Help cancer patients with a simple mouth swab! Sign up for the bone marrow registry on Tuesday, April 11, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103. Young patients battling cancer will also be there to remind us of how you can change someone’s life by simply signing up.
Questions? Contact David Degnan (ddegnan14@georgefox.edu).
Housing and room selection begins today (Tuesday) and ends tomorrow. Students will be able to select their rooms on campus for the 2017-18 academic year.
Please be aware that this is a time of heightened emotions and stress for students.
If students have questions regarding housing, please refer them to our website (housing.georgefox.edu) or our office. We will have staff here to assist them in the process.
Questions? Write housing@georgefox.edu.
Friendship House is a residential opportunity for women, 21 years of age or older, at George Fox University, in partnership with Mark 2 Ministries and Friendship House Partners.
Students live in intentional Christian community with persons with an intellectual or developmental disability. Life is ordered around the community building blocks Jean Vanier articulated (founder of L’Arche communities), “Eat Together, Pray Together, Celebrate Together!”
Friendship House celebrates together! Celebration happens because Friendship House is a place of deep belonging in which each person, regardless of ability, is seen and recognized as a gift.
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, plan to attend one of the informational meetings held this week:
Learn more about the program at friendshiphousepartners.com.
Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Want to volunteer your lunch hour on Monday, April 10, to help with mock interviews for the career class GEED 216?
We’re looking for a small group of faculty and staff to engage in a fast-paced, round-robin mock interview format to help prepare 28 students for upcoming interviews. Questions will be provided, and no experience is necessary! The session will run from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103.
Email Colleen Sump (csump@georgefox.edu) if you have questions or are interested.
Welcome back! We only have a few more chapel and Vespers services. Today Margaret Manning Shull joins us in chapel at 10:50 a.m. from the RZIM Speaking and Writing Team.
Passionate about communicating the gospel in ways that engage both heart and mind, Margaret’s pastoral ministry grounds her speaking and writing in a relational and practical style. She seeks to address the critical intersections between the Christian faith and lived experience in order to engage Christians and non-Christians in conversations that count.
Vespers tomorrow at 7 p.m. will be on Psalm 22. See you there!
The university’s College of Engineering invites the campus community to come hear John Mark Comer speak in Bauman Auditorium this Monday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Comer is the pastor for teaching and vision at Bridgetown: A Jesus Church in Portland and the author of the book Garden City. He will be speaking on his book, which has been this semester’s reading material for students in the Engineering Your Soul book study in the College of Engineering.
Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu).
The Department of Physical Therapy is excited to host Dr. Jason Wilken, associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Iowa, on Tuesday, April 11, in Canyon Commons 103.
Dr. Wilken will present the topic “Experience and Evidence – Evolution of a Custom Fiber Device to Restore Limb Function.” His leading-edge work at the Department of Defense’s Center for the Intrepid (in San Antonio, Texas) over the past decade has led to significant advancement in both rehabilitation and performance technology for individuals with lower limb injuries.
Everyone is encouraged to attend this free event, ask questions and welcome Dr. Wilken to the university. Light refreshments will be served.
Questions? Contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.
Hello everyone! The Coast to Coast Swing Club will be hosting a live swing dance this Sunday, April 9, and everyone is invited!
It will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in the Wheeler gym. We’ll have snacks and water provided, so bring your friends, bring a date, bring everyone because it is going to be blast! Hope to see you all there.
If you have a questions, please contact Michael Rooney (mrooney14@georgefox.edu).
This week’s weekly 125 Days of Wellness weekly challenge …
Pick three of the following “spread kindness” initiatives and take a total of 125 extra points for the week.
– Brought to you by the Staff Development Committee
You are invited to come hear William Penn Honors Program special guest speaker Miles Hollingworth on Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Hollingworth, PhD, will present “On the True Version of an Event: Saint Augustine of Hippo’s Conversion.” Our guest is an independent philosopher and writer living in Italy who is well-known for his work on Saint Augustine of Hippo. Hollingworth is a past winner of the Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction from the Royal Society of Literature and the Elizabeth Longford Scholarship from the Society of Authors.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Questions regarding the event can be directed to Jocelyn Stein (jstein@georgefox.edu).
