Know of students who struggle with test-taking skills? Encourage them to come to an ARC-sponsored workshop, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test Taker),” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Rick Muthiah, director of Learning Support Services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests. Questions? Contact Rick at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.
Do tests drive you crazy? You read the book, did the assignments, studied the night before, and still didn’t do as well as you wanted on your test. What else can you do?
Tomorrow (Thursday), Rick Muthiah, director of Learning Support Services, will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests in an ARC-sponsored workshop, “How to Get A’s on All Your Tests (or at Least Become a Better Test Taker).” Join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Questions? Contact Rick at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.
Want to do something tangible for local foster parents? Embrace Ministries, an outreach ministry of George Fox that helps show hospitality to those in the foster care system, is hosting Foster Parents’ Night Out, a monthly event where we provide a fun and safe place for children in foster care to hang out so their parents can have a night out.
Dates planned are Nov. 5, Jan. 4 and Feb. 4. If you are interested in helping out or learning more, please email Jamie Kitchen at jkitchen15@georgefox.edu.
Join us in the Prayer Chapel tomorrow (Thursday) for Contemplative Worship! This week, we’ll be doing the Examen, which is a practice focused on gratitude and reflection.
Join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. Elective chapel credit is available.
Calling all student musicians, bands or solo artists: If you are interested in performing a set at this year’s Fall Carnival (Friday, Oct. 28), contact Ashley Meyer (ameyer14@georgefox.edu) with a recorded video/demo/mixtape. Multiple bands will be chosen to play at this year’s carnival, and we’d love it to be you!
Due to a family emergency, special guest John Foubert will be unable to speak at the Portland Center tomorrow (Wednesday) as originally scheduled. Foubert, a professor of higher education and student affairs administration at Oklahoma State University, was to speak on the important topic of ending sexual violence.
Foubert expressed his regrets for being unable to speak to the George Fox community at this time. The university plans to reschedule his visit on a future date to be determined.
Questions? Contact the student life office at studentlife@georgefox.edu.
Due to a family emergency, special guest John Foubert will be unable to speak on the Newberg campus today (Tuesday) and at the Portland Center tomorrow (Wednesday) as originally scheduled. Foubert, a professor of higher education and student affairs administration at Oklahoma State University, was to speak on the important topic of ending sexual violence.
Foubert expressed his regrets for being unable to speak to the George Fox community at this time. The university plans to reschedule his visit on a future date to be determined.
Questions? Contact the student life office at studentlife@georgefox.edu.
Due to a family emergency, special guest John Foubert will be unable to speak on the Newberg campus today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) as originally scheduled. Foubert, a professor of higher education and student affairs administration at Oklahoma State University, was to speak on the important topic of ending sexual violence.
Foubert expressed his regrets for being unable to speak to the George Fox community at this time. The university plans to reschedule his visit on a future date to be determined.
Questions? Contact the student life office at studentlife@georgefox.edu.
The IT department welcomes Jeremy Bascom as an applications analyst this month. He arrives from Marshall B. Ketchum University in Fullerton, Calif., where he worked for the past 20 years as an assistant director of information technology (2012-16), a network engineer (2008-12) and as a systems support employee (1996 to 2008). He attended Citrus College in Azusa, Calif. Jeremy lives in Sherwood with his wife, Lori, and their four children – Lelia, Olivia, Elliott and Timothy. They attend Colossae Church in Sherwood.
The College of Education has hired Donna Kestek to serve as co-director of clinical practices. She is transferring to the position after working as a teacher education associate at the university since January of this year. Prior to joining George Fox, Donna worked as a computer applications/office systems instructor at Portland Community College. She also taught keyboarding and software training as a business technology instructor at Mt. Hood Community College and at Clackamas Community College. She started her teaching career in the business department at Roseburg High School before teaching at Aloha High School for 10 years. Donna holds a master’s degree in teaching from Portland State University and a bachelor’s degree in education from Oregon State University. She lives in West Linn with her husband, Jeff. She has a daughter, Amy, who teaches kindergarten in Central Oregon and a son, Brett, who is an accountant working in Atlanta. Donna and her family attend Willamette Christian Church in West Linn.
Jocelyn Stein joins the university to serve as the events coordinator for the William Penn Honors Program. She worked the past five years as the director of women’s ministry at Countryside Community Church in Sherwood. Previously, she worked for the Sherwood School District as a teacher in the district’s Alternative Learning Center from 2006 to 2008. She also gained teaching experience as an English teacher at North Salem High School (2004-05) and as a language arts teacher at The Bear Creek School in Redmond, Wash., (2002-2004). Jocelyn is married to Matt and they have three children: Braden, Emma and Caleb.
The Murdock Learning Resource Center has hired alumnus Jacob Vahlenkamp to work as a library assistant on a half-time basis. It marks a return for Jacob, who was a work-study student for the library all four years as an undergraduate student from 2011 to 2015. He was also an RA during his senior year in 2014-15. After graduating, Jacob spent a year working as a teller at a bank in Longmont, Colo. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministries from George Fox (2015) and lives in Portland. He attends Imago Dei Community in Portland.
After 25 years of service to the university, Linda Sartwell (Mail Services) retired from George Fox last week.
Kyle Pfeiffer (Alumni Relations) left the university after accepting a position at a high-tech company that recruited him.
