Come join Nutrition Matters for a cooking demonstration from Emily Forbes from Love and Plants! We’ll learn how to make easy and delicious breakfast foods for even the busiest mornings. We’ll be in Canyon Commons 101 at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Come join us!
Contact Kelsey Herschberger (herschberger.kl@gmail.com) for more information.
The university and the community are invited to the 2017 Fall Faculty Lecture, “Earth, Solar Wind and Sun,†featuring Bob Hamilton, PhD, professor of physics, and recipient of the 2016-17 Undergraduate Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Scholarship.
Join us Tuesday, Oct. 17, for the presentation. The lecture runs from 6 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Hamilton will discuss the recent eclipse and how this rare sight illustrates the sun’s intricate and dynamic role in shaping the larger, unseen environment of the earth. The sun shapes both the solar wind and the magnetic field which encompass our entire solar system. Highlights from research conducted by and with students at George Fox will be presented using graphics and animations.
Prior to the lecture that evening, the 2017 Fall Richter Student Scholars Symposium will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. Student scholars from the university’s graduate and undergraduate programs will present their research in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be provided by the Faculty Development Committee.
Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing Communications will be processing the next business card order on Thursday, Oct. 23. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source before Friday, Oct. 20.
Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.
Student Life invites you to attend a special session, “Real Conversations: A Student Life Symposium on Suicide Awareness & Prevention.”
Here are the details …
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12
Time: 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.
Location: Canyon Commons 101-102-103
Speakers:Â Bill Buhrow, dean of student services and director of Health and Counseling Services; Luann Foster, licensed psychologist, Health and Counseling Services
Sponsored by:
Elective credit will be given when students complete the MyGFU form. Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
Marketing Communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your name tag requests at this link.
Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions. The next order will be placed Monday, Oct. 16.
Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
What do Amazon, IBM, Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Disney and Dove have in common? They embrace purpose-driven branding – a business model that defines success by financial performance and making a positive impact on the world.
At the next College of Business Industry Insiders event, come hear from corporate executive Mike Van Wyk as he explains why the most powerful brands of the future will be those that drive the most meaningful social change.
Save the date for Wednesday, Oct. 25, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103. Come enjoy a free lunch and hear from this expert in consumer understanding and brand building.
Contact Colleen Sump (csump@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Our next home football game is this Saturday, Oct. 14, so please take note of the important information below. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. against Willamette. We hope you’ll join in the fun!
Be sure to move your cars out of the Bauman parking lot and the tennis court parking lot on Friday evening. This space will be dedicated to football fan parking, activities and vendors on Saturday. No parking will be permitted in these lots.Â
Entrances to the football game
There will be two entrances into the game and both are located in the Bauman parking lot, directly behind the stadium.
Wheeler Sports Center closed
The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This means the basketball gym, racquetball courts and locker rooms will be closed. The Fitness Center will remain open for normal business hours, but you will need to enter through the hallway entrance located on the field level, toward the end of the building near the tennis courts. There will be security officers who will ask you where you are headed; just let them know that you are going to work out.
Bauman Walkway
The sidewalk located between the football stadium and Bauman will be closed. Please walk around the building and do not move the barricade.
Circle Parking Lot
The circle parking lot near Wheeler will be closed for the day. This space is reserved for officials to park in. Officials will arrive as early as 10 a.m.
Sideline Passes
No one will be granted field access without a sideline pass. Sideline passes are issued to those who are required to work and/or have official business during the game.
Tickets
Students and staff can show their ID cards at the gate to get into the game free of charge. Additional tickets can be purchased online or at the gate. Or, visit the Athletics ticket website.
We hope to see you at the game at 1 p.m. and the tailgates prior to that!
Jared and Samantha Friesen, team leaders who work for the nonprofit organization PornScar, are coming to campus tonight (Thursday) to share their testimonies and to speak about how pornography proves to be harmful in many ways.
Jared and Samantha are married and have both struggled with addictions to pornography. They long to reach out and inform people about pornography and help those who struggle with an addiction to it. The goal of PornScar is to “Get Free, Stay Free & Free Others.†Also, our guests will share how pornography fuels sex-trafficking. So come and learn all about it!
We’ll meet from 7 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 103. Contact Abby Campbell (acampbell16@georgefox.edu) with any questions. The gathering is hosted by the International Justice Mission Club.
Fall sports teams are making a splash around the nation, so don’t miss your chance to catch these athletes in action!
This week, you can catch women’s soccer, volleyball and football at home. All three teams are coming off big wins last week, and the football team is ranked among the top-25 in the nation for the first time in program history. Go Bruins!
Get the full schedule for your favorite athletes at gfubruins.com.
Oregon State University is hosting a career expo for STEM industry professionals on Wednesday, Oct. 18, and for arts, humanities, communications and healthcare students on Thursday, Oct. 19. George Fox students have been invited to attend. This is an opportunity to connect with hiring employers and explore the various positions and organizations within the STEM and health industries. To find out more about the employers attending, visit this link.
If you’re interested in attending either of the expo days, be sure to register on Handshake for either the STEM or the humanities day. Start planning now to work on you resume and LinkedIn profile and make an appointment to see a Career Coach in the IDEA Center to learn career fair strategies!
