The Daily Bruin

The university will close Monday, July 5, to observe the Independence Day holiday. All offices, bookstores and libraries will be closed.

Print Services is proud to announce a reduction in the prices for color copies. We recently acquired a Xerox DC252 graphics quality color copier that includes a densitometer to assist in the calibration between our computer and the copier itself. Prices for an average size page will start at 20 cents per side, with the large sizes starting at 40 cents per side.

Call us at ext. 2550. You may also visit us on the university website or on Facebook.

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Thanks to 131 donors who gave gifts to the Austin Sports Complex ranging from $5 to $25,000 since Oct. 16, 2009, we have raised the $250,000 needed by June 30 to match the gift by an anonymous donor. Among those who gave were graduating seniors, George Fox employees, alumni, board members and other friends of the university.

To date, we have raised nearly $2.1 million toward our $6.5 million fundraising goal for Phase I of the Austin Sports Complex. This is a three-year effort, and we hope to raise another third of our goal (approximately $2.5 million) in 2010-11.

Phase I calls for the development of 11 of the 23 acres of land through construction of a synthetic turf soccer field, a multi-use synthetic turf field, and a multi-use field building. Progress on the project is well underway. The general contractor, The Saunders Co., is overseeing the installation of the first synthetic Astro Turf GameDay Grass MT45 field this week, so it will be ready for soccer this fall.

For more information or to participate in the campaign, visit the Austin Sports Complex page.

Please drop by the Bruin Bookstore’s Genesis sidewalk sale June 17-19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Selected Bruin merchandise is 20 to 75 percent off.

The Bruin Bookstore, textbook annex and its online store will close to conduct the annual year-end inventory process starting at noon on Monday, June 28. To guarantee project accuracy, we are not able to conduct any business during this closure. Phone calls, voice mail messages and e-mails will not be responded to until this procedure is completed. There also will not be any money on hand to make change. Please plan ahead to get all your Bruin necessities before June 28. We truly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

The bookstore will reopen starting at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6, after the July 4 holiday weekend. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Bookstore!

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, June 8, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 31, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and at the Portland and Salem centers also will be closed.

Following are guidelines regarding this weekend’s e-mail conversion, scheduled to begin Friday night and be completed by Tuesday, June 1:

• The conversion process may take all three days for your e-mail to be converted.
• Begin sending and receiving in mail.georgefox,edu Friday after 7 p.m. (PDT)
• Your George Fox e-mail address will remain the same

Go to georgefox.edu/email-conversion for detailed information.

If you have always forwarded your George Fox e-mail, you need to update your forwarding. You can forward your georgefox e-mail to any non-GFU e-mail account you wish (including your non-GFU Gmail). Here are step-by-step instructions to forward your e-mail from the new system:

• Go to mail.georgefox.edu and login to your George Fox Gmail account. In the upper right hand corner of the screen, click on “Settings.”
• In the settings menu, click on “Forwarding” and “POP/IMAP.”
• In the Forwarding and POP/IMAP menu, select “Forward a copy of incoming mail to.” A box will pop up asking for your forwarding address.
• After you enter your forwarding address and click next, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to your forwarding address. Check your e-mail at the address to which you are forwarding and you will receive a confirmation e-mail. Click on the link provided to confirm the request.
• You will then be directed to a Gmail page confirming that your George Fox Gmail account will now be forwarded to another e-mail address.
• See Forwarding Your George Fox E-mail for instructions with illustrations.

The ethical implications of consumer behavior will be the topic of a School of Business speaker series event Friday, June 11, at The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport, located off Interstate-5 at the Durham Exit in Tualatin.

Justine Haigh, an associate professor of marketing at George Fox, will present “Beyond corporate social responsibility: What about the consumer?” The session will run from 7 to 9 a.m. and include a continental breakfast at a cost of $20 per person. Registration information is available on the School of Business website. Attendees are asked to R.S.V.P. by Friday, June 4.

Following is Haigh’s synopsis of the event: “We seem to enjoy finger pointing, blogging, and tweeting about unruly organizations and their failure to adhere to the law, ethical standards, and/or international norms. Caught up in these debates, however, we seldom reflect on our own consumption patterns. We will explore ethical principles of global consumers, but more importantly, local Portlanders’ perspectives will be considered in an attempt to gauge our commitment to the social good.”

Are you looking for a great sports camp for you or your kids this summer? Visit gfubruins.com and click the “Sports Camps” link. The university is offering tennis, baseball, basketball and volleyball camps this summer. It’s a wonderful opportunity for skill building in a safe and nurturing atmosphere.

The university community is invited to hear Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) and Marcus Borg engage in a public dialogue on the origin and development of the Gospels this Saturday, May 22, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Reedwood Friends Church, 2901 S.E. Steele, in Portland.

