It’s not too late to join in on the fun! The annual Medallion Search is going on now. The winner will receive $200 dollars as well as the medallion. To recieve the clues become a fan of “Bruin Heritage” on facebook and check your “updates” located under “messages” daily. May the best treasure hunter win!
The seminary is hosting an information meeting about its new Christian Earth Keeping (CEK) offering at noon Thursday, April 22, in Portland Center 260. Bring your lunch and get answers about the seminary’s newest 12-hour concentration. Daniel Brunner (Seminary) and the CEK academic team will be available to answer any of your questions. Beverages and cookies provided.
Security Services has key chain whistles with the security phone number on them available in the Office of Student Life. Please feel free to stop by and pick one up.
Remember to stop by Plant Services’ surplus equipment and inventory sale Thursday and Friday, April 15-16, in the Villa Academic Complex. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days and will include furnaces, appliances, duct work, cabinets, light fixtures, doors, laminate pieces, desks, panel walls, couches, tables, side chairs, bookshelves, and much more.
Urban Services’ scheduled trip to Salem this Friday, April 16, has been canceled. However, the group will be going to Portland Friday as scheduled, leaving from the Bruin Den at 5:30 p.m.
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 if you have any questions.
If you are on the meal plan and intend to have dinner on-campus Friday night, please enter through the dish room entrance. Since available seating is limited to the Foxhole, you will also be able to take your dinner dishes to your rooms or on-campus.
 You are welcome to purchase a ticket for Empty Bowls, however your meal plan will NOT count towards the Empty Bowls dinner. Tickets are $10 at the door which includes a soup dinner, ceramic handmade bowl and a Mr. Bruin ticket. Please join us in supporting Haiti!
 Thank you for your patience and understanding as we seek to support the endeavors for Haiti!
 The Associated Student Community (ASC)
Now that we have had an opportunity to see how the Blackboard Connect works, it is time for another message about how to update your information in MyGFU.
For this new system to work, it is essential for you to enter your personal cell phone number into MyGFU. Please follow these simple directions to enter your personal cell phone number:
Thank you for taking the time to do this today. If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in the Office of Student Life.
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 email, e-card, or traditional “thank you†card to that professor (or other person). Try to be specific as you describe how this person has contributed to your life.
 This idea sponsored by the Academic Resource Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning.
Be a part of a George Fox University tradition! Audition for the University Players 2010-2011 tour group!
 Tuesday, April 20th 4:45-6:00 p.m., Greenroom, Bauman. Prepare a 90-second monologue. Also, be ready for a brief interview and ensemble work.
 Callbacks are scheduled for Thursday, April 22, 4:45-6:00 p.m., Greenroom, Bauman.
 2nd Callbacks TBD
 Mark Eaton will direct the 2010-2011 University Players tour group. Rhett Luedtke will host the auditions and cast the 2010-11 ensemble.
 If you have any questions please contact Rhett Luedtke at rluedtke@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2632
Graduating seniors, we need a mailing address to which we can send your 2009-2010 yearbook when it arrives next fall. Please fill out this form to get your copy – http://bit.ly/bMoL5K.
 Questions? Contact Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu or stop by the ASC offices in the SUB.
ASC Communications applications are available in the Bruin’s Den for The Crescent, KFOX, L’Ami, the Darkroom, and the brand new position of Communications Web Editor. We are looking for students interested in writing, graphic design, sales, audio, sports, web content, photography, and more.
 All applications are due to the ASC Supreme Court Chief Justice by 5 PM on April 15th.
 Questions? Contact Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu.
Tax day is coming! Be sure you stop at Mail Services to have your tax letters weighed to determine if you have enough postage. The Internal Revenue Service will not accept them if there is not sufficient postage.
The campus community is invited to enjoy an adaptation of Quo Vadis: a Story of Christianity in Ancient Rome at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 16, in the Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117 (there is a 7 p.m. prelude to the show).
This is the final performance of the English Language Institute’s Level D speech class under the direction of Ron Parrish. Ron will be saying “aloha” to us and moving to Hawaii.
Cinema and media communication students will showcase their work from the past year at the annual Fox Film Festival this Friday and Saturday, April 16-17.
Friday’s films will be shown beginning at 4:45 p.m. at the Cameo Theater in downtown Newberg. Tickets are $5 (cash only) and will be sold at the Cameo box office prior to the presentation. Films that night will showcase productions that do not contain copyrighted material.
On Saturday, a free showing is set for 6:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium and will feature films that do contain copyrighted material. An awards ceremony will follow Saturday’s session, and desserts will be served. Films featured the first night will not be repeated on the second night.
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.
Staying on campus this summer for May term or a job?
Come up to the Student Life Office to pick up a summer housing application.
It is due by April 23rd.
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.
Attention ALL! April 13th & 14th
Join us for Dinner for Eight (sponsored by Bruin Heritage Society).
Now open to EVERYONE.
 16 students will have the opportunity to enjoy a free home-cooked meal at the residence of a George Fox alumni. This provides a great chance to learn from that alumni and explore career goals and dreams.
 Dinner will be served at 6:30pm with transportation provided.
 Sign up for April 13th or 14th NOW by contacting bruinheritage@georgefox.edu to request a registration form.
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