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This is a reminder that our Summer Serve team is collecting the following items to take to Romania and Moldova for at-risk and orphaned children. Here is a list of items needed. We’d so much love your help gathering them. We need these items by Friday, June 14, at noon.

If you are able to provide any of the below items please drop them by the Spiritual Life House (located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. If our office is closed, please leave the donations by our front door and we will take care of it when we return. For more information, e-mail spirituallife@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2320.

Thank you!

Craft Supplies:

• Bracelet-making kits: thread and beads
• Colored construction paper or normal color paper
• Whiteboard markers and cleaning solution
• Stamps and stencils for making cards and art
• Fabric paint/markers
• Craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
• Glitter glue
• Assorted, bright-colored fabric (fun fabric)
• 7-, 9- and 12-inch zippers (assorted colors)
• Sets of plain cards and envelopes for greeting-card making
• Fun paper (with designs) for card-making
• Craft glue
• Foam/3D double-sided tape
• Staplers
• Pattern-edged scissors
• Thin & thick colored ribbon

Sporting Goods:

• Large duffel bags or suitcases
• Ping pong paddles
• Tennis shoes for 7- to 15-year-olds
• Basketballs, volleyball
• Roller blades
• Badminton rackets and birdies
• Jump ropes

Tools:

• Utility knife
• School backpacks
• Gardening gloves
• Screwdriver
• Lice shampoo

Toys:

• Gifts for birthdays (both girls and boys; can be simple toys or any other ideas)
• Face paint/body paint
• Party balloons and water balloons
• Educational puzzles (at least 500 pieces)
• Board games (that can be played without knowledge of English)
• Chinese checkers
• Birthday party hats
• Santa hats
• Uno

As many of you know, the university will be hosting more than 1,300 members of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church for its annual conference beginning this Friday, June 14, through next Tuesday, June 18.

Because of the size and complexity of this conference, both the Bruin Den and the Villa Cafe will be closed the following days and times:

Bruin Den: Closed June 14-18

Villa Cafe: Closed June 14-21

Thank you for your understanding and support during this very busy time for the campus.

Our Summer Serve team is going to Romania and Moldova and is collecting the following items to take with them for at-risk and orphaned children. Here is a list of items needed. We’d so much love your help gathering them. We need these items by Friday, June 14, at noon.

If you are able to provide any of the below items please drop them by the Spiritual Life House (located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday. If our office is closed, please leave the donations by our front door and we will take care of it when we return. For more information, e-mail spirituallife@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2320.

Thank you!

Craft Supplies:

• Bracelet-making kits: thread and beads
• Colored construction paper or normal color paper
• Whiteboard markers and cleaning solution
• Stamps and stencils for making cards and art
• Fabric paint/markers
• Craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
• Glitter glue
• Assorted, bright-colored fabric (fun fabric)
• 7-, 9- and 12-inch zippers (assorted colors)
• Sets of plain cards and envelopes for greeting-card making
• Fun paper (with designs) for card-making
• Craft glue
• Foam/3D double-sided tape
• Staplers
• Pattern-edged scissors
• Thin & thick colored ribbon

Sporting Goods:

• Large duffel bags or suitcases
• Ping pong paddles
• Tennis shoes for 7- to 15-year-olds
• Basketballs, volleyball
• Roller blades
• Badminton rackets and birdies
• Jump ropes

Tools:

• Utility knife
• School backpacks
• Gardening gloves
• Screwdriver
• Lice shampoo

Toys:

• Gifts for birthdays (both girls and boys; can be simple toys or any other ideas)
• Face paint/body paint
• Party balloons and water balloons
• Educational puzzles (at least 500 pieces)
• Board games (that can be played without knowledge of English)
• Chinese checkers
• Birthday party hats
• Santa hats
• Uno

Wheeler Sports Center will close on Wednesday, July 3, at 5 p.m. and reopen on Monday, July 8, at 6 a.m. The Colcord Field track will be open from dawn until dark on these days.

