The Daily Bruin

Newberg is hosting a Relay for Life on Friday and Saturday, June 22-23, and you are invited to be part of a George Fox team!

The event is scheduled at Joan Austin Elementary and the Austin Sports Complex. Relay for Life is a community-wide overnight walking event to support the American Cancer Society. This year’s theme is “Give Cancer the Boot!” Join fellow members of the George Fox community as we walk to honor cancer survivors, remember people we have lost, and also raise funds and awareness to help save lives!

For more information and to join the team, e-mail Vangie Pattison at epattison@georgefox.edu.

Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.

We are still in need of many willing servants to serve as ushers at both the undergraduate and graduate/professional studies commencement ceremonies on Saturday, April 28. Take tickets, hand out programs, direct graduates’ family and friends to their seats, and help make graduation a special event for all involved. All employees who participate as ushers will be paid $25 per ceremony through payroll.

There are three opportunities for involvement:

• Graduate/Professional Studies Ceremony
  Time commitment: 8:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 28
  Location: Wheeler Gymnasium

• Traditional Undergraduate Ceremony
  Time commitment: 1:30-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 28
  Location: Wheeler Gymnasium

• Time commitment: 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 28
  Location: Bauman Auditorium

See that special student graduate … Be a part of an exciting event … Volunteer in a much-needed area of service … Be an usher at the Spring 2012 commencement!

Please let Lynn Scott know A.S.A.P. if this is something you would like to be a part of. Thank you for considering being involved in this memorable event.

– Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu or ext. 2140)

As we prepare to celebrate the upcoming Easter holiday, please note the following changes to meal times in Klages Dining Room:

• Thursday Dinner: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
• Friday Breakfast: 9-10 a.m.
• Friday Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Friday Dinner: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• Saturday Brunch: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Saturday Dinner: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• Sunday Brunch: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Sunday Dinner: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Also, please note that the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will shut down at 2 p.m. on Thursday and be closed on Good Friday.

Reminder: Multicultural Leadership Scholarship applications are due today (April 4) by 5 p.m.!

The Multicultural Returnee Scholarship Competition
A brand-new scholarship will be awarded starting fall 2012. Four $2,500-per-year renewable scholarships will be given to returnee students who meet the following requirements:

• Considered a domestic undergraduate student
• Actively involved in leadership at GFU
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
• Willingness to be engaged in diversity requirements

To qualify, you must not already be on a multicultural scholarship (any that partner with GFU; if you have questions, contact Shelley Yonemura). You must submit the following to Student Life no later than Wednesday, April 4, at 5 p.m.:

Two copies of a printed leadership resume that includes the following:

1. Tell us what makes you qualified as a Multicultural Leadership Scholar
2. Cumulative GPA
3. Two names of GFU faculty/staff who would recommend you

An e-mail will be sent to determine if you move to the second round. Round Two will take place on Thursday, April 12, from 5 to 8 p.m.

For more information, contact Shelley, director of MSP, in STV 327 or at syonemura@georgefox.edu.

Faculty: Please submit your textbook requests for fall 2012 as soon as possible. Orders are needed this week for us to have enough time to process them before buyback begins.

Without your orders, students will not get the highest value for their books. To date, we’ve received only one-third of expected requests.

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

The university’s engineering department will present its annual Engineering Expo on Friday, April 20, between 3 and 6 p.m. in the EHS Atrium on the Newberg campus.

The expo will include project displays, a robotics competition and lab demonstrations. Also featured will be projects from the program’s Senior Design and Servant Engineering teams for companies and community organizations such as Daimler, CUI, VibeTech, NASA, 219 Technologies, Providence, Engineering World Health, 5-Rock Ranch, Medical Teams International, Oregon Commission for the Blind, Mennonite Central Committee, Aprovecho, and the Newberg Rotary.

In addition, high school design projects will be featured. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!

For more information, please contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2780.

The campus may be closed for Good Friday, but the Bruin Store will be open! Join us for our Great Friday Sale on April 6! All merchandise in the store is 20 percent off the lowest marked price.

You don’t want to miss this sale!

