This week’s ARC Newsletter focuses on the importance of consistent sleep habits to your academic success. Check it out here!
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The Academic Resource Center offers peer-led writing consultations and academic coaching sessions. Email the_arc@georgefox.edu to set up an appointment today!
The Sexual Misconduct CARE team (formerly known as the Title IX team) is interested in hearing student voices and perceptions of the sexual misconduct policy on campus. Some questions may include the following:
What are your general impressions of the policy? What is clear/unclear?
If you are interested in offering your voice and thoughts, we invite you to participate in our focus group. You do not need to have prior experience or knowledge of the sexual misconduct policy in order to participate.
The target date for the focus group meeting is during the first week of March. Please fill out this Google Form to let us know what times and days work for you!
We will be limiting the focus group to six people, so make sure to fill out the form and someone will be in contact with you.
Questions? Contact Amanda Nguyen (anguyen18@georgefox.edu).
All students and employees are invited to participate in upcoming intramural sport seasons! Campus Recreation is offering volleyball (6v6), pickleball (doubles), and badminton (doubles).
Leagues start Monday, March 8, and run through the last week of classes. There will also be intermittent tournaments offered throughout the weeks to come.
For more details and registration, go here. Questions? Contact AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.
The George Fox community is invited to come watch a fabulous faculty percussion concert from 3 to 3:45 p.m. today (Saturday)Â in Bauman Auditorium, or online via this Zoom link.
The concert will feature Dwayne Corbin, associate professor of instrumental music, and four Portland-area percussion pros! They will perform a suite of ragtime pieces, an original composition by Corbin, and his new arrangement of Philip Glass’s monumental work Metamorphosis.
In-person attendance is limited to 50 George Fox staff and students (no charge or tickets, and seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis). If you can’t make it in person, watch online!
For more information, contact Dwyne (dcorbin@georgefox.edu) or the music department at 503-554-2620.
George Fox Digital is releasing a series of public lectures on YouTube addressing the pandemic and Christian faith. How are we to understand suffering in light of God’s goodness? What do our academic disciplines have to say about theology and the pandemic?
The third of these lectures is out now, as professor Javier Garcia discusses “The Christ Who Has Entered Our Pandemic.”
We’ll be releasing the final lecture in the series next week on our Youtube channel.
Questions? Contact Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu).
Whether you are interested in joining a game, running your own D&D campaign as a Dungeon Master, or brand new to D&D, we would love for you to join! We meet both in person and virtually.
Want to learn more? Contact Alex Gonzalez (agonzalez18@georgefox.edu) or Eryn Costa (ecosta20@georgefox.edu).
BruinBoards is an online ads board available as a service to the George Fox community.
The following categories can be found on BruinBoards: for sale or trade, services, housing, and local jobs.
To access BruinBoards, go to MyGFU and click on “Campus Resources.” On the left side of the next screen, you will find the link titled “BruinBoards.”
Questions? Contact BruinBoards (bruinboards@georgefox.edu).
Meet with a Semester in Spain representative to learn about their program and the possibility of studying abroad in Spain!
Bailey Bowey will be in Canyon Commons next Wednesday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to answer any questions about the program.
Questions? Contact the Center for Study Abroad (studyabroadcenter@georgefox.edu).
On Tuesday, March 2, Plant Services will be shutting off the water in Ross and Bauman at 9 a.m. in order to make a repair. As soon as the repair is completed, the water will be restored.
Barring any unforeseen complications, water should become available again that morning. Thank you for your patience!
Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).
Have you been diagnosed with Achilles tendinopathy, and are still having trouble? If so, you may qualify to participate in the Achilles tendon research study conducted by the PT department.
The research will be conducted on Wednesday, March 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Roberts Center, Room 202. All participants will receive a Dutch Bros gift card!
Questions? Contact Ellie Townsend (etownsend19@georgefox.edu) for more information, or to sign up.
Join us today (Friday) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for George Fox’s Spring Virtual Career Fair! We’ll host employers from various industries, including technology, engineering, government, business, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, and nonprofit.
