February has flown by, which brings us to another all-employee lunch. Join your colleagues tomorrow (Tuesday) in Canyon Commons 101 and 102. Lunch is only $3 and is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Know of students who want to be part of the Spiritual and Intercultural Life offices? Know of any who want to be involved with the amazing things going on over at the IRC (Intercultural Resource Center)?
If so, the SpIL offices are looking for them! We will be accepting applications for a bunch of different positions until March 9, so encourage students to apply at Handshake.
The university’s Department of Biology invites you to a special guest lecture presented by Dr. Carlos Martinez del Rio, professor of zoology and physiology at the University of Wyoming, on Thursday, March 8, at 5 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Martinez del Rio has published more than 150 papers on physiological ecology and natural history and has received wide recognition for his substantial contributions to stable isotope ecology. He has explored how birds disperse mistletoe seeds, why hummingbirds can digest table sugar but robins cannot, and why variable temperatures make hawkmoths uncertain pollinators.
Most recently, he’s studied stable isotopes to find out how much white-winged doves depend on saguaros and why there are so few marine songbirds. The title of his presentation is “From isotopes to adaptive radiations: A cyborg’s perspective.”
This lecture is open to the university community and the public. Please contact the biology department (ext. 2710) with any questions.
On March 1, a new parental leave policy will go into effect for eligible George Fox University employees. The new parental leave policy provides paid leave for both the primary and secondary caregiver for a newborn or newly placed adopted child.
Here is a brief overview:
Primary Caregiver
Secondary Caregiver
The policy and procedure for requesting paid leave will be published to our Employee Handbook on March 1, 2018.
Please review the full policy carefully for detailed information about eligibility and procedures. Please contact Nichole Drew (ndrew@georgefox.edu) or Darby Thiessen (dthiessen@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Spring commencement plans are underway for traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree program students. Have questions? Check out commencement.georgefox.edu.
Tonight (Friday)Â is the next meeting of the monthly event series Koinonia! At Koinonia, we learn about and celebrate the many cultures represented in our student body. This month we will gather for rich discussions, delicious food, and awesome activities in partnership with the Black Student Union (BSU).
The mission of BSU is to create space for Black culture on campus through discussion, events and guest speakers. Please join us for Koinonia in Canyon Commons from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Together we can bring the culture and learn the culture!
Elective chapel credit is available! Contact Kevin Tshilombo (ktshilombo16@georgefox.edu) for more information.
February has flown by, which brings us to another all-employee lunch. Join your colleagues on Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Canyon Commons 101 and 102. Lunch is only $3 and is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Applications are now being accepted for 2018-19 ARC consultants. If you know students who write well, are thoughtful learners, and desire to support peers in their academic success, please encourage them to apply.
Students from all disciplines are welcome to apply; representation from multiple disciplines strengthens the ARC’s ability to support a wide range of students. Completed materials are due by Friday, March 9.
Send names of promising candidates to Maddie Lowen (mlowen@georgefox.edu);Â she will notify students that they were recommended as a candidate and will invite them to apply.
Application instructions are available at the ARC Application page.
Get a chance to network with industry members from high tech, technical marketing, branding, publishing, nonprofits and more at tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) Innovative Industry Idea (i3) Challenge.
The doors open at 2:30 p.m. for presentations in Hoover 105, with a networking reception to follow. The first 20 in attendance will receive a Dutch Bros gift card. Students, employees and the general public are welcome.
Contact Maggie Plater (mplater14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Come join Nutrition Matters as Emily Forbes from “Love and Plants” gives a cooking demonstration on how to make healthy and delicious soups. Join us at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Canyon Commons 101. Free food is available afterwards, and credit is available for nutrition classes.
Contact Kelsey Herschberger (kherschberger14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
George Fox will serve as the venue for a special musical theatre presentation, Of Ebony Embers: Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by guest Core Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The show is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Celebrating the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance era in New York City, Of Ebony Embers examines the lives of three outstanding but very different African American poets – Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Claude McKay – as seen through the eyes of the great painter and muralist Aaron Douglas.
Chamber music theatre is a unique performance format created by the Core Ensemble, featuring a marriage of theatrical narrative to chamber music performance. Dracyn Blount portrays multiple characters while interacting with Mikael Darmanie on piano. The script was written by Akin Babatunde, who also serves as the show’s director.
