Come and join the Latino Heritage Club for some smores, hot chocolate and Spanish worship at the Pavilion Fire Pit on Wednesday March 9, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Bring blankets, mugs and friends. Everyone is invited!
The university’s International Justice Mission chapter invites the community to its next meeting at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the Le Shana lobby. The group deals in large part with the issue of sex-trafficking on both a global and local scale, and what steps we can do to combat it.
Two major focuses of the chapter are prayer and how we can get involved in the community. Please come see how you can get involved as well.
Questions? Contact Stephen Kenyon at skenyon09@georgefox.edu.
All are welcome to James Pick’s senior composition recital at 6 p.m. this Saturday, March 12, in Bauman Auditorium. Hear a diverse collection of James’ original compositions performed by 13 performers, including James at the piano. Enjoy pieces for saxophone, flute, violin, two pianos and a choir.
A missions commissioning event is scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14, for anyone going on a missions trip over the summer. I am hoping to get an idea of how many people will attend the event. If you are thinking about attending, please e-mail Roy Abdun-Nur at missionsatgfu@gmail.com.
Food will be provided and it will last just under an hour. We will meet in the Cap and Gown Room.
Please complete the LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey. If you have already filled out the survey, thank you! If not, please take about six minutes to go to this link and help us by taking the survey.
Only you can tell us how well we are serving your library needs. You also will have the opportunity to win prizes.
A New Abolitionists Faith & Film event – a showing of the film Born Into Brothels – is scheduled Tuesday, March 8, at 9 p.m. in EHS 102. The documentary tells the story of the inspiring nonprofit foundation Kids With Cameras, which teaches photography skills to children in marginalized communities.
We hope you can come and develop a deeper understanding of what life in these communities is like.
The Academic Resource Center is hosting a workshop, “Mid-term Grades and You: What You Can (and Should) do with Your Mid-term Grades,” at 10:40 a.m. this Friday, March 11, in Lemmons 8.
Regardless of whether you’ve gotten mid-term grades for your courses, you should be thinking about your standing in each course. Friday, March 18, is the last date to withdraw from a class without getting an F. This session will discuss some ways for you to make use of mid-term grade information you can get from MyGFU or your professor.
Rick Muthiah, dean of learning support services, and Kathi Gatlin, senior enrollment counselor, will present at the session. For more information, contact Rick at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.
Any frosh interested in helping to plan a big end of the year event for your class? Â We want your input! It will be taking place Friday, April 1, at 7 p.m. in HMS.
E-mail Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu and be a part!
The Department of Nursing is sponsoring a nursing information session for all freshmen pre-nursing students on Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 103.
Carla Hagen, the program director, will lead the session. There will be prizes, an opportunity to meet faculty and current nursing students, and a student panel available for answering questions.
George Fox will host a New Abolitionists event this week that addresses the issue of sex slavery at both the local and international levels.
Following is a listing of planned events:
Monday, March 7
Tuesday, March 8
Wednesday, March 9
Spiritual Life positions are still open. If you are considering anything from leading worship to discipling Bible study leaders in living areas consider applying for a position for next year.
Positions available:
– Living Area Chaplain
– Worship Band Leader
– Creative Director
– Chapel Producer
– Graphic Design Intern
Applications available now outside of the ASC offices and in the Spiritual Life Office, due Tuesday, March 8, by 5 p.m.
Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu with any questions.
This Monday, March 7, Kent Thornburg, director of the Heart Research Center at Oregon Health and Science University and professor of cardiovascular medicine, will speak on “Embodying the Dream: Health and Disease in America.” He will present from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.
His presentation is part of the university’s Liberal Arts in Critical Issues spring lecture series focusing on the future of the American Dream. For more information, please contact Caitlin Corning at ext. 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu
Submit your international photos by March 17th. Â All submitted photos will be displayed, with selected photos voted on by the campus community. Cash prizes will be awarded. Â You can show others the marvels you’ve experienced while abroad.
For more information, please visit our web page at international.georgefox.edu or email to dzhuang09@georgefox.edu.
The following guidelines have been established for the distribution of student surveys. Faculty members are encouraged to help facilitate this process.
Please follow these guidelines when submitting student surveys for mass distribution. Send your surveys to Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office. Your approved survey request should include all of the following:
An e-mail with all submitted surveys will be sent to all students once a week (on Wednesdays). An identical e-nnouncement will be submitted at the same time to student e-nnouncements. The following disclaimer will be attached to the e-mail and the e-nnouncement:
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.
Please contact Jere Witherspoon if you have any questions about this process.
The university community is invited to a farewell reception in honor of Janis Tyhurst (Library) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 4, in the Stevens Center Atrium. Janis has accepted a position in Saudi Arabia and will be leaving the university March 8 after more than 12 years of service.
Housing selection will be available online in just over a week (March 14-18).
Here are some short reminders and answers to common questions to help make the process go smoothly.
1) Make sure you have paid your housing deposit to Student Financial Services no later than 5:00 p.m.on March 11th.
2) If you have questions about the process stop by the Student Life Office or e-mail housing@georgefox.edu.
3) Some have expressed concern to us that there will not be enough space in University housing for everyone. With a slightly smaller incoming class next year and additional housing added last summer there should be ample space on campus. We are not able to release additional students off campus in order to make more space for new students.
4) The university residency requirement is that all full-time undergraduates under 21 years of age and with less than 93 credits live in campus housing. There has been no change in this policy.
Are you interested in learning from top executives how to be successful in the professional world? Come to the Professional Executive Seminar on Tuesday, March 15!
Speakers will include the CEO of Les Schwab, the vice president of Medical Teams International and the senior vice president of US Trust.
Join us from 6 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Faculty, please tell your students about this opportunity.
Friday plans? Come join us in serving the homeless in Portland and Salem.
Salem meets at 4:30 p.m. to eat and leaves a 5 p.m. from the Bruin Den.
Portland meets and leave at 5:30 p.m. from the Bruin Den.
Questions? Contact
Alicia Keithley, Salem:Â akeithley08@georgefox.edu
Elizabeth Teach, Portland:Â eteach06@georgefox.edu
The Office of Spiritual Life is collecting prayer requests from staff and faculty for the Parents Day of Prayer on Saturday, March 12. These requests will then be given to George Fox parents as they join together to pray for our community. Requests can be specific or general and can be in regards to yourself, students or our campus at large.
Please send your requests to Sarah Baldwin at sbaldwin@georgefox.edu.
Anyone planning to take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) will benefit from knowing the test has been “newly revised.” The test-taking experience and the structure/length have undergone revisions. Go to this site for details.
If you have further questions, contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.
