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).
Join Courtney Anderegg, assistant professor of communication, and Disability & Accessibility Services for a faculty conversation on course preparation from 3 to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Friday)Â via this Zoom link.
In this workshop, we will focus on course preparation with a focus on universal design and anticipating student accommodations. If instructors work with this student-centered approach to course preparation, accommodation requests will seem less burdensome and the Be Known promise will be enacted even before a student steps into the classroom.
Following the presentation we will host a time for questions and faculty discussion. Questions? Contact Andrea Byerley at abyerley@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.
The 2021 Parents Day of Prayer is coming up tomorrow (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.
Please join us for a two-day event via Zoom starting Thursday, March 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to Friday, March 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The event, titled “Removing Barriers to Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Research, Best Practices & Implementation Science,” will focus on:
For more information please visit our event page or contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).
The College of Physical Therapy is looking for volunteers with a complicated medical history to participate in a practice screening session on Wednesday, March 3, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Roberts Center.
In this session, our second-year DPT students will practice interviewing volunteers on their medical history paperwork and medication list.
Please email or call Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451 to sign up.
Have a February birthday? The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very happy birthday!
Please stop by the first floor of the Stevens Center tomorrow (Thursday) to pick up your birthday treat.
Portland employees may pick up their treat at the front desk on the first floor of the Portland Center. Please see Peg Hutton (phutton@georgefox.edu).
Questions? Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu).
Prolonged stress can have a negative impact on your physical and mental health. It is important to take everything one day at a time and to give yourself grace.
While the pace of life only seems to get faster by the day, make sure to prioritize yourself and set aside time to do things that make you happy and well, and do not be scared to ask for help when you are struggling.
Today (Tuesday) through Thursday, Feb. 25, 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).
All employees are invited to this month’s virtual Lunch N’ Learn about cybersecurity when working from home. The speaker will be Chief Information Officer Tim Goodfellow.
Join us tomorrow (Wednesday) from noon to 12:30 p.m. If you would like to attend, please RSVP by clicking here and the Zoom link will be provided in the form’s confirmation message immediately after submission.
Questions? Contact the Staff Development Committee (sdc@georgefox.edu).
Join Courtney Anderegg, assistant professor of communication, and Disability & Accessibility Services for a faculty conversation on course preparation from 3 to 4 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 26, via this Zoom link.
In this workshop, we will focus on course preparation with a focus on universal design and anticipating student accommodations. If instructors work with this student-centered approach to course preparation, accommodation requests will seem less burdensome and the Be Known promise will be enacted even before a student steps into the classroom.
Following the presentation we will host a time for questions and faculty discussion. Questions? Contact Andrea Byerley at abyerley@georgefox.edu.
The Faculty Development Committee invites the George Fox community to join online for the Spring Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, March 2, from 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom.
Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2019-20 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Debby Thomas, assistant professor of management and dean of College of Business. Join us as Debby presents “Fully Engaged Learning: Turning Your Classroom into an Organization.â€
Professor Thomas has turned her classroom into a student-run organization for years, with fantastic results! Join us for this one-hour interactive virtual session to experience what Classroom as Organization (CAO) is, how and why it works, and briefly explore how you can leverage it in your classroom.
Questions? Contact Dawn Ford (dford@georgefox.edu).
In case you missed the panel discussions last Tuesday on Antipas Harris’ book, Is Christianity the White Man’s Religion?, recordings are available on the Critical Conversations FoxTALE site!
The Intercultural Resource Center is excited to announce the Reconciliation and Education Program!
Following this month’s SCORR conference, the IRC will host three two-week programs discussing racial reconciliation, anti-racist action steps, and dismantling oppressive systems.
These programs are a great opportunity to commit to learning more about anti-racism while earning two chapel credits! Apply here today (Monday).
Questions? Contact Hannah Lee (hlee17@georgefox.edu).
The Faculty Development Committee invites the George Fox community to join online for the Spring Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, March 2, from 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom.
Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2019-20 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Debby Thomas, assistant professor of management and dean of College of Business. Join us as Debby presents “Fully Engaged Learning: Turning Your Classroom into an Organization.”
Professor Thomas has turned her classroom into a student-run organization for years, with fantastic results! Join us for this one-hour interactive virtual session to experience what Classroom as Organization (CAO) is, how and why it works, and briefly explore how you can leverage it in your classroom.
Questions? Contact Dawn Ford (dford@georgefox.edu).
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 second of these lectures is out now, as professor Abigail Favale speaks on the topic “Christianity as a Response to the Problem of Human Suffering.â€
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).
Are you a primary care nurse or in nursing leadership (or know someone who is)? Please join us for a two-day event via Zoom starting Friday, Feb. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to Saturday, Feb. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is free to George Fox students and employees.
The event, titled “Essentials for Interprofessional Primary Care: Nursing & Care Management,â€Â will focus on:
Visit our event webpage for more information, or contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).
Please join the College of Physical Therapy on Zoom for our seventh annual research symposium tonight (Thursday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Physical therapy doctoral faculty and third-year students will showcase various rehabilitation research topics.
Questions? Please contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451.
All employees are invited to this month’s virtual Lunch N’ Learn about cybersecurity when working from home. The speaker will be Tim Goodfellow, the university’s chief information officer.
Join us next Wednesday, Feb. 24, from noon to 12:30 p.m. If you would like to attend, please RSVP by clicking here and the Zoom link will be provided in the form’s confirmation message immediately after submission.
Questions? Contact the Staff Development Committee (sdc@georgefox.edu).
Join us for a creative adult learning experience today (Thursday) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. over Zoom. Titled “Interprofessional Solutions for Racism in Primary Care,” the event will be facilitated by healthcare professionals who personally represent Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
Learn how to apply diversity, equity, and inclusion concepts, such as decenter whiteness/decolonize interprofessional primary care. Listen and process the experiences and perspectives of professionals from BIPOC communities. Explore what success looks like to facilitate better primary care for BIPOC communities.
This event is for healthcare professionals and learners, and is free to the George Fox community. Register here.
Questions? Contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).
