The Daily Bruin

Come support our music students this week at two concerts in Bauman Auditorium! Admission is free to both events.

On Thursday, April 10, the university’s Keyboard Ensemble, String Trio 1, String Trio 2, String Duet, Women’s Chorale, Handbell Ringers, Flute Ensemble, Chamber Choir and Brass Quintet will perform a Spring Chamber Concert at 7:30 p.m.

Then, on Friday, April 11, our Jazz Combo and Jazz Ensemble will perform a Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Pieces scheduled to be played include Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise;” Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s “Have You Met Miss Jones;” Duke Ellington’s “Jack the Bear;” and Pat Metheny’s “Another Life.”

See you there!

The university community is invited to hear from Makoto Fujimura, an internationally renowned artist, twice this week.

Today (Wednesday), Fujimura will speak in the 10:40 a.m. chapel service in Bauman Auditorium. Then, this Saturday, April 12, he will be in Bauman again for a 7:30 p.m. presentation, “A Conversation with Makoto Fujimura on Faith, Art and Culture.” The session will include a showing of the artist’s new documentary film, Golden Sea, and a discussion session with him about the arts. There is no charge to attend.

Prior to Saturday’s campus visit, a 5 p.m. pre-event opening is scheduled at the Chehalem Cultural Center, where Fujimura’s work is now on display in the center’s Parrish Gallery. The Chehalem Cultural Center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.

The event is cosponsored by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the Chehalem Cultural Center, and George Fox’s Department of Visual Art and Design and William Penn Honors Program. More information is available at this link. More about Fujimura is available at makotofujimura.com.

Bruin Preview families will begin arriving around 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 10. Please help us welcome these visitors to campus by parking your car somewhere other than the Stevens or Hoover parking lots after lunch Thursday, and all day Friday.

Thanks so much!

The Blazer game against the Sacramento Kings is tonight! The game starts at 7 p.m. at the Moda Center. We will not be providing rides, so you will need to find your own transportation.

After the game, go to Gate A-9 because George Fox students will get to shoot hoops on the court!

For more info or if you have questions, contact Brogan Groth at bgroth12@georgefox.edu.

The university’s politics program invites you to join us for a free presentation by Jay Bruce, associate professor of philosophy at John Brown University. He will present “Is Social Justice a Threat to Liberty?” at 6 p.m. Friday, April 11, in Hoover 105.

Two students from the philosophy club will offer responses to the presentation question.

Bruce holds degrees in engineering, religion and philosophy, including a PhD from Baylor University, an MA from the University of Oxford and an AB from Dartmouth College. His first book, Rights in the Law: The Importance of God’s Free Choices in the Thought of Francis Turretin, was published last year.

Questions? Contact Mark David Hall at 503-554-2674.

Last Friday, the university provided the media and the public with a statement on its decision regarding a transgender student and on-campus housing. For those who have not seen it, it is at this link.

Don’t forget to join us for Sheila Bartlett’s retirement celebration today (Tuesday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the EHS Atrium (Ron Gregory Atrium) on the Newberg campus. Milk and cookies will be provided, along with Sheila’s request of garden veggies!

See you there!

This Friday, April 11, is the deadline for entering your request for faculty regalia rentals for the Saturday, May 3, commencement ceremonies. The regalia rental form is available at this link.

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

Calling all staff! We know you are buried and the thought of one more activity is more than you can handle about now. However, you have to eat lunch anyway, so please set aside the noon hour on Monday, April 14, and come away to the islands for a staff lunch luau!

We promise you will be rejuvenated and refreshed after a yummy tropical lunch, some great entertainment and swag! Now that the weather is great, dig out that Hawaiian shirt or muumuu and feel free to wear them. The cost is only $3, so mark it on your calendars now!

Students and staff: With the end of the semester approaching, we know everybody is very busy and it’s easy to lose track of where your valuables are. We’d like to remind you to please not leave your valuables unattended, even for “a minute,” and to always keep your cars, bikes and rooms locked.

Please don’t leave valuables in your car as a temptation to thieves; take your valuables with you! And if you see something or somebody on campus that doesn’t look right, please call security immediately at 503-554-2090. We’d much rather come and investigate a false alarm than to have several people notice something amiss and have nobody call us.

Finally, if you are studying late at night at a place other than your residence, please avail yourselves of a security escort back to your vehicle or dorm. Just call the above number a few minutes before you need to walk back and the officer on duty will escort you.

Thank you,
Security Services

Come support your George Fox University chamber ensembles as they perform a fantastic concert in Bauman Auditorium this Thursday, April 10, beginning at 7:30 p.m.!

A variety of ensembles, from vocal to instrumental, will be performing a wide range of music. Admission is free!

Questions? Contact Jessica Sokoloff at jsokoloff10@georgefox.edu.

Blazer tickets go on sale on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 11 a.m. today (Tuesday) inside the ASC offices for Wednesday’s Blazer game against the Sacramento Kings. Only 120 tickets are available for $5 per ticket.

