The Daily Bruin

A student creation care group is hosting “Unplugged,” an evening of acoustic music, conversation and a bonfire, from 8 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 1, in the campus quad.

Attendees will play instruments and roast homemade smores over the fire. The event encourages people to “unplug yourself from electricity and reconnect together,” according to event organizers. Bring an instrument to play, turn your phone off, unplug your computer, and be sure to turn your lights off before heading over.

To learn more, contact Corey Beals at cbeals@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Bookstore will close at 5 p.m. this Thursday, April 1, and will be closed for Good Friday and the rest of the Easter weekend. The store will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 5.

Don’t forget to turn in your March timesheets to your supervisor at the end of your last shift this week, or(bold) on Thursday, April 1st. (end bold) Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it.  Payday is on Thursday, April 15th.  Thank you!

– Human Resources

The Easter Egg Extravaganza will take place this Wednesday at 5pm!  Come on down to the Cap and Gown Room to participate in a massive, Campus-wide Easter Egg Hunt!  Have a chance to win a Wii and other amazing prizes!  There will be Desserts and Easter Egg Dyeing as well!  You don’t want to miss it!

Attention Spring 2010 Graduates-

On Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30, the Portland Center will be hosting a “grad fair” for you from 4 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 155. This is an exclusive “graduates only” party to celebrate your achievement and to help you connect with some fantastic opportunities to:

• Check out Alumni products from the Bruin Bookstore
• Meet with a Josten’s representative to order a class ring or graduation announcements
• Check on your student account and ask questions of your Student Financial Services representative
• Interact with admissions counselors from the Graduate schools
• Talk with Career Services about the tools available to you
• Meet your alumni services team to learn how to stay connected to GFU
• Pick up your regalia and verify your name for your diploma

There will be door prizes awarded, wonderful food provided by Kam & Kam Catering as well as your very own “Swag Bag” filled with graduation goodies.

Textbooks for all programs at the Portland Center will be posted online by April 16, 2010.  To order your books for Summer 2010, simply log on to www.store.georgefox.edu and click the “textbooks” tab.  Couldn’t be easier!  See you online!

P.S.  You can also order diploma frames and George Fox clothing online!

Textbook buyback happens twice a year and is scheduled for three days during fall finals and three days during spring finals.

Books being used for subsequent semesters will be purchased at 50 percent of the new price (regardless of whether the book was purchased new or used).

Books not needed for the Bruin Bookstore will be purchased at the price set by the wholesaler.

The next Portland Center textbook buyback is scheduled for:

Tuesday-Thursday

April 27 – 29, 2010
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: TBA

If you are unable to come in during these hours, consider having a friend bring your textbooks in for you.

If you are looking for a place to make new relationships, serve the Fox community, and build up your resume apply to be on the Bruin Heritage Society Leadership Team! Clink on this link to visit our website and download the application: http://www.georgefox.edu/bruinheritage/

The Accelerated Christian Education schools will hold their Regional High School Competitions on campus this week Tuesday through Friday. Nearly 200 students representing 15-20 schools will compete in events such as Bible Memory, Poetry, Speech, Writing, Music, Art, Basketball, Track, Drama, Photography, Spelling, Science and Social Studies.

This year marks the 23rd year A.C.E. has held the Regional Convention on our campus.

The A.C.E. Leadership Team will be set up in Bauman Greenroom if anyone needs to be directed toward them. For other questions, call Event Services at extension 2027.

Please join the women of George Fox for pizza and a movie on Tuesday, March 30, in Hoover 105. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., and the movie Lars and the Real Girl begins at 6:30 p.m. Please R.S.V.P. to Lori Allen at allen.redpants@gmail.com by Monday, March 29. Thank you and see you there!

Following is University Mail Services’ schedule for spring break:

Open: Monday through Thursday, March 22-25, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed: Friday, March 26

Courier Service:
Portland Center: Normal schedule, Monday through Thursday
Salem campus: Normal schedule Monday and Thursday only

Do you have unused office supplies that you don’t know what to do with? Did you get more than you needed or ordered the wrong item and it’s now sitting on a shelf collecting dust?

To be better stewards of university resources, we would like to put those unused items to use. On Monday, March 22, bring your excess items to Stevens 101 between 9 a.m. and noon. We will sort and arrange these items, and on Tuesday, March 23, and Wednesday, March 24, between 1 and 4 p.m., you can come back and “shop” for items for your department.

Here are the guidelines:

• All items must be either new or in good condition. Please, no junk.

• No one will be getting department credit back for donated items. They will just go to help the university departments as a whole.

• All items that you select to take are for university use only. They cannot be for you personally.

If you have questions, please contact either Kathi Becker (ext. 2166) or Karon Bell (ext. 2162).

Following are Fitness Center hours for spring break.

Closed: Friday, March 19, at 5 p.m. through Sunday, March 21.

Open: March 22-25, 6 to 8 a.m.; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; 4 to 7 p.m.

Closed: March 26-28

The Fitness Center will be locked between sessions.

Career Services invites you to attend the First Avenue Career & Graduate School Fair on Wednesday April 7, 10:00AM – 2:00PM at University of Portland Chiles Center. George Fox Career Services partners with other eight other colleges & universities in Oregon to coordinate this premiere career fair. The cost is only $5 if you register in Career Services or online at www.olapcfirstavenue.org. Free transportation is available through Career Services.

 Why come?

• There are currently 100 local and national employers and graduate schools represented.

• You can explore possible internships, job opportunities, and graduate programs.

• Engage with recruiters, who are eager to speak with you and perhaps interview potential employees.

• Plus, connect with alumni and industry professionals in an organized networking event.

 Also, anyone who creates an Optimal Resume account between March 1st and 20th will receive free admission to First Avenue. Sign up for an account at www.georgefox.optimalresume.com.

Students in the servant engineering program are conducting a poll to determine car usage on campus. Please take a few minutes to complete a simple poll.

The reasoning behind the poll is to find out if there is enough need among students to validate setting up an account with ZipCar, a company that offers electric cars for renting. The idea is to help limit the number of cars on campus, cut down on people needing to pay car insurance, and allow those who don’t have cars the ability to get around just as easily as those who do.

Here is the link to the poll:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEpWY3ROYjk5dWhneWJ5dzNmUzEtb1E6MA.

Thanks for your help!

Treasure hunters, get ready for the Medallion Search April 12-16! Become a member of  the Bruin Heritage Society on Facebook in order to receive the clues to the best treasure on campus.

If you are looking for a place to make new relationships, serve the Fox community, and build up your resume, apply to be on the Bruin Heritage Society Leadership Team! Clink on this link to visit our website and download the application:

georgefox.edu/bruinheritage

You’re invited to the International Justice Mission chapter’s weekly meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in Hoover 206. Join us as we prayerfully respond to injustice as a community and further the fight against sex trafficking and human trafficking locally and abroad.

The university now has a subscription to the online version of “Birds of North America.” You can access it from the library’s website.

Scroll down to the “Birds of North America” link, halfway down the page under Environmental Resources. This can be accessed from off-campus by entering your ID number for the bar code. Enjoy!

Are you interested in learning more about what it means to be a leader? Join us this Fall for a 1 credit Quaker Seminar exploring leadership. Everyone is welcome! We will meet Monday nights from 6:40-7:30 during the Fall semester. Email Jamie Johnson (jejohnson@georgefox.edu) for more information.