Come join the Latinx Heritage Club for our Christmas Fiesta! We will be having food, games and music. Bring a friend and come have a good time before finals week!
The fiesta runs from 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) in the Intercultural Resource Center. Contact Stephanie Garcia Cruz (sgarciacruz14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Hope to see you there!
All social work students are invited to a Christmas party at the Meridian Street House between 3 and 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 11!
There will be lots of yummy treats and activities! We hope to see you all there!
Contact Kim Rapp (rappk@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The undergraduate admissions office, in conjunction with the William Penn Honors Program, will welcome hundreds of guests for its second annual William Penn Honors Fellowship Day today (Thursday) and tomorrow.
Please be considerate of our guests by avoiding parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. Extra parking is available to George Fox staff and administrators in the commuter parking lot off of 99W if street parking becomes full.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at ext. 2248 or kfriesen@georgefox.edu.
The Bruin Store’s two-day December sale, which ends today, is your last chance to save on all George Fox apparel and gifts!
Get 25Â percent off:
Sale is valid in-store and online at georgefoxshop.com.
Want a merry and peaceful Christmas break? Complete your 2018-19 FAFSA! You are invited to a FAFSA workshop hosted by the George Fox financial aid counselors – our gift to you.
When: Monday, Dec. 11 (Dead Day) from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Where: MLRC 20 (library basement computer lab)
What to bring:
Sign up here so we know how many snacks to bring. Be sure to file your 2018-19 FAFSA by Jan. 1 to ensure you get next year’s financial aid package in a timely manner.
Questions? Contact the financial aid office at fa@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2302.
Come see what our engineering students have been working on this semester at the annual Wobble-Off and air engine display event tonight (Thursday) in the Engineering Innovation Center.
From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., feel free to talk with freshmen as they display their working air engines. From 7 to 8:30 p.m, freshmen engineering students will compete with their air engines in multiple categories. Come cheer them on!
Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu) for more information.
The Bruin Store has all your spring textbooks! Shop today in-store or online at georgefoxshop.com. Ship your books to your house or campus mailbox today. In-store pick-up will be available starting Dec. 18.
Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Thank you and Go Bruins!
Stop by Round Table Pizza in Newberg today (Thursday) between 4 and 9 p.m. to support the university’s independently funded dance team. Mention our name at checkout and 20 percent of your purchase will go toward new dance team uniforms and choreography! Round Table is located at 2512 Portland Road.
We would love your support! Contact Lauren Hill (lhill15@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Come join us at 10:10 p.m. tonight (Thursday) as the theatre department presents its annual 10-minute play festival, Ten! Ten! Ten!
Six 10-minute plays, one night only (mature themes)! Cost is a $2 suggested donation. All plays will be performed in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Contact Reid Arthur (rarthur16@georgefox.edu) with questions.
The university community is invited to a special presentation, “Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement,” at 6:45 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Hoover 102.
Daniel Bennett, an assistant professor of political science at John Brown University, will make the presentation. Bennett’s research is focused on the intersection of American politics, law and religion. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Fox, then worked for a year in the audit and inventory management industry before starting work on his doctorate. His PhD is in political science from Southern Illinois University. He recently published his first book, Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement.
For more information, contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to eat at MOD Pizza in Sherwood today (Thursday) to support George Fox theatre’s honor society, Alpha Psi Omega. Drop by anytime between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. and MOD will give 20 percent of what you spend to theatre students.
Just show the theatre’s flier, available in the main office in Minthorn or by visiting this Facebook event page to get a digital copy. The fundraiser will help pay for students to attend the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February.
Contact Lauren Vander Aarde (lvanderaarde15@georgefox.edu) with questions.
Join the Christmas celebration at the library’s annual Wassail Party this Monday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Please take a break on Dead Day and join us in the MLRC for snacks, wassail and coffee. It’s our treat to you!
Contact Sue Richie (srichie@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
George Fox is once again partnering with Hillsboro Airporter to provide shuttle service to Portland International Airport for Christmas break. Students will be expected to work directly with Hillsboro Airporter to reserve their spot.
Here are the details:
Questions? Contact the Office of Student Life (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316).
Faculty, please let your students know about this resource.
Tonight (Wednesday), residence life will offer a women’s self-defense class from 7 to 9:30 p.m. for George Fox students and employees (location TBA). Teaching it will be an officer in the Newberg-Dundee Police Department who has offered these classes in the local community for the last decade.
The class size will be limited. Female students can sign up (free of charge) in the student life office on the third floor of the Stevens Center. Participants will also be required to to sign a waiver form in order to participate. All participants need to be 18 years or older as of Dec. 6.
The class will involve a mixture of listening and practice. The instructor is able to modify and adapt techniques to match most physical limitations, so please do not self-select out of this training due to physical limitations.
If you have any questions, please contact David Johnstone at djohnsto@georgefox.edu.
The women’s basketball team is returning home this Saturday, Dec. 9, for a game against California-Santa Cruz. Come cheer on the basketball team in your best Christmas gear and compete in an Ugly Sweater Contest. Tip-off is at 4 p.m. in the Wheeler Sports Center.
As the Advent season begins this week, the Office for Spiritual Life would love to share the The Advent Project: A Collection of Meditations by George Fox University Students.
Each Sunday of Advent opens with a chapter title indicating the theme for the week and offering a guiding Bible passage from the Gospel of Luke. The student writers were nominated for this project by George Fox faculty and student life staff, and represent various academic majors and years in school.
We hope you enjoy!
The undergraduate admissions office, in conjunction with the William Penn Honors Program, will welcome hundreds of guests for its second annual William Penn Honors Fellowship Day this Thursday and Friday, Dec. 7-8.
Please be considerate of our guests by avoiding parking in the Stevens and Hoover parking lots Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at ext. 2248 or kfriesen@georgefox.edu.
Come see what our engineering students have been working on this semester at the annual Wobble-Off and air engine display event tomorrow (Thursday) in the Engineering Innovation Center.
From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., feel free to talk with freshmen as they display their working air engines. From 7 to 8:30 p.m, freshmen engineering students will compete with their air engines in multiple categories. Come cheer them on!
Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu) for more information.
Tomorrow (Thursday), come support George Fox theatre’s honor society, Alpha Psi Omega, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the MOD Pizza in Sherwood (21370 S.W. Langer Farms Pkwy., #132). This fundraiser will help us raise money to go to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February.
MOD will give 20 percent of what you spend back to us if you show our flier, so spread the news! To get the flier, either go to the main office in Minthorn or visit this Facebook event page to get a digital copy. The more people who know, the better! So, come and support our theatre students at MOD Thursday!
Contact Lauren Vander Aarde (lvanderaarde15@georgefox.edu) with questions.
The Bruin Store has all your spring textbooks! Shop today in-store or online at georgefoxshop.com. Ship your books to your house or campus mailbox today. In-store pick-up will be available starting Dec. 18.
Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Thank you and Go Bruins!
