The Daily Bruin

Don’t forget to swing by the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium this afternoon (Wednesday) to wish Lisa McMinn well. Lisa is retiring from George Fox this spring to spend more time on farming and writing projects. Join us from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

You are also invited to a book-signing event Wednesday between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. at Chapters. Lisa and husband Mark will be signing copies of Dirt and the Good Life, a collection of stories from Fern Creek, a five-acre parcel of land where the McMinns use the Community Support Agriculture program to share the fruit of their labor with supporters.

The undergraduate admissions office is selling the mums that were used for Bruin Preview last week. You can purchase them for $2 on the second floor of the Stevens Center.

Questions? Contact Mandee Wilmot at mandee.wilmot@georgefox.edu.

The undergraduate admissions department welcomed Emma Glennen as a visit coordinator this month. Emma, a native of England, moved to the U.S. last year after working two years as an early years/special needs teaching assistant at the Mayflower Community School in Plymouth, UK. Prior to that, she worked as a telephone fundraiser (2007-09) and student ambassador (2008-09) while a student at Royal Holloway University in Surrey, UK. Emma earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Royal Holloway, graduating with honors in 2009. She lives in Salem with her husband, Tom. They have recently starting attending Emmaus Missional Community Church in Salem.

Rob Clarke (Student Financial Services) left the university last week.

The following faculty members are leaving the university to retire or pursue other opportunities: Ron Arnold (Education), Irv Brendlinger (Religious Studies), Mark Carlton (Education), Bob Fisher (Education), Bethany Goldman (Athletic Training), Margi Macy (Education), Lisa McMinn (Sociology), Terah Moore (Education), Sue Newell (Social Work), Devorah Overbay (Nursing), Bruce Shepard (Business), Anne Sjogren (Education), Elizabeth Todd (Communication Arts) and Katy Turpen (Education).

Farewell receptions for Irv Brendlinger, Lisa McMinn and Margi Macy are scheduled this week. The gathering for Lisa will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, and the farewell for Irv is set from 4:15 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 19. Both receptions will be in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium. A retirement reception for Margi is set from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Room 117 of the Villa Academic Complex.

Lisa is transitioning out of teaching so she can “take our farming deeper, as well as my writing, speaking, and work with food justice issues,” she says. “We are growing food for 16 families this year, following the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) model that encourages people to make closer links to their food and the farmers who grow it.” She will remain connected to the university as a “writer in residence.”

Irv, who came to George Fox in 1993 after teaching for a year at the seminary, plans to do more cycling. “I’ve been getting in about 3,000 miles a year, but will increase that,” he says. “In fact, one possible idea, or hope, is to cycle the eastern part of Germany and retrace the Luther sites.” He also hopes to accomplish a few writing projects, particularly a piece connecting Luther and Wesley and another about his own life experiences and observations.

Margi plans to do more bird watching, playing with grandchildren, traveling, and “generally being useful where needed,” she says.

Michael MacLeod (Political Science) gave two paper presentations – “How Corporations Get Religion: Faith-Based Activism in the Global Political Economy” and “Financial Activism and Environmental Governance” – and chaired a panel at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, held in San Diego, April 1-4.

This week marks the release of the book Dirt and the Good Life, coauthored by Mark (Graduate Psychology) and Lisa McMinn (Sociology). The authors will be in Chapters for a book signing this Wednesday, April 18, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. A reading will commence at 8 p.m. The book is a collection of stories from Fern Creek, a five-acre parcel of land where the McMinns use the Community Support Agriculture program to share the fruit of their labor with supporters.

Sarah Gibson (Cinema and Media Communication) worked on the film Blue Like Jazz as the assistant to the director in Portland. The film, which opened nationwide April 13, is based on the New York Times bestseller by Donald Miller. In addition, Sarah presented a paper last month at the Southern Academy of Legal Studies convention in San Antonio, Texas. The paper, “Snyder v. Phelps: The First Amendment vs. Outrageous Speech,” looks at the recent Supreme Court case against Westboro Baptist.

