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One-credit online career classes will be offered this spring. Register today!

Select from three online courses designed to fit your career-planning needs, as well as your busy schedule! Learn important skills about finding your calling and preparing yourself for a career after college. You can find the courses in the course schedule under “General Education.”

GEED 214 – Emerging Professional I: Major Selection
GEED 216 – Emerging Professional II: Internships
GEED 218 – Emerging Professional III: Employment

Contact careers@georgefox.edu for additional information.

For the next three weeks, tubs and jugs will be set up in living areas, Bauman Auditorium, the Bon, Mail Services and other places on campus. Just put in your spare change to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The donation amount collected will go with the $500 ASC is donating from the Social Responsibility Fund. Together we can make a difference in the lives of people who are suffering from disaster this holiday season. Thank you for your contribution.

The Oaks Camp and Conference Center will be recruiting in the SUB from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today (Wednesday). THE OAKS offers both summer camp positions and year-long internship opportunities for college students at our camp and conference center in Lake Hughes, Calif.

Contact Career Services at careers@georgefox.edu for more information.

Join us in Hoover for an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, and sign up for an opportunity to take part in the Race to 2025 during spring semester.

Race to 2025 is a two-day adventure race with eternal impact, partnering with Wycliffe Bible Translators to inspire the next generation of missions-minded youth and raise support for Bible translation projects already in progress.

The fourth annual MLK Day of Service will take place Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. The day will begin at 9 a.m. in Portland with a rally to provide an opportunity to reflect, celebrate and remember Dr. King. Following the rally, students will serve in the community until 2 p.m.

This service day is a multi-institutional collaboration among colleges and universities and the convening organization Oregon Campus Compact. This event is one of the largest mobilizations of college students in the country on MLK Day.

We will be meeting earlier on Monday morning to bus over as a group. Follow this link to register for the day!

If you attended this year’s “World’s Got Talent” live event, the Inclusions and Student Leadership Programs Department would like to hear your opinion.

Please take a minute to fill out the online form. It will take less than one minute. Once completed, your review will be submitted in a drawing for a $5 Chapters gift card!

Thanks in advance for your comments and opinions. Click on this link to submit your evaluation.

Spanish Chapel will be hosting a Bonfire worship night at 9 p.m. Thursday, November 29 at the Pavillion. All are welcome to join in for  worship and fellowship. Hot beverages will be provided.

Hello Students,

The Career Services Emergency Event Kit has gone missing. A large plastic tote containing pens, nametags, and much bruin careers promotional material.

If you know the whereabouts of our kit please run it by the Career Services Office on the first floor of Stevens or email careers@georgefox.edu

Don’t forget to drop by the Newberg Burgerville today (Tuesday) between 4 and 8 p.m. to support the George Fox theatre department. Ten percent of the proceeds go directly to help out GFU theatre!

Questions? Contact Joey Burda (jburda09@georgefox.edu).

Questions about osteopathic medicine? Luke Rauch (lrauch@western.edu), a representative of COMP-Northwest, will be on the Newberg campus Thursday, Nov. 29, to answer questions about medical school admissions, curriculum and more.

COMP-Northwest is an osteopathic medical school located in Lebanon, Ore., and is part of Western University of Health Sciences, located in California. Luke will hold a presentation at 2:45 p.m. in EHS 217 and will be available for drop-in at a table on the second floor of EHS between 12:30 and 2:20 p.m.

Please contact Jane Sweet (jsweet@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

For the next three weeks there will be tubs and jugs out in living areas, Bauman Auditorium, the Bon, Mail Services and other places on campus. Just put in your spare change to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The donation amount collected will match the $500 ASC is donating from the Social Responsibility Fund. Together we can make a difference in the lives of people who are suffering from disaster this holiday season. Thank you for your contribution.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, Nov. 29, at 3:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section. The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings and include a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link.

Videos from previously recorded meetings will be added to this page in the days following. Please bookmark the page for quick access each month.

Our next staff lunch is in the Cap and Gown Room on Monday, Dec. 3, at noon! Come and join us for a festive holiday lunch featuring turkey with all the trimmings. Just $3 buys you a wonderful lunch and a chance to participate in a fun holiday gift exchange (gifts provided by the Staff Development Committee).

We look forward to seeing you there!

Questions? Contact Denise DeCicco at ddecicco@georgefox.edu.

Your ASC Communications Department wants your opinion!  How do you like to be communicated with?  Fill out our quick survey here (Survey) and make your voice heard!

Any additional questions can be directed at asccommunicationsdirector@georgefox.edu.

Applications for the faculty Professional Learning Community “Teaching for Student Learning: Effective Strategies for the University Classroom” will be accepted through Monday, Dec. 10.

The PLC, originally scheduled for this fall, was moved to spring semester. Several faculty are already enrolled, but there is plenty of room for more! The PLC is designed to enhance teaching, increase student learning, and deepen reflective practice.

The facilitator is Gary Sehorn, assistant professor of education. Sessions will be held in Newberg from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. on the following Wednesdays: Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 20, March 6, March 20, April 10 and April 24. Each participant will receive an honorarium of $325 and a copy of the book How Learning Works.

Applications are available at this Academic Affairs webpage (“Faculty Development/Programs and Events”). Please complete the application and submit it to Brenda Burg (bburg@georgefox.edu) by 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10.

You and your family are invited to join the Robin Baker family at the president’s annual Christmas Open House this Sunday, Dec. 2. Drop by the Edwards House (402 S. College St.) anytime between 5 and 8 p.m.

We will serve light appetizers and holiday sweets as we celebrate the Christmas season together!

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

We at Love INC appreciate the 250 breakfast bags made by George Fox employees at the staff retreat in October. Your gift will fill hungry bellies of the homeless and people in need in Newberg. Thank you for giving your time to this effort.

The vision of Love INC is to mobilize God’s people to transform lives and communities in the name of Christ. It is a great privilege when our efforts at Love INC are supported by others in the community.

Make dinner plans to eat at Burgerville on Tuesday, Nov. 27, and support your theatre department at the same time! Ten percent of all purchases made between 4 and 8 p.m. that Tuesday will go toward the theatre department at Fox.

Mark your calendars and be sure to tell your friends and coworkers!

Student accounts has an opening at the Portland Center to fill in for three months (December through February) while someone is out on leave. If you know anyone who might fit the bill (pun intended), would you please encourage them to apply? Please help spread the word about this opportunity.

Compensation will depend on qualifications and experience. The job description can be seen by clicking here.

Friday, December 14 is the last day to request off-campus housing for spring semester 2013. Students who are approved to move off-campus will need to checkout of their current housing prior to noon on Saturday, December 15th.

The deadline to submit an off-campus request for extreme financial hardship is Friday, December 7th. Requests should be presented to Student Financial Services.

Questions? Please contact housing@georgefox.edu or refer to the Housing and Residence Life website (Housing Website) for additional information.