The fair is open to students of any major and features full-time employment, part-time employment, and internship opportunities.
There’s still plenty of time to register, so sign up here!
Questions? Contact Carol Parker Walsh (cparkerwalsh@georgefox.edu).
Throw on some PJ’s and join us in watching Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. The movie will be showing tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Each student must reserve his or her own ticket here. Limited spots are available, so it will be first come, first served.
Questions? Contact Student Activities (activities@georgefox.edu).
The Hadlock Student Center is expanding capacities in all areas starting tomorrow (Friday)! The Oregon Health Authority has lowered the risk level of Yamhill County to “high risk,” which allows us to serve more students.
Close-contact sports are still prohibited under OHA guidance, such as pick-up basketball. However, intramural sports will be starting soon, including volleyball, badminton and pickleball. Click here to make a reservation for the Hadlock Student Center.
Questions? Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu).
The George Fox community is invited to come watch a fabulous faculty percussion concert from 3 to 3:45 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 27, in Bauman Auditorium, or online via this Zoom link.
The concert will feature Dwayne Corbin, associate professor of instrumental music, and four Portland-area percussion pros! They will perform a suite of ragtime pieces, an original composition by Corbin, and his new arrangement of Philip Glass’s monumental work Metamorphosis.
In-person attendance is limited to 50 George Fox staff and students (no charge or tickets, and seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis). If you can’t make it in person, watch online!
For more information, contact Dwyne (dcorbin@georgefox.edu) or the music department at 503-554-2620.
Need a break during midterms? Looking for a way to unwind with your friends?
Use the Community Life Fund to make a home-cooked meal and build community on campus! Click here to learn more.
Questions? Contact Danielle Korthuis (dkorthuis17@georgefox.edu)
The Sexual Misconduct CARE team (formerly known as the Title IX team) is interested in hearing student voices and perceptions of the sexual misconduct policy on campus. Some questions may include the following: What are your general impressions of the policy? What is clear/unclear?
If you are interested in offering your voice and thoughts, we invite you to participate in our focus group. You do not need to have prior experience or knowledge of the sexual misconduct policy in order to participate.
The target date for the focus group meeting is during the first week of March. Please fill out this Google Form to let us know what times and days work for you!
We will be limiting the focus group to six people, so make sure to fill out the form and someone will be in contact with you.
Questions? Contact Amanda Nguyen (anguyen18@georgefox.edu).
Today (Thursday) is the last day to get 20% off tees and 20% off kids’ clothing in the Bruin Store and online.
While you’re in the store, check out our quarter-zip fleece jackets for $27.95, and the new Closet Project inventory!
Questions? Contact Paige Jacobs (pjacobs@georgefox.edu).
The Ping Pong Club will be hosting two ping pong tables on the quad tomorrow (Friday) starting at 6 p.m. There will be prizes and other fun items! All are welcome! Sign up here.
Stay as long as you want, and leave whenever you need. Spikeball Club will be going on at the same time, so come and try out both fun activities.
Everyone, employees included, is welcome to come and play, regardless of skill level. Hope to see you there!
Questions? Contact Nathan Redman-Brown (nredmanbrown20@georgefox.edu).
The 2021 Parents Day of Prayer is today (Thursday)! Each year, the university’s Parent Leadership Committee invites families to join for a day devoted to prayer for the students, faculty, staff and administration of George Fox.
We welcome our families to take time during this day to pray from their home or work as they feel led. Know that families from across the country are praying for you on this day and throughout the school year!
If you have any questions or prayer requests, you can contact Megan Fisher in the Office of Parent and Family Programs at mfisher@georgefox.edu. Personal prayer requests will not be shared with our parent and family community.
Throw on some PJ’s and join us in watching Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. The movie will be showing tomorrow (Friday) at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Each student must reserve his or her own ticket here. Limited spots are available, so it will be first come, first served.
Questions? Contact Student Activities (activities@georgefox.edu).
