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Join the excitement of spring commencement as a volunteer! We are looking for several volunteers to serve as ushers at the ceremony on Saturday, April 29. Commencement is divided into two separate ceremonies this year, and the schedule is as follows:

• 11 a.m.: Cultural & Wellness Enterprises and George Fox Connect Ceremony
• 3 p.m.: Industrial Enterprise Ceremony

This format allows a more personalized and celebratory atmosphere for our graduates and their families and, like last year, we are calling for “all-community” participation. What a thrill it is to see graduates, their families, and friends come together to celebrate!

Volunteers are vital to the smooth execution of the day’s events and help make the day memorable for our graduates and their guests. This day could not happen without you!

Staff members, please sign up for a time to serve in one of the two ceremonies. A $50 stipend or three hours of time off (with supervisor approval) is available for those employees not already scheduled to work. Non-employees who volunteer will receive a $50 gift card.

Thank you in advance for your willingness to serve!

Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at LFair@georgefox.edu.

Guest speaker Todd Deatherage will present a lecture, titled “What Makes for Peace? Lessons from the Road to Jericho,” at the university’s Woolman Peacemaking Forum, scheduled for 6 p.m. this Thursday, March 9, in Hoover 105.

Our guest will talk about the people who are peacemakers and the principles that guide them. Deatherage is a devout Christian who spent 16 years in senior positions in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government before cofounding the Telos Group.

From 2005 to 2009, he was chief of staff in the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department. He also spent two years as senior advisor in the department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, where he specialized in religious freedom in the Middle East.

You can read more about Deatherage and the Woolman Peacemaking Forum here.

Dear Beloved Community,

This month, the Diversity and Equity Committee is excited to host the 2023 Rodney Sisco Symposium on March 13-15. Our entire community is encouraged to participate in the symposium as actively as your schedule permits.

Our group discussion at the Tuesday, March 21, all-employee meeting will focus on the writings of Efrem Smith, one of the keynote speakers at the Sisco Symposium. Please plan to attend the symposium as your “watch/go” event for the month, and read or listen as a bonus activity! We’ll be discussing content from Efrem Smith and Susie Gamez at our all-employee meeting.

• Watch/Go: Sisco Symposium
  Efrem Smith, guest speaker, Monday, March 13, 7 p.m., Bauman
  Chapel with Efrem Smith, Tuesday, March 14, 10:50 a.m., Bauman
  Susie Gamez, Plenary, Wednesday, March 15, 11 a.m., Canyon Commons
• Read: Chapter 3 – “Compassion: Mercy, Justice” from Efrem Smith book OR Chapter 4 – “Race”
• Listen: Podcast w/ John Ortberg
• Discuss: Tuesday, March 21

Sincerely,

The DEI Committee
Marvin Eans, Sara Reamy, Crystal Galarza, D’Metri Mattocks, Jamie Johnson, Leo Cruz, Nichole Drew, Rebecca Yazzie, Rick Muthiah

All are invited to the spring 2023 Faculty Lecture at 6 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) in Hoover 105. If you cannot attend in person, feel free to watch it via livestream.

Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2021-22 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Dr. Randy Woodley, distinguished professor of faith and culture.

Randy fills an important niche with his expertise in Indigenous religions and American Indian culture. Join us as he explores “The Necessity of Converting to an Indigenous Worldview,” and how it might help sustain us through the coming generations.

The lecture is sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, and refreshments are provided.

For additional information, contact Dawn Ford at dford@georgefox.edu.

George Fox University’s theatre department is pleased to announce that its production of The Play That Goes Wrong opens this Thursday, March 9.

Performances in Wood-Mar Auditorium are scheduled as follows:

• Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11, at 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday-Saturday, March 16-18, at 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday, March 12, and Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m.

You can read the synopsis and purchase tickets here. Tickets are also available by calling the performing arts box office at 503-554-2670.

Special Ticket Options for Students, Faculty and Staff
Students are entitled to one free ticket in your own name for each of our Thursday night performances only. Please use your George Fox email to obtain your ticket.

