The Daily Bruin

Your dreams of seeing our award-winning, internationally ranked debate team in action are finally coming true!

This Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m., come to Hoover 105 and watch a public debate featuring the George Fox team on the following topic: “We regret social networks.”

Coffee and refreshments will be served, and there will also be opportunities for audience participation. Should be a raucous good time!

Questions? Contact Abigail Rine at arine@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget tonight’s (Thursday’s) Spring Chamber Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

The event will include performances by our Keyboard Ensemble (“Venetian Boat Song,” “Rondo”), Women’s Chorale (“Tundra,” Cantate Domino”), String Ensemble (“Last Spring, Op. 34,” “Simple Symphony, Op. 4”), Chamber Singers (“Alleluia,” “Exultate Deo,” “Stand by Me”), String Quartet (“String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 in F Major”) and Handbell Ringers (“The Bells of Notre Dame,” “Under the Sea”).

There is no admission charge.

Come support our music faculty at a pair of recitals this week. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, Brent Weaver will present “From Grief to Joy,” featuring some of his original compositions and performances by students. The event will include performances by Nathanael Ankeny (saxophone), James Pick (piano), Ken Beare (tenor), Maria Choban (piano) and the university’s Brass Ensemble.

On Sunday, April 7, a 3 p.m. recital featuring voice faculty is scheduled. Maggie Daane (soprano), Cynthia McGladrey (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Hayward (lyric baritone), Rebekah Hansen (viola), Barbara Stewart (piano) and James Pick (piano) will perform. Selections includes works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein, Ravel and Brahms.

Both recitals are scheduled in Bauman Auditorium, and admission is free.

The admissions office is accepting applications for summer internship. Summer interns are responsible for and/or involved with a wide range of admissions functions, including giving campus tours, communication with prospective students (in person, over the phone and via e-mail and Facebook), data entry, mail processing, stuffing and sorting bulk mailings, filing, database procedures, handling inventory and some front office reception.

A position announcement and application details are available on Bruin Careers. Applications are due on Monday, April 8.

Come take a break from homework from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 4 in Hoover 102, and join the Psychology Club and Sigma Zeta (Biology Club) as we compete to see who REALLY knows more about the brain in our fourth annual brain trivia competition! Pizza and soda will be provided.

For more information, please contact Rose Henry at rhenry07@georgefox.edu.

Are you ready to beat the odds in your professional job search? We have a way to spruce up those job-search skills through Optimal Resume on MyGFU/Career Services.

You can build a resume, cover letter, interviewing, eportfolio, website, and articulate skills one competency at a time, or you can join us in the 10-Step program to become an Optimal Job candidate. The program is set up for you in BruinCareers/MyGFU, but don’t hesitate to ask us about it.

Here’s a quote worth thinking about: “Your job skills will not get you a job … but your job-search skills will.”
– Job Search Strategies, Bud Clarkson

Thank you,
Bonnie Jerke (Career Services)
careers@georgefox.edu, careers.georgefox.edu, 503-554-2330

Are our students ready to beat the odds in their professional job searches? We have a way to spruce up those job-search skills through Optimal Resume on MyGFU/Career Services.

Students can build a resume, cover letter, interviewing, eportfolio, website, and articulate skills one competency at a time, or they can join us in the 10-Step program to become an Optimal Job candidate. The program is set up in BruinCareers/MyGFU; don’t hesitate to ask us about it.

Here’s a quote worth thinking about: “Your job skills will not get you a job … but your job-search skills will.”
– Job Search Strategies, Bud Clarkson

Thank you,
Bonnie Jerke (Career Services)
careers@georgefox.edu, careers.georgefox.edu, 503-554-2330

The Bruin Grounds is hosting a benefit concert featuring George Fox alumnus Benjamin Tissell on Saturday, April 6, at 8 p.m. Proceeds will support Ameena Bossier and Bri Phelps, who are going to serve in Swaziland for two months this summer as interns.

The Bruin Grounds will be donating a percentage of what it makes that night from drink purchases. So come enjoy some great music and purchase coffee, milkshakes, smoothies, etc., and support your fellow classmates. Invite your friends!

Hope to see you all there!

Come and support our very own Gospel Choir, The Voices of Praise, in their second annual “WORSHIP EXPERIENCE” Concert. This is going to be an awesome night of praise and worship. Come and be a part of it!

• Location: Newberg Christian Church, 2315 Villa Road
• Date & Time: Saturday, April 13, 7 p.m.
• Questions? Contact Christopher Benjamin (benjaminc@georgefox.edu)

I’m house manager for the theatre department’s production of Enchanted April, and I’m looking for some ushers!

If you come help out with the show, you get to see the show for free in return! After duties are done, you just chill and watch the show, or if you’re posted on door duty I’ll give you a ticket for you to come back on another showtime.

