The Daily Bruin

Got stress, aches and pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? We want to help! Come by to get a massage performed by a doctor of physical therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students ($10) and employees ($15). We are offering 30-minute massages on Friday, April 13, from noon to 5:30 p.m. in Roberts 204. All proceeds will be donated to help fund our medical service trip to Africa! Donations are also welcome!

Preregister here! Questions? Contact April Nichols (anichols16@georgefox.edu).

Donate your cans and bottles to the nursing serve team going to Kenya. We are collecting cans and bottles until Saturday, April 7, and will spend that morning doing pick-ups.

Text 503-863-0662 or 253-766-9693 to request a pick-up. Contact Hannah Thom (hthom16@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Thank you!

Please fill out this short survey for my marketing class project!

New Product Survey: Music Devices

Thank you!
- Samantha McKibbon (smckibbon15@georgefox.edu)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

George Fox and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive next week. The need for blood is constant, and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every two to three seconds, and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.

Drive Details
Location: Abby’s Legendary Pizza
Address: 1913 Portland Road, Newberg
Date: Friday, April 13
Time: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Please reserve your donation time by using this link or calling 800-733-2767. After clicking on the link, enter “97132” in the ZIP code search box and click on the “By Distance” tab to find the “Abby’s Pizza” blood drive link.

Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today! If you have questions or need help, contact Bethany Christensen (bchristensen15@georgefox.edu) or Craig Lee (leec10@georgefox.edu).

The university community is invited to a free Chamber Concert tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Come out to support our student musicians as the Chamber Singers, Chamber Orchestra, and Women’s Chorale perform. Selections include Alma Redemptoris Mater and Ubi Caritas (Chamber Singers), Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (Chamber Orchestra), and three Leonard Bernstein songs (Women’s Chorale).

See you at the concert!

Do you have back or neck pain? Would you like to have it looked at for free while also helping out our physical therapy students? Our second-year students are looking for volunteers for Tuesday, April 24, from 1 to 2 p.m. or from 2 to 3 p.m. in the physical therapy department of the Roberts Center.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.

This summer, the university’s physical therapy department is taking a medical service trip to Ghana and Uganda to serve a diverse and less privileged community. To help raise money for the trip, the program is hosting a banquet this Saturday, April 7, at 5 p.m. in Canyon Commons.

Tickets are $25 and include dinner and a silent auction. To purchase tickets or learn more, contact Warren Ocano at wocano@georgefox.edu or call 510-468-2056. You may also come by the physical therapy department in the Roberts Center and ask for Warren.

Hello! Please consider taking this six-question survey for a class project about possible to-go options in Canyon Commons. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Canyon Commons Survey

Thank you!
- Molly Williams (mollisande@yahoo.com)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

As a chapel elective opportunity, an open worship experience will be held every Thursday until the end of the semester, allowing for quiet waiting on God, vocal ministry if moved by the Spirit, and praying for one another upon sharing prayer requests. All are welcome.

We will meet each Thursday from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 250. Contact Paul Anderson (panderso@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Got stress, aches and pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? We want to help! Come by to get a massage performed by a doctor of physical therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students ($10) and employees ($15). We are offering 30-minute massages on Friday, April 13, from noon to 5:30 p.m. in Roberts 204. All proceeds will be donated to help fund our medical service trip to Africa! Donations are also welcome!

Preregister here! Questions? Contact April Nichols (anichols16@georgefox.edu).

The libraries are rolling out an exciting new model for on-demand research help through “Book a Librarian.” Have a research question? Drop by our offices in the Murdock Learning Resource Center (main floor) or schedule an appointment online for a time that is convenient for you!

Questions? Ask a librarian! Email us a researchhelp@georgefox.edu.

The undergraduate admissions office is getting ready to welcome hundreds of students to campus for our annual spring Bruin Preview this Thursday and Friday, April 5-6.

Please be courteous of our special guests by avoiding parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots on Thursday afternoon (after lunch) and Friday all day.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kelly Friesen at ext. 2248 or kfriesen@georgefox.edu.

Students and employees: This is just a friendly reminder that the card locks on student housing and academic buildings are there for your safety and to keep unauthorized people out. Please do not let people in with you as you slide your card to enter. If you feel that somebody has entered the building that doesn’t belong there, please call security at 503-554-2090 with a detailed description of the person(s).

Thank you,
– Security Services

Warm greetings from the spiritual life trips coordinators! We will be hosting a Nepal trip information night tonight (Wednesday) immediately after Vespers in Bauman Auditorium. We invite you to attend. Joining us will be members of last year’s Nepal trip team to share about their experience.

Please visit our website (georgefox.edu/spiltrips) to access the application form.

Blessings,
– SpiL Trip Team (Rusty St. Cyr and Monik Kadarmanto)

Faculty growth plans? What will you include as teaching goals? What challenges are you facing with student engagement or accessibility that you need to address next year?

Gain new ideas and learn from your colleagues at one or both of two faculty development workshops. Time will be provided to work on your growth plan!

Workshop 1: Increasing Accessibility of Digital Academic Content
Monday, May 14, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Workshop 2: Breakthrough Instructional Strategies for ALL Students
Monday, May 14, noon to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, May 15, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The workshops will be held at the Windrose Conference Center in Newberg (809 W. 1st St.). For more information, and to register, visit this link.

Sign up soon – only a few spaces remain!

The George Fox University Auxiliary invites you to a ComedySportz Hour on Friday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Featuring fast, funny, improvised comedy for the whole family, this one-hour show features two professional comedy teams battling for laughs and points under the command of an “all-powerful” referee. The comedy is based on fan suggestions, and the fans control the outcome of the match.

Tickets are $12 each (children age 12 and under are free) and can be purchased at the George Fox Box Office or online at this link. Proceeds from the event will go toward funding George Fox scholarships.

Questions? Contact Karlyn Fleming at kfleming@georgefox.edu.

Representatives from Hewlett Packard (HP) will be on campus tomorrow (Wednesday) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Hoover 103 presenting information on their internship opportunities as well as new products being developed at their Vancouver and Corvallis locations. Please encourage students in the following disciplines to attend: ​electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, chemistry and physics.

Questions? Contact Sidney Tafflinger (stafflinger@georgefox.edu).

As we are now in the last month of the semester, be sure to stop by the security office to check for your lost items! There are currently close to 30 water bottles, lunch bags, sweaters, coats, textbooks, shoes, etc. All items not claimed by their owners will be donated to charitable causes on Monday, April 30.

Contact Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Are you requiring students to go to the Academic Resource Center (ARC) before the end of the semester? Do you have students who would benefit from an ARC appointment for writing, study tips, or general academic support?

Please encourage these students to schedule now. Appointments fill up fast this time of year, so students need to schedule early.

Snack2Share will be hosting its last pop-up shop of the semester today (Tuesday) on the quad! Come grab snacks from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Venmo and cash are accepted.

Snack2Share is a ministry that harnesses the late-night cravings of college students to feed the hungry. When you buy a snack pack from us, you also provide a snack pack for those in need in Portland. Snack2Share was created by four marketing students who want to make a difference with their school project.

Donations are also welcome at any time through Venmo @Snack2Share; just write “Donation” in the message section! Follow us on Facebook (@snack2share), Instagram (@snack2share), and Twitter (@snack2share). Thank you to everyone who has helped us make a difference so far.

Contact Maggie Plater (mplater14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.