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Please help out a few full-time MBA students and take this quick 12-question survey about your espresso purchasing behavior. Those who participate will be entered to win a $20 coffee gift card!

Espresso Survey

Thank you!
- Michaela Ionita (mionita17@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.

Do you have back pain? Register now for the Tuesday, March 13, spine/back care class (part of Health and Wellness week) to experience moving better with less pain! Space is limited, so register today at georgefox.edu/health. The class will be held at 6 p.m. in the Roberts Center.

Nearly 80 percent of the population will experience back pain in their lifetime, as pain is often provoked with various postures and movements. This class will focus on both acute and chronic low-back pain and will provide state-of-the-art innovative strategies for maintaining a healthy back. The class is free and open to the public, so tell your family, friends and neighbors!

More information on Health and Wellness Week is available at the above link.

​The next Wellness Challenge is here! The Wellness Challenge “Spring Part 2” will run from Monday, March 12 through Friday, April 27.

Here are the details:

• Prizes: There will be a random drawing for a Fitbit, two free staff lunches and water bottles.
• How drawing entries are earned: One per week participated, one per weekly challenge completed, one per 25 points earned, one per wellness event hosted and posted on the Facebook page. And, “Challenge Part 1” participants get entries for the weeks they participated.
• Report your progress: Use this link.

For the first challenge, March 12-17: Participate in an activity from the physical therapy department’s Health and Wellness Week.

Also, join in the conversation on Facebook here.

– Staff Development Committee

Do you have back pain? Register now for the Tuesday, March 13, spine/back care class (part of Health and Wellness week) to experience moving better with less pain! Space is limited, so register today at georgefox.edu/health. The class will be held at 6 p.m. in the Roberts Center.

Nearly 80 percent of the population will experience back pain in their lifetime, as pain is often provoked with various postures and movements. This class will focus on both acute and chronic low-back pain and will provide state-of-the-art innovative strategies for maintaining a healthy back. The class is free and open to the public, so tell your family, friends and neighbors!

More information on Health and Wellness Week is available at the above link.

The importance of being ethical in the business world will be discussed at a special George Fox-hosted lecture presented by Jeff Grubb, a former vice president at Wells Fargo, on Thursday, March 15. Grubb’s free presentation, “A Christian in the Business World: Ethical Decisions in Challenging Times,” begins at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Grubb has been a trustee at the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust since 2010. He retired from corporate life in 2017 after 35 years in financial services working for Progressive Insurance, U.S. Bank, U.S. Trust and Wells Fargo. He has also served on the advisory board of several private companies.

The lecture is being presented by George Fox’s Office of the President and College of Business. It is the latest installment of the university’s Reiten Lecture Executive in Residence Series.

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Turnitin services will be temporarily unavailable during a scheduled maintenance update on Saturday, March 17, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

In Assignments with Turnitin enabled, instructors are encouraged to modify assignment submission due dates to fall outside of the window. All other FoxTALE services will operate as usual. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Contact the Service Desk with any questions: 503-554-2569 or servicedesk@georgefox.edu.

Come join Nutrition Matters as Emily Forbes from “Love and Plants” gives a cooking demonstration on how to make Irish-inspired food. Join us at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, 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.

Please help out a few full-time MBA students and take this quick 12-question survey about your espresso purchasing behavior. Those who participate will be entered to win a $20 coffee gift card!

Espresso Survey

Thank you!
- Michaela Ionita (mionita17@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 Portland Writing Center is seeking a new writing consultant who is enthusiastic about helping fellow graduate and adult degree students understand the components of effective writing. Portland Writing Center consultants are current degree-completion and graduate students who work four to eight hours per week meeting with students in face-to-face or online sessions at the Portland Writing Center.

Writing consultant duties include helping students with the following: (1) thinking through ideas for a writing assignment; (2) considering writing choices with regard to audience, focus, purpose, cohesion, and organization; (3) developing ideas with specific evidence; (4) improving research strategies; (5) applying proper documentation and formatting; and (6) understanding basic grammar and mechanics.

Click here for a consultant job description, and click here for a consultant application. A review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

For more information, contact Jennie Harrop, Portland Writing Center director, at 503-554-6024 or jharrop@georgefox.edu.

The history honors society and George Fox Archives invite you to an open house and a behind-the-scenes tour of the George Fox University Archives on Thursday, March 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the MLRC.

Items from our collections on Herbert Hoover, the Four Flats Quartet, and a land deed signed by William Penn will be on display.

