Make plans tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. to attend the George Fox Symphonic Band concert, “A Fall Celebration,” conducted by our new director of bands, Dwayne Corbin, in Bauman Auditorium.
Admission is free! Questions? Contact Dwayne Corbin (dcorbin@georgefox.edu).
The Hadlock Student Center is happy to announce we are now offering an Intro to Hip-Hop and Freestyle class on Wednesdays, starting tonight from 7 to 8 p.m.! Any level of experience is welcome.
Sign-ups are on IMLeagues.
The entire George Fox community is invited to join together to sing Christmas carols and enjoy cookies and hot cocoa on Friday, Nov. 30, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Pennington Plaza, located between the Pennington residence hall and the Stevens Center on the Newberg campus.
Join us as we celebrate the start of the holiday season with a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. Contact Hannah Butler (hbutler@georgefox.edu) or Michelle Dawson (mdawson@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The Nutrition Matters grant at George Fox is sponsoring upcoming cooking demonstrations. If you would like to learn how to make a healthy meal, join us in Canyon Commons this Monday, Nov. 19, from 7 to 8 p.m. to learn how to make healthy holiday food!
Emily Forbes, a George Fox alumna and local nutritionist, is passionate about helping students learn to make healthy meals. You will walk away with knowledge on how to make a dish, a sample, and the recipe! It’s like watching a cooking show, but you actually get to taste the food! Join us! Both students and employees are welcome.
Any questions should be directed to Kristi Welker by emailing kwelker@georgefox.edu.
If you are a veteran who will be graduating this fall, congratulations! If you would like to show your status as a veteran by wearing a red, white and blue cord at midyear commencement, please sign up using this link.
You must complete the form to be issued a cord. The deadline to submit the application is Friday, Nov. 30.
If you have questions, please email veterans@georgefox.edu.
On Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the FoxHole, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., the Social Work Club will be creating cold-weather kits for those experiencing homelessness!
We would greatly appreciate any donations, including socks, gloves, hats, Chapstick, toothbrushes, toothpaste, aspirin, oatmeal packets, instant soup, snacks, and Ziplock bags. Please bring all donations to the social work house (Meridian Street House) no later than Monday, Nov. 26.
Questions? Contact Michelle Connolly (mconnolly15@georgefox.edu).
Now through Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Bruin Store, get 25 percent off all men’s, women’s and kid’s sweatshirts, sweatpants, long-sleeve tees, cold-weather gear and accessories! The sale also includes 25 percent off all drinkware and diploma frames.
You can save both in-store and online.
Thank you, and go Bruins!
Now is a great time to get your flu shot! The School of Nursing and the Health and Counseling Center will be teaming up to hold a flu shot clinic on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Roberts Center’s Room 117.
For students with the PacificSource school health insurance plan, the flu shot is free. For all others, the shot is $20. Cash or check accepted.
Contact Cari Jermann (cjermann@georgefox.edu) for more information.
Bon Appetit would like to invite the George Fox community to our annual Thanksgiving dinner. From house-roasted turkey to pumpkin pie, we will have all the fixings for a wonderful evening of good eating and community around the dinner table.
Join us in Canyon Commons between 5 and 7 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday). The dinner price is $10.75 (cash/check only) for those not on the meal plan.
Contact Brett Harvey (bharvey@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
Bon Appetit would like to invite the George Fox community to our annual Thanksgiving dinner. From house-roasted turkey to pumpkin pie, we will have all the fixings for a wonderful evening of good eating and community around the dinner table.
Join us in Canyon Commons between 5 and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13. The dinner price is $10.75 (cash/check only) for those not on the meal plan.
Contact Brett Harvey (bharvey@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
The Graduate School of Physical Therapy is looking for volunteers to participate in a lab session on the lower extremity. If you have a problem with your hip, knee, ankle or foot, our lab is the place to be!
Our doctor of physical therapy second-year students, along with faculty members, will be performing examinations and giving you direction on how to take care of your condition. Volunteers are needed for either a one- or two-hour session beginning at 12:30 p.m. and ending at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the Roberts Center.
