Join us this morning (Tuesday) in chapel for an all-praise and worship service led by Sean Beck and Kesha Nugent. All are welcome to join us at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
And, as usual, we will host Vespers Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the same location.
Think you have what it takes to beat our president, Robin Baker, in a 5K run? Sign up and find out!
Register for the “Beat Baker” run at georgefox.edu/health (T-shirt included in registration). The race is in Newberg on Saturday, March 18, at 8 a.m., and the cost is only $10 for students and $25 for non-students.
The run is part of a full slate of Health and Wellness Week activities. Check out the website for more details.
All are invited to the 2017 Spring Faculty Lecture tonight (Tuesday), featuring Craig Johnson, professor emeritus of leadership studies and recipient of the 2015-16 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research & Scholarship.
Craig’s lecture, “A Walk on the Shadow Side of Leadership,†will begin at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. Following is a synopsis:
“We will focus on the power leaders have to cast light or shadow over followers. They must take special care, ‘lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.’ Refusing to face the dark side of leadership makes abuse more likely. Exploring the destructive dimension of leadership highlights the ethical challenges facing leaders and equips us to illumine rather than darken the lives of others.”
Come early and enjoy the 2017 Spring Richter Student Scholars Symposium! It is scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. George Fox student scholars, from both undergraduate and graduate programs, will present their research in a conversational poster format.
The event is sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee. Refreshments will be served.
Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
Please take a few minutes to complete the LibQUAL+ survey on the quality of library resources and services. If you have already submitted the survey, thank you! If not, please take six to seven minutes and do so soon.
Only you can tell the library how well it meets your needs; enter soon for a chance to win prizes!
Questions? Contact Rob Bohall (rbohall@georgefox.edu)
Tickets for the Department of Art & Design’s fashion show are now available! This is the fashion program’s final show, as the major will be discontinued at the end of this year.
It would be our pleasure to see you in attendance on Friday, March 24, at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.)! Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the show begins at 7:30 p.m., and a dessert reception (catered by the Newberg Bakery) follows.
Cost is $5 for students, $8 for non-students. Purchase tickets at this link.
The Wheeler Fitness Center is looking to hire a student for its student manager position. If you’re interested in managing and improving the Fitness Center in a leadership role, go to the Handshake website (joinhandshake.com) to apply and submit the needed documents! A more detailed job description and the application requirements are posted there.
The job will start this summer and continue through the 2017-18 school year (and longer so long as you are attending George Fox). Applications will close Friday, March 10, so apply quickly!
Contact Cory Hand (chand@georgefox.edu) with any questions!
Make plans to attend a special event, “Ending Sexual Violence: A Conversation with George Fox Employees,” from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. today (Monday) in Canyon Commons 101 & 102.
Please join us as Debra Bridges from the Yamhill County Crime Victims Unit and Todd Baltzell of the Newberg/Dundee Police Department share with our community ways that we can all help to end sexual violence. This event is sponsored by the Office of Student Life.
Questions? Contact Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu.
A group of George Fox physical therapy students will be going on a medical missions trip to Africa May 30 to June 13, and we are organizing a banquet/silent auction to help raise money for the trip!
The university community is welcome to attend the banquet and auction at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 12, in Canyon Commons. Tickets are $25 and cover the cost of dinner and one entry into a random drawing for a gift basket. All proceeds go directly to our trip.
At the dinner, we will auction off various gift baskets and gift certificates generously donated by community members and businesses. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by contacting Jessica Dinielli (jdinielli15@georgefox.edu). Can’t make it to the banquet but would like to donate? You can do so at this link.
Thank you!
– Jessica Dinielli
As part of the 125 Days of Wellness challenge, the RegiSTARS would like to invite everyone to a community stretch break from 10 to 10:15 a.m. today (Monday) in the registrar’s office on the first floor of the Stevens Center!
Bring your favorite stretch to share with the group, or come ready to learn some new stretches. You won’t want to miss out on the fun!
Contact Rachel Ryan (rryan@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Join us for the next brown-bag training! Colleagues will share their experience in using VoiceThread, a new feature in FoxTALE that provides threaded discussions using video, audio and text comments.
We hope you can join us on one of the following dates:
RSVP at this link. Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.
The William Penn Honors Program invites you to hear Peter Iver Kaufman speak on “Leadership and the Humanities” this Thursday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Kaufman is a professor at the University of Richmond in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies and professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill’s history and religious studies departments. He teaches a wide range of leadership courses and studies the political cultures of late antique, medieval and early modern Europe and North Africa.
