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Campus Recreation has added nine group exercise and instructional classes for the spring semester!

Most of them are in-person, but space is very limited. If you sign up for a session, please be sure to follow through on your commitment. Classes are free, and you can be put on a waiting list if the class is full.

Classes include group cycle, boot camp, restorative yoga, Zumba, self-defense (hybrid), freestyle dance techniques, Total Body Blast (online only), and more yoga classes!

Click here for information and to register. Questions? Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu).

The Hadlock Student Center and Campus Recreation are looking for ideas for outdoor and virtual events that we can offer during the spring semester! This includes ideas for group exercise classes, intramural sports, outdoor recreation, and skill workshops.

Submit your ideas and be entered for a chance to win $5 vouchers to the rental center. Click here to submit. 

Questions? Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu).

Today (Friday), the IT Service Desk will be working from home and available during normal hours via phone and email. In-person service will be available from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Service Desk in the Stevens Center.

Click here for hours and information, or contact IT (servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569).

Looking for a major that will help you help others? Consider social work!

The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program is hosting an informational gathering Monday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 6 p.m. via Zoom. Please join us!

What is social work?

Social work is a profession focused on supporting all people through life’s challenges to ensure individual well-being and strong communities.

As a social work major, students engage in course content and internship experiences that address the core values of service, dignity and worth, the importance of relationships, integrity, competence, and social justice. Click here for more information about our program. 

Are there jobs in social work?

Social work is one of the fastest-growing professions in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). There are currently about 700,000 professional social workers in our nation, but that number is expected to rise to more than 800,000 by 2029.

What do social workers do?

Social workers are found throughout society providing services to individuals, groups, and communities. They work in schools, foster care programs, senior centers, healthcare settings, mental health and substance use disorder treatment centers, and in a variety of public and private organizations.

Social workers also engage in advocacy and social reform through work in the criminal justice system, securing voting rights, and supporting veterans and their families as well as many other activities. For more information about social work, please click here.

Questions? Contact Kim Rapp (rappk@georgefox.edu). We look forward to meeting you!

Hurry! The Donor-Funded Scholarships Application closes next week!

The Donor-Funded Scholarships Application is due next Wednesday, Feb. 17. Don’t miss your chance to apply for over 200 scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year!

Take advantage of your long weekend and submit your application. If you haven’t started yet, there’s still time! Traditional undergraduate students can find the application under “Student Resources” in their MyGeorgeFox portal.

Questions? Email the financial aid office (scholarships@georgefox.edu) and we’ll be happy to help!

Still in need of a Valentine’s gift? We will be selling Valentine’s Day care boxes on campus today (Friday) between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. We will be located between the Bruin Den and the library, near the flag pole, come rain or shine!

Our care boxes are only $10, and we have three different options to choose from. We have limited boxes and will continue selling until supplies run out, so get there early!

If you are worried about not getting a box in time, you can also reserve a box for a $5 holding fee. Gift your friends, significant other, or professor a Valentine’s box and support Fox students!

Questions? Visit our Instagram or email Kylie Smith (smithk17@georgefox.edu).

Join Research and Instruction Librarian Andrea Abernathy online for a workshop covering the SCOPUS database. She’ll show you how to discover scholarship, track citations, and explore relevant journals with confidence.

The workshop will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 2:30 p.m. Click here to register and for more information regarding future library workshops. 

This semester, the library is offering a series of workshops to help the Fox community navigate our increasingly digital library environment. Each workshop will be taught by a different librarian, making them an excellent way to refresh your skills, learn something new, or hear an old concept in a new way.

Questions? Contact Kate Wimer (kwimer@georgefox.edu).

With the extended weekend and the potentially icy weather, please visit here for updated hours for the Bridge Cafe and Canyon Commons from today (Friday) through Tuesday, Feb. 16.  Follow us on Instagram for updates as well.

Questions? Contact Jason Rosvall (jrosvall@georgefox.edu).

We want your input! Every student that submits this survey will receive a $5 rental voucher for the Hadlock Student Center. Please complete the Hadlock Rental Center Survey to tell us about your rental experiences and recommend new items that you would like us to offer!

We want to hear from everyone! The survey can be completed even if you have never used the Hadlock Rental Center.

Interested in learning more about the Hadlock Rental Center? Click here. Questions? Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu).

The Hadlock climbing wall will begin offering top-rope climbing and belay classes for students starting Monday, Feb. 15!

If you would like to try top-roping, please register for a slot from 8:15 to 10:15 p.m. You can also register for a belay class from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. (you must register for both half-hour blocks).

You do not need to know how to belay in order to top-rope climb, as our staff will be there to assist you. If you know how to top-rope climb and belay, you can recertify with our staff at any time between 8:15 and 10:15 p.m.

Top-rope climbing and belay classes will be available Monday through Friday for the time being.

Click here for more information and to register. 

Join Delight Ministries for a “Galentine’s” movie night this Sunday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m.! We will be watching To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You via Zoom, and would love to see you there!

Questions? Contact Nicole Parsons (nparsons17@georgefox.edu).

It can be hard to treat your loved ones to a fancy meal on a college budget, but we’ve got you covered. Tomorrow morning (Saturday), set out with a list of clues to find 14 small, golden hearts that will be hidden outdoors around campus.

