The Daily Bruin

Today is a big day for George Fox University as we proudly launch season-ticket availability for our inaugural season of Bruin football to a select group of individuals. For the next seven days, all university employees and alumni will have early access to season tickets before they are released to the general public on March 31.

Some details you should know:

• Season tickets in the covered grandstand are $90 until May 5, when the price increases to $100.
• The Bruins will host five home games this first season.
• Single game tickets in the covered grandstand and general admission tickets will be released later this spring; we are not selling season tickets in the general admission section.
• All university staff and students will receive one complimentary ticket per home game to sit in the uncovered general-admission bleachers.

If you are interested in purchasing season tickets, visit the Vendini website. To learn more about season-ticket pricing, our football program and Bruin athletics, please visit our athletics website and follow our teams on Facebook. To have your questions answered, please email our director of sports marketing, Sarah Reid.

Plant Services is hosting a sale of furniture and other miscellaneous items – and will have some office supplies for free – today (Monday) from 9 a.m. until noon. All “for sale” items are for personal use and need to be picked up the day of the sale. The office supplies are all free and should be used on campus only and not taken home for personal use.

The sale will be in the Plant Services building at 1101 N. Villa Road.

Here is a list of items and general pricing:

• Desks – We have 12 large and several smaller desks of different types from metal to wood ranging from $5 to $25 each.
• Office chairs – There about 30 chairs ranging from $5 to $10 each.
• Wingback chairs – There are four fairly nice chairs at $10 each.
• IMac shape desks – These have the odd shape with casters on them.
• Tables – Several different types, styles and sizes from $5 to $10 each.
• Conferences-style chairs – There are 16 matching padded chairs, some without casters.
• Large blue pots – Two old pots from EHS Atrium at $50 each.
• Black file cabinet – One four-drawer standard cabinet at $5.
• Office supplies – Free supplies for campus use including file folders, hanging files, desktop accessories, plastic desktop file holders and three-ring notebooks. Too many items to list them all.

Questions? Contact Dwayne Astleford at dastlefo@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services and Print Services will be open over spring break during normal hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Monday through Thursday. Both offices will be closed on Friday, March 28, for the university’s spring break holiday.

Mail Services will hold all incoming mail and packages until you return from spring break.

Have a great spring break!

– Mail Services & Print Services

The university wishes to extend well wishes to Brian Gardner, who has accepted the position of vice president for university advancement at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. His last day with George Fox is today (Friday).

Indiana Wesleyan is a fellow member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Reporting to the CEO of residential education, Brian will oversee the university advancement division, work closely with President David Wright (a George Fox alumnus), and serve on the President’s Executive Council.

Brian has been a valued member of the George Fox advancement team the past two years. Please be sure to wish this George Fox alumnus success in his new role and school.

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

• Administrative Assistant II: Department of Physical Therapy
• Accounting Specialist II – GL
• Recruitment and Enrollment Counselor: ADP

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. 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.

All are invited to join us for International Chapel today (Friday) from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House.

This week, Polly Peterson will lead us through a Lectio Divina experience. Lectio Divina is a traditional practice of Scripture reading, meditation and prayer. Polly teaches writing classes and has worked in the English Language Institute here at George Fox.

International chapel is designed to help us better understand what it means to be a Christian. It is eligible for chapel elective credit.

Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre at dmcintyre@georgefox.edu.

Guitar classes and private lessons are offered for fall 2014. Sign up and add some fun to your schedule!

The Beginning Guitar Class (Intro/Basic) is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting. Learn to play rock, worship and popular songs while learning strumming patterns and chord progressions. No experience is necessary. MUSI 250-A (Tuesdays/Thursdays, noon-12:50 p.m).

Worship Guitar: Acoustic & Electric Skills (Intermediate/Advanced) is geared toward those who want to refine their guitar skills in leading worship. Topics covered include: advanced barred chords, modes, strumming and finger-picking patterns, tone and gear, arranging music and fretboard knowledge. Those who enroll should have taken Beginning Guitar Class or have the instructor’s permission. MUSI 285-A (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 2:50-3:40 p.m.).

Private guitar lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level! One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and get some new skills and techniques. Work on music that you really want to play: rock, blues, worship, jazz, classical, etc. MUSA 105/305 GT

E-mail Dave Iula for more info at daveiula1@gmail.com.

Team Kamosa from the Entrepreneurship 300 class will be selling $2 chicken tamales during lunch on Friday, April 4, in the Bruin Den. The will be on sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

They sell quickly! Save yourself the stress and pre-order before spring break by emailing teamkamosa@gmail.com.

Please help us meet our group goal by purchasing some delicious tamales!

Saturday, March 22, noon – Baseball vs. Whitman, DH (Morse Field Complex)
Sunday, March 23, noon – Baseball vs. Whitman (Morse Field Complex)
Tuesday, March 25, 3 p.m. – Women’s lacrosse vs. Colorado Mesa (Austin Sports Complex)
Thursday, March 27, noon – Softball vs. Lewis & Clark, DH (Morse Field Complex)

The upcoming softball games are make-ups of games that were rained out on March 9.

For more information, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

Don’t forget to join us for an all-employee meeting this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium!

Our theme this month is “Spring.” The menu will include strawberry streusel bars, asparagus and Parmesan puffs, and strawberry lemonade.

At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve treats in Room 160.

All interested employees are invited to follow-up conversations regarding the Gender Culture Survey. If you would like to discuss the survey and the recommendations, or have questions and comments, please join Sarah Baldwin and other members of the Gender Culture Survey Task Force on Thursday, April 3, at one of these times:

• Noon to 1 p.m. (bring your own lunch) in Cap and Gown Room
• 4-5 p.m. (refreshments will be served) in Stevens 207

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

Brad Neary, director of the Saint John’s Bible Heritage Program, will display Volume 6 (the Gospels and Acts) on the Newberg campus today (Thursday) in Hoover 250 from 1 to 2 p.m.

Come and take a look at this historic project (the first of its kind for more than 500 years), which combines the biblical text with contemporary art and amazing calligraphy as part of a historic, international endeavor.

You can read more about the project at this link. Questions? Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget about Shalom tonight (Thursday) at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room! This week, we’ll be asking the question, “What does shalom look like in diverse communities?” Students who attended this year’s Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR) will lead us in reflection over diversity in Christian settings.

Students, chapel elective credit is available for this event.

Join George Fox alumni, parents and students as we come together on Wednesday, April 9, to watch the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Sacramento Kings at the Moda Center. Tickets with the George Fox group are only $22 for seats in section 333. Register online at this link.

Questions? Contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

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!

Summer Serve students will be in Romania and Moldova from mid-May to early June, partnering with Word Made Flesh (WMF) to build relationships with youth in WMF’s community centers. You can support the team by donating activity and craft supplies that we can bring along with us!

Please look over the list of needed supplies, and drop off your donation at the SpIL House by Friday, May 2.

• Games like: Guess Who, Memory, I Spy, Dutch Blitz, Connect Four
• Scissors with patterns
• Fancy hole-punch
• Colored paper
• Thread for making bracelets
• Play-Doh
• Coloring markers
• Permanent markers
• Rollerblades (all sizes for children and youth)
• Water guns
• Tennis shoes for ages 6-14
• Volleyballs
• Art supplies
• Ibuprofen
• Gardening gloves
• Guitar strings
• Stencils
• Book on how to recycle paper
• Vitamins
• Used/working laptops (not too old)

Thank you! God bless!

Questions? Contact Trisha Elizarde at telizarde10@georgefox.edu.

Calling all staff! You are not going to want to miss the last staff lunch of the school year, so this is a “save the date” reminder.

Monday, April 14, is the date! Start digging around in your closets during spring break for that Hawaiian shirt or sundress because we are going away to the Hawaiian islands for an hour and having a luau!

Join us from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

Team Kamosa from the Entrepreneurship 300 class will be selling $2 chicken tamales during lunch on Friday, April 4, in the Bruin Den. The will be on sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

They sell quickly! Save yourself the stress and pre-order before spring break by emailing teamkamosa@gmail.com.

Please help us meet our group goal by purchasing some delicious tamales!

The Bruin Den and Villa Café will be closing at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 21, for spring break. Bruin Bites will be closed on Friday, March 21.

All three locations will be closed the week of spring break and resume normal hours of operation on Monday, March 31. Have a wonderful spring break!

Dinner on Friday, March 21, will be served from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The last board meal before spring break is breakfast on Saturday, March 22, from 8:30 to 9 a.m.

Hours of operation will resume on Sunday, March 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. Have a great spring break!