Current and prior military service members are invited to an open house reception at the Portland Center (Room 155A) on Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
George Fox students, faculty and staff who are veterans are encouraged to drop in as you are able and meet other veterans, eat pizza, and learn more about supporting each other.
Contact Jack Lyda (lydaj@georgefox.edu) for more information.
The deadline for tuition remission applications is tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 4).
We are using a Google Doc form. Click here to access the Tuition Remission Google Doc. Paper forms are available upon request from HR. In order to utilize the electronic request form, you must be logged into your George Fox email account.
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Robin and Ruth Baker cordially invite employees to celebrate together the great mystery of Christ the Lord at the Christmas Concert on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
Employees are entitled to four complimentary tickets for Sunday’s matinee or a single ticket for any of the other performances (on Dec. 9 or 10). Following the concert on Sunday, employees are invited to a Christmas open house at the president’s home from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 402 S. College St., in Newberg.
You can select your concert tickets online at this link (if selecting seats for Sunday, disregard the drop-down notice that states employees are only entitled to one ticket per event).
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.
The School of Nursing is excited to announce our upcoming Health Fair! We will be in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11.
Come see what our nursing students have been learning in their Health Promotion class. Participate in their interactive displays and earn tickets for our great raffle prizes!
Everyone who comes will receive a gift from our generous sponsors: Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, The Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness Grant, and the Hazelnut Marketing Board.
Come and learn how to “Be Happy and Be Healthy.” Questions? Contact Caroline Wildhaber (cwildhaber@georgefox.edu).
Paul Anderson will be taking The Saint John’s Bible on the road this Sunday, Nov. 6, preaching and using PowerPoint to present “Created in the Divine Image: The Artistry and Imagination of The Saint John’s Bible” at Reedwood Friends Church (2901 S.E. Steele St., in Portland) at 10 a.m.
There will also be a “Turning of the Page” of Volume 1, Pentateuch, following the service, and at 11:30 a.m., Kent Thornburg, the M. Lowell Edwards Chair and Professor of Medicine at OHSU and an honorary professor of life sciences at George Fox, will speak on the topic “Courage.”
Contact Anderson (panderso@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The William Penn Honors Program would like to invite you to come hear award-winning author, professor and public speaker James K.A. Smith tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Smith will be speaking from his latest book, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. The lecture will be immediately followed by a reception and book signing. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
If you have any further questions, please contact Jocelyn Stein at jstein@georgefox.edu.
If you have yet to sign up your cell phone for FoxAlert, our Emergency Notification System, please refer to Tuesday’s Daily Bruin announcement for how to do so, or check the security website for the instructions.
We will be testing the system again soon, so don’t miss out on important emergency situation notifications!
Paul Anderson will conduct a turning of the page session tomorrow (Friday) on Volume 1 of The Saint John’s Bible (Pentateuch). Come and “see the Word” as the biblical message comes to life in this historic illuminated Bible.
The session runs from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the MLRC.
Current and prior military service members are invited to an open house reception at the Portland Center (Room 155A) on Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
George Fox students, faculty and staff who are veterans are encouraged to drop in as you are able and meet other veterans, eat pizza, and learn more about supporting each other.
Contact Jack Lyda (lydaj@georgefox.edu) for more information.
The William Penn Honors Program would like to invite you to come hear award-winning author, professor and public speaker James K.A. Smith this Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Smith will be speaking from his latest book, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. The lecture will be immediately followed by a reception and book signing. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
If you have any further questions, please contact Jocelyn Stein at jstein@georgefox.edu.
Did you receive the FoxAlert on Thursday, Oct. 20, about the Great Oregon Shake Out earthquake drill at 10:18 that morning? If not, that means you aren’t signed up for our Emergency Notification System, FoxAlert. Here are the instructions below for how to get your cell phone signed up.
Instructions to sign up for FoxAlert:
This will add your phone to the text messaging on FoxAlert. If you need to add a number, click “Add a Phone Number.” Always click “Save” after each addition.
