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Come work in the Community Garden with the Stewards of Sustainability Club this Monday, March 14, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. We will be weeding the beds in preparation for planting our plant starts and flower seeds.

We will have all necessary supplies. If you have your own garden gloves feel free to bring them, but we will also have some. Visit this Google site map for the garden location.

Questions? Contact Sydney Schroeder at sschroeder18@georgefox.edu.

Audition for Epiphany (formerly “University Players”), a new performing arts ensemble that features 12 actor-storytellers and singer-songwriters, tomorrow (Friday).

The ensemble will create their own material around a shared theme and tour churches, schools, prisons, and retirement homes around the Northwest in 2022-23. Epiphany will integrate faith and art in compelling and life-changing ways.

Audition Details

Auditions will be from 2 to 2:50 p.m. or from 3 to 3:15 p.m. tomorrow in Ross 140. They are open to students from any major with any level of experience. Pick a 50-minute time slot that works for you.

What to Prepare 

Actor-Storytellers: Please bring a one- to three-minute story of a significant event in your own life, told in the first person. This does not need to be memorized, and must be no longer than three minutes. (If you have musical abilities too, prepare a 15- to 30-second musical moment.)

Singer-Songwriters: If you identify more as a musician, please prepare a short musical moment, 60 to 90 seconds long, using any instrument you choose. A piano will be available. (If you enjoy storytelling too, prepare a story from your own life, told in the first person, no longer than two minutes.)

Other unique skills are also welcome! Delight us with a handstand or juggling or … you name it. Show us something interesting.

Sign-ups

Sign up at this link. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Director JeanneAnn Comiskey at jcomiskey@georgefox.edu or Musical Director Aaron Barnhart at abarnhart@georgefox.edu.

There are specific schedule requirements to join Epiphany. Contact JeanneAnn for details.

We look forward to this journey with you!

The undergraduate admissions office is seeking qualified intern candidates to work part time during the 2022-23 academic year (August through April). Areas of work include: admissions counseling, visit coordinating, and student engagement.

This will be an exciting, collaborative and professional internship. It is highly sought after, so take this resume-building opportunity and apply at this link today!

If you have any questions, please contact Madi Bradley at mbradley@georgefox.edu.

Come join the Kinesiology Club for a relaxing hike at the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Portland this Saturday, March 12. After the hike, we will have some waffles!

We’ll meet in the Duke parking lot at 9:30 a.m. if you want to carpool. Questions? Email Hunter Dieter at hdieter19@georgefox.edu.

Are you enrolling in classes for the 2022-23 school year? Here is how your enrollment may affect your financial aid:

Full Time (12-18 credits)

• You will receive your George Fox aid, federal, and state-based aid

Less than Full Time (6 to 11 credits)

• You will NOT receive your George Fox aid
• You will receive your federal and state-based aid

Less than Half Time (5 or fewer credits)

• Only the Pell Grant is available (if eligible)

Note: If you have a Pell Grant, that amount will change based on your number of enrolled credits. Private loans are also typically available at every enrollment level.

If you have any questions about your financial aid package, please contact your financial aid counselor.

Passionate about abortion issues? Come check out the Students for Life Club here at George Fox at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Lemmons 8.

This will be our first meeting, and we will be discussing what the club is about and our future plans. This is a great opportunity to hang out and meet other members of the club. There will be free pizza!

See you all there! Contact Avery Kibby at akibby21@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Sign up by tomorrow (Friday) at 11:59 p.m. to participate in a Mario Kart tournament scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon  this Saturday, March 12. Everyone is welcome, no matter what your skill level is.

The tournament will be single-player team participation, meaning you are your own team. Equipment to participate will be provided if needed (joysticks). It’s highly recommended you bring your own controllers/joysticks if you have them. Employees and students are welcome!

If you have questions, contact Rylee Guimont at rguimont19@georgefox.edu.

Econometric students are seeking to survey George Fox students to learn how their time spent compares to their mindset. Please take our Google survey.

