The undergraduate admissions office is getting ready to welcome our recruited athletes and Friday at Fox guests today (Friday). Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots and utilizing street parking instead.
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2248.
The Staff Development Committee would like all staff, faculty and summer student employees to “save the date” for our annual ice cream social!
Wednesday, May 11, is the date, and we’ll gather between 3 and 4 p.m. The sunny-day location will be outside in front of Stevens, and the inclement weather location is the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS. Hope to see you there!
Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu).
What are your summer plans? Let the IDEA Center know by completing this simple survey and be eligible to win a $25 Amazon gift card!
Questions? Contact the IDEA Center at idea@georgefox.edu.
Employees: Please encourage your students to take the survey.
Staff: Make your voice heard! Today (Friday) is the deadline to nominate your colleagues or yourself for a position on the Staff Development Committee!
This committee is a great way to serve and bless your coworkers, bring issues to the Executive Team, and to plan and execute great events for staff. In addition to the three-year committee terms of service, there is also an option to help out just with planning events, etc.
Please refer to the email you received this week and fill out your ballot now with your nominees for both the three-year-term positions and the sub-committees. Voting will take place during finals week, so watch your email!
Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at 503-554-2090 or email her at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.
Plan to join us in Minthorn 200 between 3:30 and 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, as we wish Debbie Berhó, professor of Spanish, farewell after 19 years of faculty service at George Fox. Come wish her well on her new adventure as director of the Latin American Studies Program in Costa Rica.
Questions? Contact Penny Martin (pmartin@georgefox.edu).
Come support the senior biology and chemistry majors who will be presenting their research today (Friday) in Hoover 105 at 3 p.m. They have worked hard in utilizing their summers doing research alongside George Fox faculty or in partnering with OHSU.
Hope to see you there!
If you have any questions or want more information, contact Joel Rurik (jrurik12@georgefox.edu).
The Serve Day Discount Card is changing to become the Bruin Card! It will be distributed to the entire George Fox community on the Newberg campus at the beginning of the fall 2016 semester.
The card offers discounts at several local businesses. Since it is a benefit to you, we would like your input on the businesses included. Please click here and take a minute to fill out a short survey about what businesses you would like to see on the card.
Thank you!
Come join us in the Prayer Chapel tomorrow (Friday) at 2 p.m. as we come together in community for Lifted Hands, a ministry where we pray for the campus and community together. Don’t miss it!
Join us in the Prayer Chapel at 10:50 a.m. today (Thursday) for Contemplative Worship as we make space for peace in the middle of the crazy that is the end of the semester. Meet with God in the quiet like those who have come before us. Chapel credit is available!
Dominican Friar Father Gabriel Mosher will celebrate a Latin Mass at St. Peter Catholic Church tomorrow (Friday) at 7 p.m. The event will include brief teaching on the history and significance of the Latin Mass, with Q&A and light refreshments afterward. All are welcome.
Sponsored by the George Fox Catholic Campus Fellowship. For transportation, we can offer rides from the Hoover parking lot at 6:45 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Rob Bohall (971-264-4253; rbohall@georgefox.edu) or Casey Dudek (cdudek@georgefox.edu).
The Art Collections Committee is pleased to announce “Roots,†the sculpture created by Ryan Beard, is now permanently located outside Lemmons Center facing the quad. It had been temporarily placed in the courtyard outside the Minthorne Art Gallery.
The piece was purchased in September 2013 when Beard had a solo exhibition at the Minthorne Art Gallery. It was the first large sculpture the Brandt Art Fund Committee purchased since the group began in 2007.
Ryan is a working artist from central Oregon. For further information about his work go to this link.
Preparing for life after graduation can be daunting. Whether students are looking for a job or internship, or preparing for graduate school, having a plan will make the transition easier. Encourage them to join us over lunch and we will show them the tools to navigate the next steps toward their exceptional life outcome, whatever that may be.
We’ll be meeting in the Cap and Gown Room today (Thursday) at noon. Attendees need to bring their own lunch.
Contact idea@georgefox.edu with questions.
