George Fox University - L'Ami Yearbook (Newberg, OR)

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION GEORGE FOX COLLEGE 414 N. MERIDIAN ST. NEWBERG, OREGON 97132 (503)538-8383 TOTAL STUDENT ' S 705 FEMALE 378 MALE 327 TOTAL FACULTY AND STAFF: 150

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First, the bulldozers came and started tearing out everything that was in the way. Everything . Incredously, we watched as what used to be the fountain, and then became the Hump was reduced to nothing more than a memory. Now in this barren wasteland that had been created, some things have started happening. Not much difference from one day to the next, it ' s true, but gradually a new library is emerging. It kind of makes you thop and stink (sic!). Webster ' s New World Dictionary gives this definition for contruct : To build by fitting parts or elements together systematically. This defintion certainly applies to what God does in our lives. All of us are under construction in one way or another. For some of us, a firm foundation is being laid, on which the rest of our lives will be built. Some of us are already letting the building contract to the lowest bidder. (Jesus Christ is free!) And others of us are trying to build our own houses. We haven ' t let the Lord fire up our lives. The house made this way is not put together systematically. This kind of house is programmed to self-destruct in an earth tremor, a flood, or a slight breeze. Many of us have seen our houses collapse this way, and after we ' ve let the Lord pick up the pieces, we can say, Isn ' t it amazing what God can do with scrap lumber? I B This is where we ' re at at George Fox College this year. Being a Christian college doesn ' t automatically make all of us mature or even immature Christians, but that is our goal. We believe that everyone here is here for a reason , and that everyone here is indeed . . . .UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Archives

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A grant of $1.35 Million from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to George Fox College will establish the M.J. Murdock Learning Resource Center. The grant, the second largest ever received by the 96-year-old College, will help George Fox double the size of its current library, constructed in 1962. The current 17,000-square-foot facility will be expanded to 35,000 square feet with new construction to the north and west of the present three-level building. The new Murdock Center will retain the Shambaugh Library name for library holdings. The expansion will include additional space for instructional media services, computer services, archives, expanded reading area, and space for and increase from the existing 60,000 volumes to a potention 150,000 volumes.