The Daily Bruin

Do you love to serve? Does volunteering for the larger vision of Martin Luther King Jr. inspire you? How about in Portland?

Your chance to get involved with our neighboring community is finally here, with the opportunity to be a part of MLK Day of Service in Portland!

MLK Day of Service is a day we are able to live into this vision Dr. King had for serving and justice. Though one day of service is never enough to fully celebrate him or what he stood for, we hope you are able to join us for this day of service and recognition of Dr. King.

MLK Day of Service takes place on Monday, Jan. 18. You can register and find more information about what the day will look like here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Stop by the Bruin Den today (Monday) between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to buy gift bags of coffee to support the four George Fox nursing students going to Kenya over Christmas break. The coffee will also be available for sale in the nursing office (on the second floor of Hoover) during finals week.

These will make great Christmas gifts, and proceeds will support medical missions work and health education in Kenya!

Questions? Contact Stephanie Fisher at sfisher@georgefox.edu.

It’s time to sell back your textbooks and get cash! Buyback will be held during finals week, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Bruin Store.

You will need a photo ID to sell books (no receipts are needed). Books needed for next semester will receive 50 percent of retail; books needed by our wholesaler receive up to 30 percent of retail. Rented textbooks are due back by Friday, Dec. 18, so make sure you bring those to us before you leave campus for Christmas.

You may also sell books to Follett at georgefoxshop.com. (Please do not call the store for pricing, as prices vary depending on need.)

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

If you aren’t driving home for Christmas and are planning to leave your car on campus (at your own risk), you will need to drop your car keys by the security office before you leave in case your car is blocking access for construction vehicles.

Also, if you aren’t taking your bike home, please store it in your room during break to avoid tempting potential bike thieves.

Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090 or email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Monday, Dec. 14, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Southern Virginia, Wheeler Sports Center

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

Attention Resident East students: Beginning Monday, Jan. 11, the Roberts Center lots on the east side of the building fronting Villa Street and on the south side of the building fronting Sherman Street will be for commuters, staff and visitors only.

If you currently park in either of those two lots, beginning next semester, you will need to park in the HMS lots and in the Le Shana lot should the HMS lots be full.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this parking change.

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

Have you been letting your friends, family members, your friends’ friends, your church acquaintances and everyone else know you’re for hire? Tell us about it for a chance to win a $50 Nordstrom gift card!

Just click on this link and fill out the survey. Remember, winter break is a great time to let everyone know that you are for hire, whether that be for an internship or job.

Questions? Contact TJ Haimoto at thaimoto13@georgefox.edu or stop by the IDEA Center.

With the holidays quickly approaching, the finance department would like to bring to your attention the schedule for processing check requests and expense reimbursements to accommodate the short holiday weeks.

Please click this link to view the holiday check run schedule posted on the “Forms” page of the finance department’s website. Please check this webpage periodically for any changes to the current schedule. If you have questions, contact Jen Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu.

Please note that the finance department will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1, so no checks will be available from accounts payable during this time.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

– The Finance Department

The Gospel. Worship. Fun. Square 1 is a completely student-led chapel elective (meaning you get credit) designed to get back to the simple, core elements of faith in Christ, to start “back at square one,”

See you in the Cap and Gown Room at 6 p.m. tonight (Friday). We’ll sing some worship/Christmas tunes, get into the Word, and have an optional hangout/ginger-graham-cracker-house-making time afterward. Hope you can make it!

Coast to Coast is hosting one last night of swing dance lessons! Come freshen up your dance skills and get ready to swing on Sunday night at the Winter Formal dance!

Lessons will be held in the Wheeler Dance Room from 7:30 to 9 p.m. tonight (Friday)!

Winter Formal tickets are on sale today (Friday) in the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by and pick up your ticket. Winter Formal will be taking place Sunday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. at the Left Bank Annex.

Tickets cost $5 for George Fox students and $10 for non-George Fox students. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Finals week is approaching fast – and so is the time to sell back your textbooks. If you have any unwanted books that the bookstore can’t buy back, feel free to donate them to any of our Better World Book collection bins around campus.

We take all books. They will be donated, help raise funding for global literacy, or get repurposed. All books will stay out of landfills. The collection bins will be located in the Minthorn Mail Room, outside the Bruin Store and in the SUB.

