With our busy schedules, building and maintaining meaningful relationships can be hard. You can brighten the world around you by expressing gratitude for the loved ones in your life, nurturing relationships, and connecting with your community. Click this link to view Providence’s tips on how to build meaningful connections with others.
Imagine if we all embodied love, kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity in the way we think, speak and act toward ourselves and others. This seven-session series, “Cultivating the Heart Qualities,” focuses on a new topic every month.
The series meets online every second Tuesday of the month for one hour in the evening, starting Jan. 9, 2024. Sign up at this link.
Calling all cinematic arts, video, computer science, and literature majors: If you are looking for experience to add to your resume, come to the esports arena located in the Wheeler building. We are opening up internships this spring semester for on-campus students.
For more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Jerry Sanchez at jsanchez@georgefox.edu.
As Christmas break approaches, the Campus Public Safety (CPS) office would like to pass on some reminders for your safety on and off campus:
We realize that some of you will remain on campus over break. The good news is, so will CPS. We have officers available 24/7 and will provide all of our usual services.
CPS is located at 212 Carlton Way and can be reached by calling 503-554-2090.
Please join the College of Social Work for our human rights poster presentations on Friday, Dec. 15, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Stevens 101. You can join any time during that period.
Enjoy light refreshments while browsing posters on various human rights issues affecting some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. Please come and support these students!
Questions? Please contact Young-IL Kim at ykim@georgefox.edu.
Murdock Library’s hours for winter break will be as follows:
Get ready for Winter Welcome, Jan. 5-7, 2024! For residential students, the residence halls will be reopening on Friday, Jan. 5, at noon. We hope you’ll join us for a host of events over the weekend before the start of the spring semester.
Winter Welcome is a time for you to get re-acclimated to campus and reconnect before the start of classes on Monday, Jan. 8.
Check out the Winter Welcome schedule here. Rest up this Christmas break, and we’ll see you in January for a fun-filled weekend!
The Hadlock Student Center will have these modified hours over winter break:
On Jan. 6, normal hours will resume.
If you plan to use the rental center for outdoor equipment or other recreational supplies, please ensure your plans fall within these hours.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.
Join us at George Fox University on Feb. 23-24, 2024, for Resonate 2024: Knowledge, Desire, and the Heart. We are so excited to announce that this two-day event is returning after 2023’s inaugural success, and it will include:
More information and registration is coming soon. Please reach out to Emma Ray at erieth@georgefox.edu with any questions you may have about this event.
Come together this Thursday, Dec. 14, at 11:30 a.m. in Canyon Commons for a complimentary lunch with your peers.
New employee introductions, announcements and campus updates from university leadership will start at noon. There will be specialty hot cocoa, cider and popcorn for you to enjoy. Watch the livestream here if you’re unable to join us in person.
Contact Rob Felton at rfelton@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
The Bruin Community Pantry food bank will have new hours starting Monday, Dec. 11.
Monday, Dec. 11 – 10 to 11 a.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 12 – 12 to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 13 – 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 14 – 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 15 – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
After Dec. 15, the food bank will be closed until January 2024. New hours will be posted on Jan. 2, 2024.
You may contact Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
Are you planning on studying abroad in the summer 2024, fall 2024 or spring 2025 semesters? Christmas break is right around the corner, and it would be a great time to get your application in!
Study abroad applications are due Jan. 12, 2024. You can find the application here.
Questions? Concerns? Please reach out to Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.
If you know of any students who might be interested in the practical uses of AI (e.g. ChatGPT), please let them know about an upcoming course, Thinking and Learning with AI.
The course will include a semester-long, human-centered design project in which students will work to apply AI to a real business process or workflow.
If your office might be interested in engaging with students, please reach out to tross@georgefox.edu. It would include a few meetings throughout the semester and will hopefully produce something useful.
Course Description
For the past year or so, many of us have been playing with ChatGPT, trying to make it do things for us. Thinking and Learning with AI turns that play-based learning into its own class.
