Please send your nominations for Employee of the Month to Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu by the end of the day Monday, April 10, and come for the presentation at the all-employee meeting Thursday, April 20.
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.
Join us for a staff lunch this Monday, April 10, at noon in Canyon Commons 101. Please RSVP by today (Friday) at this link.
We’ll hear an update on wellness teams’ progress, play some fun George Fox trivia, and reminisce about your role in our 125-year history. Come enjoy some much-needed visiting time with coworkers. Cost is only $3.
Hello everyone! The Coast to Coast Swing Club is hosting a live swing dance this Sunday, April 9, and everyone is invited!
Join us 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).
Next week is Holy Week! The Office for Spiritual and Intercultural Life would like to invite you to join us for worship as we remember Jesus’ journey to the cross. We will offer the following Holy Week celebrations:
We encourage you to celebrate Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday with one of our wonderful local churches (for a list of churches, please visit this webpage).
The undergraduate admissions office is welcoming hundreds of prospective students today (Friday) for Bruin Preview.
Please be considerate of our first-time guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens parking lots today. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2248.
Thank you!
The Office of International Admissions and Services is seeking donations for our garage sale. Money earned from the sale goes toward an emergency fund for international students.
If you have items you no longer need, please consider donating them to us. You can drop them off at the International Center Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Farland (jfarland@georgefox.edu).
Thanks!
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, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 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 presentation will provide a succinct overview of the problems facing individuals who have experienced catastrophic limb injuries, which include a life of reduced function and pain due to the limitations of commonly available devices.
Improvements in rehabilitative techniques and custom-carbon fiber ankle foot orthoses over the last 10 years now enable the return to high-level athletic activities, and even a full return to active duty. Dr. Wilken will present key aspects of device design, evidence to support their use, and considerations for training individuals seeking to return to high-level function.
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.
You are invited to come hear William Penn Honors Program special guest speaker Miles Hollingworth tonight (Thursday) 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).
Next week is Holy Week! The Office for Spiritual and Intercultural Life would like to invite you to join us for worship as we remember Jesus’ journey to the cross. We will offer the following Holy Week celebrations:
We encourage you to celebrate Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday with one of our wonderful local churches (for a list of churches, please visit this webpage).
The university community is invited to support our students at two free concerts this week in Bauman Auditorium. Both will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Concert
Tonight (Thursday), the George Fox Keyboard Ensemble, Women’s Chorale, Men’s Ensemble, and Chamber Singers will perform. Selections include Someone to Watch Over Me (Women’s Chorale), Ava Maria (Men’s Ensemble), In Virtute Tua (Chamber Singers), Mozart’s Sonata K. 521 (Keyboard Ensemble) and Two Strings, But One Voice (Combined Women’s Chorale).
Featured performers will include pianists Stacey Zavala, Ryan Gelzer, Chloe Tomlinson, Mackenzie Herr, Selena Wolkenhaurer, Jacob Hogland and Kyler Schubkegel. The singing ensembles are conducted by Danielle Warner, and the Keyboard Ensemble is conducted by Kenn Willson.
Spring Jazz Concert
Tomorrow night (Friday), a Jazz Concert will feature the school’s Jazz Ensemble and guest artist/alumna Wendy Goodwin.
Directed by Nathanael Ankeny, the ensemble will perform Roll ‘Em, Stella by Starlight, Extensions, The Muttonhead, Misty, Nature Boy, Parlor Music and They Can’t Take That Away from Me.
If you have found items around campus, and have yet to turn them in to the lost and found, please get them to the security office as soon as possible so that the owners can claim them before the end of the month.
If you have lost items this spring, please be sure to check for them at security before you leave for the summer. When checking out of your on-campus residence, please do a thorough search of your dressers, closets and kitchens, as custodians found a large amount of forgotten items when cleaning the rooms last May.
Any left-behind items will not be kept all summer, as the lost and found isn’t large enough to store them for four months. All items not claimed by their owners will be donated to charitable causes on Monday, May 1, so please stop by the security office during the next three weeks!
Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.
The undergraduate admissions office is welcoming hundreds of prospective students to campus for Bruin Preview today and tomorrow (April 6-7).
Please be considerate of our first-time guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens parking lots these two days. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2248.
Thank you!
Thank you to the 1,000-plus who participated in the LibQUAL+ Library Survey. The library faculty and staff will be reviewing the data as well as your written comments. We appreciate your willingness to share your opinions with us.
Congratulations to the Amazon gift card winners, who have been notified.
Join us for a staff lunch this Monday, April 10, at noon in Canyon Commons 101. Please RSVP by Friday, April 7, at this link.
We’ll hear an update on wellness teams’ progress and maybe play some fun George Fox trivia while enjoying some much-needed visiting time with coworkers. Cost is only $3.
Are you interested in gardening, and helping provide healthy, local food for Newberg families? Come out to the university’s Community Garden on Saturday, April 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. to learn more. The garden is north of campus by the soccer field, on the corner of Villa and Crestview.
We will be preparing the garden for the growing season. Even if you won’t be here all summer, you can come help get the space ready.
If you are around all summer and would like to join the garden for the season, we would love to have you! Individual/family plots are available, and we also garden a portion of the space together if you don’t know how to garden yet ($10/student, $15/staff, faculty, or community member).
Extra produce goes to local social service agencies to help feed families in need, after garden members get as much as they can use.
Questions? Contact Cherice Bock at cbock@georgefox.edu.
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).
World Languages, Sociology and Cultural Studies will be offering Introductory Mandarin I in the fall of 2017 and Introductory Mandarin II in the spring of 2018, which meets students’ GE requirement for Intercultural Experience or the Global/Cultural Understanding. Class will meet on Mondays and Thursdays from 6 to 7:40 p.m.
Here is the introductory course description:
LANG 285: This is a beginner-level course in Mandarin Chinese for students who have little or no previous Chinese experience. Students will gain language skills, including listening, speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Chinese. They will also increase their understanding and competence in Chinese culture.
If you have questions, please contact Kun Qian (kqian@georgefox.edu).
The university’s theatre department invites you to our third show of the season, Deus Ex Millennia, set to open tonight (Thursday)! 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.
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; no experience necessary!
The session will run from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103. Email Colleen at csump@georgefox.edu.