After the game, stick around because George Fox students will get to shoot hoops on the court.

For more info or if you have questions, contact Brogan Groth at bgroth12@georgefox.edu.

The university’s French and cinema programs have joined forces to present the second part of the Fox French Film Festival on Friday, April 11, in Lemmons 8.

Opening the night will be The Chorus, a story taking place in the late ’40s, about little Pierre, a badly behaved boy who attends a dreary boarding school presided over by a strict headmaster. New teacher Mathieu brightens up the place and organizes a choir, leading to the discovery of Pierre’s musical talents. It shows at 7 p.m.

Also that night, at 9 p.m., Of Gods and Men will be featured, which tells the story of eight French Christian monks who live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region.

Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay, come what may. This film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.

Filmgoers will also have the chance to indulge in crêpes and other French fare during the intermission between the shows.

Questions? Contact Isabelle Corneaux at icorneaux@georgefox.edu.

Come join us as Erin Johnson’s SWRK 393 Macropractice class canvasses the Newberg and Dundee neighborhoods to hang door hangers to raise awareness for the need for a new pool facility. We’ll be out on the streets from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 19.

Why should you participate?

1. Snacks
2. Free T-shirt
3. Because you care about building communities

If you want to volunteer, please register at this link. If you want to know more about the cause, visit the website and “like” the Facebook page.

The Doctor of Physical Therapy program invites you to a continuing education event, “Evidence-Based Practice for Clinicians,” presented by Jeff Houck, PT, PhD, on Saturday, April 12, in VAC 203. The session runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dr. Houck, in addition to publishing numerous studies in peer-reviewed journals, is on the International Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy. His expertise in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) includes assigning levels of evidence for international journals, presentations at national conferences, and teaching EBP to many audiences. He also is currently an active member of the EBP special interest group of the American Physical Therapy Association.

The objectives of the session are to:

1. Be able to discuss the purpose of Evidence-Based Practice
2. Be able to formulate and discuss various clinical questions that motivate research
3. Be able to determine the validity of published studies
4. Be able to apply results of published studies to patient cases
5. Be able to design learning experiences that facilitate EBP in the clinic (i.e. journal clubs, speakers, blogs).

Please go to this link to register.

Questions? Contact Gina Braden at rbraden@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder of Tuesday’s (April 8) open session for Newberg staff and administrators to meet with members of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accreditation team. The meeting is scheduled from 3 to 4 p.m. in Duke 205.

Please contact academic affairs if you have any questions about the team visit or accreditation process.

Please join us for Sheila Bartlett’s retirement celebration tomorrow (Tuesday, April 8) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the EHS Atrium (Ron Gregory Atrium) on the Newberg campus. Milk and cookies will be provided, along with Sheila’s request of garden veggies!

See you there!

The university community is invited to hear Makoto Fujimura, an internationally renowned artist, writer and speaker who formerly served as a presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in Bauman Auditorium.

“A Conversation with Makoto Fujimura on Faith, Art and Culture” will include a showing of the artist’s new documentary film, Golden Sea, and a discussion session with Fujimura about the arts. There is no charge to attend.

Prior to the campus visit, a 5 p.m. pre-event opening is scheduled at the Chehalem Cultural Center, where Fujimura’s work is currently on display in the center’s Parrish Gallery. The Chehalem Cultural Center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.

The evening will conclude with a post-event reception in the Lindgren Gallery, where Fujimura will be available to sign books. The reception will be co-hosted by Mark Terry of the university’s Department of Visual Art and Design and Joseph Clair, director of the William Penn Honors Program.

The event is cosponsored by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the Chehalem Cultural Center, and George Fox’s Department of Visual Art and Design and William Penn Honors Program. More information is available at this link. More about Fujimura is available at makotofujimura.com.

Fujimura is recognized worldwide as a “cultural shaper.” He was a presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003 to 2009, and his work is exhibited in galleries around the world. He’s also widely recognized as one of the key illustrators of the St. John’s Bible, the first fully illuminated manuscript to have been commissioned in more than 500 years.

Please join us in celebrating Dianna McIntyre and her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community on Monday, April 21, in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 1 to 3 p.m.

Throughout her career, Dianna has brought to her work professionalism, joyfulness and a love for Christ and people. Her interactions with our faculty, staff and students are always marked by thoroughness, balanced with sensitivity and warmth. She has a gift for engaging students and helping them to grow and develop in the gifts and abilities God has given them.

Dianna has served as the adviser for the International Student Club and has also mentored a number of our student leaders, modeling a life of living for Christ and doing one’s best. Hugs, laughs and prayer are all common experiences for students meeting with Dianna, allowing students to leave her office with a genuine sense of being affirmed and truly known.

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

An open session for staff and administrators on the Newberg campus to meet with members of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accreditation team has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. in Duke 205.

Please contact academic affairs if you have any questions about the team visit or accreditation process.