Please join the IT department for a farewell reception for Greg Smith on Friday, Jan. 25, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium. Refreshments will be provided.
Greg is leaving the university to become the chief information officer and vice provost-research at Missouri University of Science & Technology. He had served at George Fox for the past eight and a half years.
The first Spanish Chapel of 2013 will beat 10:40 a.m. this Friday, January 25 in the newly renovated Bruin Grounds. Our guest speaker will be Bob Gilmore, a retired GFU professor who is a poet and musician. Hope to see you there!
If you have questions or would like to get involved with Spanish Chapel, feel free to contact Michelle Gonzalez at mgonzalezramos09@georgefox.edu
The university invites the campus community to “One Million Bones,” a large-scale national social arts project organized to raise awareness of genocides and mass atrocities going on in the world, this Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Ron Gregory (EHS) Atrium.
The event, scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m., calls for participants to create bones of clay that will be part of a collaborative installation of 1 million bones on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 8-10. For every bone created, $1 is being donated to the humanitarian group CARE International for the organization’s work in Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies are co-sponsoring the event on campus, and the art department is kiln-firing all the bones created. There is no charge to participate, and clay will be provided.
To learn more, contact Clint Baldwin at ext. 2685 or visit onemillionbones.org.
The campus community is invited to the opening reception for an art exhibit in Minthorne Gallery on Thursday, Jan. 24. Tony Caltabiano’s work will be on display in the gallery beginning Thursday and running through Thursday, Feb. 28.
An opening reception for the show, entitled “Three Oceans,” is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Prior to the reception, the artist will speak from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Questions? Contact Cheri Hampton at ext. 2619 or champton@georgefox.edu.
Linda Samek (School of Education) and others received a $740,000 United States Department of Education grant for the Center of Algebraic Thinking, a collaborative four-school math education project designed to inform new teachers concerning students’ struggles with algebra. The center includes an online encyclopedia of algebraic thinking, a catalog of formative assessment problems, a database of technological tools, iPad apps, modules for math methods courses that incorporate research, and a collaborative social network for teachers of algebra. As a result, four universities (George Fox, Willamette, Pacific University and Western Oregon University) will use restructured math methods courses that lead to increased pre-service teachers’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions toward students’ algebraic thinking.
Joel Perez (Dean of Transitions and Inclusion) published an article, “Diversity at Christian Colleges: It’s About Mission,†in the most recent issue of the Christian Higher Education Journal.
Ed Higgins (English) recently published four science fiction poems – “The Visitors,†“formation of a black hole,†“Science Fiction†and “To begin with†– in a new British science fiction publication, Theurgy Magazine. In addition, his piece “Orca Pod†was published in the Jan. 14 issue of The Faircloth Review, an online literary and arts journal.
Jan. 23 Ted Allen, Bill Buhrow, Mike Foster, John Johnson, Kris Molitor
Jan. 25 Julia Hurlow
Jan. 26 Matt Sargent
Jan. 29 Mindy Holland, Leslie Wuest
Jan. 31 Missy Terry
Feb. 1 Andrea Byerley, Bonnie Jerke, Bruce Owen, Tanya Rooney
Feb. 2 Dave Adrian, Justine Haigh, Emily Sheffield
Feb. 3 Mark McLeod-Harrison
Feb. 4 Kristie DeHaven, Gloria Doherty, Chris Schlarbaum
Common Ground will be meeting tonight (Wednesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. at Newberg First United Methodist Church (1205 Deborah Road). Everyone is welcome to join us as we talk about “No Name Calling Week.”
If you would like to carpool with us, meet in front of Edwards (behind the SUB) at 6:45 p.m. If you have any questions, contact Events Coordinator Ariel Walter at awalter11@georgefox.edu.
This Thursday (Jan. 24), representatives from 21 different Christian camps from around the Pacific Northwest will be on the Newberg campus seeking George Fox students for positions in youth counseling, hosting, adventure camping, horse camping, challenge course facilitating, kitchen staff, lifeguarding, housekeeping and more.
See the entire list of camps here or stop by Career Services on the first floor of the Stevens Center. Christian camp reps will be in the EHS atrium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Contact Career Services for more information.
A Fence Must Be Built!
James Project is partnering with Habitat for Humanity THIS Saturday, January 26. We will be working outside on building a fence. If this sounds like something you can handle we’d really appreciate the help! Serving is such a great opportunity to represent Jesus and build community with other students.
We will be meeting in the Den (outside the Christian Services Office) at 8:30 a.m. THIS Saturday morning.
Email Miranda D’Agostini (JP coordinator) at mdagostini11@georgefox.edu for info and/or to RSVP.
Due to students dropping classes and returning books, we now have stock of some books previously sold out. If you are still needing to purchase textbooks, check our website. “In Store” means we have copies here at the Annex.
