The Campus Public Safety office is moving to a new location, and will be closed today (Thursday) and tomorrow as we make the transition. However, we will still be available for service calls and emergencies.
Regular office hours will resume on Monday, March 7, at our new building, located at 212 N. Carlton Way.
Questions? Contact Karen Toohey at ktoohey@georgefox.edu.
Our interprofessional team is delighted to invite the George Fox community to a virtual presentation: “Get Cultured! Decolonizing and Decentering Whiteness in the Healthcare Workforce.†It is 100% designed, developed and delivered by healthcare professionals who identify with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
This event, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 11-12, is for everyone, and if you identify as white, this is a special opportunity to listen and learn. We will learn about ways to decolonize and decenter whiteness in our workforce, dynamic sizing, and other methods to improve our clinical care.
Additionally, this CME will focus on two important clinical topics: persistent pain and chronic disease.
This is a soulful opportunity to hear and deeply reflect on the voices and lived experiences of our BIPOC-identifying colleagues. For more information and to register, go here. It is free to George Fox employees and students.
Questions? Please contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu.
The Office for Spiritual Life invites you to enter into the season of Lent with us as we prepare for the celebration of Easter.
We will be hosting two different Ash Wednesday services today (Wednesday). The first will be at noon in Canyon Commons, and the second will be in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Feel free to join us for either event!
Questions? Contact Jamie Johnson at jamiej@georgefox.edu.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be hosting Scholarship Summit on campus this Friday, March 4. With around 300 visitors expected on campus, we are asking George Fox students and employees to help extend the Be Known promise throughout the day.
Here’s what you can keep in mind:
If you have questions, email visit@georgefox.edu or call Lauren Hill at 503-554-2245.
The university community is invited to come hear Paul Miller’s talk, “Afghanistan: Lessons Learned and Unlearned,” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 7, in Hoover 105.
A former military intelligence officer and analyst for the CIA, Miller is currently Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Just War and Ordered Liberty. The talk is free and open to the general public.
Contact Mark Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Have you used the Academic Resource Center? Want to help us improve our services? Please fill out this five-minute survey to share your feedback with us.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the ARC coordinator, Hannah Jackson, at hjackson@georgefox.edu.
How does Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s hopeful, reconciling and redemptive leadership – as exhibited in his acclaimed Letter from Birmingham Jail, written in 1963 – reverberate today?
On Tuesday, March 15, all are invited to a free special presentation, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,†presented by Scott Finnie, PhD, a King scholar and faculty member in Eastern Washington University’s Africana Education Program and Department of History since 1992. The event is set from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Finnie’s visit is the keynote address of the 2022 John Woolman Peacemaking Forum. The presentation will focus on how King’s leadership changed the Civil Rights Movement and how his peacemaking principles still apply to our world today.
Preceding the talk will be a Steinfeldt Peace Scholars Symposium from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in the Hoover lobby, where current upperclass students committed to peace studies will exhibit their projects.
The event is being sponsored by George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice, which is also providing refreshments.
To learn more, visit this President’s Speakers Series page.
Troubled by political polarization in their communities, leaders from three Oregon cities will share about their efforts to build local political civility in a panel discussion at George Fox from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, in Hoover 105.
Silverton mayor Kyle Palmer, Newberg mayor Rick Rogers, Canby community leader Ray Keen, and Newberg Downtown Coalition Executive Director Polly Peterson will discuss the threats to their communities’ well-being that come from bitter political divisions, and how they are working to heal those divisions and move political discourse into a more productive mode.
The event will be moderated by Ron Mock, director of the George Fox Civility Project, an initiative launched during the 2020-21 academic year out of concern about the polarization and alienation in political culture at every level (national, state and local). It sponsors events, publishes a newsletter, and maintains a website with information about civility.
Masks will be required to attend the session in person, in keeping with university policy and state regulations. Those who prefer to attend remotely can connect via Zoom. A link will be available on the Civility Project website or by contacting the project at civility@georgefox.edu.
There will be time for questions from the audience, including questions submitted via Zoom from those attending remotely.
Come hear from Sarah Kerrigan, our math faculty candidate, as she shares her research and discusses how understanding the psychology behind teaching and learning mathematics can lead to better designed curricula that supports student learning.
Kerrigan will speak from 11 to 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8, in Hoover 105. All are welcome!
Any questions? Contact Corban Harwood at rharwood@georgefox.edu.
Want to help improve the online ordering experience at the Bon with the GET app? Tell us about your own experiences in this five-minute Google form survey!