Ed Higgins (English) published a parody haiku of an 18th-century haiku master, Kobayashi Issa. Entitled “Old Issa,” it appeared in the April 1 issue of the New York-based literary journal Parody Poetry Journal. In addition, Ed’s poem “The Threat of Distance” appears in the April 2012 issue of Blue Print Review, a Germany-based online art and literary journal. Ed’s poem is illustrated with a photo-image of “Durch die Maisfelder” (“Through the Maise Fields”), by Inge Flessa-Glauner.

Theresa Schierman (Student Financial Services) and Gina Braden (Library) were named employees of the month for March and April, respectively.

April 17        Eilene Newman
April 18        Judy Deale
April 20        Tammy O’Doherty
April 22        Tony Pruitt, Jeff VandenHoek
April 25        Terri Beecroft, Mark Ocker, Valerie Sherwood, Richard Silver
April 26        Dana Ferrin
April 27        Pat Vandehey
April 28        Cora Templeton
April 29        Jeff Woods

The university’s Symphonic Band, Concert Choir and Women’s Chorale will perform at the annual spring concert, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20, in Bauman Auditorium.

Students and employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket that can be picked up at the box office on the first floor of the Stevens Center. Additional tickets are available for purchase at music.georgefox.edu.

The evening begins with the Symphonic Band’s performance of David Maslanka’s Symphony No. 4 for Symphonic Wind Ensemble. After an intermission, the Concert Choir and Women’s Chorale will sing Joseph Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis ‘Nelsonmesse’ (Mass in Troubled Times). Featured on the Haydn piece will be Maggie Daane (soprano), Cynthia McGladrey (alto), Matt Dolphin (tenor) and Matthew Hayward (bass).

The band will perform under the direction of Pat Vandehey, while the choir and women’s chorale will sing under the direction of Loren Wenz.

Questions? Contact Debbie Hawblitzel at ext. 2620 or dhawblit@georgefox.edu.

For all who are serving over the summer, whether overseas or stateside, come join others who are also serving. We will be hosting a missions commissioning dinner from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the Cap and Gown Room.

The evening will give us a chance to have dinner, learn about one another’s adventures, and pray for all of the adventures that lie ahead. We look forward to hearing from you and learning about all that the Lord has in store.

If you’re interested in attending or have more questions, feel free to e-mail Pieper Wise at missionsatgfu@gmail.com.

The IRS extended the deadline for tax submission to midnight Tuesday, April 17. The cut-off time at the GFU Mail Services is 2:15 p.m., to have them postmarked for that day. Please do not drop taxes in the “drop off” boxes on Tuesday. Please hand deliver them to a mail service clerk at our customer service window located in the North Street Annex.

The Newberg Post Office is open until 5 p.m. Questions? Contact Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.

Three farewell receptions are scheduled for faculty members this week:

• A reception to honor Lisa McMinn, who will be leaving George Fox at the end of this term, is set from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium. Please drop by to wish Lisa well.

• Irv Brendlinger is retiring from the Department of Religious Studies. Please join us for a reception honoring Irv and thanking him for his contribution to the George Fox community on Thursday, April 19, from 4:15 to 6 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium.

• Finally, a retirement reception for Margi Macy (Education), who has spent 30 years at the university, is set from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Room 117 of the Villa Academic Complex.

George Fox is offering 15 online summer courses May 26 through July 27.

Take a look at the Summer Online 2012 Course Descriptions

Want more information? Check out Summer Online Student Preparation for more details. Also, feel free to check out the Top Reasons for Taking an Online Course this summer.

Hope you can join us!

If you qualify for summer storage (meaning you live over 300 miles away) and would like to store your bicycle for the summer, please take the following action by 5 p.m. on May 1:

Place your bicycle in the Coffin basement bike storage area and securely lock it to a bike rack. Attach a yellow storage label to your bicycle and make sure it has your name and contact information on it. Storage labels are available from the student life office or resident assistants.

If you are living on campus for the summer and need to store your bike, you can also place it in Coffin. However, you will need to have a storage label placed on your bicycle for the month of May. If you do not live more than 300 miles away you do not qualify for summer storage and need to take your bicycle home with you.

After May 9 any bike in Coffin without a storage label will be donated to charity.

