PT program seeking candidates for flat-feet study

Monday, March 20th, 2017

Do you have flat feet? The physical therapy program is conducting research on flat feet that looks at the affects of exercise on arch height. Participants will be asked to follow a foot exercise routine for eight weeks. There is a monetary incentive for completion of the program.

Please contact Marcey Keefer Hutchison at mkeeferhutchison@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2454 if you are interested in participating in our study.

Tickets still available for this Friday’s fashion show

Monday, March 20th, 2017

Tickets for the Department of Art & Design’s fashion show this Friday, March 24, are now available! This is the fashion program’s final show, as the major will be discontinued at the end of this year.

Come see current and past designers showcase their collections. Children’s wear, event wear, ready-to-wear, bridal wear and more will be showcased by current designers and recent alumni. Tickets are $5 for students, $8 for non-students.

Purchase tickets here (there will be a very limited number of tickets sold at the door).

Doors open at the Chehalem Cultural Center at 6:30 p.m. The show begins at 7:30 p.m., and a dessert reception by the Newberg Bakery will follow.

Nominate seniors for C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award by April 3

Monday, March 20th, 2017

Do you know of a deserving senior who demonstrates outstanding services as a servant leader on campus or in the community? You can honor that person and the activity of voluntary service by nominating him/her for the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award.

The trustees of the Barney II and Moore Foundations have established the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award at George Fox University to reward leadership in the area of community and ministry service.

Only seniors (graduating in April 2017) are eligible for award consideration. Up to four $1,000 awards will be given annually. Each award recipient will be required to set aside $250 of this gift to the charitable organization of his or her choice. The remaining $750 will be distributed to the award recipient in the form of a cash award.

The aim of this award is to promote the ideals of servant leadership in the George Fox community. In order for your nominee to qualify, this nomination form MUST be received by Monday, April 3.

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie St. Cyr or call 503-554-2306. Click this link to go to the nomination form.

Top student musicians perform in Honors Recital Concert Thursday

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Many of the university’s most talented musicians will take the Bauman Auditorium stage for an Honors Recital Concert at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, March 23. The performance is free and open to the public, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Recital participants were selected through an adjudicated competition. Open to all applied music students at George Fox, the competition is designed to simulate a professional audition.

Students selected to perform are Simeon Brown (violin), Kristian Apland (viola), Joshua Harding (baritone), Kenny Dye (trumpet), Stacey Zavala (piano), Natalie Marquette (soprano), Jacob Hoglund and Selena Wolkenhauer (piano), and Kyler Schubkegel (piano).

There will be a reception for the performers in the foyer following the recital.

Make plans to attend all-employee lunch tomorrow

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the all-employee lunch for March due to spring break the following week. Gather your department for a celebration of spring. Lunch is only $3 and is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101-103.

Make plans to attend final brown-bag sessions of spring

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Join us for the final brown-bag sessions of the spring …

FoxTALE
Colleagues will share their experience in using FoxTALE. Give a five-minute show-and-tell or ask questions and explore with us.

  • Thursday, March 23, 4-5 p.m. webinar
  • Friday, March 24, noon to 1 p.m., Newberg MLRC Study Room 112
  • 
RSVP at this link.

Recording and Editing Media
Want to dig a little deeper into producing media for instruction? Colleagues will share tools and strategies.

  • Thursday, April 6, 4-5 p.m., Newberg MLRC Study Room 112
  • RSVP at this link.

Digital Fluency Institute Faculty Show-and-Tell
Come help us celebrate with DFI Cohort 2016-17 faculty as they give a show-and-tell on instructional strategies they have explored this year.

  • Tuesday, April 11, 11 a.m. to noon, Portland Center South Room 160
  • Thursday, April 13, 4-5 p.m., Roberts Center Room 168
  • RSVP at this link.

Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.

Join colleagues at all-employee meeting Thursday

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, in Canyon Commons (Rooms 101 and 102).

The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

Employee of the Month Reminder

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Please send your nominations for Employee of the Month to Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu by the end of the day tomorrow (Tuesday), and come for the presentation at the all-employee meeting Thursday!

