Post Fox is a networking event for juniors and seniors only. Join us for an evening of food, networking, informational sessions about life after college, and great prizes. We’ll meet from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 14, in the Stevens Center.
For more information, please email Taylor Ellis at tellis12@georgefox.edu.
Registration is open at this link.
Looking for a work study position or internship next year on campus that challenges your leadership skills, develops your marketing techniques, and places you in the middle of a highly motivated team?
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking eight highly motivated individuals to be a part of the selective Admissions Internship Program.
Applications are available in the admissions office and are due on Friday, March 14, by 5 p.m.
Questions can be directed to Dot Tobey at dtobey@georgefox.edu or Kelly Uchiumi at kuchiumi10@georgefox.edu.
Are you interested in traveling the world? Did you know that George Fox sponsors trips abroad each May? If you are going to be a junior or senior next year and have any interest, or questions, join us for an informational meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) in Hoover 105.
Questions? Contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.
Join us today (Tuesday) as religion professor Jeannine Graham explores “The One for the Many, the Many in the One: Atoning Substitution Revisited” at an “Intellectual Feast” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 250 (lounge). All are welcome.
Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at ext. 2650.
Gregg Boughton has joined the health and human performance department as an assistant athletic trainer. Since 2007, he has worked as the head athletic trainer and academic advisor for the athletic department at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyo. In the three years prior to that, he served as the coordinator for Outreach Sports Medicine Programs at Gem City Bone & Joint in Laramie, Wyo., including serving as the athletic trainer for the University of Wyoming’s club sports. Gregg is a Certified Athletic Trainer as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a member of both the National Athletic Trainers Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He holds a master’s degree in sports management from California University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from the University of Wyoming.
Kayin Griffith (Spiritual Life) left the university last Friday. She has accepted a position as the director of advocacy and development for the organization Word Made Flesh, where she will develop and implement new strategies for WMF’s fund development as well as helping to connect people to the WMF mission.
Joshua Sweeden’s (Seminary) book, The Church and Work: The Ecclesiological Grounding of Good Work, was recently published with Wipf and Stock Publishers. Also, his article “Everyday Practice as Ecclesial Holiness: Intersections of Everyday Work, Sacrament, and Liturgy†is published in the forthcoming Wesleyan Theological Journal 49, no. 1 (March 2014).
Paul Anderson (Christian Studies) published a movie review, “Will Son of God Change the World,†in The Huffington Post’s religion section on Feb. 28. In the piece, Paul discusses the merits of the new film Son of God and also brings up some of the questions that came to his mind as he watched the movie. You can read the review here.
Judy Deale (Education/MAT) was named the university’s February Employee of the Month.
March 4 Tyler Cuddeford
March 6 Chris Casey
March 7 Lecia Retter
March 9 James Oshiro
March 12 Theresa Schierman, Brent Weaver
March 13 Carol Brazo, Karen Buchanan, Sandy Cherachanko
March 14 Piper Parks
March 15 Caitlin Corning, Stephanie St. Cyr
March 17 Bryan Boyd, Saurra Heide, Taylor Martin
Reservations are now open to reserve your yearbook! Go to The Student Collective to reserve yours today.
Questions? Please contact ASC.
Please encourage your graduating students to attend the Spring 2014 Exodus Grad Fair beginning tomorrow (Wednesday).
Here is the information:
If you are graduating this May, stop by the Exodus Grad Fair on March 5-6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium. You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more. Your degree is almost done, graduation is around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate!
We hope to see you there.
Inclusion and Student Leadership Programs (ISLP) is seeking to hire 10 to 12 volunteer position mentors to work with the Peer2Peer coordinator and the director of ISLP. The P2P program was started in spring 2011 as a resource for incoming underrepresented students – a returnee student leader who helps them adjust to college as a support and resource.
For more information or to apply, click on this link. The deadline to apply is Thursday, March 13, at 5 p.m.
It is that time of the year where exciting changes are approaching. If you are interested in connecting with international students and making fun events happen … This is for you!
The International Club invites you to be a part of our leadership group next school year! We have 10 positions available: president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, designer, reporter and four event coordinators.
