The Daily Bruin

Come join the spiritual life and student life departments in commissioning Sarah Baldwin and Clint Baldwin in their future endeavors! We will host a farewell reception for them from 1 to 3 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah served George Fox as the dean of spiritual life and university pastor, and Clint has served as the director of the Center for Peace and Justice. Sarah has accepted the position of vice president of student development at Asbury University.

Let’s celebrate this new step in their journey as well as thank them for the time they have spent in developing our campus community!

This is the week to get cash for your books. Textbook Buyback is this week only, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday. Bring your books to the Textbook Annex.

Portland/distance-learning students may sell their books through our website and ship them to Neebo, instead of bringing them to Newberg (go to gfubookstore.com, click “Sell Textbooks,” select “Ship Textbooks by Mail” and follow the steps).

Also remember to return your rentals to the Annex or main store. Portland students may package their rentals addressed to BlueZone Store, #6229, and have the front office at the Portland Center send them via campus courier.

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

It’s commencement week at George Fox! Students graduating from George Fox’s graduate programs and George Fox Evangelical Seminary will attend commencement ceremonies on Thursday and Friday, May 1-2, at various locations. Details on when and where they will take place are available at this link.

In a new format this year, the university will host two undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 3. This year, a ceremony for students in the school’s College of Business, College of Christian Studies, College of Education and College of Engineering will will take place at 10 a.m.

In the afternoon, a second undergraduate ceremony for those graduating with degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Behavioral and Health Sciences is set for 2:30 p.m. Both ceremonies will take place in Miller Gymnasium in the Wheeler Sports Center. Commencement can be viewed live at this link 15 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony.

Richard Foster, a 1964 graduate of George Fox and the author of Celebration of Discipline, will serve as commencement speaker at the two undergraduate ceremonies.

To read more about Foster and for a complete guide to commencement events, visit this page.

Come join the spiritual life and student life departments in commissioning Sarah Baldwin and Clint Baldwin in their future endeavors! We will host a farewell reception for them from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah served George Fox as the dean of spiritual life and university pastor, and Clint has served as the director of the Center for Peace and Justice. Sarah has accepted the position of vice president of student development at Asbury University.

Let’s celebrate this new step in their journey as well as thank them for the time they have spent in developing our campus community!

Starting Monday, May 5, the parking lot for the Pennington residence hall and the east end of the Bauman lot, near the grandstands, are going to be barricaded off and will need to be free of all vehicles. There will be construction taking place over the summer, and vehicles may not be left there.

Please help us keep these areas free of vehicle parking so the workers and equipment can move freely and safely during the summer. We will notify you of when the lots will be available for use in the future. If your vehicle is left, it will be towed at your expense.

If you are leaving for the summer and need to leave a vehicle, contact security at 503-554-2090 and we will inform you of the options you have.

Thank you,
– Security Services

Good news! Beginning with the graduating classes of spring 2014, your George Fox email address will continue indefinitely.

• You can use and access all of your current mail and Google docs.
• You’ll continue to access your email by going to mail.georgefox.edu and using your existing username and password.
• If you are already forwarding your George Fox email, your forwarding will remain intact.
• You can forward your George Fox email address to another email address in the settings of your George Fox Gmail account.

Please contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569 if you have questions about your account.

Come join the spiritual life and student life departments in commissioning Sarah Baldwin and Clint Baldwin in their future endeavors! We will host a farewell reception for them from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah served George Fox as the dean of spiritual life and university pastor, and Clint has served as the director of Center for Peace and Justice. Sarah has accepted the position of vice president of student development at Asbury University.

Let’s celebrate this new step in their journey as well as thank them for the time they have spent in developing our campus community!

Don’t forget to join us as we say farewell to longtime employee Eilene Newman at a retirement reception from 2 to 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Portland Center’s Room 155. Refreshments will be served.

Eilene has worked at the university for 22 years, starting at the Tilikum Retreat Center. She will be missed! Stop by and wish her well.

The BlueZone Store will be open on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for commencement. We will also have a table at the Wheeler Sports Center with diploma frames and graduate gifts.

Hope to see you there!

Two retirement parties will be held to honor Dianna McIntyre. Please join us in celebrating her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community.

All university employees are invited to celebrate today (Monday) in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 3 to 5 p.m. All George Fox students (past and present) are invited to celebrate on Tuesday, April 22, in the International Center/Cultural House from 3 to 4 p.m. (sharing time will begin at 3:20 p.m.).

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

Two retirement parties will be held to honor Dianna McIntyre. Please join us in celebrating her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community.

All university employees are invited to celebrate on Monday, April 21, in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 3 to 5 p.m. (please note, this is a different time than the previous Daily Bruin announcement listed).

All George Fox students (past and present) are invited to celebrate on Tuesday, April 22, in the International Center/Cultural House from 3 to 4 p.m. (sharing time will begin at 3:20 p.m.).

