Come support our Summer Serve students by attending our Summer Serve banquet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, in the Klages Dining Room.
You will hear from each team of students who are going to Argentina, Romania and Kenya and partnering with various organizations there. Tickets are $12 per person.
If you are interested in attending, please contact spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
International Student Services would like to invite you to come by the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium) next Tuesday, April 8, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to vote on more than 50 gorgeous photos by George Fox students!
Voting is open to everyone, so you definitely should come and check the photos out. Further instructions will be given on the date.
The Nursing Club is hosting its annual Spring Blood Drive on Thursday, April 3, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Villa Academic Complex (501 N. Villa St.).
To schedule your appointment, go to redcrossblood.org, make an account, and search for “George Fox University April 3.†Or, you can look for our table in the Bruin Den.
This blood drive is open to all students and community members over the age of 16. Each donation can save up to three lives!
If you have any questions, please email gfnursingclub@gmail.com.
The International Club invites you to join us for a Chinese lab from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Lemmons 5. We will teach you some basic Chinese dialogue.
Snacks, friendship and fun are included! Contact gfu.international.club@gmail.com for more info.
Thank you to all who participated in taking the LibQUAL Library Survey. The library faculty and staff will be reviewing the data as well as your written comments and appreciate your willingness to share your opinions with us.
Congratulations to Amazon card winners whose names were randomly drawn from all who took the survey and entered their email address. Winners have been notified via email.
After being snowed out in February, the Feminism and the Church panel has been rescheduled to this Thursday, April 3, at Shalom. A panel of faculty, students and recent grads will answer questions about what gender equality might look like in our churches and on campus.
We will begin at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.
Questions? Contact Grayce Beebe at gbeebe10@georgefox.edu.
See you there!
Come laugh with us this week as our theatre students perform the spring comic murder-mystery The Game’s Afoot. Shows begin tomorrow (Thursday) in Wood-Mar Auditorium! Performance dates are April 3-5 and April 10-13. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, April 13, performance, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.
Students are welcome to attend either Thursday production for free. Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket, available for pick-up at the Box Office in the Pennington House. A summary of the show and the opportunity to purchase additional tickets are available at theatre.georgefox.edu.
Summer Serve students will be in Romania and Moldova from mid-May to early June, partnering with Word Made Flesh (WMF) to build relationships with youth in WMF’s community centers. You can support the team by donating activity and craft supplies that we can bring along with us!
Please look over the list of needed supplies, and drop off your donation at the SpIL House by Friday, May 2.
Thank you! God bless!
Questions? Contact Trisha Elizarde at telizarde10@georgefox.edu.
Seniors: Now that you have picked up your regalia, please check out the commencement website for all of the details about your big day on Saturday, May 3! Some important highlights include:
Questions? Please contact academic affairs at 503-554-2141. Faculty and staff: Please share this information with your senior students.
Seniors: Now that you have picked up your regalia, please check out the commencement website for all of the details about your big day on Saturday, May 3! Some important highlights include:
Questions? Please contact academic affairs at 503-554-2141. Faculty and staff: Please share this information with your senior students.
As you may have heard, a Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) accreditation team will visit the Newberg and Portland campuses next week, on April 8-10. Staff and administration are invited to consider meeting with the accreditation team at the staff and administration sessions that will be announced prior to the team’s visit.
At these sessions, or any time during their visit, feel free to speak honestly with the team about your position within the George Fox community and how you see your role as a member of our community working in support of the mission and core themes at George Fox.
Please take some time to review the resources available on our website regarding our George Fox University Mission and Themes as well as the Institutional Report, and at any time, contact academic affairs with any questions you may have regarding the team visit or accreditation process.
As part of Entrepreneurship 300, Team Kamosa will be selling $2 chicken tamales in the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Friday, April 4.
They sell out quickly! Don’t miss out on some delicious tamales and make sure to pre-order today by emailing teamkamosa@gmail.com.
Be sure to support our theatre students by attending the spring comic murder-mystery, The Game’s Afoot. Shows begin this week in Wood-Mar Auditorium! Performance dates are April 3-5 and April 10-13. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, April 13, performance, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.
Students are welcome to attend either Thursday production for free. Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket, available for pick-up at the Box Office in the Pennington House. Additional tickets may be purchased at theatre.georgefox.edu.
