Come join us in Shalom tomorrow (Tuesday) as we explore poetry and worship this week! We’ll be in Cap and Gown Room at 9 p.m. Don’t miss it!
Also, we have breadmaking in Lewis 1 at 6 p.m. on Tuesday right before Shalom. Join us for that time of community and learning to make artisan bread.
Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to join us for the all-employee lunch tomorrow (Tuesday) between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.
Cost of lunch? $3. Time with colleagues? Priceless!
Come support our theatre students at this winter’s musical presentation of The Spitfire Grill, directed by Rhett Luedtke.
Performances are in Wood-Mar Auditorium on Jan. 28-31 and Feb. 4-7. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the two Sunday matinees (Jan. 31 and Feb. 7), scheduled as 2 p.m. matinees.
Tickets are free for students for the two Thursday shows (Jan. 28 and Feb. 4). Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket. Please bring your student or employee ID to the door when you attend the show. Additional tickets are $14 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 or older, and $8 for children under 12.
Tickets may be picked up/purchased at the Bruin Store or one hour prior to each show in Wood-Mar Auditorium. They are also available online at theatre.georgefox.edu. A synopsis of the show is also online.
Questions? See Kathy Harris in Minthorn 205 or email her at kharris@georgefox.edu.
Tonight (Monday) at the Chehalem Cultural Center, Duncan Simcoe will be presenting his art and practice at 6 p.m. as part of the “Art Talk” series.
Duncan is a contemporary artist in Los Angeles whose 25-year career has been reflected in numerous exhibitions in galleries and nonprofit venues. He currently focuses in mixed media drawings on tar paper and is working as the program director at California Baptist University.
Join us from 6 to 7 p.m. at the center, located at 415 E. Sheridan St. Questions? Contact Annie Lunt at alunt13@georgefox.edu.
Join us for the first Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the semester tonight (Monday), when Gregg Koskela, a George Fox alumnus and pastor at Newberg Friends Church, speaks on the topic “Free, Embrace or Sift? Taking Back Agency as a Christian in Pop Culture” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
We can fear the media around us, giving it power as we fear its corrupting influence. We can swim and breathe in it, thoughtlessly allowing it to define us. Or we can look for how our creative God is bubbling up through all kinds of human creativity, being mindful of the ways music, movies and other media encourage or discourage the pursuit of God’s good life. Gregg will argue for the third.
The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Christianity and Pop Culture.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
Come support the George Fox a cappella group, Quakers and Notes, as they compete in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Northwest quarterfinals at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, at Rolling Hills Community Church, 3550 S.W. Borland Road, in Tualatin.
Ten groups will be competing for a top-two spot. Those that do move on to the semifinal round in Los Angeles. Among the schools competing with George Fox in the quarterfinals are Oregon, Oregon State, Portland State, Southern Oregon and Central Washington.
In all, 341 groups are in the national tournament this year. Tickets are $16.74 for students and $22 for general admission. To get more information and/or purchase tickets, visit this link.
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 CW Perry Servant Leadership Award.
The trustees of the Barney II and Moore Foundations have established the CW Perry Servant Leadership Award at George Fox University to reward leadership in the area of community and ministry service.
Only seniors (graduating in April 2016) 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 University community.
In order for your nominee to qualify, this nomination form MUST be received by Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or phone 503-554-2316.
Click this link to go to the nomination form.
Friday, Jan. 29, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific, Wheeler Sports Center
Friday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Pacific, Wheeler Sports Center
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.
Know students who could use help learning APA style for citations? Encourage them to attend a workshop this Thursday, Jan. 28. Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.
The session runs from 10:50 to 11:35 a.m. in Lemmons 8.
Know students who might be interested in working at Nike? Encourage them to bring their lunch into the Cap and Gown Room today (Friday) from noon to 1 p.m. to learn about summer positions at Nike.
Opportunities will be available to work with the Nike North America Customer Service (NACS) team over a 12-week contract that could give our students introductory experience to different areas of Nike order management.
