Archive for May, 2022

Swing by Murdock Library tomorrow to say farewell to Rachel Thomas and Jenny Bruxvoort

Tuesday, May 31st, 2022

Please stop by Murdock Library tomorrow (Thursday) between 2:30 and 4 p.m. to join us in saying goodbye to two of our faculty members.

Rachel Thomas has served as the university archivist for the past eight years, growing our collections and working diligently to engage with our alumni and local community.

Jenny Bruxvoort has been a research and instruction librarian for three years, supporting many undergraduate programs and the new Cornerstone Core.

Refreshments will be served, and a time of sharing will happen around 3 p.m. We hope you’ll come help us celebrate their time with us and wish them well on their new adventures.

Questions? Contact Kate Wimer at kwimer@georgefox.edu.

Dance team is recruiting for 2022-23 season

Tuesday, May 31st, 2022

Are you looking to join a team founded on collaboration and skill? You may be a perfect candidate for the university’s dance team!

We are currently looking for more members to join and grow our team. There are two teams you can take part in: the performance team and the competition team. Our performance team appears at football and basketball games, tailgates, and other university or community events. Our competition team showcases its talents in virtual and live competitions.

If you are interested in joining us, you can access our team page or read our frequently asked questions. If you’d like further information or your questions are not answered by the FAQs, please reach out to us at gfudanceteam@gmail.com.

Wellness Wednesdays: Preventative Care

Tuesday, May 31st, 2022

During the month of June, our Wellness Wednesdays series will be sharing information on preventive care. This week, we will provide resources on the benefit of establishing primary care, an overview of what preventive care is, and how to access resources to providers through Providence and Delta Dental.

Check out these great resources.

Be well,
– HR

Come listen to world-class drum & bugle corps group tonight

Monday, May 30th, 2022

The Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps, a world-class performing ensemble, is spending two weeks on the George Fox campus rehearsing for its upcoming summer performance season.

The ensemble is offering our community a free opportunity to come listen from 7 to 8:45 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) at Stoffer Family Stadium. The group will rehearse and perform during that time. All are welcome to attend. Photographs or video recording is not permitted.

Members of the Vanguard come from many states and countries and are between 18 and 22. The corps travel between 10 and 12 weeks each summer throughout the U.S. to perform in competitive field shows and parades.

The ensemble is one of the founding groups of Drum Corps International (DCI). Vanguard has won seven DCI World Class Championship titles and holds the distinction of being the only drum corps to make finals every year since DCI was formed in 1972.

Join farewell reception for Jillian Sokso on June 15

Monday, May 30th, 2022

Please join the School of Communication and Design on Wednesday, June 15, for a farewell reception for Jillian Sokso in Brougher 1. Feel free to drop by anytime between 1:30 and 3 p.m.

Jillian has served at George Fox for eight years, first as a professor and chair of art and design, and most recently as the director of the School of Communication and Design. She will be greatly missed.

Please stop by to say goodbye and honor Jillian for her service to the university. Refreshments will be provided. Please contact Penny Martin at pmartin@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Drop by Stevens Center this afternoon to say farewell to Jamie Noling-Auth

Monday, May 30th, 2022

Swing by the Stevens Center Atrium today (Tuesday) to say farewell to Jamie Noling-Auth. We’ll gather from 2 to 3:30 p.m., and a special program will take place at 2:45 p.m. Refreshments will be provided!

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in student life if you have any questions.

World-class drum & bugle corps group plays free performance on campus Tuesday night

Friday, May 27th, 2022

The Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps, a world-class performing ensemble, is spending two weeks on the George Fox campus rehearsing for its upcoming summer performance season.

The ensemble is offering our community a free opportunity to come listen from 7 to 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, at Stoffer Family Stadium. The group will rehearse and perform during that time. All are welcome to attend. Photographs or video recording is not permitted.

Members of the Vanguard come from many states and countries and are between 18 and 22. The corps travel between 10 and 12 weeks each summer throughout the U.S. to perform in competitive field shows and parades.

The ensemble is one of the founding groups of Drum Corps International (DCI). Vanguard has won seven DCI World Class Championship titles and holds the distinction of being the only drum corps to make finals every year since DCI was formed in 1972.

Come say farewell to Jamie Noling-Auth this Tuesday

Thursday, May 26th, 2022

Join the student life office from 2 to 3:30 p.m. this Tuesday, May 31, for a farewell reception for Jamie Noling-Auth in the Stevens Center Atrium. A special program will take place at 2:45 p.m., and refreshments will be provided!

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in student life if you have any questions.

Don’t forget to set aside June 8 as a day of prayer

Wednesday, May 25th, 2022

On Wednesday, June 8, the employee community will be observing a Day of Prayer. The two-fold purpose for this day is:

  • To begin the new fiscal year and academic year prayerfully attentive to God’s direction
  • To encourage the spiritual well-being of the employee community

Details:

  • Employees are encouraged to spend their usual work hours on Wednesday, June 8, in prayer and spiritual retreat.
  • Employees are welcome to enjoy their prayer retreat on campus, off campus, in their homes, or at an alternate site.
  • The university pastors will provide an optional video which can be used at the beginning of an employee’s prayer retreat as well as a devotional to guide employees through the day of prayer.

