The Daily Bruin

Plant Services is hosting its annual Phase II event this week, with the event open for viewing beginning today (Tuesday) at 8 a.m.

Items will be open for viewing in the Macy and Sutton basements Tuesday, May 5, through Thursday, May 7, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Friday, May 8, from 8 a.m. to noon. After students and staff view these items, the remaining items will be donated to local charities.

At the end of every school year many students have good reusable items that they do not want to take home over the summer. These items often include blankets, clothing, kitchen supplies, small appliances, radios, room decorations, furniture, etc.

In an effort to keep the dumpsters from overflowing and to be better stewards of our resources, Phase II was initiated. Many students have benefited from these items. For example, summer work-study students often find items they need for apartment living.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

The College of Business’ MBA program is hosting its Spring Speaker Series on Friday, May 22, at the Portland Center. We’re excited to announce that the keynote speaker is Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey. The event runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and is free to attend. Everyone is welcome.

You can get more information and RSVP at this link.

The library’s intra-campus faculty courier service will be suspended for the summer effective today (Monday, May 4). The service will resume on Aug. 31, 2015. If you would like to sign up for this service in the fall, please use the form located at this link.

During the months of May and June various parking areas around campus will be restriped and curbs will be painted, weather dependent. The painting this week will begin around mail services on Monday and will loop around by the tennis courts, Weesner Village and into the Pennington lot.

Please pay attention and don’t park in the areas that are blocked off so that the painting crews won’t be slowed down by cars parked where they shouldn’t be. Every Monday we will announce in The Daily Bruin where the painting crews will be for that week.

Questions or concerns? Please call security at 503-554-2090.

Learn to make the gorgeous hanging baskets that grace our George Fox quad area. You will learn this valuable lesson on how these beauties are assembled and help us in the process.

Join us on Wednesday, May 13, starting at 9 a.m. We will be working on the baskets for approximately four hours, and you are welcome to join in the class at any time. We’ll meet in the Plant Services Building at 1101 Villa Road.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

Interested in learning a stringed instrument? Or playing in a small ensemble? Beginning and intermediate string classes are offered fall and spring semesters for 1 credit, meeting Mondays and Wednesdays at noon.

These classes will be set up as chamber groups focusing on technique, while learning classical and fiddle music. Register for MUSI 285 A (beginning), or MUSI 285 B (intermediate).

Email Rebekah Hanson with any questions at rhanson@georgefox.edu.

We’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo tomorrow (Tuesday) with a delicious menu being served out of our food cart on the quad – pork carnitas tacos with assorted toppings, Spanish rice, black beans, horchata and a warm churro, all for just $6.75. Come join us for lunch between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.!

FoxTALE will be unavailable this Monday, May 4, between 6 and 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– Your Educational Technology Team

​Seven staff and administrator positions are currently open​. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• ​Assistant Director​ of International Student S​er​v​ice​s
• Assistant Director of Visitor Experience, Admissions
• Director of Gift Development, Advancement
• Custodian, Portland Center
• Business Analyst, IT
• Director of Alumni Relations
• Campaign Manager, Advancement

The link to public position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu; please contact Human Resources for information about internal-only positions. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

The Fitness Center will be closed on Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, and reopen for summer hours on Monday, May 4.

The Office of Spiritual & Intercultural Life warmly welcomes you to our baccalaureate service, the opening event of graduation weekend. It is tonight (Friday) from 7 to 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium and will be a commissioning service for our graduating seniors and their families, remembering all of our graduates’ special accomplishments from their time here at George Fox.

All are welcome to attend, and Spanish and Mandarin Chinese translation will be available for those who wish to enjoy the service in those respective languages. It is a non-ticketed event; simply come and enjoy! Attire is business casual.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office of Spiritual & Intercultural Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2320.

Staff and students: A silver VW Jetta was hit in the front lot of the VAC on Tuesday, April 28, between 7:45 and 11:15 a.m. The car was in the middle row by the median on the northern end of the lot and was facing Villa Road.

A $100 reward has been offered by the car’s owner for any information that leads to the individual responsible for the damage to the car being caught. Please contact security (ext. 2090) if you saw somebody hit this car on Tuesday.

Thank you!

