Please join the College of Physical Therapy on Zoom for our seventh annual research symposium tonight (Thursday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Physical therapy doctoral faculty and third-year students will showcase various rehabilitation research topics.
Questions? Please contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451.
The Social Work Club is putting on a school supply drive this weekend, Friday, Feb. 19 through Sunday, Feb. 21, to help local schools and students as they make the shift back to in-person learning.
If you have any extra school supplies, such as pencils, pens, notebooks, glue sticks, etc., please drop them off at one of our donation locations. Donation bins will be located in the library, Canyon Commons, and the Bruin Den.
If you choose to donate, you’ll have the chance to enter in a raffle for a Coffee Cottage gift card. We will announce the winners on our Instagram next week!
Questions? Contact Ashley Martin (amartin18@georgefox.edu).
Join us for a creative adult learning experience today (Thursday) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. over Zoom. Titled “Interprofessional Solutions for Racism in Primary Care,” the event will be facilitated by healthcare professionals who personally represent Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
Learn how to apply diversity, equity, and inclusion concepts, such as decenter whiteness/decolonize interprofessional primary care. Listen and process the experiences and perspectives of professionals from BIPOC communities. Explore what success looks like to facilitate better primary care for BIPOC communities.
This event is for healthcare professionals and learners, and is free to the George Fox community. Register here.
Questions? Contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).
Be a part of an exercise science senior research project studying the relation of pedestrian trail features to physical activity levels in adults nationwide.
The study will help to shed light on what types of features in trails are most related to increased use for exercise across various demographics. To participate, please take 10 to 20 minutes to fill out this anonymous survey asking questions about your physical activity levels, experience with and opinion of various trail features, and basic demographical information.
Questions? Contact Rosemary Michael at rmichaeltrumbull17@georgefox.edu.
Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.
All are welcome to a special Zoom session featuring George Fox professor Dominic Done tonight (Wednesday) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Done, pastor at Westside: A Jesus Church, will be speaking as part of the Reedwood Forum on the subject of his book When Faith Fails. Join in for the conversation at this link (password is “RFCLive”); all are welcome.
Questions? Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.
Today (Wednesday), marks the beginning of the season of Lent, the season in the Christian church when we remember the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, fasting and praying, prior to the beginning of his ministry.
Many Christians choose to observe Lent by participating in an intentional spiritual practice, such as fasting, Scripture reading, prayer, generosity, or service. It is a season set aside for repentance and acknowledgment of human weakness, toward greater trust in the Savior.
The season of Lent begins today and ends on Easter Sunday, April 4. The university pastors invite you to observe this time with us in one of the following ways:
Questions or want to meet with a university pastor? Contact the Office of Spiritual Life (spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2320). May the Lord bless you!
Join the Academic Resource Center for an APA workshop with Sue O’Donnell. Learn the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more.
The workshop will take place tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Because of COVID classroom capacity, registration for the workshop is required. Sign up here.
You may also sign up to receive the video and slides of the presentation in lieu of attending in person.
Questions? Contact Julia James (jjames@georgefox.edu).
George Fox Digital is releasing a series of public lectures on YouTube addressing the pandemic and Christian faith. How are we to understand suffering in light of God’s goodness? What do our academic disciplines have to say about theology and the pandemic?
The second of these lectures is out now, as professor Abigail Favale speaks on the topic “Christianity as a Response to the Problem of Human Suffering.”
We’ll be releasing a new lecture in this series on our YouTube playlist every Tuesday throughout February and early March.
Questions? Contact Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu).
The university’s museum has a new exhibit in the Stevens Center focused on Alan Rutherford, the college’s first Black graduate (1933).
Rutherford was very active in many campus organizations and helped to organize the college’s first interracial conference in 1931. He went on to become a very successful educator.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu). More information on the museum can be found at this link.
Join Research and Instruction Librarian Andrea Abernathy online for a workshop covering the SCOPUS database. She’ll show you how to discover scholarship, track citations, and explore relevant journals with confidence.
The workshop will be held via Zoom today (Wednesday) at 2:30 p.m. Click here to register and for more information regarding future library workshops.
This semester, the library is offering a series of workshops to help the Fox community navigate our increasingly digital library environment. Each workshop will be taught by a different librarian, making them an excellent way to refresh your skills, learn something new, or hear an old concept in a new way.
