All are invited to a farewell reception from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Monday, April 28, in the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium).
The gathering will honor Melanie Hulbert (Sociology), Michael MacLeod (International Studies), Robert Melendy (Engineering), Michael Bevis (English Language Institute) and Jane Scott (Library) for their service to the university.
Please join us to wish them all well!
Thursday, April 24, 4 p.m. – Baseball vs. Corban (Morse Field)
Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, times TBA – Men’s and Women’s Golf in Northwest Conference Championships (OGA Golf Course, Woodburn, Ore.) – George Fox hosting
For more information, contact the George Fox sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.
Don’t forget to join us as we say farewell to longtime employee Eilene Newman at a retirement reception from 2 to 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Portland Center’s Room 155. Refreshments will be served.
Eilene has worked at the university for 22 years, starting at the Tilikum Retreat Center. She will be missed! Stop by and wish her well.
Jesse Richards, one of our university pastor candidates, will make a presentation to the community on Thursday, April 24, from 1 to 1:50 p.m. in Duke Center Room 205 (new athletic complex).
The presentation will be 20 minutes in length. At the conclusion of the presentation, there will be a 30-minute question-and-answer time.
If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.
Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County Elections Office for Mail Services to offer this service. We accept any Oregon ballot (any county), and there is no postage necessary. The deadline for this drop-off site is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.
Thank you
– University Mail Services
Returning students: Your class papers will go into your campus mailbox – and be there when you return in the fall.
Graduating or withdrawing students: Your class papers will be stored at Mail Services for six months. You may stop and ask for them sometime in mid-May.
Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lstartwel@georgefox.edu.
The university’s annual Fox Film Festival is this Friday and Saturday, April 25-26! Come support our cinema and media communication students. Friday’s films will be shown at the Cameo Theatre in downtown Newberg at 4:30 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m. Get your tickets at the Box Office in the Pennington House (one ticket for $4 or two for $6).
The second day of the festival, scheduled for a 6 p.m. start in Bauman Auditorium on Saturday, showcases a different set of films than the Cameo screening. Be sure to make it to both nights to see these great projects. The Bauman screening is a free event.
Questions? Contact Matt Maupin at mmaupin11@georgefox.edu.
Faculty elections will be held for most faculty on Wednesday and Thursday, April 23-24. With 23 different positions to fill, this will be an important opportunity for you to influence the direction of the Faculty Senate, the Faculty Council and the Faculty Personnel Committee, among other offices.
All regular faculty half time and above will receive overnight Tuesday/Wednesday an email from Ron Mock, the 2012-14 Faculty Representative, with instructions for how to vote. We are using a new system this year that will allow for confidential voting while eliminating the risk of double-voting.
Look for the email, follow the instructions, and vote by the end of the day Thursday!
On Wednesday, April 23, the normal undergraduate class schedule will be adjusted to accommodate Senior Chapel.
Please use the link below to view the adjusted class schedule. Locate the regular meeting time of your Wednesday classes in the “Regular Schedule” column on the left, and note the times your classes will meet this Wednesday in the “Adjusted Schedule” column on the right. Chapel will be from 10:10 to 11 a.m.
Adjusted Class Schedule (Senior Chapel)
Questions can be directed to registrar@georgefox.edu.
The all-employee meeting originally scheduled for this Thursday, April 24, has been postponed. It will instead be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, in Hoover 105 (note location change). Also, since we are moving this month’s meeting to early May, we are canceling the Thursday, May 29, all-employee meeting.
The May 8 gathering will feature a “Graduation” theme. For those at the Portland Center, a live video feed of the meeting will be shown in Room 160.
The BlueZone Store will be open on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for commencement. We will also have a table at the Wheeler Sports Center with diploma frames and graduate gifts.
Hope to see you there!
Mark your calendars! The Center for Peace and Justice and LiNK (Liberty In North Korea) are hosting an event this Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105.
We are honored to have LiNK representatives on our campus. They travel to communities across the country and provide a personal look into the challenges the North Korean people face, as well as changes happening inside the country.
Right now, 24 million people in North Korea face the most repressive regime in the world, where people are denied their most basic human rights. This statistic is staggering, but each one of us can do something to bring justice and freedom to the Korean people.
LiNK offers practical ways to support the Korean people as they overcome one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. Come Thursday night and listen to how we can stand and support the people of North Korea.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Annie Stewart (estewart11@georgefox.edu)
All university employees are invited to celebrate with us as we honor retiring Gary Kilburg with a reception on Monday, May 5, in the Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117. The event will run from 4 to 6 p.m.
