Networking tips covered by IDEA Center Thursday

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

Companies are in a global search for talent, so don’t miss an opportunity to make connections in your industry of interest. The IDEA Center is hosting a workshop to help you prepare for network connection opportunities.

Join us in Stevens 209 from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22.

Faculty, please let you students know about this opportunity. For more information, visit or contact the IDEA Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center.

Light the Fire event benefits Yamhill Community Action Partnership

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

The university community is invited to Light the Fire, a benefit event on Sunday, Nov. 22, to assist the Yamhill Community Action Partnership.

YCAP is a nonprofit in Yamhill County that provides services to focus on self-sufficiency such as youth outreach, energy services, client services and housing, and food bank. Many George Fox students have internships and volunteer at YCAP. This organization is part of our Serve Day sites and has been a big promoter of our community.

Here are the details:

When?
Sunday, Nov. 22, 5-8:30 p.m.

Where?
Ruddick/Wood Restaurant, 720 E. 1st St., in Newberg

Cost?
Dinner is $125 per person and includes dinner by three local chefs. A street party is $20 per person and includes street food, one drink ticket, raffle items, and two bands.

Tickets and Info?
Visit yamhillcap.org/lightthefire

Bruin Store hosts one-day sale today

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

The Bruin Store is hosting a one-day sale today (Wednesday)!

Get 25 percent off select items, including hoodies, sweatpants, blankets, headphones, and all writing instruments. This sale includes clearance, which means our football sweatshirts are only $15!

Stop by and check out our lounge area while you’re here. We’ve got some great books by fantastic authors like C.S. Lewis, Parker Palmer, Richard Foster and Henri Nouwen.

We look forward to seeing you!

Questions? Contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Join us for World’s Got Talent this Saturday in Bauman

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

Join us Saturday, Oct. 24, in Bauman Auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m. for World’s Got Talent! Watch your fellow students and colleagues perform on stage, with talents varying from a cappella singing to spoken word, classical songs to tribal and contemporary songs.

All are welcome to come and join the amazing mix of students we have represented in the George Fox community with a night of performance, food and learning. We all resonate with culture in different ways, so be a part of the celebration by engaging in the cultural heritage and the diverse backgrounds we bring to George Fox!

Questions? Contact Sierra Brambila at sbrambila13@georgefox.edu.

Have news to share? Submit info to ‘e-Colleague’

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

Have you recently written a book or published an article? Have you presented at a conference or lectured at another venue lately? If so, feel free to share your news with the university community via the employee newsletter e-Colleague, published every other week.

Send your news to Sean Patterson at spatterson@georgefox.edu.

Research paper workshop set for tomorrow in Hoover 105

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

Know students who need help with their research paper writing skills? We have a workshop for them.

Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Sarah Hardy, public services librarian, will present “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper” at an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105. The workshop will help students develop a step-by-step, organized approach to writing research papers and cover campus and Internet resources to help assist in the process.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu. A full list of ARC workshops is available online.

ASC needs chaperones for dance in library this Friday

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

Newberg employees: ASC needs your help this Friday, Oct. 23. We are in need of a few more chaperones for the “Loudest Dance You’ve Never Heard” at 8 p.m.

The dance will be held in the library. If you would be willing to chaperone, please contact Charlotte Gray (cgray12@georgefox.edu). Spouses are more than welcome to come along for the evening as well!

Two career fairs give students opportunities to find internships, positions

Monday, October 19th, 2015

All George Fox students have been invited to attend two free career fairs this week and next week. Each will include more than 100 employers who are looking to hire students for internships and full-time positions. Come to a fair to network and learn from industry guests about different careers and companies!

To get yourself ready for these events, come to a Career Fair Prep Workshop in the IDEA Center on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 10:50 a.m. to 11:40 a.m or stop by the IDEA Center to hear about more ways we can help!

If you are interested in going to one of the fairs, please let us know by filling out this form. The IDEA Center will be providing free transportation​ and name tags for students who sign up.

Faculty, please alert your students to these opportunities.

Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Ragan at kragan@georgefox.edu.

Call for business card orders

Monday, October 19th, 2015

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Chaperones still needed for dance this Friday

Monday, October 19th, 2015

Newberg employees: ASC needs your help this Friday, Oct. 23. We are in need of a few more chaperones for the “Loudest Dance You’ve Never Heard” at 8 p.m.

The dance will be held in the library. If you would be willing to chaperone, please contact Charlotte Gray (cgray12@georgefox.edu). Spouses are more than welcome to come along for the evening as well!

Study abroad meeting is tonight in EHS

Monday, October 19th, 2015

Interested in studying abroad? Come to the informational meeting tonight (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in EHS 102, where you can find out about the application and requirements to study abroad during the 2016-17 school year and summer programs.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.

Melanie Springer Mock presents Fall Faculty Lecture tonight

Monday, October 19th, 2015

The university community is invited to the 2015 Fall Faculty Lecture, “Princess Bibles, Purity Rings, and Evangelical Culture’s Gender Problem,” featuring Melanie Springer Mock, PhD, professor of English and recipient of the 2014-15 Undergraduate Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Scholarship.

Join us tonight (Tuesday) for the presentation. The lecture runs from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in Hoover 105, and refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by the Richter Committee and the Faculty Development Committee.

Prior to the lecture, the 2015 Fall Richter Student Scholars Symposium is scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. Student scholars from George Fox graduate and undergraduate programs will present their research in a conversational poster format. Refreshments are included.

