The Portland Writing Center will open next week. To schedule an appointment via Zoom or Asynchronous, please go to traccloud.georgefox.edu.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at wc@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2449 any time between 8 and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Are you interested in doing research/project? The Richter Scholars program at George Fox distributes funds to support student research/project activities that are devised, initiated and carried out by individual student researchers, with mentorship, guidance and expertise provided by a faculty mentor.
Students, if you are interested in doing research/project next summer, connect with a faculty mentor now so they can help you with your proposal. The deadline for proposals is Monday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m.
Before preparing a proposal, please read through the full proposal guidelines, eligibility requirements, and review criteria at this link. All submittals will be electronic.
For more information, contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu.
Class.georgefox.edu is a great resource for anyone needing to look up details on a class, including meeting times and location, teaching modality, enrollment limit and waitlist numbers, course description, instructor info, and add/drop deadlines. Just click on a class to see all the details.
Join us for the second annual Rise Women’s Worship Night & Leadership Conference! Worship together on Friday, Sept. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. and learn keys for success at the Saturday morning Leadership Conference from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101-103.
The conference will feature female professionals, including faculty, staff and alumni who are eager to provide encouragement and share wisdom with the young women of Fox. This is a great opportunity to meet new friends, build your connections, and learn skills to help you stand out among the crowd!
Alumni are welcome! Register here, and contact Tamara Wytsma at twytsma@georgefox.edu for more information.
Join the university community in saying farewell to Barbi Doran, who will be leaving George Fox at the end of this week after more than 15 years of service.
We will host an open house celebration for her this afternoon (Thursday) from 3 to 5 p.m. in Stevens 101. Refreshments will be served!
Swing by to wish Barbi well as she embarks on a new chapter in her life.
Join the university community in saying farewell to Barbi Doran, who will be leaving George Fox at the end of this week after more than 15 years of service.
We will host an open house celebration for her from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Stevens 101. Refreshments will be served!
Swing by to wish Barbi well as she embarks on a new chapter in her life.
Temperatures are soaring this week. Expect temperatures to range between 90 and 105 degrees. Humidity will also be high, from 45% to 63%. It may feel a lot warmer.
As per our heat protocol, please follow these steps:
If you have any questions about best practices during high heat, please contact Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.
Temperatures are soaring this week. Expect temperatures to range between 90 and 105 degrees. Humidity will also be high, from 45% to 63%. It may feel a lot warmer.
As per our heat protocol, please follow these steps:
If you have any questions about best practices during high heat, please contact Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.
Dear George Fox Community,
We would like to announce that the George Fox Prayer Network will officially be launching this fall semester! We are a student-led, faculty-supported initiative that seeks to unify, highlight and embolden the voices of prayer in our community.
As part of our soft launch this summer, we have released a summer prayer guide you can access here. We are inviting students, faculty and parents alike to join us in prayer. Please read more about this initiative on the first page of the guide, and consider joining the prayer network to receive monthly prayer guides this coming academic year!
Please contact the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu with “Prayer Network” in the subject line if you have any questions about this new initiative.
Blessings.
The Portland Writing Center is seeking a new writing consultant who is enthusiastic about helping fellow graduate and degree-completion students understand the components of effective writing.
Portland Writing Center consultants are current adult degree-completion and graduate students who work eight to 10 hours per week meeting with students in Zoom or email sessions through the Portland Writing Center.
Writing consultant duties include helping students with the following:
Click here for a consultant job description, and apply on Handshake. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
For more information, contact Heather Harney, Portland Writing Center director, at hharney@georgefox.edu.
The university community is invited to the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute’s (IPC Institute) annual Primary Behavioral Healthcare Essentials three-day Continuing Medical Education (CME) session via Zoom Aug. 24-26.
Dr. Patti Robinson, cofounder of the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model and Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, will speak, as will Dr. Julie Oyemaja an early PCBH implementer, clinician and relational leader.
Discounted registration is available for George Fox students, team members and alumni. For more information and to register, please visit this link.
Dear George Fox Community,
We would like to announce that the George Fox Prayer Network will officially be launching this fall semester! We are a student-led, faculty-supported initiative that seeks to unify, highlight and embolden the voices of prayer in our community.
