The Daily Bruin

The Gospel. Worship. Fun. Square 1 is a completely student-led chapel elective (meaning you get credit) designed to get back to the simple, core elements of faith in Christ, to start “back at square one,”

See you in the Cap and Gown Room at 6 p.m. tonight (Friday). We’ll sing some worship/Christmas tunes, get into the Word, and have an optional hangout/ginger-graham-cracker-house-making time afterward. Hope you can make it!

Coast to Coast is hosting one last night of swing dance lessons! Come freshen up your dance skills and get ready to swing on Sunday night at the Winter Formal dance!

Lessons will be held in the Wheeler Dance Room from 7:30 to 9 p.m. tonight (Friday)!

Winter Formal tickets are on sale today (Friday) in the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by and pick up your ticket. Winter Formal will be taking place Sunday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. at the Left Bank Annex.

Tickets cost $5 for George Fox students and $10 for non-George Fox students. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Seven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Carpenter, Temporary
• Associate Vice President of Human Resources
• Head Women’s Volleyball Coach
• Director of Financial Aid
• Associate Registrar
• Accounting Specialist II – General Ledger
• Enrollment Specialist

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Finals week is approaching fast – and so is the time to sell back your textbooks. If you have any unwanted books that the bookstore can’t buy back, feel free to donate them to any of our Better World Book collection bins around campus.

We take all books. They will be donated, help raise funding for global literacy, or get repurposed. All books will stay out of landfills. The collection bins will be located in the Minthorn Mail Room, outside the Bruin Store and in the SUB.

Questions? Contact Heather Harney at hharney12@georgefox.edu.

Join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual Wassail Party this Monday, Dec. 14, 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!

Do you love to serve? Does volunteering for the larger vision of Martin Luther King Jr. inspire you? How about in Portland?

Your chance to get involved with our neighboring community is finally here, with the opportunity to be a part of MLK Day of Service in Portland!

MLK Day of Service is a day we are able to live into this vision Dr. King had for serving and justice. Though one day of service is never enough to fully celebrate him or what he stood for, we hope you are able to join us for this day of service and recognition of Dr. King.

MLK Day of Service takes place on Monday, Jan. 18. You can register and find more information about what the day will look like here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Bon Appetit hours will change next week as follows:

Monday, Dec. 14:

• Klages Dining Room – Breakfast, 8-10 a.m.; lunch and dinner regular hours
• Bruin Den – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Villa Café and Bruin Bites – Closed

Tuesday-Thursday, Dec. 15-17:

• Regular hours of operation except Wednesday dinner (5-7:30 p.m.)

Friday, Dec. 18:

• Klages Dining Room – Breakfast, 7:15-10 a.m.; lunch, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.; dinner, 5-6 p.m.
• Bruin Den – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Villa Café – 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
• Bruin Bites – Closed

Saturday, Dec. 19:

• Klages – Breakfast, 8-9 a.m. This will be the last board meal before winter break.

Monday, Jan. 4, through Friday, Jan. 8: Bruin Den open 8:30 a.m. 2 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 10: Klages open for dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. (first board meal)
Monday, Jan. 11: All locations resume regular hours of operation.

Questions? Contact Lisa Miles at lmiles@georgefox.edu.

It’s time to sell back your textbooks and get cash! Buyback will be held during finals week, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Bruin Store.

You will need a photo ID to sell books (no receipts are needed). Books needed for next semester will receive 50 percent of retail; books needed by our wholesaler receive up to 30 percent of retail. Rented textbooks are due back by Friday, Dec. 18, so make sure you bring those to us before you leave campus for Christmas.

You may also sell books to Follett at georgefoxshop.com. (Please do not call the store for pricing, as prices vary depending on need.)

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder that there are a handful of available seats for tonight’s (Friday’s) Christmas Concert in Bauman Auditorium. Students are entitled to one complimentary ticket to tonight’s performance, scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start.

To claim your ticket, visit this link and click “Buy Tickets.” From there, select tonight’s concert, make your seat selection and click “GFU Student” in the drop-down menu. Very few seats are still available, so act fast!