If you have an online order to pick up, please come to the Annex this week to get it. Thanks.
For more information, please contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu
Students: Stressed out because you don’t know APA style for citations? A workshop scheduled from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. this Friday, Jan. 25, in Hoover 105, is for you.
Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.
Faculty: Please let your students know about this opportunity.
Come enjoy Slick’s Big Time BBQ at the men’s basketball game tonight (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. There will be a variety of food items, which include “Championship Pulled Pork Sliders” smothered in Slick’s signature barbecue sauce, smoked barbecue beef sliders with gluten-free whiskey barbecue sauce and so much more! Only $3 to $6.
The food is brought to you by Fox Express, a George Fox senior capstone company. If you have any questions, please contact Meng Dong (mdong11@georgefox.edu).
The campus community is invited to an “Intellectual Feast” this afternoon (Tuesday) from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 250. Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) will be presenting “A Bi-Optic Hypothesis.â€
Synopsis
For a century and a half, the leading gospel-composition theory among New Testament scholars (the Synoptic Hypothesis) has sought to explain possible relations between Matthew, Mark and Luke — leaving out the Gospel of John. In recent years, Anderson sought to advance a theory that explains the place of John among the gospels.
Seeing John and Mark as having two different perspectives from day one, Anderson’s “Bi-Optic Hypothesis†identifies particular relations between John and each of the other gospel traditions, leading to a new overall theory of gospel composition. Paul will outline this theory and its implications.
Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided. All are welcome!
The university invites the campus community to “One Million Bones,” a large-scale national social arts project organized to raise awareness of genocides and mass atrocities going on in the world, this Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Ron Gregory (EHS) Atrium.
The event, scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m., calls for participants to create bones of clay that will be part of a collaborative installation of 1 million bones on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 8-10. The installation will serve as a symbol of solidarity with the millions of victims and survivors of ongoing conflict in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia – and as a visible petition to raise awareness of the issue and call upon the government to take much-needed and long overdue action.
For every bone created, the Bezos Family Foundation is donating $1, up to $500,000, to the humanitarian group CARE International for relief support and for rebuilding programs that benefit young people in hard-hit areas.
George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice and art department are teaming up to host the event on campus. There is no charge to participate, and clay will be provided.
The national effort is being organized by Students Rebuild, an organization dedicated to mobilizing young people worldwide to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. CARE International is a leading relief and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty.
To learn more about Thursday’s event on the George Fox campus, contact Clint Baldwin at ext. 2685. For more on the national One Million Bones effort, visit onemillionbones.org.
An all-employee meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, Jan. 24, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium (please note location change).
The meeting will include an update on the Stoffer Family Stadium project, including a construction timeline and renderings, and a presentation on how Bruin athletics (track and field and football), community events and student activities will benefit from this new facility.
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link†located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.â€
University Mail Services will be open from 10 a.m. to noon today (Saturday, Jan. 19) for students to pick up their packages. Because of this late notice, please spread the word.
Thanks,
Mail Services
The 2012-13 SCORR team will be doing a fundraiser after MLK chapel on Wednesday, Jan. 23! We will wait outside as chapel is being released and take donations for our trip to the Student Congress of Racial Reconciliation Conference at Biola University in March.
Please bring your leftover change and support us in bringing diversity and reconciliation to the George Fox campus!
For more information, please contact Leslie Hunt at lhunt10@georgefox.edu.
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) will be open for business starting Tuesday, Jan. 22. Hours are Monday-Thursday, 1-10 p.m., and Friday, 1-4 p.m.
If you would like an ARC consultant to visit your classroom and let your students know how the ARC can help them, please contact us and we can schedule a classroom visit. We can tailor class presentations to your particular discipline, explaining to students how an ARC consultant might help them with APA style, for example, or with writing the next great American novel.
The ARC will also be offering writing groups this semester for students who would like to meet weekly, or every other week, to discuss ongoing writing projects. These groups are facilitated by ARC consultants, and provide writers with structured feedback about their work.
Finally, if you are requiring students to attend the ARC this semester, please let us know so that we can be prepared for your students and their assignment(s). Contact Melanie Springer Mock (mmock@georgefox.edu) or Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu) about this or other services the ARC can offer you and your students.
In an effort to be more “green,†the custodial department has installed new roll towel dispensers in restrooms across campus in an effort to save money by reducing the amount of time spent restocking multi-fold towels (many dispensers will no longer have both types of towels).
This change eliminates the need to replace batteries yearly in the old units and allows for the purchase of a more natural brown towel that is made from 100 percent recycled material.
There are a couple things you need to keep in mind when using these new machines.
Feel free to contact Dwayne Astleford at 503-554-2030 with any questions.
Friday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Puget Sound (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Friday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Puget Sound (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926, or visit the athletics website at gfubruins.com.
