The Daily Bruin

Join us in honoring MLK Day with a day of service on Monday, Jan. 21. Service opportunities include the Burnside Rescue Mission and the Next Step Transitional Facility. Transportation will be provided from the Stevens Center lot at 9 a.m., with arrival back at George Fox scheduled for approximately 4 p.m. Please call Burel Ford (Multicultural Services) at ext. 2318 or via e-mail (bford@georgefox.edu) for more details and to sign up.

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to the inaugural Spring Peace and Justice Symposium session sponsored by the Center for Peace and Justice. The event is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the Special Collections Room on the second floor of the library on the Newberg campus.

Clint Baldwin (Political Science) will make an opening statement, followed by an introduction by President Robin Baker. Presenters will be Lisa McMinn (Sociology) and Mark McMinn (Psychology).

The symposium will explore and celebrate the diversity of approaches for exemplifying Christ’s all-inclusive call to peace and justice in our lives.

Questions? Contact Baldwin (cbaldwin@georgefox.edu) or Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies and Center for Peace and Justice) at lfendall@georgefox.edu.

Multicultural Services will host a trip to Portland State University to hear civil rights pioneer Marian Wright Edelman on Thursday, Jan. 17. A van will leave the Stevens Center parking lot in Newberg at 5:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. lecture, held in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans her entire professional life. She began her career in the mid-’60s when, as the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, she directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Miss. In 1968, she was counsel for the Poor People’s Campaign that King began organizing before his death.

General admission is $10 per person; it is free for those with a valid student ID. For more information, contact Burel Ford (Multicultural Services) via e-mail or at ext. 2318.

IMPORTANT – Students, you please print out and bring your schedule to the bookstore when purchasing texts. Unfortunately, the bookstore staff has no way of determining which classes you are taking. Please bring your schedule to help smooth the process. Thank you!

Wireless internet will be available at the Portland Center; however only the north side of the main (south) building will have internet access on Sat., Jan. 5.

Classes meeting in rooms 155 a & b, 160, 260, and 265 will be uninterrupted.

Did you know that graduate students can charge books to their student account?

Date restrictions apply so don’t delay! Visit this link to find out when and how.

http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/book_vouchers.html

Students,

Please remove all perishable food items from the refrigerator by the second floor student lounge no later than 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21.

All food that is unmarked and perishable will be thrown out at that time.

If you have any questions, please email Janis Sanford, Portland Center Asst. Director/Office Manager at jsanford@georgefox.edu.

Bruin coffee cart will be closed for the Christmas break starting Friday, Dec. 14, and will re-open Monday, Dec. 7.

Last-minute Christmas gift idea … We have specially bound editions of the classic devotionals, Streams in the Desert and My Utmost for His Highest. These are bound in leather, perfect for gifting. We’ve done all the work for you … they’re already beautifully wrapped and ready to go! Only$19.97 each.

Grandma, mom, sister, friend … an appropriate gift for anyone. Come in and see them. Give a gift of inspiration that will last for years to come!

The university will host its midyear commencement ceremony in the James and Lila Miller Gymnasium on the Newberg campus Saturday, Dec. 15. The commencement will start at 2 p.m., with audience seating at 1 p.m. Tickets are not required. Seating is limited to no more than 10 guests per graduate.

Nearly 190 students will take part in the ceremony. Graduates are to assemble at the Wheeler Sports Center at 1 p.m. For more information on the ceremony, visit the commencement website.

Are you graduating this semester?

If so, have you picked up your regalia (cap and gown)?

Today, Thursday, Dec. 13, is your last day to pick it up.

Refer to the commencement webpage for pick-up times and locations:
georgefox.edu/offices/academic_affairs/commencement/decembercommencementinformation.html

Questions? Contact Sandie Tuck (Registrar) at ext. 2218 or via e-mail.

Due to the inclement weather in the Midwest, many of the textbook shipments for the Portland Center Bookstore have been delayed. We will likely not have these books available until after the Christmas break. We appreciate your understanding and patience, as this situation is beyond our control.

The front office at the Portland Center will have holiday hours the next three weeks.

On Dec. 17 -21, 27-28, Jan. 2-4, the office will be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the exception of Wednesday, Dec. 19 and Thursday, Jan. 3, for the new student orientations, on which it will remain open until 6:30 p.m.

The front office will be closed on Dec. 24, 25, 26, 31 and Jan. 1 in celebration of Christmas and New Year.

You can donate blankets, gift cards, cleaning supplies, and/or personal hygiene items to the Vernonia flood victims.

Whitney Scott, a George Fox graduate counseling student and school counseling intern at Scappoose High School, will be collecting donations from the George Fox Portland Center community and taking them to the collection point at SHS.

Donation boxes have been placed in the North and South Buildings of the Portland Campus. If you have any questions, please contact Whitney Scott at 503-543-6376, ext. 229.

Counseling and Seminary students:

If you are graduating this semester or not returning in Spring, please return your mailbox key to Sandy Chambers in the front office or drop it in the student services station in the first floor foyer by Friday, Dec. 14.

If your key is not returned, your student account will be charged $15.

Are you graduating this semester?

If so, you can now pick up your regalia (cap and gown). You will need to do so by Thursday, December 13th.

Refer to the Commencement webpage for pick-up times and locations:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/academic_affairs/commencement/decembercommencementinformation.html

Questions? Contact Sandie Tuck x2218 or at stuck@georgefox.edu.

The Department of Performing Arts presents
“Let Heaven and Nature Sing!”

Welcome the Christmas season with the university’s annual Christmas concert, featuring the Concert Choir, Men’s and Women’s Chorale, Symphonic Band, and Strings.

Dates: Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7-8
Time: 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music at 7 p.m.)
Location: Bauman Auditorium, Newberg campus

Matinee performance: Sunday, Dec. 9
Location: Village Baptist Church, 330 S.W. Murray Blvd., Beaverton
Time: 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music at 2 p.m.)

One complementary ticket for performances is available to George Fox students, faculty, and employees. Tickets may be picked up in advance with an ID card at the University Box Office. Purchase additional tickets online at music.georgefox.edu or at the University Box Office (ext. 3844).

It’s that time of year again…

If the Portland Center should close or have a delayed start, information will be available via many resources.

 Details can be found at:  http://www.georgefox.edu/news/closures/index.html

 

Come one, come all!

To the Third Annual Wassail Party on Thursday Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Portland Center South Lobby.

Wassail will be served hot, and cookies, snacks, and goodies will be available as well, along with group caroling throughout the day.

Please be sure to bring a plate of yummy treats to share.

The Department of Performing Arts presents
“Let Heaven and Nature Sing!”

Welcome the Christmas season with the university’s annual Christmas concert, featuring the Concert Choir, Men’s and Women’s Chorale, Symphonic Band, and Strings.

Dates: Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7-8
Time: 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music at 7 p.m.)
Location: Bauman Auditorium, Newberg campus

Matinee performance: Sunday, Dec. 9
Location: Village Baptist Church, 330 S.W. Murray Blvd., Beaverton
Time: 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music at 2 p.m.)

One complementary ticket for performances is available to George Fox students, faculty, and employees. Tickets may be picked up in advance with an ID card at the University Box Office. Purchase additional tickets online at music.georgefox.edu or at the University Box Office (ext. 3844).