Questions? Contact Grace Packer (gpacker@georgefox.edu).
Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.
Come join Nutrition Matters for a cooking demonstration from Emily Forbes from Love and Plants! We’ll learn how to make easy and delicious breakfast foods for even the busiest mornings. We’ll be in Canyon Commons 101 at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Come join us!
Contact Kelsey Herschberger (herschberger.kl@gmail.com) for more information.
Make plans to attend an all-employee meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24 (note new date), from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Canyon Commons. The event will also be live-streamed in Room 160 at the Portland Center.
If you have any questions you’d like to be addressed at the meeting, send them to Rob Westervelt (rwesterv@georgefox.edu).
Thank you!
The Intercultural Resource Center is hosting the second annual Voices Conference at George Fox on Oct. 20-21! This multicultural leadership conference is open to people from all backgrounds and cultures. Our vision is to create space for students, faculty, staff and community members to engage in meaningful conversations about being multicultural leaders in an increasingly diverse society.
We will feature keynote speaker Leroy Barber, who will join other nationally renowned speakers in leading workshops and discussions regarding social justice, leadership and diversity. You can register here. For more information about specific times and locations, check out our event page.
Students: There is chapel credit and chapel elective credit offered for attending this event; the amount will vary based upon participation in both Friday and Saturday’s activities (Friday worship: two chapel credits; Saturday workshops: one credit elective per session, up to four elective credits total).
Contact Rachel Leong (rleong16@georgefox.edu) or the Intercultural Resource Center (irc@georgefox.edu)Â if you have questions.
Hope to see you there!
A few weeks ago Marketing Communications migrated www.georgefox.edu (not athletics.georgefox.edu, blogs.georgefox.edu, etc.) from using the insecure HTTP protocol (e.g. http://www.georgefox.edu/) to the secure HTTPS protocol (e.g. https://www.georgefox.edu).
Now we need to update links to www.georgefox.edu in our emails and other materials.
This just requires adding an “s” to the protocol to make this change (e.g. http://www.georgefox.edu/ -> https://www.georgefox.edu/).
This change needs to be made in all digital media that links to www.georgefox.edu: emails, email signatures, saved text to be pasted into emails, PDFs, links on other websites (not links *on* www.georgefox.edu), etc.
In print materials, it’s still fine to use URLs that do not include the protocol (e.g. georgefox.edu/visit).
Please take a moment to update links to www.georgefox.edu in any digital media you manage.
Questions? Email Peter Crackenberg at pcrackenberg@georgefox.edu.
George Fox alumni, current students and employees are invited to hear from business industry expert Mike Van Wyk on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Portland Center’s Room 155.
Mike has more than 20 years of consumer research and brand-building experience at large companies like Proctor Gamble and currently is the VP of customer research and insights for Capital Group. He will speak on the topic of purpose-driven brand building. A Q&A session will follow.
Coffee and desserts will be served. The event is free, but please register here. The event is being hosted by the College of Business and the Business Leadership Society.
Come join Portland Seminary’s Leah Payne as she hosts a “Turning the Page” session with The Saint John’s Bible this Friday, Oct. 13, from 4 to 4:20 p.m. in the Special Collections Room in the upstairs of the Murdock Learning Resource Center on the Newberg campus. All are welcome!
Jared and Samantha Friesen, team leaders who work for the nonprofit organization PornScar, are coming to campus tomorrow (Thursday) to share their testimonies and to speak about how pornography proves to be harmful in many ways.
Jared and Samantha are married and have both struggled with addictions to pornography. They long to reach out and inform people about pornography and help those who struggle with an addiction to it. The goal of PornScar is to “Get Free, Stay Free & Free Others.†Also, our guests will share how pornography fuels sex-trafficking. So come and learn all about it!
We’ll meet from 7 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 103. Contact Abby Campbell (acampbell16@georgefox.edu) with any questions. The gathering is hosted by the International Justice Mission Club.
If you’ve missed the first couple Vespers, it’s not too late to join us! We are still in the book of Ephesians and will be going through the first part of Chapter 4 tonight (Wednesday).
We will start with a wonderful time of worship and then hear a great message. Come enjoy a time rest and reflection in the midst of your busy semester. We’ll see you at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium!
Today (Wednesday), starting at 8:30 a.m., Plant Services will be testing the smoke detector/elevator interface in all buildings with elevators on campus. The horn/strobes for the fire system will be disconnected but there will be some beeping from the main panels. During the test, the elevator in that building will be non-operational, so occupants will need to wait or use the stairs. The test duration for each building will vary depending on the complexity of the fire system but should be about 30 to 60 minutes on average. It could take longer if we encounter a malfunction.
These tests are required by the State of Oregon and are based on a deadline, so we apologize for any inconvenience. If you know of any individual or event that would prohibit this testing, please let the Plant Services office know at ext. 2010 and we will make every effort to make accommodations.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Plant Services office. Thank you for your cooperation.
Newberg Community Yoga has just added a 20 percent discount on all classes for George Fox students. The studio offers a full schedule and a variety of styles of yoga.
George Fox employee Maddie Lowen teaches Vinyasa yoga on Mondays at 11:15 a.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. For more details and to register, go to newbergcommunityyoga.com.