The undergraduate admissions office is getting ready to welcome our recruited athletes and Friday at Fox guests tomorrow (Friday). Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots and utilizing street parking instead.
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2248.
Celebrate Earth Day with us on Saturday, April 23, by coming to the university’s Community Garden to help get the space ready for the growing season. We will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. The garden is located in the field on the corner of Crestview and Villa Road. All are welcome!
Learn more about the garden by joining our Facebook page and consider joining the garden for the summer. Contact Cherice Bock for more information at cbock@georgefox.edu.
What are your summer plans? Let the IDEA Center know by completing this simple survey and be eligible to win a $25 Amazon gift card!
Questions? Contact the IDEA Center at idea@georgefox.edu.
Employees: Please encourage your students to take the survey.
Volunteers are needed to usher at Spring Commencement! The ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, in Stoffer Family Stadium.
If you can help, please contact Laurie Fair in academic affairs at ext. 2140 or lfair@georgefox.edu.
Applications for the 2017 Winter Serve SpiLgrimage to Nepal and Spring Serve Spilgrimage to Haiti with the university’s French department are open!
Nepal (Winter 2016-2017): We will be working with Evangelical Friends Mission and partnering with missionaries that create and distribute dignity packs for women and children who are experiencing marginalization, especially after the earthquake in Nepal. Applications are reopening and can be found at the SpIL website under “Get Involved†and “Service + Ministry†or by following this link.
Haiti (Spring 2017): Additional applications required; contact Thao Gailey (avu13@georgefox.edu). For more information or if you have any questions, email Mikayla Greenwell at mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu.
Applications for these trips are due Friday, April 15!
Mr. Darwin’s Tree, the acclaimed British one-man play about the life and work of Charles Darwin, will be performed at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Produced by Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO) and sponsored by George Fox’s science and religion clubs, the play aims to enhance the conversation on science and religion.
Written by noted playwright and director Murray Watts (The Miracle Maker, KJB: The Book that Changed the World, The Dream) and starring British film, TV and theatre actor Andrew Harrison (Dorian Gray, Miss Marple, Beyond Narnia), Mr. Darwin’s Tree presents a very human and very real Charles Darwin, one who wrestled with the challenges that his theories posed for traditional beliefs.
It also presents Darwin’s wife, Emma, as an intelligent and articulate representative of Christian faith. In doing so, the play rejects the “straw man” effigies of Darwin presented by both his extreme protagonists and antagonists, providing the opportunity for lively engagement, thoughtful conversations and fresh explorations.
The performance will mark the play’s first tour of the U.S. since it first premiered in 2009 at Westminster Abbey in England. The April 21 show will be followed by a reception and discussion with the playwright and leading campus academics.
Admission is free, but if you plan to attend an RSVP is requested. Please register at this link.
For more information, contact Jeongah Kim at jkim@georgefox.edu. More about the play is available at mrdarwinstree.com or scio-uk.org.
It will be an exciting summer as we open the new dining hall, Canyon Commons! This facility will feature a large dining hall area (seating up to 555), three conference/meeting rooms (holding from 80 to 90 each that can also be combined to create a larger space), the president’s dining room (seating up to 20), and an espresso cafe (seating up to 60).
In May, construction will also begin on the remodeling of the former dining hall, servery, kitchen and Cap and Gown Room into space for the College of Engineering, which means that the Bruin Den and Bruin Bites will be impacted. Following are important dates to keep in mind in terms of meal service venues for the summer:
Thank you for your flexibility, patience and understanding as we transition to a new facility! Questions regarding food service can be directed to Denny Lawrence (dlawrenc@georgefox.edu), resident district manager with Bon Appetit Management Company, or Brad Lau (blau@georgefox.edu), vice president for student life.
Preparing for life after graduation can be daunting. Whether students are looking for a job or internship, or preparing for graduate school, having a plan will make the transition easier. Encourage them to join us over lunch and we will show them the tools to navigate the next steps toward their exceptional life outcome, whatever that may be.
We’ll be meeting in the Cap and Gown Room tomorrow (Thursday) at noon. Attendees need to bring their own lunch.
Contact idea@georgefox.edu with questions.
