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Shari Scales, former executive director of Providence Newberg Health Foundation, joined George Fox as the vice president of advancement this month. During her eight years at Providence, she successfully led a $5.2 million capital campaign to help fund the construction of Providence Newberg Medical Center. Before that, Shari served as assistant director of development for the Society of Jesus – Oregon Province for three years. She began in the advancement profession in 1992, when she served with the Legacy Health System in Portland as director of development for three foundations. She also has served as a fundraising consultant for The Black United Fund of Oregon, Portland Rescue Mission and several other nonprofit clients. Shari earned a bachelor’s degree in communications/public relations from Marylhurst University in 1995 and holds the designation of Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE). She lives in Tualatin with her husband, Dwayne, and two sons, DL (6) and Diego (2). The family attends Tualatin United Methodist Church.

Ed Higgins (Writing/Literature) published two poems in April. His “There is nearly always” was published in JMWW, an online journal that publishes poetry, fiction and nonfiction pieces, and his “her plum-black hair” was published in Haiku Reality, a dual-language international haiku journal from Serbia. Haiku Reality printed the poem in both English and Serbian.

From Bonnie Jerke (Career Services): “My family in Montana and I wish to extend sincere and heartfelt thanks to President Robin Baker, his wife Ruth and the George Fox community for sending the lovely plant for my father’s funeral on April 2. This expression of sympathy will always be a reminder of the goodness of God’s people and his tender mercies in the healing process. As a progressive farmer, Albert Jerke loved the land and all that went with that miracle of God’s provision for the common good.”

The university is hosting a series of events on Monday, April 20, to honor the national-champion women’s basketball team. In addition to a morning rally at 10:30 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium, a barbecue, parade and evening party are planned. Here are the details:

Barbecue
Klages Dining Hall, 4:30 p.m.
An on-campus celebration barbecue is scheduled from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Klages Dining Hall and, if weather permits, in the Centennial Tower quad.

Parade
Newberg campus and downtown, 6:30 p.m.
At 6:30 p.m., a fire truck will arrive at the Stevens Center to take the team on a short escorted parade around campus and through downtown. The Newberg police and fire departments will escort the team from the center of campus north on Meridian Street, east on Fulton Street, south on Villa Road, west on 99W through downtown and south on Howard Street to the Newberg Public Safety Building, where the Newberg city council will award honorary Newberg citizenship and medallions to the players and coaches at approximately 7 p.m.

Lil’ Cooperstown
705 N. Springbrook Road, Newberg, 7:45 p.m.
The day’s festivities end with a party from approximately 7:45 to 9 p.m. at the Lil’ Cooperstown Restaurant, where the fans can meet the team, request autographs and take photos with the players. The team will be presenting a jersey to be added to the restaurant wall décor.

Visit the celebration events page on the university website for a complete rundown of the day’s activities.

Richard Twiss, cofounder of Wiconi International, will speak and perform with members of the Sicangu Band of the Rosebud Lakota/Sioux Tribe in chapel at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, in Bauman Auditorium. For more information, visit wiconi.com. All are welcome!

Spiritual Life will host a Gathering event from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. this Friday, April 17, in Bauman Auditorium. Come to worship the Lord with the George Fox community.

The university community is invited to attend a celebration rally for the national-champion women’s basketball team from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 20, in Bauman Auditorium. Former Portland Trail Blazer Jerome Kersey and George Fox alumnus Eric Lautenbach, director of college basketball sports marketing at Nike, are scheduled to appear. Newberg Mayor Bob Andrews will proclaim April 20 as “George Fox University Bruins Women’s Basketball Day” in Newberg.

The event will include a video recap of the season and an introduction of Head Coach Scott Rueck and the 14 players who, improbably, stormed to a 32-0 season and George Fox’s first national basketball title.

The rally is part of a full day of celebration activities. For details on the events scheduled, see the university’s website.

Registration appointments for all current students have now passed and we are in an open-registration period. Encourage any student who has not yet registered to do so, before we open registration up to new incoming students in May.

Also, see if they have been working with their student financial services counselor and if there are any issues that need to be referred back to them. Counselors are assigned based on the last name of the student:

• A-G: Chris Schlarbaum
• H-O: Marla Sweningson
• P-Z: Terri Crawford

Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries will host its seventh annual run/walk event to raise funds to get under-resourced children and youth to summer camp. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. this Saturday, April 18, at Champoeg State Park.

Participants raise donations per kilometer that they run or walk, with a minimum donation of $35 required to participate in the event. For children 12 and younger, a $5 minimum is required. Participants will receive a T-shirt and prizes will be awarded. This year, there will be special prizes for teams. Gather people from your department, your floor, or any group.

If you are interested in competing as a team of five or more, please call Tilikum at 503-538-2763. Check out 10K information at camptilikum.org.

Ruth Baker and Lori Allen invite the women of George Fox to a movie night at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in EHS 102. All female faculty, staff and administration employees, as well as female spouses of faculty, staff and administration, are welcome.