Please send questions to Rachel Thomas: rthomas@georgefox.edu.

We hope to see you there!

The SpiL Shalom team invites the campus community to an on-campus worship event, “The Burn,” tonight (Friday) from 6 p.m. to midnight in the Stevens Center. The music will continue all night, as led by 12 different student worship groups.

Our goal: To make intentional space for God to move and speak. What does it look like to worship God through the “highs and lows” … when we feel like it and even when we don’t… when we are happy and well fed and when we are tired/cranky? We are challenging students to commit to the entirety of the six-hour event to worship Jesus and sit in his love with expectancy. However, please feel free to come and go as you need.

We will also have some stations/communion available. There is so much potential to bring all of our groups together for a night of unity; we hope you will join us!

Contact Shea Krevi at skrevi15@georgefox.edu with any questions!

The new training, self-evaluation, and assessment tool for staff and administrators became available March 1. We trust you are enjoying the improvements! Employee Empowerment gives a big thank you to everyone who participated in the survey and testing. Your feedback was used in our decisions to simplify the tool and process.

Employee Empowerment welcomes your questions by phone, email, or in person. Please contact Darby Thiessen at 503-554-2188 or dthiessen@georgefox.edu if you encounter any issues or have questions.

The Finance Department would like to follow-up on last month’s announcement that a drop box is now available by clarifying that the drop box is for AFTER HOURS ITEMS ONLY. As a reminder, we have renamed the drop box; it is now called the “After Hours Drop Box.”

Please do not drop items in the box during our regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please call or email Michelle Conrad at ext. 2160 or mconrad@georgefox.edu with any questions.

We sure appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

– The Finance Department

This month’s all-employee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, March 22, has been moved up to meet on Monday, March 19, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160 at the Portland Center). Please make a note of this change.

Want to support a missions trip to Nicaragua? Want to see a professor get “pied?” Come to the Bruin Den today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday) between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Drop money into the jar with the name of the professor you want to see “pied.”

The top four jars with the most money in them will be “pied” on Tuesday, March 13, right after chapel! The participating professors are Kelly Chang, Sue O’Donnell, Chris Koch, Kris Kays, David Martínez, Steve Sherwood, Matthew Stump, Katie Mastropaolo, Abigail Favale, Javier Garcia, Melissa Ramos, Todd Curtis and Matt Dyment.

Don’t have cash on hand? You can donate online at this link. After you do, email Kelly Chang (kchang@georgefox.edu) and let her know how much you donated and which professor you would like the donation to go to.

Finally, there will be a raffle for who gets to be the “pie-ers” at the event. We’ll be selling tickets for $1 each at the Bruin Den this Monday, March 12.

Contact Julia Toews (jtoews17@georgefox.edu) for more information.

To manage existing maintenance needs and projects, Plant Services is requiring all office relocation requests for the summer months to be made according to the following deadlines:

• By March 30 for May and June moves
• By April 27 for July and August moves

Any requests made after these dates for moves in those respective months will be considered and approved based on current schedules and staff availability.

Relocation Forms are located here.

Questions? Contact Dwayne Astleford (dastlefo@georgefox.edu).

The William Penn Honors Program regrets to inform the university community that tonight’s (Thursday’s) lecture featuring guest Donald Drakeman has been canceled. Unfortunately, Drakeman had to cancel to tend to his wife, who is ill. The lecture has not been rescheduled at this time.

If you have questions, please contact Jocelyn Stein at jstein@georgefox.edu.

The SpiL Shalom team invites the campus community to an on-campus worship event, “The Burn,” tomorrow (Friday) from 6 p.m. to midnight in the Stevens Center. The music will continue all night, as led by 12 different student worship groups.

Our goal: To make intentional space for God to move and speak. What does it look like to worship God through the “highs and lows” … when we feel like it and even when we don’t… when we are happy and well fed and when we are tired/cranky? We are challenging students to commit to the entirety of the six-hour event to worship Jesus and sit in his love with expectancy. However, please feel free to come and go as you need.

We will also have some stations/communion available. There is so much potential to bring all of our groups together for a night of unity; we hope you will join us!

Contact Shea Krevi at skrevi15@georgefox.edu with any questions!

Hungry for discounts? “Lettuce” share a link to our local restaurants page, where you’ll find a smorgasbord of delicious deals cooked up just for our George Fox community! Check it out and “spread” the word!

Questions? Contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.

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, today (Thursday) 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.