The Daily Bruin

The evening hours for the Fitness Center have been changed from 4-7 p.m. to 5-8 p.m.

Postage rates increase on Monday, May 11. Stamps will increase from 42 cents to 44 cents each. Purchase the “Forever Stamps” now at 42 cents each; they will be worth 44 cents each on Monday. Forever Stamps can only be purchased in books of 20.

University Mail Services has Forever Stamp books available for $8.40 (20 stamps). Remember that on Monday, that same book will cost $8.80.

If you need information regarding other classes of mail and the amount of increase, contact Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) at ext. 2556 or e-mail sfrost@georgefox.edu.

The Phase II program will open at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 7, for viewing of the left-behind items gathered from departing students. Items have been sorted and made available to student summer help and staff at the Wright House, located at 515 Villa Road (next to the Villa Academic Complex). We greatly appreciate your help in keeping items neatly sorted.

Thank you,
Plant Services

Do you know someone who is a great speaker or performer on the topics of diversity? Multicultural Services is seeking guests to speak/perform for the university community next academic year (or future years).

Preference for:

• Christian multicultural worldview
• Ethnically diverse musical genres (spoken word, hip-hop, Native American dancing)
• George Fox students, employees or alumni
• Local speakers/performers
• Talents with websites or recordings

Other diversity groups will be considered. If you have ideas to share, contact Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Services) at syonemur@georgefox.edu or at 503-554-2318.

Free tickets are available for a Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast scheduled at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in Klages Dining Hall. The focus is on homelessness in our area. The speakers are County Commissioner Kathy George and Polly Siler, director of Love INC.

We have space for more people and would be pleased if some university staff and families joined us. Contact Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies/Center for Peace and Justice) at lfendall@georgefox.edu or ext. 2685.

The card access for Wheeler Sports Center will be deactivated for the summer. The building will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

If you haven’t already, please submit your April timesheet to your supervisor right away to ensure that you are paid on Monday, May 11.  Please be sure your name and ID number are printed legibly at the top, and sign it before you give it to your supervisor.  

Paychecks will be mailed to the most recent address that Mail Services has on file.  If your campus box is still open, your check will go there instead.

Best wishes for an excellent summer!

 – Human Resources

The university will host two commencement ceremonies on the Newberg campus Saturday, May 2. The traditional undergraduate ceremony will take place in Miller Gymnasium/Wheeler Sports Center at 2 p.m., with audience seating at 1 p.m. Tickets are required for the traditional undergraduate ceremony.

The graduate, seminary and School of Professional Studies ceremony will take place in Miller Gymnasium/Wheeler Sports Center at 7 p.m., with audience seating at 6 p.m.

In addition, the baccalaureate service is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Bauman Auditorium. Baccalaureate is an undergraduate worship service providing graduating seniors, their families, faculty, administrators, staff and other guests the opportunity to worship.

For more information, visit the commencement website.

There will be no student mail delivery after 2 p.m. Friday, May 1. This will allow for the transition from spring semester to summer operations.

Mail delivery will begin again on Monday, May 4, for those who requested their mailboxes to remain open, and mail will be forwarded for those who requested that service. If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell (Mail Services) at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

The university’s library has added texting as part of its “Ask Us” service. Now George Fox students, faculty and staff can send questions and receive answers from librarians by using their cell phones. More information is available at georgefox.edu/offices/murdock/text.html.

The following are summer hours (May 4 to Aug. 29) for the Fitness Center:

Monday – Friday
6-8 a.m.
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
4-7 p.m.

Closed weekends

The University Store is hosting a Graduation Sale this Wednesday through Friday, April 29 through May 1. Save 25 percent on all George Fox merchandise (except diploma frames). Store hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Congratulations graduates!

Also, a reminder: The bookstore’s book buyback program also runs Wednesday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring your books to the main entrance right outside the University Store in the SUB. To see what your books are worth, go to www.store.georgefox.edu, select the “Main Store” heading, then click “Sell” next to “Textbooks” at the top of the page. It’s important to know that you must enter “www” to get into the bookstore’s website.

The semester is coming to an end.  What do you do with your mailbox key?

Graduating Seniors:
Return keys to Mail Services by Friday, May 1 to avoid a $15.00 key fine.

Withdrawing Students:
Return keys to Mail Services by Friday, May 1 to avoid a $15.00 key fine.

Returning Students:
Keep your key over the summer.

During the summer, Mail Services will be open as normal from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The courier service will remain the same, going to Portland five days a week and to Salem on Mondays and Thursdays. Questions? Call ext. 2555.

Students who have not yet completed an Application for May Term or Summer Housing need to visit the Student Life Office ASAP as the deadline was Friday, April 24.

In order to live on campus during the summer, you must be:
– Taking a May Term class
– Working on campus 40 hours a week
– Working at Tilikum
– A Summer Rearch Scholar

Please contact the Megan Marsh (ext. 2311) or Tim Goodfellow (ext. 2322) if you have any questions.

All Spiritual Life make-up credit forms are due by noon Tuesday, April 28.

If you know you are deficient in credit, you will want to begin the following:
1. Watching chapel podcasts.
2. Filling out the following form for each watched podcast:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/spirituallife/chapel/form.html

If you have any questions or concerns, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu or check our our website at spirituallife.georgefox.edu.

The university’s undergraduate admissions website was recently redesigned and enhanced to include new information, additional features and improved navigation and graphics. Check out the site at admissions.georgefox.edu and be sure to tell colleagues and prospective students about it.

Mark Benjamin (Spiritual Life) and his family will be leaving our community at the end May. To honor them, we are throwing an open house/celebration/going away party from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Spiritual Life House. Mark is moving to Georgia for the summer and eventually to North Carolina to help with a church plant. Feel free to stop in whenever you can and let Mark know how much you appreciate him!

Book Buyback is this Wednesday through Friday, April 29 to May 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring your books to the main entrance right outside the University Store in the SUB. See what your books are worth by going to store.georgefox.edu, selecting the “Main Store” heading, then clicking “Sell” next to “Textbooks” at the top of the page.

During finals week and the first week of May term, the University Store hours will change to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday (April 27 to May 8). Graduation store hours on May 2 will be 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The bookstore will be closed on Saturdays the rest of the summer. Summer store hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday starting May 11.