Career Services is hosting the annual Internship and Volunteer Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 21, in the EHS (Ron Gregory) atrium from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Engage with local employers looking for interns and volunteers. To see a list of attending employers, access BruinCareers and search “Career Events” (MyGFU> Career Services> BruinCareers).
Questions? Contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.
We have an available leftover supply of Serve Day T-shirts in sizes XL and XXL. If you are interested, please contact serveday@georgefox.edu to purchase one. We are asking $10 for each, with proceeds going toward helping fund Serve Day next year.
Join us this Monday morning in chapel as Rusty St. Cyr, our director of spiritual formation, shares with us a message on the paradox between La Tierra and El Cielo (The Earth and The Heavens). We look forward to worshiping with you!
Mark your calendars now for the Fall Staff Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Tigard Friends Church.
The theme will be “Abiding in the Vine: Cultivating the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.” Our featured speakers will be Gregg Lamm, pastor of 2nd Street Community Church, and Vicki Norris, author and founder of Restoring Order.
This will be a wonderful time of encouragement and refreshing. Be sure to bring your Bible. See you there!
Attention staff members: You are invited to spend some time getting to know your co-workers better at a kick-off barbecue lunch at noon Monday, Sept. 20, in the Cap and Gown Room. Donation: $3. This event is sponsored by your Staff Development Committee
Have you heard about the FoxTALE-MyGFU integration? It will be fully implemented for spring 2011. Join IT for a webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 22, from 3 to 3:30 p.m. PDT to see how you can set up course sites today that auto-enroll students in spring term courses.
Space is still available for this webinar. Sign up on this R.S.V.P. form. For details on what this session covers, see the FoxTALE-MyGFU Integration printable instructions and video demonstrations at Faculty Quick Guides for FoxTALE.
See all of the faculty and staff development sessions IT hosts at Schedule of Events.
Join IT for a session on how to administrate Groups in our George Fox Google Apps. Google Groups replaces group e-mail and listservs that we have had in the past.
Sessions will be at the Villa Academic Complex in Newberg (VAC 117) on Monday, Sept. 20, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and at the Portland Center (Room 210) on Tuesday, Sept. 21, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Space is still available. Sign up on this R.S.V.P. form. For details on what this session covers, see Google Groups Documentation. See all of the faculty and staff development sessions IT hosts at Schedule of Events.
Join us this Thursday, Sept. 16, to hear from our missionary practitioners in residence. David and Luneta Chronic work as Africa/Europe regional directors for Word Made Flesh, a nonprofit organization committed to serving Jesus amongst the poorest of the poor. The Chronics will speak from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Quaker Heritage Room, located upstairs in the library.
E-mail us at peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Just a reminder that we are hosting employee flu clinics on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 15-16. We have several afternoon appointments available Wednesday. Morning and afternoon appointments are available on Thursday.
It is free if you have Regence through the university; otherwise the cost is $15. Call us at ext. 2340 to schedule your appointment.
– Health and Counseling Services
You are invited to the first Faculty Research Forum of the semester, as Bill Jolliff (English) presents “Coming to Terms with My Own Faith (Integration): A Bare-Bones, Whittled-Down, Low-Brow Model for Integrating What I Believe with What I Research and Write About.” Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 17, in Hoover 105.
Dick Votaw, the university’s and Northwest Yearly Meeting’s archivist from 1992 to 2006 and the 1997 George Fox University Volunteer of the Year, passed away on Monday, Sept. 13. A memorial service is scheduled at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 18, at West Chehalem Friends Church.
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the athletics website at gfubruins.com.
The Department of Visual Arts is hosting an exhibit, “Tales From the Back Porch,” featuring the mixed-media paintings of Oregon artists Paula Portinga Booth and Corrine Loomis Dietz. The exhibit begins with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, in the Minthorne Gallery. An artists’ talk is scheduled prior to the reception at 4:30 p.m.
Booth is a multimedia artist from Salem and Dietz has gained recognition as a figurative artist and educator. Their work will be on display through Oct. 21.
Come and join the women of George Fox University as we gather to welcome newcomers, renew old acquaintances and celebrate the coming of fall with a salad supper hosted by Ruth Baker at the president’s home (Edwards House), 402 S. College St., in Newberg.
Join us Monday, Sept. 20, between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. It is open to all George Fox women. Please bring a salad to share.* Drinks, bread and dessert will be provided.
*If you are new to George Fox, please be our guest.
Monday’s chapel will feature university pastor Sarah Baldwin. She will be sharing on the topic of “Strive/Abide” from our Fall Paradox series, peering into John 15. We look forward to worshiping with you!
The Center for Peace and Justice is sponsoring a visit to the community open house at Bilal Masjid Mosque in Beaverton this Sunday, Sept. 12, in remembrance of the events of 9/11/2001. We will be leaving from the Stevens Center parking lot at 10:30 a.m.
We are coming alongside one of our senior students, Lindley King, who originally voiced the idea of a George Fox visit after hearing the president of the Bilal Mosque speak at Senior Capstone on Monday. Please R.S.V.P. to peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu if you are interested in coming with us. Let us know if you are able to drive and take other students who will need rides or if you are someone who will need a ride.
Blessings,
The Center for Peace and Justice and the Center for Global Studies
We will be updating all the data in our emergency contact system’s database next week. Please take a few minutes to update your contact information in MyGFU if you have not done so already.
Please follow these simple directions to enter your personal cell phone number:
Thank you for taking the time to do this today. If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in the Office of Student Life.
You are invited to the first Faculty Research Forum of the semester, as Bill Jolliff (English) presents “Coming to Terms with My Own Faith (Integration): A Bare-Bones, Whittled-Down, Low-Brow Model for Integrating What I Believe with What I Research and Write About.” Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 17, in Hoover 105.
Whether you want students to improve their writing, brainstorm for an upcoming assignment, or meet regularly for academic coaching, ARC consultants are available to support students in their academic pursuits.
The ARC is open Monday through Thursday from 1 to 10 p.m. and from noon to 4 p.m. on Fridays. To schedule an appointment, students can e-mail the_arc@georgefox.edu, call ext. 2327, or stop by the ARC in the Special Collections Room on the second floor of the library.
The university community is invited to a series of recitals performed by Kenn Willson (Performing Arts). Kenn will perform the music from his “Encounters with Beethoven” concert in order to make a recording on the university’s Imperial Bösendorfer piano.
Beginning this Monday, Sept. 13, he will play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Sonata Op. 31 #3 and the Ecossaises Dances for three consecutive weeks (Sept. 13, 20 and 27). Each performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free.
Audience members are invited to attend one, two or all three three performances, and at the end of each they will get to vote on the movement(s) they liked best from that evening’s performance. All the votes will be taken into consideration in the production of Kenn’s first piano solo CD. Those who attend any of the recitals also will be able to purchase the final CD at a reduced price.