Interested in learning a stringed instrument? Or playing in a small ensemble? Beginning and intermediate string classes are offered fall and spring semesters for 1 credit, meeting Mondays and Wednesdays at noon.

These classes will be set up as chamber groups focusing on technique, while learning classical and fiddle music. Register for MUSI 285 A (beginning), or MUSI 285 B (intermediate).

Email Rebekah Hanson with any questions at rhanson@georgefox.edu.

We are pleased to announce that George Fox University has chosen to partner with Follett Higher Education Group in operating our bookstore. This transition to operation by Follett will be completed by July. There will be more information to share on this transition in the coming weeks/months.

Please contact Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu with any questions.

We are pleased to announce the coffee house and catering vendor contract for the Portland Center has been awarded to Simmer Down Catering. Their contract is effective Friday, May 1, with exclusive rights to Portland Center catering. The coffee house will be closed Friday, May 1, and reopen on Tuesday, May 5, as the Simmer Down Cafe.

Owners are Jamison and Janon (head chef) Bourgeois and Janon’s sister, Pastry Chef Jennifer Davis, who will manage the cafe. Janon and Jennifer are graduates of Oregon Culinary Institute. Their pricing is comparable to current pricing, with some new menu items.

You’re welcome to start contacting them now for catering events going forward from May 1 and beyond.

Contact information:
Email: events@SimmerDownCatering.com
Phone: 503-726-9754
Website address: simmerdowncatering.com
Facebook: facebook.com/SimmerDownCatering

Thank you for your patience as we transition vendors.

Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

A huge box of lost and found items was just turned in to the lost and found from Wood-Mar Auditorium. If you have lost something either while performing in a play or attending something in Wood-Mar, please stop by the security office before the end of the week to check for your lost items.

All unclaimed items will be donated to charitable causes next week.

The Office of Spiritual & Intercultural Life warmly welcomes you to our baccalaureate service, the opening event of graduation weekend. It is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) from 7 to 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium and will be a commissioning service for our graduating seniors and their families, remembering all of our graduates’ special accomplishments from their time here at George Fox.

All are welcome to attend, and Spanish and Mandarin Chinese translation will be available for those who wish to enjoy the service in those respective languages. It is a non-ticketed event; simply come and enjoy! Attire is business casual.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office of Spiritual & Intercultural Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2320.

Students, staff, faculty, families and community members are welcome to join the community garden this summer. We will have weekly work days and potlucks, and you will soon begin bringing home fresh produce.

To learn about upcoming work days and how to get involved, email Cherice Bock at cbock@georgefox.edu, and/or join our Facebook page.

The community garden moved to a new location! There is a lot of work to be done this season to get the new space up and running, and we are looking for interns to help out this summer. Internships will run May through August. (If you are going on Juniors Abroad, that can be negotiated.) All interns should be in Newberg most of the summer and commit to coming to weekly garden work days.

Continuing students will receive a stipend of $400. A committed intern could request to take up to two of the following positions.

• Planting & Harvesting Intern: Create and facilitate a planting schedule. Organize individual gardeners to pay specific attention to one crop or area of the garden. Work with garden coordinator to make a plan for what will happen at the garden each week. Approximately 3-4 hours/week.

• Community Engagement & Social Media Intern: Communicate the opportunity to participate in the garden with George Fox and Newberg community. Work with planting and harvesting intern and garden coordinator to publicize garden activities and plans. Network with other community gardens in Newberg. Solicit donations from local garden retailers and to the food bank. Approximately 3-4 hours/week.

• Writing Intern: Attend weekly garden work days and write weekly reflections and/or updates for the community garden blog.

• Artist Intern: Attend weekly garden work days and help beautify the new garden. This might include decorative markers for each crop, garden art of your choice, helping design an herb spiral, or other ideas you have. It could also include paintings, sketches, or photos/videos of the garden to post on social media in collaboration with the writing intern.

Interested applicants should send an email with a concise description of any relevant experience, why they are interested in the job, and summer availability to Cherice Bock (cbock@georgefox.edu) by Saturday, May 2. Applicants should also have one professor or employer send a reference letter.

Finance department petty cash is available daily between 9 a.m. and noon. Please make your requests and plan to pick up your cash between those hours.

Thank you,
– Kim Forbes (kforbes@georgefox.edu)