Questions? Contact Debbie Hawblitzel at dhawblit@georgefox.edu or ext. 2620.

If you have tickets for this weekend’s Christmas Concert and will be unable to use them, please inform Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu) as soon as possible so those tickets can be released for others to attend. All three performances are nearly sold out.

Thank you

We are undergraduate students doing a group research project for our gender communication class, and we need information from professors/employees. Your answers are 100 percent anonymous, and the results from the survey will be for comparison with another survey that we have sent out.

Here is the survey link:
Ethnography Survey

Thank you and Merry Christmas,
Sydney Beadle (sbeadle13@georgefox.edu) and MaryAnn Ellis

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.

Have you been letting your friends, family members, your friends’ friends, your church acquaintances and everyone else know you’re for hire? Tell us about it for a chance to win a $50 Nordstrom gift card!

Just click on this link and fill out the survey. Remember, winter break is a great time to let everyone know that you are for hire, whether that be for an internship or job.

Questions? Contact TJ Haimoto at thaimoto13@georgefox.edu or stop by the IDEA Center.

A group of George Fox students are doing their part to feed members of the Newberg community as the weather gets colder. Teaming up with Subterra, a restaurant in town, students are helping create a community “Group Soup” program that both embodies community spirit and promotes the arts.

Students in Mark Terry’s ceramics classes will create bowls that will be filled with soup and served with home-baked breads in Francis Square in downtown Newberg during First Friday Art Walks in February, March and April. Next week (Dec. 13-19), Subterra is donating 25 percent of its gross proceeds during lunchtime as seed money to buy raw product and launch the program.

Downtown meals will be given away at no cost, or on a pay-what-you-want model for those wishing to donate to the future of the program. Ceramic bowls will be available for purchase, with proceeds dedicated to sustaining the program, or patrons can get their soup in disposable bowls.

Art Walks are held from about 5 to 8 p.m. the first Friday of each month with the exception of January.

For more information, contact Terry at mterry@georgefox.edu.

Calling all social work majors! Please come join us for a Christmas open house today (Friday) from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Meridian Street House. It will be a great time to gather and enjoy some yummy treats!

Questions? Contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu.

You’re invited to join the health and human performance and athletic training faculty and staff as we celebrate our senior HHPE and athletic training majors. They will exhibit their senior research projects via poster presentation from 10 to 11 a.m. today (Friday) in the Wheeler Sports Center’s upper lobby.

We can guarantee you will learn about the care and feeding of your body as you work to improve your health and quality of life.

Questions? Contact Byron Shenk at bshenk@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us for the Portland Center wassail party! Stop by the lobby between 2 and 6 p.m. today (Thursday) for Christmas treats, hot beverages, and a good dose of holiday cheer!

For our community musicians, please play your favorite Christmas music on our piano in the lobby. It’s open anytime! We would love to hear the ivories!

Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

The Portland Writing Center at the Portland Center is seeking one new writing consultant beginning spring 2016 and one new consultant beginning summer 2016. Candidates are those who are enthusiastic about helping fellow graduate and adult degree students understand the components of effective writing.

Portland Writing Center consultants are current adult degree-completion and graduate students who work four to eight hours per week meeting with students in face-to-face or online sessions at the Portland Writing Center. Writing consultant duties include helping students with the following:

• Thinking through ideas for a writing assignment
• Considering writing choices with regard to audience, focus, purpose, cohesion and organization
• Developing ideas with specific evidence
• Improving research strategies
• Applying proper documentation and formatting, and
• Understanding basic grammar and mechanics

Click here for a consultant job description, and click here for a consultant application. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. For more information, contact Jennie Harrop, Portland Writing Center director, at 503-554-6024 or jharrop@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us for the all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Thursday) in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

During the meeting we will be using Poll Everywhere as part of a presentation. Please come with your phone or tablet enabled for text, or your device that can connect to the Internet.

Just a reminder that all employees and their families are invited to join Robin and Ruth Baker for the Bakers’ annual Christmas Open House from 5 to 8 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.).

Light appetizers and holiday sweets will be served as we celebrate together.

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.