The Daily Bruin

Get to know your local farmers and learn more about locally grown products at the university-sponsored Farm Meet scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, at the Chehalem Cultural Center.

Farmers, gardeners, cooks and food enthusiasts will be on hand to offer brief talks while offering samples of their foods. In addition, clips from the movies Locavore, Fresh and Food Revolution will be shown. A $2 suggested donation will go to organizations seeking to promote local, ethical, healthy and delicious ways of eating.

The Chehalem Cultural Center is located just north of the city library at 415 E. Sheridan St. More details are available at georgefox.edu/green/farm-meet-2010.

Staying on campus this summer for May term or a job?

Come up to the Student Life Office to pick up a summer housing application.

It is due by April 23rd.

What do students value and desire for their college instruction? What are students’ views of educational technology, type and amount of homework, grading, and other class-related topics? A panel of undergraduate students will share their perspectives on these questions at the final Faculty Teaching Forum of the spring semester.

Join the session “Student Voices on Teaching and Learning” from noon to 1:20 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in Cap and Gown Room A. Students scheduled to participate include Heather Clifton (non-traditional first-year elementary education major), Bret Reordan (first-year chemistry major) Caroline Aust (sophomore elementary education major), Alex Gamez (junior psychology major), Vanessa Wilkins (junior cinema and media communication major) and Timothy Fouch (senior nursing major).

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.

All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available on iTunesU.

The university’s engineering department will host its annual Engineering Expo on Friday, April 23, between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS.

The event will feature industry-sponsored senior design and servant engineering projects, as well as high school design projects, first robotics displays and other engineering class projects and demonstrations. Refreshments provided.

Attention ALL! April 13th & 14th

Join us for Dinner for Eight (sponsored by Bruin Heritage Society).

Now open to EVERYONE.

 16 students will have the opportunity to enjoy a free home-cooked meal at the residence of a George Fox alumni. This provides a great chance to learn from that alumni and explore career goals and dreams.

 Dinner will be served at 6:30pm with transportation provided.

 Sign up for April 13th or 14th NOW by contacting bruinheritage@georgefox.edu to request a registration form.

 

Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) will teach a six-week series (April 18 to May 26) at Reedwood Friends Church on “The Riddles of the Fourth Gospel.” The series can be taken as a one-hour May term class (BIBL 485) if desired. Marcus Borg will join Paul for a public dialogue on the “Gospels and Jesus in Bi-Optic Perspective” on May 19 and a special Saturday, May 22, session.

Sessions meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon. Reedwood Friends Church is located at 2901 S.E. Steele, in Portland. There is no charge, and the public is welcome.

Are you interested in Health Care or Medical Missions?  Devin Harrison, MD will be giving a talk entitled, “Medical Missions: Eye Care in Africa.”   Dr. Harrison worked in Nigeria for two years caring for some of the world’s neediest patients, performing eye surgeries and training local doctors.  He received the 2008 American Academy of Opthalmology Humanitarian Award. 

This event takes place on Thursday, April 15th at 4:15pm in Hoover 105.  Please contact Jim Smart or Jane Sweet if you have any question.

On Tuesday, April 20, the Bruin Bookstore will donate all proceeds from that day to the 2010 May Serve team that is getting ready to head to Swaziland, Africa. Support May Serve while sporting the newest George Fox gear!

This Monday, April 12, 180 seniors will present their group projects on Christianity and American popular culture in the EHS and Hoover atriums from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Please take the time to stop by and see what the students have been working on this semester. Questions? Contact Caitlin Corning.

Are you interested in health care or medical missions? Come hear Devin Harrison, MD, present “Medical Missions: Eye Care in Africa,” at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in Hoover 105. Dr. Harrison worked in Nigeria for two years caring for some of the world’s neediest patients, performing eye surgeries and training local doctors.

For his efforts, he received the 2008 American Academy of Ophthalmology Humanitarian Award. Contact Jim Smart or Jane Sweet if you have any questions.

Get your car washed to support the 2010 May Serve team. We’ll be headed to Swaziland, Africa, in less than a month, and your donations would be very appreciated. The car wash is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the Newberg Les Schwab.

This is an opportunity to win a $25 dollar visa card! Career Services, George Fox University is having the “Big Guide Writing Contest” on Newberg Campus. Students who lived and worked overseas are welcome to share your experience abroad in this event. To participate, you will need to:

          1. Register for The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas online at:

                 careers.georgefox.edu

             2. Write a 250-300 words essay about your travels abroad:

                 Express how you may have used The Big Guide in your journey

                   3. Include your name, year of school, time and place of travel at the top of your essay

             4. Submit to careers@georgefox.edu with “Essay Contest” as the subject

              Please summit your work no later that April 20, 2010. The best two essays will win a $25 visa card, and the winners will be notified on April 21th. If you have any questions, feel free to email Shiqiao Li at pli07@georgefox.edu or Chloe Lee at leec07@georgefox.edu.

ATTENTION ALL SOCIOLOGY MAJORS AND MINORS

 Please come and join us for some snacks and drinks for our Final Happy Hour of the year.

April 14th at 4PM in the Meridian House

Summer Address:

Remember:  If you want your mailbox open all or part of the summer – you must tell us that on your summer address card.  If you did not stop at the Address table in the Bruin’s Den this week, Please stop at University Mail Services to fill out your address card for the summer.

 Thanks!

Mail Services

Join us for a staff lunch at noon Monday, April 12, in the Cap and Gown Room. Jan Lefebvre (Advancement) will share about her recent trip to Haiti, where, during a missions trip with a group of ladies from her church and Lifeline Christian Mission, they experienced the devastating earthquake one day after their arrival. Lunch is $3 per person.

The university community is invited to attend a book release party for Steve Sherwood, who recently released Embraced: Prodigals at the Cross. Join us Friday, April 23, between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. in the Hoover Faculty Lounge on the Newberg campus.

Plant Services is hosting a surplus equipment and inventory sale in the Villa Academic Complex on Thursday and Friday, April 15-16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Items will include appliances, mowers, tillers, miscellaneous landscape equipment, light fixtures, cabinets, doors, laminate pieces, desks, panel walls, notebooks, tables, bookshelves, and much more.

Friday, April 9, 3 p.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Linfield, GFU campus courts
Saturday, April 10, noon – Baseball vs. Puget Sound (DH), Morse Field
Saturday, April 10, 1 p.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Pacific, GFU campus courts
Sunday, April 11, noon – Baseball vs. Puget Sound, Morse Field

Campus station KFOX Radio will webcast all three games of the Puget Sound baseball series, and live stats also will be provided for those games.

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

All of life is a stage, right?  Then this is your call!  Join others in exploring the world of the stage.  Learn to express your voice and understand more of theater.  This is a great way to have fun this May, plus earn 3 credits toward your degree in just 3 WEEKS!

 Contact Andy Copeland for more information: acopelan@georgefox.edu

The university community is invited to celebrate Richard Engnell’s retirement. After graciously serving George Fox University for 32 years, Richard has taught his last syllabus this spring semester. Please join us in a reception honoring him on Tuesday, April 20, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium.