International Student Services will be hosting a garage sale this summer to raise money for an international student emergency fund. If you can donate to this cause, please bring your old or new items to the International Student Services office at 1110 E. Meridian St., any time between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Questions? Contact Joanna Cox at jcox@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 this Friday, May 1, 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.
Here is the Bon Appetit schedule for this week:
Saturday lunch is the last board meal of the semester. The Bruin Den will open on Monday, May 4, with summer hours (8 a.m. – 2 p.m.).
Good luck on your finals, congratulations to all graduating seniors, and we hope you all have a wonderful summer!
Come support the Nicaraguan Serve team and buy tacos for $1 in the Bruin Den today (Monday) between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.! We will be going to Nicaragua in the beginning of June for a medical missions trip with the university’s nursing program.
We are also selling SAVE cards for $1, which are discount cards for local businesses.
Questions? Contact Molly Hearn at mhearn12@georgefox.edu.
Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for guides and resources and to see the new features coming in the August 2015 FoxTALE upgrade.
Staff and faculty: Please bring any lost and found items that have been gathering dust in a corner to the security office so that students will have a chance to look for their lost items before leaving campus.
We’d like to have the items in our office preferably by end of day today (Monday).
Thanks!
– Security Services
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.
Students Pan and Annelise are publishing their first EP! We will be selling them for $3 each to cover the production cost. The sale will be today (Monday), from 4 to 6 p.m. in front of the library, and from 10 p.m. to midnight in the Bruin Den by Late Night Breakfast.
Come out and support the dynamic duo!
Questions? Contact Yixuan Pan at ypan12@georgefox.edu.
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.
The front of the Stevens Center is closed this morning (Monday), from approximately 8:30 a.m. to noon. Plant Services will be pressure washing the Stevens Plaza area, using a fire hose to minimize closure time. Please use the side and back entrances to enter the building.
Thank you!
– Plant Services
Come support the Nicaraguan Serve team and buy tacos for $1 in the Bruin Den on Monday, April 27, between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.! We will be going to Nicaragua in the beginning of June for a medical missions trip with the university’s nursing program.
We are also selling SAVE cards for $1, which are discount cards for local businesses.
Questions? Contact Molly Hearn at mhearn12@georgefox.edu.
Please be courteous for track and field guests this week. We are hosting the Northwest Conference Championships today (Saturday), and all athletic facilities will be set up to accommodate the 400 competing student-athletes and 2,000 spectators.
Duke, Wheeler and Stoffer Family Stadium will be closed entirely for the meet. If you park in the Bauman lot, you will need to walk to the right of the building to get to campus. The left side, nearest the track and field, will be closed.
Please feel free to come out and support our track and field team. Students with ID cards receive free admission. NWC rules require faculty and staff to pay.
The front of the Stevens Center will be closed this Monday, April 27 (Dead Day), from approximately 8:30 a.m. to noon. Plant Services will be pressure washing the Stevens Plaza area, using a fire hose to minimize closure time. Please use the side and back entrances to enter the building.
Thank you!
– Plant Services
Do you want to grow and develop as a leader? Is growing your leadership presence part of your performance goals or faculty growth plan for 2015-16? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you may want to consider applying for the Leadership Development Initiative (LDI). The program welcomes both women and men who are current George Fox employees who desire to grow in their current role or seek to prepare themselves for future leadership roles.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2015-16 cohort and are due by May 15, 2015. For more information and to access the application, please visit the following: Leadership Development Initiative Application.
If you have questions, please contact a member of the LDI planning team: Linda Samek, Rebecca Hernandez, Jen Macnab, Susanna Steeg, Missy Terry or Mark Pothoff.
Please be courteous for track and field guests this week. We are hosting the Northwest Conference Championships today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday), and all athletic facilities will be set up to accommodate the 400 competing student-athletes and 2,000 spectators.
Duke, Wheeler and Stoffer Family Stadium will be closed entirely for the meet. If you park in the Bauman lot, you will need to walk to the right of the building to get to campus. The left side, nearest the track and field, will be closed.
Please feel free to come out and support our track and field team. Students with ID cards receive free admission. NWC rules require faculty and staff to pay.
Bruin Careers has more than 400 postings for internships, full-time entry-level and part-time positions. Highlights this week include various ministry and counseling positions, a market research associate position in Shanghai, a trade show event coordinator position with FLIR, programmers at Google, a sports photography internship with the Salem Volcanoes and many, many more.
Need help on how to find opportunities in Bruin Careers? Stop by the IDEA Center front desk for a quick tutorial.
idea@georgefox.edu is here to support students in reaching their exceptional life outcome goals.
Faculty, please alert your students to these opportunities.
All are invited to the annual Spring Engineering Expo today (Friday) from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium and adjoining labs/classrooms. Enjoy Senior Design projects, Servant Engineering projects, class projects and lab demonstrations.
Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey at amcconaughey@georgefox.edu.
Tonight (Friday), the university community is invited to the music department’s annual Spring Concert, featuring performances by the university’s Symphonic Band, Concert Choir and Orchestra, and Women’s Chorale. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
The Symphonic Band, under the direction of Pat Vandehey, will perform Angels in the Architecture by Frank Tichelli and Sojourn of Dreams by Kevin Walczyk. The Chehalem Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Travis Hatton, will perform a selection from the George Fox Concerto Competition. Finally, the Concert Choir and Women’s Chorale, under the direction of Loren Wenz, will join forces to present Vesperae Solennes De Confessore by Mozart.
The link to purchase tickets is here.
We want to express our gratitude to everyone at George Fox for supporting the Science Outreach Program. Please help us celebrate the remodel of our new equipment-lending library.
You are invited to attend the Science Outreach Program’s open house in EHS 103 today (Friday) between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Questions? Contact Elizabeth Licon at elicon@georgefox.edu.
