Join us for chapel today (Wednesday) as we welcome Jey Mbiro, a Christian music DJ representing Compassion who, as a child in the slums of Kenya, received care through Compassion’s child sponsorship program.
See you at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium!
Interested in developing your leadership skills? Want to serve the international community and connect the international students with the domestic community?
The International Club is recruiting leaders for the 2012-2013 school year. We are looking for one president, one vice president, one secretary, one treasurer, five event coordinators and two reporters.
If you are interested in applying for any of the club leadership positions, please go to the International House/Cultural Center to get the application form, fill it out, and turn it in to the International House/Cultural Center. You can find out the job description of each position in the application form. Please remember the application deadline is Friday, March 16.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask Lishan Zeng (lzeng09@georgefox.edu).
The International Club encourages you to value all the leadership experience you can have at Fox and maximize your college experience.
Join us for an International Coffee House event! Come down to the Foxhole, grab a cup of coffee and get to know how different cultures think about the topic “women around the world.” We’ll meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday).
Everybody is welcome. The purpose of the International Coffee House is to build connections between people all over the world.
Questions? Contact Kaleb Olsen at olsenk10@georgefox.edu.
The second annual George Fox International Photo Contest is here. Submit your photos taken outside of the United States to join this event. Winners will receive a cash prize of $50, $25 and $15 (for first-, second- and third-place winners). The Best of Show will receive $75.
Three categories of the photos you can submit:
Contestants must e-mail the photo to:
All entries must be submitted with the following information:
For more information, please contact Lishan Zeng or Alice Gozal at the above e-mail addresses. Please remember that the deadline for submission is coming soon, so take some time to look through your album and decide which photo you want to show to the Fox community.
Please join with other students, faculty, alumni, parents and friends of George Fox University for a time of joint prayer this Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. We will begin in Klages Dining Hall with one of our chapel worship bands, followed by a time of prayer, both in groups and on a walking tour of campus. Prayer is powerful and effective!
If you have questions, please contact Nancy Almquist, director of parent relations, at 503-554-2114 or nalmquist@georgefox.edu.
The National College Health Survey is open and waiting for your input. This every-other-year survey lets us know how our students are doing and how we can better help address their health and counseling needs.
Check your e-mail for the link to the survey. It will only take a few minutes and you’ll be entered into a drawing for one of 3o prizes.
All info is confidential! Fill out the survey today!
We’re doing more tree planting! This week we will be planting more dogwood and a wide variety of native wildflowers in the Hess Creek forest on Thursday, March 8. Meet at the gazebo fireplace next to the suites at 3 p.m., or come join us when you can. We plan to plant until 5 p.m. Hope to see you there!
Questions? Contact Evan Watson at ewatson@gmail.com.
Do you love helping others uncover their potential? Do you like showing others ways to be a more effective and efficient student? Do your friends always come to you to look over their papers before they turn them in? Do you have a GPA above 3.0? If you answered yes to these questions, you might have a future as a consultant in the Academic Resource Center (ARC).
Application material for the 2012-13 academic year is available at this link. Completed materials are due by Friday, March 9. Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu; 503-554-2314) if you have questions.
Feeling stressed? The Academic Resource Center is hosting a workshop, “Managing Stress,” this Friday, March 9, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125.
This workshop will give effective and concrete tools to help college students manage the stress of college. Topics will include time management, test anxiety, insomnia, roommate and relationship issues, and utilizing stress to your advantage. Our presenter will be Laura Helmer from the Health and Counseling Center.
Join us for a Juniors Abroad info meeting:
Wednesday, March 7 at 6 p.m.
Lemmons Room 8
Please make every effort to attend this meeting. If you cannot attend due to a conflict, please have someone take good notes.
You can also find more information at juniorsabroad.georgefox.edu
More information on waiting in line and the annual tent city will also be presented at this meeting.
Note: Eligibility is determined by both the number of credits and the number of semesters in college. Â You must be in your second year of college to register.
Note to students currently studying abroad: Please e-mail me if you are interested in Juniors Abroad and I will send you the necessary forms and make sure that you will be part of a group for tent city and registration.
Need a GE history credit? Both U.S. history and Western Civ are available during May Term and online summer school. Register now!
Share your “Be Known Experience” and you could win a Kindle Touch!
Tell us a story about a special way a faculty or staff member at George Fox made you feel known, in or outside of the classroom. We’ll draw five winners who will each receive a $10 Amazon gift certificate. One lucky winner will get a brand new Kindle Touch!
Current students and alumni are welcome to enter. Visit this page to submit your story. The winners will be drawn and announced on Monday, March 12. Good luck!
Questions? E-mail Eric Mortinson at emortinson@georgefox.edu.
Believe it or not, the middle of the spring semester is at hand. Now is the time to take an assessment of your perception of how you are doing in each of your classes.
