The Daily Bruin

Come join the spiritual life and student life departments in commissioning Sarah Baldwin and Clint Baldwin in their future endeavors! We will host a farewell reception for them from 1 to 3 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah served George Fox as the dean of spiritual life and university pastor, and Clint has served as the director of the Center for Peace and Justice. Sarah has accepted the position of vice president of student development at Asbury University.

Let’s celebrate this new step in their journey as well as thank them for the time they have spent in developing our campus community!

Staff, faculty and students: Please be sure to bring in any found items to the security office before leaving campus. If you have lost an item, please stop by the security office to check for it, as all items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes next week.

Thank you!
– Security Services

Faculty and staff: If you have a pile of “lost” items in your offices, please take them to the security office immediately so that students can check the lost and found before leaving for summer break.

Thank you!
– Security Services

This is the week to get cash for your books. Textbook Buyback is this week only, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday. Bring your books to the Textbook Annex.

Portland/distance-learning students may sell their books through our website and ship them to Neebo, instead of bringing them to Newberg (go to gfubookstore.com, click “Sell Textbooks,” select “Ship Textbooks by Mail” and follow the steps).

Also remember to return your rentals to the Annex or main store. Portland students may package their rentals addressed to BlueZone Store, #6229, and have the front office at the Portland Center send them via campus courier.

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

It’s commencement week at George Fox! Students graduating from George Fox’s graduate programs and George Fox Evangelical Seminary will attend commencement ceremonies on Thursday and Friday, May 1-2, at various locations. Details on when and where they will take place are available at this link.

In a new format this year, the university will host two undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 3. This year, a ceremony for students in the school’s College of Business, College of Christian Studies, College of Education and College of Engineering will will take place at 10 a.m.

In the afternoon, a second undergraduate ceremony for those graduating with degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Behavioral and Health Sciences is set for 2:30 p.m. Both ceremonies will take place in Miller Gymnasium in the Wheeler Sports Center. Commencement can be viewed live at this link 15 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony.

Richard Foster, a 1964 graduate of George Fox and the author of Celebration of Discipline, will serve as commencement speaker at the two undergraduate ceremonies.

To read more about Foster and for a complete guide to commencement events, visit this page.

Returning in the fall? Keep your mailbox key over the summer. You will have the same mailbox in the fall.

Graduating or withdrawing? Return your mailbox key before you leave campus to avoid a $15 key charge. There are return key envelopes on the counters in the Beebe, SUB and main post offices. Put your name and box number on the envelope. With key sealed inside the envelope, drop the envelope off at Mail Services (North Street Annex) or drop it into any “ON CAMPUS MAIL” slot.

Questions? Email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Returning students: Your class papers will go into your campus mailbox – and be there when you return in the fall.

Graduating or withdrawing students: Your class papers will be stored at Mail Services for six months. You may stop and ask for them sometime in mid-May.

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lstartwel@georgefox.edu.

Looking for an awesome summer job? Check out these great local companies looking for George Fox students to join their team for a paying summer internship!

• Climax – Newberg (any major)
• Autodesk – Lake Oswego  (engineering/design)
• Legacy Research – Portland (biology, chemistry, nursing)
• Puppet Labs – (computer science)

Questions? Stop by the IDEA Center in the Stevens Center, call 503-554-2330, or email careers@georgefox.edu.

An alumnus of the seminary, Trenton Corvino, joined the university this month to serve as a graduate admissions counselor for the seminary. Since graduating with a master’s degree in ministry leadership in 2012, Trenton has worked as a program director for the Portland After School Tennis and Education program, leading a year-round after-school nonprofit operation for 60 at-risk children. He worked for the same organization as a tennis academy director, coach and tutor from 2010 to 2012, and, before that, as a ministry staff member from 2007 to 2010 at the Onyx House, a college-age church outreach in Eugene, Ore. While a student at the University of Oregon, from which he earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 2006, Trenton was a resident assistant in housing from 2004 to 2006. Trenton enjoys playing tennis and is a certified professional tennis instructor. He lives in Portland and attends Theophilus Church in Portland.

Sheila Bartlett’s (Seminary) final day at George Fox Evangelical Seminary is April 30. She is retiring from the university after 21 years of service. She and husband Doug will be redoing their kitchen cabinets as part of a remodeling project. She also plans to have a weed-free garden and care for her 90-year-old mom.

Chris Schlarbaum (Student Financial Services) is leaving George Fox after 31 years of service. Her final day at the university will be this Friday, May 2. She plans to spend her summer traveling and playing with her grandchildren.

Carrie Bohl (Advancement) is leaving the university this week after 16 years of service. She plans to concentrate on building her home-based business. A farewell reception for her is scheduled for Friday, May 2, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the advancement office at Coyote Place (700 Deborah Road).

Eilene Newman (Portland Center Library) is retiring from the university after working at George Fox for 22 years. Her final day at the school is April 30. She and husband Bob plan to enjoy a slower pace, more road trips, more gardening, pool time and family fun.

