The Daily Bruin

Now in its fifth year, Giving Tuesday, on Nov. 29 this year, is a global day of supporting the causes and organizations we care about deepest. The idea is if everyone gives as they are able, together we make huge impacts!

Today, please consider giving to the George Fox University Student Fund, which provides vital financial aid and increases access to outstanding academic programs, co-curricular opportunities, and campus ministries.

All gifts made to the George Fox Student Fund on Giving Tuesday will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a generous university trustee, up to $50,000. Your gift of $25 becomes $50; $250 becomes $500 for George Fox students.

To make a gift, visit givingtuesday.georgefox.edu or text Give2GFU to 41444.

Contact Jeremy Doucette-Hardy (jdoucettehardy@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Students will embark on a four-day (Jan. 19-22) immersion into the city of Portland next semester. We will explore the things we otherwise cannot see until we are deep in the communities of Portland. This experiential learning trip will give insight into how God is working through and in the city, bringing reconciliation and recognizing the hardships.

There are only 10 spots available. Sign up here. It will be a trip you won’t forget!

For any questions or comments, contact Sierra Brambila at sbrambila13@georgefox.edu.

Students! Come in to the IDEA Center and get a professional picture taken for your LinkedIn profile! It’s a good time to get those LinkedIn photos ready as you reach out to employers over Christmas break! No cost, just a couple minutes out of your day to help get your profile looking fresh for the holidays!

You’ve got two weeks to come and get your LinkedIn photo taken. We’ll be flexible with where you want your picture taken: inside the Stevens Center, or outside in nature. Stop by the IDEA Center anytime between 9:30 and 11 a.m. starting today (Tuesday) until Dec. 9!

Contact the IDEA Center (idea@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Senior design business students would like your help by completing a survey! The survey is about your preferences of seed and nut products, especially pumpkin seeds. Your responses will help a food processing company decide what product they should make in the near future.

Click the link below to access the survey. Thanks for your input!

Pumpkin Seed Products Survey

Questions? Contact Garrett Burr at gburr14@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

You have been invited to a “Boxes of Love” packing party! It will be at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, in the Le Shana lobby. Our aim is to pack Christmas boxes for children in foster care and provide small hope kits for refugees.

We are asking for donations. Suggested items include:

• Toiletries (bar soaps, combs, brushes, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, lotion, etc.)
• Items for babies (wipes, small toys, etc. )
• Towels and washcloths
• School supplies (coloring books, crayons, stickers, etc.)

Please bring donations to the packing party. Thank you, and we hope to see you there!

Contact Kaheela Reid (kreid15@georegfox.edu) with any questions.

The academic affairs office is still looking for volunteers to usher at the midyear commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 11 a.m.! Those of you who choose to help will be asked to arrive at 9:30 a.m., for a short training session, before the doors open at 10 a.m. Please consider joining us as we celebrate our graduates on their big day!

Please contact Laurie Fair at ext. 2140 or via email at lfair@georgefox.edu. Thank you, in advance, for your help!

As we move into the season of Advent, the Office of Spiritual & Intercultural Life will have daily Scripture readings available to the George Fox community to help guide our prayers during this season of celebration.

If your office or your family would like a copy of these readings, please contact us at spirituallife@georgefox.edu and we will put them in campus mail for you.

Come participate in a 50/50 raffle fundraiser to support the Athletic Training Club as it raises money so our students can attend a convention and gain more knowledge in the athletic training field. Tickets can be purchased throughout the first half of this Friday’s women’s basketball game at 6 p.m., with the winning ticket being drawn at halftime.

Questions? Contact Brynelle Bremner (bbremner14@georgefox.edu).

I’m looking for a studio artist (or enthusiast) to paint a landscape mural on a piece of 24-by-30-inch metal. It’s a Christmas present for my mom, a scene of Mt. Hood with a nest of squirrels in the foreground and a few other details.

I will give you a detailed comp and, of course, money. Contact me at mphillips13@georgefox.edu if you are interested or want more information.

Thank you,
McKayla Phillips

We want to remind you that George Fox University is committed to providing a Christ-centered community that fosters a safe living, learning and work setting for students, employees and visitors. A core value of this institution is to maintain a respectful environment for all individuals that is free of the following:

• Sexual harassment
• Sexual assault
• Domestic violence
• Dating violence
• Stalking
• Harassment and discrimination
• Bias-related incidents and hate crimes

These behaviors and actions are contrary to the mission, values and lifestyle standards of our community. It is our firm belief that engaging in any aspect of this behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by members of the George Fox community.

Should an incident of this nature occur, the person is strongly encouraged to report the incident to university personnel. For further descriptions of these policies, resources for support, and the process for reporting please visit studenthandbook.georgefox.edu.

There have been some questions about which employees are considered “responsible employees” or “mandatory reporters” with regard to sexual misconduct under Title IX. Please refer to the materials in the orange folder that you should have received at the beginning of the year.

