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).
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).
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.
In this section-by-section approach, MarCom will be in touch with the departments and offices affected by updates in advance of any changes.
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.
Join your colleagues in the College of Business at a farewell Zoom “open house†for Kelly Borror, who, after 16 years in the COB, has accepted a new position at Western Seminary in Portland.
Drop by our Zoom gathering to wish Kelly well today (Thursday) between 3 and 4 p.m. Kelly’s last day is tomorrow (Friday).
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:
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).
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:
More information on campus closure policies can be found at georgefox.edu/closure.
Next Wednesday, Feb. 17, marks the beginning of the season of Lent, the season in the Christian church when we remember the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, fasting and praying, prior to the beginning of his ministry.
Many Christians choose to observe Lent by participating in an intentional spiritual practice, such as fasting, Scripture reading, prayer, generosity, or service. It is a season set aside for repentance and acknowledgment of human weakness, toward greater trust in the Savior.Â
The season of Lent begins on Wednesday, Feb. 17, and ends on Easter Sunday, April 4. The university pastors invite you to observe this time with us in one of the following ways:
Questions or want to meet with a university pastor? Contact the Office of Spiritual Life (spirituallife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2320). May the Lord bless you!
Want to learn how to promote equitable hiring practices in the workplace, and to further encourage the Be Known promise?
The next search advocate training is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24, and Friday, Feb. 26, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days. Rebecca Hernandez will teach the two-day session online via Zoom.
We are also offering a refresher course for those who have attended training in the past, but would like to update their skills and find out what’s new! Current search advocates are welcome to attend the Feb. 26 session!
If you are interested in becoming a search advocate, or would like a refresher course, please sign up here.
If you have questions, please contact Rebecca at rhernandez@georgefox.edu or Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
FoxTALE will be unavailable Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.
Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.
Here are five things that you can do to help improve your mental health:
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own (Matthew 6:34).
Questions? Contact Mary Imboden (mimboden@georgefox.edu).
Join your colleagues in the College of Business at a farewell Zoom “open house” for Kelly Borror, who, after 16 years in the COB, has accepted a new position at Western Seminary in Portland.
Drop by our Zoom gathering to wish Kelly well this Thursday, Feb. 11, between 3 and 4 p.m. Kelly’s last day is Friday, Feb. 12.
Please plan to attend the panel discussions for Antipas Harris’ book, Is Christianity the White Man’s Religion?: How the Bible is Good News for People of Color.
This is a continuation of our fall book reading and discussion groups. We are pleased to have a panel of our own seminary faculty, along with the founder of the Civility Project, to engage key questions that you’ve raised either in this survey or would like to ask during the event.
The discussions are set for Tuesday, Feb. 16, and will take place in both Bauman Auditorium (limited capacity) and online via Zoom.
Questions? Contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu).
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 by Monday, Feb. 22.
Questions? Contact Hannah Lee (hlee17@georgefox.edu).
We are continuing to track COVID-19 related expenses. Please remember to include “COVID-19” in the “chartfield one” field in the chart of accounts when coding transactions in PeopleSoft.
Only one “chartfield one” can be used per transaction, and the COVID-19 code must take priority over another department designation.
Questions? Call Kathi Becker in Finance at ext. 2166.
The Wineskin is accepting submissions! The theme for this semester is “FORMATION,†so send us your best poems, stories, essays, and artwork in that stream of thought; we welcome thematic interpretation.
The editors are open to a wide range of styles and subject matter, but we are particularly looking for work that pushes boundaries and surprises us with its artistic approach and perspective of the world.
All are welcome to submit, including employees and those who are not members of the George Fox community!
Submission Guidelines:
All work should be submitted through our website. Submissions close on Monday, March 1, at 5 p.m.
Questions? Contact Libby Kerns (lkerns17@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).
Join us for a creative adult learning experience Thursday, Feb. 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. over Zoom. This 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. Register here.
Questions? Contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).
Please join the College of Physical Therapy on Zoom for our seventh annual research symposium on Thursday, Feb. 18, 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.
In his most recent blog piece, President Robin Baker reflects on the legacy of Joseph H. Rainey, the first Black U.S. Representative, and the impact of the first Civil Rights Bill, in recognition of Black History Month.
You can read the piece here.
Please plan to attend the panel discussions for Antipas Harris’ book, Is Christianity the White Man’s Religion?: How the Bible is Good News for People of Color.
This is a continuation of our fall book reading and discussion groups. We are pleased to have a panel of our own seminary faculty, along with the founder of the Civility Project, to engage key questions that you’ve raised either in this survey or would like to ask during the event.
The discussions are set for Tuesday, Feb. 16, and will take place in both Bauman Auditorium (limited capacity) and online via Zoom.
Questions? Contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu).
