MyGFU will be unavailable tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. through Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 a.m. for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.
The university’s offices and libraries will be closed on Friday, April 6, to observe Good Friday. The Newberg library will be closed Friday and Sunday but will be open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday. The Portland Center library will be closed Friday through Sunday.
Sign up today for Run for Romania! Run for Romania will be held at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, at the Newberg campus track. It is a 5K walk that will benefit the June Serve team’s trip to Romania and Moldova this summer.
In this year’s June Serve, a group of George Fox students and faculty that will partner with the organization Word Made Flesh, which seeks to serve Jesus amongst the poorest of the poor in Romania and Moldova.
Registration is $30 for adults and $15 for children (12 and under). To register, go to this link.
The university’s engineering department will present its annual Engineering Expo on Friday, April 20, between 3 and 6 p.m. in the EHS Atrium on the Newberg campus.
The expo will include project displays, a robotics competition and lab demonstrations. Also featured will be projects from the program’s Senior Design and Servant Engineering teams for companies and community organizations such as Daimler, CUI, VibeTech, NASA, 219 Technologies, Providence, Engineering World Health, 5-Rock Ranch, Medical Teams International, Oregon Commission for the Blind, Mennonite Central Committee, Aprovecho, and the Newberg Rotary.
In addition, high school design projects will be featured. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!
For more information, please contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2780.
The campus may be closed for Good Friday, but the Bruin Store will be open! Join us for our Great Friday Sale on April 6! All merchandise in the store is 20 percent off the lowest marked price.
You don’t want to miss this sale!
All Newberg, Portland, Boise, Salem and Redmond offices will be closed tomorrow (Friday, March 30), for the spring break holiday. All libraries and bookstores will be closed as well.
Sign up today for Run for Romania! Run for Romania will be held at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, at the Newberg campus track. It is a 5K walk that will benefit the June Serve team’s trip to Romania and Moldova this summer.
June Serve is a group of George Fox students and faculty that will partner with the organization Word Made Flesh, which seeks to serve Jesus amongst the poorest of the poor in Romania and Moldova.
Registration is $30 for adults and $15 for children (12 and under). To register, go to this link.
MyGFU will be unavailable tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. through Thursday, March 22, at 7 a.m. for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.
The Bruin Bookstore, textbook annex and its online store will be closed for business to conduct its annual year-end inventory process starting this Monday, March 26, during spring break.
To strive for accuracy, we are not able to conduct any business during this closure. Phone calls, voice mail messages and e-mails will not be responded to until this procedure is completed. There will not be any money on hand to make change. Please plan ahead to get all your Bruin necessities before Monday! We truly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
The bookstore will reopen on Monday, April 2, at 8 a.m. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Bookstore!
Our last Peace and Justice Symposium of the year will feature Roger and Sue Newell this Thursday, March 22. Those of you who have attended our symposiums before know this to be a wonderful time to dialogue and build a deeper understanding of what peace and justice looks like in practice both locally and globally through stories shared by George Fox faculty, staff and administrators.
Thursday’s symposium, titled “Journeys: South Africa, Social Justice, Sabbath,” will feature Sue, an assistant professor of social work, and Roger, a professor of religious studies. The event is free and open to the public.
This past summer, Roger and Sue traveled to South Africa to teach summer school at the College of the Transfiguration, a theological college in Grahamstown that trains pastors for ministry in the Anglican church of South Africa. From there, they traveled to Capetown, where Sue helped coordinate international placements for George Fox students at Cornerstone University. Their talks will reflect on their conversations last summer.
Please join us at 7:15 p.m. in the Quaker Heritage Room (upstairs library). Refreshments will be provided. Spiritual life credit is offered for students.
Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgefox.edu.
Dr. Roger Nam, the university’s 2010-11 Graduate Faculty Researcher of the year, will present a faculty lecture, titled “When Amos Meets Jabez: Towards a Biblical Theology of Wealth,” this evening (Tuesday) beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
The lecture will examine three seemingly incongruous messages within their socio-historical contexts, depicting a theology of wealth and poverty that is complex, challenging, and relevant to Christian communities.
The entire George Fox community is invited to this lecture, hosted by the Faculty Development Committee. Light refreshments are included.
Answering the Call: Open the Door to Possibilities
Wondering what you can do with your Seminary degree? Having trouble getting your foot in the ministry door?
