Bookstore buyback event is Dec. 13-17

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Just a reminder: The Bruin Bookstore’s buyback is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, Dec. 13-17, in the SUB.

Bruin Bookstore hosts textbook buyback Dec. 13-17

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Join us for textbook buyback Monday through Friday, Dec. 13-17, in the SUB outside the Bruin Bookstore. We’ll be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

Health and Counseling offers free doses of Gardasil vaccine

Monday, November 29th, 2010

The Health and Counseling Center has free doses of Gardasil vaccine for women ages 18-26. This vaccine helps prevent HPV infection and cervical cancer. It is usually $145 per dose and is a series of three shots over six months.

Please call the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 if you would like to schedule an appointment. You can find out more information about this in the November issue of Student Health 101.

Career Services offers free access to The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Interested in living or working overseas, but not sure how to do it? The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas can help. Your Office of Career Services has a subscription to this great interactive website that allows you to access its abundant resources for free.

Visit careers.georgefox.edu and find the link under “News and Updates” to activate your free account. Once registered, you can network with others interested in living or working abroad, both inside and outside of George Fox, and can access numerous videos and text resources to help you prepare for your upcoming adventure.

If you have any questions, please contact Career Services at ext. 2330, via e-mail at careers@georgefox.edu, or in person at our new location on the first floor of the Stevens Center.

Woodley family seeks assistance with move this weekend

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Your volunteer service would be majorly appreciated by the Randy Woodley (Seminary) family as they move this weekend. Help is needed all day/evening Saturday (especially) and Sunday, Dec. 4-5. Even a few hours would be so much help. The locations of the two homes are 4024 N. College St., and 13510 N. Roedel Road, in Newberg.

Questions? Contact Randy at rwoodley@georgefox.edu or at ext. 8052. Thanks!

– Randy Woodley

University closed for Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 25-26

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

The university will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 25-26, for the Thanksgiving holiday. All offices, bookstores and libraries will be closed those two days.

Academic Affairs announces changes to spring commencement schedule

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Academic Affairs has announced a new spring commencement schedule. The following schedule will be implemented next semester:

Saturday, April 30, 2011

  • 10 a.m. Graduate/SPS Commencement Ceremony
  • 11:30 a.m. Faculty Lunch honoring retirees, emeriti faculty, award recipients, etc. (Klages West)
  • 1 p.m. Department Dessert Receptions
  • 2 p.m. Graduates assemble/doors open
  • 3 p.m. Traditional Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

The midyear commencement schedule remains the same, with doors opening at 1 p.m. for the 2 p.m. ceremony. Please contact Karlyn Fleming (kfleming@georgefox.edu) in the Office of Academic Affairs if you have questions. Thank you!

Flu shot clinic on Nov. 15

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

The Health & Counseling Center is coming to the Portland Center to give flu shots from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov 15. The cost is $15 or $1.50 if you have the GFU student insurance. FREE for employees with Regence. Call the Health Center to schedule an appointment at 503-554-2340.

Invisible Children film, talk-back session scheduled Tuesday

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

This Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies will co-host an event with Invisible Children as part of their “Face to Face” tour. The evening will include a showing of the 40-minute film Go!, which documents three American students who traveled to Uganda, met students their age, and through these relationships saw their lives changed.

In addition, two Ugandans, James and Robert, who have lived through the war and have been involved with Invisible Children’s partner school program, will share their stories and address ways in which students can respond and participate in advocating on behalf of northern Uganda’s children. This will include a talk-back session with a question-and-answer time following the film.

Please join us from 7 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Flu Shot Clinic

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

The Health & Counseling Center will be at the Portland Campus to give flu shots on Monday, November 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 210.

The cost is $15. It is only $1.50 if you have GFU student insurance. FREE for employees with Regence insurance.

Please call the Health & Counseling Center to schedule an appointment at 503-554-2340.

Mail service will be limited on Veterans Day

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

There will be limited mail service on Thursday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day.

The details:

  • Mail Services will be open during normal hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), but there will be no U.S. Mail service that day – no incoming or outgoing mail.
  • Other carriers such as UPS will be operational on their normal schedule.
  • George Fox University mail courier will be on normal schedule to the Portland and Salem centers.

Questions? Call ext. 2556 or contact Sherrie Frost at sfrost@georgefox.edu

World-renowned OT scholar speaks at seminary Nov. 15

Monday, November 8th, 2010

George Fox Evangelical Seminary invites the university community to a free lecture featuring Dr. Erhard Gerstenberger, a world-renowned Old Testament scholar, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, at the Portland Center’s Room 155.

Gerstenberger, a German theologian, has authored or edited 15 books and more than 100 articles on Old Testament studies, form criticism, Psalms and ritual studies, practical theology, feminist criticism and liberation theology. He will speak on “Old Testament Theologies and Pastoral Ministry” in the seminary’s Old Testament introduction class.