The play has some fun with the legendary character Sherlock Holmes. It tells the story of Broadway star William Gillette, who plays the leading role in the smash hit Sherlock Holmes. Gillette invites his fellow cast members to his home to celebrate the holidays. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in Gillette’s isolated Connecticut castle quickly turn dangerous. Luckily, Gillette has played Sherlock Holmes on the stage and knows exactly what to do to nab the killer before the next victim appears.
All interested employees are invited to follow-up conversations regarding the Gender Culture Survey. If you would like to discuss the survey and the recommendations, or have questions and comments, please join Sarah Baldwin and other members of the Gender Culture Survey Task Force on Thursday, April 3, at one of these times:
Questions? Contact Sierra Neiman at sneiman@georgefox.edu.
The university community is invited to hear Makoto Fujimura, an internationally renowned artist, writer and speaker who formerly served as a presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in Bauman Auditorium.
“A Conversation with Makoto Fujimura on Faith, Art and Culture†will include a showing of the artist’s new documentary film, Golden Sea, and a discussion session with Fujimura about the arts. There is no charge to attend.
Prior to the campus visit, a 5 p.m. pre-event opening is scheduled at the Chehalem Cultural Center, where Fujimura’s work is currently on display in the center’s Parrish Gallery. The Chehalem Cultural Center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.
The evening will conclude with a post-event reception in the Lindgren Gallery, where Fujimura will be available to sign books. The reception will be co-hosted by Mark Terry of the university’s Department of Visual Art and Design and Joseph Clair, director of the William Penn Honors Program.
The event is cosponsored by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the Chehalem Cultural Center, and George Fox’s Department of Visual Art and Design and William Penn Honors Program. More information is available at this link. More about Fujimura is available at makotofujimura.com.
Fujimura is recognized worldwide as a “cultural shaper.†He was a presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003 to 2009, and his work is exhibited in galleries around the world. He’s also widely recognized as one of the key illustrators of the St. John’s Bible, the first fully illuminated manuscript to have been commissioned in more than 500 years.
The university’s politics program invites you to join us for a free presentation by Jay Bruce, associate professor of philosophy at John Brown University. He will present “Is Social Justice a Threat to Liberty?†at 6 p.m. Friday, April 11, in Hoover 105.
Two students from the philosophy club will offer responses to the presentation question.
Bruce holds degrees in engineering, religion and philosophy, including a PhD from Baylor University, an MA from the University of Oxford and an AB from Dartmouth College. His first book, Rights in the Law: The Importance of God’s Free Choices in the Thought of Francis Turretin, was published last year.
Questions? Contact Mark David Hall at 503-554-2674.
Cesar Chavez Week is upon us, and I want to invite you to come celebrate with us! We will host various events throughout the week, including a special dinner in “the Bon” with Mexican and Filipino food!
Below is the schedule:
Tuesday, April 1
Reflection on Cesar Chavez’ Legacy and the Topic of Immigration (chapel credit available)
Location: Hoover 105
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 2
Mexican Arts and Crafts and Cuisine
Location: Cultural House
Time: 9 p.m.
Thursday, April 3
Dinner Celebration at the Bon with Edna Vazquez, a local artist
Location: “The Bon”
Time: 5 p.m.
Friday, April 4
“Cesar Chavez Movie”*
Location: Regal Movies on TV Stadium 16
Time: 6 p.m.
*The first 20 to express interest will have their admission ticket paid for, courtesy of the Latino Heritage Club. To sign up, email Nancy Vazquez at nvazquez12@georgefox.edu.
Questions? Contact Nancy Arellano at narellano11@georgefox.edu.
Know of students looking for a job, internship or summer employment? If so, encourage them to check out the First Avenue Career Expo, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Friday, April 4, at the University of Portland. George Fox’s Idea Center is participating in the event and encourages students seeking employment or an internship to attend.
More information and registration are available at olapcfirstavenue.org.
April’s Employee of the Month award will be the last one until September – no foolin’! If you know someone you believe deserves this recognition, now is the time to submit that nomination. Please send an email to Peggy Kilburg by Wednesday, April 16, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes him or her deserving of this award.
The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our community meeting on Thursday, April 24.
Congratulations again to Ethan Burke and Tyler Robertson on being named March Employees of the Month.
Come join us for a night of French films. We’ll be screening Astérix & Cléopâtre (comedy) and Séraphine (drama) at 7 p.m. this Friday, April 4, in Hoover 105. Admission is free and, as always, there will be plenty of French food and drink!
Questions? Contact Jeannot Djanga at jdjanga10@georgefox.edu.