He has written nine books, is the author of more than 40 articles on authority, religious conflict and literary history, and is editor-in-chief of Religions and editor of a series of monographs on the religion around iconic figures.
The lecture is open to the public, and admission is free. If you have any questions regarding the event, please email Jocelyn Stein at honors@georgefox.edu.
Join us for a celebration party in honor of Women’s History Month on Friday, March 10, from noon to 1 p.m. in the International Center/Cultural House. The event will feature funny stories and lessons learned from women at George Fox who have lived in various cultures around the world.
Snacks and music will be provided! Everyone is invited!
Contact Echo Yu (byu16@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Are you and your work buddies looking for a way to have some fun? If so, then consider the Health and Wellness Week Corporate Games!
Teams of four from various businesses and from George Fox University departments will challenge each other in various games and relays to see who can be the best. The School of Physical Therapy has a team, and we challenge all comers to have a great time and build some team spirit.
Interested? Sign up at this link. The event will take place at Stoffer Family Stadium on Friday, March 17, beginning at 6 p.m.
Let the games begin! Contact Marcey Keefer Hutchison (mkeeferhutchison@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Tonight (Monday) at Art Talk we have the pleasure of hearing from ceramic artist and curator Helen Otterson. Exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, Helen’s ceramic and glass sculptures are part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Nicolaysen Art Museum, and the Plains Art Museum.
Helen holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Miami, and she currently teaches ceramics and sculpture at North Dakota State University. Her work is inspired by an interest in biomorphic form, the human encounter with disease, organic growth and changes in cells.
We hope to see you tonight at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan) at 6 p.m. Contact Ann Susannah Lunt (alunt13@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
All are invited to the 2017 Spring Faculty Lecture tomorrow (Tuesday), featuring Craig Johnson, professor emeritus of leadership studies and recipient of the 2015-16 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research & Scholarship.
Craig’s lecture, “A Walk on the Shadow Side of Leadership,†will begin at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. Following is a synopsis:
“We will focus on the power leaders have to cast light or shadow over followers. They must take special care, ‘lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.’ Refusing to face the dark side of leadership makes abuse more likely. Exploring the destructive dimension of leadership highlights the ethical challenges facing leaders and equips us to illumine rather than darken the lives of others.”
Come early and enjoy the 2017 Spring Richter Student Scholars Symposium! It is scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. George Fox student scholars, from both undergraduate and graduate programs, will present their research in a conversational poster format.
The event is sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee. Refreshments will be served.
Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday) for a Symphony Orchestra Concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The event is free to attend!
The itinerary includes Poem Symphonique for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 43a by Peter Benoit; Movement 1 Will-o’-the-Wisps, featuring Lauren Timmons on flute; La Traviata from Addio del Passato by Giuseppe Verdi, featuring soprano Malia Hansen; and Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, featuring Simeon Brown on violin. Timmons and Hansen were winners of the 2017 George Fox University Concerto Competition.
Join us for a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation tonight (Monday), when Randy Woodley, Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture, presents “Whose American Dream?” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Woodley, a United Keetoowah Band Cherokee, will discuss such questions as “Where did the American Dream begin and for whom?,” “What are the philosophical foundations for the American Dream and how do they stack up to the way of Jesus?” and “What are the myths that need to be embedded in our psyche in order to participate in the American Dream?”
The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “The Future of the American Dream.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
Love pizza? Come out to the Newberg Round Table today (Monday) between 4 and 8 p.m. to support the Athletic Training Club! Proceeds from sales will go toward travel expenses for club members to attend an upcoming Northwest Athletic Trainers Association event.
Please visit our Facebook page, or email Matt Alvarez at malvarez13@georgefox.edu for a copy of the flyer. We can’t wait to see you there!
One of the university’s new general education course options, HUMA 290 Art, Beauty, and Truth, taught by art professor Jillian Sokso, has just been added to the roster of 2017 Summer Online courses! Students now have the choice to take either two separate courses in ARTS, THEA, or MUSI, or the single HUMA 290 course (see General Education catalog page for a description of this course).
All of the George Fox summer online courses are offered at 50 percent off tuition, and cover an array of basic Gen Ed options and more. Registration is open now! Some sections are already full and others are filling up fast. Have a look at the options, and email online program director Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Do you have back or neck pain? Would you like to have it looked at for free while also helping out our physical therapy students? Our second-year students are looking for volunteers for two dates …
If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out this form. If you have questions, please email Gina Braden (rbraden@georgefox.edu). We will meet in the Roberts Center’s physical therapy department.