Individual assignments will ask you to make ChatGPT do real academic assignments. In the process, we’ll learn both practical skills for prompting while exploring deeper questions about what it means to think, learn or know something. The course will center around a human-centered design project in which we will work with George Fox faculty and staff to create an AI-powered solution to a real business process.
There are no prerequisites other than a spirit of adventure. No programming is required, but if you know how to program — or if you want to learn — you can have even more fun.
For the past year or so, many of us have been playing with ChatGPT, trying to make it do things for us.
Thinking and Learning with AI, a course that will be offered this spring, turns that play-based learning into its own class.
Individual assignments will ask you to make ChatGPT do real academic assignments. In the process, we’ll learn both practical skills for prompting while exploring deeper questions about what it means to think, learn or know something. The course will center around a human-centered design project in which we will work with George Fox faculty and staff to create an AI-powered solution to a real business process.
There are no prerequisites other than a spirit of adventure. No programming is required, but if you know how to program — or if you want to learn — you can have even more fun.
Please contact Travis Ross at tross@georgefox.edu with any questions.
The Open Study Table will be closed during finals week. We will open again in week two of the spring semester.
If you have any questions, please contact Heather Harney at hharney@georgefox.edu.
‘Tis the season to be jolly! Wrap up the last week of classes with a festive bash hosted by the Arts & Crafts Club, Comic Book Club, and Critical Hit Club this Sunday, Dec. 10, from 5 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 203.
It’s going to be a tree-mendous time. Deck the halls with DIY ornaments, make Santa and elf hats that sleigh the fashion game, warm up at our hot chocolate bar, play some reindeer games, watch a Christmas flick, and more!
If you have questions, you can email Lilly at lmcafee19@georgefox.edu. We hope to see you there!
Get ready for the Garden Olympics! These games will be hosted by the Stewards of Sustainability Club in their garden, located next to Bauman Auditorium and Roy Apartments, tomorrow (Saturday), Dec. 9, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Whether you are a seasoned gardener or simply enjoy the thrill of leaping into piles of leaves and playing in the mud, all are invited to participate. Compete in a series of fun activities for a chance to win great prizes while helping the club prepare the garden for winter.
All gardening tools and gloves will be provided, along with donuts and hot cocoa to combat the cold. Mark your calendar and be part of the Stewards of Sustainability Club’s grand finale for the semester!
Please sign up for the event here. More information is provided on the form.
Further questions can be emailed to Lilly at lmcafee19@georgefox.edu.
Come together next Thursday, Dec. 14, at 11:30 a.m. in Canyon Commons for a complimentary lunch with your peers.
New employee introductions, announcements and campus updates from university leadership will start at noon. There will be specialty hot cocoa, cider and popcorn for you to enjoy. Watch the livestream here if you’re unable to join us in person.
Contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
Calling all freshmen! Join us in Canyon Commons 101 and 102 tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m. to decorate cookies and watch “Elf” with your classmates.
It’s a great way to celebrate the holidays and unwind before finals.
Email Janessa at jantemann23@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
The IT Department currently has iMac, PC laptop and MacBook computers for sale. We have 2015 MacBooks, 2015 iMacs, a few 2013 Mac Pros, and HP Elitebook 1040 G3 laptops available.
The computers have been reset to factory settings and have the highest operating system that will work with the hardware of the device. The best uses are web browsing, streaming and applications that do not require a newer operating system. Some versions of Microsoft Office may not run on these devices.
Please note that these computers are sold “as is.” We do not provide support or maintenance on these machines, or perform updates of any kind, and cannot guarantee the manufacturer will have parts available. The laptops come with a power supply. The iMacs and Mac Pros come with power cord, keyboard and mouse.
Computers are sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the Service Desk. We are not able to hold computers unless payment has been made. We accept debit and credit cards for payment.
Our hours of operation can be found at it.georgefox.edu. If you have any questions, please contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu.