George Fox faculty and staff are entitled to one free ticket for the run of the show. Both options may be selected when you purchase or select your tickets in our online ticketing system. Please use your George Fox email address when ordering.

For details or assistance, email Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2670.

Tickets for the Oregon Symphony concert on the Newberg campus will be available on Monday, March 13.

George Fox University and Austin Industries will host the Oregon Symphony for its 35th annual performance in Bauman Auditorium on Friday, March 24, at 8 p.m. This year’s program is titled “Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.”

A limited number of tickets have been provided for George Fox half-time and full-time employees. Tickets are limited to two per employee on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 13, at the Welcome & Information Center in Stevens. There will be a waitlist for any additional tickets. Reservations may be taken for Portland Center employees only.

Questions? Please contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu or ext. 2101.

Providence Basecamp’s monthly “Healthy Conversations” series connects you to experts who offer insight into better understanding what you need to know for your health or that of your loved ones.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), you’re invited to a conversation hosted by Dr. James Beckerman, medical director of heart programs at the Providence Heart Institute, and guest Dr. Michael Layoun of the Jack Loacker Center for Cardio-Oncology. They will discuss “Cancer and the Heart Connection” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

You can learn more and register here. Feel free to contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Be sure to take advantage of Providence’s “Healthy Bites” series. In a recent episode, health coach Will Bruce talks with Jennifer Lundman from FIT Foundations about the importance of family systems in promoting healthy habits, as well as some activities and tools for promoting family health and wellness.

Key topics in this episode cover individual wellness not being an individual undertaking, the power of setting shared family goals, and the Wellness Wheel and 12 dimensions of health.

Click here to listen to the podcast recording, and contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu with any questions.

In partnership with George Fox Digital, film professor Alexander Chung is creating a series of video Lent reflections on repentance and suffering. They will be hosted on the George Fox Digital YouTube channel and released each Friday morning through Good Friday.

• For this week’s video, out now, go here.
• For the YouTube playlist with all reflections, visit this link. 
• Subscribe to the GFD YouTube channel now to see all updates, and watch The Daily Bruin each Friday for links to the Lent content.

If you have not yet chosen a Lent reflection practice, make this your weekly devotion each Friday!

Reach out to Brian Doak at bdoak@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Wondering what’s really happening with home prices and mortgage rates? In this webinar, industry experts will share current market information, projections for the rest of this year, and answer any of your questions about buying, selling, refinancing, and the mortgage process.

Join us to learn more about the state of the housing market. The event will run from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14.

Questions? Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

It’s still not too late to sign up an educational webinar on Medicare!

George Fox has partnered with Jennifer Stahel from Providence Health Assurance to provide Medicare 101 seminars this month, and our last session is today (Friday) at 11:30 a.m. Family members are encouraged to join, and everyone will have a chance to ask questions.

The topics will include:

• What is Medicare and why it is important?
• Addressing the different parts of Medicare (the A, B, C & D’s of Medicare)
• What are the differences between Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement?
• When you should consider enrolling into Medicare, and what is the process?
• What are the costs to be enrolled in Medicare?
• What to consider if you are planning to continue to work past age 65
• Learn how to avoid late enrollment penalties
• How to transition from an employer group plan to a Medicare plan
• Understand how to manage a Health Savings Account (HSA).

Register now here!

If you have any questions, contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Our Marketing 260 project group is working to get responses from female students and employees, and their families, for our marketing class project. Please fill out our survey on swimwear.

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.

A group of students in a Principles of Marketing class are looking for students and employees to fill out a short survey regarding their familiarity with AI and use of technology for our marketing project!

Thanks for your participation! Contact Kyla Albertson at kalbertson22@georgefox.edu with any questions.

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.

All are invited to the spring 2023 Faculty Lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, in Hoover 105.

Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2021-22 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Dr. Randy Woodley, distinguished professor of faith and culture.

Randy fills an important niche with his expertise in Indigenous religions and American Indian culture. Join us as he explores “The Necessity of Converting to an Indigenous Worldview,” and how it might help sustain us through the coming generations.

