Students, are you interested in a free ticket to watch the George Fox basketball teams battle their conference rivals, Linfield, in McMinnville on Friday evening?
If so, ASC has free tickets to the first 30 students who want one. Visit Barbi at the Information Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center to get your free ticket to the game.
Go Bruins!
Do you love George Fox and want to tell the world about it? Or at least tell alumni and parents? Do you have a customer service background and/or enjoy persuading others to action? Do you like free snacks, exciting games and prize giveaways? Then we’ve got the job for you!
Apply now to be a Phonathon student fundraiser. We’re currently hiring a few qualified students who are passionate about George Fox and can articulate that passion to strangers over the phone while persuasively convincing them to make a philanthropic gift.
Apply now via Handshake or contact Jeremy Doucette-Hardy directly (jdoucettehardy@georgefox.edu).
College Young Life is meeting tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m.! Men are meeting at 2808 Crestview Dr., and women are at 2008 N. Emory Dr.!
Food and fellowship for everyone who comes, and anyone and everyone is welcome! Contact Connor Forsyth (cforsyth14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry invites you to join us for the seventh annual Dalton Lecture at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in Bauman Auditorium.
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, a senior astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will speak on the topic “Universe of Wonder: Galaxies, Stars, Planets and Life.” Admission is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
In the presentation, Wiseman will investigate what new discoveries are revealing about the cosmos and the significance of life in a dynamic universe. She will also give a scientific talk at 3 p.m. on Feb. 9 in Wood-Mar Auditorium entitled, “Frontiers of Astronomical Discovery: Galaxies, Dark Energy, Planets and Life.”
Wiseman received her BS in physics from MIT, discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987, and continued her studies at Harvard, earning a PhD in astronomy in 1995. She is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, a network of Christians in Science. She has authored several essays addressing the relationship of astronomy and the Christian faith.
A dessert reception and Student Research Poster session follows the lecture.
For more information on Wiseman and the Dalton Lecture Series in general, visit this link. Questions? Call the Department of Biology and Chemistry at 503-554-2710.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is welcoming hundreds of prospective students for the second week of Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday).
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.
Preorder a rose for a friend, roomie, your favorite professor or significant other! Roses ($1 each) will be available for pick-up on Monday, Feb. 13, or Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Reserve your rose(s) for $1 each before tomorrow (Friday) by going to Canyon Commons (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and purchasing however many you would like. We will be preselling until tomorrow. Otherwise, roses can be purchased the 13th in the evening or 14th in the morning (times to be determined). We can only guarantee you the number of roses that you would like if you preorder!
Contact Ashley Meyer (ameyer14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Sign-ups are open for Spring 2017 Life Groups! Life Groups provide an outlet for students to gather for a weekly time of discussion and prayer. Groups are coed, all male or all female, and are under the direction of a faculty, staff or post-graduate leader. Groups meet in a leader’s home or on campus.
Spring Life Groups will run from the week of Feb. 12 to the week of March 19. Students can sign up here through Feb. 10.
Contact the SpIL Office (spirituallife@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
Do you love George Fox and want to tell the world about it? Or at least tell alumni and parents? Do you have a customer service background and/or enjoy persuading others to action? Do you like free snacks, exciting games and prize giveaways? Then we’ve got the job for you!
Apply now to be a Phonathon student fundraiser. We’re currently hiring a few qualified students who are passionate about George Fox and can articulate that passion to strangers over the phone while persuasively convincing them to make a philanthropic gift.
Apply now via Handshake or contact Jeremy Doucette-Hardy directly (jdoucettehardy@georgefox.edu).
If you’re interested in completing a George Fox University course in half the time and paying only 50 percent tuition while doing it, then the summer online program is the way to go!
The summer term runs from the beginning of June through the end of July, and features a wide array of courses from the General Education package and beyond. All courses are full credit — which also means full workload — and are taught in small sections by experienced and selected professors from George Fox.
Registration begins on Monday, Feb. 20, and spots are limited! You can check out our newly updated class information site, class.georgefox.edu, for a list of the courses being offered (marked with the abbreviation “ONL†next to the course number for Summer 2017 term, traditional undergraduate).
Or, you may visit the George Fox summer online course list. If you have questions about the applicability of a particular class to your degree requirements, contact your CAP coach for more information. In many cases, your financial aid package may be used to cover the cost (check with Financial Aid for details).
Questions? Email Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu), director of the summer online program.
