The university community is invited to a Choir Concert tonight (Saturday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
Come hear the George Fox University Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale and Master Chorus present our Fall Concert. The event is free. Please come watch as students, faculty, staff and community members join together for a performance of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem.
See you there!
The deadline for tuition remission applications is tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 4).
We are using a Google Doc form. Click here to access the Tuition Remission Google Doc. Paper forms are available upon request from HR. In order to utilize the electronic request form, you must be logged into your George Fox email account.
Information and Resources
Robin and Ruth Baker cordially invite employees to celebrate together the great mystery of Christ the Lord at the Christmas Concert on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
Employees are entitled to four complimentary tickets for Sunday’s matinee or a single ticket for any of the other performances (on Dec. 9 or 10). Following the concert on Sunday, employees are invited to a Christmas open house at the president’s home from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 402 S. College St., in Newberg.
You can select your concert tickets online at this link (if selecting seats for Sunday, disregard the drop-down notice that states employees are only entitled to one ticket per event).
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.
The School of Nursing is excited to announce our upcoming Health Fair! We will be in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11.
Come see what our nursing students have been learning in their Health Promotion class. Participate in their interactive displays and earn tickets for our great raffle prizes!
Everyone who comes will receive a gift from our generous sponsors: Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, The Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness Grant, and the Hazelnut Marketing Board.
Come and learn how to “Be Happy and Be Healthy.” Questions? Contact Caroline Wildhaber (cwildhaber@georgefox.edu).
The Department of Physical Therapy is excited to host Dr. Ruth Chimenti, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Iowa, on Thursday, Nov. 10, in Canyon Commons Room 101.
Dr. Chimenti will present a topic on theoretical implications for clinical care of chronic pain patients with Achilles tendinopathy. The title of her presentation is “Application of Neurobiological Pain Mechanisms to a Chronic Orthopaedic Injury.”
Everyone is encouraged to attend this free event, ask questions and welcome Dr. Chimenti to the university. Light refreshments will be served from 6 to 6:30 p.m., and the presentation will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A/informal discussion time from 7:30 to 8 p.m.
Questions? Contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.
The admissions office is hosting hundreds of visitors today (Thursday) and tomorrow for our annual fall visit event, Bruin Preview. Please be courteous to our guests and avoid parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots on both Thursday and Friday.
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.
Do you want to share a part of your cultural or ethnic heritage with the George Fox community? Then sign up for this year’s annual World’s Got Talent show!
We’re looking for students, employees and alumni who want to showcase their talents. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19, so please sign up by the end of this week. Click here to sign up for a time slot!
If you have any questions or want more information, contact Mikaela Smith (smithm16@georgefox.edu).
We’re inviting all veterans (undergrads, grads, employees) to the Veteran United Association’s first meeting as an official association! This meeting is a chance for you to meet your officers and share any ideas you may have for building camaraderie, community involvement and fundraising activities.
Join us on Friday, Nov. 11, (note new date) at 3:30 p.m. in the Foxhole. Contact Crystal Dougherty (cdougherty16@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Paul Anderson will be taking The Saint John’s Bible on the road this Sunday, Nov. 6, preaching and using PowerPoint to present “Created in the Divine Image: The Artistry and Imagination of The Saint John’s Bible” at Reedwood Friends Church (2901 S.E. Steele St., in Portland) at 10 a.m.
There will also be a “Turning of the Page” of Volume 1, Pentateuch, following the service, and at 11:30 a.m., Kent Thornburg, the M. Lowell Edwards Chair and Professor of Medicine at OHSU and an honorary professor of life sciences at George Fox, will speak on the topic “Courage.”
Contact Anderson (panderso@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The William Penn Honors Program would like to invite you to come hear award-winning author, professor and public speaker James K.A. Smith tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Smith will be speaking from his latest book, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. The lecture will be immediately followed by a reception and book signing. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
If you have any further questions, please contact Jocelyn Stein at jstein@georgefox.edu.
If you have yet to sign up your cell phone for FoxAlert, our Emergency Notification System, please refer to Tuesday’s Daily Bruin announcement for how to do so, or check the security website for the instructions.
We will be testing the system again soon, so don’t miss out on important emergency situation notifications!
Paul Anderson will conduct a turning of the page session tomorrow (Friday) on Volume 1 of The Saint John’s Bible (Pentateuch). Come and “see the Word” as the biblical message comes to life in this historic illuminated Bible.
