Join us for a creative adult learning experience Thursday, Feb. 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. over Zoom. This event will be facilitated by healthcare professionals who personally represent Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
Learn how to apply diversity, equity, and inclusion concepts, such as decenter whiteness/decolonize interprofessional primary care. Listen and process the experiences and perspectives of professionals from BIPOC communities. Explore what success looks like to facilitate better primary care for BIPOC communities.
This event is for healthcare professionals and learners. Register here.
Captain James Ahn, a graduate of UC Riverside and the Claremont McKenna College Army ROTC program, died in 2015 during a parachute training operation while participating with his Special Forces unit in Washington state.
In James’ honor, we are sponsoring an annual scholarship of $1,000 to a Special Forces veteran who is working toward the completion of a higher education degree.
For more information, please visit the Veterans Resources webpage.
Do you know any high school educators who would like help in their online classroom?
We are GFU EPIC (Engineering Project Innovation Commission), a Servant Engineering project team tasked with aiding high school teachers with frustrations regarding online learning.
We desire to come alongside high school educators, listen to their ideas, and brainstorm how we might be able to help them in an online learning environment.
If you know an educator looking for help in the classroom, have them visit our website, where they can get more information and have the opportunity to fill out a brainstorming form.
The George Fox Civility Project invites you to hear from a Palestinian Christian who’s working on a significant civility project.
The two-part series with Jonathan Kuttab begins tomorrow (Thursday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom. He will be speaking on the topic “Civility, Justice, and a Bill of Rights: A Vision of Israel/Palestine as One State.†Please register for the event here. SpiL credit is available for students.  Kuttab has an ambitious vision. For the first part of the series, he will discuss what politics in Israel and Palestine must look like in the long term for two traumatized groups to live safely, justly, and peaceably side by side in a small country.
On Wednesday, March 31, he will focus on civility-boosting transformations needed now for Palestinians and Israelis to negotiate a one-state solution.  According to George Fox Civility Project director Ron Mock, “Kuttab’s transformative project could teach us critically needed lessons about civility, justice, and political peacemaking. George Fox needs to be right in the middle of all that learning.†  If you would like to be connected to the Civility Project, please email Ron (civility@georgefox.edu) or visit the Civility Project website.
Are you a primary care nurse or in nursing leadership (or know someone who is)? Please join us for a two-day event via Zoom starting Friday, Feb. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to Saturday, Feb. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The event, titled “Essentials for Interprofessional Primary Care: Nursing & Care Management,” will focus on:
Enhancing person-centered communication and interprofessional knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)
Exploring strategies to ensure nurses are practicing at the top of their scope in primary care practice
Learning about commonly used screening tools, motivational interviewing concepts/techniques, and transitioning people in care within interprofessional teams and across the healthcare neighborhood
Exploring procedure codes that match nursing services to increase fiscal sustainability
The Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR) will be open to all students and staff at George Fox this year! From Wednesday, Feb. 17, to Saturday, Feb. 20, we will be attending sessions on racial reconciliation, anti-racism in the church, and more.
After the day’s conference, we will be holding debrief sessions for George Fox students and staff. Please fill out our RSVP/Interest form ASAP.Â
Do you know any high school educators who would like help in their online classroom?
We are GFU EPIC (Engineering Project Innovation Commission), a Servant Engineering project team tasked with aiding high school teachers with frustrations regarding online learning. We desire to come alongside high school educators, listen to their ideas, and brainstorm how we might be able to help them in an online learning environment.
If you know an educator looking for help in the classroom, have them visit our website, where they can get more information and have the opportunity to fill out a brainstorming form.
Interested in reading about the strategic plan of George Fox University? Click here to learn more about the future direction of our institution and how it aligns with the three pillars that drive our pursuit of longevity and impact in the higher education landscape:
The Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR) will be open to all students and staff at George Fox this year! From Wednesday, Feb. 17, to Saturday, Feb. 20, we will be attending sessions on racial reconciliation, anti-racism in the church, and more.
After the day’s conference, we will be holding debrief sessions for George Fox students and staff. Please fill out our RSVP/Interest form ASAP.Â
As a key strategy for soul care of undergraduates during the pandemic, the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life is looking for multiple Life Group leaders for our Spring Life Groups series taking place the week of Feb. 22 through April 9.
