The Daily Bruin

Staff: Be sure to mark Monday, Dec. 9, on your calendar for our annual Staff Christmas Lunch sponsored by your Staff Development Committee! It will begin at noon in the Cap and Gown Room, and the cost is only $3.

We will be hosting our first-ever Christmas sweater/tie/vest/sweatshirt “event,” so fair warning to start digging through your closet for the appropriate attire and to come “festively adorned!” There will be prizes as well, so you don’t want to miss this!

Don’t forget to join us for a “Reflections on Advent” service in the Cap and Gown Room tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. Students, this counts as a chapel elective!

Join us as the Worship Ensemble and guest speaker Jamie Johnson lead you thoughtfully through Advent themes in celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Christ. Music will range from modern renditions of old hymns to newly written songs about Christ and his Advent.

We will also be joined by George Fox artists from Gary Buhler’s art class who will give artistic impressions to the themes presented.

See you there!

Don’t forget to join us tonight (Monday) to hear George Fox Spanish alumnus James Wolfer share about his work in law enforcement and his current role as fraud prevention officer for First Tech Credit Union.

James will speak from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8. Questions? Contact Debbie Berho at dberho@georgefox.edu.

A featured sandwich will be offered each day during lunch hours in the Bruin Den for the first two weeks of December (Dec. 2-13). The Intro to Management class has partnered with Bon Appetit for the past month to design five unique sandwiches. Each sandwich represents a student group’s project, so stop by and enjoy the “Special Sandwich of the Day.”

Five different sandwiches will be featured, so be sure to try them all!

Thank you for your support,
Intro to Management class

George Fox Spanish alumnus James Wolfer will be on campus to share about his work in law enforcement and his current role as fraud prevention officer for First Tech Credit Union.

All are welcome to join us for this informational session on Monday, Dec. 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8. Questions? Contact Debbie Berho at dberho@georgefox.edu.

All university offices on the Newberg campus and at the Portland Center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28-29, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The library is closing early, at 5 p.m., today (Wednesday) for Thanksgiving. It will be closed through Sunday afternoon. The 24-hour study room will be open as usual over the break.

The library will reopen from 6 to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is a reminder that 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. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.).

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

Employees are invited to attend each of the provost candidate presentations on “The future of higher education” at 3:40 p.m. in Hoover 105 on the dates listed below.

The candidates will also do a Q&A time at the Portland Center (details listed below).

Newberg campus presentations:

• Monday, Dec. 2 – Amos Yong
• Thursday, Dec. 5 – Jack Reese
• Monday, Dec. 9 – Linda Samek

Portland Center Q&A sessions: 10 a.m. on days listed

• Tuesday, Dec. 3 – Amos Yong (Room 285B)
• Friday, Dec. 6 – Jack Reese (Room 285)
• Tuesday, Dec. 10 – Linda Samek (Room 155)

I am creating a coffee table book for a business class, and I need your help. My book is centered around remembering all the things we should be thankful for, so I am asking people to upload pictures of these things (art, nature, community, whatever). Generic pictures are totally fine.

If you could help, I’d appreciate it. Just click on the link below. I’m collecting pictures between now and Tuesday, Dec. 3.

What I’m Thankful For

Thank you,
Kyle Ingram (kingram11@georgefox.edu)

The English department is offering an alternative chapel on Monday, Dec. 2, that students can attend for credit. The theme for the chapel is “Books that Changed Me” and features Kathy Heininge speaking about James Joyce’s Ulysses. The talk is entitled “Me. And Me Now.”

Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105!

All are invited to a “Reflections on Advent” service in the Cap and Gown Room at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. Students, this counts as a chapel elective!

Join us as the Worship Ensemble and guest speaker Jamie Johnson lead you thoughtfully through Advent themes in celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Christ. Music will range from modern renditions of old hymns to newly written songs about Christ and his Advent.

We will also be joined by George Fox artists from Gary Buhler’s art class who will give artistic impressions to the themes presented.

See you there!

The Bruin Heritage group is hosting a clothing drive for the victims of the typhoon in the Philippines. Thanksgiving break is a great time to clean out your closet and donate your old clothes to people in need!

We will be accepting shirts, jackets, sweaters, pants and shoes. The drive runs Dec. 2-13. To find out how you can donate, contact Joanna Rocha at jrocha13@georgefox.edu.

For those of you who are staying on campus over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, our meal times will be changing as follows:

• Wednesday dinner, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• Thursday brunch, 10:30-11 a.m., and dinner, 4-4:30 p.m.
• Friday brunch, 10:30-11 a.m., and dinner 5-5:30 p.m.
• Saturday brunch, 10:30-11 a.m., and dinner, 5-5:30 p.m.
• Sunday brunch, 10:30-11 a.m., and dinner, 5-7 p.m.

Our entire staff wishes everyone a safe and blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends.

– Bon Appetit

The Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closing after lunch at 1:30 p.m. this Wednesday, Nov. 27, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Both cafes will be reopening on Monday, Dec. 2, at their normal time.

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Be sure to check out President Robin Baker’s latest blog piece. In it, he discusses his recent trip to Pennsylvania and what he learned while visiting “Amish country.”

You can read the blog here.

Join Fox & Friends at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, for a Christmas celebration.

We want to bring some holiday cheer to the elderly at Friendsview Retirement Center. We will be decorating their 12-foot-tall tree, drinking hot chocolate, and perhaps we will even sing a few Christmas carols. Decorating starts at 6 p.m., so meet in the Bruin Den at 5:40 p.m.!

For more information, please contact Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.

Students:

Please take time to check your campus mailboxes before you leave for Thanksgiving break. You might be surprised what you find in there! Thanks to those who check theirs regularly.

– Mail Services

Are you interested in joining the chapel band next semester? Auditions for electric guitar, bass, and piano will be held at 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 9 and Dec. 10.

E-mail Megan Kays (mkays11@georgefox.edu) if you’re interested. Chapel band members will only have to do half of the chapel requirements!

If you are on the Newberg campus, please join your colleagues for all-employee lunch today (Tuesday) in the Cap and Gown Room. The lunch is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. so that you may come and go as your schedule permits. The cost is $3.