This is a reminder that we will be hosting a chart of accounts training session in the Portland Center today (Thursday) from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in PDS #280.
Hope to see you there!
The Finance Team
Got warts? “Wart Wednesday” will be starting on Wednesday, Sept. 10, and continue every other week throughout the year. Treatment is offered free of charge to all Newberg campus students. Portland Center students and employees are welcome with the $20 co-pay.
Please call the Health Center at 503-554-2340 to schedule your appointment.
Wheeler Sports Center will be closed this Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Racquetball courts will be closed. The Fitness Center will remain open, but you will be required to enter through the upstairs hallway, which is on the field level near the tennis courts. No one should be in the building unless they are using the Fitness Center.
Share your Serve Day photos with the George Fox community! Simply tag your photos with #foxserveday when you post to Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. We’ll then share and retweet the best pictures on the university social media pages.
We will end our day of service with worship at 7 p.m. in the amphitheater. Chapel credit is available.
For more information, please visit the Spiritual Life webpage. If you have any questions regarding chapel, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 800B East Sheridan St. from 6 to 8 p.m.; we will be having breakfast for dinner, revealing our new club T-shirt design, and voting on activities for the year.
For more information, you can also visit our booth today at Serve Day.
Questions? Please contact Michelle Csergei King at mcsergei12@georgefox.edu.
The Latino Heritage Club will be hosting its first Spoken Word Night for the year on Thursday, Sept. 25, from 8 to 10 p.m. in Hoover 105. This time, the club has decided on a theme of family and home.
What does family and home mean to you? How has it shaped your views on culture and cross-cultural interactions? What are your most valued family/cultural traditions/memories?
We are looking for individuals who can write a piece on the given theme and perform on Sept. 25. The completed pieces would need to be submitted by Sept. 15.
If you are interested, please email LHC President Julio Bautista at jbautista11@georgefox.edu.
ASC will be selling tickets to the Timbers game for $5 a ticket. Only 100 tickets are available, and they will only be sold this Thursday and Friday, Sept. 4-5, outside of the ASC offices from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Questions? Please contact Michael Wegener at mwegener13@georgefox.edu.
Hello students! Are you wanting to get involved on campus? Do you enjoy sharing with prospective students about how much you love Fox? Become a George Fox Ambassador!
We have three different ways that you can be involved:
If you would like more information about ways to get involved with Ambassadors, feel free to stop by our table at Serve Day today! You can also email Keisha Gordon at kgordon@georgefox.edu for more information. We couldn’t do it without you!
The School of Nursing welcomes Ann Evans as an assistant professor of nursing. She has worked the past six years for Silverton Health, most recently serving as clinic manager at Mt. Angel Family Medical Clinic (2013-14). Previously, she was an assistant director of nursing (2012-13) and in nursing professional development (2008-12) with the Silverton-based health organization. She also gained experience as a supervisor in the Family Birth Center at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Ore., (2006-08) and as a neonatal resuscitation program coordinator and instructor with Silverton Health (2001-06). Ann holds a master of science in nursing degree from Grand Canyon University (2014), a bachelor of science in nursing degree from Walla Walla University (1996) and a bachelor’s degree in Christian education from Wheaton College (1977). She lives in Molalla with husband Stu, and the couple has three married daughters – Sarah, Jessica and Rebekah – and three grandchildren. The Evans attend Foothills Community Church in Molalla.
Beth Morton joins the university this fall as a visiting assistant professor of chemistry. She has spent the past year as an adjunct professor in the Department of Biology and Chemistry at George Fox as well as a part-time instructor of chemistry at Portland Community College. Previously, she was a Department of Energy Office of Science graduate research fellow at The Pennsylvania State University (2008-13), an undergraduate researcher at the University of New Haven (2007-08) and a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates chemistry researcher at Georgetown University (2008). Beth also gained some teaching experience as a substitute lecturer at Penn State in 2012 and 2013, and during the 2008-09 academic year she served as a teaching assistant in the school’s chemistry department. She earned a PhD in chemistry from Penn State in 2013 and holds bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and forensic science from the University of New Haven (2008). She lives in Hillsboro with her husband, Seth, and their two cats, Lily and Simi, and attends First United Methodist Church of Portland.
After being gone one year, Josiah Philipsen has rejoined the university as a systems administrator in IT. For the past year he worked as a project manager and IT consultant with Miller Technologies of McMinnville. In the year and a half prior to that, he served as a computer support specialist at George Fox’s Portland Center. Josiah worked previously as a substitute teacher at the Mentor Graphics Child Development Center in Wilsonville and, before that, taught middle school math, science and physical education (2010-11) and third grade (2009-10) at Bethel Christian School in McMinnville. Josiah earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from George Fox in 2009. He lives in West Salem with his wife Anna, a George Fox alumna and former university employee, and their son, Landon (18 months), and a second child due this month. The family attends New Horizons Church in McMinnville.
Jillian Sokso joins the Department of Art and Design this fall as an associate professor of art. She comes to the university from Houghton College in New York, where she worked as an associate professor of art (2013-present) and assistant professor of art (2005-13). She also served as art department chair at the institution from 2007 until this year. In the past year alone she has earned several distinctions for her work, including being named a visual arts fellow at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the artist in residence at both the Contemporary Arts Center at Woodside in Troy, N.Y., and at the Department of Art and Art History at Birmingham Southern College. Her areas of specialization are printmaking, drawing, artists books, digital media and installation media. Jillian holds an MFA in print media from the University of Delaware (2005) and a bachelor of fine arts in two-dimensional fine arts from Moore College of Art and Design (2003). She lives in Newberg with husband James and daughters Gianna (7) and Paloma (5). The family plans to join the community at Portland Mennonite Church.