We will watch the movie Chocolat and have a talk-back session facilitated by Polly Peterson (Writing/Literature). Join us for great connections and some really good chocolate. Contact Lori for more information at 503-487-6648.

Do you want to be on the ASC Activities Committee next year?

The positions of Assistant Activities Director, Formals Director, Concert Coordinator, and General Coordinators are all available.  If you love to plan activities and want to be on the activities committee next year, then pick up an application outside the ASC offices today! 

Applications due Friday, April 17.

Questions?  Contact Sarah Cadd at scadd07@georgefox.edu for more information.

Attention Students:  Please answer a poll on George Fox’s current housing policy for the Crescent Voice of Students section.  To get your voice heard go to: http://tinyurl.com/studentpoll11.

Thank you for your input.  Don’t forget to check out the Crescent to see the results on Wednesday, April 22.

Mark your calendar for these exciting upcoming events hosted by the Department of Performing Arts. All events will be held in Bauman Auditorium and admission is free.

On Tuesday, April 14, the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m.

On Friday, April 17, the final Students in Recital of the year is scheduled at 12:40 p.m. Performing will be Tiffany Hayes (alto), Bethany Taft (piano), Signify (eight-person choir), Beth Sellers (piano), Emily Yarnold (soprano), Rachel Consenz (soprano), Nick Grant (baritone), Ben Jackson (baritone), Matt Hill (trumpet), Emily Blanshan (flute), Aimee Smith (oboe), Nick Luchterhand (alto saxophone) and Sarah Buckler (clarinet). Providing accompaniment will be Debi Huddleston, Barbara Stewart, Joseph Forster and Cameron DeWhitt. The event will feature the original work of student composers Aimee C Smith, Rebecca Chromey and Joseph Rourke IV.

The final performance of the year will be the Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, and will feature the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale and the Symphonic Band.

The university’s annual Fox Film Festival is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, April 17, and at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19. Friday’s event is at the Cameo in downtown Newberg and costs $4 (cash only). Lights will go down at 6 p.m., so get there early for a good seat.

On Sunday, films will be shown in Bauman Auditorium free of charge. Refreshments will be served, and DVDs will be on sale.  Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for a small pre-show, and the lights will go down at 6:30 p.m.

Starting Tuesday, April 14, Bon Appetit’s evening meal service will move to the South hallway on the 2nd floor.

Evening meals are available Monday through Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m. This meal service will end on April 23 for this semester.

We will no longer be offering meals through Bon Appetit during the week with the opening of the Cafe/Coffeehouse this summer.

Starting next week, you’ll be able to see some changes happening around the Portland Center South building.

The 2nd floor student lounge area will begin its transformation into a coffeehouse. The project is scheduled to be completed mid-August.

In the meantime, the student lounge amenities will be moved into the study hall area further south on the 2nd floor.

The coffee and fresh vending machines curently in the student lounge will be removed and the Pepsi and snack machine will move into the Information Commons (computer area near the front of the library).

The 1st floor north wing restrooms by the front office will also be completely renovated this summer.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor at 503.554.6164 or by email.

The Portland Center will be CLOSED on Friday, April 10 for Good Friday.

The building will also be closed on Saturday, April 11, however the Portland Center Library will be open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Employees and students will need their ID cards to access the building on Saturday to use the library.

Get group tickets to a Blazer Game for only $5 each!

Purchase tickets in the Bruin Den during lunch and dinner. Tickets go on sell Monday, April 13.  Tickets are first come, first serve.

Go Blazers!

This is your final reminder that your university password has been set to expire at 9 a.m. Monday, April 13, as part of the university’s annual password reset for all students, faculty and staff. Please login to Bruindata to change your password before that date.

All accounts with passwords that remain unchanged will be locked at 9 a.m. Monday, April 13, preventing you from using university services. Once this occurs, you will need to contact the IT Service Desk to get your password reset. Based on the recommendations of our auditing firm and following best practices, we will be changing university logins at regular intervals. For details, please refer to the password change policy on the IT website. We need to complete a campus password reset prior to the end of the spring semester.

Note: You are not being asked to send your login information to anyone. Rather, you are using the current university password change process that allows the individual to reset their own password.

Password Self-Service Feature
Once you have reset your password, you will be presented with the option to set “security questions” for your account. If you choose not to enter answers at this time, you can later create a self-service password reset option by logging into Bruindata, selecting the “My Data” tab and then “Security Questions.” You will need to answer two security questions from the drop-down list and provide a non-George Fox e-mail address to activate this option. If you forgot your password, a temporary password will be sent to your non-George Fox e-mail, allowing you to log into Bruindata and change your university login password.

There has been a growing trend of employees’ children being on campus for extended periods during the work day, including some on a fairly regular basis. For a number of good reasons, including liability issues, the university’s policy does not allow children in the workplace. The exact policy in the employee handbook can be found on page 57, and may be read online.

Thanks for your cooperation in adhering to this policy.

– Human Resources