In partnership with the university’s Latino Heritage Club, the Chehalem Cultural Center is hosting a Latin dance tonight (Saturday)! The event is free with your GFU student ID card.
The Latino Heritage Club will host lessons from 8 to 8:30 p.m., with the dance following from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Dress to impress and come to the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.) to show off those moves.
See you tonight!
Loveology will be coming to Fox today (Friday)! Come to Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. to hear John Mark Comer, author and a pastor at Bridgetown: A Jesus Church in Portland, speak on the theology of love. A worship service will be led by Evan Wickham. The first 250 students with student ID will receive a copy of the Loveology book! Come early because seating is limited.
Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.
Want to participate in Lip Sync? Bring your team and skit ideas to Bauman Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. to register your team and pitch your ideas. Lip Sync will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Don’t miss out on the chance to be a part of it!
Questions? Contact Victoria Patchin at vpatchin12@georgefox.edu.
All business majors and minors are coming together to play card games, board games, video games, and more on Friday (tonight) at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Following the card games will be popcorn and a show. Bring a game and friend, and come show us your skills.
Questions? Please Amber Woolford at awoodford12@georgefox.edu.
A big thank you to everyone who served on Serve Day! Remember to use your Serve Day Discount Card! There are a variety of great discounts you can take advantage of. Here are just a few:
The Serve Day Discount Card features 15 local businesses and is a multi-use card that does not expire until April 30, 2015. That means you can use the card as many times as you want, at as many participating businesses as you want, until the end of next April. You must show your discount card at the participating businesses to take advantage of these great offers.
If you haven’t picked up your Serve Day Discount Card, stop by and see Barbi Doran at the Information Services Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center. Pick up your Serve Day Discount Card today while supplies last!
Networking skills are a necessity in today’s world, but does the thought of connecting with industry professionals make you sweat? Don’t worry, the IDEA Center staff are here to help. Come learn the ins and outs of LinkedIn and networking during one of our sessions. Don’t forget to bring your laptop!
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. the IDEA Center will be sponsoring an informational session in the Villa Academic Complex (VAC) 117.
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, at noon the IDEA Center will be sponsoring an informational session in the Greenroom next to Bauman.
Questions? Please contact Jaclyn Simmons at jsimmons12@georgefox.edu.
Swing by the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4Â compliments of the Idea Center. We will be handing out hundreds of our signature neon-green-colored shoelaces.
To enter the contest you must post a photo of the shoelaces using #laceup and tag @gfuIDEA. Get creative with your photos; winners will be announced Thursday, Oct. 9.
Questions? Please contact Jaclyn Simmons at jsimmons12@georgefox.edu.
This semester we have joined with 30 Christian colleges in the use of the Christian Life Survey. A survey that will provide you with a chance to consider your own spiritual life and that will help George Fox University consider the reality of spiritual life on campus.
Please do participate when you see the emails asking you to!
You may have already received an email. This is not a scam! Please contact the Office of Student Life if you have any questions.
If you would like a little cash in your pocket and/or are interested in seeing what George Fox’s adult students are up to, please consider evaluating student essay submissions for the Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) program. All evaluators – both new and returning – are required to attend a PLA Evaluator Training Session from 1 to 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, in Room 117 of the Villa Academic Complex.
Prior learning credit is earned when an adult undergraduate student demonstrates college-level learning that has occurred outside of a traditional college classroom. These adult students submit formal eight- to 10-page essays to the university that must then be evaluated by faculty to determine whether credit should be granted. Faculty evaluators earn $30 per essay in their discipline area.
Jennie Harrop (PLA coordinator) and Matt Sargent (PLA enrollment manager) have been working to streamline the PLA process both in terms of essay expectations and submission requirements, and look forward to sharing those ideas on Oct. 24. The process for assessing whether a student has earned college credit is based on established guidelines provided by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and the American Council on Education (ACE).
RSVP to Jennie at jharrop@georgefox.edu.
