The Daily Bruin

The University Store will be closed Wednesday, June 25, through Monday, June 30, to conduct its year-end inventory procedure. During these days, the Newberg campus bookstore, textbook annex, and online store will be shut down for any type of sale or request. All bookstore employees will be unavailable for assistance.

During this time:

• There will be no money available to make change.
• Phone orders or requests will not be taken.
• Candy, beverages, or other items will not be sold, along with any other type of merchandise.

The bookstore will resume full operation on Tuesday, July 1, but will be closed on Friday, July 4. Please plan ahead for merchandise needed before this time. We thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation as we perform our inventory process.

– University Store staff

In response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s announcement that a recent salmonella outbreak has been linked to the consumption of certain varieties of raw tomatoes, and products containing those varieties of raw tomatoes, Bon Appetit is removing the tomato varieties of concern from its menus and recipes until further notice. This includes sliced tomatoes on burgers served in the Bruin Den.

The FDA is advising consumers not to eat the tomato varieties of concern, including raw red plum, red Roma, and round red tomatoes.

According to the FDA, all other tomato varieties are safe, including cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached. Tomatoes grown at home are also reported to be safe.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit

The main file and print server may be unavailable between 6 to 7 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10.

Bruce Arnold, IT specialist for the Portland Center will be on vacation June 12-25. Newberg’s IT service desk will be available during his absence at extension 2569, their hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Are you willing to get involved in making a difference in Myanmar? On May 3, cyclone Nargis hit the country, killing more than 34,000 people, devastating the Irrawaddy Delta, and destroying Myanmar’s rice crop. Another 1 million people may starve in the next few months if they do not receive rice seeds by the end of June to replant their fields and feed their families.

I have started a project to provide salt-resistant rice seeds to the people of the Irrawaddy Delta. One pound of rice seed costs about $15 and will produce enough rice to feed one person in Myanmar for about six months. One-hundred percent of any donation you can make will go toward purchasing the seeds.

You can donate to the Myanmar Rice Seed project online at nmsi.org/donate.aspx. (Enter your information and designate your gift to “Rice Seed – Myanmar”). New Mission Systems International is a registered U.S. nonprofit, Christian charitable organization and a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

Any donations you make to NMSI are secure and tax deductible. To learn more about NMSI, go to: nmsi.org. If you have any questions, please call or e-mail me.

Thank you,

Tricia Hornback (School of Professional Studies)
503-380-0365
tfhornback@verizon.net

The Portland Center Library will be closed Friday, June 6, noon to 1:15 p.m. to allow the staff to attend a departmental function.  The Information Commons (Computer Lab) will remain open.

Employees are invited to attend an all-community meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in Hoover 105. The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

Do you live in Newberg and work here at the Portland Center?

Do you drive alone?

Do you know that Charlie spent $4.10 a gallon for gas last week in California?

Do you want to carpool?

Let’s try to get enough of us together to work it out.

Contact Charlie Kamilos or Bruce Arnold if you are interested in starting a carpooling group.

The Portland Center Bookstore is looking for a student volunteer June 9-20 to help with textbook returns.

If you are interested, or know of someone who would be, please email John Stewart in the bookstore.

Our colleague, Mark Doyle (Biology), is scheduled to have intestinal surgery at USC in Los Angeles on June 17. Anyone wishing to contribute to his air ambulance costs can send a donation to:

Sauvie Island Community Church
18510 NW Reeder Road, Portland, OR 97231

We need to raise $12,900. Oregon Health Science University faculty and staff, his church friends, and George Fox University faculty, staff, and students are those targeted for this appeal.

Thanks,

Dwight Kimberly, Biology/Chemistry department

The library will be closed Sat. May 24.

As previously announced, the campus will also be closed on Monday, May 26.

The university’s offices will close Monday, May 26, to observe Memorial Day.

The university’s Salem site will host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at its new location in the Capitol City Business Center, 4600 25th Ave. N.E., Suite 150. The center is located in the former State Farm Insurance building in Salem. Refreshments will be served following a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a few words from administrators.

The site offers a Master of Arts in Teaching degree, an MAT Plus ESOL endorsement, and an MAT Plus Reading endorsement. Also offered are EDFL administrative licensure courses, doctorate of education courses, and master of education courses.

In addition, the site features the masters in counseling program, most courses for the masters in marriage and family therapy program, and some courses for the masters in school counseling degree.

Finally, School of Professional Studies programs offered in Salem are bachelor’s degrees in management and organizational leadership and social and behavioral studies.

The university’s library catalog and databases will be unavailable during a scheduled power outage at the Newberg campus from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 19.

Shane Roghaar, the university’s TIAA-CREF representative, will be on the Newberg campus from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, June 11-12, in the Executive Dining Room. You may make an appointment with him to discuss your investments by using the online reservation system, accessible from the Human Resources benefits web page at georgefox.edu/offices/hr/benefits.html.

Employees in other locations, or those who are not available at this time, may call Shane to arrange a telephone consultation at 503-534-3670.

The Portland Writing Center will be remaining open over the summer term in a remote capacity. Our writing consultants will be checking the PWC inbox (pwc@georgefox.edu) every morning, Monday through Friday, for any questions or papers that need to be reviewed. If you would like a person-to-person consultation, e-mail the consultants at pwc@georgefox.edu with some potential times, and we’ll respond to your needs as best as we are able.

– Portland Writing Center staff

The university is in need of two temporary administrative assistants to work for the next several weeks, one in Enrollment Services at the Portland campus and one in the School of Management on the Newberg campus.

If you know of someone who might be a good fit for either of these jobs, please have the person(s) contact Peggy Kilburg (Human Resources) by e-mail at pkilburg@georgefox.edu or phone at 554-2182. The departments would like to find someone who can work full time, but may consider less than full-time help.

George Fox is in the process of formulating teams to participate in the community’s Relay for Life event, scheduled from 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. on June 20-21 at Newberg High School. Would you like to walk in the relay this year? If so, please contact Nancy Almquist (Development) this week at ext. 2120 or at nalmquist@georgefox.edu and let her know of your interest. Last year, the Newberg event raised $115,000 in the fight against cancer.

Please join the School of Management for a farewell reception for Sandee Robinson from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, in Hoover 103. Sandee has served the SOM the past two years as administrative assistant for the school and its Doctor of Management program. She also has  served as an undergraduate adjunct faculty member. Sandee is planning to continue her graduate work and pursue her love of teaching.

You’re invited to the first work day of the year at the university’s community garden, located at the hospital’s old helipad near the Villa Academic Complex. You don’t have to be a green thumb to be part of it.  We’ll work from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. this Saturday, May 10.

If you’d like more information about being a part of the garden this year, or wish to be put on an e-mail list, contact Corey Beals (Religious Studies) at cbeals@georgefox.edu, or stop by the garden.