During the Day of Prayer, employees are encouraged to:

  • Have conversation with God about their work
  • Pray for their colleagues, students and the university
  • Attend to their personal soul care, talking with God about their own lives of faith, and experiencing the ministry of the Spirit

During the Day of Prayer, employees are discouraged from:

  • Using this prayer retreat day for team meetings/in-services
  • Doing other work (responding to emails, working on projects, meeting with people, etc.)
  • Keeping their cell phones on/active
  • Using the day as a vacation day. This is a soul care day, which may look a lot like a vacation day (a walk in the woods, journaling, reading, etc.) but should have an intentional spiritual formation focus and be directed by God.

If you have any questions, please contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

University closes Monday for Memorial Day holiday

Wednesday, May 25th, 2022

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed this Monday, May 30, to observe the Memorial Day holiday.

Wellness Wednesdays: Financial Wellness

Tuesday, May 24th, 2022

This week we conclude our financial wellness series with helpful information about investing, identity theft protection, flexible spending, and health savings accounts.

Be well.

– HR

Farewell reception for Jamie Noling-Auth rescheduled for this Tuesday

Tuesday, May 24th, 2022

The farewell reception for Jamie Noling-Auth, originally scheduled for this afternoon, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 31. Join the student life office from 2 to 3:30 p.m. as we gather to wish her well in the Stevens Center Atrium.

A special program will take place at 2:45 p.m., and refreshments will be provided!

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in student life if you have any questions.

Portland Writing Center is open for summer appointments

Monday, May 23rd, 2022

The Portland Writing Center is open to meet with undergraduate, graduate and adult degree students this summer!

Read our newsletter for our latest updates, and email us at wc@georgefox.edu with any questions.

All invited to civil engineering faculty candidate’s presentation tomorrow in EHS 102

Sunday, May 22nd, 2022

All are invited to hear from civil engineering faculty candidate Jared Jones as he presents his research on experimental and analytical studies of a two-span bridge system tomorrow (Tuesday) from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. in EHS 102.

All are welcome! Contact Adina McConaughey at amccaunaughey@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Come wish Jamie Noling-Auth well at farewell reception on Wednesday

Sunday, May 22nd, 2022

Join the student life office in saying farewell to Jamie Noling-Auth at an open house reception this Wednesday, May 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center Atrium.

A special program will take place at 3 p.m., and refreshments will be provided!

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in student life if you have any questions.

Make note of campus courier’s summer schedule

Sunday, May 22nd, 2022

The campus courier will be reducing services for the summer. Please see the schedule below for the days/locations served.

  • Medical Sciences Building: Tuesdays and Thursdays
  • Portland Center: Thursdays

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Join healthcare workers summit on June 10 via Zoom

Sunday, May 22nd, 2022

Healthcare workers are burned out and leaving their noble work – and the suicide rate in this demographic is alarming and a longstanding problem. We need to take care of our healthcare workers so they can take care of us! Let’s start healing together.

We in the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute invite you to join us for a continuing medical education course (CME), “Healthcare Worker Wellness Summit: From Demoralization to Remoralization in OUR Work,” via Zoom from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 10.

You will receive CME and strength through sharing stories and learning skills to bring back joy in our healthcare work.

For more information and the registration link, go here.

Support PT students’ trip to Uganda at garage sale tomorrow

Friday, May 20th, 2022

Swing by the Medical Sciences Building (448 N. Werth Bvld.) tomorrow (Sunday) to find a treasure for your home while helping students raise funds to travel to Uganda to provide physical therapy!

We will be set up from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and accept cash, Venmo and credit card. All proceeds will go toward funding our next Uganda trip.

Questions? Contact Emma Powley at epowley20@georgefox.edu.

Want to advertise your job in the alumni newsletter?

Thursday, May 19th, 2022

Does your department have a job opening right now? Do you want to push it out to the alumni community?

If you’d like a job in your department to be included and highlighted in the next alumni communication, please email Sara Reamy two sentences about why alumni should consider your department. Include a photo of your smiling team.

Email a photo and a two-sentence blurb to Sara at sreamy@georgefox.edu by Wednesday, May 25, and connect with her if you have any questions.

Burnout prevention and treatment workshop available for Christian women

Thursday, May 19th, 2022

For my PsyD dissertation at George Fox, I have created a workshop to prevent and treat burnout in Christian women. There is not currently any published program for burnout specifically for women in ministry, and I am passionate about creating one.

The workshop is free for women to join, and they will receive evidence-based treatment that may otherwise be expensive (approximately a $350 value). The time commitment is one hour weekly over Zoom for six weeks, between May 25 and July 2. The study is open to all women who are part of formal and informal ministries such helping professionals, teachers, medical professionals, caretakers, wives, mothers, social workers, etc.

I am finishing up the first series of this workshop now and have initial evidence that it is effective in reducing symptoms of burnout in Christian women. I am running the workshop again to reach more women and am needing a larger group of participants to meet the research goals of the project.

More information about the study can be found at ministryburnout.com. I also made a short video that introduces the workshop and my heart behind it. Please consider participating or sharing with anyone you think may be interested. I am needing more participants and will be thankful for any help!

Please call me at 971-221-0940 if you have any questions!

– Lydia Marvin, Doctoral Student of Clinical Psychology, George Fox University