Today’s chapel will feature Dwight Kimberly, professor of biology, in our last lecture series. We look forward to worshiping with you!
Monday night will be Faith and Film viewing How to Train Your Dragon at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105 and EHS 102.
Graduate student account charges are now open for the summer semester. Charges will remain open until end of day on Monday, April 25. If students need to use their student account after April 25, they will need to acquire a voucher from student financial services.
Special guest performers, including internationally renowned opera star Richard Zeller, will join the university’s Symphonic Band and Concert Choir for the annual Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in Bauman Auditorium.
Zeller, a 1983 George Fox graduate, is one of America’s foremost baritones and is known for his sonorous dramatic voice, a compelling stage presence and musicianship. His opera engagements have included 12 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera and dates at opera houses around the world.
Zeller is among the soloists in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem. Soloists will include Zeller (bass), voice faculty members Maggie Daane (soprano) and Cynthia McGladrey (alto), and Les Green (tenor) of Willamette University.
Also taking the Bauman Auditorium stage will be the university’s Symphonic Band, directed by Pat Vandehey, which will perform George Washington Bicentennial March, by John Philip Sousa; A New Birth of Freedom, (a narrative setting of Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Addressâ€) by Randol Alan Bass; and Give us This Day by David Maslanka.
The Concert Choir, conducted by Loren Wenz, will perform O Praise the Lord from the Heavens, by Pavel Chesnokov; O Magnum Mysterium, by Tomas Luis de Victoria; and Sanctus by James Pick, a senior composition major at George Fox.
Tickets cost $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni, and $6 for students and children. Tickets can be reserved online at music.georgefox.edu, through the University Box Office by calling 503-554-3844, or may be purchased in Bauman Auditorium on the night of the concert.
University Players Tour Group Auditions Next Week!
Auditions- Part 1
Tuesday 4/19
3:30-5 p.m.
Greenroom, Bauman Auditorium
This initial audition will include warm-ups, improve games and team-building exercises. Â Come prepared with a writing utensil, clothing made for movement and an idea of your class schedule for the 2011-2012 school year and any potential conflicts for the 2011-2012 season.
You will be asked to sign up for a monologue presentation on Wednesday 4/20.
Monologue Presentations- Part 2
Wednesday 4/20
3:30-5 p.m.
Greenroom, Bauman Auditorium
The monologue should be an original, personal story, told in the 3rd Person, 90 seconds long, memorized, and reflect one of the following themes: “Redeeming the Time”, “The Carpenter’s Workshop”, “The Road”, “Through a Glass Darkly”, or “R.S.V.P.”.
While University Players is a ministry outreach of the Theatre department, auditions are also open to non-Theatre majors with varying degrees of theatre and ministry experience.
For more information about the auditions or the University Players please contact Mark Eaton, Director of The University Players, atmeaton_thinkingcap@yahoo.com
Come get a car wash and support the May Serve Peru team! The team is hosting a car wash at the Newberg Ford Dealership (next to Newberg Hospital on 99W) on Saturday (April 16) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The price of the wash is donation based. We would love your support!
Questions? Contact Josh Tryan.
Want a delicious Sunday meal? Visit California Pizza Kitchen this Sunday with a fundraising flier and 20 percent of your check goes directly to the May Serve team! Follow this link to print the flier.
This offer is valid on sit-down dining and take-out orders. Thanks for your support! Contact Eric Barton or Rebecca Barnick if you have questions.
Saturday, April 16, 10:30 a.m. – Track & field in Rich Allen Classic, Colcord Memorial Field
Saturday, April 16, noon – Softball vs. Lewis & Clark (2), Morse Field
Saturday, April 16, 1 p.m. – Baseball vs. Lewis & Clark (2), West Linn High School
Sunday, April 17, 1 p.m. – Baseball vs. Lewis & Clark, West Linn High School
Graduating seniors on the softball and baseball teams will be recognized in pre-game ceremonies at their respective games, softball on Saturday and baseball on Sunday.
Schedule change: Next weekend’s baseball series at Linfield in McMinnville has been adjusted. The Bruins and Wildcats will now play two games on Friday at 1 p.m. and a single on Saturday at noon; the single was originally scheduled for Friday and the twinbill on Saturday.
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.
Survey Number One
Help us out with our final project and take our 10-question survey about faith and religion please please please! We want to know what you’re like!
surveymonkey.com/s/QPKGQP2
Sarah Shipman, David Laughlin, Emily Rampke, and Lucy Chen
Survey Number Two
Shampoo Survey!
Please take this brief survey about your hair washing habits. It is 10 questions and will take about two minutes!
