The Daily Bruin

Last-minute Christmas gift idea … We have specially bound editions of the classic devotionals, Streams in the Desert and My Utmost for His Highest. These are bound in leather, perfect for gifting. We’ve done all the work for you … they’re already beautifully wrapped and ready to go! Only$19.97 each.

Grandma, mom, sister, friend … an appropriate gift for anyone. Come in and see them. Give a gift of inspiration that will last for years to come!

Following are Fitness Center hours for the Christmas break:

Monday, Dec. 17: 9–11 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 19: 9–11 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 21: 9–11 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 22: 10 a.m. – noon
Sunday, Dec. 23: noon – 2 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 24: 10 a.m. – noon
Christmas Day: Closed
Wednesday, Dec. 26: 10 a.m. – noon
Thursday, Dec. 27: 6–7 a.m. (work day)
Friday, Dec. 28: 6–7 a.m. (work day)
Saturday, Dec. 29: 10 a.m. – noon
Sunday, Dec. 30: noon – 2 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 31: 10 a.m. – noon
Tuesday, Jan. 1: 10 a.m. – noon
Wednesday, Jan. 2: 6–7 a.m.; 9 – 11 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 3: 6–7 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 4: 6–7 a.m.; 9–11 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 5: 10 a.m. – noon
Sunday, Jan. 6: noon–2 p.m.

You can help make Christmas special for a Newberg family with two small boys (ages 4 and 8). A giving tree is located in the Stevens Center lobby. The family will pick up the decorated Christmas tree and gifts Friday, Dec. 14, by 5 p.m. Gifts for the children, gift certificates, food, etc. are welcomed.

Questions? Contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121.

Please make meal plan changes by December 14, 2007.

Check out the student life website for more information about meal plans.

Questions can be directed to Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office.

Help make Christmas special for a Newberg family with two small boys – ages 4 and 8.

The Giving Tree is located in the Stevens Center lobby.  The family will pick up the decorated Christmas tree and gifts Friday, Dec. 14 by 5 p.m.

Gifts for the children, gift certificates, food, etc. are welcomed.

If you have any questions please contact Danya Ochsner at ext. 2121.

Thank you, George Fox!  The Urban Services coin drive and jewelry drive this semester were a tremendous success.  We were able to give jewelry to women in Portland and Salem as Christmas presents, and still have more gifts to give. 

Urban Services is doing well, and cannot be done without your love for relationships.  Thank you!

The university will host its midyear commencement ceremony in the James and Lila Miller Gymnasium on the Newberg campus Saturday, Dec. 15. The commencement will start at 2 p.m., with audience seating at 1 p.m. Tickets are not required. Seating is limited to no more than 10 guests per graduate.

Nearly 190 students will take part in the ceremony. Graduates are to assemble at the Wheeler Sports Center at 1 p.m. For more information on the ceremony, visit the commencement website.

Are you graduating this semester?

If so, have you picked up your regalia (cap and gown)?

Today, Thursday, Dec. 13, is your last day to pick it up.

Refer to the commencement webpage for pick-up times and locations:
georgefox.edu/offices/academic_affairs/commencement/decembercommencementinformation.html

Questions? Contact Sandie Tuck (Registrar) at ext. 2218 or via e-mail.

Due to the inclement weather in the Midwest, many of the textbook shipments for the Portland Center Bookstore have been delayed. We will likely not have these books available until after the Christmas break. We appreciate your understanding and patience, as this situation is beyond our control.

Are you graduating this semester?

If so, have you picked up your regalia (cap and gown)?

Today, Thursday, Dec. 13, is your last day to pick it up.

Refer to the Commencement webpage for pick-up times and locations:
georgefox.edu/offices/academic_affairs/commencement/decembercommencementinformation.html

Questions? Contact Sandie Tuck (Registrar) at ext. 2218 or at stuck@georgefox.edu.

The University Store’s Christmas sale is running this week and next, concluding Friday, Dec. 21. Save 20 percent on George Fox imprinted items (except diploma frames), World of Good items, and Christmas products. You also save 10 percent on all Burt’s Bees, Prestige cosmetics, and all jewelry. Bookstore hours this week are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; next week, hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

As you prepare to leave for Christmas break, we also are preparing for the entrance of new students and students returning from study abroad trips. If your living area has an empty spot, please prepare this space to be clean and organized for the possible move of a new or returning student.  This preparation should be complete before you leave for Christmas break. Thank you for your help and cooperation.

If a new student or transfer is placed in your living area, you and your roommates will be notified via e-mail during the break. This information will also be available in Bruin Data under My Data—Student Life/Housing.

If you have any questions please e-mail housing@georgefox.edu.

Have a wonderful Christmas break!

