The Tilikum Retreat Center has an old upright piano it is giving away. Help with delivery is possible depending on distance and access issues. If you are interested, please call Carl at 503-998-3906 or e-mail him at canderso@georgefox.edu.
The International Justice Mission chapter at George Fox deals in large part with the issue of sex-trafficking on both a global and local scale, and what steps we can do to combat it. Two major focuses of the chapter are prayer and finding ways we can get involved in the community. Please come and see how you can get involved as well.
We’ll be meeting next at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the Le Shana lobby.
Questions? Contact Stephen Kenyon at skenyon09@georgefox.edu.
Did you know that tuition doesn’t cover the full cost of a student’s education?
Whether realized or not, every George Fox student is helped by countless alumni, parents, friends, foundations and others who faithfully give to help subsidize the cost of his or her Fox education. To recognize and honor this tradition of selfless giving, the Bruin Heritage Society and Alumni Relations are hosting our inaugural Tuition Freedom Day today, Feb. 15.
As part of Tuition Freedom Day, students are invited to one of two Celebration Stations (in the Bruin Den and Stevens Center) to learn more and reflect on the personal impact of this generous donor support on their own George Fox experience. Stop by either location to learn more and pick up a special Tuition Freedom Day cupcake!
You can also learn more by visiting this website.
The university community is invited to the Faculty Research Forum featuring Brent Weaver this Friday, Feb. 18, at 10:40 a.m. in Hoover 105. Dr. Weaver will speak on his research into digital media and musical performance and share his new musical work, Imaginary Scenes.
An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Hoover 105. Following the meeting, there will be a farewell reception for Jim Fleming (IT) in the Stevens Center atrium.
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
Mark your calendars now for a Nursing Club-sponsored American Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, March 10. It will be held in the Villa Academic Complex from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
One donation can save up to three lives! You can sign up at tables on campus in the Bruin Den on Feb. 15-16 between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. or online anytime at redcrossblood.org using the sponsor code “GeorgeFox.”
Kirk Petersen, Northwest regional director for the Alpha outreach program, will speak at the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest’s Newberg breakfast on Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.
Alpha is a course on the basics of the Christian faith and is used around the world by all major Christian denominations. In 2008, more than 33,500 courses were offered in 169 nations. Petersen works to help churches effectively connect with people in their communities by running Alpha courses. He has been a pastor for 17 years, working most of that time directly with middle and high school students.
For information on the breakfast, including cost, visit the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest website at cccnw.net or call 503-928-8354.
We’re making a student film that we hope to put in the Fox Film Festival and are looking for a male actor between the ages of 38-55 looking like a boss-scientist kind of guy. It’s a small role with few lines. Please reply ASAP. Contact Mac at 951-215-5185 if interested. We need you at 8 a.m. this Sunday (Feb. 13) and next Friday in the evening (time TBD). Thanks!
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, at Newberg Friends Church for Louise Clarkson. Louise passed quietly on Monday and is survived by her husband Marvin and their three children and grandchildren. Marvin retired from George Fox in 2009 after working as a groundskeeper at the university for 18 years.
Marvin and Louise attended 2nd Street with their son Chuck and grandchildren Joel, Amanda and Caleb. She will be missed.
Staff Appreciation Day is fast approaching and, on that day, marvelous surprises await you!
All staff will receive a “scrumdiddlyumptious treat” delivered by Oompa Loompas (your Staff Development Committee). Fifteen lucky winners will receive a Golden Ticket with their treat, with instructions to claim an even bigger prize. Life has never been sweeter!
Who will be the first to find a Golden Ticket?
“A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.†- Willy Wonka
We have free tickets to the Renovation and Remodeling Show scheduled Friday through Sunday, March 11-13, at the Portland Coliseum. If you would like to attend, request or just pick up two tickets from Barbi Doran at the Information Services desk in Stevens Center. Each ticket has a $5 value.
Need a new friend? Last-minute Valentine gift? Pond stock? The biology department has goldfish up for adoption. There are bags to take them home in by our tank. Have your own Animalia-Chordata-Actinopterygii-Cypriniformes-Cyprinidae-Carassius auratus to lavish attention upon and reap the bubbly reward.
Contact Teresa Arnold at ext. 2724 or tarnold@georgefox.edu for more info.
Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, Feb. 17, if you would like to nominate a colleague for February Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include a concise but specific summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.
The winner will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.
Plan ahead to join us for chapel Monday morning (Feb. 14) for guest speakers Shane Claiborne from The Simple Way and Chris Lahr from Mission Year. We hope to see you there!
Please mark your calendars for the George Fox University Seminary Fair!
The event details are as follows:
When: Thursday, March 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Hoover Lobby, Newberg campus
Who: We welcome all students, as well as students from other universities, to come and meet recruiters from seminary schools across the country.
The schools represented thus far include: Emmanuel School of Religion, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Mars Hill Graduate School, Regent College, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary and Western Seminary.
More details will be available as the event approaches. Please contact Chloe Lee-Zorn, MA, Career Services graduate assistant, at leec07@georgefox.edu with any additional questions.
Due to the Scholarship Competition this weekend, we have moved First Friday to tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 11. Sarah Jobson, area coordinator in Hobson, Macy and Sutton halls, will speak to us about humanity’s “belovedness” in the Lord. Join us in Bauman from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. for a time of worshiping our God as one body.
Saturday, Feb. 19, 1 p.m. – Men’s tennis vs. College of Idaho, GFU campus courts (at Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in case of inclement weather)
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the Bruin sports website at gfubruins.com.
George Fox staff: You are one in a million! And, if you are lucky, you will be one in 15! Watch for your sweet opportunity next Tuesday.
This coming Friday and Saturday we are expecting more than 400 additional high school students and parents to join us during Scholarship Competition. They will be eating lunch in Klages between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Friday and approximately noon on Saturday.
So, we’d like to ask as many of our regular students not to come for lunch until after 12:30 p.m. on Friday in order to avoid most of the crowds. On Saturday, if at all possible, please arrive and leave before noon or after 1 p.m.
In order to accommodate all of these visitors as well as our regular students, we also will be serving both these meals on disposable paper plates and would like to encourage all George Fox students to take their meals out of the dining room those days so that we have enough room for our visitors. The Cap and Gown Room will be available for overflow.
Thanks for your help and let’s all work to make this a good experience for our visitors and prospective students. By the way, because of this, burger day will be on Thursday.
– Bon Appetit
As a reminder, please give up your parking spots in the Stevens, Hoover and Wood-Mar lots and park on Meridian Street, North Street or Sheridan Street this Friday, Feb. 11, during Scholarship Competition.
Please empty out those three lots so that our potential new students and their families have places to park, as the Bauman lot is extremely full this year. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in welcoming our guests.
– Security Services