The Core Ensemble performs music by African American composers ranging from jazz greats Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus to concert music composers Jeffrey Mumford and George Walker. Since 1993, the Core Ensemble has toured nationally to every region of the United States and internationally to England, Russia, the Ukraine, Australia and the British Virgin Islands.
The production is being hosted by George Fox’s music and theatre departments, in partnership with the offices of diversity and intercultural life.
Contact Jenny Elsey (jelsey@georgefox.edu) for more information.
The Innovative Industry Idea (i3) Challenge is coming this Saturday, Feb 24! Though registration has closed, you are invited to play a special role. Come listen to your friends present and compete with their competitive ideas!
Cheer on their hard work in Hoover 105 at 2:30 p.m. Dutch Bros gift cards will be given to the first 20 in attendance!
Contact Maggie Plater (mplater14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Today (Thursday) is the national Collegiate Day of Prayer. Join the campus pastors for a guided time of prayer for the university between 1 and 2 p.m. in the Prayer Chapel.
Parent and family programs, together with the campus pastors, have put together a prayer liturgy to guide parents, students, and employees in prayer today. You can find it here.
Regardless of how, where, or when you pray, we invite you to join us in interceding for the university on this Collegiate Day of Prayer.
University Housing has a temporary rental available for graduate students or staff members looking for a short-term housing solution. It’s a two-bedroom, two-bath house near the Newberg campus available immediately through the end of July.
Please contact University Housing for more details:Â housing@georgefox.edu.
The William Penn Honors Program invites you to hear biotech entrepreneur Donald Drakeman on Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Edwards-Holman Science Center. The lecture is free and open to all.
Drakeman is a distinguished research professor in the Constitutional Studies Program at Princeton University and a venture partner with Advent Venture Partners. He has cofounded two highly successful biotechnology companies that have created new treatments for cancer.
He will be speaking on the intersection between the sometimes polarizing fields of the humanities and the life sciences in a lecture entitled, “Death Sentence for the Life Sciences? The Humanities and the Future of Medicine.”
If you have questions, please contact Jocelyn Stein at jstein@georgefox.edu.
The university community is invited to a special lecture by Nicholas Buccola, a political scientist from Linfield College, on Wednesday, March 7. Buccola will present “Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty” at 6:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation is free and open to all.
Buccola is the author of The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty (NYU, 2013). The lecture is sponsored by the John Dickinson Forum.
Questions? Contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.
Know of students who want to be part of the Spiritual and Intercultural Life offices? Know of any who want to be involved with the amazing things going on over at the IRC (Intercultural Resource Center)?
If so, the SpIL offices are looking for them! We will be accepting applications for a bunch of different positions until March 9, so encourage students to apply at Handshake.
A group from George Fox is going to Linfield College to hear Jane Elliot speak tonight (Thursday)! We will join Linfield for their Black History Month celebration. We will leave the Stevens Center at 6 p.m. Food is provided! Please text Khadija (503-481-2069) if you need a ride.
The event is being held in Linfield’s ICE Auditorium. It will also be streamed live on the Linfield and Linfield Black Student Union Facebook Page @LCBSU. Follow us for the link!
Looking for an ideal networking opportunity? Join us for a free special event, Speed Networking, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, in the Chehalem Cultural Center ballroom (415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg). Although admission is free, you still need to register.
Bring your business cards! Students, alumni and professionals will have opportunities to create connections and learn about a variety of fields at this speed and social networking event. Business-appropriate attire is recommended. Appetizers and water will be served.
The event is sponsored by the university’s MBA programs and the Business Leadership Society. Faculty, please tell your students about this!
To register, and for more information on networking tips and business attire, visit this link.
Questions? Contact Allie Duncan at aduncan@georgefox.edu.
The university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry invites you to join us for the eighth annual Dalton Lecture at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Bauman Auditorium.
Dr. Simon Conway Morris, a professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St. John’s College, will speak on the topic of evolutionary palaeobiology along with the question of “Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe?†Admission is free.
More information is available on the Dalton Lecture Series webpage. Questions? Call the Department of Biology and Chemistry at 503-554-2710.