Calvin’s Michelle Loyd-Paige visits for Woolman Peacemaking Forum

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

George Fox University’s Center for Peace and Justice invites you to the 2017 John Woolman Peacemaking Forum today and tomorrow. Our theme this year is “Peace: Personal and Global.”

This year, we welcome guest speaker Michelle Loyd-Paige, PhD, a professor of sociology and executive associate to the president for diversity and inclusion at Calvin College.

Here is the schedule:

Monday, March 20, 7-8:30 p.m., EHS 102
Join us as Loyd-Paige speaks about doing kingdom work in “Peacemaking: More Than Good Intentions.” This event is open to the public, and we encourage you to invite friends and family!

Tuesday, March 21, 10:50 a.m. (chapel), Bauman Auditorium
Students and employees are invited to chapel as Loyd-Paige discusses how embracing cultural differences can enrich our worship in “A Bigger Hospitality.”

Tuesday, March 21, 11:30 a.m –1:30 p.m., Canyon Commons 103
After chapel, students are encouraged to stop by the Peacemaking Connections Expo and check out current job and internship opportunities available with various nonprofit peacemaking and service organizations!

We hope you will join us for this exciting two-day event as we focus on putting the work of peace into practice. Refreshments will be provided by the Center for Peace and Justice.

Questions? Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu).

Impact of artificial intelligence discussed this Wednesday

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

What ethical dilemmas will arise in corporate communities with the emergence of artificial intelligence? The question will be addressed in a special university-hosted lecture presented by Mohan Nair, senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Cambia Health Solutions, on Wednesday, March 22.

Nair’s presentation, “Ethical Dilemmas to Community with Artificial Intelligence: Merging into a World Enabled by Artificial Intelligence,” begins at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. There is no charge to attend, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The lecture is being presented by George Fox’s Office of the President and College of Business, and is the first installment of the university’s Reiten Lecture on Leadership Development.

Nair guides Cambia Health’s Innovation Force as it inspires ideas from a variety of sources, selecting execution-focused concepts and starting them on the path to new businesses or concepts. More on his background is available here.

This is the first Reiten lecture, named in honor of Richard G. Reiten, retired chairman and CEO of Northwest Natural. Reiten has served in a number of high-ranking capacities with Northwest Natural from 1996 to the present, including as chairman of the board and CEO, and is a former president of the Portland General Electric Company. Reiten and his wife Jeanie contributed the funds to endow the lecture.

More information on Nair’s visit is available by calling Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Spots still available on serve trip to Camp Attitude

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Join a small group of students SpIL will be sending to serve at Camp Attitude, a unique faith-based program geared toward families in the disability community. We will be helping to complete different projects on the campgrounds and maintaining the various facilities for the special-needs kids.

The trip will travel to Foster, Oregon, the week of March 26-31. It will be a great opportunity to serve and grow as an individual.

Contact Kearsten McCoy at kmccoy@georgefox.edu for more details. Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Bring your bike to Maker Hub’s west door for maintenance today

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Spring is coming soon, which means it’s time to knock off the rust and get some air in your tires. Bring your bike by the Engineering Innovation Center Maker Hub’s west door (facing the quad) between 5 and 7 p.m. today (Monday), and have the Cycling Club help you get out riding again.

We’re offering free basic maintenance and servicing of your bike! You can also learn some basic maintenance tips yourself and get more information about up coming club rides and events.

Questions? Contact Jesse Micheal Tonkinson (jtonkinson13@georgefox.edu).

Ron Mock discusses the American Dream tonight

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Join us for the final Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the semester tonight (Monday), when Ron Mock, professor of politics and peace studies at George Fox, presents “What is America For?” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Mock will address the question, “What should we do with the idea of an American Dream?” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Plan to attend Colored White Panel tomorrow night

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Matheteis is partnering with Shalom to bring back the annual event Colored White Panel. In the same spirit as past Matheteis events, we will be discussing the topic of race and how everyone has a role in this conversation and everyone should be involved.

