Returning students: Your class papers will go into your campus mailbox – and be there when you return in the fall.
Graduating or withdrawing students: Your class papers will be stored at Mail Services for six months. You may stop and ask for them sometime in mid-May.
Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lstartwel@georgefox.edu.
The university’s annual Fox Film Festival is this Friday and Saturday, April 25-26! Come support our cinema and media communication students. Friday’s films will be shown at the Cameo Theatre in downtown Newberg at 4:30 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m. Get your tickets at the Box Office in the Pennington House (one ticket for $4 or two for $6).
The second day of the festival, scheduled for a 6 p.m. start in Bauman Auditorium on Saturday, showcases a different set of films than the Cameo screening. Be sure to make it to both nights to see these great projects. The Bauman screening is a free event.
Questions? Contact Matt Maupin at mmaupin11@georgefox.edu.
Faculty elections will be held for most faculty on Wednesday and Thursday, April 23-24. With 23 different positions to fill, this will be an important opportunity for you to influence the direction of the Faculty Senate, the Faculty Council and the Faculty Personnel Committee, among other offices.
All regular faculty half time and above will receive overnight Tuesday/Wednesday an email from Ron Mock, the 2012-14 Faculty Representative, with instructions for how to vote. We are using a new system this year that will allow for confidential voting while eliminating the risk of double-voting.
Look for the email, follow the instructions, and vote by the end of the day Thursday!
On Wednesday, April 23, the normal undergraduate class schedule will be adjusted to accommodate Senior Chapel.
Please use the link below to view the adjusted class schedule. Locate the regular meeting time of your Wednesday classes in the “Regular Schedule” column on the left, and note the times your classes will meet this Wednesday in the “Adjusted Schedule” column on the right. Chapel will be from 10:10 to 11 a.m.
Adjusted Class Schedule (Senior Chapel)
Questions can be directed to registrar@georgefox.edu.
Take a break from school and join us at the last event of the year. Spring Formal will be at the Portland World Trade Center from 8 to 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 27.
We’ll have a deejay and lots of food and drinks. This will be an event you won’t want to miss!
For more info and/or questions, contact Sarah MacKenzie at smackenzie11@georgefox.edu.
The all-employee meeting originally scheduled for this Thursday, April 24, has been postponed. It will instead be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, in Hoover 105 (note location change). Also, since we are moving this month’s meeting to early May, we are canceling the Thursday, May 29, all-employee meeting.
The May 8 gathering will feature a “Graduation” theme. For those at the Portland Center, a live video feed of the meeting will be shown in Room 160.
Take a break from studying and join us for late-night breakfast in the Bon on dead day (Monday, April 28). Doors open at 10 p.m.!
The BlueZone Store will be open on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for commencement. We will also have a table at the Wheeler Sports Center with diploma frames and graduate gifts.
Hope to see you there!
Spring Formal tickets are on sale! Tickets are $5 for pre-sale and $7 at the door. You can buy them outside of the ASC offices starting at 11:30 a.m.
For more information and/or questions, contact Sarah MacKenzie at smackenzie11@georgefox.edu.
Mark your calendars! The Center for Peace and Justice and LiNK (Liberty In North Korea) are hosting an event this Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105.
We are honored to have LiNK representatives on our campus. They travel to communities across the country and provide a personal look into the challenges the North Korean people face, as well as changes happening inside the country.
Right now, 24 million people in North Korea face the most repressive regime in the world, where people are denied their most basic human rights. This statistic is staggering, but each one of us can do something to bring justice and freedom to the Korean people.
LiNK offers practical ways to support the Korean people as they overcome one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. Come Thursday night and listen to how we can stand and support the people of North Korea.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Annie Stewart (estewart11@georgefox.edu)
Attention graduating seniors!
Are you interested in a career in teaching? Become a part of George Fox University’s Newberg or Salem cohorts this summer. You can earn your Master of Arts in Teaching degree and teaching license in as little as 10.5 months.
For more information, contact Kipp Wilfong at kwilfong@georgefox.edu.
All university employees are invited to celebrate with us as we honor retiring Gary Kilburg with a reception on Monday, May 5, in the Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117. The event will run from 4 to 6 p.m.
Throughout Gary’s career, he has modeled professionalism, kindness, and the love of Christ to his colleagues and students. He has served the university family for 22 years, taking on leadership roles and forming foundational work in the area of mentoring for the College of Education. His teaching has regularly set the standard for young professors, modeling for each one of us what it means to be an effective educator. His students often remark on the care Gary’s teaching demonstrates.
