The Daily Bruin

To: Summit Borrowing and catalog contacts
From: Nancy Nathanson

Summit will be down beginning late Saturday night, Sept. 8, through Sunday afternoon Sept. 9, at about 4 p.m. We will shut down Summit sometime after 9 p.m. Saturday night, prior to a campus power outage for electrical equipment maintenance and upgrade.

Please contact me if you have any questions.
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Nancy Nathanson, Resource Sharing Program Manager, Orbis Cascade Alliance
nnathans@uoregon.edu
(541) 346-1860

George Fox libraries now provide access to Classical Music Library, Smithsonian Global Sound, and African American Song.  These combine to offer tens of thousands of tracks of music as well as drama, poetry, and more.  To access, go to the library’s alphabetical list of databases at http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/murdock/alphabeticalindex.html and select the database of choice.   Listeners can create playlists of their favorite tracks.

The Portland Center’s south building will be CLOSED Friday, Aug. 31, and Saturday, Sept. 1 for replacement of the HVAC system on the roof.

Mark your calendar now to attend our annual Homecoming celebration on February 8 and 9 on the Newberg Campus. The weekend’s activities will include a concert by the band Five O’Clock People, Homecoming basketball games, and affinity reunions for Pacific College alumni and anyone that has ever taken a dance class from Steve Grant.

Additionally, there will be class reunions for alumni from 1998, 1988, 1983, 1978, 1968, 1948, and 1938.

For more information, please contact Robby Larson, director of alumni relations at x2130 or rlarson@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be upgraded to version 1.8 on Monday, August 13, from 6am – noon. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time. Faculty members, you will receive additional information via email. Please contact the Service Desk with any questions or concerns.

Attention Ladies:

Keep an eye out for the 2007 Selah brochures. They will be sent to your campus mailboxes very soon. Uncovering Joy is this years Selah theme, and we will be having three great speakers that you will not want to miss. If you would like to save $10.00 off your registration fee then you might consider volunteering for the event. We have volunteers for registrations, ushers, and lunch builders. For more information on this event please visit the web site http://www.georgefox.edu/selah .We hope you will join us this year!

To volunteer for registrations and ushering please contact:
Amy Lorenz
503-554-2134
alorenz@georgefox.edu

To volunteer for Lunch building please contact:
Danya Ochsner
503-554-2121
dochsner@georgefox.edu

The Library and IT departments are pleased to inform you that selections of PBS videos are available for viewing for any GFU employee or student. You can gain access to these Videos On Demand via BruinData by choosing the VOD menu. The titles will also be incorporated into our library’s Foxtrax catalog. This program is somewhat experimental so feedback will help us determine how or if this program should grow. Comments can be directed to Greg Smith.

The Portland Center Bookstore will be CLOSED next week for its annual year-end inventory starting Wednesday, June 27th through Friday, June 29th

This is a reminder that the Portland Center Bookstore will be CLOSED next week for its annual year-end inventory starting Wednesday, June 27th through Friday, June 29th. Due to the importance of performing this function accurately to better serve our customers, please take note of the following:

~ Phones will not be answered
~ On-line orders will not be filled
~ There will be no money available to make change

Please plan ahead for any purchases you may need. The Portland Center Bookstore will reopen on Monday, July 2nd, at 9:00 a.m. We thank you in advance for your support and cooperation!

Help us save lives of women and children in DR Congo by volunteering at our upcoming run. We need help on 6-21-07 at 6pm and 6-23-07 varying times. To volunteer please call Lindsey at 503-267-0560. See also www.runforcongowomen.org

You’ve been waiting for it, and here it is: the Portland Center blog!

There are lots of ways to get your info-fix here. To check out headlines from all GFU locations (Boise coming online soon), check this page. There are icons on that page that’ll help you stay in touch: there’s an RSS icon (more on that soon) and an email icon. Click the email icon to get daily updates from the blog right to your inbox–never miss a thing again!

If you’ve got Portland Center news or information that needs to get spread around, send a note to your favorite web editor, Janis Sanford. She’ll harness the mighty power of the internets on your behalf!

You’ve probably got questions, we’re ready for ’em! Leave your questions in the comments and we’ll work up a new post (or page) to address them all…

Yes….you already see some changes. We are broadening this communication feature.

Welcome to the Portland Campus!

There will be more changes so grab on and hold tight 🙂

Postage Rates increasing May 14, 2007. First class 1 oz stamps will cost $ .41/ea. The University Mail Services will have stamps available including the 2 cent make-up stamp.

Questions? Call Ext. 2555

Sherrie Frost
Director, Mail Services
Ext. 2556

You are invited to a poster session reception on Thursday, April 12 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Hoover Lobby/Atrium. Students will be presenting their research via posters and will be available to answer any questions you may have.
You are welcome to simply browse the posters or engage in conversation with the researchers. Refreshments Provided!

We look forward to seeing you!

Going the Distance to Get Kids to Camp
Saturday, April 14, 2007 – 10am

Run or Walk through beautiful Champoeg State Park!

A Benefit for the Tilikum Scholarship Fund

Tilikum Center for Retreats is pleased to announce our fifth annual run and walk event to raise funds to get needy children to summer camp. The race will take place at Champoeg State Park at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 14th and will begin at the River Side Day Use Area. Participants must raise donations per kilometer they run or walk. A minimum donation of $35 is required to enter the event. Awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers in each race. All participants’ names will be entered into a drawing for several prizes. For more information call Tilikum at 503-538-2763 or email tilikum@georgefox.edu.

Black History Month Facts

Renowned chemist overcame bigotry’s barriers

A tribute to Percy Julian, who developed 109 patents in 19 years