Check out this opportunity for high schoolers this summer

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

The Pre-College Summer Institute invites high school students to join us on campus this summer from Sunday, June 23, to Friday, June 28.

Participants will experience living and learning at Oregon’s top private university and spark a vision for the future. Plus, they’ll earn a $1,000 annual scholarship to George Fox at the completion of the program!

Students will:

  • Earn college credit in an immersive learning environment
  • Learn from George Fox professors
  • Live on campus for a week and get a taste of college life
  • Enjoy a variety of evening activities, from outdoor recreation to worship night
  • Meet new friends who share interests
  • Explore a future career and calling

High schoolers can get started by visiting the Pre-College Summer Institute page and choose one of the following tracks:

  • Art & Design: Made to Make It
  • Anatomy for Pre-Health Professions
  • Engineering: Designing and Making
  • Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
  • Exploring Biotechnology
  • Fox Film Workshop
  • Liberation Scholars
  • Nursing Institute
  • Theatre Workshop and Showcase

Register today!

Murdock Library will have adjusted hours for spring break

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

Following is the Murdock Library’s hours for spring break:

  • Tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday, March 24: Closed
  • Monday, March 25, to Thursday, March 28: Open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • FridayMarch 30, to SundayMarch 31: Closed

The 24-hour space will remain open throughout spring break.

Please email Sarah Willhite at lwillhite@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Register for Uganda Glow Run/Walk fundraiser on April 5

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

Grab your friends and sign up for the 5K for Uganda Glow Run/Walk on Friday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m.! The course will start on the George Fox track, travel around the campus perimeter twice, and end back on the track.

The cost is $20 for students, $30 for community members, and $10 for children under age 10. Sign up at this link.

All proceeds go toward the Doctor of Physical Therapy medical service trip to Uganda, where we will be working with patients in rural communities.

Questions? Contact Hannah Quinn at hbusch15@georgefox.edu.

Seminary student seeks feedback from students who receive accommodations

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

I am a seminary student, pursuing my Master of Arts in Leadership & Culture, and I receive academic accommodations from the Disability & Accessibility Services department to support me as an Autistic-ADHD student.

I’m looking for other students who receive accommodations like me (or those who decided not to request accommodations) who would be willing to chat with me and tell me a little about your experience at the seminary (or at George Fox in general). I’m working on a project for a class where I’m being asked to gather stories from students to hear how others experience their education while having different access needs, whether officially accommodated or not.

If you would be willing to chat with me to share a little bit of your story, I would love to meet you! Please contact me directly this week, or hopefully before the end of March. Of course if you contact me after that I’d be just as happy to meet you just to say hello.

Thank you! I look forward to meeting you!

Melissa Skinner (mskinner21@georgefox.edu)

Share your ideas on how to engage with Arab American Heritage Month

Wednesday, March 20th, 2024

Arab American Heritage Month starts after spring break! Do you have any recommendations for the George Fox community to engage this April?

Whether it be podcasts or reading, events or restaurants, music or film, the Intercultural Resource Center would love to capture your ideas. Let us know here.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Zanne Backous at sbackous@georgefox.edu.

Don’t wait to schedule your appointment with the Virtual Learning Center

Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

The Virtual Learning Center (VLC) is ready to help you with writing consultations and academic coaching, including time management and learning strategies. To schedule an appointment, go to the TracCloud icon on your Canvas page. Don’t wait to schedule your appointment!

Please note that the VLC will be closed from ThursdayMarch 25, through FridayMarch 29, due to spring break.

If you have any questions, please email us at vlc@georgefox.edu.

Honor cords are available for graduating veterans

Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

Are you a veteran graduating this spring? If so, you can pick up your honor cord from the student accounts office at the Exodus Grad Fair today (Wednesday) in Canyon Commons Rooms 102-103 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you can’t make it to Exodus or have any questions, please email veterans@georgefox.edu.

Sign up today for Uganda Glow Run/Walk fundraiser to receive a free T-shirt

Monday, March 18th, 2024

Grab your friends and sign up for the 5K for Uganda Glow Run/Walk on Friday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m.! The 5K will begin at the Stoffer Family Stadium track.

The cost is $20 for students, $30 for community members, and $10 for children under age 10. The last day to sign up to receive a free T-shirt is today (Tuesday). Sign up at this link.

All proceeds go toward the Doctor of Physical Therapy medical service trip to Uganda, where we will be working with patients in rural communities.

Questions? Contact Hannah Quinn at hbusch15@georgefox.edu.

Virtual Learning Center, formerly the Portland Writing Center, is ready to help you

Sunday, March 17th, 2024

The Portland Writing Center is now called the Virtual Learning Center (VLC). We offer the same services, writing consultations, and academic coaching with the same amazing consultants. Our name has simply changed to represent the modality of our services.

You can contact the VLC at vlc@georgefox.edu. To schedule an appointment with the VLC, please go to the TracCloud icon on your Canvas page. You will find us under the Virtual Learning Center in TracCloud. Don’t wait to schedule your appointment!

If you have any questions, please email Heather Harney at hharney@georgefox.edu.

DPT hosting a silent auction fundraiser for Uganda service trip on April 13

Sunday, March 17th, 2024

Please join us for a lively night to help send George Fox’s Doctor of Physical Therapy’s (DPT) students to Uganda. The night will include dinner, dessert, and an abundance of items that you will have the opportunity to bid on via silent auction.

We have a diverse selection of items, including gift contributions from local small businesses, companies, travel experiences, and more!

The auction will take place in Canyon Commons 101 on Saturday, April 13, from 5 to 8 p.m. All proceeds go toward funding George Fox’s DPT program’s 11th annual medical service trip to Uganda, where we will be working with patients in rural communities.

