The Daily Bruin

There will be no student mail delivered to student campus mailboxes after 2 p.m. on Friday, May 3. This will allow Mail Services to begin the switch from “school year” mode to “summer.”

Some important things to keep in mind:

• Students, be sure to clean out your mailboxes before you leave campus.
• Student mail delivery will resume on Monday, May 6.
• Students who requested their mailbox to remain open will receive mail as normal in their campus mailbox.
• U.S. Mail will be forwarded to those who requested their mailbox to be closed over the summer.

If you have questions, please contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Regarding student class papers …

Returning students: Class papers that are returned after finals week or during the summer will be placed in the individual student campus mailboxes. Since students have their mailbox key over the summer, they can check for class papers. If they are not in the area, the class papers will be there for the student’s return in the fall.

Graduating students: Class papers for graduating seniors will be collected, sorted and stored at Mail Services for six months. Students can stop at Mail Services and ask for the class papers anytime after May 10.

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

This Friday, May 3, students will eat all three meals in Cap and Gown since the dining room is being used for graduation events. Breakfast and lunch hours stay the same, and dinner is from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

On Saturday, May 4, breakfast is from 9 to 10 a.m. and lunch, our final board meal, is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bon Appetit congratulates the class of 2013!

Learn to make those gorgeous hanging baskets that grace our George Fox quad area. You will learn this valuable lesson on how these beauties are assembled and help us in the process.

Join us in Plant Services on Wednesday, May 15, beginning at 9 a.m. The session will run for approximately four hours, and you can join at any time.

We will meet in the Plant Services building at 1101 Villa Road. Please contact the Plant Services office at 503-554-2010 if you have questions.

Graduating seniors and students who are not returning in the Fall:

Avoid a $15.00 key fine by returning your campus mailbox key before you leave campus this week.

There are key return envelopes in the lobby of Beebe and SUB Post Offices as well as at Mail Services – where you pick up packages.  Put your name and Box # on the envelope and the key inside the envelope.  The envelopes can be dropped in campus mail.

If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell lsartwl@georgefox.edu
Thanks!

Congratulate these four seniors who were awarded the C.W. Perry Servant Leader award for making a difference on and off campus during their time at George Fox University. Each of them will be awarded $1,000, of which $250 will be sent to the charity they selected.

• Stephanie Abdulmajid – West Women and Children’s Shelter, Portland, Ore.
• Gavin Bennett – AIM Swaziland
• Emily Fakkema – Anacortes Schools Foundation, Anacortes, Wash.
• Katie Morse – HOPE International, Lancaster, Pa.

Please join us in honoring Carol Sherwood, who is retiring this spring after many years of service to the Department of Nursing at George Fox. The farewell reception is today (Tuesday) from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Hoover second-floor study area.

Please drop in and wish Carol well in her new season of life!

Federal Perkins Loan Borrowers: If you are graduating, transferring, dropping below half-time status, taking a leave of absence, or withdrawing from George Fox, please make sure you have completed your Exit Counseling before leaving campus.

Exit Counseling is available online or in person. Contact Vicki Tschan in Student Financial Services at 503-554-2239 or vtschan@georgefox.edu if you need to arrange a Perkins loan exit.

Best wishes on finals this week!

Even though the unclaimed items from last week’s lost and found tables were donated to charitable causes, several new items have been turned in to the lost and found. So, please make it a point to stop by the security office to check for your lost items before leaving campus this week.

One female student asked about a cross necklace last week at the lost and found tables, and that necklace was turned in after she asked. If this was you, please come to the security office for your necklace!

Thank you,
Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu)

Is there someone at George Fox who has made a difference in your academic career? Someone who ignited a spark to make you want to learn or attend class or who has acted as a role model? Take a moment to write an e-mail, e-card, or traditional “thank you” card to that professor, ARC consultant, RA, supervisor or other influential person. Try to be specific as you describe how this person has contributed to your life.

Newberg students can stop by the SUB to write a note. Of course, one can make or buy one’s own card.

The BlueZone Store Textbook Annex will be moving from its current location in the basement of the library to the Beals House, 1109 E. Hancock St. The move will take place May 13-15, and the new textbook annex will be open for business on Thursday, May 16.

For further information and a map to the new annex, please visit our Facebook page. Make sure you “like” our page when you’re there!

Looking for “an act of kindness” for you and your family this weekend? Here’s a good one: A chance to help one of our own in their time of need, not only financially but emotionally as well.

In an effort to assist with the medical expenses for George Fox softball coach Jessica Hollen, whose father was recently diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, and her family, the Bruin softball team has organized a “Home Run Derby” fundraiser on Sunday, April 28, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Morse Softball Field.

Bruin outfielder Rachel Sundquist, one of the event organizers, explained, “This year has been a rough one for our team and our coaching staff since Coach Hollen received the terrible news in regard to her father’s health. In response, our team is coming together as a family to put together this fundraiser. We are a team, we are a family, and we feel like this is how we can help out our coach and support her family.”

