All graduating seniors are invited to stop by the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium for the Exodus Grad Fair on Thursday and Friday, March 2-3, between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to pick up their cap and gown. Faculty, please advise your seniors of this event.
Questions? Contact Diana Koba (dkoba@georgefox.edu).
An all-employee lunch will be held in Canyon Commons tomorrow (Tuesday) between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Cost is only $3. Need extra Wellness Challenge points? Take a walk before or after with a colleague!
Sigma Zeta is hosting a discussion night tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. in EHS 125 for students interested in gathering together and exploring current topics in science and religion.
This is open to all majors and backgrounds, as we’d love to hear from you and any pressing questions or issues you’d like to discuss. Light refreshments will be provided!
Contact Jalane Jara (jjara13@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Don’t forget to eat at Round Table in Newberg tonight (Monday), from 5 to 9 p.m., as the restaurant is donating 20 percent of your total purchase to the spring Haiti Serve Trip if you bring the promotional poster on your phone or printed out!
Just email jstgelus14@georgefox.edu or arosa14@georgefox.edu to send you the PDF of the poster. Also, be sure to invite your friends to support the cause. The restaurant is located at 2512 Portland Road. We hope to see you there!
The university community is invited to a special lecture, “Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference,” this Thursday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Presenting the lecture will be John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion and Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. He teaches criminal law, law and religion, and various First Amendment seminars. His scholarship focuses on the First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly and religion, and related questions of legal and political theory.
Inazu is author of the books Liberty’s Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly (2012) and Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference (2016).
The free presentation is sponsored by the university’s politics program and William Penn Honors Program. Contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Bon Appetit “Team T-800” will be serving a 125 Days of Wellness Challenge-friendly menu for all-employee lunch this week. Please join us in Canyon Commons tomorrow (Tuesday) between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. for a chef salad and soup lunch and earn your 25 points for a healthy salad lunch … and another 25 points for taking your full lunch break!
See you there!
Interested in learning to prepare healthy breakfasts, soups, vegetable dishes and desserts? You are invited to a series of “Cooking 101” Nutrition Matters classes taught by Love and Plants’ Emily Forbes in the coming weeks. All are free!
Here is the schedule:
Please join us for as many of these sessions as you can attend. If you have questions, contact Kelsey Herschberger at herschberger.kl@gmail.com.
Looking for some great food for an even better cause? Tomorrow (Monday), from 5 to 9 p.m., Round Table Pizza in Newberg will donate 20 percent of your total purchase to the spring Haiti Serve Trip if you bring the promotional poster on your phone or printed out!
Just email jstgelus14@georgefox.edu or arosa14@georgefox.edu to send you the PDF of the poster. Also, be sure to invite your friends to support the cause. The restaurant is located at 2512 Portland Road. We hope to see you there!
Looking for some great food for an even better cause? This Monday, Feb. 27, from 5 to 9 p.m., Round Table Pizza in Newberg will donate 20 percent of your total purchase to the spring Haiti Serve Trip if you bring the promotional poster on your phone or printed out!
Just email jstgelus14@georgefox.edu or arosa14@georgefox.edu to send you the PDF of the poster. Also, be sure to invite your friends to support the cause. The restaurant is located at 2512 Portland Road. We hope to see you there!
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.
Join us for a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation this Monday, Feb. 27, when Aida Ramos, assistant professor of sociology at George Fox, presents “El Sueño” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Ramos will describe how the American Dream plays out for her family, including her immigrant relatives, connecting their experience to sociological evidence revealing a larger picture of the promise of the Dream and its limitations for Latinos.
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.
Hello all faculty and academic department administrators …
Wednesday, March 1, is the deadline for ALL textbook adoptions for Summer 2017 courses. If you require students to have any textbook for the summer term, please enter those textbooks into iGFU as soon as possible and no later than March 1.
For more information, contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.
You’re invited to join the 125 MPH Wellness Group every Monday from noon to 12:30 p.m. to walk the Stoffer Stadium track (or walk through the neighborhood if the mood strikes us). Try to be on time in case we do decide to do some exploring. We’ll need to start right away. We’re loads of fun and would love to have you join us.
Questions? Contact Patty Findley at ext. 2910 or pfindley@georgefox.edu.
Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source before Thursday, March 16.
Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.
Basketball season continues at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday), when our women’s team hosts Whitman College in Miller Gymnasium in the Northwest Conference Tournament semifinals. The winner advances to the conference championships to play for an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament. The men will also play Whitman College Thursday night on the road.
Because this is a Northwest Conference tournament event, staff and faculty have to pay for entry ($6 for adults; $3 for seniors over 65 and children under 12), but George Fox students are still admitted for free. Let’s pack Miller Gymnasium and cheer our Bruins to victory!
Hello all faculty and academic department administrators …
Wednesday, March 1, is the deadline for ALL textbook adoptions for Summer 2017 courses. If you require students to have any textbook for the summer term, please enter those textbooks into iGFU as soon as possible and no later than March 1.
For more information, contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.
Today (Thursday), we invite you to join us in the George Fox University Collegiate Day of Prayer. There is not an on-campus event connected to this day of prayer. Our families have been invited to pray for the students, faculty and administration of George Fox when and where they have time.
This day is sponsored by the George Fox University Parent Leadership Committee with additional support from the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life. If you have questions, contact Megan Fisher, associate director of parent relations, at ext.2112 or email her at mfisher@georgefox.edu.
Do you live on campus, but can’t/don’t want to drive a car? A group of students is working on a proposal for ASC to bring a bike-sharing service to the Newberg campus, and would like to know what you think.
Please fill out the short survey by clicking the link below …
Survey: Bike-Sharing on Campus
Thanks!
– Sam North (snorth14@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.
We are collecting data for a class research project and would appreciate your answers and feedback. It is regarding a baseball/softball bleachers proposal.
Survey: Baseball/Softball Bleachers Proposal
Thank you!
– Alex Hovelsrud (ahovelsrud13@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 like gardening? If ASC built a community garden for students, would you use it? We would love to hear your opinion! Let us know by taking our short survey.
Thank you!
– Cayla Bleoaja (cbleoaja16@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.
