The city of Newberg is asking everyone to be mindful when parking on city streets throughout Newberg and Dundee.
Check out these safety tips, and contact Kim Knoernschild at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Join the Academic Resource Center for an APA 7 workshop with Sue O’Donnell this Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. Learn the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more. We will also have a Zoom option (link to be provided soon!).
Questions? Email Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu.
Happy Monday! The Comic Book Club will be meeting at 7 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 23, in Hoover 207 for a “Chill Movie Night.”
Movie options will be coming out via an email poll this week. This is a great way to unwind from a busy week and get to know fellow students.
Don’t know anything about comics? Don’t Worry! Members vary in a variety of knowledge and commitment to different fandoms. Snacks are provided. We hope to see you there!
Contact Maggie Hartley a mhartley20@georgefox.edu with any questions.
One of our graduates is on the brink of changing how doctors treat chronic cardiac disease. Joel Rurik, a 2016 graduate of George Fox’s biology program, will explain the details of his research in a lecture all are welcome to attend on Monday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Rurik is now a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he does cutting-edge gene therapy research. Most recently, his team’s work was featured on the front cover of Science, the top research journal in the United States.
Cardiac fibrosis, a scarring of the heart, underlies most cardiovascular diseases and remains challenging to target therapeutically. Chronic cardiac disease often results in fibrosis, which negatively affects heart health and function. Therapies targeting this cardiac fibrosis remain limited, but Rurik’s research offers a promising and tractable immunotherapy approach for tackling fibrosis.
Contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu for more information.
Come see renowned Christian author, teacher and alumnus Richard J. Foster present an award in his name to pastor and fellow author Trevor Hudson on Monday, Oct. 3. The 7 p.m. presentation in Canyon Commons will be followed by Hudson’s keynote speech and a reception. Hudson will also speak at chapel the next morning, Oct. 4, at 10:50 a.m.
A selection committee selected Hudson as the first recipient of the Richard J. Foster Award in Spiritual Formation. The award recognizes those whose intellectual and practical work helps others come into an ongoing transformational relationship with Jesus Christ.
Hudson is the author of more than 20 books, the most recent of which, Seeking God: Finding Another Kind of Life with St Ignatius and Dallas Willard, was released in September.
Contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu for more information.
Calling all social work majors and those interested in learning more about social work! Please join us for an ice cream social on the Roberts west entrance lawn.
Hang out with your professors and meet others in your major. Master of Social Work faculty will be there to answer any questions about the MSW program at George Fox. Join us tomorrow (Tuesday) from noon to 1 p.m. for ice cream and fun.
Contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu with any questions.
The Starlight Parade is tonight (Saturday) from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the dorms! Blue Zone is back! Come celebrate our first football game of the season with free merch and a show brought to you by our cheer, dance and drumline teams.
Join us in the parade as we gather all our students at each dorm and make our big entrance into the student section!
Check out the Activities Weekly email for more details.
Coming up:
Contact activities@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Learn how you can reduce your risk of falling by volunteering to receive training in balance and strengthening strategies from our doctor of physical therapy students. A session is scheduled at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, in the Medical Sciences Building (448 Werth Blvd., in Newberg).
Please contact Lyndsay Stutzenberger at lstutzenberger@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2463 with your questions or to sign up.
Have you had a taste of working outside and would like another opportunity to do so again? Plant Services will be setting up a Hess Creek Canyon cleanup day once a month. For those volunteering to help us remove invasive species plants and clearing brush, we will be providing a Bon Appetit lunch.
We will announce the cleanup day each month. This month’s work day is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 23. Check in at the Thomas Center (1101 Villa Road) at 8 a.m. Work will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will continue all day, ending at 4 p.m.
The Plant Services office will be closed on the designated cleanup day. If you are interested in joining us, your RSVP is required on this form. Those wishing to have a provided lunch will need to RSVP by the end of business day on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Thank you for your consideration!
If you have questions, contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.
Today marks another day filled with Friday @ Fox visitors. Prospective students will participate in a campus tour, visit classes, eat lunch on campus and tour academic departments of interest. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is asking students and employees to help make visitors feel the Be Known promise during their time on campus today.
A few things to note:
If you have any questions, contact Lauren Hill at hilll@georgefox.edu.
Are you a Providence member? Check out the September featured deals for your LifeBalance Program.
This month’s featured deals:
If you have any questions, contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.
Come join the Arts & Crafts Club and Critical Hit tomorrow (Saturday) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. to hang out and paint miniatures for D&D campaigns. There will be pizza!
Also, we’ve had a location change since the last announcement: The event is now in Hoover 203, not Lemmons 13.