We are designing a new version of the GET app as part of a user interaction and user experience research project. We are interested in gathering student and staff feedback on the existing application, as well as our redesigned version.
Beyond the Google form, interested individuals will also have the opportunity to try out the new design in a user testing session and provide even more feedback!
Questions? Contact Christina Brandao at cbrandao18@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.
Hello Daily Bruin readers! We are a group of students working toward a final project in our marketing class. We have devised a product and a marketing plan for that product, but in order to make sure it is desirable for our target audience, we ask that you take a few minutes to fill out this survey!
Thank you so much for your time!
Sincerely, The Spry Energy Group
Contact Lyla Roy at lroy21@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
Disclaimer:Â 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.
Are you a highly organized individual with an attention to detail and accuracy, good interpersonal and communication skills, and an ability to work well with a team? If so, we have an internship that may be a great opportunity for you!
The financial aid office is looking to hire a full-time student intern for the upcoming summer to help us financially equip students to choose George Fox. Please check out our job posting and apply for our financial aid counselor intern positions.
The final date to apply through Handshake is Thursday, March 31, but the application could close at any time, so apply now!
If you have questions, please contact Brennan Rains at brains@georgefox.edu.
Planning to sign up for March Madness? Do it here! Teams must have a minimum of three players. The tournament will run this Saturday, March 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hadlock Student Center.
If you have questions about our March Madness 3-on-3 basketball tournament, please email Kalu Stricklin at kstricklin18@georgefox.edu.
Please help a student team gather useful information about your outside scholarship experiences by taking this two-minute survey! We want to hear from students as we create a readily available, easy-to-use scholarship repository.
Anyone can take the survey, regardless of whether or not they have received outside scholarships or not. Feedback from any student who has received or is interested in earning more scholarships will be incredibly helpful.
Please email Elizabeth Hoyt at ehoyt18@georgefox.edu with any questions about this survey. Thank you!
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.
Full-time summer jobs in Event Services are now available. Hours include weekends and evenings.
See our ad on Handshake or email Lisa Leslie at lleslie@georgefox.edu for more information.
What to be a part of the amazing Lip Sync show? Auditions are coming in fast, so sign up for yourself or with your friends as soon as possible!
Upcoming events:
Contact activities@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Midterm grades provide an accurate picture of your academic progress so far this semester. The last day to withdraw from a class without a graded responsibility for a class you may be struggling in is Sunday, March 20.
This means that if you withdraw from a class, your transcript will show a “W.†If you do not withdraw now and ultimately do not pass a course, your GPA will suffer.
If your professor has not yet given you a midterm grade, please contact them right away to find out where you stand in that course. Information regarding withdrawing from a class can be found here.
Students who received a D or an F on their midterms should contact their CAP coach as soon as possible to discuss the consequences of withdrawing from a class. If a student withdraws from a class, they should also contact their CAP coach to discuss their class schedule for future semesters. Follow this link to contact CAP coaches.
Other resources for students are easily accessible on campus:
If you need help or have any questions, or need assistance, please contact studentlife@georgefox.edu.
You can download an updated Expense Reimbursement Request form from the Finance website here. The 2022 mileage rate has gone from 0.560 to 0.585 cents per mile.
Thanks!
Questions? Contact Melodee Powers at mpowers@georgefox.edu.
Dawn Ford and the Faculty Development Committee invite you to join them for the Spring 2022 Faculty Lecture tonight (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105.
The featured speaker is Melissa Ramos, an assistant professor of biblical studies and recipient of the 2020-21 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research & Scholarship.
Ramos will speak on “Ritual in Deuteronomy,†exploring the symbolic world of Deuteronomy’s ritual covenant and curses through a lens of religious studies and anthropology. This comparison illuminates how the ritual life of ancient Israel shaped the literary form of Deuteronomy.
Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
Interested in teaming up with others to learn how to code a creative project? If so, come to the Code Jam!
The Code Jam is a weekend-long event where students work collaboratively to build a project using any technology stack in 30 hours. It will take place April 1-3, and this year we will be giving out $500 in prizes.
Please register at this link by this Friday, March 4, to guarantee a spot in the hackathon! If you have a team, you still need to register individually.
This event is designed for students to turn creative ideas into real-life projects while working in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere. This is the place to showcase your creativity and innovation, as well as create something super cool outside of the classroom, especially for the CSIS 201/202 students.
Questions? Contact Harry Zhu at hzhu20@georgefox.edu.
