no later than Friday, Feb. 12. If you would like to serve as a student leader, applications are due Saturday, Jan. 30.

Applications can be found at the SpIL website under “Get Involved” and “Service + Ministry,” or follow this link.

Contact Mikayla Greenwell (mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Foster Parents Night Out is here! This will be a monthly event (the second Saturday of the month from 4 to 8 p.m.) when students will get to interact, mentor and spend time with children in the foster care system while foster parents get a few hours off.

There will be games, food, crafts and much more. It will be held at McMinnville’s Church on the Hill (home of an awesome indoor playground called Scotty’s playhouse). We need your help! Whether you want to facilitate games, rock climbing, crafts, help with security, or help in the nursery, all skill sets are welcome and needed.

There are only 25 spots available, and you do need to be 18 years or older. Background checks will be required.

Important: Please fill out this short form to reserve your spot and let us know where you would most like to participate and to put on your calendars the mandatory DHS training on Sunday, Jan. 17, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. If you cannot make this training, there is one the next Sunday in Portland that can be arranged.

University employees are welcome to participate!

Contact Mikayla Greenwell (mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Students are encouraged to take a few minutes to confirm that they have the meal plan that they are expecting for the spring 2016 semester.

Please log in to your MyGFU account and look in University Forms in “Student Resources” for the Meal Plan Selection Form. Details about meal plan policies can be found on the student life website on the Meal Plan Options page.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) in the student life department if you have any questions.

Saturday, Jan. 9, 4 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran, Wheeler Sports Center
Saturday, Jan. 9, 6 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran, Wheeler Sports Center

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

Students are encouraged to take a few minutes to confirm that they have the meal plan that they are expecting for the spring 2016 semester.

Please log in to your MyGFU account and look in University Forms in “Student Resources” for the Meal Plan Selection Form. Details about meal plan policies can be found on the student life website on the Meal Plan Options page.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) in the student life department if you have any questions.

Plant services personnel need to have all cars removed from the Wood-Mar and Roberts Center lots this morning (Wednesday) for maintenance.

The lots will be reopened after noon, but please leave them vacant this morning. Thank you for your cooperation!

Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

IT will be staffed and available over the Christmas break. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 29 and 30, computer hardware repair services will be limited so our staff can enjoy the holidays with their families and be ready to serve you in the new year.

Newberg hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the days the university is open for business during the break. We will close for lunch from noon to 1 p.m. until Monday, Jan. 4.

Questions? Contact Josh Nauman at jnauman@georgefox.edu.

Scholarship Manager is George Fox’s site for traditional undergraduate students returning for the 2016-2017 academic year. This site is for donor funded scholarships.

You can start it today (Friday) and submit it early during your winter break. The final deadline is January 27, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

To apply, please follow the following steps:

• Sign in to your MyGFU
• Under “Student Resources”  click on “2016 Newberg UG Scholarships”
• Sign-in again using your regular MyGFU log-in

May your Holidays be filled with His Grace and Joy!

A few things to take note of as you mail packages …

No duct tape
As you tape up your outgoing packages being shipped by UPS, U.S. Mail or any other shipping carrier, do not use duct tape of any color. The drivers will refuse to take the package. This was originally a result of security following Sept. 11, 2001. Some carriers are again refusing to take packages with duct tape. Please just use clear packing tape for your outgoing packages.

Fragile packages
If you want “Special Handling for your Fragile package,” the package must be identified with a “Special Handling – Fragile” sticker that we have at mail services. These stickers are provided by the post office, and each sticker costs $10.35, in addition to the shipping costs of the package. For U.S. Mail packages, writing “Fragile” on the package does no good. The carriers do not handle these packages separately.

Shipping original art
If you want special handling of your ‘Original Art Work” you must purchase a $10.35 Fragile sticker at mail services for shipping by U.S. Mail. You still need your package packed securely to prevent damage. The only insurance that would be paid for “original art” would be based on an official appraised value of the piece of art by someone who is licensed to do this.

If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Returning next semester?

• Keep your mailbox key.
• Your mail will be waiting for you in your mailbox when you return in January.
• All packages that you receive over the break will be held at University Mail Services, waiting for you when you return in January.

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Still need a Christmas tree? The music department is making available some trees from last week’s Christmas concert. Feel free to drop by the front of Bauman Auditorium and pick one up for only $10.

Payment can be made with Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu) in the Ross Center.

Not returning next semester?

Graduating seniors …

• You gave your forwarding address during Exodus or you were contacted via email.
• Not sure? Fill out a pink forwarding address card found on the counters in the hallways of the Beebe post office, SUB post office or University Mail Services.
• Return pink forwarding address card to University Mail Services in person or via campus mail.
• Remember to return your mailbox key before you leave campus. (There is a $15 charge to your account for non-returned mailbox key.)

Withdrawing …

• Fill out a pink forwarding address card, found on the counters in the hallways of the Beebe post office, SUB post office or University Mail Services.
• Return card to University Mail Services.
• Remember to return your mailbox key before you leave campus.
• Key return envelopes are located on the counters of the post offices; return via campus mail. (There is a $15 charge to your account for non-returned mailbox key.)

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Following are Christmas break hours for University Mail Services, located in the North Street Annex:

• Open: Dec. 21-23 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.); Dec. 29-30 (8 a.m. to 1 p.m.); Jan. 4-8 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
• Closed: Dec. 24-28; Dec. 29-30 (1 to 4:30 p.m.); Dec. 31 and Jan. 1

Christmas break hours for University Print Services:

• Open: Dec. 21-23 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.); Jan. 4-8 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
• Closed: Dec. 24 – Jan. 1

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

More than 250 students will receive undergraduate and graduate diplomas at the university’s midyear commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 19, in the Wheeler Sports Center. Seating begins at 10 a.m., and the ceremony will start at 11 a.m.

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

George Fox alumnus Jeff Greene, a vice president and portfolio manager at First Republic Private Wealth Management with more than 10 years of experience in the wealth management business, will be the commencement speaker. The title of his presentation is “A Passion to Serve.”

Weather forecasters with Portland’s news agencies are recommending that people use extra caution as they travel in the state.

The Columbia Gorge is expecting snow and freezing rain, and the Cascades and Central and Eastern Oregon are expecting both heavy snow and possibly freezing rain. Western Oregon is expected to get another 1 to 3 inches of rain, with more flooding and landslides possible. Chains will likely be required in the mountains.

If possible, it is recommended by weather forecasters that you delay your trip until Saturday.

Please make sure you have emergency supplies in your car before you leave, and please drive with caution so that you will make it safely to your destination.

Please check tripcheck.com to view webcams in various points of the state for updated driving conditions.

Merry Christmas from security services

Still need a Christmas tree? The music department is making available some trees from last week’s Christmas concert. Feel free to drop by the front of Bauman Auditorium and pick one up for only $10.

Payment can be made with Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu) in the Ross Center.