Chapel credits are due this Saturday

Monday, April 21st, 2014

Just a reminder that chapel credits are due Saturday, April 26, by 11:59 p.m.

Last main chapel opportunities:

Senior Celebration and Faculty of the Year
Wednesday, April 23, 10:10 a.m., Bauman

Final Celebration with Sarah Baldwin
Wednesday, April 23, 7:30 p.m., Bauman

Here are the following chapel elective opportunities (can earn up to 5 per semester). You must fill out elective form on MyGFU to get credit.

  • Dream Night: Learn and dialogue about pursuing your dreams, visions, and passions
    Tuesday, April 22, SpIL House, 8 p.m.
  • Voices of Praise Worship Night: The university’s gospel choir leads concert of worship and prayer
    Saturday, April 26, Cap & Gown Room, 6 p.m.
  • Shalom: Worship and teaching
    Thursday, April 24, Cap & Gown Room, 9 p.m.
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA): Community and worship
    Meets every Sunday, 8:30 p.m., Location varies – contact Derek Dixon at dixond10@georgefox.edu for details
  • Contemplative Worship: Worship with Scripture, silence and conversation
    Fridays, Prayer Chapel, 10:40 a.m.
  • International Chapel: Community and Worship
    Fridays, Cultural House, 10:40 a.m.

If you have any questions, please e-mail our staff at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or stop by our office at the corner of Sheridan and Meridian.

Fox & Friends Ice Cream Social is Thursday

Monday, April 21st, 2014

Come one, come all to the last Fox & Friends event of the year this Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m.!

Join Friendsview residents for ice cream sundaes and games! Bless the elderly with your presence in their lives and get to know our neighbors at Friendsview. Whether you’ve attended all the past events or not, join in the fun. Meet in the Bruin Den at 6:45 p.m. to walk across the street together.

Questions? Please contact Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.

IDEA Center hosts LinkedIn event today

Monday, April 21st, 2014

Join us today (Tuesday) for a LinkedIn meetup session in the IDEA Center from 5 to 6 p.m.!

LinkedIn is currently the most powerful networking tool, with 94 percent of recruiters reporting they use it for finding talent. Join the IDEA Center’s session to learn how to create and leverage LinkedIn this summer.

Questions? Please stop by the IDEA Center in the Stevens Center, call 503-554-2330, or email careers@georgefox.edu.

Employees, please be sure to tell your students about this opportunity.

Join us for senior celebration and faculty of the year chapel Wednesday

Monday, April 21st, 2014

Please join us for a special chapel tomorrow (Wednesday) beginning at 10:10 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium (please note earlier start time). Classes have been adjusted so that everyone can attend. Chapel will go until 11 a.m.

At this worship service, we will announce the Teacher of the Year and the Researcher of the Year recipients and celebrate our seniors! A senior class slideshow will be shown, and each senior will receive a small gift from spiritual life. But most importantly, faculty will be there and will surround all the seniors and pray for them!

See you there!

– Sarah Baldwin

Summer Serve teams collecting garage sale items through Friday

Monday, April 21st, 2014

Collection week has been extended through Friday, April 25, for those who have items to donate toward our Summer Serve garage sale.

If you have items you’d like to donate to a good cause, drop them off at the Spiritual Life House between 2 and 5 p.m. through Friday of this week. All donations will be sold at the Summer Serve garage sale on Saturday, April 26, and will help fund the teams going to Romania/Moldova, Kenya and Argentina.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.

Voters’ pamphlets for primary election available at Mail Services

Sunday, April 20th, 2014

The Yamhill County Voters’ Pamphlets are available in the hallway of Mail Services located in the North Street Annex. The pamphlet includes the candidates running for various offices in Yamhill County.

Stop by and pick up your copy. They are free.

Retirement events for Dianna McIntyre are today, tomorrow

Sunday, April 20th, 2014

Two retirement parties will be held to honor Dianna McIntyre. Please join us in celebrating her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community.

All university employees are invited to celebrate today (Monday) in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 3 to 5 p.m. All George Fox students (past and present) are invited to celebrate on Tuesday, April 22, in the International Center/Cultural House from 3 to 4 p.m. (sharing time will begin at 3:20 p.m.).

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

Chief diversity officer candidate presents tomorrow

Sunday, April 20th, 2014

The Office of Academic Affairs invites you to a chief diversity officer candidate public presentation tomorrow (Tuesday) at 4:15 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Joining us will be Alexander Granados, who most recently served as vice president of academic affairs at The Master’s College.

Please contact Jennifer Kepler (jkepler@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

All invited to final Students for Life event tonight

Sunday, April 20th, 2014

The final Students for Life event of the year is tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. in Lemmons 13. Free pizza and pop will be provided! Everyone is welcome to come see what our club is all about while enjoying some yummy food.

We will be having fun games, food and fellowship as well as our elections. We need you to fill in some officer positions for next year. There are a number of positions you could run for (secretary, public relations officer, treasurer), and most are pretty low-commitment; we know what it’s like to be crazy busy.

Find nomination info on Facebook and don’t forget to join our Facebook page to keep up to date.

Hope to see you there!

