A George Fox sociology class invites you to join a Facebook group, “Breaking the Cycle of Divorce,” dedicated to bringing awareness to the issue of divorce and offering support to those who wish to break this cycle in their lives.
Learn more by contacting Debra Woodin at dwoodin09@georgefox.edu.
Trauma Response Institute Plans Portland Center Response to Japan’s Triple Disaster
The TRI invites Portland Center students and staff to participate in two activities in response to the triple disaster that has crippled much of Japan.
The first is “Letters of Encouragement” to Japanese college students and children living in shelters. For details, see emails and flyers distributed on the Portland campus, or email tri@georgefox.edu for more information.
The second event is a fundraiser for Medical Teams International. Mark your calendars now to attend a “Disaster Preparedness Information Meeting” on Saturday, May 14 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Room 155 in the Portland Center South building. Representatives from MTI will join us to share updates on their recovery work in Japan, as well as the latest updates on the radiation threats here in the Pacific Northwest. Instructions on how you can be more prepared to survive the aftermath of a major disaster at home and work will be the central focus of the meeting. There is no charge to attend, and all donations received will be given to MTI’s Japan response efforts. More details will be posted soon.
If you have questions about either of these events, please contact Anna Berardi, Director of the Trauma Response Institute at aberardi@georgefox.edu.
Join the Center for Peace and Justice this Tuesday night, April 5, for a documentary screening of the film Hiding, produced by LINK, an organization working with North Korean refugees. It will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
The director of LINK was one of the founders of Invisible Children, an organization many in the GFU community might be more familiar with. LINK aims to spread the word about the rarely reported North Korean crisis, working with governments and NGOs worldwide to advocate for the North Korean people. They also work directly with the refugees who have fled to China and South East Asia, educating and empowering them to eventually live a free and renewed life.
Hiding tells the story of a group of North Korean refugees hiding in China today and their attempt to escape. To learn more, visit linkglobal.org. The trailer can be viewed at this link.
Questions? Contact Melanie Newell (Center for Peace and Justice) at mnewell@georgefox.edu.
All are invited to see the theatre department’s spring play, Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Performances are Thursday through Saturday, April 7-9, and Thursday through Saturday, April 14-16, at 7:30 p.m. Two 2 p.m. Sunday matinee performances, on April 10 and 17, also are scheduled. All performances take place in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
All George Fox employees receive one complimentary ticket. Students will be admitted free on both Thursdays. Your complimentary ticket is only available at the Box Office in the Bruin Bookstore. Additional tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets or read a synopsis of the play, visit theatre.georgefox.edu.
The U.S. Postal Service is increasing rates on April 17, 2011. First Class letters weighing one ounce or less will remain at 44 cents each. The additional ounce will increase by 3 cents, bringing it to 20 cents for each additional ounce. Postcards increase to 29 cents each.
For additional increases, visit the U.S.P.S. website. Click on the “New Rates†in the lower right corner. You can view the different categories: Priority, Media, Parcel Post, etc.
Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at ext. 2560 or Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.
In order for us to be in compliance with federal regulations and reporting requirements, some recent changes in definitions and procedures have been made which impact students planning to withdraw from the university or take a leave of absence. This applies to all student populations (traditional undergraduate, graduate and adult degree programs). Please review the following:
Who is a student? Someone who is registered for any credit hours in a given term and who has completed their “Enrollment Confirmation†checklist item for that term in their MyGFU portal. (If the “Enrollment Confirmation†checklist item has not been completed by the student by the 10th day of classes, they are not officially considered a student for that term and their schedule will be dropped.)
How do I withdraw? To officially cease enrollment at George Fox University either during or at the end of a semester/enrollment period, you must notify the registrar’s office of your departure via the online Withdrawal/Leave of Absence form. Any other means of communication to the university is not considered official notification. The official withdrawal date is the date on which you submit the online Withdrawal/Leave of Absence form.
If I tell a professor or administrative assistant that I’m not returning, can that be considered notification of my withdrawal? No. You must complete the online Withdrawal/Leave of Absence form.
Do I use this form to drop a class? No. If you are dropping a class or two, you would complete that through your MyGFU self-service portal. You would only use the online Withdrawal/Leave of Absence form if you are vacating all coursework for the term.
More information about the Withdrawal/Leave of Absence policy is available in the Catalog and Student Handbook or by contacting an enrollment counselor in the registrar’s office.
Students: Stop avoiding the job search! Register for the First Avenue Career & Graduate School Fair. The fair runs from noon to 3 p.m. at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center on Friday, April 1.
In addition to access to 100-plus recruiters, this year’s fair includes employer and graduate school panels and a networking event. So, even if you aren’t looking for a job now, you can gather essential information and develop the networking skills to secure employment in the future.
The cost is only $5! And you can register one of three ways: Online at this link, in Career Services, or in the Bruin Den during lunch, Tuesday through Thursday.
Transportation is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Career Services at careers@georgefox.edu to find out more.
