The Daily Bruin

The university has the pleasure of welcoming the first group of new incoming students and their parents for Genesis this Thursday and Friday, May 15-16. Please help to make their first “official” day on campus as welcoming as possible by sacrificing your parking spots in the Wood-Mar, Hoover, and Stevens lots.

There are many available parking spaces in the Pennington and Bauman lots, and street-side parking is available on Sheridan and Meridian streets (campus side of Meridian please). Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

– Security Services

George Fox is in the process of formulating teams to participate in the community’s Relay for Life event, scheduled from 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. on June 20-21 at Newberg High School. Would you like to walk in the relay this year? If so, please contact Nancy Almquist (Development) this week at ext. 2120 or at nalmquist@georgefox.edu and let her know of your interest. Last year, the Newberg event raised $115,000 in the fight against cancer.

Check out the University Store’s Sidewalk Sale this Thursday and Friday, May 15-16. Save 50 percent and more on select items. Stop inside and save 20 percent on George Fox merchandise and 30 percent on art and school supplies, World of Good items, and Zulugrass necklaces.

In gearing up for Serve Day’s 10th anniversary celebration, the university is still in need of at least 50 more team leaders for the Wednesday, Sept. 10 event. Following are some of a team leader’s responsibilities: attend a meeting a week prior to Serve Day and early the morning of Serve Day; make contact with serve site contact and the student leader; and provide direction, organization, and oversight for group. Please volunteer by contacting Kayin Griffith, Serve Day coordinator, at serveday@georgefox.edu. Thank You!

– Kayin Griffith

Several George Fox students participated in the filming of an MTV TRL show that will air this Thursday, May 15 at 3:30 p.m. The students were in New York for a fashion merchandising and design study tour and attended a premier of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. They were asked to return the next day to interact with the movie’s stars in the filming of the MTV show.

Please join the School of Management for a farewell reception for Sandee Robinson from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, in Hoover 103. Sandee has served the SOM the past two years as administrative assistant for the school and its Doctor of Management program. She also has  served as an undergraduate adjunct faculty member. Sandee is planning to continue her graduate work and pursue her love of teaching.

Want to learn how to make those gorgeous hanging baskets that grace the George Fox quad area? You will learn this skill and help Plant Services in the process by attending a Wednesday, May 21, session at the Plant Services building at 1101 Villa Road. The class begins at 9 a.m. and will last about four hours. You are welcome to join the class at any time.

To find out more, contact the Plant Services office at ext. 2010.

You’re invited to the first work day of the year at the university’s community garden, located at the hospital’s old helipad near the Villa Academic Complex. You don’t have to be a green thumb to be part of it.  We’ll work from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. this Saturday, May 10.

If you’d like more information about being a part of the garden this year, or wish to be put on an e-mail list, contact Corey Beals (Religious Studies) at cbeals@georgefox.edu, or stop by the garden.

The university will host its annual ice cream social from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center. All employees, including student employees, are welcome to attend. Supervisors, please be sure your student employees know they are invited to take part.

George Fox is teaming up with the Newberg community to organize a SOLV-sponsored work day in Hess Creek Canyon on Saturday, May 17. Work crews will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and assignments will include digging two fish swales, removing ivy (no poison oak is present), creating a link between trails, and spreading gravel.

Participants will meet in the Wheeler/Le Shana parking lot, where they will be assigned to a work team. The Newberg Rotary is providing about 100 volunteers, and Clyde Thomas (Plant Services) is seeking university volunteers who would be willing to join them.

Also, there is a need for about 10 individuals to be team leaders. It would involve a half-hour of orientation prior to May 17, either individually or as a group.

For more information, contact Clyde at ext. 2013 or cthomas@georgefox.edu.

The university’s Salem site will host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at its new location in the Capitol City Business Center, 4600 25th Ave. N.E., Suite 150. The center is located in the former State Farm Insurance building in Salem. Refreshments will be served following a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a few words from administrators.

The site offers a Master of Arts in Teaching degree, an MAT Plus ESOL endorsement, and an MAT Plus Reading endorsement. Also offered are EDFL administrative licensure courses, doctorate of education courses, and master of education courses.

In addition, the site features the masters in counseling program, most courses for the masters in marriage and family therapy program, and some courses for the masters in school counseling degree.

Finally, School of Professional Studies programs offered in Salem are bachelor’s degrees in management and organizational leadership and social and behavioral studies.

FoxTALE will undergo maintenance and therefore be unavailable from 6 to 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13.

The university is hosting its Bruin Basketball Academy for girls and boys from the second through ninth grades in June. The girls meet in Miller Gymnasium June 16-19 and the boys June 23-26, with camps scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day.

Call Scott Rueck (ext. 2920) or Mark Sundquist (ext. 2918) for a registration form, or visit the George Fox athletics page. The cost is $90 (family rate is $80 for multiple campers from same family). Fee includes a basketball, a T-shirt, and 16 hours of instruction.

President Robin and Ruth Baker invite you to attend the annual presentation of employee awards:

Date: Wednesday, May 7
Place: Wood-Mar Auditorium
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.

An employee reception will follow from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS.

The university is expecting approximately 30 new international students this fall. We are looking for about 15 families who would be willing to host up to two international students in their home the nights of Aug. 24-27.

Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 9 a.m. and pick up students at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to help defray some of the costs.

If you are interested in serving as a host family, please contact Dianna McIntyre or Alex Pia. If you know of others who might be interested, let us know so we may contact them.

Thank you for your willingness to consider this opportunity.

Dianna McIntyre
503-554-2649
dmcintyr@georgefox.edu

Alex Pia
503-554-2643
apia@georgefox.edu

Thursday, May 8, will be the final day that Phase II will be open. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Lyda House. The balance will be distributed to charity. Thank you for helping to keep it neat and orderly for others.

– Plant Services

Have you seen a bound volume (2001-2004) of the university’s Life magazine issues? If so, please return it to the Office of Marketing and Communications, as it is part of the department’s library of past publications. Contact Tamara Cissna at ext. 2126 or at tcissna@georgefox.edu.

With the postage rate set to increase on May 12, the United States Postal Service is offering a unique option: the opportunity to purchase Forever Stamps. According to the USPS website, “The Forever Stamp, as the name suggests, can be used to mail a one-ounce First-Class Mail letter at any time in the future without additional postage, regardless of when the stamps are purchased or used and no matter how prices may change. Customers who buy Forever Stamps now at the current First-Class Mail stamp price of 41 cents will save a penny when the price of stamps – including the Forever Stamp – increases to 42 cents on May 12.”

If you wish to take advantage of the Forever Stamps, University Mail Services has them for sale in books of 20 for $8.20 through Friday, May 9.  Starting Monday, May 12, the cost of the Forever Stamp will be $8.40 for a book of 20 stamps. Questions? Call ext. 2555.

Mother’s Day is this Sunday, and to honor the occasion the University Store is hosting a sale May 6-9. Save 20 percent on all George Fox “Mom” sweatshirts, “Mom” mugs, and “Mom” hats, as well as all earrings, bracelets, cross necklaces, and hair pieces. Also, save 30 percent on all World of Good items and Zulugrass necklaces. Bookstore summer hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

All employees are invited to attend the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast this Saturday, May 10 at 8 a.m. in Klages Dining Room.

If you are interested in attending please contact Lon Fendall at ext. 2685 or by email at lfendall@georgefox.edu