All answers are anonymous and confidential, as we will only use this information for research purposes and data will only be shared with those taking part in the research.

If you have any questions, please contact Ymarcoscristobal19@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.

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.

Patti Callahan Henry, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 16 novels, will speak on campus at 7 p.m.  tonight (Thursday) in Hoover 105 (please note updated location). The presentation is free of charge and open to the public.

Callahan Henry will speak on the topic “Surprised by Joy,” a reference to the C.S. Lewis novel of the same name. Her visit is the latest in George Fox’s President’s Speaker Series.

A podcast host, author and national speaker, Callahan Henry won the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Christy Award (“Book of the Year”) in 2019 for her novel Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She was also the Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year for 2020 and won the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year award for 2019.

Callahan Henry is the co-host and co-creator of the popular weekly online Friends and Fiction live web show and podcast. She is also a contributor to the weekly life lesson essay column for Parade magazine.

If you were raised by a single parent, are a single parent, or know someone with experience as a single parent, we invite you to take our survey for a business communications class. It is intended to help gain insight on the single-parent community and to learn what support is needed in this area.

Thank you for your help!

Questions? Contact Karena Stephens at kstephens21@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.

Join us for our inaugural George Fox Worship Summit this Saturday, March 12!

Experienced worship leaders and producers will be offering vocal, instrumental and production classes, as well a space to share your gifts in worship on the Bauman Auditorium stage.

Admission is $20. Scholarships are available for those with financial need.

Email Aaron Barnhart at abarnhart@georgefox.edu for more info.

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.

The Health and Counseling Center is hosting a Pfizer vaccine and booster clinic today (Thursday) from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Please call 503-554-2340 to schedule an appointment.

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. tonight (Wednesday) 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.

The state of Oregon is lifting its indoor mask mandate at midnight on Friday, March 11, and George Fox is following the state’s decision.

Starting Saturday, March 12, masks will no longer be required indoors with the exception of medical facilities (e.g., Health and Counseling Center, physical therapy clinic, etc.). Some medical education programs may still need to require masks due to their training requirements.

After March 12, individuals are welcome to continue wearing face coverings. We ask that community members respect the choices of their colleagues and peers.

Questions? Contact Bill Buhrow at bbuhrow@georgefox.edu.

Please join the social work department for our open house as we celebrate Social Work Month! Pop in anytime between 11 a.m. and noon on Thursday, March 31, in Roberts 215. We will be serving cinnamon rolls!

All are welcome. Contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Looking for an adventure this weekend? Join University Recreation on Saturday, March 12, for a whitewater rafting trip on the Deschutes River! No prior rafting experience is necessary.

We will be rafting with an organization called Youth Dynamics. As part of our time, we will engage in some activities designed to help us share experiences and reflect with one another. The rest of the time, we will be rafting and having loads of fun on the water!

Students who participate in this trip will earn one SpiL credit. Go to this link to register for this trip and/or other upcoming OREC trips.

Have questions? Contact Jasmin Fuentes at jfuentes19@georgefox.edu.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is preparing for Bruin Preview on Friday, April 1, and need volunteers to host a prospective student the night before the event!

Prospective students will be staying the night in a dorm, having dinner and breakfast with their student host, and participating in fun activities the night before the Bruin Preview event. Volunteers will be expected to host their guest from 5 p.m. Thursday (March 31) until 8 a.m. Friday (April 1).

Please fill out this form to volunteer. Feel free to email visit coordinator Miranda Davidson at mdavidson@georgefox.edu with questions prior to filling out the form.

The Bruin Closet is in need of professional clothing, and will be collecting donations through the month of March!

We are accepting any and all professional style clothing, such as shoes, dresses, pants, shirts, etc. to help young aspiring professionals in the community. There are a variety of drop-box locations throughout campus, including Hadlock, the IDEA Center, the Wheeler athletics office, the College of Business, the Murdock Library, inside Klages, and the mail room.

Have questions about donating? Email gfubruincloset@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram (@thebruincloset).