Plants still for sale in admissions office for $2 apiece

November 18th, 2012

The admissions office is still selling flowers left from Bruin Preview. They are Kalanchoes and are being sold for $2 on the second floor of the Stevens Center. Please contact Mandee Wilmot at awilmot@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Student-run Thanksgiving event gives students a place to go for holiday

November 16th, 2012

Students: If you are unable to make it home for Thanksgiving, then we have an event for you. A student-run Thanksgiving will be taking place on Thursday, Nov. 22. You can come and stay for as long as you desire.

Help cook all day or just come for the meal and night festivities. No need to bring anything, just yourself. You are more than welcome to bring food or something else (a board game, maybe), but only if you feel inclined to do so. Seriously, you can come and just eat, hang out, and enjoy the festive company of others.

It will be held right across the street from Lemmons at 603 N. Meridian St. (big white house on the corner).

Invite any and all students! I do not anyone to have Thanksgiving by themselves! Have it in warm and friendly company. Make new friends! I would like the Bon to be empty on Thanksgiving night.

Possible activities:

  • Swing dancing
  • Watch a movie
  • Cooking
  • Crafts
  • Eating
  • Games
  • More eating
  • Getting to know others
  • Chilling out/digesting
  • Talk story
  • Whatever else we can imagine!

My hope and dream is to create a friendly environment where students can feel like they are at home for Thanksgiving. Though I know that may not be possible, I want to get close.

Please contact me if interested.

– Nick Largusa (510-589-6317, nlargusa10@georgefox.edu or Facebook.com/nlargusa).

Fox Film Festival Logo Competition

November 16th, 2012

Calling all students with knowledge in graphic design!

The CMCO department is holding its 15th annual Fox Film Festival this spring. To celebrate, we are holding a contest for the festival logo to be specially redesigned for the occasion.

The contest will be open for submissions until Wednesday, Nov. 28, giving students plenty of time to create something extraordinary. After the submission period ends, each valid submission will be judged and the winner announced by the beginning of December. The prize: $50 and your logo featured this spring as the official Fox Film Festival logo!

For full rules and submission guidelines, head over to our Facebook page here.

Student Surveys

November 16th, 2012

SURVEY NUMBER ONE

We are a group of students taking LACI: Islam and the West this semester, and we need your help. We want to know what you think of images of Islam in the media. We are looking for thoughts, ideas, reactions and feelings, anything that the pictures evoke in you. Follow the link below to our photo forum. Click on archive at the top and comment on the pictures to share your thoughts.

http://islamletsbehonest.tumblr.com/

Rachel Clarkson

e-mail: rclarkson09@georgefox.edu

SURVEY NUMBER TWO

This is a simple survey about Islam and the West, should take 5-10 minutes TOPS to complete and the more results the better!
Thanks to all who take the time to fill it out 🙂

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J8D9PN8

Benjamin Clark
bclark09@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.

Nominations for November Employee of the Month due Monday

November 16th, 2012

If you would like to nominate a colleague for November’s Employee of the Month, please e-mail Peggy Kilburg a summary of this person’s contributions/outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so. The deadline to do so is Monday, Nov. 19.

The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting on Thursday, Nov. 29.

IT schedules Google E-mail workshop

November 15th, 2012

IT is sponsoring a workshop on managing your Google E-mail Inbox. If you feel like you are wasting too much time reading and responding to e-mails or you get so many e-mails everyday you don’t know where to start or how to keep up, you may want to attend this workshop.

View the schedule and sign up at this link. It is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, in MLRC 013 Learning Lab.

Questions? Contact Kandie Comfort at kcomfort@georgefox.edu.

Coffee Tasting

November 15th, 2012

Come sample two free cups of coffee and give your opinion on which tastes the best. Students from the Family and Consumer Sciences program are offering free coffee samples in exchange for your opinion. Come see us for some free caffeine.

For more information, please contact Amy Tobey at atobey10@georgefox.edu.

ARC will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 21

November 15th, 2012

The ARC will be closed all day on Wednesday, Nov. 21 (the day before Thanksgiving break). Regular hours will resume the following Monday.

Thank you for your understanding!

Update your vehicle information

November 15th, 2012

Staff and faculty: If you can’t remember the last time you updated your vehicle registration(s), now would be a great time to pop onto MyGFU to see what is listed, and make any needed additions/deletions.

Here are the steps:

  • Log on to MyGFU and select “Self Service” in the shaded box in the upper left corner.
  • Next, click on “University Forms.” The “Newberg Vehicle Registration” link should pop up in the center of the page, and after clicking on it, you can review your vehicle registration.
  • If you no longer possess a vehicle listed there, just click on the “minus” sign to the right of the listing and it will disappear.
  • To add additional vehicles, just click on the “Add Additional Vehicle” box and input your vehicle’s information.
  • Lastly, e-mail Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) to let us know you’ve made changes.

Is your hang tag in a state of disrepair? Just bring in the shards to Security Services and we can re-issue a new permit hang tag on the spot. Can’t find your hang tag? Bring $5 to security for a new one. E-mail us prior to coming and we can have it waiting for you.

Tired of trying to remember to switch your hang tag from car to car? Additional permits are available for $5 each to help eliminate that stress in your life! Feel free to call ext. 2090 if you have any questions not addressed here, and we’d be happy to help!

