Students are encouraged to join a Life Group this semester! Sign up here.
Life Groups are led by staff, professors, local pastors and church leaders, and seniors and provide a space for students to gather for weekly prayer, Bible study, and fellowship.
Groups typically meet for an hour to 90 minutes. Most groups will begin the week of Feb. 22 and end the week of April 9. Your Life Group leader will contact you with additional details by the Friday prior to the start of your group.
This spring, all of our groups will be meeting either by Zoom or hybrid. Hybrid groups will meet primarily via Zoom, but may occasionally meet outdoors as the weather, state and university regulations, and participants’ comfort permit.
Throughout the pandemic, Life Groups run through the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life will also be eligible for SpiL credit.
With the weather getting colder and the possibilities of snowfall this week, the Young Life Club is offering something for all students to keep you warm and cozy.
Stop by our tent outside of Canyon Commons today (Wednesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. and grab the perfect cup of hot chocolate for free from our team.
Young Life will also be hosting its first club of the year on Wednesday, Feb. 24, along with other fun events throughout the semester. Follow us here for more details.
Want to learn how to promote equitable hiring practices in the workplace, and to further encourage the Be Known promise?
The next search advocate training is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24, and Friday, Feb. 26, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days. Rebecca Hernandez will teach the two-day session online via Zoom.
We are also offering a refresher course for those who have attended training in the past, but would like to update their skills and find out what’s new! Current search advocates are welcome to attend the Feb. 26 session!
If you are interested in becoming a search advocate, or would like a refresher course, please sign up here.
Interested in exploring career opportunities in the field of biology and medicine? Plan on attending the Biology Department Alumni Panel!
The Biology Student Council invites you to join us in asking questions and getting insight from a distinguished panel of research and medical professionals. The alumni panel is representative of four career categories: medical, physical therapy, nurse practitioner, and research.
The event will take place via this Zoom link on Friday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m. All are invited to attend, and we look forward to seeing you there!
FoxTALE will be unavailable Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.
Here are five things that you can do to help improve your mental health:
Open up to someone you trust and keep in touch with others! Having a social support system is key
Eat healthy foods
Journal or take time each day to check in with your feelings
Participate in physical activity each day
Ask for help when needed
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own (Matthew 6:34).
Join in on the fun of our “14 Hearts of Gold Challenge.” What is it, you ask? On the morning of Saturday, Feb. 13, you will set out with a list of clues to find 14 small, golden hearts that will be hidden outdoors around campus.
The 14th heart is special, more difficult to find, and worth three hearts! You must take a photo with each heart where you found it as proof in order for it to be counted.
The goal is to find as many hearts as you can before 5 p.m. for the chance to win a Valentine’s Day meal on us. We will be posting clues to the hearts on Instagram at 10 a.m. and send them through email to people who sign up here for email clues.
The first-place prize is a meal reimbursement of up to $100, and the second-place prize up to $50.
Curious about traditional Christianity? Bring your questions to a panel of Catholic and Orthodox professors and staff tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105!
Join us for snacks and to learn about what it’s like to live in the Catholic and Orthodox faiths.
Join your colleagues in the College of Business at a farewell Zoom “open house” for Kelly Borror, who, after 16 years in the COB, has accepted a new position at Western Seminary in Portland.
Drop by our Zoomgathering to wish Kelly well this Thursday, Feb. 11, between 3 and 4 p.m. Kelly’s last day is Friday, Feb. 12.
Disability and Accessibility Services is gauging interest in a weekly or bi-weekly ADHD group where students can meet others with ADHD, trade tips and insight, and discuss how ADHD impacts their lives as students.
If this sounds like something that would benefit you, please complete this survey by Friday, Feb. 12.
Planning something fun with your friends for the mid-semester holiday? The community life fund is willing to pay up to $250 for community-building activities, and you may qualify to use it. Apply here!
With the weather getting colder and the possibilities of snowfall this week, Young Life Club is offering something for all students to keep you warm and cozy.
Stop by our tent outside of Canyon Commons tomorrow (Wednesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. and grab the perfect cup of hot chocolate for free from our team.
Young Life will also be hosting its first club of the year on Wednesday, Feb. 24, along with other fun events throughout the semester. Follow us here for more details.
Please plan to attend the panel discussions for Antipas Harris’ book, Is Christianity the White Man’s Religion?: How the Bible is Good News for People of Color.
This is a continuation of our fall book reading and discussion groups. We are pleased to have a panel of our own seminary faculty, along with the founder of the Civility Project, to engage key questions that you’ve raised either in this survey or would like to ask during the event.
The discussions are set for Tuesday, Feb. 16, and will take place in both Bauman Auditorium (limited capacity) and online via Zoom.
Discussion 1: Support office personnel
Held from 1 to 2 p.m.
Human Resources, Plant Services, Registrar, Admissions, etc.
Discussion 2: Student-facing personnel
Held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Those working directly with students; faculty, area coordinators, etc.
Send a loved one a “Valogramâ€: a Valentine’s Day card and a sweet treat, free of charge!
Stop by our table in Canyon Commons during both lunch and dinner today (Tuesday) to write a “Valogram,” or fill out our Google Form and we’ll do it for you!
Curious about traditional Christianity? Bring your questions to a panel of Catholic and Orthodox professors and staff tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105!
Join us for snacks and to learn about what it’s like to live in the Catholic and Orthodox faiths.
Alumna Jessi Mau joins the university this month as a member of the newly created strategic foresight and analytics team in the president’s office. She worked on a temp basis for the university last summer as an analyst, conducting and synthesizing quantitative and qualitative research, competitive analysis, and direct marketing research. Prior to that, as a student, she was the lead administrative assistant for George Fox’s Department of History, Sociology and Politics (2017-20), a global ambassador for the International Studies Abroad and Veritas programs (2019-20), and a lab assistant for the Spanish program (2019-20). Jessi also worked as an accounting intern for Phillips Real Estate LLC in 2018-19. She earned a bachelor’s degree in global business and Spanish from George Fox in 2020, and graduated from the International Business Institute at Messiah University in 2018. She lives in Beaverton with a growing family of plants and attends Northside Community Church in Newberg.
The university welcomes Claudia Mudgett this month to work as a career and academic planning coach in the IDEA Center. For the past two and a half years she has served as a member of the McMinnville Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, working to expand the organization’s volunteering and fundraising prospects. Also, in 2019-20, she served as a front office receptionist for Northwest Spine and Sport in McMinnville. Previously, Claudia was an Early Head Start coordinator for Head Start of Yamhill County (2013-16) and a bilingual parent educator for the Child and Parent Institute in Santa Rosa, California (2010-13). She holds a master’s degree in education (1992) and a bachelor’s degree in natural resources/interpretation (1988), both from Humboldt State University. She also holds a Certificate of Completion for the Intro to College Advising Course through Columbia University (2017). Claudia lives in McMinnville with her husband, John. She has two grown children, who live out of state, and attends St. James Catholic Church in McMinnville.
Gina Braden (Physical Therapy) is no longer with George Fox University.
The Maker Hub is bringing back our hit Valentine’s Day event, “Rings and Roses,†where a small handful of students will be able to make a coin ring or a sheet metal rose.
This event will be held this Friday, Feb. 12, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Everyone is welcome, but there is limited space, so please fill out this Google Form to register (first come, first served). Students will be notified by email if they have been selected for the event.
