The Daily Bruin

Our Textbook Buyback is now closed.  The next buy is scheduled for Spring finals week.

Please check our university website for details: pcbookstore.georgefox.edu

Effective Jan. 1, Oregon’s minimum wage increased 5.7 percent, from $7.95 to $8.40 per hour. Student employees will receive the new pay rate for any hours worked in 2009. Since the Jan. 10 student pay day is for hours students worked in December 2008, those hours will be paid at $7.95 per hour. Feb. 10 will be the first pay day students will see their pay reflect $8.40 per hour.

The Portland Center Bookstore will have extended hours from Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 through Friday, Jan. 16, 2009.

The hours will be as follows:
Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed daily from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Regular store hours will resume on Monday, January 19, 2009.

Monday & Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed daily from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Print monies for students at the Portland Center should be updated by Monday, January 12th.  Your print account will be set to $15 if you are a registered student for spring semester at the Portland Center.

Questions after the 12th should be directed to Bruce Arnold (barnold@georgefox.edu).

The Portland Center Bookstore’s book buyback has been extended through Wednesday, Dec. 31. Bookstore hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. The store is closed Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 24-26, and Thursday and Friday, Jan. 1-2.

The Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closed from Dec. 22 through Jan. 2. We will reopen the Bruin Den Jan. 5-9 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will resume regular hours on Jan. 12, as well as our evening meal service at the Portland Center. We would like extend our thanks for a wonderful 2008 and wishing everyone a blessed and safe Christmas holiday.

The Bookstore has extended its buy-back period through Tuesday, Dec. 23.

We will be having our semi-annual textbook buyback on December 16 – 23 from 9a.m. until 4 p.m.  The first 150 people to sell books at buyback will receive a reusable/recyclable shopping bag!  Don’t miss this opportunity for some Christmas cash!
For more information about buyback, log on to: georgefox.edu/offices/store_pdx/buyback.html

Tickets are still available for the university’s Christmas concert, “O Holy Night,” scheduled Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children. The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

IT reports that FoxTALE will be upgraded to version 1.9 from 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 29, until 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time. (All times are Pacific Standard Time).

The university community is invited to participate in Kaleo, George Fox’s annual conference designed for those who engage with youth. Shane Claiborne will speak on the theme “Ordinary Radicals.” A conference summary: “We desire our youth not to simply be believers in Christ, but followers of Christ – ordinary people living radically in the love of Jesus Christ, called to bring forth another world among us.”

Kaleo is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in Bauman Auditorium. Online registration is now open at kaleo.georgefox.edu. Questions? Contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134 or alorenz@georgefox.edu.

The Portland Center is hosting the Wassail Party for all Portland Center students and employees on Thursday, Dec. 11, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the main lobby area.

For those not familiar, wassail is a warm spiced cider drink. There will be Christmas goodies and finger foods sponsored by each of the departments throughout the day. You are welcome to come and go and enjoy the goodies and the occasional carol sing-a-longs at any time during the day.

Employees are welcome volunteer to host the table or bring goodies to share.

For questions or to sign-up to help, please email Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor or call her at 503.554.6164.

The university’s IT department never asks for you to supply personal information in an e-mail. There are numerous e-mail messages currently being used to try and deceive people into divulging personal information to unknown recipients. The e-mails try to pass themselves off as official and are sent to .edu and .org e-mail addresses. Do not respond to these e-mails. The senders of the messages are identity thieves.

Here is a sample of one such message:

ATTENTION: EDU WEBMAIL SUBSCRIBER:

This mail is to inform all our {EDU WEBMAIL} users that we will be upgrading our site in a couple of days from now. So you as a subscriber of our site you are required to send us your mail account details so as to enable us know if you are still making use of your mail box.

Further informed that we will be deleting all mail account that is not functioning so as to create more space for new user. so you are to send us your mail account details which are as follows:

*User name:
*Password:

Failure to do this will immediately render your email address deactivated from our database. Your response should be send to the following e-mail address.

Your Admin Manager: edu.sub.2008@live.vvv

Yours In Service,

Mrs. Kaushik Mohan

Don’t forget: The university will present its annual Christmas concert this week. The Department of Performing Arts will present “O Holy Night!” Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children. The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

Textbook buyback will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues. – Thurs., December 16 – 18 at the Portland Center Bookstore.

If you are unable to bring your unwanted textbooks in during this time, consider having a friend bring them in for you.

Please email John Stewart, Bookstore Director or call him at 503.554.6125 if you have questions.

The Department of Performing Arts will present its Christmas concert, “O Holy Night!,” Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children.  The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

The university community is invited to George Fox’s annual Christmas celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6. Following is a schedule of planned activities.

6:15 – 6:45 p.m.

• Christmas carols and candlelight devotional service at the Centennial Clock Tower

6:30-8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center, Hoover, EHS atriums)

• Photos with Santa
• Craft activities
• Cookie decorating
• Live entertainment
• Refreshments

6:30—8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center parking lot)

• Horse-drawn wagon rides
• Bonfire
• Hot cocoa

On Friday, Dec. 5, the courier to the George Fox Portland Center will not leave Newberg until after 1 p.m. All items for Portland must be received at the University Mail Services by 12:45 p.m.

The regular schedule will resume on Monday.

Spring textbooks will be available online on Monday, December 15th.

Books will be available for purchase at this time.

store.georgefox.edu

Questions? Email John Stewart, Bookstore Director or call him at 503.554.6125.

We Need Your Help!

George Fox has been working on implementing a new Registrar/Billing software system for Spring Semester 2009, and we need your help.

1. Register for Spring 09 courses in Bruindata by Thursday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. If you have already registered and plan on making changes, please complete those as well. This will help prevent registration delays in during the transition.

2. Read your emails from the Enrollment Services, Registrar’s and Student Financials (billing) offices regarding changes. The e-mails will be short with CRITICAL information you will need.

We appreciate your help and will continue to keep you informed using email and e-nnouncements.

During the month of December the Portland Center Bookstore is hosting a Holiday sale on all George Fox insignia merchandise (excluding diploma frames).  Save 25% to 40% on all insignia clothing and gift items (discount taken at register).

This is a perfect holiday gift opportunity!