As a side note, Pacific Lutheran University is joining us in this effort, as their softball team is holding the same event on their softball field. We so appreciate this show of support and respect for Coach Hollen.

See you at the field.

The fourth annual Leadership Institute for Group Discernment will be held at Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries May 20-23. The event is designed to help church leaders lead in consensus- and discernment-oriented ways.

A limited number of scholarships are available for George Fox students (saving $300) and faculty/staff (saving $150). Contact Jan Wood at this link for more information.

The seminar can also be taken for academic credit (graduate or undergraduate for 1-4 hours, RELI 285 or 485; PSTD 585. Contact Paul Anderson for more details or if you have questions.

If you are packing up and quickly realizing that you have way more stuff than you have boxes for, we can help! The Nicaragua Summer Serve team is hosting a big yard sale to raise funds for our trip!

You can help by donating anything that you aren’t planning on taking with you. If you are interested in helping, bring items to Kelly Chang’s office on the first floor of Hoover. And if you don’t have anything to donate, still stop by and support us by purchasing an item or delicious cupcake. Our sale will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Spiritual Life House parking lot.

Thanks!

Shekinah Davis (sdavis11@georgefox.edu)

At the end of every school year, many students leave behind good, usable items, including blankets, clothing, kitchen supplies, small appliances, radios, room decorations, little tables, etc. In an effort to keep the dumpsters from overflowing and to be better stewards of the resources, Phase II was initiated.

We are happy to receive reusable items that students do not want to take home starting today (Friday) through Sunday, May 5, at 4 p.m.

The items gathered are sorted and made available to summer students and staff, with the remainder of the items being given to different organizations in the area, such as Rescue Mission, Unwed Mothers Homes, Love INC and Goodwill.

Barrels will be placed in or near central living areas …

• In the dorm lobbies of Edwards, Pennington, Le Shana, Coffin, Hobson, Macy and Sutton
• On the porches or patios of Weesner, Riley, Chapman, Beals, Hoskins, Armstrong, Campbell, Fulton Street, Villa Road, Wilhite, Munn, North Street, Gail, Kershner and Wilder houses
• Outside of the first floor of Beebe, Carey and Willcuts
• Near Woolman 2-3, Winters 201-2 and Newlin apartments
• And in Lewis and Weesner Village laundry rooms

Please, look for and use these barrels as you prepare to leave at the end of school. Also, please follow these guidelines …

• Please do not place trash in the barrels labeled “Phase II.”
• Please do not donate undergarments, socks, damaged or soiled items.
• Do not donate large appliances or furniture such as couches, arm chairs and beds.
• Do not place food or chemicals in the barrels. Place these items in a box or bag next to the barrels.
• There are large drop boxes for your trash located strategically on the campus.
• By law, computers, monitors and TVs cannot go into the trash. They can be placed inside the barrels. Please note if item is broken.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley (dokelley@georgefox.edu)

This Monday, April 29, Bon Appetit will provide service in the Bruin Den from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Villa Cafe will be closed.

The main Klages Dining Room will open late for breakfast at 8 a.m. Lunch and dinner will have regular hours.

As you are cleaning out your dorms and offices before leaving campus next week, it would be greatly appreciated if you would bring back to Bon Appetit any dishware you may have “accidentally” taken out of the building with you during the course of the school year.

We have bus tubs set up just outside the dish room doors for your convenience in returning dishes.

Thank you!

The university’s engineering department will present its annual Engineering Expo tomorrow (Friday) from 4 to 6 p.m. in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium. As a preview of the event, Senior Design presentations will take place prior to the Expo from 1:40 to 3:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

The Expo will feature project displays from the program’s Senior Design and Servant Engineering teams for companies and organizations such as Daimler, CUI, Inc., Mercedes-Benz Tech, Climax, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Xerox, Greater Yamhill Watershed Council, City of Newberg, Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, NASA, Providence, Oregon Commission for the Blind, Vibetech, 5-Rock Ranch, and Aprovecho Research Center.

Refreshments provided. All are welcome!

For more information, please contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2780.

The university community is invited to the music department’s spring concert, featuring the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Concert Choir and Women’s Chorale, tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Students and employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the Pennington House. Additional tickets are available for purchase at this link. Tickets will also be available at the door from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m.

Selections include “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor” (Chehalem Symphony Orchestra), “Gagarin” (Symphonic Band) and Handel’s “Messiah” (Concert Choir & Women’s Chorale).

Questions? Contact Debbie Hawblitzel at ext. 2620 or dhawblit@georgefox.edu.

After 33 years of service, Bonnie Jerke (Career Services) is retiring. We are planning to celebrate her accomplishments and contributions today (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center. We’d love to have you come and celebrate Bonnie’s many years of leadership and service to the students and alumni of George Fox.

If you are unable to attend, I’m sure Bonnie would appreciate an e-mail, card, or call, but we’d love for you to be able to attend this event. No need to R.S.V.P.

If you have any questions, please contact Sidney Tafflinger at 503-554-2330.

Hope to see you!