The Wheeler downstairs lobby will be closed for refinishing Tuesday, June 4, through Friday, June 7. The racquetball courts will also be closed.

If you need to use the locker rooms, please enter at the back door (amphitheater side). If you need to access the gymnasium, please use the Fulton Street entrance, not the front doors.

Thank you for your patience as we provide this service.

– Plant Services

Our Summer Serve team going to Romania and Moldova in June is collecting the following items to take with them for at-risk and orphaned children. Here is a list of items needed. We’d so much love your help gathering them.

If you are able to provide any of the below items please drop them by the Spiritual Life House (located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday. If our office is closed, please leave the donations by our front door and we will take care of it when we return. For more information, e-mail spirituallife@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2320.

Thank you!

Craft Supplies:

• Bracelet-making kits: thread and beads
• Colored construction paper or normal color paper
• Whiteboard markers and cleaning solution
• Stamps and stencils for making cards and art
• Fabric paint/markers
• Craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
• Glitter glue
• Assorted, bright-colored fabric (fun fabric)
• 7-, 9- and 12-inch zippers (assorted colors)
• Sets of plain cards and envelopes for greeting-card making
• Fun paper (with designs) for card-making
• Craft glue
• Foam/3D double-sided tape
• Staplers
• Pattern-edged scissors
• Thin & thick colored ribbon

Sporting Goods:

• Large duffel bags or suitcases
• Ping pong paddles
• Tennis shoes for 7- to 15-year-olds
• Basketballs, volleyball
• Roller blades
• Badminton rackets and birdies
• Jump ropes

Tools:

• Utility knife
• School backpacks
• Gardening gloves
• Screwdriver
• Lice shampoo

Toys:

• Gifts for birthdays (both girls and boys; can be simple toys or any other ideas)
• Face paint/body paint
• Party balloons and water balloons
• Educational puzzles (at least 500 pieces)
• Board games (that can be played without knowledge of English)
• Chinese checkers
• Birthday party hats
• Santa hats
• Uno

This is a reminder that there will be a power outage in the Edwards-Holman Science Center, Hoover and Wood-Mar buildings tomorrow (Wednesday) from 8 a.m. until noon. Please remember not to enter these buildings during this time since life safety or fire alarms will not be activated.

Thank you,
Plant Services

All are invited to the Tilikum Trail Run and Family Fun Day at Camp Tilikum on Thursday, July 4. All fees and donations go to a camp scholarship fund that enables underprivileged youth to attend summer camp.

The day includes a 5K run and one-mile walk/run for all ages. The course includes gravel, trails and crossing a bridge and runs along the new path encircling the lake at Tilikum and throughout the grounds. Jogging strollers are welcomed. Camp Tilikum is a non-pet facility; please leave your pets at home.

Pre-register by Friday, June 14, and you’ll receive a T-shirt with a goody bag. Pre-registration is $35 (adult) and $15 (youth age 6-17). Ages 5 and under are free with one paid adult. The fee after June 14 goes up $10 per person.

Race-day registration opens at 9 a.m. Races begin at 10 a.m., with the awards and raffle ceremony to follow. Awards will be given to the first-place finishers in each age category (Men, Women and Youth Boy/Girl).

Please feel free to bring your family picnic and stay for a while afterwards. We will have canoeing and swimming open and available to all guests. You can also visit the barnyard animals, the century-old schoolhouse and tree house. Those not wanting to participate in the race but would like to come as a spectator are warmly welcomed!

If interested in volunteering, please contact Michelle Bradshaw, guest services director, at 503-538-2763, ext. 101, or michelle@camptilikum.org. Donations can be sent directly to Tilikum, 15321 N.E. North Valley Road, Newberg, OR 97132.

There is a power outage planned for Wednesday, May 29, between 8 a.m. and noon for the Edwards-Holman Science Center, Hoover and Wood-Mar. Alternative power will be supplied from Lemmons for critical equipment. Fire alarm and life safety equipment will not be operating, so please DO NOT enter these buildings during this time.