Clint (Center for Peace and Justice) and Sarah Baldwin (Spiritual Life/Campus Pastor) are leaving the university and moving to Kentucky, where Sarah has accepted the position of vice president of student development at Asbury University. The Baldwins arrived at George Fox in 2005. A farewell reception for them is set from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

The following faculty members are leaving the university this summer to retire or pursue other opportunities: Wayne Adams (Graduate Psychology), Michael Bevis (English Language Institute), Lisa Bingham (Nursing), Charles Choi (Communication Arts), Michele Eave (Counseling), Melanie Hulbert (Sociology), Clella Jaffe (Communication Arts), Gary Kilburg (Education), John Knox (Religious Studies), Michael MacLeod (International Studies), David Manock (Counseling), Robert Melendy (Engineering), Debra Penkin (Social Work), Kirstie Richman (English),  Jane Scott (Library), Shary Wortman (Education) and Kent Yinger (Seminary).

Kevin T. Jones (Communication Arts) and Carol Brazo (Education) published “Cultivating a community of truth through critical pedagogy when faced with resistance: teaching my gender students how to “ride the bus”” in the March 2014 edition of the International Journal of Innovation, Education and Research, published in the United Kingdom. The essay explores how to face resistance from students in the classroom on controversial topics through critical pedagogy.

Kevin also took five communication arts students to present research papers at the Northwest Communication Association annual conference April 17-19, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Junior Zach Baker presented his essay “Using LMX Theory to examine group experience and trust.” Juniors Ariel Hortert and Allison Walsh presented their paper on “Recognition of non-verbal warmth, self-disclosure and the effect on closeness in various relationships.” Jones served as critic and responded to a panel titled “Rhetorical agents of change.” Also attending the conference were sophomore Bethany Widdicombe and first-year student LaQuae Aughtman.

Two of Ed Higgins’ (English) poems, “To Do Reminders“ and “the dung beetle,” are published in the April issue of Gutter Eloquence, an online poetry journal.

Steve Sherwood (Christian Studies) wrote a blog post, “The Anointing at Bethany and the Internet Age,” for the Missio Alliance’s website, appearing on April 16.

April 29          Jeff Woods
May 1             Patrick Allen
May 2             Elaine Smith
May 3             Wendy Ackley
May 4             Sarah Reid
May 5             Robert Bonner
May 7             Cory Hand
May 8             Molly Hickok, Brent Wilson, Deb Worden
May 10           Christopher Meade
May 12           Marla Sweningson

The admissions office is selling plants from Commitment Day for $2 on the second floor of the Stevens Center. Swing by anytime today (Tuesday) to see the selection.

Questions? Contact Mandee Wilmot at ext. 2248 or mandee.wilmot@georgefox.edu.

Support the 2014 Summer Serve teams (Kenya, Argentina and Romania/Moldova) by shopping at the “porch sale” at the Spiritual Life House.

Today (Tuesday) is the last day of the sale, and all items are available for $1 or less! Take a mid-morning break and stop by to see what’s available. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to noon.

Questions? Contact Sierra Neiman at sneiman@georgefox.edu.

Please bring your student mail to Mail Services by 9 a.m. on Friday, May 2, to have the mail delivered to student mailboxes on that day. There will be no deliveries made to student mailboxes after 1 p.m.

Employee mail will continue throughout the day.

If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Students going on Juniors Abroad or Summer Serve who intend to leave their cars here during those trips should contact security for further information. International students should also contact security for their options on leaving a car here for the summer.

There will be no parking in the Pennington or Bauman lots this summer due to construction. Any cars left on campus will need to be emptied of contents and the keys left with security. Owners should also know that George Fox is not responsible should anything happen to your vehicle if it is left on campus.

Please call security at 503-554-2090 to discuss the options during business hours.

Starting Tuesday, May 6, Marcella Hatfield will be offering a free yoga class two days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Start time is 8:10 a.m. in Minthorn 200, and we will be done before 9 a.m.

Bring your own yoga mat if you have one. There will be no class on July 3, 29 or 31. Questions should be directed to Marcella at mloprinzihatfield09@georgefox.edu.

We are missing several black mesh chairs with both black- and silver-framed legs. These chairs are needed for commencement events this week and need to be returned right away.

If you have any of these chairs in your office, room or work area, please contact us at events@georgefox.edu or ext. 2027 so we can pick them up.

Thank you!
– Event Services

Don’t forget to join us for an end-of-semester campus prayer walk and prayer revival from 3 to 4 p.m. today (Monday)!

Walkers meet at the Prayer Chapel.

Questions? Contact Cat Saeteurn at csaeteurn13@georgefox.edu or David Brooks at dbrooks11@georgefox.edu.

– “On Our Knees Worship”
Group Prayer Walk to destination on campus

Know of students looking for an awesome summer job? Tell them to check out these great local companies looking for George Fox students to join their team for a paying summer internship!

• Climax – Newberg (any major)
• Autodesk – Lake Oswego  (engineering/design)
• Legacy Research – Portland (biology, chemistry, nursing)
• Puppet Labs – (computer science)

More information is available by stopping by the IDEA Center in the Stevens Center, calling 503-554-2330, or emailing careers@georgefox.edu.

Looking for an awesome summer job? Check out these great local companies looking for George Fox students to join their team for a paying summer internship!

• Climax – Newberg (any major)
• Autodesk – Lake Oswego  (engineering/design)
• Legacy Research – Portland (biology, chemistry, nursing)
• Puppet Labs – (computer science)

Questions? Stop by the IDEA Center in the Stevens Center, call 503-554-2330, or email careers@georgefox.edu.