Chad Stillinger joins the College of Engineering this fall as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. For the past three years he has worked as an assistant professor of electrical engineering and renewable energy at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Wilsonville. Since 2012, he’s served as project manager for the school’s Hydrokinetic Turbine Project, which specializes in installing hydrokinetic systems that provide energy to struggling rural communities in Tanzania, Africa. From 2007 to 2012, Chad was a research assistant in Oregon State University’s large-scale Ocean Wave Energy Converters Department. Before graduate school, he was a control systems engineer at Concept Systems Inc (2003-07). He holds a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Oregon State (2011) and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from George Fox (2004). He lives in Salem with his wife Lauren and two cats. He is the youth worship pastor at West Salem Foursquare Church.
Kim Towell joined the university in August as director of alumni and parent relations. For the past nine years she worked as a store support and guest relations manager for Dream Dinners in Snohomish, Wash., for which she served as the primary contact between 90-plus franchisees, more than 800 store staff and the corporate office. Prior to that, she spent eight years as a donor relations manager in the advancement office at the University of Puget Sound. She also received higher education work experience as a customized training and extension program coordinator at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1994 to 1997. Kim earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Abilene Christian University in 1989. She lives in Newberg with sons Joshua (15) and Zachary (13) and attends the Newberg Church of Christ.
Jared Ocker (IT) left the university on Aug. 20.
Mindy Holland (Seminary) left the university after her position was eliminated in a redesign of the seminary’s administrative structure. She is grateful to have been part of the George Fox community and welcomes your prayers for what lies ahead.
Dee Small (Seminary) retired from the university at the end of August.
Larry Mennenga (Plant Services) retired from George Fox at the end of August after working at the university for 20 years.
Mark David Hall (Politics) served as an organizer and chair of a roundtable panel on “Burwell v. Hobby Lobby†at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association Convention in Washington, D.C., last week. Mark was also a participant on the Christians in Political Science panel at the convention, discussing the integration of faith and teaching/scholarship.
Jan Lefebvre (Development) and husband Gerry spent July 30 through Aug. 11 in Grand Goave, Haiti, with Lifeline Christian Mission. While Gerry supervised construction and maintenance projects (including the building of two homes), Jan was blessed to make many home visits in town and oversee nutrition and clothing distribution while also sharing the love of Jesus through devotions.
Kevin T. Jones (Department of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts) published an article, “At-Risk Students and Communication Skill Deficiencies: A Preliminary Study,†in the International Journal of Education and Human Development, due out in October. The article presents Kevin’s findings of a yearlong study of at-risk high school students tested for communication skill deficiencies. The at-risk student group was found to score well below national normative means in general areas of communication competencies. Curriculum was designed and taught to address the deficiencies with the intent of pulling the at-risk students out of the at-risk category. The study is still ongoing and more articles are anticipated.
Karlyn Fleming is now the executive assistant to the vice president and dean of George Fox Evangelical Seminary. Janelle Freitag is the new executive assistant to the provost in the academic affairs office. She is currently working half time in this new position as well as her former position as the administrative assistant in the School of Counseling.
Sept. 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Joel Moore
Sept. 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tony Longstroth, Jen Macnab
Sept. 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mark Pothoff
Sept. 9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Josiah Philipsen, Tim Timmerman
Sept. 11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jeff Duerr
Sept. 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kelly Chang
Sept. 15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sarah Gibson, Ron Shaw, Lauri Smith
Don’t forget to join us on the quad today (Wednesday) for a bubble tea and snacks for raffle at the International Club’s booth at the Club Fair. Come see us at 4:30 p.m. after you’ve returned from your Serve Day site.
All are welcome! Email gfu.international.club@gmail.com if you have questions.
The MUSI 125A Voice Class may be canceled due to too few students. Whether you are completely new to singing and want to learn how, or have been singing for a long time, you should join this fun one-credit class! We meet in Ross 208 from 10 to 10:50 a.m. on Mondays and Wednsdays; the professor is Maggie Daane.
Questions? Please contact Emily Mavrakis at emavrakis13@georgefox.edu.
ASC will be selling tickets to the Timbers game for $5 a ticket. Only 100 tickets are available, and they will only be sold this Thursday and Friday, Sept. 4-5, outside of the ASC offices.
Questions? Please contact Michael Wegener at mwegener13@georgefox.edu.
Help kick off the football season in style at the Bruin Football Rally on Saturday, Sept. 6!
Face-painting and game preparations will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Bruin Den, an all-student rally will be held on the quad at 12:15 p.m., and all students going to the game will head over to Stoffer Family Stadium at 12:45 p.m.
Kickoff is at 1:30 p.m. Wear your BlueZone shirt to show your Bruin Pride!
All are invited to attend chapel events this week
Today (Sept. 2) at 10:50 a.m., Robin Baker will share a message in chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Shalom will be held tonight at 9 p.m. in the Cap & Gown Room. Chapel elective credit is available for this event.
On Wednesday at 7 p.m., we will end our day of service with worship in the amphitheater.
For more information, please visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu. If you have any questions regarding chapel, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Pick up your ticket for the first Bruin football game that’s happening this Saturday, Sept. 6! Tickets will be available for pick-up on Serve Day, Wednesday, Sept. 3, beginning at 4 p.m. on the quad.
Only 826 tickets are free for students, so make sure you get yours! All other tickets are sold out. Bring your student ID when picking up!
As many of you are aware, all-community (employee) meetings are held on a monthly basis. The Leadership Team is interested in your feedback about the ongoing success of these meetings as we strive for better communication campus-wide.
Please take a moment to complete the survey at this link. We appreciate your input.
Thank you!
