The Daily Bruin

Learn more about the upgrade
Join us for a 30-minute webinar that covers new features in the upgraded FoxTALE system. Webinars are scheduled for late spring and summer.

We are also hosting open lab times in Newberg and Portland during the week of May 7-11 so that you can drop in and view your course sites in the new FoxTALE or ask questions.

See the schedule.

Identify course content to be copied for fall 2012
The upgrade requires a new FoxTALE environment. We need your help to identify FoxTALE course sites with content to be copied to the new environment. We’d like to copy and move courses needed for fall 2012 first and have them copied for you before summer. Please follow these steps.

Future communications
Please watch for updates through e-nnouncements.

Questions
Please direct current questions to the Service Desk.

All are welcome to join in on our our second annual 4-on-4 sand volleyball tournament!

If you weren’t there last year, here’s how it’s going to work: Put a team together and sign up on the intramural board in the Bruin Den (no actual team size limit, but you can only have four people on the court at a time). Then come out at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 21, for some fun behind the Hobson-Macy-Sutton Complex.

If you don’t have a team, don’t worry. Shoot me an e-mail and we’ll hook you up. Hope to see you there!

– Joey Burda (jburda09@georgefox.edu)

Next year’s first-year book has been selected. The title of the book is The Other Wes Moore. I would like to recommend that all of you purchase the book and read it along with our incoming class. New students will be receiving the book as part of the Genesis program this summer.

If you have questions, feel free to contact me at ext. 2305.

Thank you,
Joel Perez

We’re remodeling the Bruin Store and have old fixtures for the taking. Check out the loading dock behind the store (on Carlton Way). All fixtures are free. Any leftover fixtures will be recycled. Come and get yours today!

Write John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Following Tuesday’s vote by students and employees, we have the results of the 2012 International Photo Contest. Thanks to all who participated by casting a vote!

Students

Best of Show: “Anticipation” by Shekinah F. Davis

People

• First Place: “Hopeless Soles” by Shekinah F. Davis
• Second Place: “Kidogo Joy” by Kimberly Russel
• Third Place: “Make a Living on the Sea” by Trang Nguyen

Culture

• First Place: “Vietnamese Family” by Toby Nguyen
• Second Place: “Al-Siq” by Sonja Tange
• Third Place: “Warrior Dance” by Lanise Griffin

Landscape/Architecture

• First Place: “The Hidden Temple” by Amanda Graber
• Second Place: “Over Still Water” by James Brown
• Third Place: “Stuck in My Head” by Aaron Cooper Swor

Employees

Best of Show: “Glory” by Rachel Madore

People: Untitled (Beijing, China) – Robby Larson

Culture: Untitled (Shanghai, China) by Robby Larson

Landscape/Architecture: “Diamond in the Rough” by Rachel Madore

You can view the photos here. Congratulations to all the winners!

Questions? Please contact Lishan Zeng at lzeng09@georgefox.edu.

Engagement is collecting names of volunteers who have served at George Fox University over the past school year. If you would like to have someone who has volunteered in your area receive an invitation to our Volunteer Appreciation Reception in May, please provide the volunteer’s name and address to Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

Names must be turned in by the end of the day on Friday, April 13, for inclusion.

Last week you received an e-mail inviting you to take a look at the proposed theology of diversity statement as part of the Blueprint for Diversity. Please take a moment to review the document and plan on attending one of the following forums this afternoon (Thursday) if you have feedback. Both meetings will be in Hoover 105.

• Newberg campus staff/administrators: 2-3 p.m.
• Newberg faculty: 3-4 p.m.

If you are not able to make it to the forum, please send your feedback to Joel Perez (jperez@georgefox.edu) or Chuck Conniry (cconniry@georgefox.edu) no later than Friday, April 13.

George Fox music students Emily Jordan, Lisa Perry, Elizabeth Tolon and Trevor Woods will present a recital at Newberg Friends Church at 3 p.m. this Saturday, April 14. Please join us for an hour of lovely music. Admission is free!

Newberg Friends Church is located at 307 S. College St. Contact Maggie Daane at mdaane@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

The Bruin Store will begin a remodel project this weekend. We will reopen on Monday, April 23, with a new store, a new name (“The BlueZone Store”), and brand new product! During the remodel, the textbook annex will be open for textbook purchases and final project needs.

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

Mark your calendars: An all-employee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 19, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section. The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings and include a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link.

Videos from previously recorded meetings will be added to this page in the days following. Please bookmark the page for quick access each month.

The Department of Performing Arts is hosting three concerts on each of the next three nights.

Here are the details:

Spring Chamber Concert
Tonight (Wednesday), a Spring Chamber Concert is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free. Performing will be the Men’s Ensemble (The Longest Time, In My Room and The Lion Sleeps Tonight), the Keyboard Ensemble (Solace, The Easy Winners, Scaramouche), the String Ensemble (Adagio for Strings, op. 11), the Early Music Ensemble (Dances, S’io Non Venni, All at Once Well Met), the Handbell Ringers (Nocturne in E Minor, Metamorphosis) and the Women’s Chorale (Children Will Listen, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho – known also as Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho).

