The Daily Bruin

There will be one more opportunity this term for you to have your photo retaken for the website or for professional use. These are high-quality studio portraits suitable for professional promotional use.

The new studio in Pennington House (where University Relations is located) will be open Monday, April 21, and Thursday, April 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. for employees who would like a new photo. There will not be another opportunity until the fall, so don’t miss your chance. The studio is set up upstairs at the end of the hall.

Questions? Contact Janelle Townsend (Communications) at ext. 2124 or jtownsend@georgefox.edu.

If you would like a new photo to appear in the Bruin Directory next year, you need to have your photo retaken in Institutional Technology on the third floor of the Stevens Center. Go to IT and request a retake.

The complete video of the Apple event held in Klages Dining Room on April 4 is now available for viewing at:

iTunesU:
http://media.georgefox.edu/cgi-bin/itunesustaff.pl

or via Streaming at:
http://media.georgefox.edu/it/AppleEvent.mov

George Fox is privileged to be the host school for the Northwest Conference track meet Friday and Saturday, April 18-19. This will greatly impact parking in the Bauman and Fulton Street (Le Shana) parking lots. If you regularly use those lots, we would recommend that staff park in the Wood-Mar/Hoover/Stevens lots along with the east side of Meridian Street.

Commuters should park in the VAC lots. Students with Resident West permits can park on Center and Vermillion streets, in the Pennington lot, by Weesner Village, and on portions of Sheridan Street. Please consult your parking brochure for exact locations. Please leave the Bauman and Fulton Street lots as empty as possible for our numerous visiting guests and athletes. Thank you for your cooperation.

– Security Services

Yamhill County ballots are in student mailboxes early!

Why?  Since most students will be leaving next week - when the ballots are normally mailed -  Mail Services worked with the Yamhill County Election Office and had your ballots delivered early.

If you received a ballot from Yamhill County, please take the time to vote and return it to  the Mail Services Collection Box or mail it directly to the Election Office.

Other Oregon counties will mail their ballots at the normal time.

A collection box for all Oregon ballots is located at University Mail Services.
No postage is necessary for any Oregon county ballot.

Please join athletics in saying farewell to Manfred Tschan (Health and Human Performance) after 20 years of faithful service to George Fox. Everyone is invited, but if you played soccer for Manfred you will be the department’s special guest.

Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: John and Marilyn Duke Atrium in Stevens Center

Manfred will be using his foreign language skills to serve as international sales rep for Newberg-based Action Equipment Company, which manufactures mechanical sorters, conveyers, and other machinery for recycling plants, steel mills, and various other industrial businesses.

If you are planning to return to George Fox University in the fall, now is the time to complete the Meal Plan Selection form in your Bruindata account.

The “Meal Plan Selection Form” is ready for you to fill out in Bruindata.

The meal plan(s) that you are eligible for will be on the Meal Plan Selection Form in your Bruindata account.

For more information about meal plans, please check out the Meal Plan Options page on the Student Life Website.

If you have any questions please contact Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office.

Detailed information about food service at George Fox University can be found in the Student Handbook online.

Please take a few minutes and complete this form now!

This Thursday, April 17th at 7pm

Come early for the silent auction!

Support your favorite Mr. Bruin, buy a ticket from him for $4

Tickets are $5 at the door

Mr. Bruins: Nathan Widdicombe, Sam Conrad, Steven Mortinson, Peter Luginbill, Alex Palm, Chadbourne Lovegren, Shane Walker, Austin Salzwedel, Ryan Farley, Tyler Saltiel, Brett Sauer, and Andrew Haskell

Come to the Wood-Mar Auditorium this Saturday, April 19 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for doughnuts and information about the group with some fun improv activities. 
 
Auditions will take place on Dead Day - Monday, April 21 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. in the Wood-Mar Auditorium. Please have a 90 second monologue prepared.

No previous theatre experience needed, just individuals who are willing to let God use them through theatre based ministry.  The University Players carry on a 30 year tradition of presenting the excitement and challenges of Christian faith through drama, comedy, and music.

If you have any questions please contact tourgroup@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2133.

Friday, April 18 – Northwest Conference Track & Field Championships, Colcord Field, 2 p.m.*

Saturday, April 19 – Northwest Conference Track & Field Championships, Colcord Field, 10:30 a.m.*
Baseball vs. Puget Sound (2), Morse Field, noon

Sunday, April 20 – Baseball vs. Puget Sound (2), Morse Field, noon

*Because it is a conference event, the NWC Championships will charge admission. Ticket prices are as follows:

Adult all-championship pass (2 day):$10
Youth/senior all-championship pass: $6
Adult single-day ticket: $6
Youth/senior single-day ticket:$3
(Students from NWC schools will be admitted free with school ID)

The men’s golf team is playing in the NWC Men’s Championship April 19-20 at the Apple Tree Golf Course in Yakima, Wash., and the women’s golf team is in the NWC Women’s Championship April 19-20 at the Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters, Ore.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926.

President Robin Baker, psychology professor Kris Kays and chemistry professor Michael Everest will serve as celebrity judges for the annual George Fox University Theater Games Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

The annual event is a competition between improvisational teams composed of George Fox students. The audience participates by making suggestions for scenarios.

Tickets to the event are sold at the door. Ticket prices (from free to $2 per person) are determined by dice roll.

The theatre department will provide free pizza at 8:45 p.m. if the 250-seat auditorium is sold out. At 9 p.m., students will perform long-form improvisation for about half an hour.