In that packet is a sheet titled “Employee Responsibilities Regarding Sexual Misconduct Response.” The first paragraph notes that “All staff and faculty are required to promptly report to the Title IX Coordinator (or Deputy Coordinators) information they have about possible sexual harassment or sexual misconduct at George Fox University, including but not limited to sexual assault, domestic or dating violence, and stalking. The only exception for mandatory reporting is the Spiritual Life Office and the Health & Counseling Center.”

Please contact the Title IX Coordinator (Brad Lau) or Deputy Coordinators (Lisa Burton, Elise Trask, Laura Hartley, Rebecca Hernandez, Jen Macnab or Mark Pothoff) if you have questions.

Today’s the day! Make plans to attend the all-employee lunch today (Tuesday) in Canyon Commons. The end of the term is near and holidays are in full swing, so be intentional about connecting with coworkers and friends from across campus while you can!

The cost is $3 and lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

If you are a veteran graduating in the fall of 2016 and would be interested in wearing a red, white and blue honor cord at commencement, please contact Sherri Moore at veterans@georgefox.edu. Please reply by this Friday, Dec. 2.

This Thursday, Dec. 1, two special agents from the FBI will be on campus to share about internship and job opportunities within the agency. Over the past few years a number of alumni from George Fox have been hired to work as field agents and administrators within the FBI.

No matter your year or major, if you’ve ever dreamed about working for the FBI, then this is your chance to learn the steps you need to take to make that dream a reality. Mark your calendar for Thursday, Dec. 1, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103. Feel free to bring your lunch in with you!

Contact the IDEA Center (idea@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Have you considered applying for an RA position for the 2017-18 school year? Do you want to learn more about what the RA role entails? Then come to the RA informational meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Applications will become available on Monday, Nov. 14. Click here to view the application. Applications will be due on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at 5 p.m. Please turn them in to the student life office on the third floor of the Stevens Center.

Group and individual interviews will take place during the first three weeks of February. Candidates will be notified of selection by Feb. 24.

Questions? Contact reslife@georgefox.edu.

Plant Services welcomes a new custodian, Elrike Shaw, this month. For the past year she has worked as the office manager for Abuse Recovery Ministry & Services in Beaverton. Before that, she was the production manager for Victoria’s Lavender, a local retail lavender products company, for three years. Elrike lives in Newberg with her husband David, daughter Natalie and son Maximilian, and she attends Athey Creek Christian Fellowship in West Linn.

Nicole M. Enzinger (Education) presented a research report, “Children’s Visual Mediators for Integer Addition and Subtraction Open Number Sentences,” at the International Congress on Mathematics Education in Hamburg, Germany, this summer. This fall she presented two research posters, “The mathematical integrity of integer ‘pins’ on Pinterest” and “Prospective teachers’ attention to realism and consistency in a child’s temperature story,” at the 37th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education in Tucson, Arizona. In addition, a coauthored article, “Preservice teachers’ pictorial strategies for a multistep multiplicative fraction problem,” in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior, is available online and will be published in print later in 2017.

The Graduate School of Counseling was well represented at the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov. 10-12. Collectively, Lori DeKruyf, Steve Bearden, Anna Berardi, Chris Cleaver, Keith Dempsey, Michelle Engblom-Deglmann, Jennifer Lichtenberg, Rand Michael, Beronica Salazar, Richard Shaw and Daniel Sweeney presented “Counselor Educators Lean-in to Walk the Talk: A Team Approach to Strengthening Faculty Multicultural Sensitivity.”

Ed Higgins (English) published his poem “The Shepherds” in the 10th holiday issue of Danse Macabre (Nov. 23, 2016), and his poem “Rain Song” is in the current issue of Young Ravens Literary Review: A Biannual Online Literary Journal (November 2016).

Nov. 29                       Michelle Conrad
Dec. 2                         Nate Goins, Dylan Hyslop
Dec. 3                         Davida Brown, Brad Lau
Dec. 4                         Alan Kluge
Dec. 6                         Kathy Alexander, Rodney Birch
Dec. 7                         Marie-Christine Goodworth, Chris Morrissey
Dec. 8                         Kerry Irish
Dec. 9                         Patrick Kelley, Mike Wirta
Dec. 10                       Carlisle Chambers, Laurie Koehler
Dec. 11                       Tatiana Cevallos, Sara Reamy
Dec. 12                       John Bates, Isabelle Corneaux

Hear from your peers about their internship experiences! Ask them questions about the ladders they climbed to land the internships they wanted! Learn the steps you should be taking to get closer to landing your internship.

This panel will provide valuable insight that is beneficial to all students! Join us from noon to 12:50 p.m. today (Monday) in Canyon Commons Room 101.

Questions? Contact Patrick Thorpe (joyer12@georgefox.edu).

Come drop off any new unwrapped toys at 6 p.m. during the women’s basketball game this Friday, Dec.2. We are looking for toys, games and books for children up to age 15. All donations will be going to the Newberg Fire Department to be distributed to those in need throughout the community.

If you cannot make it on Friday, there are collection boxes in Wheeler and in Hoover. Thank you for helping out the community!

Contact Brynelle Bremner (bbremner14@georgefox.edu) for more information.