Come join us in Contemplative Worship! This Thursday at 10:50 a.m., we’ll continue our journey discovering how to meet God in the quiet. This event will be in the Prayer Chapel behind Edwards Hall, and there is elective chapel credit available.
Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.
Shalom is back! Be sure to join us tonight (Tuesday) at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room as we introduce this semester’s theme and celebrate community together again.
Also, bread making is happening too! Come to Lewis 1 at 6 p.m. to learn how to make the artisan bread we share in Shalom each week. It will be a great time of learning, talking over tea, and having fun together, so don’t miss it!
Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.
Friday, Jan. 15, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center
Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center
Saturday, Jan. 16, 4 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center
Saturday, Jan. 16, 6 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.
True poverty is the child who goes to school hungry and the working father who can’t provide enough for his family. Want to know how you can make a career in impacting these impoverished families and individuals? Find out from real-world professionals and how they’ve changed the lives at Break the Poverty Cycle. Join us this Tuesday, Jan. 19, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Chapel credit is available for this unique opportunity to connect with passionate, high-ranking professionals who’ve developed change in the Oregon community. For more information about the event and the panelists to come, visit this link.
Questions? Drop by the IDEA Center or send TJ Haimoto an email at thaimoto13@georgefox.edu.
The Academic Resource Center opens next week for the spring semester! We are closed during the first week of classes but will open for our regular hours (Mon.-Thurs., 1-10 p.m., and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.) beginning next Tuesday, Jan. 19.
To make appointments starting next week, please visit arcschedule.georgefox.edu. If you are in need of an appointment this week or have any other ARC-related questions, please contact us at the_arc@georgefox.edu.
We look forward to seeing you in the ARC this semester!
The university community is invited to Lindgren Gallery this month and next to see to work of Kim Chai, a printmaker and textile designer who recently moved to Newberg from Hawaii. Her work will be on display Thursday, Jan. 14, through Friday, Feb. 26.
At the conclusion of the exhibit, a closing reception will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25.
Questions? Contact Gary Buhler at gbuhler@georgefox.edu.
Please remember to consider who has made a positive difference at George Fox in recent weeks! Send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by Thursday, Jan. 14, with a description of this person’s good work, to nominate him/her as our next employee of the month.
Mail Services has special operating hours this week. We will be open today through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.
Thank you,
Mail Services
Come to the kick-off event for @GFUbizcareers, a career-focused series of workshops held on seven Fridays throughout spring semester. These workshops are sponsored by the College of Business and the IDEA Center and will include lunch.
The kickoff event is this Friday, Jan. 15, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Hoover 103 and will provide excellent advice for your career-building efforts! A professional career coach will share what you need to know to help you prepare for and land a great job in your field.
@GFUbizcareers is bringing in industry experts in all areas of business who will offer advice and share tips so that you can make the most of your college years and be prepared for the career of your dreams.
Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.
Questions? Contact Colleen Sump at csump@georgefox.edu.
The IDEA Center will be providing extended drop-in hours for the first week of the semester. CAP Coaches will be available to meet with students for short appointments regarding issues pertinent to spring semester schedules.
These drop-ins will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Regular appointments will be available starting the second week of the semester.
Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Ragan at kragan@georgefox.edu.
Faculty, please let students know about these extended hours.
Welcome to the start of a new semester! As we finish up the calendar year, we have had much excitement in advancement, processing more year-end gifts than ever before! In order to finish well, we need your help.
Now that everyone is back on campus, take a moment to check your mail today and bring any donations received to advancement immediately (corner of Sheridan and Meridian streets). It is critical we receive all donations as quickly as possible in order to receipt the donors in a timely fashion and process the gifts in the correct calendar year.
In order to care for our donors, check your mail, send an email notifying Kristi Hagen (khagen@georgefox.edu) of any donations received, and hand-deliver them to advancement today.
Thank you!
Questions? Contact Kristi at ext 2111.
The IDEA Center will be providing extended drop-in hours for the first week of the semester. CAP Coaches will be available to meet with students for short appointments regarding issues pertinent to spring semester schedules.
These drop-ins will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Regular appointments will be available starting the second week of the semester.
Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Ragan at kragan@georgefox.edu.
Faculty, please let students know about these extended hours.
When there is an emergency campus closure, usually due to inclement weather as was the case Monday, Jan, 4, the university’s policy indicates the following in the Employee Handbook, Section 7.1 Emergency Closure:
A revised staff time sheet for January has been posted to the Human Resources webpage. If you have already started your January time sheet, please download and use the revised form. Staff should mark their time sheets with hours worked only on the day of the closure. If you were not required to be at work, please record only hours worked through the end of your regular daily work period. You will be paid your scheduled hours between those times.
Staff who normally report to work before 8 a.m. should specify their regular work day start and end times in the designated area on the revised January time sheet.
