Archive for April, 2018

Please be aware of bike policy going into effect April 30

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

At the end of the spring semester a university-wide bicycle “clean-up” will be done. Here are the details:

  • Bicycles that are illegally parked, unregistered or inoperable will be impounded.
  • Bicycle racks need to be cleared to do routine maintenance to the bicycle racks and surrounding areas.
  • The basement of Gulley Hall will no longer be a place to store bikes. The space will be used for other needs after April 30.
  • Bikes will be tagged the Monday after graduation week (April 30) and rounded up the following Friday (May 4).
  • In order to accommodate the maintenance of the bike rack areas, bicycles may not be stored on campus during the summer. If you are not going to be on campus using your bicycle during the summer, please remove it.
  • Juniors Abroad students and students using their bikes during the summer must remove their bikes from campus racks and move them to their place of summer residence or a temporary place of storage before the round-up on May 4.
  • Bicycles NOT picked up from the impound lot by May 31 will be forwarded to the local charities at the discretion of campus public safety department. Junk bicycles will be recycled.

Contact Matt Dyment (mdyment@georgefox.edu) for more information.

‘The Wineskin’ has been released as an e-book

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

The Wineskin has been released as an e-book! Click below to view the creativity of your fellow Bruins in the George Fox literary and art magazine!

The Wineskin

Contact Kialynn Palpant (kpalpant16@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Freshman engineers show off products in ‘Shark Tank’ fashion

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

This year the freshman engineering class has been tasked with building a smart academic product. Products will be pitched and judged much like the TV show Shark Tank! Join us on Wednesday, April 25, at 8 a.m. and Thursday, April 26, at 8 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. in the Maker Hub.

Everyone is invited! Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Call for business card orders

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Marketing Communications will be processing the next business card order on Wednesday, May 2. Submit your request for business cards directly with B&B Print Source before Tuesday, May 1.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to Baccalaureate service this Friday night

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

The university pastors warmly invite you to attend the undergraduate Baccalaureate service on Friday, April 27, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Baccalaureate is a commissioning service for our graduating seniors and is the opening event of the graduation festivities.

We welcome you to join with us as we support, pray and commission our graduates into all that God has for them as they conclude their time here. Attire for the event is business casual.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office for Spiritual and Intercultural Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2320.

Textbook buyback and rental check-in is this week

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Students, get cash for your textbooks as the Bruin Store hosts Spring Textbook Buyback April 23-27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday is also the deadline for all rental textbooks to be checked in. While you’re here, check out our clearance selection. Go Bruins!

Questions? Contact Michael Simmons.

Attend Improv Theater Class Showcase tonight

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

The theater class is hosting an improv showcase tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. All students are welcome to attend.

Questions? Contact Paige Patterson.

What are your plans for the summer?

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Summer is here and we’re sure you have exciting places to go and things to do! We also know that many of you have jobs or internships (or both) planned for this summer, and we really want to know what those are. This information is helpful to us for many reasons, especially because we love to brag about the amazing things our students do outside of the classroom. We’re even putting together a campaign that will highlight several students and their summer internship experiences, and we’d love to include you!

On top of that, we’ll be giving away a $25 Amazon gift card to one lucky respondent! Click on this link to complete our two-minute survey. Questions? Contact Grace Packer.

Submit your fiscal year-end print design requests to Marketing Communications

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Please submit your year-end print design requests for Marketing Communications now. Your print jobs must be received by Friday, June 29, and the last day to place orders using the purchase order system is May 31 in accordance with university policy.

If you have questions, contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2125).

Make plans to attend all-employee lunch today

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Today (Tuesday) is your last opportunity to attend an all-employee lunch this year. Make plans with your coworkers to head over to Canyon Commons anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Cost of lunch is only $3.

Attend Music History research presentations

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

You are invited to Music History II’s final presentations on Thursday, April 26, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Ross 221. Each presentation covers a unique topic connecting and exploring music from the 1400s through the 21st century. The students are excited to share their research on how music interacts with and influences philosophy, racism, pop culture and more.

