Don’t forget that Doubt, the theatre’s winter drama, opens this week in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 3-5, and Sunday at 2 p.m. It also runs next week, Feb. 10-12, at 7:30 p.m.
Students get in free both Thursdays, and one complimentary ticket is available for each employee in the bookstore.
Come audition for the spring play, Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew! Sign up for a group audition time and an individual audition slot on the audition board in Ross. Have a 90-second monologue (any style) memorized and polished and be prepared for movement!
Auditions start at 9 a.m. , Saturday, February 5th.
On Tuesday night (Feb. 1) spiritual life will host “Doubter’s Forum – a Conversation About Life’s Hard Questions.” It will be held in Hoover lounge at 7:30 p.m. On the panel will be Steve Sherwood and Sarah Baldwin. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Academic Resource Center is offering the opportunity to be in a writing group this semester for all those interested. An ARC consultant will organize and facilitate weekly meetings with a consistent group of writers who wish to share their writing and receive feedback from others. Students may bring assigned or independent work.
Groups will be meeting Monday through Thursday. If you are interested, please contact Jay Miller (millerj06@georgefox.edu) as soon as possible.
University Relations is taking part in a prom dress donation drive for high school students in the Alaskan village of Savoonga, which will host its first-ever prom night on May 7. Please consider donating your used prom or formal dresses to the Savoonga village girls by Monday, Feb. 15.
Dresses can be dropped off at the Office of University Relations in the Pennington House (1000 Sheridan St.) on the Newberg campus. We will take responsibility to ship them to the village, located on St. Lawrence Island just below Siberia in the middle of the Bering Sea. We are also looking for men’s suit jackets and jewelry.
Contact the Office of University Relations for more information (ext. 2121 or epattison@georgefox.edu).
Come join us for chapel Monday morning (Jan. 31). We will continue our Wise/Wounded Paradox series, hearing from Sarah Baldwin. We look forward to worshiping with you!
Is one of your parents or grandparents an alumnus of George Fox?
If so, and you will be a traditional undergraduate student for the 2011-12 academic year, you may be qualified to apply for the George Fox Alumni Association Scholarship Program. Each year, the George Fox Alumni Association awards 16 scholarships to current students who are direct descendants (children or grandchildren) of George Fox alumni. In total, the GFU Alumni Association will award $17,000 to students for the 2011-12 academic year.
To learn more about the program and to get an application click on the following link:
http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/alumnischolarshipapp_2011.pdf
Applications are due in Alumni Relations by 5:00p.m., Monday, January 31, 2011.
Please contact Robby Larson, director of alumni relations, at rlarson@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Come audition for the spring play, William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew!
Sign-up for a group audition time and a 3-minute individual audition slot on the audition board in Ross.
Bring a memorized 90-second monologue (any style, though Shakespeare preferred) and be prepared for movement!
Saturday, February 5th at 9:00 a.m in Woodmar Auditorium
University Relations is taking part in a prom dress donation drive for high school students in the Alaskan village of Savoonga, which will host its first-ever prom night on May 7. Please consider donating your used prom or formal dresses to the Savoonga village girls by Monday, Feb. 15.
Dresses can be dropped off at the Office of University Relations in the Pennington House (1000 Sheridan St.) or at the ASC offices. We will take responsibility to ship them to the village, located on St. Lawrence Island just below Siberia in the middle of the Bering Sea.
We are also looking for men’s suit jackets and jewelry.
Contact the Office of University Relations for more information (ext. 2121 or epattison@georgefox.edu).
Don’t forget to turn in your January timesheets to your supervisor at the end of your last shift of the month. The last day of the month is Monday, January 31. Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it. Payday is on Tuesday, February 15.
Thank you!
– Human Resources
The Spiritual Life chapel credit exemption forms are due soon. Â The committee will be going over these requests on Monday, Jan 31. Please get these into the Office of Spiritual Life as soon as possible.