Please email gfu.internatioal.club@gmail.
Please contact Louis Liu if you have questions at lliu11@georgefox.edu.
Spring Retreat is this week! It will be held at Tilikum Retreat Center this Friday through Sunday, March 7-9. The speakers will be Dan and Sarah Taylor.
Sign-ups are in the Bruin Den during lunchtime. The retreat costs $10. Spots are limited, so sign up soon!
Questions? Please email Chris Miller at cmiller11@georgefox.edu.
If you are graduating this May, stop by the Exodus Grad Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, March 5-6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center Atrium.
You can pick up your cap and gown, order graduation announcements, enjoy some free food, and much more! Your degree is almost done, graduation is around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate! We hope to see you there.
If you have questions, please contact the registrar’s office.
Is there someone you believe is deserving of this recognition? If so, please nominate this person via email to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, March 13, with a summary of his or her recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award. Our employee meeting will be a week early this month due to spring break, so please don’t delay.
The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our community meeting on Thursday, March 20.
Congratulations again to Judy Deale on being named February Employee of the Month.
Don’t have enough time to look for internship experience? Join MODE and we will connect you based on your skills, major(s), and interests to nonprofit companies. Take on a project with us as we help companies in need of our knowledge and innovative minds.
We are creating a spreadsheet that will be used to assign students to projects. Email us your first and last name, along with your major(s) and a description of your skills. We will have a meeting before spring break. We will be contacting you by email a week before the meeting.
Please email your information or any questions you have to: rmiguelsixto13@georgefox.edu or vwilson13@georgefox.edu. MODE is a George Fox-hosted entrepreneurship club that is open to students of all majors.
On behalf of International Student Services, we would like to invite you to participate in our annual International Photo Contest!
Have you been abroad and taken fascinating pictures? If so, this is your opportunity to shine and possibly win some prizes. The deadline to enter photos is Wednesday, March 12. Please email Louis Liu at lliu11@georgefox.edu for general guidelines.
We look forward to seeing your photos!
Support the university’s theatre department by attending the University Players’ thought-provoking performance of drama and music. The theme of our production this year is “Highway 18.”
Join us this Friday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Admission is free!
This year, the University Players explore stories of traveling down Highway 18 — who we are, where we go, and what we encounter along the way. Interwoven with music and masks, they tell stories from their own lives on their journeys toward identity.
Their stories are told in three acts.
Life. Death. Resurrection. Buckle up. It’s quite a ride.
There is still time to register for the Faith and Culture Writers Conference! The event begins Friday, March 7, at Newberg Friends Church (307 S. College St.) and continues on the Newberg campus Saturday, March 8. A number of well-known writers will be in attendance, including Sarah Bessey, Tony Kriz, Sarah Thebarge and Deidra Riggs, among others.
Please note the new location for Friday’s check-in (5:45 p.m.) and large-group session (7 p.m.). We had to move to this off-campus venue because of space restrictions.
The adult registration price is $85 through March 6 and increases to $95 March 7-8. Students can register for $30. Registration is available at faithandculturewriters.com. More info is also available here.
The event also offers the opportunity to meet with literary agents and editors. The conference is for those seeking inspiration in their writing, and in their lives. If you have any questions, please contact Melanie Springer Mock (mmock@georgefox.edu).
College of Business Dean Candidate Chris Meade will speak today (Monday) on the topic, “What is your three- to five-year vision for a College of Business in a Christian University? Considering today’s higher education climate, what are the key success factors that will promote George Fox’s College of Business to not only survive, but to thrive, in the future?”
The presentation will be from 10:40 to 11:20 a.m. in EHS 102. Meade, director of MBA programs at George Fox, is our first of three candidates. We welcome your input and participation in this process.
Questions? Contact Jeff VandenHoek at jvandenh@georgefox.edu.
Alumnus Michael Seregow is returning to campus tonight (Monday) to play a 7:30 p.m. doctoral recital in Bauman Auditorium. The recital is for his doctorate in piano performance and pedagogy from the University of Oregon.
He’ll be playing Beethoven, Schumann, Bartok and Satie. Admission is free.