Bösendorfer Artist Series
On Thursday, Professor Kenn Willson and alumnus Richard Zeller will perform at the sixth annual Bösendorfer Artist Series at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. A free ticket for each student and employee is available for pick-up at the box office prior to 5 p.m. the day of the event. You can read more about the concert here.

Spring Jazz Concert
On Friday, a Spring Jazz Concert is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free. Performing will be Jazz Ensemble (Night and Day, In a Sentimental Mood, Moanin’, Manteca), the Jazz Combo (Blue Train, Cantaloupe Island, In a Mellow Tone) and, later, the Jazz Ensemble once again (On the Sunny Side of the Street, Harlem Airshaft, Louisiana Bebop, Big Swing Face).

Next week, the university will host its Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20, in Bauman Auditorium. Details will be forthcoming.

I’m trying to gauge interest in putting together a faculty/staff yoga class for the summer. Marcella Loprinzi-Hatfield, who teaches core strength/flexibility for our HHPA department, is willing to consider teaching a class this summer, and I’d like to see if we have enough folks wanting to do yoga to hire her for one or two classes a week.

Marcella provides a great, pressure-free approach to strength and flexibility for both beginners and advanced athletes, and a yoga class can improve fitness, health, and mental well-being (after auditing her class for one semester, I’m hooked!).

If you want to explore having some kind of summer course, please e-mail Melanie Springer Mock at mmock@georgefox.edu, and we’ll see what kind of interest we can garner.

– Melanie Springer Mock

Several graduating seniors of the Department of Biology and Chemistry will present the research they conducted while at George Fox. The following seniors are presenting: Kyle Maki, Tina Joseph, Laura Gotthardt, Wesley Bollinger, Jessica Magill, Jenny Kordosky, Amanda Ankeny and Ryan Lane.

Join us this Friday, April 13, as these students present in Hoover 105 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Gotthardt at lgotthardt07@georgefox.edu or Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu. All are welcome.

Jim Cross, a purchasing manager at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Ore., will speak on “Negotiations 101: How to Drive an Effective ‘Win-Win’ Deal” at the School of Business’ next speaker series event, scheduled from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 20, at the Portland Center.

Jim will discuss the structure, strategy, tactics, techniques and tools to effectively negotiate. He has designed and taught negotiation classes for sales teams and regularly teaches supply chain courses at local universities. You can learn more about Jim here.

There is no admission charge, and coffee and tea will be served. Those interested in attending should R.S.V.P. by this Friday, April 13, by filling out the form on this page.

Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

The 14th annual Fox Film Festival is this Friday and Saturday! Come out to the historic Newberg Cameo Theatre at 4:30 p.m. on Friday to watch student films on the big screen! Tickets are $4 per person (or $6 for two) and available at the door.

On Saturday, come to Bauman Auditorium at 6 p.m. for the award ceremony (hosted by Robby Larson and Valerie Rogers) or stop by half an hour earlier to see the film-makers make appearances in their red-carpet attire. Saturday’s event will include short videos interspersed between each presentation to award winners.

Longer films will be shown on Friday, while shorter ones will be shown on Saturday. Questions? Contact Carissa Hoffman at choffman09@georgefox.edu.

A KPMG recruiter will visit George Fox to present “Fall Recruiting – What To Expect” from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Stevens 101. KPMG is an audit, tax and advisory firm.

After the presentation, you’re welcome to stop by the career center for KPMG recruiter office hours to get your questions answered, have your resume reviewed, or for a mock interview. The career center open office hours are 3:30 to 5 p.m.

All accounting students are welcome!

An R.S.V.P. is not required, but if you have questions, please contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.

Faculty members, please let your students know about this opportunity.

MyGFU will be unavailable tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. through Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 a.m. for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

A retirement reception for Margi Macy (Education), who has spent 30 years at the university, is set from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Room 117 of the Villa Academic Complex.

If you cannot attend, please feel free to send a card or greeting to Margi by sending it to Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu or via mail at 414 N. Meridian St. #V124, Newberg, OR 97132.

Attention staff: Look for the ballot for the Staff Development Committee elections (green sheet of paper) in your campus mailbox today – Wednesday. The deadline for returning the completed ballots is next Friday, April 20.

Please note these are being distributed only for hourly paid staff members. If you have questions or need a replacement ballot, please contact Linda Sartwell at ext. 2560.

George Fox is hosting Bruin Preview for students and their families on Thursday, April 12, and Friday, April 13. We’d love to welcome our potential new students with open parking in the Stevens, Hoover and Wood-Mar lots, and are asking you to please park elsewhere beginning Thursday afternoon and all day Friday.

Other locations to park include Sheridan Street, the campus side of Meridian Street, North Street or the Bauman lot. Thank you in advance for your willingness to help welcome new students!