The session runs from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the MLRC.
The campus will look a little different on Saturday, Nov. 5, as we prepare to host thousands of guests at our football game against Pacific University that afternoon at 2 p.m. Here are some things to make note of:
Bauman Parking Lot
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 for accessibility parking, vendors and tailgating on Saturday. Stop by on Saturday and check out all of the food and activities happening before the game!
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 a.m. to 6 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.
Barricades
If you see a barricade, it is there for a reason. Please do not move them, jump over them, crawl under them, or unlock them.
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 8:30 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 by visiting this link.
Senior Day
This Saturday afternoon, we’ll celebrate 15 seniors who will play their last game in Stoffer Family Stadium. The ceremony will begin at 1:15 p.m. in the stadium, and the game will kick off at 2 p.m.
Questions? Contact Elise Trask at etrask@georgefox.edu or Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.
Come join us as we kick off our inaugural George Fox International Education Week commemoration! Snacks will be provided (vegetarian and gluten-free options are available).
Join us from 4 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14, in Canyon Commons Room 101. Contact Tiona Cage (tcage@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
George Fox will host a series of concerts this month, showcasing the talents of its students while also featuring guest artists. All will take place in Bauman Auditorium.
This Thursday, Nov. 3, a Students in Recital session begins the busy month with a performance at 10:50 a.m. That evening, a Symphonic Band concert is scheduled at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, Nov. 5, the university’s choirs – the Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Master Chorus and Women’s Chorale – will perform Requiem by Gabriel Faurè. Admission to all three concerts is free, and seating is general.
Next week, a free Chehalem Symphonic Orchestra concert is set for Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. And that Friday, Nov. 11, George Fox will host “An Evening of Jazz,†featuring Dave Pietro on alto saxophone and the university’s Jazz Ensemble and Faculty Trio. Pietro is described as “possessing a warm, lyrical sound that takes on color and emotional heat as he swings.†He has toured and/or recorded with the bands of Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson and other jazz luminaries.
Students and employees are entitled to one free ticket to “An Evening of Jazz.†Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children. They are available for purchase online at georgefox.edu/concerts.
Finally, on Sunday, Nov. 13, a Hymn Festival and Organ Concert, featuring organist Dan Miller, is set for 6 p.m. The event will feature many well-known hymns, with the audience encouraged to sing along. General admission tickets are $5 and are also available at georgefox.edu/concerts. Students are entitled to a free ticket to that event as well.
We’re inviting all veterans (undergrads, grads, employees) to the Veteran United Association’s first meeting as an official association! This meeting is a chance for you to meet your officers and share any ideas you may have for building camaraderie, community involvement and fundraising activities.
Join us this Friday, Nov. 4, at 3:30 p.m. in the Foxhole. Contact Crystal Dougherty (cdougherty16@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The admissions office is getting ready to welcome hundreds of visitors this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3-4, for our annual fall visit event, Bruin Preview.
Please be courteous to our guests and avoid parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots on both Thursday and Friday. If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.
Gary Buhler, associate professor of art, is showing his urban landscape paintings at Warner Pacific College in Portland now through Nov. 18. Visit the exhibit between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily in the college’s Egtvedt Hall (Room 203). The school is located at 2219 S.E. 68th Ave., in Portland.
Contact Gary (gbuhler@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
A colloquium, “Playing with Fire: Spiritual Formation from the Inside Out,” will focus on cultivating spiritual disciplines and be facilitated by Doreen Dodgen-Magee. It will meet for four Tuesdays in November, on Nov. 8, 15, 22 and 29, at 4 p.m. in Hoover 102.
Doreen has 23 years of experience working in private counseling practice with individuals and groups. She describes herself as a reluctant “geek,†spending inordinate amounts of time interacting with scholarly research, tech trends, and pop culture around the topic of technology and how the digital domain is shaping us. She is passionate about engaging people around this topic, and that passionate energy pours forth regardless of who she is with.
Students attending receive chapel credit valued one more than the number of times they attend (i.e., going all four times would be worth five chapel elective credits).
Questions? Contact Jamie Barrett at jbarrett14@georgefox.edu.
PGE has rescheduled the power outage for the Duke Athletic Center, Stoffer Family Stadium and the football field for today (Wednesday). They now will shut power down at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
Contact Debby O Kelley (dokelley@georgefox.edu) with questions.