This Collegiate Summer Worker program is perfect for those interested in logistics, sales, supply chain, customer operations, order management, information solutions, process improvement, and project management.
See this link for a detailed job description. Contact Kaitlyn Ragan (kragan@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Seven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency they are:
The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.
The last Tuesday of the month is approaching! Please join us for the all-employee lunch on Tuesday, Jan. 26, between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.
Cost of lunch? $3. Time with colleagues? Priceless!
Join us for the first Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the semester this Monday, Jan. 25, when Gregg Koskela, a George Fox alumnus and pastor at Newberg Friends Church, speaks on the topic “Free, Embrace or Sift? Taking Back Agency as a Christian in Pop Culture” in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
We can fear the media around us, giving it power as we fear its corrupting influence. We can swim and breathe in it, thoughtlessly allowing it to define us. Or we can look for how our creative God is bubbling up through all kinds of human creativity, being mindful of the ways music, movies and other media encourage or discourage the pursuit of God’s good life. Gregg will argue for the third.
The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Christianity and Pop Culture.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
In honor of MLK Day, the Black Student Union and Alliance will be showing Selma in the Foxhole at 4 p.m. this Sunday, Jan. 24, with a light discussion after.
There will be pizza, popcorn and drinks. We welcome everyone, including employees. So take a study break and join us!
Questions? Contact Markayla Shattuck at mshattuck13@georgefox.edu.
Do you know students who are unable to purchase books or course supplies? The Textbook Assistance Fund has been created to provide assistance to traditional undergraduate students who cannot purchase required course materials due to demonstrated financial hardship. If you know of a student who might benefit, pass along the Textbook Assistance Fund information.
See the fund’s invitation to contribute if you are interested in making a donation; instructions for donating are at the bottom of the document.
Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu) if you have questions about the Textbook Assistance Fund.
The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Thursday) in Bauman Auditorium (note location change). The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.
We want to remind you that George Fox University is committed to providing a Christ-centered community that fosters a safe living, learning and work setting for students, employees and visitors. A core value of this institution is to maintain a respectful environment for all individuals that is free of the following:
These behaviors and actions are contrary to the mission, values and lifestyle standards of our community. It is our firm belief that engaging in any aspect of this behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by members of the George Fox community.
Should an incident of this nature occur, the person is strongly encouraged to report the incident to University personnel. For further descriptions of these policies, resources for support, and the process for reporting, please visit studenthandbook.georgefox.edu.
Faculty, please be sure to tell students about the Christian Camp Fair coming to campus today (Thursday). We will have 24 Christian camps on campus this to talk to students about a wide variety of paid summer positions across the nation.
This is a great chance to see what opportunities are out there at one convenient time and place. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the EHS Atrium.
Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Ragan at kragan@georgefox.edu.
Join the Department of Art and Design in welcoming guest artists Duncan Simcoe and Jonathan Puls to campus today (Thursday), as they unveil their show, “One to Me is Pleasure or Pain,” in the Minthorne Gallery.
An artist talk with Puls is scheduled today from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. An opening reception follows from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. The artist talk with Simcoe will be Monday, Jan. 25, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Chehalem Cultural Center Ballroom (415 E. Sheridan St.).
The exhibit is a narrative painting show of two artists of faith. Simcoe teaches at Cal Baptist in Southern California, and Puls teaches at Biola.
The university community is welcome to a free concert this Saturday, Jan. 23, featuring a nationally renowned flutist. Jonathan Borja will be the guest recital performer for the Fox Flute Fest in Bauman Auditorium beginning at 5 p.m.
Borja will be accompanied by Jennifer Garrett on piano and assisted by Sophia Tegart, instructor of flute at George Fox. The program will include fantasies on themes form operas by Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and others.
With performances described as “the highlight of the evening†(Kansas City Star), Borja enjoys a varied career as a performer and educator. He was recently appointed to the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse as assistant professor of music to teach flute and music history. Borja has performed throughout the United States and Mexico and has appeared in master classes throughout the United States and Europe, studying with some of the world’s leading flutists.
