The University Store is hosting a homecoming sale this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9. Save 20 percent on George Fox University imprinted items (except diploma frames). Open Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The 2008-2009 Housing Selection Process is fast approaching, and there are some major changes that are taking place.Â
It is very important to the Housing Office that all students know how the new housing process is going to work and what to do beforehand. Therefore, please read through the following information carefully.
Housing Selection will take place March 17-21 on Bruindata. You will sign up with a group of people you want to live with only once. On the housing form your group will also rank your living area preferences.Â
During Spring Break, the Housing Director will begin placing students into housing. Groups with the highest average number of credits will be placed first.Â
So what do you need to do?
1. Decide who you want to live with.
2. Decide your housing preferences. The number of people in your group will determine the different living areas you could be placed in.
3. Fill out the housing form on Bruindata. Between March 17 and 21, one person in your group will fill out the housing form by entering in everyone’s housing code and ranking your group’s housing preferences. Your housing code will be found on Bruindata.
4. Register for classes. You must be registered by Sunday, March 23. If you have not registered by that time, the number of credits you will be contributing to your group’s average will be zero.
Planning to live off-campus next year?
1. Log on to Bruindata during March 17-21.
2. If you are eligible to live off-campus, your housing form will give you the option of selecting on or off-campus housing. Simple click the “off-campus” button.
Further detailed information about housing group sign-ups can be found on the website at: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/residence/housingselection.html. Please take the time to read through this important information.
If you have any additional questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact Student Life at ext. 2310 or stop by our office on the third floor of Stevens.
Come enjoy a free concert featuring fellow GFU student Brynna Murray, sponsored by the Campus Music Project.
Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 8:00 p.m. in the Foxhole.Â
Tell all your friends!
The Student Talent Show is presented by Capstone Booking.
Please take the survey below and let us know what you think about having a talent show on-campus. Keep in mind that the money generated from this event will go to the Patrick Kibler Fund.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GjG_2bhw4wms0NHNmUgRPIVA_3d_3d
Thank you,
Capstone Booking
A Cinema and Media Communication intermediate directing class was given the assignment of coming up with 30-second spots extolling the merits of the university, suitable for YouTube. The admissions department is offering a $50 prize for the team that produced the best one. Now it’s time to decide who walks away with the big money.
The five spots have been posted on YouTube for the George Fox community to vote on. To cast your vote, just give your favorite spot a five-star rating. The videos can be found by searching for “George Fox University Spot.” (Although we realize this process is fraught with opportunities for ballot-stuffing, we trust crew members will vote once, then get back to work on their midterms.)
– Matt Meyer (Cinema and Media Communication)
Safety is an important concern for the George Fox community. As a reminder, George Fox University does have an Emergency Response Plan that can be viewed at:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/security/responseplan.html
This plan provides general parameters regarding emergency response as well as guidelines for several potential emergency scenarios. The plan has been reviewed by Newberg emergency planning personnel and the local police and fire departments. Our campus Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) regularly reviews and updates our Emergency Response Plan and campus communications to ensure that it covers situations adequately.
In addition to the 60-plus page Emergency Response Plan, all building monitors and administrative units should have an abbreviated “Emergency Resource Booklet†that was provided by our campus security department. If you do not know where to access this booklet or have misplaced or lost your copy, you can obtain it by contacting Security Services at ext. 2090.
If you have questions or comments about our emergency preparedness in general, please feel free to contact Brad Lau, vice president for student life.
Quaere Verum, a group of students concerned about the ongoing violence and chaos currently happening in Kenya, invite you to join them in setting aside Ash Wednesday (Feb. 6) as a day of prayer and fasting for the situation there and the people affected by it.
You are invited to join with Quaere Verum members in the Foxhole at 8:30 a.m. and again at 5 p.m. to briefly pray together. If you choose not to fast, please be mindful and prayerful of Kenya throughout the day.
Multicultural Services invites you to a showing of Pride, a film about overcoming severe adversity with faith and persistence. It features Crash star Terrance Howard and tells the story of a determined Jim Ellis, who starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.
Date/Time: Thursday, Feb. 7, 7-9:30 p.m.
Location: EHS 102
Each university student, staff, and faculty member is entitled to one complimentary ticket to Black Boy, the one-man play featuring Broadway actor Charles Holt. The production is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The complimentary tickets are available at the University Store. To purchase additional tickets, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.
“Get in Step with George Fox University†is the theme of Homecoming 2008, scheduled this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, on the Newberg campus. Hosted by Alumni Relations, this annual celebration includes a diverse selection of events designed to help alumni reconnect with each other and with the university.
