Today (Thursday) from 7 to 8 p.m. is Friendsview Retirement Center’s weekly game night! Join residents and students for board games! Meet in the Bruin Den outside of the ASC offices at 6:45 p.m.
Questions? Please email Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.
Both the Bruin Bites and Villa Café will be closed on “Dead Day” this Monday, Dec. 8. The Bruin Den will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Want to impress your date to Winter Formal with your dancing skills? Come to swing dancing lessons! Lessons will be held tonight (Thursday), from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Foxhole. Bring a partner or one can be provided!
Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.
We will be serving our annual Christmas dinner to our meal-plan students on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and would like to invite university employees and commuter students to join in the celebration in Klages Dining Hall.
We will have a carving station, a variety of seasonal salads and side dishes, festive holiday beverages and delicious house-baked desserts, all for just $10 per person.
Come join us!
– Bon Appetit
Vote whether you believe the Bruin sculpture should be purchased by ASC. Let your voice be heard and vote at igfu.georgefox.edu. The poll will be open until Thursday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m.
Questions? Please contact Jake Vanier at jvanier12@georgefox.edu.
Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:
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.
Today (Thursday), there will be two workshops in the IDEA Center. If you just need some help, at any point in creating your profile, come from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. If you need help with specific positions you are interested in, come from 5 to 6 p.m.
Questions? Please contact Jaclyn Simmons at jsimmons12@georgefox.edu.
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!
December Payroll Deadline
Due to the Christmas holiday break we will have three fewer days to process December payroll. Please have all payroll items turned in to Human Resources by 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15. Payday will be on Wednesday, Dec. 31.
Payroll Reminders
Thank you,
Katie Sol, Human Resources
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.