Contemplative worship is held in the Prayer Chapel every Thursday from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Elective chapel credit is available. All are invited to come sit in the presence of God to pray, listen and contemplate.
If you’re an undeclared major or someone who thought you knew what to study and now you’re not so sure, please join us at an event sponsored by the IDEA Center.
Discovering Your Purpose: Selecting a Major
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7-8 p.m.
VAC (Villa Academic Complex) Room 117
Join the IDEA Center staff to hear perspectives from faculty and former students. Be sure to bring your computer or smartphone for an online tool we’ll be sharing.
Questions? Contact Kristie DeHaven at kdehaven@georgefox.edu.
If know students who have not declared a major and are unsure of what to study, please encourage them to join us at an event sponsored by the IDEA Center.
Discovering Your Purpose: Selecting a Major
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7-8 p.m.
VAC (Villa Academic Complex) Room 117
Students will hear perspectives from faculty and former students and are encouraged to bring their computers or smartphones for an online tool we’ll be sharing.
Questions? Contact Kristie DeHaven at kdehaven@georgefox.edu.
Want to participate in Lip Sync? Bring your team and skit ideas to Bauman Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. to register your team and pitch your ideas. Lip Sync will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Don’t miss out on the chance to be a part of it!
Questions? Contact Victoria Patchin at vpatchin12@georgefox.edu.
Have you heard of International Business Institute (IBI)? Now in its third year at George Fox, IBI is a 10-week study abroad program focused on global business in Europe and Asia.
To find out more about IBI, come to an informational meeting today (Oct. 2) from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 210.
The program includes 12 credits of coursework, company visits, governmental and NGO visits (such as the World Trade Organization and the European Union), and cultural events. This exciting program is open to all students and fulfills major requirements for global business majors.
The program begins in mid-May, with students returning to the U.S. at the beginning of August. Travel extends through 14 countries in Europe and Asia. Over the past two years, the university has had 14 students participate; several will be at the meeting sharing their experiences with this life-changing program.
Questions? Please contact Amber Woolford at awoolford12@georgefox.edu.
All business majors and minors are coming together to play card games, board games, video games, and more on Friday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Following the card games will be popcorn and a show. Bring a game, bring a friend, and come show us your skills.
Questions? Please Amber Woolford at awoodford12@georgefox.edu.
Three staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:
The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.
You are invited to join our International Chapel this Friday, Oct. 3, at 11 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House. The theme of the chapel is “The God I Know,” and Steve Sherwood, assistant professor for youth evangelism and discipleship, will be sharing his experiences of knowing God.
We hope you will be able to join us. For more information, contact Alex Pia or Joanna Cox.
Need help with your writing? Today (Thursday) the Academic Resource Center will host a session, “Correcting Common Writing Mistakes,” from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Event Description
When we write, we communicate – sometimes more than we intend to. Professors are primarily concerned with what you are thinking and how you have engaged with the ideas in the course, but they also have a hard time ignoring grammatical errors. This workshop will help you understand, identify, and correct the top 10 grammatical errors that annoy professors the most.
Polly Peterson, visiting assistant professor of English, will conduct the session. Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314.
Join us tonight (Thursday) for Urban Outreach! We would love for you to join us in going to Salem or Portland. We will be gathering for both at 5:30 p.m. outside of the ASC offices. The Salem group will be back by 9 p.m.; the Portland team will be back by 11 p.m.
If you are planning on coming and haven’t already, please take a minute to fill out this form.
We hope to see you there!
Contact Mikayla (mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu) or Yasharet (ylopez13@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The Philosophy Club is hosting an informal movie night, showing God’s Not Dead, the story of a college freshman who “defends God†for his philosophy class. We will watch the film, eat snacks and discuss topics the film introduces. Please come and watch if you are interested.
The movie will be played tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in Hoover 207.
There will be chapel credit available. Questions? Please contact Jennifer Newman at newmanj11@georgefox.edu.