Founded in 2000 as the Student Alumni Council, the Bruin Heritage Society strives to preserve and celebrate the rich history and tradition of George Fox University, connect current students with alumni, and enhance the sense of community on campus.  Involvement in the Bruin Heritage Society provides an exciting opportunity for personal growth, leadership development, and impacting the George Fox community.

If you are interested in a leadership position in the Bruin Heritage Society for the 2008-09 school year, or just want to get involved, go to http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/groups/bruinheritage.html to download an application.

Applications are due to Robby Larson, director of alumni relations, by Friday, April 18.

If you have any questions, please ask Emily Rastovich at bruinheritage@georgefox.edu or call ext. 2132.

The class representatives for next year are:

Sophomore Class:
Kyler Dougherty and Adam Hunt

Junior Class:
Josh Borrelli

Senior Class:
Ken Watson

We are still accepting petitions to fill the second class representative spot in the junior and senior classes.  If interested talk to Heather Eslinger or Jon Archer.

Thursday, May 8, President Robin Baker will be at the Portland Center in Room 155, 3:30 to 5 p.m. to present employee recognition awards and to give an update on the strategic planning workgroups.

All Portland Center employees are encouraged to attend. This gives employees from the Portland Center a chance to attend in lieu of the Employee recognition ceremony and reception in Newberg on May 7.

Refreshments will be provided.

The university will host a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Bauman Auditorium. The free concert will feature performances by the Concert Choir, Symphonic Band, Chamber Singers, and the Women’s Chorale.

Selections will include Alfred Reed’s El Camino Real (Symphonic Band), Alessandro Scarlatti’s Exultate Deo (Chamber Singers), Gwyneth Walker’s How Can I Keep from Singing? (Women’s Chorale), and J. Aaron McDermid’s Lord God, You Have Called Your Servants (Concert Choir).

At the end of every school year, many students leave behind good, usable items, including blankets, clothing, kitchen supplies, small appliances, radios, room decorations, little tables, etc.  In an effort to keep the dumpsters from overflowing and to be better stewards of resources, Phase II was initiated. Plant Services is happy to receive anything that students do not want to take home.

The items gathered are sorted and made available to student summer help and staff, but most of the items are given to different organizations in the local area (Rescue Mission, Goodwill, unwed mothers’ homes, children’s homes, etc.)

Barrels will be placed in the lobbies of the dorms and central living areas (porches of the Weesner, Beals, Hoskins, Munn and Villa Road houses, Newlin Apartments). Please do not donate damaged or soiled items.

Also, please to not place trash in barrels marked “Phase II.” There are drop boxes for your trash located on both sides of campus.

Look for and use these barrels as you prepare to leave at the end of school. Donated items will be stored at Lyda House and will be available to employees/summer students after the first week of May.

A farewell reception for Tom Johnson (Religious Studies) is scheduled from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the John and Marilyn Duke Atrium in the Stevens Center. Tom is retiring from the university after serving in various capacities at George Fox the past 11 years. He and his wife Michele are moving to Whidbey Island, Wash., in their retirement.

If you are planning to return to George Fox University in the fall, now is the time to complete the Meal Plan Selection form in your Bruindata account.

The “Meal Plan Selection Form” is ready for you to fill out in Bruindata.

The meal plan(s) that you are eligible for will be on the Meal Plan Selection Form in your Bruindata account.

For more information about meal plans, please check out the Meal Plan Options page on the Student Life Website.

If you have any questions please contact Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office.

Detailed information about food service at George Fox University can be found in the Student Handbook online.

Please take a few minutes and complete this form now!

Volunteers are needed to usher during the baccalaureate service on Saturday, April 26.

Ushers are needed at Bauman Auditorium by 8:45 a.m.

The Baccalaureate Service begins at 9:30 a.m. and concludes around 11 a.m.

The Baccalaureate usher’s primary responsibility is to keep the procession of graduates moving according to plan.

If you are willing to volunteer for this exciting event, please e-mail Jere Witherspoon.

Sarah King was hired as the executive assistant to the director of enrollment services. She worked previously at Dwayne Brittell Architect and Planner in Newberg, where she was an architectural draftsperson. Before that, she worked for nearly two years at Seattle Pacific University as a student administrative assistant in the school’s disability support services and student learning program. Sarah earned a bachelor’s degree in interior design from Seattle Pacific in 2006. She lives in her native Newberg with husband David and dog Macy and attends Portland Vineyard Church in Tigard, where she and David serve as the missions directors.

Dixie Downey joined Plant Services as an administrative assistant earlier this month. An alumna of George Fox (’85), she has been a stay-at-home mom and volunteer at her local school district since 1998. Before that, she worked as a programmer/analyst with Rentrak Entertainment Inc. from 1994 to 1998. She also gained management, customer training, and technical support experience at computer companies in Boulder, Colo., Portland, and Hillsboro from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. At George Fox, Dixie earned a bachelor’s degree in computer information science and business/economics. She and her husband, Scott, live in Aurora with their two boys, Maxwell and Roman. They are members of Christian City Church in Lake Oswego.

Tom Johnson (Religious Studies) is retiring from the university after serving in various capacities at George Fox the past 11 years. He has filled the roles of interim president, seminary dean, and professor of biblical theology. He and his wife Michele are moving to Whidbey Island, Wash., in their retirement. A farewell reception for Tom is scheduled from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the John and Marilyn Duke Atrium in the Stevens Center. The event will include time for sharing, refreshments, and a faculty/staff choir singing several hymns. Those interested in joining the choir may do so by attending a rehearsal after faculty lunch April 15 in the Cap and Gown Room.

Jan Thomas (Management) is leaving George Fox this month to move to Segway, Alaska, to take a position as an office manager for a tour company.