Questions? Contact Heather Harney at hharney12@georgefox.edu.

Join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual Wassail Party this Monday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please take a break on “Dead Day” and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for snacks, wassail and coffee.

It’s our treat to you!

Do you love to serve? Does volunteering for the larger vision of Martin Luther King Jr. inspire you? How about in Portland?

Your chance to get involved with our neighboring community is finally here, with the opportunity to be a part of MLK Day of Service in Portland!

MLK Day of Service is a day we are able to live into this vision Dr. King had for serving and justice. Though one day of service is never enough to fully celebrate him or what he stood for, we hope you are able to join us for this day of service and recognition of Dr. King.

MLK Day of Service takes place on Monday, Jan. 18. You can register and find more information about what the day will look like here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Bon Appetit hours will change next week as follows:

Monday, Dec. 14:

• Klages Dining Room – Breakfast, 8-10 a.m.; lunch and dinner regular hours
• Bruin Den – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Villa Café and Bruin Bites – Closed

Tuesday-Thursday, Dec. 15-17:

• Regular hours of operation except Wednesday dinner (5-7:30 p.m.)

Friday, Dec. 18:

• Klages Dining Room – Breakfast, 7:15-10 a.m.; lunch, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.; dinner, 5-6 p.m.
• Bruin Den – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Villa Café – 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
• Bruin Bites – Closed

Saturday, Dec. 19:

• Klages – Breakfast, 8-9 a.m. This will be the last board meal before winter break.

Monday, Jan. 4, through Friday, Jan. 8: Bruin Den open 8:30 a.m. 2 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 10: Klages open for dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. (first board meal)
Monday, Jan. 11: All locations resume regular hours of operation.

Questions? Contact Lisa Miles at lmiles@georgefox.edu.

It’s time to sell back your textbooks and get cash! Buyback will be held during finals week, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Bruin Store.

You will need a photo ID to sell books (no receipts are needed). Books needed for next semester will receive 50 percent of retail; books needed by our wholesaler receive up to 30 percent of retail. Rented textbooks are due back by Friday, Dec. 18, so make sure you bring those to us before you leave campus for Christmas.

You may also sell books to Follett at georgefoxshop.com. (Please do not call the store for pricing, as prices vary depending on need.)

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder that there are a handful of available seats for tonight’s (Friday’s) Christmas Concert in Bauman Auditorium. Students are entitled to one complimentary ticket to tonight’s performance, scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start.

To claim your ticket, visit this link and click “Buy Tickets.” From there, select tonight’s concert, make your seat selection and click “GFU Student” in the drop-down menu. Very few seats are still available, so act fast!

Questions? Contact Debbie Hawblitzel at dhawblit@georgefox.edu or ext. 2620.

Have you been letting your friends, family members, your friends’ friends, your church acquaintances and everyone else know you’re for hire? Tell us about it for a chance to win a $50 Nordstrom gift card!

Just click on this link and fill out the survey. Remember, winter break is a great time to let everyone know that you are for hire, whether that be for an internship or job.

Questions? Contact TJ Haimoto at thaimoto13@georgefox.edu or stop by the IDEA Center.

A group of George Fox students are doing their part to feed members of the Newberg community as the weather gets colder. Teaming up with Subterra, a restaurant in town, students are helping create a community “Group Soup” program that both embodies community spirit and promotes the arts.

Students in Mark Terry’s ceramics classes will create bowls that will be filled with soup and served with home-baked breads in Francis Square in downtown Newberg during First Friday Art Walks in February, March and April. Next week (Dec. 13-19), Subterra is donating 25 percent of its gross proceeds during lunchtime as seed money to buy raw product and launch the program.

Downtown meals will be given away at no cost, or on a pay-what-you-want model for those wishing to donate to the future of the program. Ceramic bowls will be available for purchase, with proceeds dedicated to sustaining the program, or patrons can get their soup in disposable bowls.

Art Walks are held from about 5 to 8 p.m. the first Friday of each month with the exception of January.

For more information, contact Terry at mterry@georgefox.edu.

Calling all social work majors! Please come join us for a Christmas open house today (Friday) from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Meridian Street House. It will be a great time to gather and enjoy some yummy treats!

Questions? Contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu.