Come learn the basics of self-defense in the Hadlock Student Center’s MMA class at 7 p.m. this Tuesday, Dec. 7.
As a reminder, registration for GroupX classes closes an hour before the class time. Check IMLeagues for the most up-to-date class offerings and times!
If you have questions, please email Angel Glockling (aglockling@georgefox.edu).
Today is the last chance to sign up for tonight’s UREC’s intramural eSports tournament! Join us remotely or in person at the Wheeler eSports arena for Super Smash Bros. The sign-up deadline is 8 p.m.
To sign up, click this link. To play from home, you will need a Nintendo device. The tournament is scheduled from 8 to 10 p.m. tonight (Friday).
Email Angel Glockling (aglockling@georgefox.edu) with any questions you have.
Limited vaccines and boosters are available in the Health and Counseling Center tomorrow (Friday). Please call 503-554-2340 to reserve your spot. Appointments will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
Contact Molly Hickok at mhickok@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Adventure awaits in Belfast, Northern Ireland! Have you heard that George Fox now has a signature study abroad program in this beautiful country? Want to learn more about it? Of course you do!
Come chat with David, Lynn and Anna about this incredible new opportunity. You will find us at a table outside Klages on Monday, Dec. 6, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., where we will have hot chocolate and tea. You can also enter a drawing to win $10 gift cards to Coffee Cottage or a grand prize of $250 (to go toward the airline ticket to Belfast).
Worried that studying abroad is too expensive? Don’t be! Your cost for the term in Northern Ireland is the same as George Fox tuition, room and board, and you keep all your financial aid and scholarships.
This program is open to all sophomores, juniors and seniors. Check out our website for more information, and come share a cup of hot chocolate or tea with us to learn more about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Come make some Christmas crafts and eat Christmas snacks with the Sources of Strength Club from 4 to 6:30 p.m. today (Thursday) in Roberts Center’s Room 117!
We will also be planning how we are going to reach Fox next semester with hope, health and strength! Contact Grace Emhoff at gemhoff20@georgefox.edu with any questions.
We invite you to attend Contemplative Worship from 11 to 11:30 a.m. this morning (Thursday) in Hoover 104. Spiritual life credit is available for students, and all are welcome.
For more information, contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.
The winter formal is in two days! The Gatsby Gala will be from 8 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville!
There will be hors d’oeuvres, a photo booth, and plenty of dancing! Tickets will be on sale in Canyon Commons today (Thursday) from 5 to 7 p.m., and will also be available in the student life office in Hadlock during office hours through Dec. 3.
Coming Up:
Contact activities@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Plan now to join us for this year’s Christmas concert, O Holy Night, scheduled Friday, Dec. 10, through Sunday, Dec. 12. We will host 7:30 p.m. concerts on Friday and Saturday and a 2:30 p.m. matinee Sunday.
Staff may have two complimentary tickets for any night. Students and employees also are invited to attend a formal dress rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. Thursday free of charge, for which there will be general seating (please be sure to use social distancing when possible).
Tickets for the Thursday concert are available from Kathy Harris in Ross 101 Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., until 700 seats are given away. Masks must be worn to each performance (no exceptions).
Tickets for the Friday through Sunday concerts are available online at this link. The system automatically puts a gray (social distance) seat between each selection, so select your spots and don’t space them out. For those who can’t attend in person, a livestream of Sunday’s concert is available for purchase here.
Poinsettias ($10) and Christmas trees ($20) will be for sale after the last concert on Sunday (cash and checks only).
Contact Kathy Harris (kharris@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Do you love to bake? “The Bon” is looking to hire two to three students for spring semester who have some free time and love to bake.
Schedules are flexible and set by you (four- to eight-hour shifts per week preferred). You get a free meal for each four-hour shift worked and a 10% discount in the Bridge Cafe. Contact Jason at 503-554-3201 for more details.
Don’t love to bake? We’re looking to fill other positions as well. Call us, we’d love to talk to you!
Faculty, staff, students, vendors and visitors across all campus locations must use face coverings as required by state guidelines. You can read the full face-covering policy here.
Masks, face coverings, or face shields are currently required for:
The university has worked hard to follow CDC and OHA guidance through the pandemic, but we recognize there will be a variety of personal perspectives on how our campus should transition back to pre-pandemic life. We ask that, as members of a Christ-centered community, we treat one another with kindness and grace, particularly when our views differ from one another.
Be well and stay safe!
Questions? Contact the COT (cot@georgefox.edu) or HR (hr@georgefox.edu).
Calling all readers and writers of Young Adult Fiction! Young Adult (YA) fiction is one of the hottest writing genres going, and George Fox is blessed to have an award-winning YA author in its English department: Guadalupe Garcia McCall.
This spring, Professor McCall is offering a special course in writing Young Adult Fiction. The class will be an introduction to the genre; you will read several examples of YA fiction and will have the opportunity to develop your own YA novel.
The class (WRIT 465A) will meet at 9:25 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Questions? Contact Professor McCall at ggarciamccall@georgefox.edu. You can check out Professor McCall’s publications and writing awards here.
Please fill out this anonymous form to help promote accessibility in the Hadlock Student Center.
Thank you,
Disability Awareness and Advocacy Subcommittee
Plan now to join us for this year’s Christmas concert, O Holy Night, scheduled Friday, Dec. 10, through Sunday, Dec. 12. We will host 7:30 p.m. concerts on Friday and Saturday and a 2:30 p.m. matinee Sunday.
Staff may have two complimentary tickets for any night. Students and employees also are invited to attend a formal dress rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. Thursday free of charge, for which there will be general seating (please be sure to use social distancing when possible).
Tickets for the Thursday concert are available from Kathy Harris in Ross 101 Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., until 700 seats are given away. Masks must be worn to each performance (no exceptions).
Tickets for the Friday through Sunday concerts are available online at this link. The system automatically puts a gray (social distance) seat between each selection, so select your spots and don’t space them out. For those who can’t attend in person, a livestream of Sunday’s concert will be available here.
Poinsettias ($10) and Christmas trees ($20) will be for sale after the last concert on Sunday (cash and checks only).
Contact Kathy Harris (kharris@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Sign up with a partner through IMLeagues for our upcoming cornhole tournament! The event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 4. Register by Friday at 11:59 p.m. to participate!
First-place winners will receive an intramural champion shirt, mask, and a place on our intramural champions wall!
Please contact Emiline Bova (ebova19@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
Join us remotely or in person at the Wheeler eSports arena for University Recreation’s first eSports event: Super Smash Bros!
If interested, sign up here. To play from home, you will need a Nintendo device. The tournament will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3.
The deadline to sign up is tomorrow (Thursday)Â at midnight!
Please email Angel Glockling (aglockling@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
The George Fox section of the Society of Women Engineers is hosting its last “Chill with SWE” event tomorrow (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the FoxHole.
All are welcome to play Kahoot! and enjoy snacks, and there will be a $15 Target gift card for the Kahoot! champion!
Questions? Email swe@georgefox.edu.
You have the unique opportunity to participate in research over Zoom for a chance to get a $10 gift card!
Participation would involve two short assessments that involve telling stories and answering questions. Each assessment will take about 20 to 30 minutes. Click here to sign up.
Questions? Contact B. Cameron Stumpf (bstumpf16@georgefox.edu).
Interested in helping keep your Newberg community clean and looking nice? Volunteer on Saturday, Dec. 4, to do community service and clean up debris along Springbrook Road.
Van transportation is currently TBD, so please use your own transportation and join us by at 8 a.m. The meeting place address is 512 S. Springbrook Road.
Sign up here and come help serve your community! Those who sign up will receive an email about available van transportation if we get a volunteer driver. God bless!
Questions? Contact Aric Bergers at abergers18@georgefox.edu.
The Maker Hub is hosting Santa’s workshop events for students and employees who would like to give quality handmade gifts for Christmas this year. Come make custom leather goods, jewelry, linens, keychains and more today (Wednesday), and on Friday, Dec. 3. All tools and materials are provided, free of charge, by the Maker Hub!
After you’ve made your creation(s), join us in the Maker Hub on Monday, Dec. 6, to wrap your workshop gifts, decorate Christmas cookies, eat mac and cheese, and watch Elf. Wrapping paper and food are provided!
We hope you take advantage of these fantastic opportunities:
Workshop Dates
Gift-Wrapping Party
Questions? Contact Emily Erickson at eerickson18@georgefox.edu.
Please join us for the annual Christmas tree lighting today (Tuesday) from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. There will be carols, cookies, and hot cider in the Stevens Center’s atrium.
Questions? Contact Michelle Dawson at mdawson@georgefox.edu.