PLEASE read this message CAREFULLY!
Mid-term grades, while not a part of your final semester grade report, are an important indicator of how you are doing academically.
Mid-term grades are meant to encourage students to get in touch with their professors.
There are many resources here at GFU to get you the help you need to be academically successful. If you don’t know what these resources are, please contact me.
Professors will be entering their mid-term grades on Wednesday, March 7, through Friday, March 9.
After March 9, you can view your grades in MYGFU if a mid-semester grade has been entered.
If you do not have a grade entered, then your professor has NOT entered a mid-term grade for you. This could be for a variety of reasons.
We STRONGLY suggest that every student contacts their professors (for each class) to see how you are doing in that class.
Log in to MyGFU to find your mid-semester grades (after March 9)
Now you need to determine what to do next:
You can usually go below 12 hours (at this point in the semester) without impacting your financial aid. Please confirm your financial aid status with your student financial services counselor.
If you go below 12 hours and you are an on campus resident, you will need to contact Dave Johnstone, the associate dean of students, to appeal the policy pertaining to 0n-campus residence requirements which states that you must be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours to live on campus.
Withdrawal results in a “W” on your transcript but does not factor into GPA.
If you were to get an F, it would impact GPA.
If you need any help, or have any questions, contact the registrar’s office or contact me.
Jere
Jere Ann Witherspoon
Executive Assistant | Student Life | 503-554-2316
studentlife.georgefox.edu | ds.georgefox.edu
Don’t miss out on this week’s community event! This Saturday, March 10, a senior capstone group is hosting a Saturday Market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Bauman parking lot.
We have collected a group of vendors together that will offer something for every shopper. Our vendors include food, gifts, crafts, small businesses, nonprofits and many more!
Questions? Contact Amelia Keith at akeith07@georgefox.edu.
Career Services invites students to a session, “Acing the Interview: What Employers Really Look For,” on Wednesday, March 7, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in EHS 125.
Looking good on paper isn’t enough when it comes to getting hired. You must be able to articulate your value to the employer. This session will equip you with strategies for expressing how you are the best candidate for the position!
Featured will be guest speaker Doug Rice, a talent acquisition manager at Enterprise Holdings who has conducted more than 2,000 interviews.
No registration required! Open to all majors! Faculty, please let you students know about this opportunity.
For more information, contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.
Off-Campus Commuter Students: The Bauman parking lot will be CLOSED for Newberg Saturday Market on Saturday March 10. Â Please do not park there Friday night or Saturday. We have sold the spaces for vendors. Thank you!
It’s almost time for Exodus Fair! If you are graduating this April, stop by the Exodus Fair on Wednesday, March 7, or Thursday, March 8, in the Stevens Center Atrium from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more!
Your degree is almost done, graduation is right around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate! We hope to see you there!
Today (Monday) is your day to find a job or internship in the healthcare field!
Join us in the Hoover upper lobby anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the Healthcare Career Fair. This fair will be a great opportunity for making connections in the field!
Questions? Stop by the fair to talk with Career Services representative or contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.
At this point in the semester you should have at least 10 chapel credits. There are 28 more events for credit f this semester. To ensure that you have the credits you need, please check your MyGFU ( under students resources and then chapel- you will see a list of all events with a check next to every event attended. Your requirement and amount of credits still needed is at the bottom of this page).
All undergraduate students who have less than 93 credits and were not 22 by the beginning of the 2011 fall semester must earn 20 chapel credits.  If you do not think you will be able to do that, visit our website  for an overview of our deficiency policy. Please note: you may only  up to 10 credits via podcast and form submission (forms may be submitted on mygfu)
If you have any questions, please e-mail our staff at:  spirituallife@georgefox.edu or stop by our office at the corner of Sheridan and Meridian.
There will be a gathering this upcoming Monday night, March 5 from 7:30-9 p.m. in Lemmons 8, where those who attended the Justice Conference can get together and reflect on and delve deeper into the conversation about justice and our involvement in particular areas of (in)justice individually and as a Fox community. It is an attempt to take some sexy ideas of some big names and help us begin to think about their mundane, radical implications. It will also be a chance for Fox students to get to know one another and encourage and guide each other towards “doing justice.â€
Quaere Verum, a student club that meets weekly to facilitate student dialogue on social issues, will host the event, and we are inviting everyone who participated in the conference to attend this meeting. We hope that this conversation will lead those who have been inspired and invigorated (or are cynical and overly critical) to integrate their thoughts and concerns relating to the Justice Conference with their daily interactions in those relationships closest to them. We want to move from “shallow justice†that can simply be consumed and digested over a weekend, to “deep justice†that requires a lifetime of faith, hope, and love.
If you have any questions please contact Ashley Brown abrown07@georgefox.edu or Nick Ogle nogle07@georgefox.edu
