The Daily Bruin

The Office for Spiritual Life has become aware of a need in the Newberg School District with regard to the upcoming holiday break. Forty-eight percent of students in the Newberg School District participate in the free lunch program, and 168 of the students experience homelessness.

Over the winter break, these children and families will have difficulty getting the meals that they need. The spiritual life office is collecting monetary donations and gift cards to local grocery stores and restaurants to aid our neighbors during the Christmas holiday. Please direct gift cards and/or donations to the Office for Spiritual Life before Dec. 15. Thank you!

Contact Jamie Noling-Auth (jnolingauth@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Calling all communication, organizational communication, CMCO and journalism majors! Join us for “The Night Before Christmas” communication department Christmas party in the FoxHole this Saturday, Dec. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m.!

Come in your coziest PJs and bring a household item or $5 white elephant gift! There will also be a gingerbread house-making competition, games, prizes, a hot cocoa bar, COMM shirts for sale and much more!

Questions? Contact Lauren Hill (lhill15@georgefox.edu).

More than 120 summer internships at leading Portland companies and organizations are being made available to students of color through the Emerging Leaders Internship Program (ELI). The goal is to increase the number of diverse people who are in leadership throughout the Portland area, and you could be one of them!

Businesses including Salt & Straw, Yahoo, Dave’s Killer Bread, Wieden & Kennedy, and the Black United Fund look forward to seeing your applications and are offering positions for all types of majors. Applications are due Jan. 31, but don’t wait until then to take advantage of this incredible opportunity!

If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Elsey (jelsey@georgefox.edu) or Joe Thouvenel (jthouvenel@georgefox.edu).

For resume help, feel free to swing by the IDEA Center’s front desk to schedule an appointment or call 503-554-2330.

The George Fox community is setting up a “Meal Train” for Tai and her family during the next few weeks. Please click on the link below to access the site for details and the opportunity to sign up for a meal.

Meal Train for Tai Harden-Moore and Family

You are welcome to prepare a meal or have takeout food delivered.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316) if you have any questions.

As the Advent season begins this week, the Office for Spiritual Life would love to share the The Advent Project: A Collection of Meditations by George Fox University Students.

Each Sunday of Advent opens with a chapter title indicating the theme for the week and offering a guiding Bible passage from the Gospel of Luke. The student writers were nominated for this project by George Fox faculty and student life staff, and represent various academic majors and years in school.

We hope you enjoy!

Take a few minutes out of your finals week (Dec. 12-15), come to the student life office (third floor of Stevens Center) and decorate a plate of Christmas cookies. Enjoy the music of the season, get your sugar fix and make a plate of cookies for yourself or someone else. Coffee and tea will be served as well.

Looking forward to seeing you! Swing by anytime between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Help parents in need in our community this Christmas by being a part of a diaper drive hosted by the Students for Life Club! We will have boxes set out for donations in the Bruin Den and Bridge Café through the Tuesday of finals week (Dec. 12).

All donations will be given to the Pregnancy Counseling and Information Center right here in Newberg. Newberg PCIC is in need of bigger diaper sizes (sizes 3-5), but any diapers will be a blessing.

Questions? Contact Hannah Thom (hthom16@georgefox.edu).

The Bruin Store has all your spring textbooks! Shop today in-store or online at georgefoxshop.com. Ship your books to your house or campus mailbox today. In-store pick-up will be available starting Dec. 18.

Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Thank you and Go Bruins!

This Thursday Dec. 7, come support George Fox theatre’s honor society, Alpha Psi Omega, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the MOD Pizza in Sherwood (21370 S.W. Langer Farms Pkwy., #132). This fundraiser will help us raise money to go to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February.

MOD will give 20 percent of what you spend back to us if you show our flier, so spread the news! To get the flier, either go to the main office in Minthorn or visit this Facebook event page to get a digital copy. The more people who know, the better! So, come and support our theatre students at MOD Thursday!

Contact Lauren Vander Aarde (lvanderaarde15@georgefox.edu) with questions.

The Office of Spiritual Life is hosting a chapel forum today (Tuesday) at 1:30 p.m. in Lemmons 2. We want to hear from you about your experience in chapel this semester and learn from you about ways to make your chapel experience better.

We hope to see you there! Contact Jamie Johnson (jamiej@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Today (Tuesday) is our last Tuesday morning chapel of the semester. Where did time go?!