– Security Services

2013 adjunct parking permits now available

November 15th, 2012

Adjunct faculty: If you are going to be on contract for 2013, we now have new parking permits for 2013 available for you, as all adjunct permits expire on Dec. 31, 2012.

There are two ways to get your updated permit:

  • You can stop by Security Services during office hours and we can do it on the spot and update your vehicle information, or
  • You can go to MyGFU and update your information and then e-mail nkincaid@georgefox.edu so we can get an updated permit sent to you via campus mail

Questions? Either e-mail Nadine Kincaid at the above address, or call ext. 2090, and we’d be happy to help!

– Security Services

Spanish Chapel

November 14th, 2012

Would you like to experience worship in a different language?  Are you behind on Chapel credits?

If so, come to Spanish Chapel at 10:40 a.m. Friday, November 16 in the Bruin Grounds. Everyone is invited to attend and chapel credit will be provided. See you all there!

James Project

November 14th, 2012

Hello all!
James Project is coming up on its LAST few community service opportunities of the semester. This week we are partnering with Faith in Action. There is much to be done as we will be helping 4 to 5 members of our community with cleaning, organizing, yard work and putting in storm windows at their homes.

If you have a heart for service, PLEASE, consider coming to James Project. First timers are more than welcome. We need all the help we can get! Men and women.

For QUESTIONS, more DETAILS and/or to RSVP, contact James Project coordinator, Miranda D’Agostini, at mdagostini11@georgefox.edu

You’re service is greatly appreciated. Join us in being the hands and feet of Christ to our local Newberg community.

Lost and found tables will be set up in Bruin Den Tuesday

November 14th, 2012

All of the lost and found items accumulated since Oct. 2 will be displayed at the lost and found tables in the Bruin Den this Tuesday, Nov. 20, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Please bring all of those lost items hanging around your offices to Security Services before Tuesday so they can (hopefully) be reunited with their owners. If you are missing items, either stop by security or come by the tables on Tuesday, as all items not reunited with owners will be donated to charitable causes Tuesday afternoon.

Thank you,
Security Services

Student selling truffles as fundraiser for Africa trip to assist missionaries

November 14th, 2012

Do you love truffles? Are you interested in helping out a missionary family in Uganda this Christmas? If so, please consider purchasing some truffles (gluten free!) to help me make the trip to Africa!

These will hold up for Christmas and most definitely would be an excellent gift and/or party treat. They are $10 a dozen and varieties include almond, cherry, coconut, coffee bean, peppermint (my personal fav!) and “traditional” (dark chocolate).

I can deliver these to you if you are in the Newberg area, or I can mail them! And they hold up well. I have even mailed them to Wyoming to a friend who freezed them and saved them for months. They even made it to some soldiers in Afghanistan. If I have to mail them to you, I will have to add the cost of postage, so just tack on $10, please.

If interested or if you have questions, feel free to e-mail me at eheidy09@georgefox.edu or call me at 503-901-1062.

Thank you,
Elise Heidy

Thanksgiving meal opportunities for students

November 14th, 2012

If you are an undergraduate student and do not have a place to celebrate Thanksgiving dinner, please contact the Office of Student Life.

A few families have offered to open their homes for undergraduates who are not planning to return home for this holiday.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office for more information no later than Monday, Nov. 19.

studentlife@georgefox.edu
503-554-2316

Upcoming Bruin home sports events

November 14th, 2012

Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Colorado College (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Monday, Nov. 19, 7 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Portland Bible (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)

The men’s game on Friday is part of an eight-team “Classic” that features four Northwest Conference schools and four other NCAA Division III teams from around the country. Prior to the Bruins’ game, there will be a preliminary game on Friday at 5:30 p.m. between Pacific (Ore.) and Hardin-Simmons for anyone who would like to enjoy some more D-III basketball.

Basketball schedule cards are also available now at the main athletics office in the WSC.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

Project request procedures have changed

November 14th, 2012

The procedures for requesting a project have changed, and to expedite this procedure you can now access a “Project Estimation” form on the Plant Services webpage under “Quick Links” on this page.

Thank you,
Plant Services

George Fox Dance Company Auditions

November 13th, 2012

GFU Dance Company auditions are from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 in the Wheeler Dance Studio! We are an intermediate/advanced lyrical/jazz group that meets one to two times a week for a time of dance, fellowship and prayer.

E-mail eprevis07@georgefox.edu for more info and for applications before the 18th.

Click this link to see a recent chapel performance.

LACI students present research on ‘Islam and the West’ Monday

November 13th, 2012

The university community is invited to drop by the EHS and Hoover atriums this Monday, Nov. 19, between noon and 4 p.m. to view the research exhibits created by students in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues course this semester.

Monday’s event will give LACI students the opportunity to present their research and offer practical solutions regarding the challenges of Islam and the West.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at potto@georgefox.edu or ext. 2676.

‘World’s Got Talent’ is tonight in Bauman Auditorium

November 13th, 2012

Don’t miss out on “World’s Got Talent,” happening tonight (Wednesday) in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m.!

Come support your students, friends and classmates as they share their cultural talents as part of Cultural Celebration Week. Don’t forget to bring cash for a fundraiser if you are able.

For more information, check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/ISLP.GFU or contact Amber Nelson at nelsona@georgefox.edu. The event is sponsored by Inclusion and Student Leadership Programs.