You are welcome to attend all presentations, but come and go as needed. We hope you will join us!

Questions? Contact Abigail Magsarili.

Comings and Goings

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Chris Low has joined the marketing communications department as a photographer. He has worked in the photography industry in the Portland area since January of 2010, and before that he worked for more than three years in Atlanta while attending photography school at the award-winning Portfolio Center. Chris has worked for a wide range of clients in the athletic, lifestyle and editorial fields, including Nike, Adidas, Columbia, Costco, Walgreens, Territory Run Co., and Competitor magazine. He has a varied work experience in the profession, serving as a photographer’s assistant, a digital tech and the photographer on assignments. Previous to his degree from Portfolio Center, he earned a bachelor’s degree in communication media and broadcast from George Fox in 2002. Chris is an avid runner and enjoys spending time with family. He lives in Beaverton with his wife of 14 years, Caitlin, and their 4-year-old boy, MacLaren (Mac). The family attends Colossae Church in Tigard.


Danae Allen (Adult Degree Program) is leaving the university April 25. She has accepted a position as an operations manager for a small private equity firm in Tigard.

About Our People

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Karen Jorgenson Murphy (Adjunct, Christian Studies) is publishing a book, Pentecostals and Roman Catholics on Becoming a Christian, through Brill.

Mark Allen Eaton (Adjunct Theatre/Communication/Humanities) traveled to New York City March 29-31 to see the one-act adaptation of his play, Pilate, performed at Theatre 315, the Salvation Army’s Off-Broadway black-box theatre. The performance was directed by Chuck Goodin, produced by Carol Jaudes, and starred Ian Evans as “Pilate” and Kathryn Higgins as “Claudia.”

Paul Anderson (Christian studies) participated in an initial accreditation review of the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology for the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. He also had his tribute to John Punshon published in Oxford’s newsletter The Brazen Nose 2016-2017, and his essay, “The Johannine Riddles and their Place in the Development of Trinitarian Theology,” was published in The Bible and Early Trinitarian Theology. Finally, his “Celebrating Forty Years of Celebration of Discipline: An Interview with Richard Foster,” was published in Quaker Life (April) and posted on the Renovare website, as was his essay, “The Lord’s Prayer as a Transformative Pattern.”

Birthdays

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

April 25             Terri Beecroft, Valerie Sherwood, Richard Silver
April 26             Emma Glennen
April 28             Danny Cross, Sunggu Yang
April 29             Jeff Woods
April 30             Chris Cleaver
May 1                Patrick Allen, Emily Sallee
May 2                Beth Hampton, Dwayne Worden
May 4                Sarah Reid
May 5                Robert Bonner, Emily Davis, Tai Harden-Moore
May 7                Ryan Forbes
May 8                Molly Hickok, Brent Wilson, Deb Worden
May 10              Heidi Duckworth, Chris Meade
May 11              Katherine Morland
May 12              Megan Hills, Mark Smith, Marla Sweningson
May 13              Jenny Elsey, Rob Leslie
May 14              Kathi Becker, Don Powers

Survey: College Ranking

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Calling all undergraduates, graduates and faculty. Do you want to share your opinion about how great George Fox is? Do you have a college email address? Do you want a chance to win $30,000 in scholarships? If you answered yes to any of these questions, fill out this survey. It will only take a couple minutes, and students will be entered into a scholarship drawing.

Survey: College Ranking

Thanks for your feedback!
– Austin Wischhoefer (awischhoefer15@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.

Freshman engineers show off products in ‘Shark Tank’ fashion

Sunday, April 22nd, 2018

This year the freshman engineering class has been tasked with building a smart academic product. Products will be pitched and judged much like the TV show Shark Tank! Join us on Wednesday, April 25, at 8 a.m. and Thursday, April 26, at 8 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. in the Maker Hub.

Everyone is invited! Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu) for more information.