Join us for a wonderful time of Christ-centered fellowship with one another as we enjoy one of our last chapel gatherings. Hope to see you this morning in Bauman Auditorium at 10:50 a.m.!

P.S. There might be a couple surprises for you if you come …

Have you, and those who assist you with your finances, signed up for our “SFS NEWS” newsletter? Go to this link to read our most recent edition and to sign up for automatic delivery.

The most recent edition contains important information about making payment, expediting financial aid refunds and Tax Benefits for Education (1098T) 2017 tax statements.

Please mark your calendar to attend Debby O’Kelley’s retirement party on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 3 p.m. Debby started working for George Fox in the university’s mail room 25 years ago, but most people know her as the former office manager for Plant Services.

Feel free to swing by Canyon Commons to thank Debby for her 25 years of service.

Are you a …

Risk warrior?
Catan settler?
Eurogame connoisseur?
or just someone who enjoys a good game of cards?

We’re forming a Board Game Club, and hope to start in January with weekly game nights open to all students. Come ready to share your favorites and to try something new.

Because this is the busiest time of the semester for most of us, our goal is to do most of the work of planning and filling out the paperwork necessary to become a club during winter break. If you’re interested in being a member or in helping to plan the club, contact Matt Staples (mstaples14@georgefox.edu)

We can’t wait to play with you!

Come join the Latinx Heritage Club for our Christmas Fiesta! We will be having food, games and music. Bring a friend and come have a good time before finals week!

The fiesta runs from 5 to 8 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 8, in the Intercultural Resource Center. Contact Stephanie Garcia Cruz (sgarciacruz14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Hope to see you there!

The Graduate School of Physical Therapy is excited to present its fourth annual research symposium today (Tuesday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101 and 102. Physical therapy doctoral faculty and students will showcase eight rehabilitation research topics. Light refreshments will be served.

Please contact Linda Dallof at 503-554-2451 or ldallof@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The university community is invited to a special presentation, “Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement,” at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, in Hoover 102.

Daniel Bennett, an assistant professor of political science at John Brown University, will make the presentation. Bennett’s research is focused on the intersection of American politics, law and religion. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Fox, then worked for a year in the audit and inventory management industry before starting work on his doctorate. His PhD is in political science from Southern Illinois University. He recently published his first book, Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement.

For more information, contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.

More than 120 summer internships at leading Portland companies and organizations are being made available to students of color through the Emerging Leaders Internship Program (ELI). The goal is to increase the number of diverse people who are in leadership throughout the Portland area. Faculty, be sure to tell our students about this opportunity!

Businesses including Salt & Straw, Yahoo, Dave’s Killer Bread, Wieden & Kennedy, and the Black United Fund look forward to seeing our students’ applications and are offering positions for all types of majors. Applications are due Jan. 31.

To learn more, contact Jenny Elsey (jelsey@georgefox.edu) or Joe Thouvenel (jthouvenel@georgefox.edu).

Attention lovers of poetry, prose, and art! Stop by Canyon Commons during Late Night Breakfast (Monday, Dec. 11, at 10 p.m.) to pick up your free copy of The Wineskin, the university’s literary and art magazine with poetry, prose, art, and photography submitted by your fellow George Fox students!

Questions? Contact Kiale Palpant (kpalpant16@georgefox.edu).

In an effort to streamline the employment process for new student employees, Employee Empowerment is announcing the following new process for the Newberg campus student employees.

Student supervisors, when employment is offered to a student employee on the Newberg campus, please take the following steps:

1. Generate an offer letter in the timekeeping system
2. Send the new student worker to Employee Empowerment for orientation during business hours, BEFORE their first shift. Ensure the student brings acceptable ID for their I9 form and documentation from their bank if they plan to enroll in direct deposit.
3. Employee Empowerment will assist the student in accepting their offer letter.
4. Employee Empowerment will fill out the W4, I9 and Direct Deposit paperwork with the student.
5. Employee Empowerment will provide an overview of the timekeeping system.
6. Employee Empowerment will provide an overview of resources for student employees.

After a student has completed student employee orientation at Employee Empowerment, they may begin working their shifts in your department.

As always, contact Employee Empowerment anytime you have questions. Kasondra Silva (ksilva@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2184) is your student employment manager and an expert in all things related to student employment.