Thanks so much! Emily, Jenn, and Kinsey
Survey Number Three
Please help me out with my research for a speech I have to give! The survey is about Wal-Mart and it is only 6-8 questions depending on your answers!
Steven Campbell
Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.
Did you know key employers are saying that candidates are generally unprepared to interview? Use the interviewing module in Optimal Resume to sharpen your skills at your fingertips on MyGFU/Career Services.
Please don’t underestimate the competition you will face looking for employment. Be prepared. On Optimal Resume, you can build a resume, coverletter, eportfolio, website, complete a skills assessment and practice interviewing. If any of these are sent to the review center, your career services professionals will give you feedback online.
Contact us with questions at ext. 2330 or at careers@georgefox.edu, or come in for a career conversation. We are invested in your best future.
Faculty, please let your students know about this great resource.
– Bonnie Jerke,
Career Services
Help support the May Serve team and get a great meal! California Pizza Kitchen is sponsoring a fundraising day on Sunday, April 17, when 20 percent of your check goes directly to the May Serve team traveling to Peru. There are two store locations, in Clackamas and at Bridgeport.
Check out the group on Facebook to print off the required flier. Questions? Contact Eric Barton or Rebecca Barnick.
Please meet us in the Bruin Den at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, to participate in the Annual Easter Egg Extravaganza! There will be a massive Easter egg hunt all over campus and an Easter Egg Dyeing party in the Bruin Den to follow. Grand prize is $200 cash prize as well as many more prize opportunities! Hope to see you all there!
Get your applications in for the 2011-2012 Career Services Internships!
Help plan and coordinate events, promote programs and services, and design marketing campaigns. The internships are 8-10 hours a week for credit.
Benefits of being a Career Services intern:
Apply through BruinCareers by April 18! Also, check out our Summer Marketing Internship!
Business Students Interested in Internships:
Thinking about getting real-world work experience and class credit? Please join us today in Stevens 109 from 5-6 p.m. and be introduced to your newly created internship leadership team.
Jeff Vandenhoek and Debora Sepich will present the opportunity, process and commitment of the GFSB to help you find internships. We will discuss preparing for your opportunities, creation of your internship resume (portfolio) and answer questions you might have.
Please contact Becky Jensen at rjensen@georgefox.edu if you plan to attend this event. We look forward to seeing you. Don’t miss out!
The final performances of the theatre department’s production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew are scheduled Thursday through Sunday. Shows are scheduled Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. All performances take place in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
All George Fox employees receive one complimentary ticket. Students will be admitted free on Thursday. Your complimentary ticket is only available at the Box Office in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12.
To purchase tickets or read a synopsis of the play, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.
At the Mr. Bruin Pageant this past Saturday, the ticket sales, bake sale and dash for cash raised $3,711.40 that will be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation!
Thanks to the Mr. Bruin contestants in being proactive at fundraising and putting on a fantastic show, and thanks to all who supported with your donations!
Join us for chapel Wednesday (April 13) as we host special guest Emmanuel Katongole, author, priest and director of the Duke Center for Reconciliation. Come hear what he has to share about peacemaking today. We look forward to worshiping with you!
John Stewart is officially the new manager of the Bruin Bookstore, replacing Andy Dunn, who recently moved into Karon Bell’s position.
It’s the last week for Salem Urban Services this Friday, April 15. Come serve with us! We leave from the Bruin Den at 5 p.m. for Salem and 5:30 p.m. for Portland.
Salem will continue to serve each Saturday until the end of the semester. Portland’s last day is April 22.
Questions? Contact Alicia at akeithley08@georgefox.edu (Salem) or Elizabeth at eteach06@georgefox.edu (Portland).
The Safety Committee would like to thank the George Fox employee community (including student employees) for an injury-free first quarter of 2011!
Most injuries can be prevented through planning ahead, being aware of surroundings and using proper tools and protective gear. Thank you for doing these well. For information about the safety committees in Newberg and Portland, please contact Dan Schutter or John Newberry.
If you still need spiritual life credit, there are nine more spiritual life credit opportunities left in this semester. For more information about these events you can check them out in Bruindata or on the Spiritual Life Calendar.
For more information about the Spiritual Life credit requirement policy, including what to do if you are deficient, please check out the Spiritual Life website. If you know you will be deficient, you may want to begin the following procedure:
1. Â Â Â Watching chapel podcasts
2. Â Â Â Filling out the form for each watched podcast.
Note: Spiritual life credit forms are due Friday, April 22 at midnight; you may fill up to 10 podcast forms.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
