Please join us for Sheila Bartlett’s retirement celebration tomorrow (Tuesday, April 8) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the EHS Atrium (Ron Gregory Atrium) on the Newberg campus. Milk and cookies will be provided, along with Sheila’s request of garden veggies!
See you there!
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.
Please join us in celebrating Dianna McIntyre and her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community on Monday, April 21, in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 1 to 3 p.m.
Throughout her career, Dianna has brought to her work professionalism, joyfulness and a love for Christ and people. Her interactions with our faculty, staff and students are always marked by thoroughness, balanced with sensitivity and warmth. She has a gift for engaging students and helping them to grow and develop in the gifts and abilities God has given them.
Dianna has served as the adviser for the International Student Club and has also mentored a number of our student leaders, modeling a life of living for Christ and doing one’s best. Hugs, laughs and prayer are all common experiences for students meeting with Dianna, allowing students to leave her office with a genuine sense of being affirmed and truly known.
Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!
An open session for staff and administrators on the Newberg campus to meet with members of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accreditation team has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. in Duke 205.
Please contact academic affairs if you have any questions about the team visit or accreditation process.
Know of students who would make good leaders as a part of ASC in 2014-15? Positions are now open in a number of areas, including events, marketing and communication, campus reps and much more.
Encourage students to apply at this link. Applications are due on Friday, April 11.
Blazer tickets go on sale on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, inside the ASC offices for Wednesday’s Blazer game against the Sacramento Kings. Only 120 tickets are available for $5 per ticket.
After the game, stick around because George Fox students will get to shoot hoops on the court.
For more info or if you have questions, contact Brogan Groth at bgroth12@georgefox.edu.
Romania, Argentina and Kenya Summer Serve students are hosting a banquet in the Klages Dining Room on Saturday, April 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $12.
Come enjoy a meal with friends and hear about what these students will be doing at their various sites. Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu for a ticket!
Do you have items sitting around in your house that you no longer need? The George Fox Summer Serve teams will be hosting a garage sale to help them fund their trips to Kenya, Romania/Moldova and Argentina, and we need donations!
We are looking for furniture, books, clothing, toys, decorations and any other items that you would be willing to donate to us to sell. We will be collecting items April 14-17 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Spiritual Life House.
If you have questions or wish to arrange a time for items to be dropped off, contact Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu or spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Summer Serve students will be in Argentina in May. 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!
Questions? Contact spiritual life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Five 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.
As part of the Entrepreneurship 300 class, Team Kamosa will be selling $2 chicken tamales from 11:40 a.m. to 2 p.m. today (Friday) in the Bruin Den.
Every tamale sold pushes us closer to meeting our group goal. Please support Team Kamosa and the entrepreneurship class by purchasing some delicious chicken tamales!
Loren Van Tassel will be our speaker for our International Chapel this morning (Friday) from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House. Loren is a Bible professor here at George Fox and a longtime friend of international students.
Loren will speak about his faith in God and on the topic “Why I Believe in God.” This will be a great time to hear of Loren’s reasons for his faith and to ask questions you might have.
Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre at dmcintyre@georgefox.edu.
Applications for May Term/Summer housing are now available to students on the student life website and in the student life office. Students have until April 25 to complete the application and return it to student life.
We are asking students to verify their employment by having supervisors email housing@georgefox.edu so we can keep track of this information. As you hire summer workers, please notify the housing department.
Please refer to the 2014 Summer/May Term Housing Application for additional details. These are available online or in the Office of Student Life.
If you have questions, please stop by or call the student life office (ext. 2310) or email housing@georgefox.edu.
Want to be a published writer or artist? The Wineskin, the university’s literary magazine, is looking for submissions! We are currently accepting poetry, fiction/non-fiction (1,500-word limit), and art and design works (paintings, drawings, photography, graphic design, etc.).
Submission deadline: Wednesday, April 9
You can email submissions and/or inquiries to gfuwineskin@gmail.com.
Employees: Your submissions are welcome as well!
Want to be a part of the spring 2014 undergraduate commencement ceremony in Miller Gymnasium? Come help out as an usher!
We are in need of people for both ceremonies on Saturday, May 3. The morning ceremony starts at 10 a.m., and the afternoon ceremony starts at 2:30 p.m. Duties include passing out programs, guiding people to their seats and assisting guests.
Please e-mail Jennifer Kepler (jkepler@georgefox.edu) if interested.
International Student Services would like to remind you to swing by the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium) this Tuesday, April 8, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to vote for your favorite photos in the international photo contest. On display will be more than 50 photos taken 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.
Please contact Louis Liu (lliu11@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
As part of the Entrepreneurship 300 class, Team Kamosa will be selling $2 chicken tamales from 11:40 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) in the Bruin Den.
Every tamale sold pushes us closer to meeting our group goal. Please support Team Kamosa and the entrepreneurship class by purchasing some delicious chicken tamales!
The Doctor of Physical Therapy program invites you to a continuing education event, “Evidence-Based Practice for Clinicians,” presented by Jeff Houck, PT, PhD, on Saturday, April 12, in VAC 203. The session runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dr. Houck, in addition to publishing numerous studies in peer-reviewed journals, is on the International Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy. His expertise in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) includes assigning levels of evidence for international journals, presentations at national conferences, and teaching EBP to many audiences. He also is currently an active member of the EBP special interest group of the American Physical Therapy Association.
The objectives of the session are to:
Please go to this link to register.
Questions? Contact Gina Braden at rbraden@georgefox.edu.
While Cesar Chavez ended his 36-day fast for the rights of farm workers in 1988, we still have a broken immigration system afflicting workers, children, mothers and fathers. Because of the current system, families who have been brought together by God are being torn apart.
At the end of Cesar Chavez Week and on the anniversary of the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, SpIL at Fox and the Social Justice League of George Fox Evangelical Seminary will be joining the Fast for Families movement to fast for those families that are being broken apart and to pray for reform that will reunite them. Please consider joining us and giving up food for a day to fast for justice.
Instead of eating on Friday, April 4, we will be meeting for prayer during meal times at 8:15 a.m., noon and 5:30 p.m. in the Prayer Chapel to pray and hear directly from students who have more directly experienced our immigration system. What God has brought together, let no one break apart.
Questions? Contact Drew Miller at dscmiller@gmail.com.
Join the George Fox debate team as we debate the topic “We Regret Ring by Spring.†The debate will take place in Hoover 105 on Monday, April 7, at 7 p.m.
Following the debate, a brief period will be provided for audience members to present a short argument if they would like. Light refreshments will be served.
Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Elting at kelting11@georgefox.edu.