Performances are:

• Thursday, April 11 (7:30 p.m.)
• Friday, April 12 (7:30 p.m.)
• Saturday, April 13 (7:30 p.m.)
• Sunday, April 14 (2 p.m.)
• Thursday, April 18 (7:30 p.m.)
• Friday, April 19 (7:30 p.m.)
• Saturday, April 20 (7:30 p.m.)
• Sunday, April 21 (2 p.m.)

Arrival times for ushers will be about one and a half hours before showtime (or less). So I would need you to arrive at 6 p.m. on evening shows and 12:30 p.m. for matinees.

Send me and e-mail letting me know which date(s) you would like to usher for!

Much obliged,
Michelle (mcroce12@georgefox.edu)

This Thursday we have a large group of prospective students here for our Bruin Preview event and we are still in need of some hosts for those students staying overnight.

If you are interested in helping a student in their college decision process by hosting them for the night, please get in touch with the Admissions Office asap!  Hosts will be required to attend a 4 p.m. meeting in Hoover 105 on Thursday, April 4 in order to meet their students. Snacks will be provided!

Contact Emma Glennen at eglennen@georgefox.edu or 503.554.2249 if you are available!

We will have a large group of prospective students and guests coming to campus on Thursday and Friday, April 4-5, for our Bruin Preview event. Please help us welcome our guests by parking somewhere other than the Stevens and Hoover parking lots on Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. This will allow them to park close to the event’s check-in location.

Thank you!
The Undergraduate Admissions Office

Drop in to celebrate your achievements at our open house event, scheduled from 4 to 7:30 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Room 155 at the Portland Center! You can meet with student accounts, registrar and alumni representatives, pick up your regalia, enter to win door prizes, and enjoy light refreshments.

A representative from Jostens will also be on site with rings and announcements.

If you are unable to attend Grad Night, please talk to your program administrator or administrative assistant for instructions on obtaining your regalia and necessary information.

Summer Address Collection is coming soon and will be held next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday – April 9-11.

• Place: Table by ASC offices in Bruin Den area.
• Times: 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Who: All current freshman, sophomore, juniors
• Why: Your campus mailbox will be closed the last day of finals – unless you request to have kept open.

Mailbox options for the summer:

• Open – all or part of the summer

• Closed – just for the summer
  • We will forward your mail to the address you give us.
  • You will have the same mailbox next year.
  • Keep your mailbox key over the summer.

Sponsored by University Mail Services.

For more information, please contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

R.V. Kuhns George Fox University Day for finance students will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, April 18.

Senior finance students are invited to an open house at R.V. Kuhns and Associates, Inc. in Portland to learn more about a career in investment finance. Interested students should register on Bruin Careers.

Please contact Career Services (careers@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions!

The owners of Bonaventura Authentic Italian Sausage and Deli in downtown Newberg are donating $1 to George Fox for each “Bruin Bruschetta” sandwich sold since their grand opening. And they want your help to determine where their gift should go.

Stop by Bonaventura during business hours (10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.) Wednesday, April 3, through Friday, April 5, to cast your vote.

You can vote for either:

• The Annual Fund – Institutional scholarships for 80 percent of all undergraduate students
• Stoffer Family Stadium – Future home of George Fox football, track & field and community events

The winning selection will be announced in a future e-nnouncement and at Bonaventura.

The university community is invited to a Spring Chamber Concert this Thursday, April 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

The event will include performances by our Keyboard Ensemble (“Venetian Boat Song,” “Rondo”), Women’s Chorale (“Tundra,” Cantate Domino”), String Ensemble (“Last Spring, Op. 34,” “Simple Symphony, Op. 4”), Chamber Singers (“Alleluia,” “Exultate Deo,” “Stand by Me”), String Quartet (“String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 in F Major”) and Handbell Ringers (“The Bells of Notre Dame,” “Under the Sea”).

There is no admission charge.

You are invited to be part of a Cesar Chavez discussion (“Si se Puede”) today (Wednesday) beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Klages Dining Room. We will be learning how to make homemade tortillas and salsa en molcajete. After that, we will enjoy our food while we discuss the “Si Se Puede” theme. Come and learn about the Latino culture from Latino students.

If you have any questions, contact Nancy Arellano (narellano11@georgefox.edu).

Juniors and seniors: Do you ever wonder what life will be like after Fox?

Come to Post Fox from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, April 5, and get your questions answered about:

• Insurance
• Housing after college
• Budgeting & investing
• Debt reduction
• How to get a job

Come and enjoy live music and tasty hors d’oeuvres while networking with alumni from several career fields! The cost of this event is $5.

Sign up with a team or individually for the George Fox quads sand volleyball tournament, scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13. Players of all skill levels are welcome. We’ll have music, prizes, snacks and a grill.

Come and play or just hang out. It’ll be lots of fun! Hope to see you there. Check out our Facebook page for more details, and feel free to send any questions my way!

Joey Burda (jburda09@georgefox.edu)