The Newberg campus will be closed tomorrow (Friday) for the mid-semester holiday. All Newberg offices and the Murdock Library will be closed. The Bruin Store will be open for its normal Friday business hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Although the Murdock Library will be closed, the 24-hour space will remain open.
The university community is invited to attend the Fall Faculty Lecture, presented by Associate Professor of Nursing Lorretta Krautscheid, this Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Krautscheid, chair of the College of Nursing and recipient of the 2020-21 Faculty Achievement Award for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, will present “Moral Distress: What Do We Know and What Can Be Done?”
Her presentation will provide insight into a nursing attrition dilemma that has seen approximately 17% of newly registered nurses leave the profession within the first year of practice. She contends that moral distress, defined as feeling constrained from action upon one’s ethical knowing, is a key factor in this trend.
She will present moral distress research findings among students and novice post-licensure nurses and discuss education recommendations promoting resilience-protective factors.
Are you heading out on an adventure or trip over fall break? Hadlock has lots of outdoor recreation equipment and camping equipment for your last-minute needs!
From backpacks and headlamps to sleeping bags and tents, there is a lot to choose from. Go to our webpage to see what we have available and to make an online reservation.
Have questions? Contact AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.
The mailroom will be closed on the normal student payday this month, due to the school closure tomorrow (Friday), so swing by the HR office today (Thursday) to pick up your paycheck.
If you have a paycheck to pick up, they will be available in the HR office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, then available in the mailroom again starting at 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 18.
Contact Beth Hampton (bhampton@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Looking for a way to help out others this weekend? Volunteer to chop and stack wood for veterans, elderly and disabled persons on Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Friends Community Cemetery.
We’ll work from 9 to 11 a.m. and meet in the back of the cemetery (white barn). If you have any questions, email Aric Bergers at abergers18@georgefox.edu.
University Recreation is hosting its annual fall rock-climbing competition at the Hadlock Student Center on Friday, Oct. 29! This event is a day of fun and friendly competition that is suitable for climbers of all skill levels.
All George Fox students, employees and UREC members are invited to participate. If interested, please register here by today (Thursday) to guarantee you get a properly sized T-shirt and to secure the climbing time that you want.
Climbing sessions are now 90 minutes each. The event will last from 3 to 10 p.m., and an award ceremony with door prizes will be held at 9 p.m. Costumes are highly encouraged for the competition, as it will be Halloween weekend.
The cost is $10, which helps cover T-shirt costs. Unfortunately, there is no way to register without this fee. However, we do have sponsorship spots available. Please let us know if you need assistance. Likewise, let us know if you would like to sponsor a climber.
Competition rules and details can be found here.
If you have any questions about sponsor opportunities or about the Rocktoberfest Climbing Competition, contact Moriah Clock (mclock20@georgefox.edu).
Join us for Contemplative Worship today (Thursday) from 11 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 104. Spiritual life credit is available for students.
Contact Paul Anderson (panderso@georgefox.edu) for more information.
Have you bought a used car in the last year? If so, we’d love to hear about your experience! Consider helping us out by participating in an interview for our marketing project.
Feel free to reach out to Anna Parrott (aparrott18@georgefox.edu) to let us know about your availability.
Are you interested in helping a servant engineering team understand the difficulties living with visual and/or hearing impairment? If so, fill out this form.
Our focus as a servant engineering team is to better understand the challenges of living with visual or auditory limitations, in an effort to design and produce something to augment everyday communication! The limitation can be small or large; our goal is to learn more about all aspects of auditory and visual communication struggles.
If you are interested, or if you know somebody who would be, please fill out our form.
Questions? Contact Adam Hearn at ahearn19@georgefox.edu.
On Saturday, Oct. 23, University Recreation is hosting a cornhole competition during the tailgating event before the Family Weekend football game. Sign up with a roommate, friend, or parent to compete in our cornhole tournament!
Contact Angel Glockling (aglockling@georgefox.edu) with any questions!
Have you submitted your Richter Scholars proposal yet? If not, now is the time to do so! The submission deadline is this Monday, Oct. 18.
If you missed the recent 2021 Richter Scholars kickoff event with all the changes to the program, the recording has been posted on the Richters Scholars webpage. The page has been updated to reflect all the changes. It is also where you will find the link for the new method of applying electronically.
Before preparing a proposal, please read through the full proposal guidelines, eligibility requirements, and review criteria. Students, upload your application documents using this link. Faculty, upload your letter of recommendation using this link.
The Richter Scholars program distributes funds to support student research activities that are devised, initiated and carried out by individual student researchers, with mentorship, guidance and expertise provided by a faculty mentor. The purpose of these funds is to support educational research opportunities that encourage the practice of independent thought, leading to independent achievement and personal responsibility.
For the purpose of this program, research is defined as a knowledge-generating activity that is designed to provide new information on a topic, tool or process, and that proceeds according to established and accepted research methods.
*Faculty mentors: Please note that several important proposal elements and eligibility requirements have been recently updated. Please thoroughly read through all posted documentation as you work with your student mentee to prepare a proposal.
