The Daily Bruin

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.

The university community is invited to the Chehalem Cultural Center for two events in the coming week. On Thursday, Dec. 4, the center will host the opening reception of “The Art of Illumination,” an exhibit 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.

This is a reminder that the MLRC will be staying open until midnight Monday through Thursday nights for the last two weeks of the fall semester (Dec. 1-4 and Dec. 8-11).

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 tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. for our final chapel service of the semester! Our pastoral team – Jamie Noling-Auth, Jamie Johnson and Rusty St. Cyr – will be leading Advent services in three different locations: Wood-Mar Auditorium, Cap and Gown, and Hoover 105. Each of these locations will have the same chapel service.

This is the last opportunity for regular chapel credit of the semester. Chapel credits are due this Friday, Dec. 5, at 5 p.m. To check your remaining chapel credits, please check your MyGFU.

For more information, please visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@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!

This Thursday, Dec. 4, senior artists will host the opening of their Senior Thesis Exhibits in both the Minthorne and Lindgren galleries. Come out to support our student artists!

Phyllis Jean Fulton, presenting “In Essence of the Feminine,” and Erin Kays, presenting “This State of Mind,” will give their artist talks in Lindgren Gallery shortly after 5 p.m. Following their talks we will move to the Minthorne Gallery to hear Kate Wilder and Netta Duncan, presenting “Fallow,” give their artist talks.

Receptions will be held in both locations. Questions? Contact Cheri Hampton at champton@georgefox.edu.

A big thank you to everyone who served this past Serve Day! Remember to use your Serve Day Discount Card! There are a variety of great discounts you can take advantage of. Here are just a few that will be helpful this holiday season:

• Pulp & Circumstance (gifts, art, paper) – FREE 1/4 pound of candy with purchase. Extra 5% off purchase with GFU ID card
• Sherwood Ice Arena – 2 for 1 admission ($7) or $2 discount for individual ($3 skate rental not included)
• Great Clips – $3 off any regularly priced haircut

The Serve Day Discount Card features 15 local businesses and is a multi-use card that does not expire until April 30, 2015. That means you can use the card as many times as you want, at as many participating businesses as you want, until the end of next April. You must show your discount card at the participating businesses to take advantage of these great offers.

If you haven’t picked up your Serve Day Discount Card, stop by and see Barbi Doran at the Information Services Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center. Pick one up today while supplies last!

The university’s College of Engineering invites you to its Winter Engineering Expo this Thursday, Dec. 4, in Wood-Mar Auditorium and EHS Atrium. Following is the schedule:

1-2 p.m. – Air Engine Displays (EHS Atrium)
Freshmen students display their working engines

2-3:30 p.m. – Wobble-Off Competition (Wood-Mar Auditorium)
Freshmen engineering students compete with their air engines for maximum speed and coast, minimum pressure, cost efficiency and aesthetics

All are welcome to come see what our students are working on. For more information, please contact Adina McConaughey at ext. 2780.

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a club on campus that seeks to promote justice for the oppressed. We will meet today (Tuesday) from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the International/Cultural House.

We will be preparing for our January events by making prayer bracelets. Come join us as we get to know one another and pray for these issues. Tea and snacks will be provided, so please bring a mug if you have one!

Questions? Please contact Annelise Koeth at akoeth11@georgefox.edu.

You have one last chance to see our men’s and women’s basketball teams play before Christmas break starts.

Get in the holiday spirit tonight (Tuesday) and wear your ugliest Christmas sweater to the women’s game against Northwest Christian at 7 p.m. We’ll have prizes and competitions for the best dressed.

Our men’s team takes the court tomorrow (Wednesday) against Portland Bible at 7:30 p.m., and we’ll be doing a “Silent Night” game. Everyone in the stands will be silent until the 10th point is scored, and then we’ll go wild! Be as loud as possible! Bonus points and extra gold stars for students who show up in their pajamas.

See you at the games and Go Bruins!

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Questions? Contact Jenny Getsinger at jgetsing@georgefox.edu.

Come check out BlueCircle, a nonprofit established by entrepreneurship student Will Spain. This free event will include an introduction into the organization, documentary preview, a Q&A session and an opportunity to get involved. Light refreshments will be served. Extra credit may be provided for select business courses (check with professor).

The event is set from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, in Hoover 105. Contact Jacyln Simmons (jsimmons12@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

On Thursday, Dec. 18, George Fox University libraries will transition to a new library system. We are in the fourth and final group as the 37-member Orbis Cascade Alliance transitions from stand-alone library systems to one shared library system.

The new system will improve the research experience for our students and faculty and allow us to better manage our resources. More information can be found at this link.