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The Office of Student Access and Completion Scholarship Application is now open. Go to the OSAC website to complete the Scholarship Application, which could put you in the running for more than 600 scholarships with one application.

Most OSAC scholarships are only available to Oregon residents. Unsure of your status? Check out their FAQ page or contact our Financial Aid office.

If you’re a returning student who has previously applied, just refresh your application. It’s that easy!

Questions? Give our Financial Aid office a call at 503-554-2302. We’re here to help!

Deadlines and Dates to Remember:

• Nov. 1 – OSAC Scholarship Application opens
• Feb. 15 – Early Bird deadline for OSAC scholarships. Students are entered for a chance to win $1,000 Early Bird scholarship awards.
• March 1 – Final deadline for OSAC scholarships

George Fox’s Kinesiology Department is challenging our community to plank for 30 seconds every day in the month of November.

If possible, post your participation on social media on one of those days and tag a person that you are thankful for! Tag @gfuexsci as well if you’re on Instagram.

Interested in the law, law school or legal issues? Join us for a special lunch event with nationally prominent political columnist David French from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in Roberts 105. Free pizza will be served.

French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time magazine. He worked previously as a civil rights attorney, most notably to protect religious freedom rights. He also served in Iraq in the Judge Advocate General Corps. He will chat with students interested in law and politics over lunch.

Come join us! Questions? Contact Ron Mock at civility@georgefox.edu.

Do you have stress, aches or pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? Come by the new Medical Sciences Building to get a massage from a Doctor of Physical Therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students ($15), employees and community members ($20). We are offering 25-minute massages from 8 to 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 5. The Medical Sciences Building  is located at 448 Werth Blvd. in Newberg.

We will be taking all the current precautions related to the delivery of health care during COVID-19. All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda. Donations are also welcome. You can register here.

Questions? Contact Desiray Anderson (danderson20@georgefox.edu).

Prominent Christian political commentator and attorney David French will issue a call for robust civility in politics at a free presentation in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1. The talk, entitled “Jesus Loves Your Political Enemies, and America Needs You to Love Them Too,” is available via a Zoom stream; those who attend in person are required to wear masks.

French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time magazine. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as a lecturer at Cornell Law School. After law school, he practiced law with a focus on religious liberty issues.

He advises Christians not to wait for our political leaders to fix America’s drift toward bitter division and addresses the polarization and alienation metastasizing in our communities and in politics at every level, both nationally and locally. French’s most recent book is “Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.”

The event is being hosted by the George Fox Civility Project, an initiative launched during the 2020-21 academic year out of concern about the polarization and alienation in political culture at every level (national, state and local). It sponsors events, publishes a newsletter and maintains a website with information about civility.

For more information, contact Civility Project director Ron Mock at civility@georgefox.edu.

Our Donor Funded Scholarships application is now open for traditional undergraduate students.

Through Student Resources in your MyGeorgeFox portal, you have access to complete just one application and essay for the opportunity to be matched with more than 200 of our Donor Funded Scholarships.

Our Donor Funded Scholarships range from $500 to $15,000! These scholarships have a variety of criteria, from academic major and grade level to background and financial need. Once your application and essay are submitted, you are put in the running for the scholarships you qualify for. It’s that easy!

If you’re looking for a way to fill the gap for the 2022-23 academic year, this is a great opportunity. While you are not guaranteed a scholarship, we encourage all eligible students to apply.

Didn’t receive a scholarship last year? Because some scholarships consider grade level, it is a good idea to complete the application each year you are eligible, as you may be qualified for some scholarships you weren’t in previous years.

Deadlines and Dates to Remember:

• Feb. 11 – Application closes
• Feb. 14 – Letters of Recommendation due (when applicable)

Questions? Reach out to our Scholarship Resource Center at scholarships@georgefox.edu.

The School of Theology and the IDEA Center have designated Nov. 1-5 as a Week of Discerning Vocation and Occupation at George Fox University.

The calling of every believer is to be a follower of Jesus (our vocation), and the means of making a living should involve the ways in which we are the best disciples possible (our occupation).

These issues will be explored meaningfully over coffee and conversation with author and Murdock senior fellow Steven Garber, who will discuss “Purpose into Practice” from 3 to 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in Hoover 103. Refreshments will be provided.

The following day, IDEA Center Director Logan Walton will present “Calling, Vocation, and Purpose: Why am I Here and Where am I Going?” The event will take place in Bauman Auditorium from 11 to 11:50 a.m. Friday, Nov. 5.

Garber’s presence is made possible by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Spiritual Life credit is available for both events.

If you have any questions, email Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

Aloha! The Surf Club has officially started! If you’re a surfer or just interested in surfing, we encourage you to join our club. We’ll be providing wetsuits and boards to those who need them.

We are hosting an information meeting at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the FoxHole. This is a great opportunity to meet club officers and fellow George Fox surfers. We’ll discuss club events that will go on throughout the year. We hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, contact Avery Kibby at akibby21@georgefox.edu.

Ready to test your knowledge and compete for a grand prize? Join us for Trivia Night from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at Canyon Commons.

This year’s Trivia Night is Y2K themed, so be sure to study all things from the 2000s.

