The Daily Bruin

Adidas has invited George Fox employees to shop at the Adidas Employee Store now through Friday, April 5.

What You Get Access To
Employee pricing (typically 50 percent off regular retail pricing).

Instructions on How to Participate

• This invite is non-transferable, but you can bring your family and friends with you (up to four guests per person, per visit)
• Bring the invite with you to the store reception desk (or show the invite on your mobile phone) for entry and again at checkout
• Show your George Fox University employee ID (options listed on invite)

Location and Hours
Adidas Employee Store
2701 N.W. Vaughn St., Suite 209, Portland
Hours: Daily, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Click this link to download or print the pass. Please contact Employee Empowerment at 503-554-2180 or ee@georgefox.edu for assistance with these or any of your George Fox benefits.

The William Penn Honors Program invites the public to a free lecture, “Rethinking Azusa: If It Wasn’t for the Women,” presented by professor and author Keri Day, on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Day, an associate professor of constructive theology and African American religion at Princeton Theological Seminary, will present a moving examination of the Azusa Street Revival of 1906 to 1915 and powerfully weave her talk into the contemporary concerns of today.

Day’s teaching and research interests are in womanist/feminist theologies, social critical theory, cultural studies, economics, and Afro-Pentecostalism. She is the author of Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America (2012) and Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives (2015).

She is at work on her third book manuscript, which explores how early Pentecostalism contributes to the religious and democratic imagination. In 2017, she was recognized by ABC News as one of six black women at the “center of gravity” in theological education in America.

For more information about the event, click here. Questions? Contact Nancy Schifferdecker at nschifferdecker@georgefox.edu.

Note: Chapel credit is available for students.

All Newberg, Portland, Salem and Redmond offices will be closed this Friday, March 29, for the spring break holiday. The Newberg and Portland libraries and bookstores also will be closed Friday and through the weekend.

The university community is invited to a memorial service for Roger Minthorne at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 5, at Countryside Community Church in Sherwood (18810 S.W. Kruger Road).

Roger was an honorary trustee and one of the “giants” in the George Fox community. He served on the school’s board of trustees for several years and had a deep commitment to the mission of George Fox University as well as Twin Rocks Camp, Camp Tilikum, and the local church.

We will miss Roger and his consistent presence. Please keep his wife, Mildred, and the family in your prayers.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time) today (Tuesday) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Questions? Contact servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

The university is participating in a research study titled “Leading Change: Examining the Relationships Between Leadership Style, Organizational Culture and Change Readiness in Christian Universities,” and your input is requested.

This study is part of a dissertation project in our DBA program. If you have questions, please contact Linda Samek (lsamek@georgefox.edu).

The survey will likely take between 12 to 15 minutes. All staff and administrators are encouraged to submit feedback to this study, although participation is completely voluntary. All responses are and will remain anonymous.

Please complete the survey by Monday, April 1.

Start the Survey

Robin and Ruth Baker recently had the opportunity to visit both the Grand Canyon in Arizona and the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. Robin took the time to write about their adventures in a recent blog post you can read here.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time) tomorrow (Tuesday) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Questions? Contact servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

Do you have questions about upcoming commencement events? 

Check out commencement.georgefox.edu for information on the wide variety of commencement events for undergraduate, graduate and degree-completion students.

Questions? Contact Janelle Freitag at jfreitag@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on Tuesday, March 26, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Questions? Contact servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

The university is participating in a research study titled “Leading Change: Examining the Relationships Between Leadership Style, Organizational Culture and Change Readiness in Christian Universities,” and your input is requested.

This study is part of a dissertation project in our DBA program. If you have questions, please contact Linda Samek (lsamek@georgefox.edu).

The survey will likely take between 12 to 15 minutes. All staff and administrators are encouraged to submit feedback to this study, although participation is completely voluntary. All responses are and will remain anonymous.

Please complete the survey by Monday, April 1.

Start the Survey

If you were unable to attend either spring semester Real Conversation and are interested in watching, use the links below to access the full videos. Please note: You must be logged in to your @georgefox.edu G Suite account to access.

Click here for the Real Conversation on Emergency Preparedness. Click here for the Real Conversation on Healthy Relationships.

Questions? Contact Brett Meyers at bmeyers@georgefox.edu.

Be sure to join your colleagues at today’s (Thursday’s) all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160).

Gather for a lecture titled “Seeing the Word of God – The Illuminative Power of the Saint John’s Bible” tonight (Thursday) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Valley Community Presbyterian Church, 8060 SW Brentwood Street in Portland.

Paul Anderson will be giving a presentation on the Saint John’s Bible, including a turning of the pages of Volume 6, The Gospels and Acts. All are welcome.

Questions? Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

Did you know that the library has an app for reading popular magazines on the go?

Download the Flipster app (Android, iOS) and enjoy popular magazines like The New Yorker, Popular Science, Writer’s Digest, ARTnews, Inc., Christianity Today right from your personal devices! Flipster is available for use on a desktop, tablet or phone. For more information, click here.

Questions? Contact us at library@georgefox.edu.

Join us next month to celebrate the retirement of Dr. George Byrtek! We will gather to recognize his many endeavors and accomplishments throughout his 28 years of service to our degree completion program.

Plan to gather with us at the Portland Center on Wednesday, April 17, from 3 to 5 p.m.

Questions? Contact Courtney Elrod at celrod@georgefox.edu.

We are conducting a survey that looks at the perceived barriers to exercise in college students and George Fox employees for our senior seminar research project. This survey applies to individuals who consider themselves active, inactive, and every fitness level in between.

This survey takes roughly five to ten minutes to fill out and all responses are kept anonymous.

Questions? Contact Hannah Busch at hbusch15@georgefox.edu or Sydney Reynolds at sreynolds16@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

If you were unable to attend either spring semester Real Conversation and are interested in watching, use the links below to access the full videos. Please note: You must be logged in to your @georgefox.edu G Suite account to access.

Click here for the Real Conversation on Emergency Preparedness. Click here for the Real Conversation on Healthy Relationships.

Questions? Contact Brett Meyers at bmeyers@georgefox.edu.

Do you know someone who deserves special “shout-out” recognition at the March all-employee meeting? Please take a moment to share the success of your colleague using this form.

Mark your calendar for the all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, March 21, in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160).

The William Penn Honors Program invites the public to a free lecture, “Rethinking Azusa: If It Wasn’t for the Women,” presented by professor and author Keri Day, on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Day, an associate professor of constructive theology and African American religion at Princeton Theological Seminary, will present a moving examination of the Azusa Street Revival of 1906 to 1915 and powerfully weave her talk into the contemporary concerns of today.

Day’s teaching and research interests are in womanist/feminist theologies, social critical theory, cultural studies, economics, and Afro-Pentecostalism. She is the author of Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America (2012) and Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives (2015).

She is at work on her third book manuscript, which explores how early Pentecostalism contributes to the religious and democratic imagination. In 2017, she was recognized by ABC News as one of six black women at the “center of gravity” in theological education in America.

For more information about the event, click here. Questions? Contact Nancy Schifferdecker at nschifferdecker@georgefox.edu.