If you were required to be at work, please make a notation on the bottom of your time card of the number of hours you were required to work during the two-hour closure. Later, please enter the equivalent hours taken off in the bottom section of the specific day’s time, so that it doesn’t show as hours worked, sick leave, or vacation. Then please write on the time sheet that these were “snow hours.â€
Please note: Employees who happen to be on vacation or using sick leave the day of a closure should record those days/hours as vacation or sick leave the same as they would had the campus been open.
Please email Katie Sol at ksol@georgefox.edu with any additional questions.
The faculty of the College of Christian Studies invites the campus community to join them for daily morning prayer weekdays this spring semester from 7:45 to 8 a.m. in Hoover 250 (note time change from fall semester).
Prayer format will alternative between liturgical and unprogrammed, with various members of the CCS faculty providing leadership. Come as often as your schedule allows. All are welcome.
Contact Paula Hampton (ext. 2650) with questions.
Your chance to get involved with our neighboring community is finally here, with the opportunity to be a part of MLK Day of Service in Portland!
We are still in need of many volunteers to reach our goal! Feel free to stop by the SPIL Annex, next to the ASC office, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday this week if you want help registering or have questions about the day.
MLK Day of Service takes place on Monday, Jan. 18. You can register and find more information about what the day will look like here.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Changes are coming to the George Fox wireless networks. Bruin-Secure is the new secure wireless network that you should connect to using your George Fox credentials.
Bruin-Secure is replacing the older foxwifi network. Please connect soon, as the foxwifi wireless network will be turned off Feb. 1. A new wireless guest network will be announced in the coming weeks. Watch for it!
If you have trouble connecting, check out the IT WiFi webpage.
Bon Appetit at George Fox now has a Facebook page! “Like” us to receive updates on menus, special events, changes in hours and more!
Join the community of Newberg as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and celebrate his legacy with a free program featuring a talk by Johnny Lake of Northwest Christian University and performances by local musicians and artists, including two of our very own students.
This year’s commemoration will be held at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. An informal social hour with refreshments will also be held prior to the program, from 5 to 6 p.m.
Questions? Contact Tiona Cage at tcage@georgefox.edu.
The Office of Spiritual & Intercultural Life is looking for post-college leaders for our six-week spring Life Groups (the weeks of Feb. 14 to March 27).
Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship. Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes at the time and location of your choosing. Participants will select the group they wish to participate in based on the details that leaders provide.
Groups are encouraged to use one of the curriculum options recommended by the Office of Spiritual & Intercultural Life that parallel other themes that are being explored in chapel. We welcome our alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group.
Our spring leader meeting will take place on Thursday, Feb. 4, from noon to 1:30 p.m. (location TBA), and lunch will be provided. For more information and to sign up, visit this webpage.
If you have any further questions, contact Jamie Noling-Auth at jnolingauth@georgefox.edu.
Are you interested in leading a serve trip over spring break? We are looking for both student and faculty leaders. Here are the trip descriptions:
Haiti
In partnership with the French department, a team of students will be immersed in the Haitian culture as well as serve alongside local ministries and health care organizations. The trip will be led by Isabelle Corneaux and Jaques St. Gelus. Separate applications are required.
Camp Attitude
Students will partner and serve with Camp Attitude, a not-for-profit Christian organization dedicated to providing a unique faith-based camping experience for families in the disability community. Students will help complete projects for the camp and maintain facilities for the special needs community
Flying H Ranch, Yakima, Wash.
This trip is located at the Flying H Ranch, located 30 miles west of Yakima, Wash. The ranch ministers to at-risk youth. On this trip, students will do physical labor as well as spend some time with the boys in worship, devotions, meals, games and conversation.
Urban Impact, Seattle
A team of students will serve with Urban Impact in Seattle, focusing on building relationships and serving in the community through the local church. The team will do a variety of work projects, which may include tutoring, service projects, administrative work and cleaning.
Mending Wings, Washington
We will partner with Mending Wings, a nonprofit Native American youth organization located on the Yakama Reservation in Washington state. Students will come alongside the reservation community to build trust and friendship while serving alongside them painting homes, cleaning yards of garbage and debris, chopping wood for elders, mowing, weeding gardens, working at a homeless shelter, doing light construction projects, and perhaps working at one of their local powwows.
San Francisco
This trip will go to San Francisco to work with ReImagine, a center for integrating Christian practice. The week will consist of guided prayer tours, trash pick-up, serving meals to people living on the streets, learning about local issues such as human trafficking and poverty, as well as spending time in group and individual spiritual reflection.
If you are interested in participating, applications are due no later than Friday, Feb. 12. If you would like to serve as a student leader, applications are due Saturday, Jan. 30.
Applications can be found at the SpIL website under “Get Involved” and “Service + Ministry,” or follow this link.
Contact Mikayla Greenwell (mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
