Please come support our May Serve trip to Thailand by donating money to us while we wash your car! We will wash from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at the Newberg Tire Factory.
A Portland musical theatre series, Staged!, will honor the life work of George Fox alumna Tera Bloodgood Ewert (’97) by adding one performance to its successful run of the musical Les Miserables.
The performance, scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, April 14, at the World Trade Center Theatre in Portland, will benefit the Gulu Rehabilitation Center for Children of War in Uganda, West Africa — an outreach sponsored by World Vision, a charity Tera worked with before her death two years ago this spring. She had devoted her life to helping women and children around the world.
The show also has ties to Newberg and George Fox, with several alums and community members involved in the theatre company. Tickets for the show range from $21 to $25 and can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com. For more information, visit stagedpdx.org.
Today, Thursday,  April 3, is the LAST DAY to verify your summer address.Â
Please stop by the tables in the Bruin Den between 11:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Otherwise, you have to stop at Mail Services to do this.)
You are invited to attend the final Mu Kappa event of the year.
Mu Kappa will host a potluck on Sunday, April 13 at 6:00 pm in the Commuter Lounge on Sheridan Street.
The main dish, beverages, plates and utensils will be provided.
You are welcome to bring a dessert or some other kind of side-dish to share.
Please RSVP by Friday, April 11 to Mark Kelley – kelleym07@georgefox.edu
The university community is welcome to As it is in Heaven, the theatre department’s final play of the 2007-08 season.
Performances are scheduled April 10-12 and April 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. There is also one matinee performance, at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13.
Synopsis: An 1830s Shaker community in Pleasant Hill, Ky., is set in its ordered ways until a newcomer, Fanny, see angels in the meadow. Soon all the young women are receiving spiritual “gifts” of songs, drawings, ideas, and giggles and completely upsetting the community. Are these gifts an honest resurgence of the original shaker celebration, or something manufactured by Fanny?
Employees receive one complimentary ticket, available for pick-up at the University Store. Students are welcome to see the show free of charge at the two Thursday performances and may pick up those tickets at the University Store. The cost is $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or find out more, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.
Actual Discussion overheard in ASC Offices:
Ben Gowan: Hey, Matt Hollen, you’re the new Chaplain!
Matt Hollen: Yea!
Ben: What are you going to do now?
Matt: Make more chaplains!
Ben: Awesome!… Who’s the lucky lady?
Matt: Not baby chaplains! Chaplains to help with all the ministries…
Applications for Men’s Chaplain, Women’s Chaplain, Worship Chaplain, Prayer Chaplain and Retreats Chaplain available in the SUB. Â
Applications are due Friday, April 11.
The annual Fox Film Festival is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the Cameo Theater in downtown Newberg, and at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in Bauman Auditorium. The cost is $4 for Friday’s showing and free on Saturday.
Please join the cinema and media communication department as we celebrate and show off our year of hard work. Each night will feature different films and have a “People’s Choice” award. Saturday’s show will include a short awards ceremony. The filmmakers are going to dress up to celebrate our special event, and we invite you to join us.
Questions? Contact filmfestival@georgefox.edu.
Thursday, April 3 – Men’s tennis vs. Whittier, campus courts, 3 p.m.
Friday, April 4 – Men’s tennis vs. Willamette, campus courts, 1 p.m.
Saturday, April 5 – Baseball vs. Whitworth (2), Morse Field, noon
Men’s tennis vs. Green River CC (exhibition), campus courts, 1 p.m.
Women’s tennis vs. Green River CC (exhibition), campus courts, 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 6 – Softball vs. Willamette (2), Morse Field, noon
Baseball vs. Whitworth (2), Morse Field, noon
Women’s tennis vs. Pacific, campus courts, 2 p.m.
Monday, April 7 – Track & field in Northwest Conference Multi-Events, Colcord Field, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, April 8 – Track & field in Northwest Conference Multi-Events, Colcord Field, 10 a.m.
For more information, contact the university’s sports information office at ext. 2926.
If you have any ideas for permanent additions to campus we’d love to hear them.
The ASC Student Project Fund was created to provide George Fox with those things that students desire most. Projects in the past have included the firing pit near Bauman, the pool table in the FoxHole, and the outdoor furniture you see in the quad.