While you are on the personal information section of MyGFU, check also to make sure that your email is correct, as you will also receive an email alert.
Questions? Contact security at 503-554-2090, or email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.
Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency they are:
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.
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Updating Your Personal Information and Consent for W-2
Make sure your mailing address is correct for year-end reporting. You can check it, and update if necessary in MyGFU > Self-Service > Campus Personal Info.
You can also elect to have your W-2 available via MyGFU rather than mailed. To sign up or check to see if you already have, go to MyGFU > Self-Service > Payroll and Compensation > W-2/W-2c Consent.
Questions? Contact Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu.
The School of Nursing is excited to announce our upcoming Health Fair! We will be in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11.
Come see what our nursing students have been learning in their Health Promotion class. Participate in their interactive displays and earn tickets for our great raffle prizes!
Everyone who comes will receive a gift from our generous sponsors: Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, The Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness Grant, and the Hazelnut Marketing Board.
Come and learn how to “Be Happy and Be Healthy.” Questions? Contact Caroline Wildhaber (cwildhaber@georgefox.edu).
As part of the university’s 125th anniversary celebration, Robin and Ruth Baker invite you to a celebration reception at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13. An Organ Hymn Festival Concert in Bauman Auditorium follows at 6 p.m. featuring Dan Miller, an internationally renowned organist and product manager at Rodgers Instruments Corporation.
The reception will include heavy hors d’oeuvres and be held in Room 101 of Canyon Commons. Come learn more about George Fox history and its future. Please R.S.V.P. to Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.
If you plan to attend the organ concert, it is a benefit concert, and tickets are required. Tickets are $5 for general admission, with all proceeds going to the Auxiliary Endowed Scholarship for George Fox students. You may purchase tickets at georgefox.edu/concerts or at the door.
George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice invites you to the Fall Justice Conference today (Monday) and tomorrow. Our theme this year is “Peace: Personal and Global.” Please join us as we hear from author and chief church engagement officer of Sojourners, Lisa Sharon Harper.
Lisa will share from her book, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. Shalom is what God declared. It is what the kingdom of God looks like. It is when all people have enough, and families are healed. Come hear about what we can do to bring shalom to our nations, our communities and our souls!
A university- and community-wide event will be held tonight in EHS 102 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Treats provided! Lisa will also speak in chapel tomorrow from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Her book will be available for purchase at both events.
Contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
The School of Physical Therapy will be offering its inaugural Health and Wellness Screening Clinic on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 7 p.m. in the Roberts Center, Room 202. This screening clinic utilizes innovative technology to assess one’s current state of health. Screenings are free and take about 30 minutes to complete. Click here to sign up for a screening.
Direct questions to Jason Brumitt (jbrumitt@georgefox.edu).
The William Penn Honors Program would like to invite you to come hear award-winning author, professor and public speaker James K.A. Smith on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Smith will be speaking from his latest book, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. The lecture will be immediately followed by a reception and book signing. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
If you have any further questions, please contact Jocelyn Stein at jstein@georgefox.edu.
George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice invites you to the Fall Justice Conference on Monday, Oct. 31, and Tuesday, Nov. 1. Our theme this year is “Peace: Personal and Global.” Please join us as we hear from author and chief church engagement officer of Sojourners, Lisa Sharon Harper.
Lisa will share from her book, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. Shalom is what God declared. It is what the kingdom of God looks like. It is when all people have enough, and families are healed. Come hear about what we can do to bring shalom to our nations, our communities and our souls!
A university- and community-wide event will be held Monday, Oct. 31, in EHS 102 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Treats provided! Lisa will also speak in chapel on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Her book will be available for purchase at both events.
Contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. today (Thursday) in Canyon Commons 101-102 (note different location). Employees are asked to sit with others within their department; the room will be set up with round tables.
The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160. It will include a board meeting update from Robin Baker.
