PBS videos on demand are no longer available through Bruindata, but may still be accessed through the library. These videos are available for viewing for any university employee or student. You can gain access to these “Videos on Demand” via FoxTrax by searching for the keyword “VOD.”Â
Multicultural Services is hosting a Luau Tuesday, April 15 at 4:30 p.m. The event will include live music, authentic Hawaiian food, activities and student hula dancers.Â
We are looking for helpers to set up, tear down, and run some games. If you are interested or willing to help on Tuesday between 8:00-4:30 p.m., please contact Amber Nelson at anelson04@georgefox.edu or Burel Ford bford@georgefox.edu or ext. 2318.
Join faculty, students, and staff on Wednesday (April 16) 2-3:15 p.m. in celebrating the contribution of Tom Johnson, who has served for the last 11 years at George Fox University. He has filled the roles as interim president, seminary dean, and professor of biblical theology. Tom and Michele will be moving to Whidbey Island in their retirement. Their presence among us will be greatly missed.
Come to the Duke Atrium in Stevens Center for sharing, music, refreshments and fellowship.
The annual Fox Film Festival is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the Cameo Theater in downtown Newberg, and at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in Bauman Auditorium.
The cost is $4 for Friday’s showing and free on Saturday.
Please join the cinema and media communication department to celebrate a year of hard work. The films to be shown each night are:
Friday, April 11
Plight Before Christmas
The Lowly Landscaper
Wayne
Sunday Drivers
Here with Myself
God’s Call
Week on the Street
Saturday, April 12
Choices trailer
Goldie’s Last Days
Cafeteria
Cherry Coke
The Haunting of Quincy Walters
Loneliness
Ferdalangur
Awards will be handed out throughout the evening of April 12.
The Liberal Arts and Critical Issues (LACI) Senior Capstone projects will be on display in the Gregory Atrium in EHS and the Hoover Academic Building lower lobby on Monday, April 14 from noon to 4 p.m. Please come and view the excellent senior projects. The theme is Christianity and American Pop Culture.
For more information, e-mail Caitlin Corning at ccorning@georgefox.edu
The final staff lunch of the semester is set for noon Monday, April 14, in the Cap and Gown Room. In addition to the food and fellowship, entertainment will be provided by singer Jelani Greenidge. There also will be door prizes. The cost is $3.
Thursday, April 10 – Men’s golf in George Fox Invitational II, Chehalem Glenn Golf Course, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, April 11 – Women’s tennis vs. Puget Sound, campus courts, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 13 – Men’s tennis vs. Linfield, campus courts, 1 p.m.
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926
What are you planning to do with your summer? Faculty responses to such a query typically range from research to relaxing. Come share your summer plans and hear from others about how they use their summer to further their calling as educators and scholars.
A Faculty Teaching Forum, “Summer Reading, Writing, and Renewal,” is set from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the Executive Dining Room on the Newberg campus.
Guiding questions will be used to help in planning your summer activities. If you’re interested, read Don’t Waste Your Summer and Finally, Some Time for … in advance of the session.
To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) at jwithers@georgefox.edu by 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 14. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.
All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available at the “Events and Resources†link on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.
The faculty business meeting on the Newberg campus will return to Hoover 105 this Friday, April 11, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served. Watch your e-mail for agenda and proposals.
The university’s International Justice Mission chapter is hosting a fund-raiser now through Thursday, April 10, in the Student Union Building during lunch (11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.) Support IJM by buying a beaded bracelet and picking up more information about IJM and how you can support the organization. For more information, visit ijm.org or e-mail Joanna Cox at jcox05@georgefox.edu.
The May Serve team traveling to Thailand is hosting a fund-raising banquet from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 13, in the Klages Dining Room.
The event will include a silent auction. Free childcare is available (with meal provided), and a gourmet meal will be prepared by a professional chef (a vegetarian option will be available).
Tickets cost $10. To purchase them, contact e-mail Candice Thiessen at cthiessen04@georgefox.edu and let her know how many tickets you’d like, your campus box number, if you’d like the vegetarian meal, and how many children (if any) you’re bringing. She will mail you your ticket via campus mail.
You are invited to attend the 2008 senior graphic design portfolio presentation. Ten senior visual arts/graphic design majors will present their work and discuss design concepts in the creation of their portfolio.
The presentation runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Hoover 105.
A Senior Thesis Exhibit, featuring the work of graduating art students, begins with an opening reception from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in both the Minthorne and Lindgren galleries. The exhibit will remain on display in both galleries through April 26.
Attention staff: Voting for new members on the Staff Development Committee will take place between now and April 11 at 5 p.m.
Click on the link below and choose four names on the ballot. Results will be announced on Monday, April 14, at the staff lunch.
Click here to vote for four new members.
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, featuring refreshments, will follow in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The event is in lieu of the annual employee appreciation dinner.Â
The theatre department will present As it is in Heaven, the final play of the 2007-08 season, on April 10-12 and April 17-19 at 7:30 p.m., and April 13 at 2 p.m. All performances take place in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
The play tells the story of an 1830s Shaker community in Pleasant Hill, Ky., that is set in its ordered ways until a newcomer, Fanny, see angels in the meadow. Soon all the young women are receiving spiritual “gifts” of songs, drawings, ideas, and giggles and completely upsetting the community. Are these gifts an honest resurgence of the original shaker celebration, or something manufactured by Fanny?
Employees receive one complimentary ticket, available for pick-up at the University Store. Students are welcome to see the show free of charge at the two Thursday performances and may pick up those tickets at the University Store. The cost is $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or find out more, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.
A seminar, “Preparing to Buy Your First Home,” will be presented from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 14, in EHS 102. Presented by Northwest Lending Solutions, the seminar will help clear up some of the myths about buying a house. Attendees also will have a chance to win an iPod Shuffle, and free pizza and drinks will be served.
Preregister by e-mailing your name, address, phone number, and marital status to Preston Langeliers at plangeliers05@georgefox.edu.
The Associated Student Community communications department is hiring students for next year. Students are needed to work with The Crescent, KFOX, L’Ami, the darkroom, and the Bruin Directory. Most urgently, there is a need to hire the heads of these sub-committees. All positions come with a small stipend. Applications are available in the Bruin Den. E-mail Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu with questions.
The Thailand May Serve team is accepting donations for a garage sale through Friday, April 11. The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS, with all proceeds benefiting the Thailand May Serve team.
The library staff wishes to thank the George Fox community for participating in the recent library service quality survey. Over the past few weeks, 887 students, faculty, staff, and administrators, or 22 percent of the university community, completed the survey. Many respondents also supplied written comments. Library faculty and staff will soon review the data plus all the suggestions and comments with great interest.
Congratulations to these winners whose names were randomly drawn from all who took the survey and entered their e-mail addresses.
iPod Shuffle:
Angela Leder
Annette Ann Korkeakoski-Sears
$25 Amazon gift certificate:
Andrew Miller
Daniel Brunner
Kaitlan White
Kathryn Hite
Susan Corbett-Furgal
