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Interested in serving the Lord overseas? Join next year’s winter serve trip team and travel to Nepal. Apply now at this link!

Do you know of a deserving senior who demonstrates outstanding services as a servant leader on campus or in the community? You can honor that person and the activity of voluntary service by nominating him/her for the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award.

The trustees of the Barney II and Moore Foundations have established the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award at George Fox University to reward leadership in the area of community and ministry service.

Only seniors (graduating in April 2017) are eligible for award consideration. Up to four $1,000 awards will be given annually. Each award recipient will be required to set aside $250 of this gift to the charitable organization of his or her choice. The remaining $750 will be distributed to the award recipient in the form of a cash award.

The aim of this award is to promote the ideals of servant leadership in the George Fox community. In order for your nominee to qualify, this nomination form MUST be received by Monday, April 3.

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie St. Cyr or call 503-554-2306. Click this link to go to the nomination form.

Do you have flat feet? The physical therapy program is conducting research on flat feet that looks at the affects of exercise on arch height. Participants will be asked to follow a foot exercise routine for eight weeks. There is a monetary incentive for completion of the program.

Please contact Marcey Keefer Hutchison at mkeeferhutchison@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2454 if you are interested in participating in our study.

Friendship House is a residential opportunity for women, 21 years of age or older, at George Fox University, in partnership with Mark 2 Ministries and Friendship House Partners.

Students live in intentional Christian community with persons with an intellectual or developmental disability. Life is ordered around the community building blocks Jean Vanier articulated (founder of L’Arche communities), “Eat Together, Pray Together, Celebrate Together!”

Friendship House celebrates together! Celebration happens because Friendship House is a place of deep belonging in which each person, regardless of ability, is seen and recognized as a gift.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, plan to attend one of the informational meetings held in early April:

• Monday, April 3, 2 to 2:45 p.m. at the Portland Center (PSD 160)
• Monday, April 3, 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. on the Newberg campus (Stevens 109)
• Tuesday, April 4, 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on the Newberg campus (Stevens 101)
• Tuesday, April 4, 12:15 to 1 p.m. at the Portland Center (PDS 160)
• Tuesday, April 4, 6 to 6:45 p.m. at the Portland Center (PDS 295)

Learn more about the program at friendshiphousepartners.com.

Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Join us for our first event as we launch the George Fox Business Leadership Society! We are honored to hear from Jessica Williams, founder of the Superwoman Project (superwomanproject.com), TEDx Talk speaker and life coach.

Here are the details:

When: Thursday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Portland Center

The evening will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, networking and much more!

This is free for George Fox employees, but please register at this link ahead of time.

Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.

Come make professional connections and network with George Fox alumni, students and employees at the launch of our George Fox Business Leadership Society!

On Thursday, April 13, local leader, life coach and TEDx Talk speaker Jessica J. Williams will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Portland Center on how to be a leader within any organization.

Door prize raffles and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Cost is $3 with early registration, $5 at the door. The IDEA Center is offering rides to the Portland Center for free.

Register now at this link to save your spot. Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.

Come make professional connections and network with George Fox alumni, students and employees at the launch of our George Fox Business Leadership Society!

On Thursday, April 13, local leader, life coach and TEDx Talk speaker Jessica J. Williams will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Portland Center on the topic “Leadership For Real Impact.”

Door prize raffles and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Cost is $3 with early registration, $5 at the door for students.

Register now at this link to save your spot. Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.

Hello everyone! The Coast to Coast Swing Club will be hosting a live swing dance on Sunday, April 9, and everyone is invited!

It will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in the Wheeler gym. We’ll have snacks and water provided, so bring your friends, bring a date, bring everyone because it is going to be blast! Hope to see you all there.

If you have a questions, please contact Michael Rooney (mrooney14@georgefox.edu).

All Newberg, Portland, Salem and Redmond offices will be closed this Friday, March 31, for the spring break holiday. The Newberg and Portland libraries and bookstores also will be closed.

The university’s human resources department is proud to announce the official launching of Applicant Pool, an applicant tracking system. Some key features are an online application for employment that can connect to a LinkedIn account, a requisition system (replaces the approval-to-recruit process in MyGFU), and a platform for hiring managers to share applications with a search committee that tracks comments and candidate status.