Questions? Contact Kate Wimer (kwimer@georgefox.edu).
The Wineskin is accepting submissions! The theme for this semester is “FORMATION,†so send us your best poems, stories, essays, and artwork in that stream of thought; we welcome thematic interpretation.
The editors are open to a wide range of styles and subject matter, but we are particularly looking for work that pushes boundaries and surprises us with its artistic approach and perspective of the world.
All are welcome to submit, including faculty and staff and those who are not members of the George Fox community!
Submission Guidelines:
All work should be submitted through our website. Submissions close on Monday, March 1, at 5 p.m.
Questions? Contact Libby Kerns (lkerns17@georgefox.edu).
Despite a really good season of giving, some staple food items have flown off the shelves in the Bruin Community Pantry food bank, leaving some spots bare.
The following items are urgently needed in the food bank:
Drop off your donations at the food bank in Roberts Center during the hours of operation.
This information and more can be found on the BCP website.
The Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR) is this week, and it’s entirely online!
From Wednesday to Saturday, join us to learn from people like Eugene Cho and Esau McCaulley on how we as students and Christians can pursue anti-racism in our daily lives. Fill out this form to get information on sessions and post-SCORR debrief sessions led by Fox students and staff.
For students who want chapel credit, be sure to register for the events you’re attending on the iAttended app. Check out the SCORR schedule to decide what sessions to attend, and email Hannah Lee hlee17@georgefox.edu with any questions.
FoxTALE will be unavailable this morning (Tuesday)Â from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.
Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.
A group has been created to help female students heal from abusive relationships and be empowered from a faith-based, holistic curriculum created by ARMS (Abuse Recovery Ministry & Services), a local nonprofit.
A George Fox student will be leading the group throughout the semester weekly on Thursdays.
To receive the Zoom link or ask any questions, please email or call ARMS (info@abuserecovery.org, 503-846-9284 or 866-262-9284).
We want your input! Every student who submits this survey will receive a $5 rental voucher for the Hadlock Student Center. Please complete the Hadlock Rental Center Survey to tell us about your rental experiences and recommend new items that you would like us to offer!
We want to hear from everyone! The survey can be completed even if you have never used the Hadlock Rental Center.
Interested in learning more about the Hadlock Rental Center? Click here. Questions? Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu).
Campus Recreation has added nine group exercise and instructional classes for the spring semester!
Most of them are in-person, but space is very limited. If you sign up for a session, please be sure to follow through on your commitment. Classes are free, and you can be put on a waiting list if the class is full.
Classes include group cycle, boot camp, restorative yoga, Zumba, self-defense (hybrid), freestyle dance techniques, Total Body Blast (online only), and more yoga classes!
Click here for information and to register. Questions? Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu).
Campus Public Safety would like to remind the George Fox community of a few helpful safety tips. Because, while the Newberg campus is located in what is considered a generally safe location, we know that, unfortunately, crimes and emergencies can occur in any location and at any time of day.
We encourage everyone to program Campus Public Safety’s phone number into your cell phone right now so that it is available in case you need it. We are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 503-554-2090.
The following are some of the reasons why you may want to give us a call:
A victim of a crime is never at fault and should not be blamed for his or her actions. For those who would like to know what precautions they can take in order to reduce the risk of victimization, we offer the following tips:
Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu. Campus Public Safety officers are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year!
Captain James Ahn, a graduate of UC Riverside and the Claremont McKenna College Army ROTC program, died in 2015 during a parachute training operation while participating with his Special Forces unit in Washington state.
In James’ honor, we are sponsoring an annual scholarship of $1,000 to a Special Forces veteran who is working toward the completion of a higher education degree.
For more information, please visit the Veterans Resources webpage.
Join Research and Instruction Librarian Andrea Abernathy online for a workshop covering the SCOPUS database. She’ll show you how to discover scholarship, track citations, and explore relevant journals with confidence.
The workshop will be held via Zoom on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Click here to register and for more information regarding future library workshops.Â
This semester, the library is offering a series of workshops to help the Fox community navigate our increasingly digital library environment. Each workshop will be taught by a different librarian, making them an excellent way to refresh your skills, learn something new, or hear an old concept in a new way.
Questions? Contact Kate Wimer (kwimer@georgefox.edu).