Students:

With finals week quickly approaching, and lots of projects due, security is noticing more of you studying later at night.

We wanted to let you know that the Bruin Den is open all night with cardlock access for you to study in, and the study room by the library is also open all night Monday through Thursday.

Unless you have cardlock access to a lab in an academic building, they are closed to students once they are locked down at night. Please use the spaces provided if you have a late-night study session coming up!

For more information, please contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu

A free-admission “‘Beat the Recession’ Business Expo” is scheduled from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, in the Villa Academic Complex.

Sponsored by the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest, the event will feature dozens of exhibitors in an event designed “to promote businesses, services and nonprofit outreaches that are working hard to thrive in the local economy,” according to Dundee businesswoman Vida Ice, event organizer.

According to Ice, the expo is the first of its kind in Yamhill County. Attendees will have the opportunity to network and to learn more about local businesses and the Christian Chamber. The business expo will begin about nine hours after the April Newberg meeting takes place at the same location with featured speaker, Portland-area author and pastor Bill Perkins.

Businesses or organizations that would like to participate as exhibitors should contact Ice at vida@vidaice.com or 503-750-9062. Cost to exhibit is $20 for Christian Chamber members, $30 for non-members.

For general information about the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest, call Executive Director James Autry at 503-928-8354 or visit cccnw.net.

Join the university’s gospel choir, the Voices of Praise, for our first interactive worship concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 9, at Newberg Christian Church. Special guests will include the GFU Dance Company, Pam Lau and Olivia Pothoff, Joe Djanga and more!

Admission is free for all (but donations are greatly appreciated). Bring your friends and family to join our community in a night of worship and praise. The church is located at 2315 Villa Road.

Questions? E-mail us at voicesofpraisegfu@gmail.com.

The Fitted Fox is hosting a clearance for the semester! Everything is 50 percent off if you bring a friend!

Drop by Tuesday and Thursday, both this week and next, between 5 and 6:30 p.m. in the Bruin Den.

Come get it before it’s gone!

This project is part of the Business Senior Capstone. For more information, please contact Christa Branham at cbranham08@georgefox.edu.

Gary Tandy (English) gave a presentation, titled “Expanding the Writing Conversation: Using Tutor-led Writing Groups at the Writing Center,” at the Northwest Tutoring Center Conference held at Tacoma Community College on Feb. 25. Rick Muthiah (Learning Support Services) and Hannah Adderley (Academic Resource Center consultant) presented a session entitled “Managing the Learning Center: Training, Scheduling, and Tracking usage.”

Ed Higgins’ (English) poem “Feeding Time in Golden Gate Park” was published in the April 1 edition of the online poetry site Poetry Breakfast.

Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) presented the Ercil & Maxine Beane Lecture at William Penn University on March 19. Paul spoke on “Primitive Christianity Revived! – The Original Quaker Vision, Then and Now.” He also preached at College Avenue Friends Church on March 18, spoke on “Outlining the Johannine Riddles” and “Addressing the Johannine Riddles” in morning sessions the following day, and presented twice on interpreting Johannine riddles in two gatherings that evening.

Steve Delamarter (Seminary) was featured in an article, “Ancient Texts Saved Forever Thanks to Digitization,” that appeared in a March 23 article posted on Investors.com, a site run by Investor’s Business Daily. The article is available to read at this link.

April 3        Steve Delamarter, Dale Journey, Holly Kirby
April 5        Jared Kamimae-Lanning, John Newberry, Vicki Tschan
April 6        Jean Oehm Miller
April 8        Joel Kelley, Jerrie Lyda
April 9        Carrie McNeal
April 10      Cheri Hampton
April 11      Janelle Freitag, Sandi Gregory
April 13      Sarah King, Susan Newell
April 15      Terrie Boehr, Mike Campadore
April 16      Nancy Almquist

Richard Zeller, one of America’s foremost baritones, will join with music professor and Bösendorfer Educational Artist Kenn Willson to perform at the university’s Bösendorfer Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in Bauman Auditorium.

Zeller, a 1983 George Fox graduate, is known for his sonorous dramatic voice, a compelling stage presence and musicianship. His opera engagements have included 12 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera and dates at opera houses around the world.