Festivities include a Five O’Clock People concert on Friday night, the Alumni Celebration Brunch Saturday morning, class reunions (for the classes of 1938, 1948, 1968, 1978, 1983, 1988, and 1998) Saturday afternoon, and a young alumni gathering at Abby’s Pizza on Saturday night. Additionally, this year’s schedule features two special affinity reunions: one for alumni of Pacific College (George Fox pre-1949), and one for alumni of Steve Grant’s (Health and Human Performance) ballroom dance classes.
To find out more about these events, as well as information about the homecoming basketball games and the theatre production Black Boy, visit homecoming.georgefox.edu.
You are invited to attend an opening reception and view chosen artworks from high schools in Oregon and Washington. The reception for “High School Art Northwest” is scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Lindgren Gallery.
The university community is invited to attend the opening reception of the Visual Arts department’s faculty exhibit, “Psalms,” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Minthorne Gallery.
Please join us Tuesday, Feb. 5, at lunch, dinner, or both as we feature special Mardi Gras menus. Lunch includes chicken and andouille etouffee, fried oyster po boys with cajun remoulade, and grilled cheddar grit cakes with smoked pepper sauce. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dinner features smoke-roasted pork loin with andouille milk gravy over buttermilk mashed potatoes; jambalaya with shrimp, sausage, and chicken; sweet corn and vegetable gumbo; and our version of the classic Bananas Foster. Dinner is served from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
– Denny Lawrence, Bon Appetit
An Orientation Information Meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in Stevens 208. Come find out how you can help at Orientation by serving on the Orientation Committee or as an Orientation Leader.
Questions? Contact Joel Perez at jperez@georgefox.edu.
Orientation Committee Applications are now available at the Student Life Office.Â
Six to seven students will be chosen to assist in the planning of Orientation. Pick up an application today!
Questions? Contact Joel Perez at jperez@georgefox.edu.
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) welcomes applications for the William E. Simon Fellowship.
The Simon Fellowship is a $40,000 unrestricted cash grant awarded to those graduating college seniors who have demonstrated passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction, and originality in pursuit of a goal that will strengthen civil society. In addition, two $5,000 cash awards are made to two other outstanding students.
Examples of how recipients may use the award include:• Engage directly in the civic life of their community.
• Help to create opportunity for others, including job creation.
• Advance their expertise.
• Fund the ultimate realization of their noble purpose.
Deadline is February 15, 2008.
More information and application guidelines available at www.simonfellowship.org.
Mulitcultural Services and the university’s theatre department invite the George Fox community to the production Black Boy, a one-person play featuring Broadway actor Charles Holt, on Feb. 8-9. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. both nights in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Synopsis: Holt plays Richard Wright and a host of additional characters in Wynn Handman’s adaption of Wright’s influential 1945 autobiography Black Boy.
What was life like in the Jim Crow South of the United States as an African American boy in 1908? What were the hardships one had to overcome? In what way was a person buoyed by hope, pride, and dignity? Those questions and others are addressed in the production.
The play is being presented in recognition of Black History Month. Holt has been performing Black Boy for the last seven years throughout the United States. To find out more on Holt and the play, go to charlesholtproductions.com.
Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. Tickets may be purchased at the box office by calling 503-554-3844 or online at theatre.georgefox.edu.
Courageous leadership with Wes Davis
Wes Davis is a creative and inspiring leader who uses humor to help people understand and experience what it means to become the church and go on a mission with Jesus. A former youth pastor, he is the lead pastor of Newlife Church, a fast growing new church plant in Silverdale, Washington.
Come to Kaleo 2008 Saturday, February 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
Traditional undergraduate students are free!  Don’t miss out on a great opportunity.
Check out www.georgefox.edu/kaleo for more information.
Questions? Want to volunteer? Contact Amy Lorenz @ 503-554-2134 or alorenz@georgefox.edu.
Tickets are still available for the Five O’clock People concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in Bauman Auditorium. The event marks the return of one of George Fox’s favorite Christian bands.
Student tickets are $5 and are available for purchase at a table in the Bruin Den. Tickets may also be purchased online for $10 each at georgefox.edu/alumni/focp.html. All tickets purchased online or over the phone will be at will call the day of the concert.
The Student Talent Show is presented by Capstone Booking.
Money generated by this event will go to the Patrick Kibler Fund, a fund set up to help finance business majors.
We are trying to keep the cost low enough for students and faculty to attend while also trying to generate money for the fund.
Please help by taking the following survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GjG_2bhw4wms0NHNmUgRPIVA_3d_3d
Thanks,
Capstone Booking