Gary earned the Graduate Faculty Member of the Year award in 2006-2007. He has mentored teachers and administrators in both public and private schools. His door is always open and both students and faculty often find themselves slipping into his office for a bit of calm, thoughtful advice. He will be missed more than he can possibly know.
Please join us in celebrating Gary’s work with us and wishing him well in retirement.
All are invited to Shary Wortman’s retirement celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, April 28, at the Redmond Center located at Ridgeview High School in Redmond, Ore.
Shary has served the community of Central Oregon through teaching, administration, and most recently, through her work as a teacher educator at George Fox. She joined the MAT team in 2005 and worked to give us a strong foundation in the Redmond area. Her work is marked by warm, personal touches that allow each student and faculty member to be truly known.
While directing the MAT team in Redmond, Shary worked on internationalizing teacher education. She is part of a writing team and has several publications to her credit. She traveled with students to Vienna, Austria, to work in schools and at a refugee center.
Shary is all about teaching. She has been instrumental in teaching and supporting the 110-plus George Fox-trained teachers who are serving in Central Oregon schools. Her laughter, wisdom and kindness will be missed.
Please join us in celebrating the work of Shary and wishing her well in her retirement.
The university theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega, invites you to a special presentation, Third and Oak: The Laundromat, a one-act play by Marsha Norman and directed by Cambria Herrera. Performances will be Wednesday and Thursday, April 23-24, at 10:45 p.m. each night at the Newberg Coin Laundromat at 1100 N. Springbrook Road.
Admission and a bottle of Classic Coke are $5. Shuttle rides will be provided on Wednesday! Simply arrive at Wood-Mar Auditorium at 10:30 p.m. Space is limited; please arrive on time or drive yourself.
Reserve your seat: Send an email with your name and desired performance night to laundromatgfu@gmail.com. You can buy tickets at the door, in Wood-Mar on the 23rd or on location, but space is limited.
Just a reminder that chapel credits are due Saturday, April 26, by 11:59 p.m.
Last main chapel opportunities:
Senior Celebration and Faculty of the Year
Wednesday, April 23, 10:10 a.m., Bauman
Final Celebration with Sarah Baldwin
Wednesday, April 23, 7:30 p.m., Bauman
Here are the following chapel elective opportunities (can earn up to 5 per semester). You must fill out elective form on MyGFU to get credit.
If you have any questions, please e-mail our staff at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or stop by our office at the corner of Sheridan and Meridian.
Come one, come all to the last Fox & Friends event of the year this Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m.!
Join Friendsview residents for ice cream sundaes and games! Bless the elderly with your presence in their lives and get to know our neighbors at Friendsview. Whether you’ve attended all the past events or not, join in the fun. Meet in the Bruin Den at 6:45 p.m. to walk across the street together.
Questions? Please contact Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.
Join us today (Tuesday) for a LinkedIn meetup session in the IDEA Center from 5 to 6 p.m.!
LinkedIn is currently the most powerful networking tool, with 94 percent of recruiters reporting they use it for finding talent. Join the IDEA Center’s session to learn how to create and leverage LinkedIn this summer.
Questions? Please stop by the IDEA Center in the Stevens Center, call 503-554-2330, or email careers@georgefox.edu.
Employees, please be sure to tell your students about this opportunity.
Please join us for a special chapel tomorrow (Wednesday) beginning at 10:10 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium (please note earlier start time). Classes have been adjusted so that everyone can attend. Chapel will go until 11 a.m.
At this worship service, we will announce the Teacher of the Year and the Researcher of the Year recipients and celebrate our seniors! A senior class slideshow will be shown, and each senior will receive a small gift from spiritual life. But most importantly, faculty will be there and will surround all the seniors and pray for them!
See you there!
– Sarah Baldwin
Collection week has been extended through Friday, April 25, for those who have items to donate toward our Summer Serve garage sale.
If you have items you’d like to donate to a good cause, drop them off at the Spiritual Life House between 2 and 5 p.m. through Friday of this week. All donations will be sold at the Summer Serve garage sale on Saturday, April 26, and will help fund the teams going to Romania/Moldova, Kenya and Argentina.
If you have any questions, feel free to email the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu or Rachel Arias at rarias10@georgefox.edu.
Don’t forget to join us as we say farewell to longtime faculty member Clella Jaffe at a retirement reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Stevens Center lobby (Duke Atrium). Refreshments will be served.
Clella has worked at the university for 19 years. During that span, she’s served as a professor of communication arts; as chair of the Department of Communication Arts (2004-present); as director of forensics (eight years); and as a leader or co-leader of 10 Juniors Abroad trips. She also did a six-week May Term teaching exchange in Wuhan, China.
Be sure to swing by and wish Clella well!