For step-by-step instructions on how to log into Applicant Pool and start a requisition, email Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu. We welcome your feedback!

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach
• Events Coordinator, Department of Advancement
• Data Manager, Undergraduate Admissions
• Nurse Practitioner/Physician’s Assistant

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at this link. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

The university’s theatre department invites you to our third show of the season, Deus Ex Millennia, set to open next week! Come join us as we explore ways in which millennials encounter God and seek grace in the midst of untidy endings.

The show runs April 6-9 and again April 12-14, with all performances taking place in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, April 9, matinee, scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.

Student tickets are free Thursday, April 6, and Wednesday, April 12. It’s recommended you pick up your free ticket in advance online (select “GFU Student” in the drop-down ticket menu). You may also bring your student ID to the door to gain admission.

Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket. You may pick up that ticket (select “GFU Employee” in drop-down menu), purchase additional tickets and read a synopsis of the play here.

Contact Kathy Harris (kharris@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Want to volunteer your lunch hour on Monday, April 10, to help with mock interviews for the career class GEED 216?

We’re looking for a small group of faculty and other employees to engage in a fast-paced, round-robin mock interview format to help prepare 28 students for upcoming interviews. Questions will be provided; no experience necessary!

It will be held from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103. Email Colleen Sump at csump@georgefox.edu if you are interested.

We invite you to view the new features that will be available in August 2017 with our FoxTALE Upgrade. (We will keep you posted as soon as the exact date is available.) See the preview of all new features here, which includes links to short video demos.

Our top picks:

• Restore Deleted Content with Recycle Bin Video (1:33)
• New Grading Page in Assignments Video (2:08)
• Pinned Forum Discussions Video (1:28)
• New Theme – Boost Video (2:19)

We’re also offering webinars where we will demonstrate all the new features. You can also sign up for our End of Semester Open Labs, where you can drop in to work on your FoxTALE course sites (Faculty Sign-up Form).

Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for guides and resources. For questions or assistance using FoxTALE, please contact the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

– Your Educational Technology Team

Tryouts for the 2017-18 cheer team are right around the corner! Come be part of a great team with the best seats in the house for all of our athletic events.

Tryouts will be held Friday, April 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. More information is available on the cheer website: athletics.georgefox.edu/cheer.

Come celebrate Joel Schutter’s eight years of service today (Wednesday) from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Plant Services break room. His last day will be Friday, March 31, but before he goes we want to thank him for his service to the university.

Legacy students are students who have at least one parent or grandparent who is considered an alumni of an undergraduate or graduate degree program at George Fox University.

In order to thank these students and their families for their continued commitment to George Fox, we will present graduating legacy students with a legacy stole that may be worn during spring commencement to display their family legacy. There is no cost for the legacy stole; the stole is our way of recognizing families that have shown a long-term dedication to George Fox.

If you are interested in ordering a legacy stole to celebrate your family’s continued commitment to George Fox University, please contact Megan Fisher, associate director of parent programs, at mfisher@georgefox.edu, no later than Monday, April 3, 2017.

In honor of the university’s 125th anniversary, George Fox employees are invited to a special reception at the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, April 17.

The event will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Senate Chamber Lobby of the capitol building, located at 900 Court St. N.E., in Salem. Please R.S.V.P. to Mary Monahan (mmonahan@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2115) by Tuesday, April 11, if you plan to attend.

Later in the month, the university will  host its own anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons, at which former presidents David Brandt, Tom Johnson and David Le Shana will be in attendance. Contact Mary by April 12 to R.S.V.P. for that event.

Both events are free to attend.

Have you thought about May and Summer Term textbooks? We’ve got you covered! All textbooks are available to buy or rent at georgefoxshop.com. You can have your textbooks shipped to your house or you can pick them up in the Bruin Store.

Contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

P.S. Fall textbooks will be available soon!

Wheeler Fitness Center Spring Break Hours:

• Tuesday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Wednesday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Sunday, 1 to 7 p.m.