The Daily Bruin

All are welcome to attend a TESOL Virtual Seminar in Key Issues on English Language Teaching entitled “Grammaring,” presented by Diane Larsen-Freeman this Wednesday, May 7 from 7 to 8:30 a.m. in Hoover 102 at the Newberg campus.

Teaching grammar often means giving students grammar rules and then having students practice the rules in drills and exercises. Students do learn about grammar this way, but they don’t necessarily learn to use it for their own communicative purposes. Grammaring is a dynamic process. It is what enables language students to use grammar structures accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately. In this Virtual Seminar, we will learn about grammaring, how it is learned, and how to teach it.

Presenter
Diane Larsen-Freeman is Professor of Education, Professor of Linguistics, and Research Scientist at the English Language Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She is also a Distinguished Senior Faculty Fellow at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. She is a respected author in the field of English language teaching.

Contact: Martha Iancu

Athletics has several 8.5 X 11 and 11 X 14 certificate frames (with glass) that they are willing to give to anyone who needs them. Contact Patty Findley (Athletics) at ext. 2910 or at pfindley@georgefox.edu for more information.

Employee e-mail will be down for maintenance from 6 to 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6.

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.

For employees at the Portland Center, Robin Baker will present the strategic planning and
employee awards on Thursday, May 8, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 155A. Refreshments will follow.

Employees are invited to attend an all-community meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, May 5, in Hoover 105. The meeting will provide employees an update on strategic planning as it relates to next year. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

Phase II is now open for your viewing enjoyment. Drop by the Lyda House between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to see the items students left behind. Please alert your students to browse through also.

Yellow mum plants, left over from graduation, are for sale. The price is $2 each, and they are available at the Pennington House on a first-come, first-served basis. Please come by our office between 8 a.m. and noon and 1 and 5 p.m. to purchase your mum plant. Plants must be purchased in person. None will be held over the phone.

Questions? Call Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134  or e-mail her at alorenz@georgefox.edu.

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.

Starting Monday, April 28, the Bruin Den will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. throughout the remainder of the summer.

Please note that with the OSAA choir championships on campus May 1-3, the Bruin Den will be extremely busy on Thursday and Friday during the noon hour. If you are able to come earlier or later, the lines will be much shorter. Thanks.

– Bon Appetit

Old George Fox University “script” stationery may only be used for internal campus communication purposes only, not to be used for outgoing U.S. Mail. Thank you for your cooperation.

– Marketing and Communications

If you will be in the area this summer, and would like to be part of the George Fox Community Garden, please e-mail Corey Beals (Religious Studies) at cbeals@georgefox.edu or simply talk to him. The garden is located on what used to be the helipad for Providence Newberg Hospital, near the Villa Academic Complex.

The Fitness Center will be closed from 5 p.m. Friday, April 25, through Sunday, April 27. It will reopen Monday, April 28, with shifts from 6 to 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (there will be no 4-7 p.m. shift).

From Tuesday, April 29, through Friday, Aug. 29, it will be open from 6 to 8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 4 to 7 p.m. (no weekends). It will be closed May 26 and July 4.

No student mail will be distributed to student mailboxes after 3 p.m. on Friday, April 25.

Forwarding of U.S. Mail will begin on Monday, April 28. For those who have requested their mailbox to remain open all or part of the summer, mail will resume to their mailbox on Monday, April 28. If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell (Mail Services) at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

As you start to pack up for the summer, please return any Bon Appetit dishes, bowls, glasses, cups, etc. you may have. Bon Appetit bought more than 4,000 glasses alone this year and would love to have stray items returned. You can leave them outside our doors, hand them to us, leave them in boxes for the custodial staff, or even send us anonymous notes and we’ll come and get them.

Thanks for all your help … have a great summer!

– Bon Appetit

The university’s baseball program is hosting its annual Bruin Baseball Camp for ages 8 through high school seniors from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day June 23-26. The cost is $150 (family rates are available).

To find out more, call head coach Marty Hunter at 503-554-2914 or e-mail him at mhunter@georgefox.edu and put “BSB Camp” in subject line.

The summer Fitness Center hours (April 28 to Aug. 29) are 6 to 8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. There will be no weekend hours.

The center will be closed Memorial Day (May 26) and July 4.

If you have lost any items, please come to the Security Services house to check for them in the lost and found before 3 p.m. on Friday, April 25. After this time, items will be donated to charitable causes. Have a great summer break.

– Security Services

The Center for Teaching and Learning is hosting a FoxTALE workday in the Newberg CAI Lab on Tuesday, May 6.

A session from 9 a.m. to noon will focus on using the FoxTALE grade book and quiz features. Participants will learn to set up online quizzes or tests and will discuss the pros and cons of using FoxTALE as one’s course grade book. Attendees also will learn to set up assignments and weighted categories in the grade book. This course assumes that participants have a basic knowledge of FoxTALE.

Any full-time, part-time, or adjunct faculty members are welcome. RSVP to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) by Friday, May 2, to reserve a space in the workshop. Also contact Sheila if you want an introduction to FoxTALE prior to this session.

There will be optional open lab time from 1-4 p.m. in the CAI Lab. All faculty members can come to work on FoxTALE at their own pace and to ask individual questions.

Additional FoxTALE sessions will be offered in August on the Newberg campus and at the Portland Center.

Did you attend chapel the first Monday after spring break, when Gregg Lamm spoke and packets were handed out to sponsor Compassion International children? Twenty-five of these packets were taken without students writing down information. These are the only packets in the world for these children.

If you took a packet, please contact the Campus Ministries office at ext. 2320 or e-mail ehodgin05@georgefox.edu. If you have a friend you know took a packet, please remind them of this announcement as well. Thank you.

– Campus Ministries

Richard Reiten, chairman of the board for Northwest Natural Gas and the company’s former CEO, will speak at both spring commencement ceremonies this Saturday, April 26. The university will confer 330 traditional undergraduate degrees and 362 graduate, seminary, and professional studies degrees. About 570 students are expected to participate in the ceremonies.

Undergraduate commencement begins at 2 p.m. in Miller Gymnasium in the Wheeler Sports Center, with audience seating at 1 p.m. The ceremony for graduate, seminary, and professional studies students starts at 7 p.m. in the same location, with seating for guests beginning at 6 p.m.

Also, on the morning of April 26, a baccalaureate service is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Reiten’s commencement address is titled “A Mission Possible: Making a Difference.” For more scheduling information on commencement weekend, visit the commencement events page.