Get your car washed to support the 2010 May Serve team. We’ll be headed to Swaziland, Africa, in less than a month, and your donations would be very appreciated. The car wash is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the Newberg Les Schwab.
Join us for a staff lunch at noon Monday, April 12, in the Cap and Gown Room. Jan Lefebvre (Advancement) will share about her recent trip to Haiti, where, during a missions trip with a group of ladies from her church and Lifeline Christian Mission, they experienced the devastating earthquake one day after their arrival. Lunch is $3 per person.
The university community is invited to attend a book release party for Steve Sherwood, who recently released Embraced: Prodigals at the Cross. Join us Friday, April 23, between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. in the Hoover Faculty Lounge on the Newberg campus.
Plant Services is hosting a surplus equipment and inventory sale in the Villa Academic Complex on Thursday and Friday, April 15-16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Items will include appliances, mowers, tillers, miscellaneous landscape equipment, light fixtures, cabinets, doors, laminate pieces, desks, panel walls, notebooks, tables, bookshelves, and much more.
Friday, April 9, 3 p.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Linfield, GFU campus courts
Saturday, April 10, noon – Baseball vs. Puget Sound (DH), Morse Field
Saturday, April 10, 1 p.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Pacific, GFU campus courts
Sunday, April 11, noon – Baseball vs. Puget Sound, Morse Field
Campus station KFOX Radio will webcast all three games of the Puget Sound baseball series, and live stats also will be provided for those games.
For more information, visit gfubruins.com or call the sports information office at ext. 2926.
The university community is invited to celebrate Richard Engnell’s retirement. After graciously serving George Fox University for 32 years, Richard has taught his last syllabus this spring semester. Please join us in a reception honoring him on Tuesday, April 20, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium.
We are coming to semester’s end, and the lost and found is filled to the brim. If you are missing an item, please visit the security office to see if it has been turned in. All items not claimed by semester’s end will be donated to charitable causes. Thanks!
– Security Services
Don’t forget to support the Thursday, April 8, Haiti benefit concert featuring Jadon Lavik and Patrick Hammond. Come out to Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m., bring $2 for Haiti relief (optional), and enjoy a night of great music.
Check out these artists at myspace.com/jadonlavik and myspace.com/patrickhammondmusic.
The university will host the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra for a free concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, in Bauman Auditorium. The symphony, directed by Ben Brooks, consists of George Fox students and faculty, as well as residents from the greater Portland area.
Pieces to be performed include a solo of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major (Movement No. 1), by Kathleen Lavengood; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 (Movements 1 and 2); Sibelius’ Symphony in D Major (Movements 1 and 4); and Eric Ewazen’s Shadowcatcher, a concerto for brass quartet and orchestra.
Two days later, on Thursday, April 15, the university will host a number of music ensembles in a Chamber Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Doors open at 7 p.m., and there is no admission charge.
Groups performing that night include a beginning band, a vocal jazz ensemble, chamber singers, a string ensemble, handbell ringers, a flute ensemble, a clarinet trio, an early music ensemble, and a low brass ensemble.
Please join us (rain or shine) for a groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of the Austin Sports Complex from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13. Construction on the soccer game field is scheduled to begin in April, with the completion set for late summer.
Parking will be available on Crestview Street.
The Women’s Leadership Development committee invites female employees on the Newberg campus to join us for another event as we continue exploring leadership development for women.
Join us in Hoover 105 from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, as we host a panel of university community members who are seen as leadership advocates for women within the George Fox community. MaryKate Morse will moderate the panel as members talk about assisting and providing opportunities for emerging leaders. On a later date, the event will be available via iTunes U for all women from other university sites to watch at their convenience.
Refreshments will be served. Administrators and staff will be released from office responsibilities.
The work of senior art students will be on display in the Minthorne and Lindgren galleries April 13 through May 1. An opening reception for the Senior Thesis Exhibit is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, in the Minthorne Gallery.
Students exhibiting their work include studio arts students Cortney Robson and Meghan Hedley (Minthorne Gallery) and graphic design students Tiffany Aquinde, Rachel Belgard, Ryan Erickson, James Green, David Griffiths, Kaytt Kojima, Krista Ray and Rebekah Ruble (Lindgren Gallery).
In addition, graphic design students will present their senior portfolios at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, in Hoover 105.
The Hawaiian Club is putting on its annual Hawaiian luau dinner in the Klages Dining Room on Wednesday, April 14, between 4:30 and 7 p.m. Come for a fun-filled evening with friends, food and live music. If you are not on the meal plan, it costs $10; however, the first 20 people who come get in for free.
Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura at syonemur@georgefox.edu.
Are you interested in leadership? In Quakers? If so, consider taking the one-credit REL 385A course this fall. Contact Jamie Johnson (jejohnson@georgefox.edu) with questions.
This is your last chance to pick up DVDs featuring pianist Valentina Lisitsa, this year’s visiting Bösendorfer Artist. Kenn Willson (Performing Arts) has two different DVDs: one shows Valentina performing all 24 Chopin Etudes and the other is entitled “Black and Pink,” on which she performs Liszt, Ravel, Chopin and Rachmaninoff.
The DVDs are $20 each and will only be available one more week. If interested, contact Willson at kwillson@georgefox.edu.
The theatre’s spring production of Eurydice opens this week in Wood-Mar Auditorium, with shows scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 8-10. Additional performances are scheduled April 15-17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 18, at 2 p.m.
Written by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Megan Weaver, Eurydice is a fantastical retelling of the myth of Orpheus. University employees receive one complimentary ticket, and students will be admitted free on both Thursdays. Your complimentary ticket is only available at the Box Office in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. Tickets may be purchased at theatre.georgefox.edu.
ASC is sponsoring a concert by Jadon Lavik and Patrick Hammond in support of Haiti. Come out to Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 8, bring $2 for Haiti relief (optional), and enjoy a night of great music.
Check out these artists’ work at: myspace.com/jadonlavik and myspace.com/patrickhammondmusic.
Tuesday is the last day to sign up online for the First Avenue Career and Graduate School Fair, scheduled Wednesday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center. Advance online registration closes at 4 p.m. and is only $5 at olapcfirstavenue.org; otherwise, tickets are $10 at the door.
Interested in networking? Attend between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to interact with more than 40 professionals in a variety of industries. You can view their profiles online.
Faculty, be sure to encourage students to take advantage of this event.
Dirk Barram (School of Business) will speak at a George Fox Auxiliary luncheon at noon Friday, April 16, in the Cap and Gown Room. Reservations are required and tickets are $7.50 per person.
In addition to Barram’s presentation, the event will feature George Fox business management students, who will present their senior projects. To make reservations, contact Margene Haworth at 503-538-0604. Reservations should be made by Tuesday, April 13.
The university’s College Republicans and the Yamhill County Republicans will host a Republican forum, featuring 14 of the state’s Republican candidates, in Hoover 105 beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 9. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Candidates will give 10-minute speeches and also answer one question from the audience and one question posed by the Yamhill County Republican Central Committee that was received via e-mail prior to the event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with opening comments beginning at 7 p.m.
Speakers scheduled to appear include Oregon governor candidates Allen Alley, Ames Curtright and John Lim; U.S. Senate candidate Jim Huffman; State Senate candidate Larry George; Congressional District #1 candidates Rob Cornilles, Doug Keller and John Kuzmanich; State Representative candidates Doug Heuer, Kim Thatcher, Jim Thompson and Jim Weidner; and Yamhill Country Commissioner candidates Kathy George and Mary Starrett.