Life Groups provide a space for students to gather for weekly prayer, Bible study, and fellowship. Groups typically meet for an hour to 90 minutes.
This spring, all of our groups will be meeting either by Zoom or hybrid.
Hybrid groups will meet primarily via Zoom, but may occasionally meet outdoors as the weather, state and university regulations, and participants’ comfort permit.
Throughout the pandemic, Life Groups run that through the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life will also be eligible for SpiL credit in order to encourage students to engage in high-quality spiritual formation experiences that are participatory and offer ongoing community.
We welcome our employees, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, as well as members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group. Groups may also be co-led with an upperclassman student if the leader desires.
In light of current research findings, the university has updated its Covid-19 policies around music. One highlight of the new policy: Group vocal and instrumental music are welcome in outdoor locations on campus, with spacing 12 feet apart, with all participants masked, with capacity limit of 50 total people, and with an employee host present and responsible for Covid-19 policy adherence.  To view the policies, please visit this webpage.Â
The Emerging Leaders Internship (ELI) program is dedicated to improving racial and cultural diversity at the leadership level in Portland-area companies by providing leadership pathways for traditional and non-traditional students of color and aspiring professionals.
The student application deadline is tomorrow (Sunday, Jan. 31)! You still have time to get your application in and potentially be selected to connect with Portland employers and engage in meaningful, career-advancing opportunities this summer through ELI.
Learning Support Services is looking to host an open discussion on the intersection between PTSD/trauma experiences and academic life. We would like to measure students’ interest in having separate discussions for those with military and non-military related trauma, along with how those traumas affect academic success.
Please fill out this survey if you think this discussion would apply to your experiences in academics.
Questions? Please contact Learning Support Services (lss@georgefox.edu).
The George Fox Civility Project invites you to hear from a Palestinian Christian who’s working on a significant civility project.
The two-part series with Jonathan Kuttab begins on Thursday, Feb. 4, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom, speaking on the topic “Civility, Justice, and a Bill of Rights: A Vision of Israel/Palestine as One State.” Please register for the event here. SpiL credit is available for students.  Kuttab has an ambitious vision. For the first part of the series, he will discuss what politics in Israel and Palestine must look like in the long term for two traumatized groups to live safely, justly, and peaceably side by side in a small country.
On Wednesday, March 31, he will focus on civility-boosting transformations needed now for Palestinians and Israelis to negotiate a one-state solution.
According to George Fox Civility Project director Ron Mock, “Kuttab’s transformative project could teach us critically needed lessons about civility, justice, and political peacemaking. George Fox needs to be right in the middle of all that learning.â€
Richter Scholars Program proposals are due Monday, March 1.
The Richter Scholars program at George Fox distributes funds to support student research activities that are devised, initiated, and carried out by individual student researchers, with mentorship, guidance and expertise provided by a faculty mentor.
The purpose of these funds is to support educational research opportunities that encourage the practices of independent thought leading to independent achievement and personal responsibility.
For the purpose of this program, research is defined as a knowledge-generating activity that is designed to provide new information on a topic, tool, or process, and that proceeds according to established and accepted research methods
Before preparing a proposal, please read through the full proposal guidelines, eligibility requirements, and review criteria by clicking here.
The Wineskin is now accepting submissions! The theme for this semester is “FORMATION,†so send us your best poems, stories, essays, and artwork in that stream of thought; we welcome thematic interpretation.
The editors are open to a wide range of styles and subject matter, but we are particularly looking for work that pushes boundaries and surprises us with its artistic approach and perspective of the world.
All are welcome to submit, including faculty and staff and those who are not members of the George Fox community!
Submission Guidelines:
Poetry and prose manuscripts must be submitted as a Word document, in Times New Roman, 12-point font. Please title your pieces and remove your name from the document.
Limit all prose to 1,000 words and send no more than five poems per submission.
For artwork: Files should be named as the title of your piece followed by your name. Please remove all watermarks from your work.
All work should be submitted through our website. Submissions close on Monday, March 1, at 5 p.m.
Would you like to help other students learn through one-on-one tutoring? Consider becoming a tutor in the spring 2021 semester! As an independent tutor, you can help other George Fox students while earning a little extra money.
Learning Support Services is hosting two information sessions about Tutor Matching Service, a marketplace that facilitates connections between tutors and those seeking tutoring!