Heather B Ayala, PhD, will share her scientific research in a lecture entitled, “The Genetic Dissection of Differential Growth in Plasmodium falciparum and its Relationship to Chloroquine Drug Selection.” The lecture will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10, in EHS 102. Heather is an associate professor of biology from Bethel College. All are welcome to attend.
The university community is invited to the Faculty Research Forum featuring Brent Weaver (Performing Arts) at 10:40 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, in Hoover 105. Dr. Weaver will speak on his research into digital media and musical performance – and share his new musical work, Imaginary Scenes.
The times, they are a-changin’! And this is especially important to remember if you’re participating in spring commencement on Saturday, April 30, in Miller Gymnasium. Please note the start times for this year’s ceremonies:
Questions? Please contact Karlyn Fleming at kfleming@georgefox.edu. Thank you!
Be sweet and help send students to Nicaragua! There are two sweet opportunities this week to support the psychology department’s mission/research trip to help at-risk girls rescued from poverty in Central America.
Some of you have some concerns about the presentation, worship and experience of Monday’s chapel. Spiritual Life is sponsoring a listening session on Thursday, Feb. 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Foxhole.
Sarah Baldwin, Andrea Crenshaw, Jamie Johnson, Steve Sherwood and Rusty St. Cyr will be available to listen to any and all of your concerns about this chapel or any other chapel. You are welcome to stop by between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and stay briefly or for the whole time.
The nursing department is assembling Health Hope Kits for Medical Teams International through Feb. 23! Each Hope Kit will be sent to children in orphanages, refugee camps, or families in disaster. If you’re interested in participating in our global health outreach, you can pick up a list of needed donations outside the nursing office (Hoover 214) today.
Interested in learning some tips on how to organize your Web-based Google Mail? IT is offering this session two times on Thursday, Feb. 24.
R.S.V.P. at this Spring 2011 Development Events page. Visit Google Apps Help and E-Mail Quick Guides for more information.
Have questions about Monday’s chapel speaker? Great. There are more opportunities for discussion besides Monday night’s panel talk. Ray Aldred is speaking in chapel again on Wednesday, and there will be a talk-back after chapel in the Cap and Gown Room.
Also, Rev. Aldred is speaking at the Intellectual Feast on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Hoover Lounge (second floor). Please join the conversation. Ray is helping us ask questions and talk about important matters of life, creation and Creator.
These valuable coupon books are still good for 10 more months. Get one while they last at the discounted price of $15 at the Information Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center. You’ll receive $30 in bonus savings cards when you purchase a book.
To George Fox staff:
Your Staff Development Committee knows you are one in a million … and proof will appear on your desk/workspace on Feb. 15!
The annual Scholarship Competition is this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12, and we are expecting about 700 attendees. We are asking you to give up your parking spots in the Stevens, Hoover and Wood-Mar lots, and to park on Meridian Street, North Street and Sheridan Street on Friday.
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
How does our relationship to the land affect our relationship to God and to others? That is the central question of the Spring Theological Conference this week, Monday through Wednesday (Feb. 7-9).
Join this important discussion at the following events:
Please be aware that the scholarship application for traditional undergraduates returning in 2011-12 is delayed. We are working through some technical issues with access. Please look to E-nnouncements for information when we make it live. We are sorry for the delay.
– Student Financial Services
Join us in Klages Friday night (Feb. 4) for dinner as we help celebrate Chinese New Year 2011, the year of the rabbit.
Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements, which is why the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.
The meal is free to meal plan students and only $8 for everyone else.
– Bon Appetit
Saturday, Feb. 5, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Lewis & Clark, Wheeeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Lewis & Clark, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
For more information, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the Bruin sports website at gfubruins.com.
How can art forms function as theological media, conveying spiritual realities in ways words cannot? The question will be the topic of a George Fox Evangelical Seminary seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Portland Center.
Author Dan Kimball and author and theologian Maggi Dawn will speak at the event, the latest installment of the seminary’s Ministry in Contemporary Culture Seminar series. The half-day event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon in Room 155.
The seminar, entitled “A New Creation: The Fusion of Ministry and Creative Arts,†will address the ways in which Christ-followers have used media throughout the ages and present some new ways these media can be used today. Kimball is the author of several books on church leadership and culture, including They Like Jesus, But Not The Church and The Emerging Church. He is also on staff at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Dawn is based at the University of Cambridge, where she is chaplain and Fellow in Theology at Robinson College. She recently published a book, The Writing on the Wall, which explores some of the most influential stories and ideas from the Bible and the ways they have been woven into Western culture.
Online registration is available at seminary.georgefox.edu and can be found by clicking the “News and Events†link on the left side of the screen. More information about the seminar is available by contacting Jean Oehm Miller at ext. 6150.
Are you interested in missions? We will be hosting Mission Year’s Sara Mendoza Thursday (Feb. 3), and she will be available to answer any questions about the organization (missionyear.org).
If you’re interested in what they do, we welcome you to come talk with Sara. She will be available at lunch in the Bruin Den or at 3:30 p.m. in the Spiritual Life House (on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian). She also will speak in Shalom at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. We hope to see you there!
Don’t forget to join your fellow staff members for lunch this Monday, Feb. 7, at noon in the Cap and Gown Room. There will be great food and we’ll host a drawing for gifts. See you there!
Come join us this morning (Wednesday) for chapel to hear Steve Sherwood (Religious Studies) speak on the topic of Wise/Wounded. We look forward to worshiping with you!
The university community is invited to join us for a showing of a “trashy movie” Wednesday (Feb. 2) night. Our Faith and Film Series is Garbage Dreams. Follow the story of these Egyptian “Trash boys” to find out why there is a revolution taking place in Egypt right now. Come watch this short film (53 minutes) and then we can do a little trash-talking about how this affects us where we live.
Join us at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.