Please email or call Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451 to sign up.
We hope you can join us!
Gather around the Murdock Library fireplace this afternoon (Friday) from 3 to 4 p.m. for George Fox Library’s “Fox at the Fireside†featuring assistant professor and award-winning author Guadalupe GarcÃa McCall!
Her novel, Shame the Stars (Tu Books, 2016), was chosen as Texas’ Great Read 2018 by the Center for the Book in affiliation with Texas State Library and the Library of Congress. Her most recent novel, All the Stars Denied (Tu Books, 2018), has already received a starred review from School Library Journal.
She will read selections from her novels, share some stories, and open the space for further conversation around the fireplace.
For more information, visit library.georgefox.edu.
The Nutrition Matters grant at George Fox is sponsoring upcoming cooking demonstrations. If you would like to learn how to make a healthy meal, join us in Canyon Commons today (Thursday) from 5 to 6 p.m. to learn how to make breakfast food!
Emily Forbes, a George Fox alumna and local nutritionist, is passionate about helping students learn to make healthy meals. You will walk away with knowledge on how to make a dish, a sample and the recipe! It’s like watching a cooking show, but you actually get to taste the food! Join us!
Any questions should be directed to Kristi Welker at kwelker@georgefox.edu.
Come join the Students For Life Club this evening (Thursday) to watch October Baby, a powerful story of a freshman who goes on a journey to find her biological mother after learning she is an adopted survivor of an attempted abortion.
We’ll be meeting in EHS 102 at 7 p.m. See you there!
Contact Savanna Poston (sposton15@georgefox.edu) for more information.
Join us for the final Bruins Lead event of the semester in Wheeler 208 from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. today (Thursday).
Director of Athletics Adam Puckett will be speaking about his leadership experience in the accounting world and how those experiences helped prepare him for his role today. Adam will also be talking about the importance of sacrifice in Christian leadership.
Contact Elise Trask (etrask@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Tomorrow is the day! Hear from Norah Otondo, the program director for Quilts for Empowerment, about her journey of faith and resilience in the face of stigmatization and suffering at 7 p.m. in the Intercultural Resource Center.
QFE is a local nonprofit that works toward personal and economic empowerment for sexual assault and obstetric fistula survivors in Kenya. This is Norah’s first time traveling outside of Africa to share her story.
If you would like to hear a voice that often goes unheard, engage in discussions at a multicultural event, see the beautiful art quilts created by survivors, and learn how QFE is empowering women, then please come!
Light refreshments and good company will be present. Elective chapel credit is offered.
Contact Justine Hostetler (jhostetler16@georgefox.edu) for more information.
Make plans to attend the Department of Music’s Chamber Concert, featuring a diverse collection of George Fox’s vocal, string and keyboard musicians, tomorrow (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
Admission is free! For more information, contact Danielle Warner (dwarner@georgefox.edu).
The university community is invited to a special William Penn Honors Program lecture featuring Bradley Campbell, coauthor of The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars, in Hoover 105 at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday). The title of his presentation is “Dignity, Victimhood and the Future of the University.â€
Campbell, a sociologist, will discuss the challenges that new moral concepts and related trends are posing to scholarship, free speech and students’ well-being at contemporary universities, along with some possible solutions. The lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Helen Morse (hmorse@georgefox.edu).
Do you like pizza? Of course you do! Come support the Haiti SpiL trip team at Round Table Pizza in Newberg between 4 and 9 p.m. today (Wednesday).
The Haiti team will be going to the country this winter break to provide health education, host youth conferences, and help with the needs of the nonprofit organization MamaBaby Haiti. Mention you are there to support the Haiti team and 20 percent of your purchase will go toward supporting the team!
See you there! Contact Amanda Heckmann (aheckmann14@georgefox.edu) for more information.
The entire George Fox community is invited to join together to sing Christmas carols and enjoy cookies and hot cocoa on Friday, Nov. 30, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Pennington Plaza on the Newberg campus.
Join us as we celebrate the start of the holiday season with a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. Contact Hannah Butler (hbutler@georgefox.edu) or Michelle Dawson (mdawson@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