Come join us for a Lunch & Learn workshop by Career Development expert Angela J. Doty, M.A., GCDF
·     Gain tools to discover your unique design
·     Identify potential career paths
·     Locate job positions
·     Network with like-minded ministry professionals
Walk away with practical strategies that will help you take intentional steps in your own career journey.
Join us on Monday, March 19, 2012Â from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Portland Center in Room 155A.
Sign up via careers.georgefox.edu Click “Answering the Callâ€
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on both Monday, March 26, and Tuesday, March 27, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.
Answering the Call: Open the Door to Possibilities
Wondering what you can do with your Seminary degree? Having trouble getting your foot in the ministry door?
Come join us for a Lunch & Learn workshop by Career Development expert Angela J. Doty, M.A., GCDF
·     Gain tools to discover your unique design
·     Identify potential career paths
·     Locate job positions
·     Network with like-minded ministry professionals
Walk away with practical strategies that will help you take intentional steps in your own career journey.
Join us on Monday, March 19, 2012Â from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Portland Center in Room 155A.
Sign up via careers.georgefox.edu Click “Answering the Call”
If you have a blog or Twitter account (or know of others connected to our community), we would love for you to let us know so we can share occasionally via the university’s social media.
If this interests you, please send a note and a link to Tamara Cissna at tcissna@georgefox.edu.
Thank you!
Do any of you have experience as a line cook? Would you like to gain experience in the art of food service and catering?
The university’s Urban Services is seeking to help All Saints Episcopal Church in Portland, which is in need of a line cook and sous chef, plus a set-up and food serving team on the third Saturday of March and April. We are seeking six or seven students who are interested in participating in this service.
Every Saturday, the church serves lunch to 80-100 homeless people in Portland. They currently do not have anyone to help with the cooking this coming Saturday (March 17) and on April 22. Volunteers wouldn’t have to commit to both of these dates.
Ideally, we would like to put together a team of students who are interested in helping over the summer as well as during the semester.
Interested? Contact Mary Owen, Urban Services coordinator for Portland, at mowen10@georgefox.edu. I need to know before Wednesday so I can let them know if they will have help or not.
Thank you!
Do you like to walk, run or volunteer? The university’s Social Work Club is seeking volunteers for a Child Abuse Awareness Walk and Run on Saturday, April 28, at Cook Park in Tigard.
Volunteers will help with the following positions: hand out food and water, cheer people on, keep people on the correct course, set up, tear down and clean up, aid people in the resource booth, hand out the blue ribbons, and talk about the blue ribbon campaign. Volunteers will receive a free T-shirt for their participation in this event.
This event is being sponsored by the Social Work Club and supported by the Department of Human Services, Healthy Start, the Domestic Violence Resource Center, Community Action, and a number of other agencies. These agencies would greatly appreciate your support.
Please contact Stephanie Abdulmajid at sabdulmajid09@georgefox.edu if you would like to volunteer or have any questions about this event.
If you are interested in walking or running, sign up here.
Please join with other students, faculty, alumni, parents and friends of George Fox University for a time of joint prayer this Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. We will begin in Klages Dining Hall with one of our chapel worship bands, followed by a time of prayer, both in groups and on a walking tour of campus. Prayer is powerful and effective!
If you have questions, please contact Nancy Almquist, director of parent relations, at 503-554-2114 or nalmquist@georgefox.edu.
Share your “Be Known Experience” and you could win a Kindle Touch!
Tell us a story about a special way a faculty or staff member at George Fox made you feel known, in or outside of the classroom. We’ll draw five winners who will each receive a $10 Amazon gift certificate. One lucky winner will get a brand new Kindle Touch!
Current students and alumni are welcome to enter. Visit this page to submit your story. The winners will be drawn and announced on Monday, March 12. Good luck!
Questions? E-mail Eric Mortinson at emortinson@georgefox.edu.
Its time again to collect non-perishable food or make a financial donation toward bulk-food purchases for kids in need.
From March 5 to March 19, two collection sites will be provided; the first-floor lobby and upstairs atrium of the Portland Center. Donations can also be make by checks written to: Take Action, Inc.
All students, employees, and friends are encouraged to participate.
Take Action, Inc. works with 450 + students from 16 elementary schools in the Portland Metro area to ensure children from economically challenged homes have food to eat when they go home on the weekend. For more information on this organization, check-out their website at: takeactioninc.org
Below is a sample list of items that you can donate:
