The Bruin Bookstore will host its annual PJ sale this Friday, April 16, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wear your pajamas to save on computer-related items, electronics, supplies, art products, clothing and gifts ranging from 10 to 50 percent off.
Get to know your local farmers and learn more about locally grown products at the university-sponsored Farm Meet scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, at the Chehalem Cultural Center.
Farmers, gardeners, cooks and food enthusiasts will be on hand to offer brief talks while offering samples of their foods. In addition, clips from the movies Locavore, Fresh and Food Revolution will be shown. A $2 suggested donation will go to organizations seeking to promote local, ethical, healthy and delicious ways of eating.
The Chehalem Cultural Center is located just north of the city library at 415 E. Sheridan St. More details are available at georgefox.edu/green/farm-meet-2010.
What do students value and desire for their college instruction? What are students’ views of educational technology, type and amount of homework, grading, and other class-related topics? A panel of undergraduate students will share their perspectives on these questions at the final Faculty Teaching Forum of the spring semester.
Join the session “Student Voices on Teaching and Learning” from noon to 1:20 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in Cap and Gown Room A. Students scheduled to participate include Heather Clifton (non-traditional first-year elementary education major), Bret Reordan (first-year chemistry major) Caroline Aust (sophomore elementary education major), Alex Gamez (junior psychology major), Vanessa Wilkins (junior cinema and media communication major) and Timothy Fouch (senior nursing major).
To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.
All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available on iTunesU.
The university’s engineering department will host its annual Engineering Expo on Friday, April 23, between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS.
The event will feature industry-sponsored senior design and servant engineering projects, as well as high school design projects, first robotics displays and other engineering class projects and demonstrations. Refreshments provided.
Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) will teach a six-week series (April 18 to May 26) at Reedwood Friends Church on “The Riddles of the Fourth Gospel.” The series can be taken as a one-hour May term class (BIBL 485) if desired. Marcus Borg will join Paul for a public dialogue on the “Gospels and Jesus in Bi-Optic Perspective” on May 19 and a special Saturday, May 22, session.
Sessions meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon. Reedwood Friends Church is located at 2901 S.E. Steele, in Portland. There is no charge, and the public is welcome.
On Tuesday, April 20, the Bruin Bookstore will donate all proceeds from that day to the 2010 May Serve team that is getting ready to head to Swaziland, Africa. Support May Serve while sporting the newest George Fox gear!
This Monday, April 12, 180 seniors will present their group projects on Christianity and American popular culture in the EHS and Hoover atriums from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Please take the time to stop by and see what the students have been working on this semester. Questions? Contact Caitlin Corning.
Are you interested in health care or medical missions? Come hear Devin Harrison, MD, present “Medical Missions: Eye Care in Africa,” at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in Hoover 105. Dr. Harrison worked in Nigeria for two years caring for some of the world’s neediest patients, performing eye surgeries and training local doctors.
For his efforts, he received the 2008 American Academy of Ophthalmology Humanitarian Award. Contact Jim Smart or Jane Sweet if you have any questions.
Get your car washed to support the 2010 May Serve team. We’ll be headed to Swaziland, Africa, in less than a month, and your donations would be very appreciated. The car wash is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the Newberg Les Schwab.
Join us for a staff lunch at noon Monday, April 12, in the Cap and Gown Room. Jan Lefebvre (Advancement) will share about her recent trip to Haiti, where, during a missions trip with a group of ladies from her church and Lifeline Christian Mission, they experienced the devastating earthquake one day after their arrival. Lunch is $3 per person.
The university community is invited to attend a book release party for Steve Sherwood, who recently released Embraced: Prodigals at the Cross. Join us Friday, April 23, between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. in the Hoover Faculty Lounge on the Newberg campus.
Plant Services is hosting a surplus equipment and inventory sale in the Villa Academic Complex on Thursday and Friday, April 15-16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Items will include appliances, mowers, tillers, miscellaneous landscape equipment, light fixtures, cabinets, doors, laminate pieces, desks, panel walls, notebooks, tables, bookshelves, and much more.
Friday, April 9, 3 p.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Linfield, GFU campus courts
Saturday, April 10, noon – Baseball vs. Puget Sound (DH), Morse Field
Saturday, April 10, 1 p.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Pacific, GFU campus courts
Sunday, April 11, noon – Baseball vs. Puget Sound, Morse Field
Campus station KFOX Radio will webcast all three games of the Puget Sound baseball series, and live stats also will be provided for those games.
For more information, visit gfubruins.com or call the sports information office at ext. 2926.
The university community is invited to celebrate Richard Engnell’s retirement. After graciously serving George Fox University for 32 years, Richard has taught his last syllabus this spring semester. Please join us in a reception honoring him on Tuesday, April 20, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium.
We are coming to semester’s end, and the lost and found is filled to the brim. If you are missing an item, please visit the security office to see if it has been turned in. All items not claimed by semester’s end will be donated to charitable causes. Thanks!
– Security Services
Don’t forget to support the Thursday, April 8, Haiti benefit concert featuring Jadon Lavik and Patrick Hammond. Come out to Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m., bring $2 for Haiti relief (optional), and enjoy a night of great music.
Check out these artists at myspace.com/jadonlavik and myspace.com/patrickhammondmusic.
The university will host the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra for a free concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, in Bauman Auditorium. The symphony, directed by Ben Brooks, consists of George Fox students and faculty, as well as residents from the greater Portland area.
Pieces to be performed include a solo of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major (Movement No. 1), by Kathleen Lavengood; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 (Movements 1 and 2); Sibelius’ Symphony in D Major (Movements 1 and 4); and Eric Ewazen’s Shadowcatcher, a concerto for brass quartet and orchestra.
Two days later, on Thursday, April 15, the university will host a number of music ensembles in a Chamber Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Doors open at 7 p.m., and there is no admission charge.
Groups performing that night include a beginning band, a vocal jazz ensemble, chamber singers, a string ensemble, handbell ringers, a flute ensemble, a clarinet trio, an early music ensemble, and a low brass ensemble.
Please join us (rain or shine) for a groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of the Austin Sports Complex from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13. Construction on the soccer game field is scheduled to begin in April, with the completion set for late summer.
Parking will be available on Crestview Street.
The Women’s Leadership Development committee invites female employees on the Newberg campus to join us for another event as we continue exploring leadership development for women.
Join us in Hoover 105 from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, as we host a panel of university community members who are seen as leadership advocates for women within the George Fox community. MaryKate Morse will moderate the panel as members talk about assisting and providing opportunities for emerging leaders. On a later date, the event will be available via iTunes U for all women from other university sites to watch at their convenience.
Refreshments will be served. Administrators and staff will be released from office responsibilities.
The work of senior art students will be on display in the Minthorne and Lindgren galleries April 13 through May 1. An opening reception for the Senior Thesis Exhibit is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, in the Minthorne Gallery.
Students exhibiting their work include studio arts students Cortney Robson and Meghan Hedley (Minthorne Gallery) and graphic design students Tiffany Aquinde, Rachel Belgard, Ryan Erickson, James Green, David Griffiths, Kaytt Kojima, Krista Ray and Rebekah Ruble (Lindgren Gallery).
In addition, graphic design students will present their senior portfolios at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, in Hoover 105.
