Chapel Band applications are due on Friday, April 6.
There will be no school this day, but applications can still be turned in. There will be a box on the front porch of the Spiritual Life House to turn these applications in.
If you have any questions, please contact Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu
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.
Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.
Come shop at Cupcake Couture in McMinnville at our George Fox Student Night!
Here are the details:
Questions? Contact Rachael Cruthirds at rcruthirds09@georgefox.edu.
You recently received an invitation to participate in our diversity survey through your George Fox e-mail.
The purpose of the survey is to measure students’ perception on how we are doing in the area of ethnic and gender diversity. Your cooperation in completing this survey is greatly appreciated.
Please take a moment to fill out the survey.
Thanks in advance.
For more information, please contact Joel Perez at jperez@georgefox.edu
Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The session will include progress reports from our innovation team chairs.
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “All-Employee Meeting Info” link located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section.
In addition, a chat room has been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
The university’s offices and libraries will be closed on Friday, April 6, to observe Good Friday. The Newberg library will be closed Friday and Sunday but will be open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday. The Portland Center library will be closed Friday through Sunday.
Today (Thursday) is the last day!
Summer Address Info Collection: Please take care of this today so your info can be put into the computer system by finals week.
It will only take a minute! Time us!
You have two options:
Thanks!
For more information, please contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
The 14th annual Fox Film Festival is next weekend! Come out to the historic Newberg Cameo Theatre at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13, to watch student films on the big screen! Tickets are $4 per person (or $6 for two) and available at the door.
The following day, April 14, come to Bauman Auditorium at 6 p.m. for the award ceremony (hosted by Robby Larson and Valerie Rogers) or stop by half an hour earlier to see the film-makers make appearances in their red-carpet attire. Saturday’s event will include short videos interspersed between each presentation to award winners.
Longer films will be shown on Friday, while shorter ones will be shown on Saturday. Questions? Contact Carissa Hoffman at choffman09@georgefox.edu.
Support staff, please join us for our final Staff Development Committee-sponsored luncheon of the 2011-12 academic year. It will be at noon on Monday, April 16, in the Cap & Gown Room. Come enjoy a chicken nacho lunch while being entertained by the University Players!
Cost is $3 per person. Contact Jan Lefebvre (jlefebvre@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
Sign up today for Run for Romania! Run for Romania will be held at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, at the Newberg campus track. It is a 5K walk that will benefit the June Serve team’s trip to Romania and Moldova this summer.
In this year’s June Serve, a group of George Fox students and faculty that will partner with the organization Word Made Flesh, which seeks to serve Jesus amongst the poorest of the poor in Romania and Moldova.
Registration is $30 for adults and $15 for children (12 and under). To register, go to this link.
Newberg is hosting a Relay for Life on Friday and Saturday, June 22-23, and you are invited to be part of a George Fox team!
The event is scheduled at Joan Austin Elementary and the Austin Sports Complex. Relay for Life is a community-wide overnight walking event to support the American Cancer Society. This year’s theme is “Give Cancer the Boot!” Join fellow members of the George Fox community as we walk to honor cancer survivors, remember people we have lost, and also raise funds and awareness to help save lives!
For more information and to join the team, e-mail Vangie Pattison at epattison@georgefox.edu.
Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.
We are still in need of many willing servants to serve as ushers at both the undergraduate and graduate/professional studies commencement ceremonies on Saturday, April 28. Take tickets, hand out programs, direct graduates’ family and friends to their seats, and help make graduation a special event for all involved. All employees who participate as ushers will be paid $25 per ceremony through payroll.
There are three opportunities for involvement:
See that special student graduate …Â Be a part of an exciting event …Â Volunteer in a much-needed area of service …Â Be an usher at the Spring 2012 commencement!
Please let Lynn Scott know A.S.A.P. if this is something you would like to be a part of. Thank you for considering being involved in this memorable event.
– Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu or ext. 2140)
As we prepare to celebrate the upcoming Easter holiday, please note the following changes to meal times in Klages Dining Room:
Also, please note that the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will shut down at 2 p.m. on Thursday and be closed on Good Friday.
Reminder: Multicultural Leadership Scholarship applications are due today (April 4) by 5 p.m.!
The Multicultural Returnee Scholarship Competition
A brand-new scholarship will be awarded starting fall 2012. Four $2,500-per-year renewable scholarships will be given to returnee students who meet the following requirements:
To qualify, you must not already be on a multicultural scholarship (any that partner with GFU; if you have questions, contact Shelley Yonemura). You must submit the following to Student Life no later than Wednesday, April 4, at 5 p.m.:
Two copies of a printed leadership resume that includes the following:
An e-mail will be sent to determine if you move to the second round. Round Two will take place on Thursday, April 12, from 5 to 8 p.m.
For more information, contact Shelley, director of MSP, in STV 327 or at syonemura@georgefox.edu.
Faculty: Please submit your textbook requests for fall 2012 as soon as possible. Orders are needed this week for us to have enough time to process them before buyback begins.
Without your orders, students will not get the highest value for their books. To date, we’ve received only one-third of expected requests.
Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.
The university’s engineering department will present its annual Engineering Expo on Friday, April 20, between 3 and 6 p.m. in the EHS Atrium on the Newberg campus.
The expo will include project displays, a robotics competition and lab demonstrations. Also featured will be projects from the program’s Senior Design and Servant Engineering teams for companies and community organizations such as Daimler, CUI, VibeTech, NASA, 219 Technologies, Providence, Engineering World Health, 5-Rock Ranch, Medical Teams International, Oregon Commission for the Blind, Mennonite Central Committee, Aprovecho, and the Newberg Rotary.
In addition, high school design projects will be featured. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!
For more information, please contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2780.
The campus may be closed for Good Friday, but the Bruin Store will be open! Join us for our Great Friday Sale on April 6! All merchandise in the store is 20 percent off the lowest marked price.
You don’t want to miss this sale!
Students:
With finals week quickly approaching, and lots of projects due, security is noticing more of you studying later at night.
We wanted to let you know that the Bruin Den is open all night with cardlock access for you to study in, and the study room by the library is also open all night Monday through Thursday.
Unless you have cardlock access to a lab in an academic building, they are closed to students once they are locked down at night. Please use the spaces provided if you have a late-night study session coming up!
For more information, please contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu
A free-admission “‘Beat the Recession’ Business Expo” is scheduled from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, in the Villa Academic Complex.
Sponsored by the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest, the event will feature dozens of exhibitors in an event designed “to promote businesses, services and nonprofit outreaches that are working hard to thrive in the local economy,” according to Dundee businesswoman Vida Ice, event organizer.
According to Ice, the expo is the first of its kind in Yamhill County. Attendees will have the opportunity to network and to learn more about local businesses and the Christian Chamber. The business expo will begin about nine hours after the April Newberg meeting takes place at the same location with featured speaker, Portland-area author and pastor Bill Perkins.
Businesses or organizations that would like to participate as exhibitors should contact Ice at vida@vidaice.com or 503-750-9062. Cost to exhibit is $20 for Christian Chamber members, $30 for non-members.
For general information about the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest, call Executive Director James Autry at 503-928-8354 or visit cccnw.net.
Join the university’s gospel choir, the Voices of Praise, for our first interactive worship concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 9, at Newberg Christian Church. Special guests will include the GFU Dance Company, Pam Lau and Olivia Pothoff, Joe Djanga and more!
Admission is free for all (but donations are greatly appreciated). Bring your friends and family to join our community in a night of worship and praise. The church is located at 2315 Villa Road.
Questions? E-mail us at voicesofpraisegfu@gmail.com.
