The Daily Bruin

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Serve Day is tomorrow! Here are a few reminders about the day:

• If you haven’t gotten an assignment, e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu
• Bring a water bottle, hat and wear sunscreen
• Meet on the quad for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and worship at 8:30 a.m.

Because the spiritual life e-mail wasn’t working last week, we ask that you resubmit student worker chapel exemption lists. If you have students in your department who are working for you during the chapel hour or who are in an internship on Mondays and Wednesdays, please send spiritual life (spirituallife@georgefox.edu) the list of those students along with their ID number. Exemptions must be processed by Friday, Sept. 23.

Students with an internship on Mondays or Wednesdays or who work during the chapel hour are eligible for partial chapel credit exemption. If you have questions about the chapel policy, check out our spiritual life website.

The university hired Isabelle Corneaux to serve as a visiting assistant professor of French. A native of France, Isabelle has spent the past four years as a French instructor at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Wash. She also has experience teaching the language as a tutor for adults and teenagers. She spent the summers between 2002 and 2009 teaching French to foreign students at Centre International d’Etudes Francaises at the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France. All told, she has more than 20 years experience teaching the language, both in her native France and in locales including French Polynesia and Hong Kong. Isabelle earned a master’s degree in education from Heritage University in Pasco, Wash., (2011) and earned a Teaching French as a Foreign Language Master designation from the University of Burgundy and ENS in Fontenay St-Cloud, France (2004). She lives in McMinnville with her husband Bruno and children, Louis and Gabriel.

Kristi Hagen has joined the Department of Advancement and Integrated Marketing as a database specialist III. She’s spent the past year as a customer service agent with Hagan Hamilton Insurance Services at its Newberg branch. The year prior, she worked as the owner and lead counselor for Set Free Financial Counseling, a business dedicated to helping individuals and couples with budgeting and debt reduction. She also has business experience as a purchasing, shipping and receiving clerk for Caravan Coffee of Newberg (2003-05). Kristi is a licensed property and casualty insurance agent and a Dave Ramsey-certified financial counselor. She lives in Newberg with her husband, Bill, and their three children: Jeremy (19), Tiffany (18) and Breanna (6). They attend GodSong Church, where Kristi serves as board president.

Alex Martin joined the university last week as a graduate admissions counselor for the School of Education. For the past four years, he has worked as the head tennis professional at the West Hills Racquet & Fitness Club in Portland, where he recruited members, coached and handled administrative duties. Previously, he worked as a wellness teacher and success coach for the McMinnville School District (2005-07) and as a full-time intern with a Young Life chapter in Winston-Salem, N.C. (2003-05). Alex earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Linfield College in 2003 and holds a master’s degree in athletic coaching education from West Virginia University (2007). He lives in Beaverton with wife Tracy and daughter Avery (1) and attends Beaverton Foursquare Church.

Yune Tran joins the School of Education as an assistant professor of education this year. Since 2008, she has worked as an English language learner district coach in the Leander Independent School District in Leander, Texas, where she developed and delivered trainings, seminars and workshops for ESL and general education teachers. Before that, Yune was an ESL curriculum specialist in a school district in Austin, Texas. She also served as an elementary school teacher in Compton, Calif., and has gained diverse teaching experiences through her roles as a bilingual and classroom teacher in middle and elementary school settings in Florida, Texas and California. Yune completed her PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Texas at Austin this summer and holds an MEd degree in educational leadership from Texas State University. She lives in Sherwood with her husband, Darren, and three girls: Keilana, Malia and Nalani. She attends St. Francis Catholic Church.

Nancy Almquist has transferred from advancement as a development officer to university engagement as the director of parent relations.

Robby Larson (Alumni Engagement) presented a workshop entitled “Alumni on the Fringe” at the annual CCCU Alumni Professionals Conference held this summer at Eastern University in St. David, Penn.

Sept. 7         Tony Longstroth, Jen Macnab
Sept. 8         Jen Overstreet, Mark Pothoff
Sept. 9         Trey Doty, Tim Timmerman
Sept. 11       Jeff Duerr, Sarah Jobson
Sept. 12       Kelly Chang
Sept. 15       Sarah Gibson, Ron Shaw, Lauri Smith
Sept. 16       Jan Amerson
Sept. 17       MaryKate Morse, Christee Wise
Sept. 18       Darryl Brown

The George Fox men’s soccer team will host Trinity Lutheran for a match at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, at the Austin Sports Complex.

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

The university’s campuses in Portland, Salem, Boise and Redmond will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, for the Labor Day holiday. The Newberg campus will be open and will instead take a mid-semester holiday on Friday, Oct. 14.

The university’s courier will not be going to Portland or Salem on Monday (Sept. 5) as normal, as both of those campuses are closed for Labor Day.

The courier will go to Portland and Salem on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Thanks!
University Mail Services

Students: Around 230 of you have yet to either register your vehicle or register as NOT bringing a vehicle to campus. If you haven’t completed this by the Add/Drop date of Sept. 9, you WILL be issued a $25 non-refundable parking permit regardless of whether you have a car or not.

