The Daily Bruin

Due to the Annual Library Meeting on Wednesday, August 19, the Portland Center Library will be closed all day.  We hope this doe not prove to be too great an inconvenience for any of you.

The university’s library will be migrating its catalog and related software to a new server on Thursday, Aug. 13. Foxtrax and library databases will be unavailable from 8 a.m. until Thursday evening.

Some needed maintenance will be done to the site calendar.georgefox.edu between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 4-5. The website will be unavailable during this maintenance window.

The first floor restrooms near the main office in the south building are being remodeled for the next two weeks. They are projected to be finished by August 12. All other restrooms in the building are available in the meantime.

The coffee house opening has been delayed to the end of August. Our goal is to have it completed and ready to open by the start of the semester.

Thank you for your patience as we see these projects take shape.

The Portland Center buildings and Library will be closed on all Saturdays in August and the first Saturday in September.

August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 for summer break and September 5 for Labor Day weekend.

All offices will have regular office hours during the week.

Please email Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor with questions.

Portland Center Bookstore Special Hours:

August 3 – 7

Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday: Closed

We will resume regular store hours on Monday, August 10, 2009

Register now for Selah 2009! The conference theme is “Reimagine — Embracing change, trusting God and moving forward” and features speakers Sarah Thomas Baldwin (Spiritual Life), Linda Lucas and Bo Stern. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, in Bauman Auditorium.

For speaker bios and more information on the seminar, visit selah.georgefox.edu. If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at alorenz@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2134. We hope to see you there!

The mail courier to Salem will be going on Thursdays only for the next four weeks. Normal two-times-a-week service will resume on Monday, Aug 17. The Portland courier will still be operating five days, Monday through Friday. Questions? Call Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) at ext. 2556.

Students: Please do NOT prop open external doors in the evenings. We have had several instances of finding the doors propped open lately.

Why do we have the doors locked at 7:15 p.m.? In the last year we’ve had three occasions in the late evening of prowlers looking for items to steal. One of the occurrences left significant damage to many offices and gained access to secure areas.

We lock the doors in the evening to help provide you with safety and security. Please help us in maintaining it.

All university offices and libraries will be closed on Friday, July 3, for the Independence Day holiday.

 Just a reminder that we have overflow parking available in the parking lot across from our west entrance in the evening and on Saturdays.

The complex is known as Triangle Terrace and the address shows 12755 SW 69 Ave. We have negotiated with our neighbors to park there when their business aren’t using the area. Please observe the following guidelines when parking in this lot or we may lose our agreement:

• After 5 p.m. on weeknights
• All day Saturday
• Do not park in the first row nearest either building-those are spots reserved for their employees.

The Portland Center Bookstore will be CLOSED Tuesday, June 30 until Thursday, July 2 for end of fiscal year inventory. The bookstore will also be closed Friday, July 3 for the Independence Day holiday.

No transactions will be able to take place during those three days.
No change can be given.
No bookstore staff will be available to help students or guests.

Please make a note of these days on your calendar.

The website for the bookstore is pcbookstore.georgefox.edu . This page has the store hours and other important information in regards to offerings and store policies.

The Portland Center Bookstore will conduct its annual end-of-fiscal-year inventory June 30 through July 2. The bookstore will be unavailable for any transactions during that time. We will resume regular store hours on Monday, July 6.

The Portland Center will be closed July 3 to 5 in observance of Independence Day.

It is our pleasure to announce that Kam’s Fine Foods has been chosen as our coffee house vendor. Their catering division, Kam & Kam Catering, is currently used by most of our departments so you’ve likely have sampled their excellent food.

Progress is being made on the new area and our target opening will be mid-August with a few trial runs the first week of August.

They will be offering espresso drinks, breakfast, lunch, and dinner options as well as snacks and desserts.

Did you know that your university e-mail account is also a Google Account? (Note that it is just a Google Account, not a Google E-mail Account). Want to know more? Visit this link on the IT website.

Have an e-nnouncement you’d like to post? You can submit your news using a form online at georgefox.edu/online_community/e-nnouncement_request.

The submission form is no longer available on Bruindata.

There is a new class schedule available on the Web that displays classes in the familiar format used in Bruindata. Go to http://class.georgefox.edu to access the same MyGFU class schedule listing in a table format to assist with registration and advising.

You are invited to join university alumni, parents and friends at Safeco Field for a catered barbecue lunch in Lookout Landing and a Seattle Mariners game against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, June 6.

Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. and the first pitch is at 1:10 p.m. The cost for this exciting event is $40. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register by Monday, June 1, online at georgefox.edu/alumni/events or call Vickie Timmons (University Relations) at 503-554-2131.

We hope to see you there!

Consonare Chorale, a Portland based chorale ensemble which includes John Newberry (Portland Center Superintendent of Facilities), will present “Song Cycles and other Modes of Transportation “ on Saturday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Parkrose United Methodist Church, 11111 NE Knott, Portland, 97220. 

The concert includes Paul Simon’s “I’m a Train,” the Beatles “Drive My Car,” and James Taylor’s “That Lonesome Road” amongst others.  Advance tickets are $15.00 and can be obtained by contacting Consonare Chorale at consonarechorale.org or you can call John at extension 6199.  Tickets at the door are $18.00.  Cost for Seniors and students is $12.00.