Contact Kayin Griffith if you have questions:Â kgriffith@georgefox.edu
Wondering about your 1098T Tuition Statement? Students who elect to “grant consent” to have their form available online can now access it by logging into MyGFU. Next, go to the student center and scroll down to finances section and choose the drop down pick list “other financial.â€
Next, choose the 1098T and select 2010. Students who do not wish to grant consent can expect the form to be mailed Monday, Jan. 31. We are very sorry that we do not have the printed version ready yet.
Looking for extra help in class?
Come get help at the George Fox Business lab!
This semester at George Fox University, the business department has added a valuable new resource for all business students. The Business Lab is lead by two tutors at every session twice a week to meet the needs of struggling students with business majors. Additional study sessions will be announced to accommodate for class exams and possibly large projects. Students are invited to come and receive aid with homework, assignments, and group projects. Recommended to students in the following courses: ACCT 271, ACCT 272, BUSN 240, FINC 260, ECON 201, ECON 202
Business labs on Mondays and Tuesdays nights located in Hoover 209* Exam Sessions will be announced as needed.
Monday 6-9 p.m.
Tuesday 7-10 p.m.
Students are invited to come and receive help on any business related schoolwork.
Questions? Contact Cy Senestraro at csenestraro09@georgefox.edu
Next Thursday, Feb 3rd  we have the honor of having a  Mission Year representative (a recent alumni Sara Mendoza) with us for the day. We would like to invite any of you who are interested at all in Mission Year to join us Thursday, Feb. 3rd  at 3:30pm in the Spiritual Life House to ask questions and hear some of Sara’s stories.
Refreshments and snacks will be provided. An RSVP to spirituallife@georgefox.edu would be helpful in knowing how much food to prepare.
Mission Year is a yearlong urban ministry program focused on Christian service and discipleship. Their mission is to take teams of people, place them in an area of need, and help them to serve people and create community. They are committed to the command of Jesus to “love God and love people,†by placing the needs of their neighbors first and developing committed disciples of Christ with a heart for the poor. View their website at: http://www.missionyear.org/.
Student supervisors, please submit your students’ January time sheets to HR by Thursday, Feb. 3, by 3 p.m. Please do not send them through the campus mail unless you are at the Portland Center.
Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number is legible on each one. Total them. Sign them and be sure the students did as well. (If the student is not available to sign it this week, please send it without the signature, and HR will contact the student.) Please do not send students to HR to sign their time sheets.
Federal Work Study regulations require that students delivering their own time sheets must have them in a sealed envelope.
If you happen to still have any paperwork to submit on a newly hired student who worked in January, please hand-deliver it right away — no later than Tuesday, Feb. 1. We need to set up students in the system before the time sheets arrive.
Thanks very much.
HR
It’s time to order university stationery. For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. You will continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterheadâ€) through the university’s Print Services.
Orders are due by Tuesday, Feb. 1.
If you haven’t already, please e-mail Kayin Griffith a list of students who are either working, interning, or in classes during the chapel time frame this semester. Spiritual Life will give chapel exemption to these students.
Contact Kayin at kgriffith@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
Need help with figuring out Microsoft Word and Gmail? An Academic Resource Center workshop is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, in Lemmons 8 that should help answer some of your questions.
Rick Muthiah, dean of learning support services, and Kandie Comfort, IT Service Desk supervisor, will present “Putting Your Technology to Use: Microsoft Word and Gmail.”
Many people use only the basic features of their technology, unaware of tools that can improve efficiency. This workshop will cover several useful features of Microsoft Word and Gmail, with a brief look at other Google Apps available via George Fox University’s accounts.
BETTER BOOKS (Better than last semester!) for sale at the Portland Center Library in the usual spot!
Hardbacks: $2
Paperbacks: $1
Sets (unless otherwise marked): $10
The Academic Resource Center is organizing writing groups this semester for all those interested. An ARC consultant will organize and facilitate weekly meetings with a consistent group of writers who wish to share their writing and receive feedback from others.
Groups will be meeting Monday through Thursday. If you know of students who would be interested, please have them contact Jay Miller (millerj06@georgefox.edu) as soon as possible.