Are there things you want to see? Check out the bright green information sheet in the SUB today.
The deadline for proposals is 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 3.Â
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Shane Walker at swalker04@georgefox.edu.
The university will introduce its Apple-only Computers Across the Curriculum program with an “Apple on Campus” event from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 4, in the Klages Dining Room.
Learn how technology is shaping and being shaped by higher education. Also, enter to win an iPod Touch by swiping your ID card between 10:30 and 10:45 a.m. (you must be present at the drawing to win). Featured speakers from Apple and George Fox will be on hand, and light refreshments will be provided. More information is available at it.georgefox.edu/appleshow.
A memorial service for George Fox University alumnus Ben Hawkins will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Bauman Auditorium on the George Fox campus.
Hawkins died Sunday, March 30, in a car accident near Newberg. He attended George Fox from 2000 through 2004. He was an honor-roll student, a music major, and a member of the chapel band and jazz ensemble. Many in the community also knew him from Chapters Books and Coffee, where he worked until recently. Chapters is collecting messages for the Hawkins family at their site.
Friends may also post memories online at www.benhawkinsmemories.com.
Contributions to the Ben Hawkins Memorial Fund, may be sent to Attrell’s Newberg Funeral Chapel, 207 Villa Rd. Newberg, OR 97132.
Inside Promotions, a business capstone class, is offering its final “Deal of the Week” with CampusPoint, a job and internship service. Register at campuspoint.com:
Intermediate and Advanced Photo Students have each donated a print to be sold to benefit 5 Rock Ranch, a ministry to single mom’s and fatherless children in Yamhill, Oregon.
The show opening will be held during Newberg’s “First Friday’s Art Walk” April 4th from 5-9pm. Photos will be for sale through the month of April.
Summer Mail Information needed from all returning students and students who are withdrawing.
(You can choose to keep your mail box open all or part of the summer or give us a forwarding address – but we need to know.)
Dates:
There is still room for four men to live in the International House next year. If you are interested in developing relationships with people from other cultures and expanding your awareness of your own culture the International House may be perfect for you.
The International House for men will be Fell House and is one of the George Fox University’s Themed Houses. It is made up of ½ American and ½ international students. Living in the house is a great way to expand your worldview and make some great friends around the world.
If you are interested in living in the International House for men (or have questions about living in the house) please contact Dianna McIntyre, dmcintyr@georgefox.edu, 503-554-2649.
Attention Federal Perkins Loan Borrowers Who Are Leaving At the End of the Semester:
April 1-April 21
8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Graduating seniors or students planning to leave GFU at the end of the semester who have received a Federal Perkins Loan need to complete an Exit Interview before leaving campus.
Contact Vicki Tschan @ 503-554-2239 or vtschan@georgefox.edu to schedule an appointment or to find out the online information.
For anyone needing to schedule an Exit Interview after 3:00 p.m., Vicki will be available on Wednesday, April 9 until 6:00 p.m. All interviews will take place at Student Financial Services in the Stevens Center.
The scholarship deadline for the Vechery Scholarship is April 1. Please turn it in or fax it to Student Financial Services.
Go to http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/0809VecheryApp.pdf for more information and to apply.
“Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything-as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.”
Ever felt that you had a secret that you wanted to get out? George Fox is hosting its very own version of PostSecret here on campus, sponsored by the COED staff. Blank postcards will appear in your campus mailbox on April 7th waiting for your secrets to be written on them.
Postcards must be turned in to campus mail by April 14th and the FoxSecret showcase of postcards will be on April 17th. All secrets will remain anonymous. For more information there will be a booth in the SUB on April 3rd and 4th.
What if you could network with more than 160 recruiters? What if you could learn about numerous job opportunities? What if you could also learn about the nonprofit industry at a special presentation and attend an alumni networking event?
If these questions intrigue you, the First Avenue Career and Graduate School Fair is for you. All you have to do is sign up in Career Services (STV 325; ext. 2330) by 5pm Tuesday, April 1 or visit olapcfirstavenue.org.
The fair is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center.
Seniors: Please check your campus box for commencement tickets. There are no replacement tickets available so please do not lose your tickets!
Please review the commencement website or e-mail kfleming@georgefox.edu. Thank you!
