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Archive for May, 2009
George Fox Boise Center hosts commencement June 13
May 28th, 2009
BOISE, Idaho – George Fox University Boise Center will host a commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 13, for 75 Treasure Valley-area students earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
The ceremony will be held in the Jordan Ballroom on the second floor of the Boise State University Student Union Building. Patrick Allen, provost of George Fox [...]
Former George Fox professor celebrates 100th birthday May 31
May 27th, 2009
NEWBERG, Ore. – Mackey W. Hill, a professor emeritus at George Fox University, will celebrate his 100th birthday with a gathering at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 31, at Northside Community Church, 1800 Hoskins St., in Newberg.
Hill taught history at George Fox from 1949 to 1974 while also serving pastoral roles at the Free Methodist Church [...]
George Fox University names Quentin Nordyke Volunteer of Year
May 20th, 2009
NEWBERG, Ore. – Take a walk on George Fox University’s Newberg, Ore., campus, and you’ll notice Quentin Nordyke’s work. He isn’t a painter or a sculptor. Rather, he leaves his mark by creating the directional and identification signs on the 85-acre campus.
As a volunteer, Nordyke spends two to three days a week year-round creating the [...]
George Fox students serve in South Africa in May
May 8th, 2009
NEWBERG, Ore. – A team of 19 George Fox University students and staff are in South Africa this month for nearly four weeks of service as part of the university’s May Serve program.
The team of 17 students and two staff members is working near Cape Town with Monte Christo Ministries, an organization that specializes in [...]
George Fox University students travel abroad this spring
May 8th, 2009
NEWBERG, Ore. – More than 200 George Fox University students are on 13 international study trips this month in Asia, Africa, Western Europe, Central America, Egypt, New Guinea and New Zealand.
The study tours are part of the university’s Juniors Abroad program. Since 1987, the program has sent third- and fourth-year students on three-week overseas study [...]
George Fox University to host more than 30,000 guests this summer
May 7th, 2009
NEWBERG, Ore. – More than 30,000 people will visit the George Fox University campus this summer for retreats, seminars, sports camps, conferences and other events. Among the larger upcoming events will be the Oregon Suzuki Institute music camp (June 20-27); the Northwest Basketball Camps (July); and the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Conference (July).
The summer [...]
George Fox Boise Center MAT students present research May 8
May 6th, 2009
BOISE, Idaho – Master of arts in teaching students from George Fox University’s Boise Center will present their research at a symposium from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the Courtyard Marriott Boise West/Meridian at 1789 S. Eagle Road, in Meridian.
The event is open to the public and there is no charge to [...]
Work of George Fox University music professor featured in concert series
May 6th, 2009
Brent Weaver’s “Chehalem Sketches” to be performed by Alder Street Sextet May 31
NEWBERG, Ore. – The work of George Fox University Associate Professor of Music Brent Weaver will be featured in a concert series, “Celebration Works: Music & Art at First Presbyterian,” scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, May 31, in the sanctuary of First [...]
George Fox University, city of Newberg host housing fair May 16
May 5th, 2009
NEWBERG, Ore. – George Fox University and the city of Newberg are teaming up to sponsor a free housing fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, in Miller Gymnasium in the university’s Wheeler Sports Center.
The event will allow attendees to speak one-on-one with professionals about the housing market and what it takes [...]
George Fox honors Chris Koch as 2009 Researcher of Year
May 1st, 2009
NEWBERG, Ore. (May 1, 2009) – Professor of psychology Chris Koch was honored as recipient of George Fox University’s 2009 Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Scholarship.
Koch serves as director of assessment for the university’s Undergraduate Department of Psychology and teaches research methods, statistics, cognition, neuroscience, and sensation and perception. He also established and directs [...]