The lecture is sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, and refreshments are provided.

For additional information, contact Dawn Ford at dford@georgefox.edu.

You are invited to attend a Zoom session, “Strengthening Teams™: Systematic Inclusion Protects Workers from Healthcare Occupation-Related Moral Injury,” hosted by the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute.

We will discuss systemic inclusion in the workplace, explore belonging and how it is related to burnout in the workplace, moral injuries in healthcare work, and how to outline a plan in small and large groups for creating inclusive organizations that protect from moral injury.

The session is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Monday, April 10. Please visit our website for more information and to register.

You can also contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu with any registration questions.

George Fox University’s theatre department is pleased to announce that its production of The Play That Goes Wrong opens on Thursday, March 9.

Performances in Wood-Mar Auditorium are scheduled as follows:

• Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11, at 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday-Saturday, March 16-18, at 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday, March 12, and Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m.

You can read the synopsis and purchase tickets here. Tickets are also available by calling the performing arts box office at 503-554-2670.

Special Ticket Options for Students, Faculty and Staff
Students are entitled to one free ticket in your own name for each of our Thursday night performances only. Please use your George Fox email to obtain your ticket.

George Fox faculty and staff are entitled to one free ticket for the run of the show. Both options may be selected when you purchase or select your tickets in our online ticketing system. Please use your George Fox email address when ordering.

For details or assistance, email Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2670.

In partnership with George Fox Digital and the Office of Spiritual Life, film professor Alex Chung is creating a series of video Lent reflections on themes of repentance and suffering. They will be hosted on the George Fox Digital YouTube channel, in their own playlist, released each Friday morning beginning today through Good Friday (seven total).

Watch the first video, out now. For the YouTube playlist, visit this link.

We welcome you to subscribe to the GFD YouTube channel now to see all updates, and watch The Daily Bruin each Friday for links to the Lent content.

If you have not yet chosen a Lent reflection practice, make this your weekly devotion each Friday!

All are invited to the Spring Faculty Lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, in Hoover 105.

Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2021-22 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship, is Dr. Randy Woodley, distinguished professor of faith and culture.

Randy fills an important niche with his expertise in Indigenous religions and American Indian culture. Join us as he explores “The Necessity of Converting to an Indigenous Worldview,” and how it might help sustain us through the coming generations.

The lecture is sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, and refreshments are provided.

For additional information, contact Dawn Ford at dford@georgefox.edu.

As part of the sabbatical process, we invite former sabbatical recipients to share about the work they did during their time away from the classroom. Our brown-bag session for spring semester will be today (Thursday) at 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 250 on the Newberg campus.

Special thanks to our spring presenters: Nichole Enzinger (education) and Leah Payne (seminary). Attendees are invited to bring their curiosity and their lunch. The AAO will provide munchies and beverages.

We look forward to hearing what our colleagues will share, and our presenters look forward to interacting with you!

If you have any questions, contact Charlene Maugeri at cmaugeri@georgefox.edu.

George Fox is committed to providing a Christ-centered community that fosters a safe place to live, work and learn for students, faculty, staff and visitors.

A core value of this institution is to maintain a respectful environment for all individuals that are free of the following: sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, harassment and discrimination, bias-related incidents, and hate crimes.

If you or someone you know has experienced a Title IX-related incident, we strongly encourage students to report it to our Title IX coordinator. Sharia Hays, dean of student care and operations, is now serving as the interim Title IX coordinator.

For more Title IX information, visit the Title IX brochure or the university’s Title IX website. If you are off campus and need immediate assistance, contact 911. If you are on campus and need immediate assistance, call 911, or Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090.

You can contact Sharia Hays at titleixcoordinator@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2317. She is located in the student life office in the Hadlock Student Center.

If you are interested in connecting with a confidential resource, contact the campus advocate at campusadvocate@georgefox.edu, or visit one of our other on-campus confidential resources at the Office of Spiritual Life (Barclay House, 503-553-2320) and Health & Counseling (Woodward House, 503-553-2340).