This engagement is potentially historic, as the Fourth Gospel (John) has for nearly two centuries been excluded from historical Jesus studies for the first three quests for Jesus. Anderson, as founding co-chair of the John, Jesus, and History Project (SBL, now in its ninth year), is calling for a fourth quest for Jesus – one that includes John in the mix.

Borg is a biblical scholar and author. He is a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and holds a doctor of philosophy degree from Oxford University.

The lecture is free and open to the public; early seating is advised.

The e-mail conversion team is hosting an informational meeting on Thursday, May 20, from 11 a.m. to noon (PDT) that will be video streamed to all sites. We will meet in Stevens 207 in Newberg, as well as in Portland, Boise, Salem and Redmond (rooms TBA). If you are not able to attend the meeting at one of the centers, you can join us remotely by clicking this link. You can submit questions during the session via our chat room link.

Why an information meeting? We want to provide a short demo of the new system and answer questions you may have prior to the conversion. We will have information on demand at georgefox.edu/email-conversion. See the complete Training Schedule at this link.

Not able to attend the informational meeting? You’ll find links to Google’s resources at this IT link on the university website.

The university’s Bruin Bookstore is offering the “No Hassle Buyback” program online at store.georgefox.edu. The service is available 24/7 and every day of the year.

All students need to do is follow these simple instructions:

• Click on the “Textbooks” tab and then the “Sell Books” tab.
• You will be prompted with a link to the “Sell Textbooks” area.
• At this point, either log in to your account or create an account.
• In the “Add Your Books” area, simply type in your ISBN numbers to receive a price quote on each book.
• Select to go ahead and sell them or remove them from the list.
• The system will gather further customer information.
• Finally, the system will provide a printable shipping label.
• Box up your unwanted books, attach the shipping label to it, and drop it off at the appropriate shipping facility.

The “Jesus Manifesto” seminar originally scheduled for this week at George Fox Evangelical Seminary has been canceled due to scheduling conflicts. The seminary plans to host the event at a future date.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) Tuesday, May 18, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Make plans to join us on Saturday, Aug. 14, for our fourth motorcycle rally, departing from the Newberg campus. If you are a street motorcycle rider, we want to hear from you so we can send you an invitation. Also, let us know if you are interested in the longer Tillamook Route (185-225 miles), or the short ride through Yamhill County Wine Country (100-125 miles).

Please contact us by May 15 to let us know of your interest at alumni@georgefox.edu. To find out more, visit the Motorcycle Rally page on the alumni website.

The School of Business’ Justine Haigh, associate professor of marketing, will present “Beyond corporate social responsibility: What about the consumer?” at a summer speaker series event Friday, June 11. Haigh will speak from 7 to 9 a.m. at The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport, located just off I-5 at the Durham Exit in Tualatin.

Presentation synopsis:
With all the hype these days about corporate social responsibility (CSR), we seem to enjoy finger pointing, blogging, and tweeting about unruly organizations and their failure to adhere to the law, ethical standards, and/or international norms. Caught up in these debates, however, we seldom think about how our own consumption patterns may actually harm the social good. So, how do we rationalize our conduct? What do we tell ourselves to justify recent purchases from organizations that we know do not practice socially responsible behavior?

Haigh will present a cross-cultural comparison of ethical consumer behavior. In exploring these issues, corporations’ ethical principles will be considered, but importantly the focus will be on each of us – the global consumer – and how we position ourselves as morally justifiable in our behaviors.

To read more and to register, go to the School of Business site. The cost to university students and employees is $10 (others pay $20), which includes a continental breakfast.

Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries invites mothers and daughters to take time out and retreat together in a relaxing, country setting May 7-9.

Highlights include teaching and relationship-building sessions, singing and worship, campfire time, a hayride, crafts, and challenge course activities, along with plenty of time to simply be together, mother and daughter. It’s a wonderful opportunity to walk upon common ground while celebrating your differences and exploring God’s design for your lives.

Learn more at tilikum.georgefox.edu.

A continuing education opportunity for church leaders, the Leadership Institute for Group Discernment, will be hosted on the university’s Newberg campus May 17-20.

The institute is a three-and-a-half-day experience empowering church leaders in facilitating group discernment. It will integrate theological, spiritual and practical organizational processes, helping church leaders from different traditions understand and implement discernment-oriented leadership within their own settings, with the ultimate goal of leading to consensus and unity within the church.

For-credit options are available through George Fox University and George Fox Evangelical Seminary; all are welcome. For more information, contact Jan Wood, director of Good News Associates, via the Good News Associates website.

The university will host two commencement ceremonies on the Newberg campus Saturday, May 1. 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 the same Wheeler Sports Center location 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.

More information on this weekend’s events are available on the commencement website.