The Daily Bruin

Come support our music students this week at two concerts in Bauman Auditorium! Admission is free to both events.

On Thursday, April 10, the university’s Keyboard Ensemble, String Trio 1, String Trio 2, String Duet, Women’s Chorale, Handbell Ringers, Flute Ensemble, Chamber Choir and Brass Quintet will perform a Spring Chamber Concert at 7:30 p.m.

Then, on Friday, April 11, our Jazz Combo and Jazz Ensemble will perform a Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Pieces scheduled to be played include Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise;” Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s “Have You Met Miss Jones;” Duke Ellington’s “Jack the Bear;” and Pat Metheny’s “Another Life.”

See you there!

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.

Bruin Preview families will begin arriving around 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 10. Please help us welcome these visitors to campus by parking your car somewhere other than the Stevens or Hoover parking lots after lunch Thursday, and all day Friday.

Thanks so much!

The Blazer game against the Sacramento Kings is tonight! The game starts at 7 p.m. at the Moda Center. We will not be providing rides, so you will need to find your own transportation.

After the game, go to Gate A-9 because George Fox students will get to shoot hoops on the court!

For more info or if you have questions, contact Brogan Groth at bgroth12@georgefox.edu.

The university’s politics program invites you to join us for a free presentation by Jay Bruce, associate professor of philosophy at John Brown University. He will present “Is Social Justice a Threat to Liberty?” at 6 p.m. Friday, April 11, in Hoover 105.

Two students from the philosophy club will offer responses to the presentation question.

Bruce holds degrees in engineering, religion and philosophy, including a PhD from Baylor University, an MA from the University of Oxford and an AB from Dartmouth College. His first book, Rights in the Law: The Importance of God’s Free Choices in the Thought of Francis Turretin, was published last year.

Questions? Contact Mark David Hall at 503-554-2674.

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.

Hello students! Bruin Preview is this week and we are in need of more overnight hosts for Thursday, April 10. We’re expecting around 200 students for this event, so we want to make it great. Students have the opportunity to connect with students who are looking at coming to George Fox and convince them that this is the place to be!

If you are interested in being a host, please email Keisha Gordon at kgordon@georgefox.edu. You also get a free coffee card out of the gig . . . need I say more?

Don’t forget to join us for Sheila Bartlett’s retirement celebration today (Tuesday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the EHS Atrium (Ron Gregory Atrium) on the Newberg campus. Milk and cookies will be provided, along with Sheila’s request of garden veggies!

See you there!

Become a George Fox representative for Oregon Campus Compact (ORCC). ORCC is looking for students to join our 2014-15 Student Advisory Board. The SAB convenes a team of Portland college students who work together to advise ORCC and engage their campuses and communities to make a powerful statewide impact.

Students can learn more about last year’s Board by clicking here. Interested students should email Matt for information on how to apply at matt@oregoncampuscompact.org.

For additional information about the program, email previous board member Aby Cordova at acordova10@georgefox.edu.

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.

A representative from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) accreditation team will be visiting the Portland Center today (Tuesday). Please join us after the community lunch for a discussion with Michael Paulus, a member of the team. The session will run from 1 to 2 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.

There will also be a student session available at 2 p.m. in PDS 155. Please encourage your students to attend.

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

This Friday, April 11, is the deadline for entering your request for faculty regalia rentals for the Saturday, May 3, commencement ceremonies. The regalia rental form is available at this link.

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

Calling all staff! We know you are buried and the thought of one more activity is more than you can handle about now. However, you have to eat lunch anyway, so please set aside the noon hour on Monday, April 14, and come away to the islands for a staff lunch luau!

We promise you will be rejuvenated and refreshed after a yummy tropical lunch, some great entertainment and swag! Now that the weather is great, dig out that Hawaiian shirt or muumuu and feel free to wear them. The cost is only $3, so mark it on your calendars now!

Students and staff: With the end of the semester approaching, we know everybody is very busy and it’s easy to lose track of where your valuables are. We’d like to remind you to please not leave your valuables unattended, even for “a minute,” and to always keep your cars, bikes and rooms locked.

Please don’t leave valuables in your car as a temptation to thieves; take your valuables with you! And if you see something or somebody on campus that doesn’t look right, please call security immediately at 503-554-2090. We’d much rather come and investigate a false alarm than to have several people notice something amiss and have nobody call us.

Finally, if you are studying late at night at a place other than your residence, please avail yourselves of a security escort back to your vehicle or dorm. Just call the above number a few minutes before you need to walk back and the officer on duty will escort you.

Thank you,
Security Services

Come support your George Fox University chamber ensembles as they perform a fantastic concert in Bauman Auditorium this Thursday, April 10, beginning at 7:30 p.m.!

A variety of ensembles, from vocal to instrumental, will be performing a wide range of music. Admission is free!

Questions? Contact Jessica Sokoloff at jsokoloff10@georgefox.edu.

Blazer tickets go on sale on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 11 a.m. today (Tuesday) inside the ASC offices for Wednesday’s Blazer game against the Sacramento Kings. Only 120 tickets are available for $5 per ticket.

After the game, stick around because George Fox students will get to shoot hoops on the court.

For more info or if you have questions, contact Brogan Groth at bgroth12@georgefox.edu.

Since the glow-in-the-dark slip-n-slide was such a success, we decided to turn it up a notch and have a glow-in-the-dark pool party! It will be happening this Friday, April 11, at the Chehalem Aquatic Center from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. DJ Rhino will be there, and we will have snacks!

If you have questions or want more info, contact Brogan Groth at bgroth12@georgefox.edu.

Two open sessions for undergraduate students to meet with members of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accreditation team have been scheduled for today (Tuesday) in Ross 140. Session one runs from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m. Session two is scheduled from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m.

Please contact academic affairs if you have any questions about the team visit or the accreditation process.

The university’s French and cinema programs have joined forces to present the second part of the Fox French Film Festival on Friday, April 11, in Lemmons 8.

Opening the night will be The Chorus, a story taking place in the late ’40s, about little Pierre, a badly behaved boy who attends a dreary boarding school presided over by a strict headmaster. New teacher Mathieu brightens up the place and organizes a choir, leading to the discovery of Pierre’s musical talents. It shows at 7 p.m.

Also that night, at 9 p.m., Of Gods and Men will be featured, which tells the story of eight French Christian monks who live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region.

Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay, come what may. This film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.

Filmgoers will also have the chance to indulge in crêpes and other French fare during the intermission between the shows.

Questions? Contact Isabelle Corneaux at icorneaux@georgefox.edu.

Come join us as Erin Johnson’s SWRK 393 Macropractice class canvasses the Newberg and Dundee neighborhoods to hang door hangers to raise awareness for the need for a new pool facility. We’ll be out on the streets from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 19.

Why should you participate?

1. Snacks
2. Free T-shirt
3. Because you care about building communities

If you want to volunteer, please register at this link. If you want to know more about the cause, visit the website and “like” the Facebook page.