Allison Henckel,
Public Relations Officer

Dining hours posted for Easter weekend

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

The hours of operation for Klages will change over the Easter weekend as follows:

  • Friday breakfast: 9-10 a.m.
  • Friday lunch: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  • Friday dinner: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
  • Saturday and Sunday brunch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
  • Saturday and Sunday dinner: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Wishing everyone a blessed Easter holiday from all of us at Bon Appetit!

Spiritual life hosts ‘Dream Night’ chapel on Tuesday

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Spiritual Life is hosting a chapel elective “Dream Night” on Tuesday, April 22, at 8 p.m. in the Spiritual Life House.

Come for a time of worship involving song, prayer and open conversation about the dreams, passions and visions we have for our lives. Chapel credit is available!

Senior athletic training and HHP students present Tuesday

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

The university community is invited to attend the athletic training and health and human performance seniors present their senior research projects between 11:40 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in Duke 205 (new athletic building).

Questions? Contact Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

University pastor candidates on campus

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Over the next two weeks, four candidates for the university pastor position will be on campus for interviews. Each candidate will be making a public presentation. The George Fox community is welcome to attend these public events.

Tuesday, April 22, 3 to 3:50 p.m.
Rusty St. Cyr
Greenroom

Thursday, April 24, 1 to 1:50 p.m.
Jesse Richards
Duke Center Room 205 (new athletic complex)

Monday, April 28, 10 to 10:50 a.m.
Kent McDonald
EHS 102

Wednesday, April 30, 2 to 2:50 p.m.
Jamie Noling-Auth
Duke Center Room 205 (new athletic complex)

Each presentation will be 20 minutes in length. At the conclusion of each presentation, there will be a 30-minute question and answer time.

If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Dianna McIntyre retirement celebrations set for next week

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Two retirement parties will be held to honor Dianna McIntyre. Please join us in celebrating her faithful and dedicated years of service to our community.

All university employees are invited to celebrate on Monday, April 21, in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium from 3 to 5 p.m. (please note, this is a different time than the previous Daily Bruin announcement listed).

All George Fox students (past and present) are invited to celebrate on Tuesday, April 22, in the International Center/Cultural House from 3 to 4 p.m. (sharing time will begin at 3:20 p.m.).

Please join us in wishing Dianna well as she retires from the university!

All invited to chief diversity officer candidate presentation Tuesday

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

The Office of Academic Affairs invites you to a chief diversity officer candidate public presentation Tuesday, April 22, at 4:15 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Joining us will be Alexander Granados, who most recently served as vice president of academic affairs at The Master’s College.

Please contact Jennifer Kepler (jkepler@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Volunteers still needed for tomorrow’s canvassing event

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

We are still in need of volunteers to join us as Erin Johnson’s SWRK 393 Macropractice class canvasses the Newberg and Dundee neighborhoods to hang door hangers to raise awareness for the need for a new pool facility. We’ll be out on the streets from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday).

If you want to volunteer, please register at this link. If you want to know more about the cause, visit the website and “like” the Facebook page.

Final Students for Life event Monday includes free pizza

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

The final Students for Life event of the year is coming up this Monday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in Lemmons 13. Free pizza and pop will be provided! Everyone is welcome to come see what our club is all about while enjoying some yummy food.

We will be having fun games, food and fellowship as well as our elections. We need you to fill in some officer positions for next year. There are a number of positions you could run for (secretary, public relations officer, treasurer), and most are pretty low-commitment; we know what it’s like to be crazy busy.

Find nomination info on Facebook and don’t forget to join our Facebook page to keep up to date.

Hope to see you there!

Allison Henckel,
Public Relations Officer

‘Colored White Panel’ shares in Shalom tonight

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Come join us in the Cap and Gown Room at 9 p.m. tonight (Thursday) for the “Colored White Panel” during Shalom.

The panel will focus on informing white students about white privilege, white guilt (how to move away from this mind-set), and white ethnic identity development. Panelists Jeannot Djanga, Carly Ewing, Hope Kenyon, Drew Miller and Jonathan Morell will share from their experience and answer your questions.

This event also counts as a chapel elective if you are still in need of credit.

Questions about the panel/white privilege? Contact Aby Cordova at acordova10@georgefox.edu. Questions about Shalom? Contact Grayce Beebe at gbeebe10@georgefox.edu.

Entrepreneurship team still taking tamale orders

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Team Kamosa, as part of the Entrepreneurship 300 class, is selling $2 chicken tamales one more time before the year ends! This time, there will not be sales during lunch. Sales will only be through pre-orders.

Place your order today my emailing teamkamosa@gmail.com, and enjoy your tamales on Wednesday, April 23.

The tamales have been a huge hit thus far. Please continue supporting our team as we finish up the year.

Last James Project service event of the year

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Calling all volunteers willing and able!

James Project is having our last service project of the semester Saturday, April 19, and we need your help!

We’ll be partnering with Love INC to do a mixture of housework and yard work for some families in our community. We will be serving from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., raking leaves, pulling weeds, vacuuming, organizing, cleaning, etc.

We’re also are in need of a Spanish-speaking volunteer! What we can do in our neighborhood makes a difference. Come join us as we serve in the name of Christ this weekend.

Please ask questions and RSVP to Miranda D’Agnosti at mdagostini11@georgefox.edu