In honor of the university’s 125th anniversary, George Fox employees are invited to a special reception at the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, April 17.
The event will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Senate Chamber Lobby of the capitol building, located at 900 Court St. N.E., in Salem. Please R.S.V.P. to Mary Monahan (mmonahan@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2115) by Tuesday, April 11, if you plan to attend.
Later in the month, the university will host its own anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons, at which former presidents David Brandt, Tom Johnson and David Le Shana will be in attendance. Contact Mary by April 12 to R.S.V.P. for that event.
Both events are free to attend.
The university’s human resources department is proud to announce the official launching of Applicant Pool, an applicant tracking system. Some key features are an online application for employment that can connect to a LinkedIn account, a requisition system (replaces the approval-to-recruit process in MyGFU), and a platform for hiring managers to share applications with a search committee that tracks comments and candidate status.
For step-by-step instructions on how to log into Applicant Pool and start a requisition, email Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu. We welcome your feedback!
The university’s theatre department invites you to our third show of the season, Deus Ex Millennia, set to open this week! Come join us as we explore ways in which millennials encounter God and seek grace in the midst of untidy endings.
The show runs April 6-9 and again April 12-14, with all performances taking place in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, April 9, matinee, scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.
Student tickets are free Thursday, April 6, and Wednesday, April 12. It’s recommended you pick up your free ticket in advance online (select “GFU Student” in the drop-down ticket menu). You may also bring your student ID to the door to gain admission.
Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket. You may pick up that ticket (select “GFU Employee” in drop-down menu), purchase additional tickets and read a synopsis of the play here.
Contact Kathy Harris (kharris@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
If you know someone whose contributions have been above and beyond in the past few weeks, please send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by the end of the day Monday, April 10, with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.
The Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 gift card at our community meeting later this month.
Congratulations again to Andrew Fleming and Kaitlyn Ragan, who were our employees of the month for March!
Join us for the final brown-bag sessions of the spring …
Recording and Editing Media
Want to dig a little deeper into producing media for instruction? Colleagues will share tools and strategies.
Digital Fluency Institute Faculty Show-and-Tell
Come help us celebrate with DFI Cohort 2016-17 faculty as they give a show-and-tell on instructional strategies they have explored this year.
Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.
David Nammo, executive director of the Christian Legal Society, will speak on campus Wednesday, April 5, on the subject “Is Religious Liberty Still Threatened in the Donald Trump Era?â€
The talk will be from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 206 and is open to the public.
Join us for our first event as we launch the George Fox Business Leadership Society! We are honored to hear from Jessica Williams, founder of the Superwoman Project (superwomanproject.com), TEDx Talk speaker and life coach.
Here are the details:
When: Thursday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Portland Center
The evening will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, networking and much more!
This is free for George Fox employees, but please register at this link ahead of time.
Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.
Please join us as we wish Ginny Birky congratulations and retirement blessings from George Fox! Join us for her reception between 4 and 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 17, in Roberts Center 117.
Hors d’oeuvres will be served. Hope to see you there!
Over the past year, Mail Services has made significant changes to employee box numbers. If you are using a list for inter-campus mail that was printed more than three months ago, please update your list.
You can access the updated Employee Extension/Box List here. The list is updated often, so check back regularly for the most up-to-date edition.
Questions? Contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.
Join us for our first event as we launch the George Fox Business Leadership Society! We are honored to hear from Jessica Williams, founder of the Superwoman Project (superwomanproject.com), TEDx Talk speaker and life coach.
Here are the details:
When: Thursday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Portland Center
The evening will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, networking and much more!
This is free for George Fox employees, but please register at this link ahead of time.
Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.