Throughout Gary’s career, he has modeled professionalism, kindness, and the love of Christ to his colleagues and students. He has served the university family for 22 years, taking on leadership roles and forming foundational work in the area of mentoring for the College of Education. His teaching has regularly set the standard for young professors, modeling for each one of us what it means to be an effective educator. His students often remark on the care Gary’s teaching demonstrates.
Gary earned the Graduate Faculty Member of the Year award in 2006-2007. He has mentored teachers and administrators in both public and private schools. His door is always open and both students and faculty often find themselves slipping into his office for a bit of calm, thoughtful advice. He will be missed more than he can possibly know.
Please join us in celebrating Gary’s work with us and wishing him well in retirement.
All are invited to Shary Wortman’s retirement celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, April 28, at the Redmond Center located at Ridgeview High School in Redmond, Ore.
Shary has served the community of Central Oregon through teaching, administration, and most recently, through her work as a teacher educator at George Fox. She joined the MAT team in 2005 and worked to give us a strong foundation in the Redmond area. Her work is marked by warm, personal touches that allow each student and faculty member to be truly known.
While directing the MAT team in Redmond, Shary worked on internationalizing teacher education. She is part of a writing team and has several publications to her credit. She traveled with students to Vienna, Austria, to work in schools and at a refugee center.
Shary is all about teaching. She has been instrumental in teaching and supporting the 110-plus George Fox-trained teachers who are serving in Central Oregon schools. Her laughter, wisdom and kindness will be missed.
Please join us in celebrating the work of Shary and wishing her well in her retirement.
The university theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega, invites you to a special presentation, Third and Oak: The Laundromat, a one-act play by Marsha Norman and directed by Cambria Herrera. Performances will be Wednesday and Thursday, April 23-24, at 10:45 p.m. each night at the Newberg Coin Laundromat at 1100 N. Springbrook Road.
Admission and a bottle of Classic Coke are $5. Shuttle rides will be provided on Wednesday! Simply arrive at Wood-Mar Auditorium at 10:30 p.m. Space is limited; please arrive on time or drive yourself.
Reserve your seat: Send an email with your name and desired performance night to laundromatgfu@gmail.com. You can buy tickets at the door, in Wood-Mar on the 23rd or on location, but space is limited.
Join us today (Tuesday) for a LinkedIn meetup session in the IDEA Center from 5 to 6 p.m.!
LinkedIn is currently the most powerful networking tool, with 94 percent of recruiters reporting they use it for finding talent. Join the IDEA Center’s session to learn how to create and leverage LinkedIn this summer.
Questions? Please stop by the IDEA Center in the Stevens Center, call 503-554-2330, or email careers@georgefox.edu.
Employees, please be sure to tell your students about this opportunity.
Please join us for a special chapel tomorrow (Wednesday) beginning at 10:10 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium (please note earlier start time). Classes have been adjusted so that everyone can attend. Chapel will go until 11 a.m.
At this worship service, we will announce the Teacher of the Year and the Researcher of the Year recipients and celebrate our seniors! A senior class slideshow will be shown, and each senior will receive a small gift from spiritual life. But most importantly, faculty will be there and will surround all the seniors and pray for them!
See you there!
– Sarah Baldwin
Collection week has been extended through Friday, April 25, for those who have items to donate toward our Summer Serve garage sale.
If you have items you’d like to donate to a good cause, drop them off at the Spiritual Life House between 2 and 5 p.m. through Friday of this week. All donations will be sold at the Summer Serve garage sale on Saturday, April 26, and will help fund the teams going to Romania/Moldova, Kenya and Argentina.
If you have any questions, feel free to email the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to join us as we say farewell to longtime faculty member Clella Jaffe at a retirement reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium). Refreshments will be served.
Clella has worked at the university for 19 years. During that span, she’s served as a professor of communication arts; as chair of the Department of Communication Arts (2004-present); as director of forensics (eight years); and as a leader or co-leader of 10 Juniors Abroad trips. She also did a six-week May Term teaching exchange in Wuhan, China.
Be sure to swing by and wish Clella well!
The Yamhill County Voters’ Pamphlets are available in the hallway of Mail Services located in the North Street Annex. The pamphlet includes the candidates running for various offices in Yamhill County.
Stop by and pick up your copy. They are free.
