The university’s BlueZone group is hosting the first Letterman Jacket Month in December. Bring your letterman jacket back after Thanksgiving break and wear it until Christmas break. All students, employees and pets are encouraged to participate. A large group photo will be taken in the quad at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 2.
The university has posted a new cellular phone/data policy on the financial affairs website. Visit georgefox.edu/offices/fin_affairs/FORMS.html to get the details. If you have questions, please contact Karon Bell (Financial Affairs) at ext. 2162.
Once a year, the George Fox Symphonic Band invites a guest ensemble to perform with them at a fall concert. This year, the Newberg Community Band will be joining the band in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, in Bauman Auditorium. Please join the music department in supporting our students and community members. Admission is free.
FoxTALE is being upgraded from version 1.8.6+ to version 1.9 on Monday, Dec. 29. FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 29, until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
Read about the upgrade and the new 1.9 features on the IT website. Questions? Contact the Service Desk.
The seniors in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues group will be presenting their research on Islam on Monday, Nov. 24. We are looking for 30 people to help judge these exhibits. Each judge will have four to five projects to examine. This should take approximately one hour, and no experience is necessary. We hope to have administrators, faculty and staff participate. Please contact Caitlin Corning (History) if you have questions or wish to volunteer. She can be reached at ext. 2673 or at ccorning@georgefox.edu.
The exhibits will be up in EHS and Hoover from noon to 3 p.m. that day.
The all-employee meeting originally scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, has been moved to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, in Hoover 105. Please make a note of this scheduling change. The meeting will provide employees with an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your attendance is strongly encouraged.
For those at the Boise and Portland centers, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. After the meeting, it will be posted at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
Shahriar Ahmed, president of the Bilal Mosque Association in Beaverton, and Rabbi Joseph Wolf from Havurah Shalom in Portland will have an interfaith dialogue at the university’s Liberal Arts and Critical Issues Forum from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. and from 7 to 7:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in Hoover 105. The session is part of George Fox’s series of events this fall concerning Islam and the West. For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu.
The Office of Spiritual Life is hosting a series of sessions on the topic “Real Relationships: Dating & Marriage, Reality and Myths at George Fox” Nov. 10-12.
Professors Mark (Psychology) and Lisa (Sociology) McMinn will speak in both 10:40 a.m. chapel services Monday and Wednesday. Monday’s chapel is entitled “Relationships: What Students Told Us;” Wednesday’s chapel is entitled “Fears and Barriers: Students Speak.”
Two evening sessions also are scheduled. On Monday at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105, the McMinns will host a Q&A session. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, a “For Women Only” session is scheduled at 10 p.m. in Hoover 105, and, concurrently, a “For Men Only” discussion will take place in The Foxhole.
The School of Management will host a roundtable discussion from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in the Portland Center’s Room 285. Dean Ken Armstrong (School of Management) will moderate a panel of experts who will discuss the global financial crisis.
There are three ways to participate:
Additional information is available at the School of Management site. Registration for Newberg attendance is not necessary.
The Staff Development Committee is hosting a staff lunch at noon Monday, Nov. 10, in the Cap and Gown Room. Come enjoy food, fellowship and door prizes. Cost is $3 per person.
KFOX Radio is getting rid of all of its unwanted CDs. Only $1 apiece. The sale runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (during lunches in the SUB) and from 7 to 9 p.m. (outside the SUB) on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Prizes, stickers, music and free cocoa will be provided. Don’t miss out!
Want to publicize for an event? Visit the KFOX Radio website and click on announcement requests. We will promote your event on the air.
Students in Gary Buhler’s (Visual Arts) Basic Design class are showcasing the results of a value painting assignment in the Murdock Learning Resource Center through Monday, Dec. 8. Using historically significant paintings, students created copies of these paintings demonstrating their knowledge of value distinctions. Students had to first identify the basic value patterns, then simplify them into five steps using only black, white, and light, medium and dark gray to re-create the paintings.
Also still on display are pieces from Tim Timmerman’s (Visual Arts) Sculpture class.
Information on margins for both versions of the university’s new letterhead is now available on marketing communications’ website.
Interested in seeing the progress of some of our music students? Join the performing arts department for this month’s Students in Recital as a group of students present what they have been working on this year. This month’s session is scheduled from 12:40 to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in Bauman Auditorium.
The University Store is hosting its annual Family Weekend sale, which will include a sidewalk sale. Save 20 to 75 percent on clothing, gifts and specially marked items. Sale runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Check out the huge savings.
Congratulations to the winners of the University Store’s costume contest last Friday. First place was awarded to the Garden Gnome (Robby Larson); second place went to Darth Vader (Jason Ellenburg); and third place went to Da Man (Amber Nelson). Thank you to all who participated!
– University Store
Start your holiday shopping early and enjoy some festive snacks at the George Fox Auxiliary’s annual holiday bazaar and silent auction Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8. The bazaar runs from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Ron Gregory Atrium.
The silent auction also runs Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Hoover Atrium. Several new vendors are participating in the event this year.
Family Weekend is set for this Friday through Sunday, Nov. 7-9. Don’t forget to register for the different events taking place. For a schedule of events, visit the Family Weekend website. Online registration will be removed at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5.
The university community is invited to a faculty research forum presented by Melanie Hulbert (Sociology) at 10:40 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Hoover 105.
Hulbert will present “The Way Forward: Women Finding Their Voice in a Culture of Confusion.” Her talk will address why women, despite so many options and possibilities today, continue to struggle to know who they are as mothers, wives, workers, and women of faith.
A question-and-answer session will follow, and simple refreshments will be served.
