Doubters Town Hall is back for one night only this spring!
Join us for a discussion of “The Problem of Evil” tonight (Sunday) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Edwards-Holman Science Center 102. Professors Isaac Choi, Abigail Favale and Ross McCullough will lead the discussion by introducing the topic and answering questions.
Questions? Contact Helen Morse at hmorse@georgefox.edu.
The basketball season continues at 5 p.m. today (Saturday), when our women’s team hosts Whitman College in Miller Gymnasium in the Northwest Conference Tournament finals. The winner receives an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Because this is a Northwest Conference tournament event, staff and faculty are required to pay admission ($6 for adults; $3 for seniors over 65 and children under 12), but George Fox students are still admitted for free.
Let’s pack Miller Gymnasium and cheer our Bruins to victory!
Do you want to learn how to unleash your inner Tony Stark?
The George Fox University Maker’s Club is launching a pilot program designed to bring creative students from across campus into the Maker Hub. This cohort of students will gain hands-on skills such as CAD modeling, 3D printing, and coding, as well as experience in interdisciplinary innovation and entrepreneurship. Everyone is welcome, but there is limited space, so fill out this Google form to register.
The Maker’s Club is a new club on campus dedicated to unleashing the creative potential among the students at George Fox and arming them with the tools necessary to bring their ideas to life. Our ultimate goal is to bring George Fox’s future innovators into one place so they can learn from one another and create together.
If you have any questions or want to learn more, please contact David Bacher at dbacher16@georgefox.edu.
Join us in Bauman Auditorium for the Winter Choir Concert today (Saturday) at 7:30 p.m.
The concert features George Fox University’s vocal ensembles: Chamber Singers, Concert Choir and Women’s Chorale, with a guest performance from Sam Barlow High School’s Concert Choir. All are welcome and admission is free.
Questions? Contact Danielle Warner at dwarner@georgefox.edu.
All are invited to participate in the university’s eighth annual International Photo Contest!
The contest, sponsored by the Office of International Student Development and Intercultural Resource Center, is open to all George Fox students and employees. Photos will be judged in three categories: people, landscape, and architecture and culture. All photos must be taken outside the U.S.
The prizes will be $50, $25 and $15 cash (for first-, second- and third-place winners) in each category. Participants may submit up to five photos total, with a maximum of three photos in the same category.
The top-10 finalists for each of the three categories will be hung in the Steven Center’s atrium for voting. Please send your JPG format photos to this link by Wednesday, March 6. Photo contest guidelines can be found here.
For more details, write wangz17@georgefox.edu.
The library will be having a student employee training event tonight (Friday). Therefore, the 24-hour space will not be available from 5 to 7 p.m. The 24-hour space will be reopened for the night at 7 p.m.
Questions? Contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu.
Join the College of Business’ visiting scholar, David Rawson, on Friday, March 1, from 5 to 9 p.m., when he will be signing copies of his new book, Prelude to Genocide, at Chapters Books and Coffee (701 E. 1st St).
In Prelude to Genocide, Rawson draws on declassified documents and his own experiences as a United States ambassador to Mali and Rwanda to seek out what went wrong in the events leading up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 lives were lost. It poses the question, “What lessons might be learned from the failure of diplomacy in this historic tragedy?”
Questions? Contact David Rawson at drawson@georgefox.edu.
Faculty: Please encourage student to apply for spring break serve (SpiL) trips! Applications are still open through Thursday, Feb. 28.
SpiL Trips are week-long trips March 24-30. We’re accepting applications to:
Applications can be found on the SpiL webpage. For more information or if you have any questions, contact Monik Kadarmanto at mkadarmanto@georgefox.edu.
Take this survey to help a couple of seniors with their marketing project! Enter your email at the end for a chance to win $20.
Questions? Contact Jayden Berger at jberger17@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.
The marketing communications department will be processing the next business card order on Monday, Feb. 25. Please submit your request for business cards directly to B&B Print Source at bbprintsource.org/georgefox before then.
Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.
Registration is open for spring intramurals!
5-on-5 basketball, floor hockey, and Ultimate frisbee are all open for registration until Sunday, March 3. Sign up on IMLeagues.com.
Questions? Contact studentcenter@georgefox.edu.
Got stress, aches, and pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? We want to help! Come by to get a massage performed by 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) and employees ($20). We are offering 30-minute massages today (Friday) from 2 to 6 p.m. in Roberts 204.
All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda and Ghana. Donations are also welcome. Preregister here.
Questions? Contact Kayla Winter at kwinter17@georgefox.edu.
Do you love rocking climbing? Do you want to see a gym in or near Newberg?
A communications senior capstone class is trying to gauge the community’s interest in having a climbing gym in the area. Please take five minutes to fill out this survey!
Questions? Contact David Roy at droy16@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.
The university community is invited to a lecture featuring Robert P. George at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in Bauman Auditorium. George will be speaking on “Civic Virtues and the Constitution: The Founders’ Plan to Protect Liberty and Prevent Tyranny.â€
Don’t miss this compelling lecture from one of the nation’s preeminent and influential conservative Christian thinkers, an award-winning teacher, and top scholar in ethics, law, politics and philosophy.
George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. More information can be found here.
Questions? Contact Nancy Schifferdecker at nschifferdecher@georgefox.edu.
The women’s basketball team is headed to the Northwest Conference Tournament, and you can catch the action right here at Miller Gymnasium. The Bruins take on the Linfield Wildcats tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m.
The winning team will play this Saturday, Feb. 23, for an automatic berth to the NCAA Division IIIÂ Tournament. Support your Bruins tonight!
Questions? Contact us at sportsmarketing@georgefox.edu.
The School of Physical Therapy is looking for volunteers with a complicated medical history to participate in a practice screening session on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Roberts Center.
In this session, our second-year DPT students will practice interviewing volunteers on their medical history paperwork and medication list. If interested, please contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451.
Today (Thursday), is Collegiate Day of Prayer. The university pastors will be leading a time of prayer at the Prayer Chapel at 4:15 p.m. It is open to all to come in and pray for our George Fox community.
Contact Stephanie Lopez (slopez@georgefox.edu) for more information.
The Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry invites everyone to a chemistry seminar by Micah Donor, a 2014 George Fox chemistry graduate and currently a PhD candidate at the University of Oregon.
Micah will be here this Monday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m. in Edwards-Holman Science Center 102, to present his research on “Investigating Overall Energy Deposition in Collision- and Surface-Induced Dissociation of Protein Ions.”
Questions? Contact Carlisle Chambers at cchamber@georgefox.edu.
Doubters Town Hall is back for one night only this spring!
Join us for a discussion of “The Problem of Evil” on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Edwards-Holman Science Center 102. Professors Isaac Choi, Abigail Favale and Ross McCullough will lead the discussion by introducing the topic and answering questions.
Questions? Contact Helen Morse at hmorse@georgefox.edu.
Are you curious about grad school? Are you wondering, “What is the difference between counseling, social work, and psychology?” or “How do I know which degree to pursue?” or “Where do I get started?”
Come to our dinner and presentation tonight (Thursday) in Hoover 210 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to chat with us. We want to help you explore what degree can best fit your career goals, how to shop grad programs, and how to prepare yourself to stand out as an applicant.
Click here to RSVP. Faculty, if you know of students who might be interested in this event, encourage them to attend.
Questions? Contact Cristina Schmitt at cschmitt@georgefox.edu.