We will be gathering tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103. Snacks and elective chapel credit will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Intercultural Life office and Shalom.

Questions or concerns? Contact Mikaela Smith at smithm16@georgefox.edu.

Final two ‘Nutrition Matters’ classes cover veggies, desserts

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

Interested in learning to prepare healthy vegetable dishes and desserts? You are invited to two “Cooking 101” Nutrition Matters classes taught by Love and Plants’ Emily Forbes this week. Both are free!

Here is the schedule:

  • Glorious Greens – Learn how to make the most of healthy vegetables (7 p.m. Monday, March 20, Canyon Commons 101)
  • Delectable Desserts – Learn how to make the most healthy desserts (7 p.m. Thursday, March 23, Hoover 105)

Please join us! If you have questions, contact Kelsey Herschberger at herschberger.kl@gmail.com.

College of Christian Studies offers several elective options in 2017-18

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

With changes to General Education requirements come new opportunities in the College of Christian Studies. We’re offering several elective options each semester for students to fulfill their second-tier Bible/Religion Gen Ed requirement (after Bible Survey and before History and Theology of Christianity). These courses are numbered BIBL 215, RELI 215 and BIBL 315.

More than 20 elective courses will be offered, including two studies of women’s influence throughout church history; courses related to the global church, spiritual formation through story, and indigenous spirituality; and biblical studies (Life of Christ, Revelation & Apocalyptic Writings, Job and the Problem of Evil, Psalms, The Gospel of John, Biblical Peacemaking, Women and the Bible).

For more information about course offerings in the College of Christian Studies, consult the online schedule, contact your CAP coach or faculty advisor, or talk with Paula Hampton (phampton@georgefox.edu), administrative assistant in the CCS.

Come to Lemmons 8 for ‘Of Gods and Men’ movie tonight

Saturday, March 18th, 2017

Join host Paul Anderson for a Sunday evening movie night to watch and discuss Of Gods and Men. Join us from 7 to 9:30 p.m. tonight (Sunday) in Lemmons 8. Elective chapel credit is available for students.

Of Gods and Men tells the true story of Trappist monks whose members live among the Muslim population in a quiet corner of Algeria. As the country is plunged into civil war in the mid-1990s, the men of God must decide whether to stay among the impoverished residents who have been their neighbors, or flee the encroaching fundamentalist terrorists. The situation that unfolds, based on actual events, has tragic consequences.

Come to Pennington House for breakfast this morning

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Today (Saturday), the William Penn Honors Program student government is hosting a pancake breakfast! We will be eating at 10 a.m. in Pennington House. BUT, in order to eat you must bring a poem. We will read poetry throughout the event.

Questions? Contact Adrian Moons (amoons15@georgefox.edu).

Interested in serve trip helping special-needs kids?

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Join a small group of students SpIL will be sending to serve at Camp Attitude, a unique faith-based program geared toward families in the disability community. We will be helping to complete different projects on the campgrounds and maintaining the various facilities for the special-needs kids.

The trip will travel to Foster, Oregon, the week of March 26-31. It will be a great opportunity to serve and grow as an individual.

Contact Kearsten McCoy at kmccoy@georgefox.edu for more details. Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Nominate seniors for C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award by April 3

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Do you know of a deserving senior who demonstrates outstanding services as a servant leader on campus or in the community? You can honor that person and the activity of voluntary service by nominating him/her for the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award.

The trustees of the Barney II and Moore Foundations have established the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award at George Fox University to reward leadership in the area of community and ministry service.

Only seniors (graduating in April 2017) are eligible for award consideration. Up to four $1,000 awards will be given annually. Each award recipient will be required to set aside $250 of this gift to the charitable organization of his or her choice. The remaining $750 will be distributed to the award recipient in the form of a cash award.

The aim of this award is to promote the ideals of servant leadership in the George Fox community. In order for your nominee to qualify, this nomination form MUST be received by Monday, April 3.

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie St. Cyr or call 503-554-2306. Click this link to go to the nomination form.