The 14th heart is special, more difficult to find, and worth three hearts! You must take a photo with each heart where you found it as proof in order for it to be counted.

The goal is to find as many hearts as you can before 5 p.m. for the chance to win a Valentine’s Day meal on us. We will be posting clues to the hearts on Instagram at 10 a.m., and send them through email to people who sign up here for email clues.

The first-place prize is a meal reimbursement of up to $100, and the second-place prize up to $50.

Questions? Contact Student Activities (activities@georgefox.edu).

If you visited the university homepage today, you probably noticed some changes!

Marketing Communications has updated the style and content of the homepage as well as some other top-level pages and pages in the About, Undergraduate Admissions, and Giving sections of the website.

This is part of an ongoing project to give similar treatment to all pages on the public university website.

Due to the large number of web pages on the university website (around 5,000) and the extent of these changes, web pages will be re-worked and published in sections rather than all at once. This means that for now there will be some inconsistencies between pages in the new design and pages that haven’t been updated yet.

As part of this update, links in the website footer (the section at the bottom of each web page) have been updated. Some resource links that were located in the footer have been moved onto resource pages for distinct George Fox groups. The links to these resource pages can be found under the heading “Information For” in the footer.

If you have any questions or feedback about any of this, please contact Rob Leslie at rleslie@georgefox.edu.

Yesterday morning we were notified that a group of thieves stole a catalytic converter from one of our George Fox vans parked in the Morse parking lot. We wanted to alert our community to be aware and to make sure that your vehicles were not also affected.

Catalytic converters are emission control devices that reduce toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas. Thieves like to steal them because they contain valuable metals. If your catalytic converter has been removed, your vehicle will make a loud roaring sound that will get louder as you push the gas pedal.

If you find that your catalytic converter has been stolen, please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090.

A group has been created to help female students heal from abusive relationships and be empowered from a faith-based, holistic curriculum created by ARMS (Abuse Recovery Ministry & Services), a local nonprofit.

A George Fox student will be leading the group throughout the semester weekly on Thursdays, starting tonight (Thursday).

To receive the Zoom link or ask any questions, please email or call ARMS at info@abuserecovery.org, 503-846-9284 or 866-262-9284.

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 first of these lectures is out now:

• Dr. William Jolliff: Robert Frost, A Diminished Thing, and the Book of Genesis.

We’ll be releasing a new lecture in this series on our YouTube playlist every Tuesday throughout February and early March.

Questions? Contact Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu).

Join the Academic Resource Center for an APA workshop with Sue O’Donnell. Learn the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more.

The workshop will take place Thursday, Feb. 18, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Because of COVID classroom capacity, registration for the workshop is required. Sign up here. 

You may also sign up to receive the video and slides of the presentation in lieu of attending in person.

Questions? Contact Julia James (jjames@georgefox.edu).

What ensembles would you like to see on campus? We want to hear from you! Please take this short survey and be entered for a chance to win a $25 Chapters gift card.

Questions? Contact the music department (music@georgefox.edu).

We live in a climate of increasing political polarization and tension. This study is looking at self-reported political ideology and a variety of different relational variables to identify similarities and differences across the political spectrum.

The survey will take approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete and is part of a dissertation for the PsyD program. Click here to complete the survey.

After completion of the survey, some participants may be asked to participate in an additional part of the study in person. This part of the study will consist of telling a narrative about specific pictures and will take an additional 30 minutes.

Participants will be entered to win one of 10 $10 Amazon gift cards. Involvement in the study is strictly voluntary, and participation can be withdrawn at any point in time.

If you are interested in contributing to research on political ideology and a chance to win a $10 Amazon gift card, please complete this survey.

Questions? Contact Dalton Young (dyoung18@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.

If severe winter weather makes travel to or from campus unsafe, George Fox will shift affected classes to online instruction. Classes will not be canceled for snow or ice in spring 2021. Because of COVID-19, faculty already have a reduced amount of class time to provide instruction, and losing additional days is not a feasible option. All classes this semester were created with the option to shift to remote learning for at least short periods of time.

If road conditions are unsafe, employees will be expected to work remotely if they have work that can be accomplished from home. If remote work is not possible, employees should contact their supervisor.

Following is our process for announcing when classes will shift to an online format. The provost will make the decision to shift classes online for the Newberg campus, Portland Center and Salem site for daytime classes by 6:30 a.m., or 2:15 p.m. for evening classes. This applies to all days of the week, including Saturday. Decisions at the Redmond site will be made by the professor.

Major considerations are road conditions, ice, utility service disruption, and how long the severe weather or emergency is likely to last. To find out if a decision has been made when severe weather occurs:

1. Check for an email to your George Fox email from Office of the Provost or Office of the CFO
2. Visit the George Fox flashalert.net page. This is the first site updated.
3. Sign up for FlashAlert Messenger. You can download their smartphone app for a mobile alert.
4. Listen to local radio and television stations. Each campus will be identified separately. (This info comes via Flashalert).
5. Call the George Fox University switchboard at 503-538-8383.

More information on campus closure policies can be found at georgefox.edu/closure.