The men’s and women’s basketball teams are fighting for spots in the Northwest Conference tournaments. Each men’s and women’s team that wins the conference tournament gets an automatic bid into the national NCAA tournament.
Don’t miss Senior Night and our last regular-season home games of the year this Saturday in Miller Gymnasium. Go Bruins!
Saturday, Feb. 11, 4 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Willamette
Saturday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. – Men’s Basketball vs. Willamette
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is getting ready to welcome hundreds of prospective students for the second week of Scholarship Competition. Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens Center parking lots on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 9-10.
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.
College Young Life is meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 p.m.! Men are meeting at 2808 Crestview Dr., and women are at 2008 N. Emory Dr.!
Food and fellowship for everyone who comes, and anyone and everyone is welcome! Contact Connor Forsyth (cforsyth14@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The Job & Internship Fair will be here in less than two weeks! Know it’s an event you want to attend, but not be sure how to approach it?
Come to our prep workshop tomorrow (Thursday) in Canyon Commons from noon to 12:50 p.m. Our Career Coaches will help you prepare your resume and teach you how to research the employers, show you how to talk about yourself and how to ask the right questions, and even give you tips on how to dress!
This workshop will increase your confidence, ultimately preparing you to leave a lasting impression at the Job & Internship Fair on Feb. 21 and any other networking event you may attend in the future.
Contact the IDEA Center (idea@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Need some assistance when it comes to writing research papers? Join us for a workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” tomorrow (Thursday) in Hoover 105.
Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Sarah Stevenson, public services librarian, will present a step-by-step guide to campus and internet resources to help make you a research pro. Join us from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m.
Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.
Learn how to have quality relationships with the people you serve! The university’s Individual and Family Matters Counseling Clinic is hosting an eight-week group at the Portland Center that will offer all students or professionals in the fields of education, mental health, physical health or ministry the opportunity to improve the quality of their connections and overall care of the people they serve.
This group is based in Relational Cultural Theory and will also offer insights and growth for working with diverse communities and individuals. The whole group costs $40 and begins Thursday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m.
Please call the clinic at 503-554-6060 or email us at individualandfamilymatters@
Sign-ups are open for Spring 2017 Life Groups! Life Groups provide an outlet for students to gather for a weekly time of discussion and prayer. Groups are coed, all male or all female, and are under the direction of a faculty, staff or post-graduate leader. Groups meet in a leader’s home or on campus.
Spring Life Groups will run from the week of Feb. 12 to the week of March 19. Students can sign up here through Feb. 10.
Contact the SpIL Office (spirituallife@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
Want to have some fun hanging out with local youth? MyZone is a place for Newberg middle schoolers to go after school to play games and sports, get help with homework, socialize and participate in a variety of other classes and activities.
We are hosting a flash mob event today (Wednesday) in which the George Fox dance team will lead the middle schoolers at MyZone in a dance routine. But we need your help! We want to get as many George Fox students as possible to come and dance, too! No previous dance experience is required! Join us from 3 to 5 p.m. or as long as you can stay. We’ll meet at Newberg Christian Church (2315 Villa Road).
There will be free pizza immediately afterwards, as well as information on the many volunteer opportunities and ways you can get plugged in at Newberg Christian Church. So bring a friend and come on down for a great time!
Questions? Contact Sean Robertson (srobertson14@georgefox.edu).
The film Wasted Time is still looking for actors and actresses and will be hosting a second audition. If you are interested in acting, come to the Media Center behind Lemmons from 5:45 to 8 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday).
If you have any questions, email Shane Gallup (sgallup13@georgefox.edu) or Sam Hoard (shoard13@georgefox.edu).
If you, your parents or someone else who works with you to file your taxes, are looking for your 1098-T tax form, please access the PDFÂ form via MyGFU and email it as needed. (Your SSN/NID has been “masked” on the form.) Unfortunately, Student Accounts is unable to redirect your tax form for you.
Questions? Contact Jenny Getsinger at jgetsing@georgefox.edu.
As part of the university’s 125th anniversary celebration, special guest Peter Kreeft, PhD, a professor of philosophy from Boston College, will speak in Bauman Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. The title of his presentation is “Lewis & Tolkien: Christian Faith in a Postmodern World.”
Kreeft is the author of 75 books as well as a popular writer of Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. His books include Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Christianity for Modern Pagans and Fundamentals of the Faith. Admission is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.