As part of our soft launch this summer, we have released a summer prayer guide you can access here. We are inviting students, faculty and parents alike to join us in prayer. Please read more about this initiative on the first page of the guide, and consider joining the prayer network to receive monthly prayer guides this coming academic year!
Please contact the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu with “Prayer Network” in the subject line if you have any questions about this new initiative.
Blessings.
Do you need help with any interior design projects? The university’s STUDIO in the interior design major works on real-world projects and can help with design, furniture selection, finish choices, and more.
If you’re interested to see if we can work on your project, reach out to Casey Martin at martinc@georgefox.edu. We’d love to help on your project!
Heather Harney, assistant director of Learning Support Services, is recruiting three or four graduate students to work as academic mentors for high-risk students on the Newberg campus during the fall 2023 semester.
Academic mentors will work seven to 10 hours per week, and will be paid $15.70 per hour. Students can find more details and application information on Handshake. The position is open to any George Fox graduate student, including incoming students.
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Academic mentors will have the opportunity to continue in the spring semester based on their availability and ongoing need for the program.
Past success coaches have commented on how much they grew through the experience, especially through their one-on-one sessions with high-risk students. The role is not a formal counseling role, but has similarities that can be especially helpful for graduate students who will be entering helping professions.
Please contact Heather Harney at hharney@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
The university community is invited to the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute’s (IPC Institute) annual Primary Behavioral Healthcare Essentials three-day Continuing Medical Education (CME) session via Zoom Aug. 24-26.
Dr. Patti Robinson, cofounder of the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model and Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, will speak, as will Dr. Julie Oyemaja an early PCBH implementer, clinician and relational leader.
Discounted registration is available for George Fox students, team members and alumni. For more information and to register, please visit this link.
According to the National Weather Service, the region is under a heat advisory for today (Wednesday). Temperatures are expected above 91 degrees in some areas and will range between 87 to 90 degrees for the remainder of the week. The region also is in a critical fire weather pattern.
If you are working in a building without air conditioning or outdoors, please schedule work during the coolest parts of the day. Take advantage of cooler buildings such as the Murdock Library, Klages, or Canyon Commons.
Also, stay hydrated by drinking water every 20 minutes. During the hottest part of the day, check on fellow employees every hour to two hours, and familiarize yourself with the symptoms of heat-related illnesses.
If you have any questions about best practices during high heat, please reach out to Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.
MyGeorgeFox/PeopleSoft will be unavailable from 6 p.m Friday, July 14, through noon on Saturday, July 15. We will be doing hardware and software updates during this outage.
Please contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2569 with any questions.
Due to additional interest, University Recreation is offering a second wilderness first responder opportunity this summer the week of Aug. 12-16. This course is an excellent training for anyone who enjoys spending time outside or that works in an outdoor environment.
The course is also taken by those who are interested or engaged in search and rescue, or emergency response teams. The course is open to the public, so please feel free to share this with family, friends and colleagues.
To view details for this course and to consider registering, visit this link. If you have questions, please reach out to AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.
There’s still space in Maker Camp Week #3 for high schoolers who want to come to STEM camp!
Scheduled July 24-28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, the camp will feature “The Impossible Lock Box,” a fun and challenging project where students design a custom box and install a variety of locking mechanisms that are programmed to open with specific inputs that only the programmer knows.
Not only will students learn computer design, assembly and programming, but they will have a blast making friends and doing all the fun activities that you love about summer camp, such as water balloon games, bouldering, s’mores, late-night skits, and more!
Register today at georgefox.edu/SummerCamps. Have questions? Contact Tamara Wytsma at twytsma@georgefox.edu.
Join us from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) at Portland Seminary (Portland Center Room 155) to hear from author J.R. Woodward on his new book, The Scandal of Leadership: Unmasking the Powers of Domination in the Church, in which he gives a deeper diagnosis to the problem of domineering leadership in the church and points toward a remedy.
In this lecture/reading, he will engage René Girard by looking at scandal negatively, then positively. He will unpack how we will either be a scandal to those who look at us as leaders, or follow the scandalous way of Christ. Books will be available for sale. Sign up here.
Contact Mollie Henkelman at mhenkelman@georgefox.edu with any questions.