Contact Taryn Conwell at tconwell22@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Attend ‘The First Thirty Years: Truth, Reconciliation and Post-Apartheid South Africa’ tonight

Sunday, March 17th, 2024

Come tonight (Monday) to hear former George Fox professor Gina Johnson’s assessment of South Africa’s truth and reconciliation process. Has injustice been remedied? Has hatred and political polarization been healed? Have South Africa’s hopes for a functioning and civil democracy been realized? What can we learn from South Africa’s experience in our own deeply polarized era?

To find out, come to Hoover 105 at 6:30 p.m. to hear Dr. Johnson’s presentation. The event will be video recorded.

Questions? Please reach out to Ron Mock at rmock@georgefox.edu.

Survey: Judge memes for clinical psychology project

Sunday, March 17th, 2024

Like memes? Enjoy research? Have we got the opportunity for you! Take this survey to judge our memes and answer some questions about yourself.

Questions? Contact Ryan Johnson at rjohnson17@georgefox.edu, Brittannee Mahoney at bmahoney21@georgefox.edu, or Amber Nelson (faculty advisor) at neslona@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Attend ‘The First Thirty Years: Truth, Reconciliation and Post-Apartheid South Africa’ on Monday

Thursday, March 14th, 2024

Apartheid in South Africa officially ended 30 years ago, leaving the country with questions about how to replace violence and stark injustice with a functioning democracy, inclusive of all the nation’s citizens.

South Africans turned to a new idea, utilizing truth and reconciliation commissions to expose the reality of apartheid while offering amnesty from prosecution or retaliation to those who told the truth about what they did. This approach was celebrated as a new and better way to deal with injustice and the stark social, political, and economic polarization it created.

Has it worked as hoped? Former George Fox professor Gina Johnson will help us answer that question. Come to Hoover 105 this Monday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m. to hear her presentation. The event will be video recorded.

Questions? Please reach out to Ron Mock at rmock@georgefox.edu.

DPT is offering free physical therapy evaluations for low back pain

Thursday, March 14th, 2024

Do you have low back pain? There is still space available in our free physical therapy low back evaluation day on Wednesday, April 10, between 8 and 11:30 p.m. Evaluations will be done by second-year George Fox doctor of physical therapy students (with a licensed clinician present). Appointments are about 45 minutes.

Please reach out to Li-Zandre Philbrook at lphilbrook@georgefox.edu for more information and scheduling.

Sign up for Uganda Glow Run/Walk fundraiser on April 5

Thursday, March 14th, 2024

Grab your friends and sign up for the 5K for Uganda Glow Run/Walk on Friday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m.! The 5K will begin at the Stoffer Family Stadium track.

The cost is $20 for students, $30 for community members, and $10 for children under age 10. This includes a free T-shirt if you sign up by Tuesday, March 19. Sign up at this link.

All proceeds go toward the Doctor of Physical Therapy medical service trip to Uganda, where we will be working with patients in rural communities.

Questions? Contact Hannah Quinn at hbusch15@georgefox.edu.

Survey: Judge memes for clinical psychology project

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

Like memes? Enjoy research? Have we got the opportunity for you! Take this survey to judge our memes and answer some questions about yourself.

Questions? Contact Ryan Johnson at rjohnson17@georgefox.edu, Brittannee Mahoney at bmahoney21@georgefox.edu, or Amber Nelson (faculty advisor) at neslona@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Explore the question, ‘What does it mean to be human?’ at tonight’s Dalton Lecture

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

What does it mean to be human? This year’s Dalton Lecture explores the question from both scientific and biblical perspectives, with an emphasis on awe. The lecture will identify shared values in both the scientific and spiritual approaches to exploring human distinctiveness.

Join us tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium for the lecture, “Stardust & Wonder,” with Dr. Praveen Sethupathy, chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University.

Dr. Sethupathy will include concepts from science and genomics that invite the audience to marvel at who we are and how it relates to our calling as image bearers of God.

The public is welcome, and admission is free. A George Fox Student Research Symposium and cookie reception will follow. Spiritual life credit is available to students who attend.

There will be an additional science lecture on pediatric cancer from Dr. Sethupathy this afternoon at 3 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

You can read more about the Dalton Lecture Series here.

Please reach out to Amanda Sue Harris at amandah@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Attend ‘The First Thirty Years: Truth, Reconciliation and Post-Apartheid South Africa’ on March 18

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

Apartheid in South Africa officially ended 30 years ago, leaving the country with questions about how to replace violence and stark injustice with a functioning democracy, inclusive of all the nation’s citizens.

South Africans turned to a new idea, utilizing truth and reconciliation commissions to expose the reality of apartheid while offering amnesty from prosecution or retaliation to those who told the truth about what they did. This approach was celebrated as a new and better way to deal with injustice and the stark social, political, and economic polarization it created.

Has it worked as hoped? Former George Fox professor Dr. Gina Johnson will help us answer that question. Come to Hoover 105 on Monday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m. to hear her presentation. The event will be video recorded.

Questions? Please reach out to Ron Mock at rmock@georgefox.edu.

Join Zoom session ‘George Fox, An Evangelical Quaker Perspective’ tomorrow

Monday, March 11th, 2024

In celebration of George Fox’s 400th birthday, Paul Anderson will be kicking off the “George Fox at 400” lecture series for the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in England tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon. This virtual session will consider Fox from an evangelical Quaker perspective.

Register for the Zoom session here.

If you have any questions, reach out to Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

All are welcome to join Quaker Worship time tomorrow

Monday, March 11th, 2024

Come join us for Quaker Worship tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 250 for a time of quiet waiting on the Lord. Jay Miller will be hosting. SpiL credit will be offered.

Feel free to reach out to Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu with any questions.