Come make music with us! The music department offers many ways to get involved in groups and lessons. We are open and would love to have you!
Find out more information here. If you have questions, contact Danielle Warner (dwarner@georgefox.edu).
Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 26, and Friday, Aug. 27.
Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the front lot of Roberts, the Stevens lot or Hoover lot on Friday.
The Bauman and Le Shana parking lots will be barricaded on Thursday after 5 p.m., so please park nearest to Stoffer Stadium if you need to park in the Bauman lot. Please also refrain from parking in the Pennington lot.
The parking rows adjacent to the service road by Newlin will also be barricaded and unavailable for parking. Please make sure to move any vehicles parked there by 5 p.m. on Thursday.
Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the Campus Public Safety website for lot locations.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!
Mail Services will be running its courier service between campuses this fall. Below is the schedule.
Items that need to be delivered must be at Mail Services by 10:30 a.m. for same-day delivery. If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.
Andrea Friesen, a kinesiology student and Richter Scholar researcher, is in need of 30 faculty members to fill out a health and well-being survey (PROMIS) to form a control group as she studies the effect of exercise program participation on workplace self-efficacy.
Those who participate in the control group will be asked to complete the survey again in eight weeks. After completion of pre- and post-survey, control group participants will be entered in a raffle to win one of two $10 gift cards to Coffee Cottage.
Please contact Andrea for more information (afriesen19@georgefox.edu).
Mail Services will be open for limited hours this Saturday, Aug. 28. You will be able to come pick up your packages between 1 and 4:30 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.
The Hadlock Student Center will be closed all day tomorrow (Thursday) for staff training.
We will reopen at 6 a.m. on Aug. 27 with extended hours for Welcome Weekend: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Aug. 27; 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Aug. 28; and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 8 to 11 p.m. on Aug. 29.
Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
The George Fox student community is welcome to audition for the university theatre’s fall play, William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. General auditions will be on Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
Theatre students are instructed to prepare a 90-second Shakespearean monologue for the audition. If you are not a theatre student you don’t need to memorize a monologue. However, please bring your favorite Shakespearean monologue to the audition and be ready to perform/read it for the director. You can sign up for an audition time slot at this link.
Callbacks will be on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 1-2, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Contact Rhett Luedtke at rluedtke@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Join us Tuesday, Aug. 31, at 10:50 a.m., for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Provost Andrea Scott will address the community, and president Robin Baker and ASC president Micah Mensing will lead the Community Charge.
Come start the year off blessed as we worship together and welcome students to campus. See you Tuesday!
Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Welcome everyone! We are so happy to see everyone back on campus!
As we prepare to welcome all our new and returning students, the IDEA Center will be offering drop-in appointments only from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during Welcome Weekend and throughout the first week of classes.
Students are encouraged to simply come by the IDEA Center to connect with a CAP Coach starting today (Wednesday)  through Friday, Sept. 3. Individual appointments will not be available during this time.
We are excited to have our full community back together! Thank you in advance for your understanding as we anticipate a very busy start to the semester!
Questions? Contact Sherri Moore at smoore@georgefox.edu.
The library is pleased to delivery library materials to faculty offices on the Newberg campus. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign.
If you have used this service in the past, or if you are signing up for the first time, please fill out the request at this link. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Cameron at mcameron@georgefox.edu or ext. 2422.
Volunteers are needed for the Bruin Community Pantry food bank on Fridays and Saturdays. If you are interested in getting involved with this vital part of our Be Known promise, please contact Jere Witherspoon as soon as possible. Our schedule changes starting at the end of this week!Â
Please email Jere at bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu.
We hope you are doing well and remembering to take good care of yourself. There are still free water bottles available at HR, so please stop by anytime between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
This week we are encouraging you to take mini breaks to help you decompress and recharge your energy. A quiet moment can go a long way in a busy or stressful day. Find out about different and surprising ways to relax in a short time.
Be well. Questions? Contact HR at hr@georgefox.edu.
The Undergraduate Student Handbook is a significant resource that serves to articulate the lifestyle standards, community policies, and other aspects of being a member of the George Fox community.
Students are encouraged to bookmark this important resource and set aside some time to read the university’s policies found in its contents.
If you have any questions, please Jere Witherspoon in the student life office (studentlife@georgefox.edu).
Interested in finding solidarity and learning about helpful resources for backgrounds with trauma? Disability and Accessibility Services is sponsoring a group for you.
The group will meet in person every first Thursday at 12 p.m. and third Tuesday 7 p.m. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 12 p.m. Email acard18@georgefox.edu for location and further information.
Faculty are now invited to submit requests for fall semester course reserves at the library. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to 5 days to complete.
To place a request please fill out and submit the reserves on the library website. If you have any questions please contact Mary Cameron, mcameron@georgefox.edu or ext. 2422
If you as a faculty or staff member require a desk, bookcase, filing cabinet or table, a work order will need to be entered for the delivery of these items.
Contact your building monitor so that they can enter the work order on your behalf. The custodial services team will deliver an item that matches the existing building furniture style. If no items exist in the surplus furniture inventory, your request will be denied and purchasing will work with you on acquiring the pieces of furniture that are needed.
Visits to Plant Services to look at the surplus furniture inventory are not allowed at this time. Contact Sonia Rademacher (srademacher@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
Interested in finding solidarity and learning about helpful resources for students with trauma backgrounds? Disability and Accessibility Services is sponsoring a group for you!
The group will meet in person on months’ first Thursdays at noon and third Tuesdays 7 p.m. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 2, noon. Email acard18@georgefox.edu for location and further information.
Faculty are now invited to submit requests for fall semester course reserves at the library. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete.
To place a request, please fill out and submit the reserves on the library website. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Cameron at mcameron@georgefox.edu or ext. 2422.
Richter Scholars program proposals are due Monday, Oct. 18.
If you are interested in doing research with a faculty mentor, attend the Richter informational meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 5 p.m. in Hoover 105 to learn more about the program. Graduate and undergraduate students are eligible.
The Richter Scholars program at George Fox distributes funds to support student research activities that are devised, initiated and carried out by individual student researchers, with mentorship, guidance, and expertise provided by a faculty mentor.
The purpose of these funds is to support educational research opportunities that encourage the practices of independent thought leading to independent achievement and personal responsibility. For the purpose of this program, research is defined as a knowledge-generating activity that is designed to provide new information on a topic, tool, or process, and that proceeds according to established and accepted research methods.
Before preparing a proposal, please read through the full proposal guidelines, eligibility requirements, and review criteria through this link.
*Faculty mentors: Please note that several important proposal elements and eligibility requirements have been recently updated. Please thoroughly read through all posted documentation as you work with your student mentee to prepare a proposal. Submittals will be electronic.
For more information, contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu.
Get hyped for the new school year with Student Activities at our Welcome Back Bash this Saturday, Aug. 28, on the quad. Come between 5 and 9 p.m. for a night of free dinner, games, music and sweet treats!
Questions? Email activities@georgefox.edu.