Contact Laura Conover at lconover19@georgefox.edu for more information.
Tomorrow (Saturday), Commuter Life, Intercultural Life and the First-Generation Student Success Program will be hosting an IRC & Friends Tailgate Party at the Intercultural Resource Center (IRC).
The event is from 2 to 5 p.m., and the first 100 people get free food. Around 5:30 p.m., we will join the Starlight Parade on their trek around campus to Stoffer Stadium.
Come join us for an afternoon of fun, food and fellowship as we prepare to cheer on the Bruins in the first home football game of the year!
For more information, contact D’Metri Mattocks at dmattocks@georgefox.edu.
Happy Friday, fellow Bruins! Come to the County Fair tonight in the quad at 6 p.m.! When you do, drop by the Comic Book Club’s spot. We will be there with snacks, games and prizes. We can’t wait to see you there!
Contact Maggie Hartley at mhartley20@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Join the Swing Dance Club tomorrow (Saturday) from 6:30 to 9 p.m. for our outdoor social between Klages and the library.
There will be snacks, decorations, swing music and lots of dancing. All students and faculty are welcome. No prior dancing experience is necessary.
Beginner lessons are at 6:30 p.m., where we will teach you everything you need to know. Intermediate lessons are at 7 p.m. Julia and Mark will be teaching shoulder and waist passes. The free dance starts at 7:30 p.m., when you can dance to your heart’s content!
If you have any questions, reach out to the club’s president, Julia Fisher, at jfisher21@georgefox.edu.
Come to the Fencing Club for our “King Of The Hill” event! This week’s game plan:
All students and faculty are welcome. No prior experience is required. All events are free. Equipment is provided, although it’s recommended that you bring athletic clothes and a water bottle.
If you have any questions, reach out to the club’s president, Mark Berglin, at mberglin19@georgefox.edu.
We would like all new, traditional, undergraduate students to complete a short beginning of semester survey that asks questions about your start to the year. Each student who completes the survey will be entered for $25 gift card drawings. We would like to have ALL new students (including transfer students) respond.
Three drawings have already been pulled but a final prize winner will be selected from those who complete the survey by midnight, this Sunday, Sept. 18.
For more information, contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.
Organizations and institutions can seem cold and inhuman, somehow disconnected from the lives we lead. But the reality, especially in modern society, is that most of us are organizational beings. We work in companies or other types of institutions. We are members of churches and other civic organizations.
Join us this semester to explore “God’s Purpose for your Organizational Life.” Over seven meetings, we will seek to uncover some surprising biblical truths about human institutions. In the process, we will also discover that our lives can be more fully imbued with God’s purpose when we begin to appreciate that He is not just interested in our individual and family lives, but also our organizational lives.
This group is a great opportunity for students (graduate and undergraduate) who want to explore the integration of faith, work and vocation.
No outside preparation needed. All meetings will include a FREE catered dinner. Email Travis Pickell at tpickell@georgefox.edu by Saturday, Oct. 1, if you are interested. (Space is limited to 12 students, so do not delay!)
Meetings will be held on Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 22, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. Location to be decided.
Were you aware of George Fox’s Northern Ireland study abroad opportunity? Curious to learn more?
Join us in the quad from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, for a special event to celebrate our Irish studies program! We will be serving sausages, green lemonade and tea, and music will be provided by a George Fox ensemble, Sionnach. Also, be on the lookout for Pennington bear and Professor David Martinez in kilts!
We will host yard games, as well as a drawing for some pretty sweet prizes. The winner of the drawing will get a free airline ticket to attend the Irish studies program, second place will receive Bluetooth speakers, and both third- and fourth-place winners will receive a $25 coffee shop gift card.
Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu or David Martinez at dmartinez@georgefox.edu.
We want to remind all of us about the expectations of living in a Christ-centered community that honors kindness, grace, and civility as important values. We believe that all people are of great worth and value in the eyes of God and seek to increasingly become a campus characterized by loving support of one another.
Cultural humility means that we seek to understand and appreciate others, also created in the image of God, who are different from ourselves. Language and/or behavior that relies on stereotypes or is demeaning toward individuals or groups is absolutely unacceptable for George Fox students and employees, whether it occurs in person, through social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) or anonymously.
Violations of these expectations are taken very seriously by the university, especially when directed at another because of their race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, or disabilities. We want to remind everyone that George Fox has harassment, discrimination, and bias-related incident policies that can be viewed here.
Any incidents of harassment, discrimination or bias should be reported immediately to the student life office. We would also encourage community members to hold one another accountable for what we say and do in this important area.
May God enable each of us to be more and more like Jesus in the way we treat one another!
