Come take a break from homework from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 4 in Hoover 102, and join the Psychology Club and Sigma Zeta (Biology Club) as we compete to see who REALLY knows more about the brain in our fourth annual brain trivia competition! Pizza and soda will be provided.
For more information, please contact Rose Henry at rhenry07@georgefox.edu.
Are you ready to beat the odds in your professional job search? We have a way to spruce up those job-search skills through Optimal Resume on MyGFU/Career Services.
You can build a resume, cover letter, interviewing, eportfolio, website, and articulate skills one competency at a time, or you can join us in the 10-Step program to become an Optimal Job candidate. The program is set up for you in BruinCareers/MyGFU, but don’t hesitate to ask us about it.
Here’s a quote worth thinking about: “Your job skills will not get you a job … but your job-search skills will.”
– Job Search Strategies, Bud Clarkson
Thank you,
Bonnie Jerke (Career Services)
careers@georgefox.edu, careers.georgefox.edu, 503-554-2330
The Bruin Grounds is hosting a benefit concert featuring George Fox alumnus Benjamin Tissell on Saturday, April 6, at 8 p.m. Proceeds will support Ameena Bossier and Bri Phelps, who are going to serve in Swaziland for two months this summer as interns.
The Bruin Grounds will be donating a percentage of what it makes that night from drink purchases. So come enjoy some great music and purchase coffee, milkshakes, smoothies, etc., and support your fellow classmates. Invite your friends!
Hope to see you all there!
Come and support our very own Gospel Choir, The Voices of Praise, in their second annual “WORSHIP EXPERIENCE” Concert. This is going to be an awesome night of praise and worship. Come and be a part of it!
I’m house manager for the theatre department’s production of Enchanted April, and I’m looking for some ushers!
If you come help out with the show, you get to see the show for free in return! After duties are done, you just chill and watch the show, or if you’re posted on door duty I’ll give you a ticket for you to come back on another showtime.
Performances are:
Arrival times for ushers will be about one and a half hours before showtime (or less). So I would need you to arrive at 6 p.m. on evening shows and 12:30 p.m. for matinees.
Send me and e-mail letting me know which date(s) you would like to usher for!
Much obliged,
Michelle (mcroce12@georgefox.edu)
This Thursday we have a large group of prospective students here for our Bruin Preview event and we are still in need of some hosts for those students staying overnight.
If you are interested in helping a student in their college decision process by hosting them for the night, please get in touch with the Admissions Office asap! Â Hosts will be required to attend a 4 p.m. meeting in Hoover 105 on Thursday, April 4 in order to meet their students. Snacks will be provided!
Contact Emma Glennen at eglennen@georgefox.edu or 503.554.2249 if you are available!
We will have a large group of prospective students and guests coming to campus on Thursday and Friday, April 4-5, for our Bruin Preview event. Please help us welcome our guests by parking somewhere other than the Stevens and Hoover parking lots on Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. This will allow them to park close to the event’s check-in location.
Thank you!
The Undergraduate Admissions Office
Summer Address Collection is coming soon and will be held next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday – April 9-11.
Mailbox options for the summer:
Sponsored by University Mail Services.
For more information, please contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
R.V. Kuhns George Fox University Day for finance students will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, April 18.
Senior finance students are invited to an open house at R.V. Kuhns and Associates, Inc. in Portland to learn more about a career in investment finance. Interested students should register on Bruin Careers.
Please contact Career Services (careers@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions!
The owners of Bonaventura Authentic Italian Sausage and Deli in downtown Newberg are donating $1 to George Fox for each “Bruin Bruschetta” sandwich sold since their grand opening. And they want your help to determine where their gift should go.
Stop by Bonaventura during business hours (10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.) Wednesday, April 3, through Friday, April 5, to cast your vote.
You can vote for either:
The winning selection will be announced in a future e-nnouncement and at Bonaventura.
The university community is invited to a Spring Chamber Concert this Thursday, April 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
The event will include performances by our Keyboard Ensemble (“Venetian Boat Song,” “Rondo”), Women’s Chorale (“Tundra,” Cantate Domino”), String Ensemble (“Last Spring, Op. 34,” “Simple Symphony, Op. 4”), Chamber Singers (“Alleluia,” “Exultate Deo,” “Stand by Me”), String Quartet (“String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 in F Major”) and Handbell Ringers (“The Bells of Notre Dame,” “Under the Sea”).
There is no admission charge.
You are invited to be part of a Cesar Chavez discussion (“Si se Puede”) today (Wednesday) beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Klages Dining Room. We will be learning how to make homemade tortillas and salsa en molcajete. After that, we will enjoy our food while we discuss the “Si Se Puede” theme. Come and learn about the Latino culture from Latino students.
If you have any questions, contact Nancy Arellano (narellano11@georgefox.edu).
Juniors and seniors: Do you ever wonder what life will be like after Fox?
Come to Post Fox from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, April 5, and get your questions answered about:
Come and enjoy live music and tasty hors d’oeuvres while networking with alumni from several career fields! The cost of this event is $5.
Sign up with a team or individually for the George Fox quads sand volleyball tournament, scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13. Players of all skill levels are welcome. We’ll have music, prizes, snacks and a grill.
Come and play or just hang out. It’ll be lots of fun! Hope to see you there. Check out our Facebook page for more details, and feel free to send any questions my way!
Joey Burda (jburda09@georgefox.edu)
If you have rental books from the BlueZone Store or another Neebo store, you are welcome to return it to the Textbook Annex at any time before Friday, May 3. Skip the end-of-semester rush and bring it in now.
Portland students may send books through the campus courier by taking them to the front counter at the Portland Center (address to Box #6229).
Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.
Interested in joining our community garden? It is open to all (students, faculty, all employees, others). Participation is open even if you are around only in the spring, summer or fall.
To learn more, attend an informational meeting scheduled at 8:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday), in the Hoover Lounge (second floor).
Contact Cherice Bock (cbock@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
Bruin Heritage is getting ready for Survivor Van and want you to be a part!
Come and show your school spirit by participating or cheering for your class!
Note: Contestants will also need to have two friends that will sign up to complete challenges for the constant outside of the van.
If you are interested in signing up for this event, please contact Taylor Ellis at tellis12@georgefox.edu
Join us today (Wednesday) in chapel as Rev. Samuel Rodriguez joins us. CNN named Rodriguez “the leader of the Hispanic Evangelical movement,” and The Wall Street Journal identified him as one of America’s most influential Hispanic leaders – and the only religious leader on the list.
An Assemblies of God ordained minister since the age of 23, Rodriguez serves as senior pastor of New Season Christian Worship Center in Sacramento, Calif., where he resides with his wife of 23 years, Eva, and their three children.
Come join us at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
The Bruin Grounds is hosting a benefit concert featuring George Fox alumnus Benjamin Tissell on Saturday, April 6, at 8 p.m. Proceeds will support Ameena Bossier and Bri Phelps, who are going to serve in Swaziland for two months this summer as interns.
The Bruin Grounds will be donating a percentage of what it makes that night from drink purchases. So come enjoy some great music and purchase coffee, milkshakes, smoothies, etc., and support your fellow classmates. Invite your friends!
Hope to see you all there!
The George Fox Yearbook is now accepting applications for 2013-14 yearbook editor chief. Apply online on the ASC website under “get involved” and apply for the position.