The university recognized Gina Braden (Physical Therapy) and Kristie DeHaven (IDEA Center) as its Support Staff Employee of the Year and Administrator of the Year for the 2015-16 academic year, respectively.
Jenny Elsey (Intercultural Life) made a presentation, “Addressing Campus Climate: Student Life Programming and Leveraging Institutional Assets,†at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities’ 2016 Diversity Conference in New York, N.Y., in September. The presentation was highlighted under the conference category of “Pedagogy and Practice.†The conference, hosted by the CCCU Diversity and Inclusion Commission, chaired by Rebecca Hernandez (Associate VP of Intercultural Engagement & Faculty Development), reached a record number of attendees and provided space to address difficult questions and issues that arise in creating an inclusive community.
Rebekah Hanson (Music) recorded and released a musical album, Unfolded, with her orchestral rock band, The Cabin Project (June, 2016). Rebekah wrote and recorded vocal and string parts with the band over the past two years. The Cabin Project has toured throughout the United States and played in many festivals, including SXSW, Seattle’s Folklife and The Denver Underground Music Showcase.
Ed Higgins (English) published the poem “Grunion Fishing†in the Sept. 28, 2016, edition of the Peacock Journal, an online literary magazine that celebrates beauty. The poem is accompanied by Ed’s short creative nonfiction piece “on Beauty.â€
Paul Otto (History) led a webinar on wampum for the America in Class program sponsored by the National Humanities Center. The presentation was part of a series of live, interactive professional development webinars the center hosts for history and literature teachers, conducted by leading scholars.
Due to a family emergency, special guest John Foubert will be unable to speak on the Newberg campus today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) as originally scheduled. Foubert, a professor of higher education and student affairs administration at Oklahoma State University, was to speak on the important topic of ending sexual violence.
Foubert expressed his regrets for being unable to speak to the George Fox community at this time. The university plans to reschedule his visit on a future date to be determined.
Questions? Contact the student life office at studentlife@georgefox.edu.
Oct. 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Doug Beatty, Jane Wilson
Oct. 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cindy Howard
Oct. 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Linda Crossland
Oct. 9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dana Bates, Brian Doak, Caroline Wildhaber
Oct. 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rob Felton, Jim Smart
Oct. 11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gary Eckerdt, Lizzy Riese
Oct. 13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kathy Weiss
Oct. 14Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Traci Porter
Oct. 15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Debra Espinor, Elizabeth Licon, Gina Worley
Oct. 16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Richard Shaw, Caleb Wheelock
Oct. 17Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ben Giudice
Before you can change the world, let the world change you! Study abroad for a semester.
Want to learn more? Join us for a Study Abroad Fair tomorrow (Wednesday) in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium. Come learn about your opportunities to study abroad for a semester through George Fox! Representatives from more than 10 different programs in almost 40 countries will be available for questions and information. Everyone is welcome! The fair will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Questions? Contact Lynn Scott in the Center for Study Abroad, at lscott@georgefox.edu or ext. 2150.
Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.
The Wheeler Fitness Center will be closed this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7-8, for fall break. It will reopen for regular hours on Sunday (1-7 p.m.).
Have a wonderful, exercise-filled weekend!
If you missed dance team tryouts last time, you have another chance! Come prepared to dance with our new coach, former Portland Trail Blazer dancer Kimberly Kjersten!
Tryouts will be from 8 to 9:30 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) in Wheeler Sports Center’s Room 211. Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey at amcconaughey@georgefox.edu.
Exercise your civic right and responsibility to vote in the upcoming election! BestColleges.com recently published a helpful voting guide for students, which is useful for both first-time and out-of-state voters.
BestColleges.com has no political affiliation, but provides this resource to encourage and increase voting participation among college students.
The university community is invited to chapel today (Tuesday) as alumnus actor Rich Swingle (class of 1991) presents a one-man program, “Big Fish, Little Worm,” at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Tomorrow night in Vespers, we’ll take a look at Romans 5 beginning at 7 p.m. in Bauman.
Looking ahead, next week we’ll host an info meeting about upcoming SpIL trips over the winter, spring and summer breaks. If you’re interested in any of these trips, join us Wednesday, Oct. 12, right after Vespers in Bauman.
Have you ever thought about living and working overseas? Are you passionate about serving people and their communities? Come join Lisa Snell, a Peace Corps recruiter who served in the Peace Corps in Morocco for two years, at an info session on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from noon to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons (Room 101).
Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and have the experience of a lifetime. Bring your lunch and join us to learn about Peace Corps experiences, ask questions about service, and gain tips to guide you through the application process. Register to attend at this link.
Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.
Contact the IDEA Center with questions.
Before traveling to Sam Houston University to present his “Encounters with Beethoven†program this Friday, music professor Kenn Willson will perform music from the concert for the George Fox community tomorrow (Wednesday) from 9 to 10 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
Feel free to swing by any time as your schedule allows for this “open house” play-through.
Ever wonder what’s for dinner? Want to know what the Bruin Den’s special is, without walking over? Trying to plan out your meals for the day? Now you can! Bon Appetit posts our menus daily on our website at georgefox.cafebonappetit.com.
You can also subscribe to “menu mail” from our website and get the daily menu for the Canyon Commons, the Bruin Den or Bridge Cafe emailed directly to your inbox!
