The university will close Monday, Jan. 20, to observe the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. There will be no day or evening classes at the Newberg campus, and the Portland Center and Salem Center will be closed. Libraries at all campuses will be closed as well.
Know of students looking for a summer job with a purpose? Encourage them to attend the Christian Summer Camp Job Fair! There are many ministries from all over the Northwest coming. The fair is set for Thursday, Jan. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium.
Positions are available in youth counseling, adventure camping, horse camping, challenge course facilitating, kitchen staff, life-guarding, housekeeping and more.
Questions? Contact Corina Burke at cburke@georgefox.edu.
HR just received tickets to the Renovation and Landscaping Show coming up on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24-26, at Portland Memorial Coliseum.
More information about this event can be found at this link. Employees can pick up two tickets each ($8 value) at the Information Services desk in Stevens Center. Portland employees can request tickets by emailing Barbi Doran.
Today’s (Wednesday’s) normal class schedule has been adjusted to accommodate the president’s chapel. Please use the link included below to view the adjusted class schedule. Locate the regular meeting time of your scheduled Wednesday classes in the “Regular Schedule” column on the left, and modify your schedule to attend the time listed in the “Adjusted Schedule” column on the right.
Adjusted Class Schedule Due to President’s Chapel
Questions can be directed to registrar@georgefox.edu.
The university’s theatre department invites you to join us for our winter musical, Parade. Shows are scheduled in Wood-Mar Auditorium Jan. 30 through Feb. 2 and Feb. 6-9. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the two Sunday matinees (Feb. 2 and 9), which begin at 2 p.m.
Synopsis:Â Based on historical events in Atlanta in 1913, Parade dramatizes the racially charged trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager who is wrongly accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl under his employ. As the press and the public call for his execution, Leo learns to rely on the power of love in the midst of injustice. Winner of the 1999 Tony Awards for Best Book (Alfred Uhry) and Best Original Musical Score (Robert Brown), Parade is a dynamic and powerful musical that will take your breath away.
University employees receive one complimentary ticket to any of the shows; students may attend either of the Thursday performances for free. Additional tickets are available for purchase at theatre.georgefox.edu. Tickets are available for pick-up at the box office in the Pennington House Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry invites you to join us for the fourth annual Dalton Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in Bauman Auditorium.
Dr. Bill Newsome, PhD, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, will present “Brain, Mind & Free Will: Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?” Among the questions to be discussed: “Are we just the sum of our neurons?,” “Does my brain shape me, or do I shape my brain?” and “Is freedom of choice an illusion?”
For more information, visit this link. Questions? Contact Paul Chamberlain at pchamber@georgefox.edu.
For those interested in missions, don’t forget to swing by the Missions Fair today (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium.
Missions organizations participating include Word Made Flesh, Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry, Teach Beyond, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Iron Sharpens Iron Campus Ministries, Children’s Relief International, Faith in Action and many more!
If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.
I just want to acknowledge the great work on Monday from the Mail & Print Services staff and student employees. They delivered a record number of packages – almost 1,500 in nine hours at the Mail Services window. Our normal day is between 300 and 400 packages. Our record prior to Monday was 861 in one day.
Thank you, Mail & Print Services staff, for a job well done.
– Sherrie Frost
Clint Barnes, regional development representative for HOPE International, will give a public lecture on the spiritual and emotional implications of poverty tomorrow (Wednesday) from noon to 12:35 p.m. in Hoover 103.
The lecture will focus on disempowerment and the importance of the Gospel message in a holistic approach to poverty relief. All are invited.
Questions? Contact Nate Peach at npeach@georgefox.edu.
This is a reminder that tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) normal class schedule will be adjusted to accommodate the president’s chapel. Please use the link included below to view the adjusted class schedule. Locate the regular meeting time of your scheduled Wednesday classes in the “Regular Schedule” column on the left, and modify your schedule to attend the time listed in the “Adjusted Schedule” column on the right.
Adjusted Class Schedule Due to President’s Chapel
Questions can be directed to registrar@georgefox.edu.
The Academic Resource Center will open for appointments on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Please go to arcschedule.georgefox.edu to schedule your appointments. We look forward to meeting with you this semester. Faculty, please let your students know about this!
An Intro to Guitar class and individual guitar lessons are being offered on campus this spring. Sign up and add some fun to your schedule!
The Intro to Guitar class is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting. Learn to play rock, worship and popular songs while learning strumming patterns and chord progressions. No experience is necessary (MUSI 250-A; meets Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:40-10:30 a.m).
Individual guitar lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level. One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and get some new skills and techniques. Work on music that you really want to play: rock, blues, worship, jazz, classical, etc. (MUSA 105/305 GT).
Lessons are taught by in-demand Portland guitarist Dave Iula. He performs with Portland’s top bands (Mel Brown, Patrick Lamb, Excellent Gentlemen) as well as many churches in Portland (Beaverton Foursquare, Southlake Church, Rolling Hills, Imago Dei Community).
E-mail Dave for more info at daveiula1@gmail.com.
We would like to inform you of a great and fun volunteer opportunity coming on Monday, Jan. 20. Once again, we will be taking part in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. There are no classes this day, so instead of taking the day off, come serve with us in Portland and get a free T-shirt.
MLK Day consists of meeting early Monday morning at Stevens and then heading to Portland. The day begins with a rally at David Douglas High School. From there, volunteers are assigned a community project, alongside other Portland-area college students.
This is a great event to meet other college students and also to volunteer. Transportation and food is provided by our department at no cost to you. All you need to do is register here by midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
If you would like more information, you can find it at this link or you can e-mail Inclusion and Student Leadership Programs at islp@georgefox.edu.
Make sure you invite your friends.
Spring 2014 FoxTALE sites are currently hidden from students. When you are ready, make your course visible to your students by logging in to your course, selecting “Administration>Edit Settings” on the course homepage and changing the visible setting from “Hide” to “Show.”
Use your new, empty 2014 Spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.
If your course site is set to “Weekly†format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to “Administration > Edit settings” on the course home page. Change the course start date to the first day of your course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and save changes.
Learn More: FoxTALE Faculty Guides by Topic
Interested in finding out more about domestic and international missions? Come to the 2014 Missions Fair tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the EHS Atrium.
Missions organizations participating include Word Made Flesh, Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry, Teach Beyond, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Iron Sharpens Iron Campus Ministries, Children’s Relief International, Faith in Action and many more!
If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.
Hope to see you there!
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 Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.
On Wednesday, Jan. 15, the normal class schedule will be adjusted to accommodate the president’s Honors Convocation Chapel. Please use the link included below to view the adjusted class schedule. Locate the regular meeting time of your scheduled Wednesday classes in the “Regular Schedule” column on the left, and modify your schedule to attend the time listed in the “Adjusted Schedule” column on the right.
Adjusted Class Schedule Due to Honors Convocation Chapel
Questions can be directed to registrar@georgefox.edu.
If you have not yet given consent to receive your W-2 online, please do so by Tuesday, Jan. 14, by 5 p.m. It takes just a minute to log into MyGFU and go to “Self Service,” “Payroll and Compensation” and “W-2 Consent” and check the box. This saves envelopes, processing and delivery, and you will have your W-2 ready to print anytime.
Help us go green!
To nominate a colleague for this month’s Employee of the Month award, please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Jan. 17, with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.
The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 Visa gift card at our community meeting on Thursday, Jan. 30.
Two staff and administrator positions are currently open – for a programmer analyst and a graduate admissions counselor (seminary).
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 either of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.