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

If you are graduating this spring, please do a final check of your student mailbox in the south building, then return your student mailbox key.

There are small manila envelopes in the corner of the Information Commons in the library. Put your name and mailbox number on the outside of the envelope, and drop it in the return slot under the counter.

If you have lost your student mailbox key or have any questions, please contact Emily Maynard at emaynard@georgefox.edu.

Two retirement parties will be held to honor Dianna McIntyre. Please join us in celebrating her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community.

All university employees are invited to celebrate on Monday, April 21, in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 3 to 5 p.m. (please note, this is a different time than the previous Daily Bruin announcement listed).

All George Fox students (past and present) are invited to celebrate on Tuesday, April 22, in the International Center/Cultural House from 3 to 4 p.m. (sharing time will begin at 3:20 p.m.).

Throughout her career, Dianna has brought to her work professionalism, joyfulness and a love for Christ and people. Her interactions with our faculty, staff and students are always marked by thoroughness, balanced with sensitivity and warmth. She has a gift for engaging students and helping them to grow and develop in the gifts and abilities God has given them.

Dianna has served as the adviser for the International Student Club and has also mentored a number of our student leaders, modeling a life of living for Christ and doing one’s best. Hugs, laughs and prayer are all common experiences for students meeting with Dianna, allowing students to leave her office with a genuine sense of being affirmed and truly known.

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

The university’s offices, libraries and BlueZone Store will be closed this Friday, April 18, to observe Good Friday.

After years of study and observation, the Portland Center Library hours will change on Monday, May 5.

The new library hours are:

• Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• Friday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Saturday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The change in library hours does not affect the hours of the Learning Commons or the hours of Institutional Technology (IT). The hours for the Learning Commons and the hours for IT will not change.

Charlie Kamilos,
Portland Center Librarian

How is emotional intelligence (EI) related to specific behaviors we associate with leadership effectiveness?

This is among the questions that will be addressed at the College of Business’ Spring Speaker Series Event, “Lead Well, Emotional Intelligence and Effective Leadership,” featuring Jared Roth, EdD. The presentation is scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, April 25, at the Portland Center. The presentation is free, and complimentary coffee and tea will be provided.

Roth will discuss how emotional intelligence impacts leadership and how several EI behaviors accelerate leadership. Attendees will discover how to assess one’s own EI profile, and we’ll examine current research using brain imaging and discover the relationship of the brain and effective leadership. Roth will share the intriguing results of his research across the United States.

Roth is a business builder, trainer and leader. He draws from 25 years of entrepreneurial, management, consulting, pastoral and academic work, to accelerate the starting, reorganizing and growth of organizations. He’s started businesses, directed the effective starts of several hundred churches in the United States, and trained leaders from 34 counties on five continents.

As a corporate executive, he led a national reorganization of an entity with branches in all 50 states and served as the COO for an organization operating in 130 countries. He holds a doctorate in organization change from Pepperdine University and degrees in business management, leadership and divinity.

To R.S.V.P. or to learn more, go to this link. The deadline to register is Friday, April 18. More information is also available by contacting Darla Norgren at 503-554-6176.

If you were unable to attend Grad Night at the Portland Center Wednesday, you can pick up your regalia from your program administrative office.

For more information on commencement, visit this link.

The university community is invited to hear from Makoto Fujimura, an internationally renowned artist, twice this week.

Today (Wednesday), Fujimura will speak in the 10:40 a.m. chapel service in Bauman Auditorium. Then, this Saturday, April 12, he will be in Bauman again for a 7:30 p.m. presentation, “A Conversation with Makoto Fujimura on Faith, Art and Culture.” The session will include a showing of the artist’s new documentary film, Golden Sea, and a discussion session with him about the arts. There is no charge to attend.

Prior to Saturday’s campus visit, a 5 p.m. pre-event opening is scheduled at the Chehalem Cultural Center, where Fujimura’s work is now on display in the center’s Parrish Gallery. The Chehalem Cultural Center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.

The event is cosponsored by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the Chehalem Cultural Center, and George Fox’s Department of Visual Art and Design and William Penn Honors Program. More information is available at this link. More about Fujimura is available at makotofujimura.com.

Last Friday, the university provided the media and the public with a statement on its decision regarding a transgender student and on-campus housing. For those who have not seen it, it is at this link.

A representative from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) accreditation team will be visiting the Portland Center today (Tuesday). You are invited to this session, scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. in PDS 155.

The accreditation team is made up of seven individuals from non-Oregon universities will conduct an evaluation of how we are doing at meeting our mission and how the university is situated to continue pursuit of its mission in the future.

Your feedback is a valuable part of this evaluation, and we encourage your attendance. Please RSVP to Emily Maynard at emaynard@georgefox.edu or to your department administrator.

You are welcome to view the Institutional Review Report available at this link. Please feel free to contact the academic affairs office if you have any questions. Here is another helpful link: About George Fox.