Not sure how to make the most of career fair? Attend one of our “prep sessions†– Tuesday/Thursday (11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) and Wednesday (3-5 p.m.) – to pick up tips for how to navigate the fair effectively.
Faculty, please tell your students about this week’s career fair.
The university community is invited to a panel discussion, “The Future of the 14th Amendment,†from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 31, in Hoover 105.
Join us as a panel of local students and political science experts discusses the implications concerning that section of the 14th Amendment that states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.†The purpose of the event is to have dialogue about proposed legislation that seeks to limit the scope of the amendment, according to Joel Perez (Dean of Transitions and Inclusion).
Participants will include Mark David Hall (Political Science); Richard W. Etulain, professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico; and Jose-Antonio Orosco, associate professor in the philosophy department and director of the peace studies program at Oregon State University.
The event, sponsored by the Center for Peace and Justice, the Office of Transitions and Inclusion and the Latino Heritage Club, is in commemoration of the life of Cesar Chavez, the American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist whose birthday was March 31. More information is available here.
Questions? Contact Perez at jperez@georgefox.edu.
Thank you to all who participated in the LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey. The library faculty and staff will be reviewing the data as well as your written comments and appreciate your willingness to share your opinions with us.
Congratulations to the winners whose names were randomly drawn from all who took the survey and entered their e-mail address.
All Newberg, Portland and Salem offices and libraries will be closed this Friday, March 25, for the spring break holiday. The Boise Center will be open this Friday and will instead take its spring holiday the following Friday, April 1.
This is a reminder that the Bruin Bookstore and its online store will be closed on Wednesday, March 23, to finalize its year-end inventory. So that inventory can be accurately processed, phone calls, voice mails and e-mails will not be answered. There also won’t be any money available to make change.
The bookstore will reopen on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Store hours for the remainder of spring break week will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and closed on Saturday. We appreciate your cooperation and support!
The Bruin Bookstore’s spring break hours next week will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the exception of Wednesday, March 23, when the bookstore and textbook annex will be closed for completion of its year-end inventory.
Notice the huge display in the Lobby? Its to collect food for 150+ kids at five schools in Portland who don’t have enough food to eat over the weekends. This time, however, we are donating food so they have food to eat over Spring Break.
In partnership with Take Action, Inc, we are trying to collect enough food to feed at least 30 children for their Spring Break. Please join us in this effort.
You can also donate by check: Make the check out to “Mt. Park Church,” indicating “Backpack Project” in the memo line and give it to one of the front office staff. We will make sure the donations make it to the church in time for food to be purchased. Examples of food items to donate are on the fliers at the display.
Questions? Contact Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor at 503.554.6164 or by email.
Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) and Brian Bews will be hosting discussions of four crises in the early church, providing a state-of-the-art analysis of the Gospel of John’s audience. From there, new insights into the narrative will be explored, including reflecting on how readers today are drawn into a transformative dialogue with Jesus from the Gospel of John. All are welcome!
Join us this Wednesday (March 16) from 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. at North Valley Friends Church, 4o2o N. College St.
Contact Paul if you have questions at panderso@georgefox.edu.
Please complete the LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey. If you have already filled out the survey, thank you! If not, we ask you to take five to seven minutes to go to this link and help us by taking the survey.
Only you can tell us how well we are serving your library needs, and you can enter to win one $50 or 10 $25 Amazon gift cards.
The George Fox community (students, faculty and staff) is invited to engage the movie The Gospel of John for the next six Sunday mornings (9:30-10:30 a.m.) at North Valley Friends Church (4020 N. College St., in Newberg). A discussion will be led by Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) and Brian Bews. All are welcome!
This is a reminder that the George Fox University Seminary Fair will be Thursday, March 10. Please come by the Hoover lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to meet representatives from schools that include:
Contact Chloe Lee-Zorn, Career Services graduate assistant, at leec07@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
Please complete the LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey. If you have already filled out the survey, thank you! If not, please take about six minutes to go to this link and help us by taking the survey.
Only you can tell us how well we are serving your library needs. You also will have the opportunity to win prizes.
From March 7-18, the first-floor lobby of the Portland Center will be our collection site for non-perishable food items to support Take Action, Inc. All students, employees and friends are encouraged to participate.
Take Action works with students from five elementary schools in Portland to ensure that underprivileged children have food to eat when they go home on the weekend. This need was observed because many of the kids would load up on their Friday lunch, even trying to stuff their pockets of extra food to take home. Many of the kids at these schools wouldn’t eat again until the school provided breakfast on Monday morning.
The school staff began connecting with folks outside their area to gather food for these kids to take home to feed themselves and sometimes their families over the weekend.
This is where we can help. Below is a sample list of items that you can donate.
If you have questions, please contact Janis Sanford, site supervisor, at jsanford@georgefox.edu.
Anyone planning to take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) will benefit from knowing the test has been “newly revised.” The test-taking experience and the structure/length have undergone revisions. Go to this site for details.
If you have further questions, contact Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.