Questions? Contact Kris Kays at kkays@georgefox.edu.

Donate at blood drive this Friday

Monday, October 19th, 2015

The Nursing Club’s fall blood drive is this Friday, Oct. 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Roberts Center’s Room 117.

There are many appointment slots open to donate blood. Our goal for this drive is to fill up all 98 slots. Please come donate if you are able to!

To sign up, go to redcrossblood.org and find the George Fox blood drives through our ZIP code (97132) or sponsor code (GeorgeFox). Sign into your Red Cross account or create one, then choose an appointment time and confirm. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Thanks everyone! Questions? Contact Janet Dan at jdan12@georgefox.edu.

Want to practice your French? Visit table in Bruin Den on Wednesdays

Monday, October 19th, 2015

Want to practice your French during lunchtime and make new friends? Join Nadine Kincaid every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Bruin Den starting tomorrow (Oct. 21). Meetings will take place each Wednesday with the exception of Nov. 4.

Look for the French flag at her table. Sessions are open to French speakers of all levels. Come by and join us!

Questions? Contact Isabelle Corneaux at icorneaux@georgefox.edu.

Chinese Lab meets tonight in Lemmons 2

Monday, October 19th, 2015

Chinese Lab is meeting tonight (Tuesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. in Lemmons 2. Please come join us to learn some Chinese and enjoy free snacks.

Also, please take this survey to help us better serve you in the future. Questions? Contact Sihui Zhu at szhu13@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to attend career fairs this week and next

Sunday, October 18th, 2015

All George Fox students have been invited to attend two free career fairs this week and next week. Each will include more than 100 employers who are looking to hire students for internships and full-time positions. Come to a fair to network and learn from industry guests about different careers and companies!

To get yourself ready for these events, come to a Career Fair Prep Workshop in the IDEA Center on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 10:50 a.m. to 11:40 a.m or stop by the IDEA Center to hear about more ways we can help!

If you are interested in going to one of the fairs, please let us know by filling out this form. The IDEA Center will be providing free transportation​ and name tags for students who sign up.

Faculty, please alert your students to these opportunities.

Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Ragan at kragan@georgefox.edu.

Evangelicals’ influence in Africa discussed in lecture tonight

Sunday, October 18th, 2015

Join us tonight (Monday) for a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation in Hoover 105, as Joel Matthews from the Educational Concerns for Hunger organization presents “American Evangelicals Engaging Intelligently in African Development.” The same presentation will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. and again from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests are asked to attend the later session.

The presentation will discuss how American evangelicals have made an enormous influence in the nature and direction of modernization in Africa, yet how this rarely leads to sustainable improvements for the poor. Among the questions he’ll tackle is, “What are evangelicals doing wrong and how can it be made right?” His presentation is the seventh in the “Majority World and the West” series.

Questions? Contact Ron Mock at ext. 2680 or rmock@georgefox.edu.

Mock presents Fall Faculty Lecture tomorrow night in Hoover 105

Sunday, October 18th, 2015

The university community is invited to the 2015 Fall Faculty Lecture, “Princess Bibles, Purity Rings, and Evangelical Culture’s Gender Problem,” featuring Melanie Springer Mock, PhD, professor of English and recipient of the 2014-15 Undergraduate Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Scholarship.

Join us tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 20) for the presentation. The lecture runs from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in Hoover 105, and refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by the Richter Committee and the Faculty Development Committee.

Prior to the lecture that evening, the 2015 Fall Richter Student Scholars Symposium is scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. Student scholars from George Fox graduate and undergraduate programs will present their research in a conversational poster format. Refreshments are included.

Questions? Contact Kris Kays at kkays@georgefox.edu.

Spring textbook orders reminder

Sunday, October 18th, 2015

Faculty: Please submit your textbook orders on iGFU.georgefox.edu (in iGFU, log into MyGFU, then click on “Textbook Selection”). We will start ordering books next week and need your information to get as many used copies as possible in order to save students money.

Email Sandy Gidding (sgidding@georgefox.edu) with questions. Thanks!

Fall comedy ‘Tartuffe’ opens Thursday on Wood-Mar stage

Sunday, October 18th, 2015

Come support our theatre students at this fall’s comedy presentation of Moliere’s Tartuffe, directed by Rhett Luedtke.

Performances are in Wood-Mar Auditorium on Oct. 22-24 and Oct. 29 through Nov. 1. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 1 show, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.

Synopsis: Tartuffe was originally banned from the theatre when it was first performed in 1664 and has been delighting audiences ever since. Tartuffe, a slick, religious charlatan, dupes Orgon, a rich family man, into believing that Tartuffe is deeply concerned for Orgon’s eternal salvation. Orgon’s family members see through the charade and do all they can to open Orgon’s eyes, but to no avail.

When Orgon promises Tartuffe his daughter’s hand in marriage, and the keys to his house, Elmire (Orgon’s wife) concocts a daring plan to open Orgon’s eyes once and for all. One of Moliere’s most celebrated comedies, Tartuffe has historically been loathed by religious hypocrites, but celebrated by the wise.

Tickets are $6 for students, or free for students on Oct. 22 and 29. 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 $12 for adults, $8 for seniors 65 or older, and $6 for children under 12.

Tickets may be 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. Any questions? See Kathy Harris in Minthorn 205 or email her at kharris@georgefox.edu.