The Center for Teaching and Learning is sponsoring an Introduction to FoxTALE workshop and open lab time for faculty on Thursday, Jan. 3, in the CAI Lab on the third floor of the Stevens Center. An introductory class will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, and consultants will be available during open lab time from 1 to 4 p.m. Please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) if you would like to attend the morning class.

Security Services will set up lost and found tables from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Bruin Den. This will be the last time to retrieve your lost items for this year. After 1:30 p.m., remaining items will be given to charitable causes. So, if you are missing items, be sure and stop by the tables.

Clean Sweep is a business created out of George Fox University’s senior capstone business class. As part of our cleaning service, Clean Sweep will arrive with two crewmembers and all supplies needed to clean your home.

The rate for the two person cleaning team is thirty dollars an hour.
Half of our proceeds will be contributed into the Patrick Kibbler Memorial fund.

Services will include but are not limited to
– Dusting
– Vacuuming
– Mopping
– Cleaning showers
– Cleaning toilets
– Wiping counters
– Dusting cobwebs
– Emptying trash bins
– Cleaning appliances
– Cleaning windows

Customize the cleaning you want for your home!

Contact us at georgefoxcleansweep@gmail.com or call Kelsey Burghardt at 503-991-1292.

Students graduating on December 15, 2007 please visit the commencement website: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/academic_affairs/commencement/
for complete details of the events of the day, including regalia pick-up. 

The front office at the Portland Center will have holiday hours the next three weeks.

On Dec. 17 -21, 27-28, Jan. 2-4, the office will be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the exception of Wednesday, Dec. 19 and Thursday, Jan. 3, for the new student orientations, on which it will remain open until 6:30 p.m.

The front office will be closed on Dec. 24, 25, 26, 31 and Jan. 1 in celebration of Christmas and New Year.

Bon Appetit will host a Christmas banquet in the Klages Dining Room between 4:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, for all students on meal plans and other guests. Along with strolling carolers, eggnog, and hot apple cider, the menu includes roasted baron of beef, grilled chicken with wild mushroom demi sauce, assorted salads, and Christmas desserts.

Non-meal plan students and guests are welcome for $10 plus cans of food to be donated to Love Inc.

Bonnie Jerke (Career Services) was for a second time invited to review and provide input on another new, pre-published book, Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers. She focused on the chapter entitled “The Nonprofit Distance Search.”

Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) presented three papers at the national SBL/AAR meetings in San Diego in November: “John and Qumran: Discovery and Interpretation over Sixty Years” (in the John and Qumran session of the John, Jesus, and History Group); “From One Quest to Another: The Johannine Conception of Authentic Faith as a Response to the Divine Initiative” (in the What We have Heard from the Beginning session of the John, Jesus, and History Group); and “An Incarnational Sacramentality” (in the Quaker Theological Discussion Group).

Three of Paul’s essays also were published this month: “Bakhtin’s Dialogism and the Corrective Rhetoric of the Johannine Misunderstanding Dialogue: Exposing Seven Crises in the Johannine Situation,” in Bakhtin and Genre Theory in Biblical Studies Semeia Studies 63 (Semeia Studies 63, SBL Press); “On Guessing Points and Naming Stars – The Epistemological Origins of John’s Christological Tensions,” in The Gospel of St. John and Christian Theology (Eerdmans); and “Aspects of Interfluentiality between John and the Synoptics: John 18-19 as a Case Study,” in The Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel (Peeters, 2007).

Carole Spencer’s (Seminary) new book, Holiness, the Soul of Quakerism (Paternoster Press), was reviewed at the Quaker Theological Discussion Group meetings in San Diego in November. The QTDG sessions were chaired by Corey Beals and Howard Macy (Religious Studies).

Dec. 11   Tatiana Cevallos
Dec. 13   Marvin Clarkson, Steve Grant, Dana Miller
Dec. 14   Gennie Harris, Janelle Townsend
Dec. 15   Paul Corbett-Furgal, Rick Muthiah, Cliff Rosenbohm
Dec. 17   Becky Ankeny, Gary Buhler, Viki Defferding
Dec. 19   Phil Smith
Dec. 20   Howard Macy
Dec. 22   Robin Ashford, Jenny Getsinger
Dec. 23   Rodger Bufford
Dec. 24   Jeong Ahn, Greg Allen, Bethany Goldman
Dec. 25   Danya Ochsner, Debby O’Kelley
Dec. 26   Carol Namburi
Dec. 28   Robert Simpson
Dec. 30   Lori DeKruyf
Dec. 31   Sherrie Frost, Eric Funasaki
Jan. 1     David Hansen, Bob Harder
Jan. 3     Julie Green, Jack Harris, Sarah Marvin, Amber Russell
Jan. 4     Brenda Graf, Chris Koch, Dan Van der water
Jan. 5     Melva Lloyd, Joy Reimann
Jan. 6     Merrill Johnson
Jan. 7     Cathy Peterson