He has worked as a professor at Yale and at Giessen and Marburg universities in Germany. He’s also served as a pastor in Germany and as a missionary to Brazil. To learn more about Gerstenberger, visit this link. To learn more about his visit, contact Jean Miller ext. 6150.

Monday forum features Jews, Christians and Muslims in conversation

Friday, November 5th, 2010

This Monday, Nov. 8, is the last Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the semester. We will host five speakers who will speak about interfaith dialogue and initiatives. Our guests include Jews, Christians and Muslims involved in interfaith groups in the Portland area.

Sessions are scheduled from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.

If you have any questions, please contact Caitlin Corning at ext. 2673 or via e-mail at ccorning@georgefox.edu.

Bruin Bookstore hosts Family Weekend sale Friday and Saturday

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

The Bruin Bookstore will be open this Saturday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Family Weekend. Come check out the sale on this year’s new product: Sweatpants, regularly priced at $19.99 each, will be two for $30, and select hoodies, normally $29.99, will be two for $40.

All other imprinted clothing and gifts will be 20 percent off! The Family Weekend sale will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Friday and Saturday.

Panelists discuss Lausanne conference at forum Tuesday night

Monday, November 1st, 2010

The university’s Center for Global Studies and Center for Peace and Justice are hosting a panel Tuesday, Nov. 2, related to the panelists’ participation at the Lausanne Movement’s Third Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa, in October. Chapel credit is available for those students who attend.

Panel members include President Robin Baker, Sarita Gallagher (Religious Studies) and the university’s missional-practitioner-in-residence, David Chronic.

Join us at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. A reception will follow.

For more information on the Lausanne Movement, visit lausanne.org. For more information on this event, please contact Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu.

Bruin Bookstore closed Wednesday

Monday, November 1st, 2010

This is a reminder that the Bruin Bookstore and textbook annex will be closed all day this Wednesday, Nov. 3, for a transitional inventory. The Box Office will continue to do ticket sales right outside the bookstore between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Bruin Bookstore closed for inventory on Nov. 3

Friday, October 29th, 2010

The Bruin Bookstore and textbook annex will be closed all day on Wednesday, Nov. 3, for a transitional inventory. The Box Office will continue to do ticket sales right outside the bookstore between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Only one week left for donations

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Did you know? There are children at Sitton Elementary (in North Portland) who don’t have food to eat on the weekend?

Want to help? Bring A Donation of non-perishable items Oct. 25 – Nov. 6

Portland Center staff and students are teaming together to fill our main lobby with non-perishable items for these kids. Bring your donation to the lobby anytime. Our goal is to see the area overflowing with donations.

Non-perishable food ideas:

  • instant oatmeal
  • mini boxes of dry cereal
  • breakfast bars
  • canned beef, chicken, ham or tuna
  • small jars of mayonnaise
  • mac & cheese cups
  • fruit cups
  • dried fruit
  • nuts
  • cheese & cracker snacks
  • peanut butter & jelly
  • canned vegetables
  • canned meals-ravioli, etc

If you have questions or would like to volunteer to help pick-up the food from the classrooms or sort it, please contact Bonnie Nakashimada by e-mail or Janis Sanford by e-mail or phone at ext. 6164

GFU Portland Center Serve Project announced

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

Did you know?
There are children at Sitton Elementary (in North Portland) who don’t have food to eat on the weekend.
It’s true.

Wanna Help?
Bring A Donation of non-perishable items OCT.25 – NOV.6

Portland Center staff & students are teaming together to fill our main lobby with non-perishable items for these kids. Bring your donation to the lobby anytime. Our goal is to see the area overflowing with donations.

Non-perishable food ideas:

  • Instant oatmeal
  • mini boxes of dry cereal
  • Breakfast bars
  • canned beef, chicken, ham or tuna
  • small jars of mayonnaise
  • mac & cheese cups
  • fruit cups
  • dried fruit
  • nuts
  • cheese & cracker snacks
  • peanut butter & jelly
  • canned vegetables
  • canned meals-ravioli, etc

If you have questions or would like to volunteer to help pick-up the food from the classrooms or sort it, please contact

Bonnie Nakashimada by email or Janis Sanford by email or phone 503.554.6164

Harvard Divinity School rep recruiting students Wednesday

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Jennifer Hollis, an admissions rep from Harvard Divinity School, will host an information session from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27. She is seeking to recruit George Fox students (graduate and undergraduate) who wish to further their education in preparation for service and leadership. All are welcome.

The information session is scheduled at the Hotel Monaco in Portland, 506 S.W. Washington St. at Fifth Avenue. Write admissions@hds.harvard.edu or visit the Harvard Divinity School site for more information.