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!
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.
Students: Step up and lead! Job applications for The Crescent, Student Collective, KFOX and the Marketing Team are now available online. More job openings are being added daily!
Apply at this link.
Faculty, please let your students know about these opportunities.
Don’t forget to swing by the Engineering Expo today (Friday). The event will begin with Senior Design project presentations, scheduled from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in EHS 102, 119 and 125, and the Expo will commence at 3:30 p.m. in the EHS Atrium (Ron Gregory Atrium).
The Expo will feature project displays from the program’s industry-sponsored Senior Design and Servant Engineering teams for companies and organizations, including NASA, Oregon Commission for the Blind, Aprovecho Research Center, InStove, 5-Rock Ranch, City of Newberg, Heshima, Astronics, Yamhill County, CUI, Climax, ODFW, Siemens, Greater Yamhill Watershed Council, Cascade Steel and 3D Systems.
Refreshments are provided. All are welcome! For more information, please contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2780.
All are invited to Shary Wortman’s retirement celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, April 28, at the Redmond Center located at Ridgeview High School in Redmond, Ore.
Shary has served the community of Central Oregon through teaching, administration, and most recently, through her work as a teacher educator at George Fox. She joined the MAT team in 2005 and worked to give us a strong foundation in the Redmond area. Her work is marked by warm, personal touches that allow each student and faculty member to be truly known.
Please join us in celebrating the work of Shary and wishing her well in her retirement.
Starting Monday, May 5, the parking lot for the Pennington residence hall and the east end of the Bauman lot, near the grandstands, are going to be barricaded off and will need to be free of all vehicles. There will be construction taking place over the summer, and vehicles may not be left there.
Please help us keep these areas free of vehicle parking so the workers and equipment can move freely and safely during the summer. We will notify you of when the lots will be available for use in the future. If your vehicle is left, it will be towed at your expense.
If you are leaving for the summer and need to leave a vehicle, contact security at 503-554-2090 and we will inform you of the options you have.
Thank you,
– Security Services
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.
The music department will be selling the beautiful spring flowers used to decorate the stage at tonight’s Spring Concert in Bauman Auditorium.
Flowers go on sale after the concert in the lobby and cost $2 per potted plant. Begonias and heliotrope are a few of the types of flowers up for sale.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Employees and students are entitled to one complimentary ticket, available for pick-up at the Box Office in the Pennington House.
On Monday, April 28, the Villa Café and Bruin Bites will be closed. The Bruin Den hours will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All cafes will be back to regular hours on Tuesday.
Six staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:
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.
The Department of Music invites you to its annual Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, in Bauman Auditorium. The concert features the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra, George Fox Symphonic Band, as well as the university’s Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale and Master Chorus performing Mass of the Children with the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra.
Students and employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket to the performance. Additional tickets are available to purchase online, at music.georgefox.edu, or at the Box Office in the Pennington House.
