This year’s Winter Formal is Paris-themed. It will be Sunday, Dec. 7, at Left Bank Annex in Portland from 8 to 11 p.m. Directions to Left Bank Annex from Newberg can be found here. Tickets are $5 and are available for purchase outside the ASC offices this week. Parking will be $10 at a garage near Left Bank Annex.
Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.
The RSVP deadline for Saturday’s Leadership Symposium with Mohan Nair has been extended through today (Friday). You may still RSVP here:Â Leadership Symposium.
Nair is VP and chief innovation officer for Cambia Health Solutions. He will speak from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105 tomorrow morning. There is no charge to attend.
Nair is the keynote speaker for the College of Business’ semi-annual Transformational Leadership Symposium. The topic of the symposium is “Transform You, Transform Business.” Nair will share inspirational leadership strategies that bring about personal and professional growth and transformation.
Questions? Contact Colleen Huffman at chuffman@georgefox.edu.
Tonight (Friday) at 9 p.m. is My GFU Family Christmas. Join us on the quad for a Christmas tree lighting and Christmas carols. Then we will head over to Stevens for hot cocoa, cookie decorating and the movie Elf!
Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.
George Fox’s English Honor Society is hosting a poetry reading tonight (Friday) in Lemmons 8 from 6 to 9 p.m. Grab your friends for a night of music, snacks and original poetry from Fox students and faculty.
Questions? Contact Jordan Nelson at jnelson12@georgefox.edu.
Following the university’s Christmas Concert this Sunday, Dec. 7, the George Fox music department will be selling poinsettias for $5 each and Christmas trees for $10 each. Sales will continue until all trees and poinsettias are sold.
If you are interested but not able to purchase on Sunday, please email Debbie Hawblitzel at dhawblit@georgefox.edu.
Join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual Wassail Party this Monday, Dec. 8, 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!
Before you leave for Christmas break, please consider taking your bike home if you aren’t using it, and then bringing it back during spring break when the weather improves. If you do indeed use your bike, please put it in your dorm room/apartment before leaving for break so you don’t tempt a potential thief.
Security also recommends students and employees (those who commute by bike) use the biggest U-lock you can find when locking up your bike – and to always be sure it is securely locked up!
It’s time for textbook buyback at the BlueZone Store Annex. We will be hosting buyback from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Dec. 8-12, at the Textbook Annex, 1109 E. Hancock Street in Newberg.
If you can’t make it in during these hours, or you just don’t want to stand in line, you can sell your books back on our website at gfubookstore.com. Use the “Score Extra $$$$” link. You’ll get an extra 10 percent back just for using our online buyback feature!
Faculty, please be sure your students are aware of this buyback program.
Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@neebo.com.
Today (Thursday) from 7 to 8 p.m. is Friendsview Retirement Center’s weekly game night! Join residents and students for board games! Meet in the Bruin Den outside of the ASC offices at 6:45 p.m.
Questions? Please email Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.
Both the Bruin Bites and Villa Café will be closed on “Dead Day” this Monday, Dec. 8. The Bruin Den will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Want to impress your date to Winter Formal with your dancing skills? Come to swing dancing lessons! Lessons will be held tonight (Thursday), from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Foxhole. Bring a partner or one can be provided!
Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.
We will be serving our annual Christmas dinner to our meal-plan students on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and would like to invite university employees and commuter students to join in the celebration in Klages Dining Hall.
We will have a carving station, a variety of seasonal salads and side dishes, festive holiday beverages and delicious house-baked desserts, all for just $10 per person.
Come join us!
– Bon Appetit
Vote whether you believe the Bruin sculpture should be purchased by ASC. Let your voice be heard and vote at igfu.georgefox.edu. The poll will be open until Thursday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m.
Questions? Please contact Jake Vanier at jvanier12@georgefox.edu.
Today (Thursday), there will be two workshops in the IDEA Center. If you just need some help, at any point in creating your profile, come from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. If you need help with specific positions you are interested in, come from 5 to 6 p.m.
Questions? Please contact Jaclyn Simmons at jsimmons12@georgefox.edu.
Come this Friday, Dec. 5, to the Health and Human Performance department symposium featuring senior students’ research projects. They’ve been hard at work through the term gathering data in the following areas: injury prevention; strength versus power training; motion analysis; warm-up of youth soccer players and athletic performance; and hamstring flexibility.
The posters will be presented from 10 to 10:50 a.m. in the Wheeler lobby. Questions? Contact Dana Bates at dbates@georgefox.edu.
Join us for our last Urban Outreach of this semester! We will be meeting at 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) outside of the ASC offices in the Bruin Den. The Salem team will be back around 9:15 p.m. and the Portland group will be back around 10:45 p.m.
Email Mikayla Greenwell at mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu with any questions. See you there!
Please join the Latino Heritage Club for its last Spoken Word Night of the semester tonight (Thursday) at 8:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performers will be sharing pieces on holiday traditions. You won’t want to miss it.
See you there! Questions? Contact Sandra Lopez at slopez11@georgefox.edu.
Attention students and employees: There will be a test of the FoxAlert emergency notification system on Friday, Dec. 5. Please make sure that your cell phone is listed as a primary contact number on your personal information page in MyGFU in order to receive these text alerts.
An email will also go out to the primary email you have indicated. Please take a moment to check these out so that you will receive the alert on Friday.
Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090 during business hours. Thanks!
Join us Friday, Dec. 5 (please note new date) for the opening reception of “The Art of Illumination,” an exhibit at the Chehalem Cultural Center featuring the Saint John’s Bible and accompanying prints from the Heritage Edition. The reception is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m., and the exhibit will remain up through Dec. 19.
Next week, on Thursday, Dec. 11, a “Think Again Conversation” facilitated by professors Paul Anderson and Mark Terry will take place in the center’s Parrish Gallery beginning at 7:30 p.m. The discussion will focus on “The Art of Illumination” pieces.
Questions? Visit chehalemculturalcenter.org. The center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.
You are reminded to come hear a free presentation by Mohan Nair, VP and chief innovation officer of Cambia Health Solutions, this Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Nair is the keynote speaker for the College of Business’ semi-annual Transformational Leadership Symposium. The topic of the symposium is “Transform You, Transform Business.” Nair will share inspirational leadership strategies that bring about personal and professional growth and transformation. You can read more about his presentation here.
Questions? Contact Colleen Huffman at chuffman@georgefox.edu.