Willson, a tenured professor of music at the university, has traveled to Vienna, Austria, and to the Piano Academy in Recanati, Italy, to perform. He is also known throughout the region for his “Encounters with Beethoven” performances.

Tickets for the recital are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $5 for students and children under 12. Tickets may be purchased at music.georgefox.edu or by calling the school’s box office at 503-554-3844.

Zeller will sing a selection of pieces that include works by Johannes Brahms (Botshaft, Wie Melodien Zieht es Mir), Richard Strauss (Allerseelen, Morgen), Robert MacGimsey (Land of Degradation, Sweet Little Jesus Boy), and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (Some Enchanted Evening).

Willson will perform the Beethoven pieces German Dance #1, Sonata Op. #31 #3 and Sonata Op. 27 #2, ‘Moonlight.’ He will perform on the university’s Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano, often called the “Rolls Royce of Pianos,” he said.

For more information, call ext. 2620.

George Fox theatre’s spring show opens next week! Come see the premiere of The Broken, a play written by director Rhett Luedtke and various GFU students.

The process of creating and writing The Broken began in October with a group of nine students under Rhett’s direction. They started with the image of a fortified, barbed-wire fence in a foreign country with a middle-aged Bible translator standing on one side of the fence with a machete in his hand and, on the other side, a native of the country also wielding a machete.

Based on some true stories of missions work in Papua New Guinea, the show has come full circle after more than 400 hours of work and will culminate in a world premiere that includes 30-plus students as actors, designers, consultants, stage managers and tech crew members under Rhett’s direction.

Play Synopsis: The Broken follows the intersecting stories of four individuals in Papua New Guinea as they navigate the sometimes conflicting beliefs and ideals of the Western and native cultures in the country.

Come for a time of thought-provoking theatre and explore questions of modern ideology in third-world culture.

Show Dates: The show runs April 12-14 and April 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. and April 22 at 2 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased online at theatre.georgefox.edu or by calling 503-554-3844. University employees each get one complimentary ticket for the performance of their choice, and George Fox students each get one complimentary ticket for either of the Thursday night performances. Comp tickets can be picked up at the box office.

Note: The box office is now located on the first floor of the Stevens Center at the information desk. Box office hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Online tickets can be purchased at any time.

How would you like to simultaneously contribute to the arts and see an exciting new show for free? My name is Susan Carlson, and Jenn Lippert and I are the house managers for the upcoming main-stage play The Broken. We still need ushers. There are lots of openings left; sign up for any day(s) you like. No experience is necessary, and you will get free admission.

If you would like to join or if you have any questions, please contact me at scarlson10@georgefox.edu. Let me know what day(s) you want to do. Here are the performance dates and times. You will need to show up about an hour before showtime (we’ll give you an exact time later).

• Thursday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
• Friday April 13, 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday, April 22, 2 p.m.

April is here already, so it is time to think about nominating a colleague for April’s Employee of the Month award for 2012. If you know of someone whose recent contributions make him or her worthy of this honor, please take a few minutes to send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg that includes a specific summary of the person’s contributions (past 30 days or so) and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

The winner will be recognized and awarded a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting on April 24. (March’s winner will be recognized at our April 5 community meeting.)

Today is the day we are collecting your summer address info!

You have two options for your mail over the summer:

1. Request to keep your mailbox open part or all of the summer
2. Give us an address where we can forward your mail during the summer.  (We will close your mailbox and re-open the same mailbox for you two weeks before school starts in the fall.)

Where: Bruin Den – by the ASC offices

When: Today (Tuesday), Wednesday and Thursday

Time: 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

It will take less than a minute, plus you get candy! For more information, please contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Saturday, March 31, noon – Softball vs. Pacific, DH (Morse Field)
Sunday, April 1, noon – Softball vs. Pacific, DH (Morse Field)

For more information, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

All Newberg, Portland, Boise, Salem and Redmond offices will be closed tomorrow (Friday, March 30), for the spring break holiday. All libraries and bookstores will be closed as well.