For more information, contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu.
The university community is invited to hear Doug Bandow speak on “The American Republic Turned Superpower: The Founders Were Right about Entangling Alliances Then and Now” this Monday, Oct. 18, at 6:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Bandow, a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and now senior fellow at the Cato Institute, writes regularly for leading publications such as Fortune magazine, National Interest, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Times. The event is made possible by the Jack Miller Center through a grant from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust.
Questions? Contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.
After 22 years of faithful service to George Fox University, Chief of Staff Melissa Terry will be retiring.
Please join us in a celebration send-off on Monday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101-102. A short program will take place at 4:30 p.m.
If you have questions, please contact Michelle Dawson at mdawson@georgefox.edu.
After 20 months of creating theatre in digital and outdoor venues, the university’s theatre program is returning to Wood-Mar Auditorium for our fall production of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. The show runs Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 21-23 and Oct. 28-30, at 7:30 p.m., and concludes with a Sunday matinee on Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.
COVID Precautions
All patrons must be masked. Our ticketing system will automatically place one empty seat on either side of your ticket purchase to create extra space between you and the patrons next to you. We encourage all patrons to be vaccinated to help protect our actors and fellow audience members from COVID-19.
Livestream Option
If you are uncomfortable attending the production in person due to the pandemic – or can’t make the trip for any reason – please feel free to purchase our livestream options available on either Saturday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., or Sunday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m.
Special Ticket Options for Students, Faculty and Staff
Students may acquire free tickets for Thursday night performances. George Fox faculty and staff are entitled to one free ticket for the run of the show. Both options may be selected when you purchase or select your tickets in our online ticketing system (please use your George Fox email address when obtaining tickets).
Purchase tickets at theatre.georgefox.edu, or call the performing arts box office at 503-554-3844. You can read a synopsis of the show here.
Interested in a thought-provoking discussion? This week on George Fox Talks, Abigail Favale hosts an important and timely conversation with Professor Bill Jolliff on what happens when reading causes us problems – emotionally, spiritually, morally and otherwise.
Give it a listen by subscribing to George Fox Talks on your phone’s podcasting app on Apple, Spotify or Amazon. Or watch it on our YouTube channel. You can find all of our new George Fox Talks materials, and a growing list of newer faculty publications and archived lectures, at this link.
Would you join the cause and help us boost our internet presence by (a) subscribing to our YouTube channel, (b) subscribing to the podcast on whatever app you use on your phone, and (c) reviewing the podcast on Apple podcasts? We appreciate it!
– Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu)
Mail Services wants to remind you to please come pick up your packages by the end of today (Wednesday). To help accommodate you, we will be staying open until 5 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.
The mailroom will be closed on student payday this month, which is Thursday, Oct. 14, due to the school closure on Friday, Oct. 15.
If you have a paycheck to pick up, they will be available in the HR office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday), and then available in the mailroom again starting at 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 18.
Contact Beth Hampton (bhampton@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Come help save three lives and stop by the blood drive at Abby’s pizza (1913 Portland Road, in Newberg) on Friday, Oct. 22!
The event, hosted by the Red Cross and organized by the university’s Nursing Club, runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bring a friend or family member and help our community and those in need. Snacks and juice will be provided.
Questions? Contact Kendyl Sandersen (ksandersen19@georgefox.edu).
The George Fox student community is welcome to audition for the university theatre’s winter musical, Godspell. General auditions will be on Monday, Oct. 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Co-curricular students (anyone not a theatre major or minor) are instructed to prepare a 90-second monologue and one minute of a Broadway song of your choice. If you can’t find your own monologue, we will have monologues at the audition table for you to pick up and read (no need to memorize, or find your own, if you’d rather not). However, your song must be your choice.
If you are up for the challenge, bring your sheet music with you so our accompanist can play for you. Or, if that feels too scary, either bring recorded instrumental music that you can play on your phone, or sing it for us without accompaniment (a cappella). In short, if you want to audition we want you there!
Theatre majors and minors:Â Prepare a fully memorized and rehearsed 90-second monologue and one minute of a Broadway song of your choice for the general audition (bring sheet music to the audition).
All: Callbacks will feature cold readings, dance auditions and vocal work. Callbacks will be on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 26-27, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the same location.
The cast will include five women and five men. Go to this Google link to sign up for a five-minute time slot.
Contact Rhett Luedtke at rluedtke@georgefox.edu with any questions.
We are kinesiology students looking for participants to take part in our senior research project. Our study is examining the effects of caffeine on muscle recovery after an aerobic workout.
Participants will be asked to complete two 15- to 20-minute workouts on an elliptical (each a week apart) in the Hadlock Student Center, where you’ll drink either water or caffeine beforehand, then fill out a short muscle soreness survey for the four days following each workout.
If you would like to take part in our study, start out with filling out this survey!
If you have any questions, contact either Sadie Wilson (sadiew18@georgefox.edu), or Mason Demaris (mdemaris18@georgefox.edu).
