The Daily Bruin

With the end of our fiscal year quickly approaching, and to ensure a clean cut-off between FY14 and FY15 spending, the last day to use your Visa card for fiscal year 2014 purchases is Friday, June 20. Please refrain from using your card for any purchases after this date.

If you will be traveling for business during this time, please contact Kathi Becker to discuss arrangements on how to handle purchases after June 20. Credit card purchases for the 2014-15 fiscal year can begin on or after July 1.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Kathi by email (kbecker@georgefox.edu) or at ext. 2166.

How hard is it to build and publish a native app? All those technical decisions – which language, which framework, how many developers, what skill sets are needed – can be mind-boggling, especially for a non-technical entrepreneur.

If you know of students who have an interest in this area, encourage them to join us for a visit to Puppet Labs on Tuesday, May 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. The business is located at 926 N.W. 13th Ave., in Portland.

Students can register for the event by emailing Deb Mumm-Hill at dmummhill@georgefox.edu. More information is available by calling the IDEA Center at 503-554-2330.

Know of students who might be interested in the potential of design to improve the human condition? Encourage them to join us for a visit to Liquid Agency on Thursday, May 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. The business is located at 910 S.W. Holt in Portland.

Liquid Agency will showcase innovations that offer new and better ways to interact with the world and with each other. This exhibition features a collection of diverse products that challenge the status quo by pushing boundaries in the worlds of furniture, art, apparel, medical devices, toys, typography, photography, jewelry and more.

Students can register for the event by emailing Deb Mumm-Hill at dmummhill@georgefox.edu. If they have questions, they can contact the IDEA Center at 503-554-2330.

All university employees are invited to celebrate with us as we honor retiring Gary Kilburg with a reception on Monday, May 5, in the Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117. The event will run from 4 to 6 p.m.

Throughout Gary’s career, he has modeled professionalism, kindness, and the love of Christ to his colleagues and students. He has served the university family for 22 years, taking on leadership roles and forming foundational work in the area of mentoring for the College of Education.

Please join us in celebrating Gary’s work with us and wishing him well in retirement.

Come join the spiritual life and student life departments in commissioning Sarah Baldwin and Clint Baldwin in their future endeavors! We will host a farewell reception for them from 1 to 3 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah served George Fox as the dean of spiritual life and university pastor, and Clint has served as the director of the Center for Peace and Justice. Sarah has accepted the position of vice president of student development at Asbury University.

Let’s celebrate this new step in their journey as well as thank them for the time they have spent in developing our campus community!

Staff, faculty and students: Please be sure to bring in any found items to the security office before leaving campus. If you have lost an item, please stop by the security office to check for it, as all items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes next week.

Thank you!
– Security Services

Faculty and staff: If you have a pile of “lost” items in your offices, please take them to the security office immediately so that students can check the lost and found before leaving for summer break.

Thank you!
– Security Services

Returning students: Your class papers will go into your campus mailbox – and be there when you return in the fall.

Graduating or withdrawing students: Your class papers will be stored at Mail Services for six months. You may stop and ask for them sometime in mid-May.

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lstartwel@georgefox.edu.

The admissions office is selling plants from Commitment Day for $2 on the second floor of the Stevens Center. Swing by anytime today (Tuesday) to see the selection.

Questions? Contact Mandee Wilmot at ext. 2248 or mandee.wilmot@georgefox.edu.

Support the 2014 Summer Serve teams (Kenya, Argentina and Romania/Moldova) by shopping at the “porch sale” at the Spiritual Life House.

Today (Tuesday) is the last day of the sale, and all items are available for $1 or less! Take a mid-morning break and stop by to see what’s available. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to noon.

Questions? Contact Sierra Neiman at sneiman@georgefox.edu.

Please bring your student mail to Mail Services by 9 a.m. on Friday, May 2, to have the mail delivered to student mailboxes on that day. There will be no deliveries made to student mailboxes after 1 p.m.

Employee mail will continue throughout the day.

If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Students going on Juniors Abroad or Summer Serve who intend to leave their cars here during those trips should contact security for further information. International students should also contact security for their options on leaving a car here for the summer.

There will be no parking in the Pennington or Bauman lots this summer due to construction. Any cars left on campus will need to be emptied of contents and the keys left with security. Owners should also know that George Fox is not responsible should anything happen to your vehicle if it is left on campus.

Please call security at 503-554-2090 to discuss the options during business hours.

Starting Tuesday, May 6, Marcella Hatfield will be offering a free yoga class two days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Start time is 8:10 a.m. in Minthorn 200, and we will be done before 9 a.m.

Bring your own yoga mat if you have one. There will be no class on July 3, 29 or 31. Questions should be directed to Marcella at mloprinzihatfield09@georgefox.edu.

We are missing several black mesh chairs with both black- and silver-framed legs. These chairs are needed for commencement events this week and need to be returned right away.

If you have any of these chairs in your office, room or work area, please contact us at events@georgefox.edu or ext. 2027 so we can pick them up.

Thank you!
– Event Services

Know of students looking for an awesome summer job? Tell them to check out these great local companies looking for George Fox students to join their team for a paying summer internship!

• Climax – Newberg (any major)
• Autodesk – Lake Oswego  (engineering/design)
• Legacy Research – Portland (biology, chemistry, nursing)
• Puppet Labs – (computer science)

More information is available by stopping by the IDEA Center in the Stevens Center, calling 503-554-2330, or emailing careers@georgefox.edu.

Come join the spiritual life and student life departments in commissioning Sarah Baldwin and Clint Baldwin in their future endeavors! We will host a farewell reception for them from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah served George Fox as the dean of spiritual life and university pastor, and Clint has served as the director of the Center for Peace and Justice. Sarah has accepted the position of vice president of student development at Asbury University.

Let’s celebrate this new step in their journey as well as thank them for the time they have spent in developing our campus community!

Remember to attend the farewell reception for Melanie Hulbert (Sociology), Michael MacLeod (International Studies), Robert Melendy (Engineering), Michael Bevis (English Language Institute) and Jane Scott (Library) today (Monday) from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium).

Please join us to wish them all well!

Please join us as we celebrate Carrie Bohl’s service to the university at a reception this Friday, May 2, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the advancement office at Coyote Place (700 Deborah Road).

Carrie has served at George Fox for 16 years. She is leaving to focus full time on her home-based business. We appreciate her work in both student services and university advancement. She will be greatly missed!

Plan to enjoy some refreshments as we honor Carrie.

Want to be a part of the spring 2014 undergraduate commencement ceremony in Miller Gymnasium? Come help out as an usher!

We are in need of people for both ceremonies on Saturday, May 3. The morning ceremony starts at 10 a.m., and the afternoon ceremony starts at 2:30 p.m. Duties include passing out programs, guiding people to their seats and assisting guests.

Please e-mail Jennifer Kepler (jkepler@georgefox.edu) if interested.

If your department has student workers or volunteers returning to campus before Saturday, Aug. 23, who need access to their fall housing, please contact housing@georgefox.edu. As part of this we need each student’s name, ID number and approximate move-in date by Friday, July 25 ,in order to prepare housing for these individuals. Requests received after this time may not be considered.

If you have questions regarding this, please contact the Office of Student Life at 503-554-2310 or housing@georgefox.edu.