Did you miss our booth in the SUB last week, but still want to make a difference and aid in relieving the Kenyan water crisis?
We still have water bottles and shower timers available for purchase. All the money we make will go toward building a well in Kenya! For more information, please contact Lauren Peña at lpena10@georgefox.edu.
A retirement reception for Howard Macy (Religious Studies) is scheduled for this Tuesday, April 19, in the Hoover atrium between 4 and 5 p.m. Please come and wish Howard well as we celebrate and appreciate his contributions to our university for the past 21 years.
You are invited to join the Community Garden as we begin the season with a work party and celebrate with a salmon bake between 5 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13.
If you have not been part of the garden in the past, but are interested in joining, this is a great time to start! In a time when there are more toxins in our increasingly expensive store-bought food, why not learn to grow your own? And enjoy eating it throughout the summer and fall? The salmon is provided. Bring some other dish, if you can. But if not, just come, PLAY IN THE DIRT AND EAT!
The community garden is located between the old hospital (VAC) and Coffin. Growing your own food is a great way to extend and improve the trip between the hospital and the coffin.
Questions? Contact Corey Beals at cbeals@georgefox.edu.
A program and reception in honor of Kathleen Sims (Nursing) is scheduled for Thursday, April 21, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The program will run from 3 to 4 p.m., and the reception is scheduled between 4 and 5 p.m.
Kathy is retiring after 48 years of dedication to the profession of nursing and nursing education.
The university’s International Justice Mission chapter will meet again at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in the Le Shana lobby.
The chapter deals in large part with the issue of sex-trafficking on both a global and local scale, and what steps we can do to combat it. Two major focuses of the chapter are prayer and how we can get involved in the community. Please come and see how you can get involved as well!
Questions? Contact Stephen Kenyon at skenyon09@georgefox.edu.
The university will host a pair of concerts this week. Both events are scheduled in Bauman Auditorium, and admission is free.
On Tuesday, April 12, the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Among the selections scheduled is Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14, by Samuel Barber, featuring Kathleen Lavengood, assistant director of orchestra, on violin. The orchestra, directed by Paul Featherstone, also will perform Finlandia, written by Jean Sibelius; Clair De Lune, by Claude Debussy; and Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich.
On Friday, April 15, the university’s jazz band will perform its annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. The group will perform two Duke Ellington compositions: Cottontail and Rocking in Rhythm. They also will perform Moten Swing, by Buster and Bernie Moten, and One O’clock Jump, by Count Basie.
A student jazz combo will perform Autumn Leaves, by Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer, Blue Bossa, by Kenny Dorham, and Tenor Madness, by Sonny Rollins. The jazz band is conducted by Nathanael Ankeny.
A reception in honor of Dwight Kimberly (Biology) is scheduled for Monday, April 25, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the EHS Atrium. Come by and wish Dwight well. He is retiring after 25 years at the university.
Good Friday and Earth Day both fall on Friday, April 22, this spring. The university campuses will be closed. How about joining a grassroots effort initiated by students to clean up the Hess Creek Canyon on the Newberg campus?
Work will start at 9 a.m. and end at 1 p.m. Bring your enthusiasm, work shoes and gloves. Water and break refreshments will be provided.
Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.
Join us in the Klages Dining Room between 4:30 and 7 p.m. for a Hawaiian luau with authentic island food on Tuesday, April 12! The evening will include special dance performances by students and professor Kelly Chang.
The cost is $10 for dinner and free for those on the meal plan. The menu includes:
If you have questions, contact Shelley Yonemura at syonemura@georgefox.edu.
The university’s cinema and media communication students will showcase their work from the past year at the annual Fox Film Festival this Saturday, April 16. The festival will start at 6:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium, with doors opening at 6 p.m.
The festival is free and open to the public. The evening also will include an awards ceremony. For more information, contact Matt Meyer at ext. 2596.
Join us for chapel today (Monday) to hear from Brad Lau, vice president of student life. We hope you can come and hear the word that he has to share with our community. We look forward to worshiping with you!
Winning photos from last week’s contest will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center lobby. Congratulations to the following winners for their exceptional photos:
New diploma frames to fit the newly sized diplomas are now available at the Bruin Bookstore. You may also purchase them at our online store: store.georgefox.edu. Just select the “Gifts & Supplies” tab.
Come join us today (Saturday, April 9) from noon to 5 p.m. in the Stevens Center atrium for Taste of the Valley, a display of fabulous local culinary artisans and George Fox’s own artists. Enjoy free samples and a silent auction.
All proceeds from the Senior Business Capstone project will be donated to FISH (Friends in Service to Humanity). Contact Elisabet Moseng at elisabetmoseng@gmail.com for more information.
Wear your pajamas to the Bruin Bookstore on Friday, April 15, and receive a 25 percent discount on any clothing or gift purchase in the store!
The university community is invited to Karon Bell’s retirement party, scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in the Stevens Center lobby.
Karon has been with the university since May of 1985. Drop by to wish her well. There will be a basket for those who wish to give her a card.
The Center for Peace and Justice welcomes the university community to a series of Woolman Peacemaking Forum events next week. We are pleased to welcome Emmanuel Katongole, associate professor of theology and world Christianity at Duke Divinity School and co-director of the Duke Center for Reconciliation, for our 26th annual forum.
The theme of the week is “Reconciling All Things,†and all Woolman events count for spiritual life credit. Following is a schedule of events:
For more information about the guests and for a full schedule of events, visit the event website. Contact Melanie Newell at 503-554-2686 if you have questions.
Attention students, family members and employees: We are offering a low-cost GRE preparatory course for those interested in improving their scores. The course will be taught by a fourth-year doctoral student in GFU’s Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology. This is also a great opportunity to learn about significant changes coming to the GRE August of 2011.
Courses are scheduled May 5, May 12 and May 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. on the Newberg campus (location TBA).
The course will include tips for success, strategies, practice questions, as well as access to a full-length test. A snack and book will also be provided. Registration has been extended through April 25. If you have questions, contact Chloe Lee-Zorn at leec07@georgefox.edu, or drop by the Career Services’ office or call 503-554-2330 to register.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, May 17, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Come join us this morning (Friday) for First Friday Worship, a time of music worship and a word from Shelia Provoast. This will be our last First Friday of the year, so we hope you can make it! Chapel credit is available. We look forward to worshiping with you!