 

Have back or neck pain? Sign up for free PT session

Sunday, April 22nd, 2018

Do you have back or neck pain? Would you like to have it looked at for free while also helping out our physical therapy students? Our second-year students are looking for volunteers for tomorrow (Tuesday) from 1 to 2 p.m. or from 2 to 3 p.m. in the physical therapy department of the Roberts Center.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.

Phase II is underway as semester nears an end

Sunday, April 22nd, 2018

At the end of every school year many students have good reusable items that they do not want to take home over the summer, including blankets, clothing, kitchen supplies, small appliances, radios, room decorations, furniture, etc.

In an effort to keep the dumpsters from overflowing and to be better stewards of the resources, Phase II was initiated. We are happy to receive reusable items that students do not want to take home starting on April 21 and going through April 30 at 4 p.m.

The items gathered are sorted and made available to summer students and staff, with the remainder of the items being given to different organizations in the local area, such as Rescue Mission, Unwed Mothers Homes, Love INC and Goodwill.

Barrels will be placed in or near central living areas …

  • On the porches or patios of Weesner, Riley, Chapman, Hoskins, Armstrong, Campbell, Fulton St., Villa Road, Barclay, Hodgin and Wilder houses
  • In the dorm lobbies of Edwards, Pennington, Gulley, Le Shana, Brandt, Hobson, Macy and Sutton
  • Outside of the first floor of Beebe, Carey and Willcuts
  • Near Woolman 2-3, Winters 205-2 and Newlin apartments
  • In Lewis and Weesner Village laundry rooms

Please look for and use these barrels as you prepare to leave at the end of school.

  • Please do not place trash in the barrels labeled “Phase II.”
  • Please do not donate undergarments, socks, damaged or soiled items
  • Do not donate large appliances or furniture such as couches, arm chairs and beds
  • Do not place food or chemicals in the barrels. Place these items in a box or bag next to the barrels.

There are large drop boxes for your trash located strategically on campus. By law, computers, monitors and TVs cannot go into the trash. They can be place beside the barrels. Please note if it is broken.

Have a great summer and may the Lord bless you as you go!

Questions? Contact Dwayne Astleford (dastlefo@georgefox.edu).

Thank you,
Phase II Committee

New bike policy goes into effect on April 30

Sunday, April 22nd, 2018

At the end of the spring semester a university-wide bicycle “clean-up” will be done. Here are the details:

  • Bicycles that are illegally parked, unregistered or inoperable will be impounded.
  • Bicycle racks need to be cleared to do routine maintenance to the bicycle racks and surrounding areas.
  • The basement of Gulley Hall will no longer be a place to store bikes. The space will be used for other needs after April 30.
  • Bikes will be tagged the Monday after graduation week (April 30) and rounded up the following Friday (May 4).
  • In order to accommodate the maintenance of the bike rack areas, bicycles may not be stored on campus during the summer. If you are not going to be on campus using your bicycle during the summer, please remove it.
  • Juniors Abroad students and students using their bikes during the summer must remove their bikes from campus racks and move them to their place of summer residence or a temporary place of storage before the round-up on May 4.
  • Bicycles NOT picked up from the impound lot by May 31 will be forwarded to the local charities at the discretion of campus public safety department. Junk bicycles will be recycled.

Contact Matt Dyment (mdyment@georgefox.edu) for more information.

FoxTALE end-of-semester reminders

Sunday, April 22nd, 2018

A few end-of-semester FoxTALE reminders …

  • FoxTALE Open Labs are available during finals week. View dates and times here.
  • If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, back up your 2018 spring grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. See the instructions here for backing up grades. You will want to keep an archive of your course grades that cover the last five years.
  • Use your new, empty 2018 summer course sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.
  • 2018 summer sites are currently hidden from student view, as are all future courses. When you are ready, you can share the sites with your students. Here is a quick guide on how to make the courses available: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible to Students.
  • Your 2018-19 course sites are available now. This guide, FoxTALE Changes for 2018-19 Course Sites, will help you get acquainted with the changes in course layout and menus.
  • Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for a list of guides and resources.

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.