For more information, please contact Residence Life staff at reslife@georgefox.edu

Friday, April 13, 3:30 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Whitman (GFU campus courts)
Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Whitworth (GFU campus courts)
Saturday, April 14, noon – Softball vs. Whitworth, DH (Morse Field)
Sunday, April 15, 11 a.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Willamette – completion of suspended match from April 10 (GFU campus courts)
Sunday, April 15, noon – Softball vs. Whitworth, DH (Morse Field)

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

Learn more about the upgrade
Join us for a 30-minute webinar that covers new features in the upgraded FoxTALE system. Webinars are scheduled for late spring and summer.

We are also hosting open lab times in Newberg and Portland during the week of May 7-11 so that you can drop in and view your course sites in the new FoxTALE or ask questions.

See the schedule.

Identify course content to be copied for fall 2012
The upgrade requires a new FoxTALE environment. We need your help to identify FoxTALE course sites with content to be copied to the new environment. We’d like to copy and move courses needed for fall 2012 first and have them copied for you before summer. Please follow these steps.

Future communications
Please watch for updates through e-nnouncements.

Questions
Please direct current questions to the Service Desk.

All are welcome to join in on our our second annual 4-on-4 sand volleyball tournament!

If you weren’t there last year, here’s how it’s going to work: Put a team together and sign up on the intramural board in the Bruin Den (no actual team size limit, but you can only have four people on the court at a time). Then come out at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 21, for some fun behind the Hobson-Macy-Sutton Complex.

If you don’t have a team, don’t worry. Shoot me an e-mail and we’ll hook you up. Hope to see you there!

– Joey Burda (jburda09@georgefox.edu)

Next year’s first-year book has been selected. The title of the book is The Other Wes Moore. I would like to recommend that all of you purchase the book and read it along with our incoming class. New students will be receiving the book as part of the Genesis program this summer.

If you have questions, feel free to contact me at ext. 2305.

Thank you,
Joel Perez

We’re remodeling the Bruin Store and have old fixtures for the taking. Check out the loading dock behind the store (on Carlton Way). All fixtures are free. Any leftover fixtures will be recycled. Come and get yours today!

Write John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Following Tuesday’s vote by students and employees, we have the results of the 2012 International Photo Contest. Thanks to all who participated by casting a vote!

Students

Best of Show: “Anticipation” by Shekinah F. Davis

People

• First Place: “Hopeless Soles” by Shekinah F. Davis
• Second Place: “Kidogo Joy” by Kimberly Russel
• Third Place: “Make a Living on the Sea” by Trang Nguyen

Culture

• First Place: “Vietnamese Family” by Toby Nguyen
• Second Place: “Al-Siq” by Sonja Tange
• Third Place: “Warrior Dance” by Lanise Griffin

Landscape/Architecture

• First Place: “The Hidden Temple” by Amanda Graber
• Second Place: “Over Still Water” by James Brown
• Third Place: “Stuck in My Head” by Aaron Cooper Swor

Employees

Best of Show: “Glory” by Rachel Madore

People: Untitled (Beijing, China) – Robby Larson

Culture: Untitled (Shanghai, China) by Robby Larson

Landscape/Architecture: “Diamond in the Rough” by Rachel Madore

You can view the photos here. Congratulations to all the winners!

Questions? Please contact Lishan Zeng at lzeng09@georgefox.edu.

Engagement is collecting names of volunteers who have served at George Fox University over the past school year. If you would like to have someone who has volunteered in your area receive an invitation to our Volunteer Appreciation Reception in May, please provide the volunteer’s name and address to Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

Names must be turned in by the end of the day on Friday, April 13, for inclusion.

The Fitted Fox is having it’s final sale! Everything 50% off or more!!

Come get the best deals of the semester from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Bruin’s Den!

For more information, please contact Christa Branham at cbranham08@georgefox.edu

We invite you to join us in our Emerging Professional Series of online, one-credit career classes for the academic year, 2012-13.

These are great opportunities to invest in your future success as a professional in your field.

The classes are designed to give you the best information along with skill building to help you manage your career planning in an intelligent way. Worry less about life after college.

Go to General Education in the course schedule to sign up.

• Sign up for Emerging Professional I:  Major Selection-GEED 214
• Sign up for Emerging Professional II:  Internships-GEED 216
• Sign up for Emerging Professional III:  Employment-GEED 218

If you have questions, please contact the career office at ext. 2330, careers@georgefox.edu, or come to the first floor of Stevens.