Thank you,
Plant Services

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 27, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and the Portland Center also will be closed.

Something new has been added to Google+ Hangouts. If you’re a regular user of Google+ and Hangouts, you’ll want to know how these new changes affect you. IT has put together a short guide to get you started so you can make the necessary updates and continue to use the Hangouts feature with as little inconvenience as possible.

One of the new features is that Hangouts and Chat are now synced across devices, and you can switch from one device to another within the same Hangout and/or Chat. Check out our guide at this link.

The deadline for ballots at the university drop site is today (Tuesday) at 4:30 p.m. Mail Services is an unofficial drop site for all Oregon ballots. Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County Elections Office for us to offer this service.

We accept any Oregon ballot (any county), and no postage is necessary. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.

Thanks,
Mail Services

Don’t forget to join us for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Stoffer Family Stadium this afternoon (Monday) at 4 p.m.

The stadium will serve as future home of the university’s revived football program – set to kick off in 2014 after a 45-year hiatus – and the track and field team. It will be built on campus where the current track facility is located.

The groundbreaking ceremony will include a ceremonial groundbreaking, a time to honor the donors who helped make the project possible, and details on how the stadium will impact not only the university’s football and track and field programs, but athletics for the entire George Fox community.

To date, more than $5.3 million of the $7.2 million project has been raised. Crews began work on the complex – which will include the synthetic-turf Lemmons Family Field, grandstand facilities and the Duke Athletic Center (home to a training facility, a locker room, offices and classrooms) – this spring, with construction due to be completed in time for football’s kickoff in September of 2014.

To R.S.V.P. for the groundbreaking ceremony, e-mail Jan Lefebvre at jlefebvre@georgefox.edu.

Be sure to check out the Bon Appetit website at this link to find our weekly lunch menus for both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe. For those with smartphones, they’re also available with your igfu app.

And back by popular demand, we will be featuring an outdoor barbecue each week at both cafes, so be sure to look for them!

Our new students and their families are arriving on Thursday and Friday, May 16-17, to attend Genesis. Please help to warmly welcome them by giving up your parking places in the Stevens, Hoover and Wood-Mar parking lots on both days. Parking is available in the Bauman lot, on the campus side of Meridian Street, Sherman and North streets, and the Pennington lot.

Please also tell your summer work-study students to not park in those lots for those two days.

Thank you,
Undergraduate Admissions Office

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, May 28, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Valley Repertory Theatre, Newberg’s own professional theatre company, is proud to announce its production of My Name is Asher Lev by Aaron Posner, a breathtaking adaptation of the renowned novel by Chaim Potok, opening May 24.

Of special interest to the George Fox community, the work of local artists with university ties will be on display at each performance, and artists will lead conversations directly following each of the Friday shows. This is made possible through a grant from the Celebration Foundation.

• Karisa Keasey (George Fox art student) – May 24
• Mark Terry (George Fox art professor) – May 31
• Tim Timmerman – (George Fox art professor) – June 7

For details about the production, check out Valley Repertory Theatre’s website at valleyrep.org.

Please join Bon Appetit today (Wednesday) for our first outdoor barbecue of the year at the Villa Cafe. Included will be hand-formed hamburger patties, grilled onions, bacon, assorted cheeses and your favorite toppings along with potato salad, chips, baked beans and a dessert for just $6.25. We’ll be serving in the Villa Cafe courtyard between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

The Department of Art & Design is pleased to present “Revealing Containment,” a show of thrown ceramic work created by Joscelyn Silberbach during her year as Artist in Residence at George Fox.

Joscelyn, a recent studio art graduate of Linfield College, spent the last year working on traditional functional ware, concentrating her final season on the bottle. This show is a culmination of Josie’s study. Please join us Friday, May 17, at 5 p.m. in the Minthorne Gallery for the opening.