The Daily Bruin

On Thursday, Feb. 23, we invite you to join us in the George Fox University Collegiate Day of Prayer. There is not an on-campus event connected to this day of prayer. Our families have been invited to pray for the students, faculty and administration of George Fox when and where they have time.

This day is sponsored by the George Fox University Parent Leadership Committee with additional support from the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life. If you have questions, contact Megan Fisher, associate director of parent relations, at ext. 2112 or email her at mfisher@georgefox.edu.

Come run against President Robin Baker in the first “Beat Baker” 5K run throughout Newberg on Saturday, March 18, at 8 a.m.

The race entry is only $10 for students and $25 for the general public and includes a T-shirt and access to the health fair expo to follow. In addition, those beat President Baker in the race will receive a sticker and bragging rights. Consider joining us in promoting health and wellness while raising funds to continue bettering health care in Yamhill County and beyond.

You can register for the run here. The event is part of a Health and Wellness Week (March 13-18) that includes nutrition, exercise and behavioral classes, a Corporate Games competition, 5K and 10K runs, and a pool party for children with special needs. More on the week is available at this link.

We hope to see you there!

Hello all faculty and academic department administrators …

Wednesday, March 1, is the deadline for ALL textbook adoptions for Summer 2017 courses. If you require students to have any textbook for the summer term, please enter those textbooks into iGFU as soon as possible and no later than March 1.

For more information, contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Come run against President Robin Baker in the first “Beat Baker” 5K run throughout Newberg on Saturday, March 18, at 8 a.m.

The race entry is only $10 for students and $25 for the general public and includes a T-shirt and access to the health fair expo to follow. In addition, those beat President Baker in the race will receive a sticker and bragging rights. Consider joining us in promoting health and wellness while raising funds to continue bettering health care in Yamhill County and beyond.

You can register for the run here. The event is part of a Health and Wellness Week (March 13-18) that includes nutrition, exercise and behavioral classes, a Corporate Games competition, 5K and 10K runs, and a pool party for children with special needs. More on the week is available at this link.

We hope to see you there!

Reminder: Today is President’s Day and incoming and outgoing first-class mail will not be delivered today.

Thank you,
Mail Services

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Monday) in Canyon Commons 101-103. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 155A.

Wondering how colleagues are using media in their courses? Looking for moral support as you make plans to produce videos? Join us for a brown-bag show-and-tell. Give a five-minute tour of a course, demonstrate your favorite media tool, or come to watch colleagues share. We hope you can join us!

• Friday, Feb. 24, noon to 1 p.m., Portland Center Library Study Room 132
• Friday, March 3, noon to 1 p.m., Newberg’s MLRC Study Room 114

RSVP at this link. Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu).

If you are an employee who uses 25Live for event and room reservation requests, you may want to be a member of the 25Live Users group. The purpose of this Google group is primarily to notify you of any 25Live downtime or updates, such as we had this past Wednesday morning.

If you would like to be added to this group, please email Janelle Baugh (jbaugh@georgefox.edu) in IT.

It’s a challenge within a challenge! This week, as part of the 125 Days of Wellness Challenge, challenge one of your teammates in a “battle” of some kind. The winner of that battle can take an additional 125 points for themselves. Limit one battle per person. For example: Doubling your steps, getting the most done at work, etc.

– Brought to you by the Staff Development Committee

Three staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Clinical Coordination Specialist
• Associate Director of Residence Life
• Nurse Practitioner / Physician’s Assistant

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Monday, Feb. 20, is President’s Day, which means that the U.S. Postal Service and Mail Services will not be delivering incoming or outgoing first-class mail. All first-class mail will resume on Tuesday.

Thank you,
Mail Services

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Monday, Feb. 20, in Canyon Commons 101-103. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 155A.

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. tonight (Friday). 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.

Create a space in your home or office to be a “war room” for prayer. Pray throughout this challenge as much as possible in that space. Pray for your coworkers, your friends, your family, the lost, the stolen, the broken, the sick, the church, the next generation, this generation and the government.

This challenge is priceless, but you can add 125 points per week for praying in that space. For the 125 Days of Wellness scoreboard, go to this link.

– Brought to you by the Staff Development Committee

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Monday, Feb. 20, in Canyon Commons 101-103. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 155A.

Reminder: Please send your nominations for Employee of the Month for February to Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu by the end of the day today (Thursday), and come for the presentation at the all-employee meeting this Monday, Feb. 20.

Did the ice storm of Saturday, Jan. 7, prevent you from attending the memorial service for Arthur Roberts? If so, take heart: The service is now available to watch online.

Visit this page and scroll to the memorial section. An embedded video is now included for viewing.

Two of the university’s buildings have undergone name changes this spring, with Coffin Residence Hall and Gulley House being renamed Gulley Residence Hall and Hiebert House, respectively.

Gulley Hall is named in honor of Emmett W. Gulley, president of then-Pacific College from 1941 to 1948. The name change continues a trend of key campus residence halls being named in honor of former presidents (Brandt Hall, Le Shana Hall, Pennington Hall, etc.).

In conjunction with the new residence hall name, the Gulley House will now be known as Hiebert House, in honor of Roy Hiebert, affectionately known as “Grandpa Roy” on campus for four decades. He died in 2016 at the age of 92.

The music of Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven and Gershwin will fill Bauman Auditorium when Soheil Nasseri, an internationally renowned pianist, performs for the university’s 11th annual Bösendorfer Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday).

All employees and students are entitled to one free ticket. Additional tickets are $12 for general admission, $8 for seniors and alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12. All tickets are reserved seating and are available at this link or at the University Box Office by calling 503-554-3844.

Nasseri has performed at some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, London’s Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, Tokyo’s Musashino Center, Théâtre Fémina in Bordeaux, Florence’s Teatro Comunale, St. Petersburg’s Philharmonia, and Palermo, Italy’s Teatro Politeama.

He will perform four pieces: Schubert’s Sonata in A Minor, D 784, Schumann’s, Carnaval, Op. 9, Beethoven’s Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

To learn more about Nasseri and the concert series, visit this page.

We want to remind everyone in the George Fox community that we are a tobacco-free campus. This means smoking and the use of tobacco products is prohibited everywhere on campus by all members of our community, as well as guests.

Additionally for undergraduate students, the use of tobacco products at any time is prohibited as per the lifestyle standards and values agreed to upon enrollment.

For more information, please visit this link or studenthandbook.georgefox.edu, or visit the student life office.