There’s still time to sign up your team of three to eight students or be placed on a team using this link!

Free Taco Bell food will be provided.

Other activities coming up:

• Spies & Pies Movie Night – Nov. 12 | 8 to 10 p.m. | Hoover 105
• Bailemos – Nov. 19 | 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. | Canyon Commons
  
• Winter Formal – Dec. 5 | 7 to 9 p.m. | Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

Questions? Email activities@georgefox.edu.

Please take our survey on a wellness ice cream product idea to help us with a marketing project!

Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Johnson at kjohnson20@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.

During the month of November, we will be running a challenge to see who can attend the greatest number of group fitness classes.

The top three winners will receive gift cards from local sponsors, including Coffee Cottage, Chapters, Miss Hannah’s Popcorn and possibly a few others.

Grab a stamp card from the Hadlock front desk and get a stamp each time you check in for a GroupX class. Turn your card in at the end of the month for a chance to win one of our prizes and be featured on the UREC instagram page!

Please contact Angel Glockling (aglockling@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

To promote a fun and positive environment around the Halloween and harvest party season, the Office of Student Life has a few tips on avoiding cultural appropriation in your costume choice:

• Avoid clothing that belongs to the traditions of a people group other than your own.
• Avoid anything that involves blackface, Native/Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Latinx representation, etc.
• Ask yourself: Why do I want to wear this costume? Could my costume be misunderstood if I don’t understand its origin or cultural context?

Not sure what cultural appropriation is? Stop by the Intercultural Resource Center (IRC) and ask D’metri, Jesse or Katrina about it.

If you have any questions, please contact the student life office or the Intercultural Resource Center.

Our soup shelf is empty, and we need you to help us fill it with a variety of soups.

Please drop off your donations at the Bruin Community Pantry in Roberts 109 during the hours of operation or deliver them to Student Life in Hadlock whenever it’s convenient for you between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Food bank hours of operation:

• Mondays – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 to 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesdays – 12:30 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesdays – 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 5:30 p.m.
• Thursdays – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Fridays – 8 to 9:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.

The 750 students who utilize the food bank each month appreciate your help!

Questions? Contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Join University Recreation for Glow Climb Night, a glow-in-the-dark, after-hours rock-climbing event that runs from 9 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, in Hadlock Student Center.

We’ll provide glow sticks, black lights and a fun lounge where you can hang out and play games with friends and the George Fox Climbing Club. All George Fox students and employees are invited to attend. The event is free.

Be sure to wear your Rocktoberfest competition T-shirt if you want to glow! Sign up for a one-hour session to climb and/or just hang out with us at the climbing wall.

Details and registration can be found here. Have questions? Contact Julia Bedell at jbedell20@georgefox.edu.

The Swing Dance Club is hosting a Halloween-themed event from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, in the FoxHole.

The event will feature decorations, candy, a costume contest and lots of dancing! Here’s the schedule:

• Basic lesson: 6:30-7 p.m.
• Intermediate lesson: 7-7:30 p.m.
• Free dance period: 7:30-9 p.m.

If you have any questions, email the club president at mberglin19@georgefox.edu.

Looking for help with brainstorming for your next project? Need help with your partially drafted paper? Feeling overwhelmed and stressed? Want to get on top of things before finals?

Make an appointment with the Portland Writing Center for writing and general academic support. Meetings might include reviewing the assignment, discussing citation styles or talking through the paragraphs of your paper.

All of our appointments are free, one-hour Zoom or asynchronous consultations.

You can schedule these appointments online or by email (wc@georgefox.edu).

Questions? Email Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu.

Note: We are not a private editing service.

Join us for the Spooky Soiree from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, in the Maker Hub. The event will feature an array of fun activities, including pumpkin laser cutting, pumpkin painting, festival games and a photo booth.

Come dressed to compete in a costume contest with a university-renowned panel of judges that you all know and love.

Doors open at 7 p.m. The costume contest judging will be from 8 to 9 p.m., followed by a dance party. George Fox students, faculty, staff and family are welcome.

Questions? Contact Emily Erickson at eerickson18@georgefox.edu.

Spooky season is in its prime, and the most frightening thing of all is the homework. Enjoy tea time at the FoxHole between 12:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, to knock out your work so you can enjoy the evening!

We plan to have décor and a few holiday teas to get you in the spooky spirit. Costumes are highly encouraged!

Questions? Contact William Anderson at wanderson19@georgefox.edu.

Do you have graduate-level or George Fox Connect students who could use help with writing projects or citations? Do they seem to be feeling overwhelmed and stressed?

Encourage them to make an appointment with the Portland Writing Center for writing and general academic support. Meetings might include reviewing an assignment, discussing citation styles or talking through the paragraphs of a paper.

All of our appointments are free, one-hour Zoom or asynchronous consultations. Students can schedule these appointments online or by email (wc@georgefox.edu).

Questions? Email Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu.

Note: We are not a private editing service.

Safety is a priority for many students and staff at George Fox, but are you really prepared to respond to a medical emergency? Do you and your peers have the equipment and training you need?

To find this out, students at George Fox are conducting a short survey aimed at gauging the need for medical kits and training.

If you have any questions, contact Nicholas Matichuk (nmatichuk20@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.