The Daily Bruin

Are you willing to get involved in making a difference in Myanmar? On May 3, cyclone Nargis hit the country, killing more than 34,000 people, devastating the Irrawaddy Delta, and destroying Myanmar’s rice crop. Another 1 million people may starve in the next few months if they do not receive rice seeds by the end of June to replant their fields and feed their families.

I have started a project to provide salt-resistant rice seeds to the people of the Irrawaddy Delta. One pound of rice seed costs about $15 and will produce enough rice to feed one person in Myanmar for about six months. One-hundred percent of any donation you can make will go toward purchasing the seeds.

You can donate to the Myanmar Rice Seed project online at nmsi.org/donate.aspx. (Enter your information and designate your gift to “Rice Seed – Myanmar”). New Mission Systems International is a registered U.S. nonprofit, Christian charitable organization and a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

Any donations you make to NMSI are secure and tax deductible. To learn more about NMSI, go to: nmsi.org. If you have any questions, please call or e-mail me.

Thank you,

Tricia Hornback (School of Professional Studies)
503-380-0365
tfhornback@verizon.net

Tom and Michele Johnson are moving their belongings to Coupeville, Wash., on Thursday, June 12, and wish to hire three students to help load the truck starting at 4 p.m. In the event students work until 5 p.m., they would like to start loading at 5:15 p.m. They estimate it will take less than three hours, and there are no appliances. Students will be paid $50 each, and pizza and pop will be supplied. Call 503-538-9347 to sign up.

The Portland Center Library will be closed Friday, June 6, noon to 1:15 p.m. to allow the staff to attend a departmental function.  The Information Commons (Computer Lab) will remain open.

Employees are invited to attend an all-community meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in Hoover 105. The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

Do you live in Newberg and work here at the Portland Center?

Do you drive alone?

Do you know that Charlie spent $4.10 a gallon for gas last week in California?

Do you want to carpool?

Let’s try to get enough of us together to work it out.

Contact Charlie Kamilos or Bruce Arnold if you are interested in starting a carpooling group.

The Portland Center Bookstore is looking for a student volunteer June 9-20 to help with textbook returns.

If you are interested, or know of someone who would be, please email John Stewart in the bookstore.

Our colleague, Mark Doyle (Biology), is scheduled to have intestinal surgery at USC in Los Angeles on June 17. Anyone wishing to contribute to his air ambulance costs can send a donation to:

Sauvie Island Community Church
18510 NW Reeder Road, Portland, OR 97231

We need to raise $12,900. Oregon Health Science University faculty and staff, his church friends, and George Fox University faculty, staff, and students are those targeted for this appeal.

Thanks,

Dwight Kimberly, Biology/Chemistry department