So, please register your vehicles on myGFU as soon as possible! If you didn’t bring a car to campus, you are still required to register on myGFU as “not bringing a car to campus” to avoid being assigned a parking permit.

Please contact Security Services at 503-554-2090 if you have questions after reading the Security Services webpages on the GFU website. We are more than happy to answer your parking/registration questions.

If you have yet to receive a bracelet that serves as a tangible reminder of how God seeks after us, please come by the Spil house and get one. Feel free to come by anytime, even if our office is closed; the “lost coin” bracelets will be in a jar on the porch.

Are you a graphic designer and want $50? Submit a T-shirt design that incorporates “George Fox” or “Be Known” to Andrea Heath (aheath@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Sept. 30, for a chance to earn $50.

The winning design will be printed on 400 T-shirts for prospective high school students at fall and spring Bruin Preview. The admissions office will choose the winning design by Friday, Oct. 7.

Serve Day is next Wednesday! The entire university community will unite together for our 13th annual Serve Day, participating in a variety of service opportunities in Newberg and the surrounding area.

Here’s the schedule:

7:30-8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast begins/bag your own lunch (provided by Bon Appétit)
8:20 a.m. – Kick-off celebration on the quad lawn
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes on lawn (commuters meet in front of Bauman) and depart for service site
Lunch – Eat with your group at the service site
3-4 p.m. (approximate) – Participants return to campus
4 p.m. – Church Connection Fair and Volunteer Fair begin
4:30 p.m. – Campus celebration, games, activities fair begin
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Dinner

The cost of breakfast and the evening dinner is covered for all members of the university community (excluding family members). If you would like to invite family or friends to the community celebration and would like to purchase dinner tickets, please fill out this form. If you are not a team leader and would like to purchase a lunch, please fill out this form (gluten-free lunches are available by request on the morning of Serve Day).

If you have any questions, please contact your team leader or e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu.

Serve Day is next Wednesday! The entire university community will unite together for our 13th annual Serve Day, participating in a variety of service opportunities in Newberg and the surrounding area.

Here’s the schedule:

7:30-8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast begins/bag your own lunch (provided by Bon Appétit)
8:20 a.m. – Kick-off celebration on the quad lawn
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes on lawn (commuters meet in front of Bauman) and depart for service site
Lunch – Eat with your group at the service site
3-4 p.m. (approximate) – Participants return to campus
4 p.m. – Church Connection Fair and Volunteer Fair begin
4:30 p.m. – Campus celebration, games, activities fair begin
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Dinner

The cost of breakfast, lunch, and dinner is covered for all George Fox students, even if you are not on a university meal plan. If you would like to invite family or friends from outside the Fox community to the evening celebration and would like to purchase dinner tickets, please fill out this form.

Serve Day is required for all undergraduate students. The university will be shut down during Serve Day, which means all daytime classes are canceled and campus offices are closed (evening classes are not canceled for Serve Day). If you live on campus, contact your RA for more information about your Serve Day assignment.

If you have any questions, please contact your RA or e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu.

Marketing Communications will host a staff/faculty portrait session from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Cap and Gown Room. These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use.

Please call or e-mail Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2125) to let us know what time you are planning to come. You can still come without prior notice.

Students are responsible to select their own meal plan for the fall 2011 semester and confirm the charges on MyGFU.

The deadline for making any changes is Friday, Sept. 9, at 5 pm.

Information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plan Options page.

Students who fail to confirm their meal plans, and if eligible, make any changes, will be charged for the meal plan applied to their account even if they did not use the meal plan.

Students select their meal plans on MyGFU. Log in to your account. Click on SELF SERVICE. Under GFU Resources, click on UNIVERSITY FORMS.

If you have any questions about meal plans, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or ext. 2316.

We still have some great internships to offer this year in our Career Services office. Our past interns have had exceptional experiences, growing professionally. You will learn how to plan, market and execute events along with administrative records management, budget, communication, and public relations training. These internships must be set up for credit through you academic advisor.

Go to BruinCareers for more information or contact Sidney at ext. 2330 or atcareers@georgefox.edu. We might be just what you need and vice versa.

Are you involved with a club on campus? Would you like to make other students aware of your club?

Then the Serve Day Activities Fair is just what you are looking for.

At the end of our service on Serve Day, during the all campus celebration, student clubs will have an opportunity to set up a display as a way to advertise your club. The tables will be set up on the quad near all the fun activities that will be planned.

If you would like for your club to be represented, please make plans to reserve your half of a table by contacting Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

It’s our first Movie on the Lawn of the semester! Join us for a showing of Cool Runnings on Friday, Sept. 2, between 9 and 11 p.m. in the amphitheater. Snow cones, popcorn and candy will be available.

Questions? Contact Stephanie Grosse at sgrosse10@georgefox.edu.