Stay on track for intentional living and well-being. See our wellness poster for this week and discover your wellness One Word for the year.
Prepare to own it, live it and experience its impact on your life. We would love to use your words to inspire you and our community to be well and thrive this year.
Questions? Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) is here to help students with writing, study skills, test-taking strategies, time management, and more. Here’s what you can do to help your students get off to a strong start this semester:
The ARC will be offering an in-class visit with an ARC consultant for a five-minute presentation about the ARC to answer your students’ questions.
If you have any questions or are interested in having an ARC consultant visit your class, contact Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu.
Goodbyes are never fun, but please join the academic affairs office for an open house to wish Rebecca Hernandez well as she leaves George Fox for her next adventure!
Drop by the AAO conference room (Hoover 250) between 2 and 4 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 14. No gifts please, as Rebecca will be traveling by plane and has nowhere to pack them!
Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
Due to an increase in cases and a limited supply of COVID-19 tests, the Health and Counseling Center will only be offering tests for those currently exhibiting COVID symptoms.
If you have questions, contact Molly Hickok at mhickok@georgefox.edu.
The intercultural life and spiritual life offices invite the entire George Fox community to join us at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.) for the 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 17.
We will not only celebrate the life, faith and work of Dr. King, but also all of those whom his legacy still represents, including past, present and future generations!
Tai Harden-Moore will serve as keynote speaker, and the Larhonda Steele Band will be the musical guest. The emcees will be Zinabu Czarnecki and Bryce Coefield.
The event is free, but the live audience will be capped at 200 attendees. Pre-registration and either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test will be required within 48 hours for all attendees 12 and up.
The event will also be livestreamed, so everyone is welcome to join us through the livestream if unable to join in person. The link to RSVP and the livestream broadcast can be found here. Please RSVP for all members in your family/group for in-person attendance.
Questions? Contact Rusty St. Cyr at rstcyr@georgefox.edu.
Join Aaron Barnhart for his first faculty concert at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 14, in Bauman Auditorium. He will be playing original songs from the last decade of his career as a singer/songwriter.
Aaron will be joined by special guest musicians for an evening of great music that you won’t want to miss. Admission is free. See you there!
Class.georgefox.edu is a great resource for anyone needing to look up details on a class. These details include meeting times and location, teaching modality, enrollment limit and waitlist numbers, course description, instructor info, and textbook listings (click the book icon after clicking on a course to expand its info).
Questions? Contact the registrar’s office at registrar@georgefox.edu.
The Office for Spiritual Life is excited to worship with our community this semester. Everyone, including employees, is invited to our first chapel of the semester tomorrow morning (Tuesday) in Bauman Auditorium at 10:50 a.m.
As a reminder, full-time students are required to attend 15 chapels this semester. Five of the required 15 must be completed in person on a Tuesday morning or Wednesday evening. Please visit the iAttended app to see the schedule, manage your account, and plan which chapels you will attend.
Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Join the university’s Master Chorus! We will be singing selections from Handel’s Messiah on Thursday, April 14, with the orchestra.
Rehearsals are Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in Ross 208 beginning Tuesday, Jan. 11. Please contact Danielle Warner at dwarner@georgefox.edu for more information. The group is free and open to all students and employees.
Following are the Bruin Community Pantry food bank hours for the upcoming semester (Jan. 10 through April 29):
We will be closed during all school holidays:
Need assistance? Call the student life office at 503-554-2316, email bruincommunitypantry@georgefox
The pantry is located in Room 109 in the Roberts Center.
The Bridge Café will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, during the spring semester, and the new Maker’s Market will be open beginning Monday, Jan. 17.
Please visit Bon Appetit’s website for more information.
What does the future look like in your classroom? Ever consider how using virtual reality can enhance your own course curriculum or special projects?
Join us for an open-house tour of our virtual reality lab for anatomy and physiology students on Friday, Jan. 14. Take a self-guided tour, or sign up for a tour at 2, 3, or 4 p.m. Guided tours will include a virtual reality experience. Coffee and cookies will be provided.
View the invitation and sign up at this link. Questions? Contact Tennille Hostetler at thostetler@georgefox.edu.
What does the future look like in your classroom? Ever consider how using virtual reality can enhance your own course curriculum or special projects?
Join us for an open-house tour of our virtual reality lab for anatomy and physiology students on Friday, Jan. 14. Take a self-guided tour, or sign up for a tour at 2, 3, or 4 p.m. Guided tours will include a virtual reality experience. Coffee and cookies will be provided.
View the invitation and sign up at this link. Questions? Contact Tennille Hostetler at thostetler@georgefox.edu.
Faculty are now invited to submit requests for spring semester course reserves in the library. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete.
To replace a request, please fill out and submit the reserves request form on the library website. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Cameron at mcameron@georgefox.edu or ext. 2422.
Join the university’s Master Chorus! We will be singing selections from Handel’s Messiah on Thursday, April 14, with the orchestra.
Rehearsals are Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in Ross 208 beginning Tuesday, Jan. 11. Please contact Danielle Warner at dwarner@georgefox.edu for more information. The group is free and open to all students and employees.
Faculty, staff, students, vendors and visitors across all campus locations must use face coverings as required by state guidelines. You can read the full face-covering policy here.
Masks, face coverings, or face shields are currently required for:
The university has worked hard to follow CDC and OHA guidance through the pandemic, but we recognize there will be a variety of personal perspectives on how our campus should transition back to pre-pandemic life. We ask that, as members of a Christ-centered community, we treat one another with kindness and grace, particularly when our views differ from one another.
Be well and stay safe!
Questions? Contact the COT (cot@georgefox.edu) or HR (hr@georgefox.edu).
Welcome to 2022, the year of intentional living. We invite you to begin your wellness journey by selecting one word that will inspire you to be well this year.
– HR
The Bruin Community Pantry is looking for a few more volunteers at the food bank on Monday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon for food delivery, and Thursday and Friday afternoons.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.
In an effort to show more consistency in our email communication, the enrollment and marketing division is asking all employees to only use official George Fox logos and pertinent contact information in email signatures.
You may customize your signatures for external or internal contacts, and you have the option to use a standard or animated logo. We are trying to get away from personal signatures that aren’t consistent with our brand.
We appreciate your cooperation! For more information on creating an email signature, visit this page.
Just a reminder that the Hadlock Student Center is open this week! The Rental Center is also open during this time. We have snowshoes, sleds, trekking poles, gaiters, traction spikes, and other winter equipment.
Here are our hours as we transition into the spring semester:
Have questions? Please let us know by contacting AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.
