The Daily Bruin

All Spiritual Life make-up credit forms are due by noon Tuesday, April 28.

If you know you are deficient in credit, you will want to begin the following:
1. Watching chapel podcasts.
2. Filling out the following form for each watched podcast:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/spirituallife/chapel/form.html

If you have any questions or concerns, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu or check our our website at spirituallife.georgefox.edu.

The university’s undergraduate admissions website was recently redesigned and enhanced to include new information, additional features and improved navigation and graphics. Check out the site at admissions.georgefox.edu and be sure to tell colleagues and prospective students about it.

Mark Benjamin (Spiritual Life) and his family will be leaving our community at the end May. To honor them, we are throwing an open house/celebration/going away party from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Spiritual Life House. Mark is moving to Georgia for the summer and eventually to North Carolina to help with a church plant. Feel free to stop in whenever you can and let Mark know how much you appreciate him!

Book Buyback is this Wednesday through Friday, April 29 to May 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring your books to the main entrance right outside the University Store in the SUB. See what your books are worth by going to store.georgefox.edu, selecting the “Main Store” heading, then clicking “Sell” next to “Textbooks” at the top of the page.

During finals week and the first week of May term, the University Store hours will change to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday (April 27 to May 8). Graduation store hours on May 2 will be 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The bookstore will be closed on Saturdays the rest of the summer. Summer store hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday starting May 11.

The deadline has passed, but we still need summer address information from some of you.

If you have not completed a summer address card yet or replied to Linda Sartwell’s email please complete one of the following:

1.  Fill out a summer address card, found in lobbies of Beebe and Sub Post Offices.
       a. Indicate if you want your mailbox left open or where you want your mail forwarded.
2.  Reply with your summer address information to the email from Linda Sartwell.
3.  Fill out a summer address card using this link.

Thanks for your help!
– Mail Services

The ASC Communications Department is still accepting applications for next year. 

In particular, we are seeking applicants for the positions of L’Ami Editor and KFOX Manager.  If you are interested, please turn in your application as soon as possible before the end of the school year.

Contact Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu with questions.

Have a laptop you could donate or sell for a low price?

A group of men and women being trained for pastoral work and other leadership positions in their churches in Rwanda would like to learn the basics of computer operation to help them get jobs to support their ministry. For this training, at least two laptops are needed with Windows and Office on them.

If you have such a computer you’re not using, the Juniors Abroad group going to Rwanda in May could deliver it. If interested, contact Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies/Center of Peace and Justice) at ext. 2685 or lfendall@georgefox.edu.

Tilikum is offering a unique opportunity for a women’s retreat May 15-17. We are planning an adventure-based retreat for women on our challenge course and would like to invite any George Fox employees to participate at a special rate of $110 per person for the weekend (more than 25 percent discount).

The price includes two nights lodging at Tilikum Retreat Center, six meals and all activities. The weekend begins Friday with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude Sunday after lunch. To register, fill out a retreat registration form and return it by Friday, May 1. Or, you can contact Chris Steele at Tilikum at 503-538-7520 or by e-mail at csteele@georgefox.edu.

Mark Benjamin (Spiritual Life) and his family will be leaving our community at the end May. To honor them, we are throwing an open house/celebration/going away party from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Spiritual Life House. Mark is moving to Georgia for the summer and eventually to North Carolina to help with a church plant. Feel free to stop in whenever you can and let Mark know how much you appreciate him!

The next textbook buyback at the Portland Center bookstore will be:

Tuesday – Thursday
April 28 – 30, 2009
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

Books being used for upcoming semesters will be purchased at 50 percent of the new price (regardless of whether the book was purchased new or used). You may check buyback prices by logging on to: store.georgefox.edu and using the “Student Textbook Orders” link and selecting the “SELL” link in the Portland Center header.

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

Saturday, April 25
Noon – Softball vs. Dallas (2), Morse Field
Noon – Baseball vs. Linfield (2), Morse Field

Sunday, April 26
Noon – Baseball vs. Linfield (2), Morse Field

Campus station KFOX will webcast all four games of the Linfield series, with Nate Brown and Justin Sweeney handling the play-by-play. Go to the KFOX radio site to listen to the games.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926

A Greenroom service will be held on “Dead Day” Monday, April 27, at 7 p.m. Come to the Amphitheater (if it’s not rainy*) and worship as a community one last time this school year. This is a great way to take a break from studying and prepare for a week of finals.

*If the weather is bad, it will be held in Bauman Auditorium.

Ushers are needed for the university’s Baccalaureate ceremony on Saturday, May 2. Ushers need to arrive at Bauman Auditorium at 8:45 a.m. The ceremony typically lasts until 11 a.m.

Ushers need to dress appropriately for the event: Men in dress slacks and collared shirt; women in dress pants, skirt and nice blouse, or dress.

If you are interested in helping out at this commencement-day event, please e-mail Jere Witherspoon (Student Life).

Thank you.

A Greenroom service will be held on Dead Day at 7pm.

Come to the Amphitheater (if its not rainy) and worship as a community one last time this school year.

This is a great way to take a break from studying and prepare for a week of finals.

*If the weather is bad, it will be held in Bauman.

All Spiritual Life make-up credit forms are due Tuesday, April 28th at noon. If you know you are deficient in credit, you will want to begin the following:

1. Watching chapel podcasts.
2. Filling out the following form for each watched podcast:

http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/spirituallife/chapel/form.html

If you have any questions or concerns please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu or check our our website at spirituallife.georgefox.edu.

Ushers are needed for the Baccalaureate ceremony on Saturday, May 2.

Ushers need to arrive at Bauman at 8:45 am. The ceremony typically lasts till 11:00 am.

Ushers need to dress appropriately for the event: Men in dress slacks and collared shirt. Women in dress pants, skirt and nice blouse, or dress.

If you are interested in helping out at this commencement day event, please e-mail Jere Witherspoon.

Thank you.

Lost and Found tables with the semester’s items will be in the Bruin Den on Tuesday, April 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30p.m.  All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes at the end of the day Tuesday. Please drop by to look for your lost items!

Attention Junior’s Abroad and May Serve Students:

If you plan to leave your car on campus during while on your trip, you must bring your car keys to the Security Office in order to do so.

Any car left unattended on campus will be considered abandoned and will be towed. The campus is booked all summer with groups, and we are unable to accommodate extra vehicles.

The last lost-and-found tables for the academic year will be set up from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in the Bruin Den. If you have lost-and-found items in your offices/departments, please bring them to the security office before Tuesday. All items not reunited with their owners by the end of the day Tuesday will be donated to charitable causes.