The Office of Spiritual Life invites you to attend our holiday chapel events on Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving Chapel) and Dec. 3 (Christmas Chapel). Both will be on Tuesday mornings from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.
Everyone is welcome to worship with us!
Do you have questions about Eastern Orthodox Christianity? Would you like to know more about Orthodox Christian theology, liturgical worship, tradition, or anything related to Orthodox Christianity and the early church?
Come ask questions or listen at a Q&A session with an Orthodox priest hosted by Kyrie Club. We will be meeting in Stevens 109 at 6 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday).
This event will be happening in place of our usual weekly vespers service. Hot drinks and cookies will be provided.
Questions? Contact Anna Olson at aolson17@georgefox.edu.
George Fox is once again partnering with Hillsboro Airporter to provide a shuttle service to Portland International Airport for Thanksgiving break.
Students will be expected to work directly with Hillsboro Airporter to reserve their spot. See the details below:
Questions? Contact the Office of Student Life (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316).
Students in a marketing research class are investigating the effects of brand image on student enrollment at George Fox. By filling out this survey, you get a chance to win a Coffee Cottage gift card! All responses are greatly appreciated.
Questions? Contact Kayla Caldeira at kcaldeira16@georgefox.edu.
Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.
Got stress, aches and pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? We want to help! Come get a massage performed by a doctor of physical therapy student and receive free stress management advice.
Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students ($15) and employees ($20). We are offering 30-minute massages on Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Roberts Center 204.
All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda and Ghana. Donations are also welcome! Preregister here.
Questions? Contact Haleigh Rabe at hrabe18@georgefox.edu.
Following is information on Thanksgiving deadlines for Accounts Payable. For check requests received by the finance department by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, the check will be ready on Wednesday, Nov. 27.
For check requests received between Monday, Nov. 25, and Wednesday, Nov. 27, the check will be ready on Friday, Dec. 6.
Questions? Contact Accounts Payable at accountspayable@georgefox.edu.
This is your last chance to fill out the alcohol policy survey! Student Government cares about your opinions and would like to make sure anyone who wishes to share has the chance to.
If you would like to, please fill out the survey here. This survey will be closing on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 8 a.m.
Questions? Contact Kevin Tshilumbo at ktshilombo16@georgefox.edu.
Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.
The biology student council invites you to come listen to three science professors speak on God and science and how integrating both has complemented and strengthened their faith and careers.
Come listen to Davida Brown, Todd Curtis and Matt Stump in Hoover 105 at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Questions? Contact Sarai Morelos Morales at smorelosmorales16@georgefox.edu.
Do you have questions about Catholicism? Want to know more about Catholic doctrine, the priesthood, Catholic worship, or anything in between? Come to FAQs about the Faith, a Q&A session with two Catholic priests!
Join the Catholic Campus Fellowship this Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 102. A teaching Mass will follow the Q&A session. The teaching Mass is designed to be an introduction to Catholic worship for those who haven’t experienced Mass before.
This is a chapel elective. Light refreshments will be served.
Questions? Contact Kirsten Van Dyke at kvandyke18@georgefox.edu.
The Hadlock Student Center is hosting a Family Day this Saturday, Nov. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We are excited to share this space with George Fox employees and their immediate family members!
If you plan to attend, please note:
Please take a few minutes in advance to complete the waiver on MyGeorgeFox for yourself and a separate form for each family member who will be attending.
If you have any questions, contact Rob Simpson at simpsonr@georgefox.edu or Keith Schneider at kschneid@georgefox.edu.
Steven Billings has joined plant services as an irrigation technician. For the past year and a half he’s worked for Landservices, Inc. of Hillsboro, serving as a landscape project estimator and manager. Previously, he did the same work for PGM Landscape in Portland (2017), worked as a maintenance manager for Lewis Landscape Services of Beaverton (2017) and was employed as an area manager for Coast Landscape Management in Napa, California (2014-15). Steven also owned and operated his own landscaping and maintenance business from 2004 to 2013. He attended both Linn Benton Community College and audited landscaping and horticulture courses at Oregon State University. He has been a state-certified landscape technician since 1995. Steven lives in Beaverton with Susan, his wife of 42 years. He has three children – Lorcy Ann, Tyler and Spenser – and attends City’s Edge Church in Beaverton.
Nina Inglesby has joined the advancement office as an operations specialist. She graduated this spring from Central Washington University with a master’s degree in information technology and administrative management. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in studio art from Central Washington (2018). Since finishing school, Nina has worked as a program coordinator for the Boys and Girls Club of Bend, Oregon, for which she did program planning for ages 7 to 13. Previously, she worked as an intern and gallery assistant work-study student at Gallery One in Ellensburg, Washington, in 2017-18. Nina lives in the Sylvan Highlands neighborhood of Portland with her husband, Henry, and attends Westside: A Jesus Church in Tigard. She is the daughter-in-law of employee Craig Inglesby, director of the university’s Bridge Network program.
The university’s IDEA Center has hired Carol Parker Walsh, JD, PhD, as an assistant director and as a career and internship coach. For the past five years, she has run her own consulting business, serving as a career and executive coach for high-achieving women, a personal branding expert and image consultant for entrepreneurial and professional women, and as a leadership and organizational consultant for small, mid-size and Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit associations. Previously, Carol worked as the associate dean for the School of Human and Organizational Development and director for the Master’s in Organizational Development & Leadership at Fielding Graduate University (2009-12). She’s also an Amazon best-selling author, a member of the Forbes Coaching Council and has presented on the TEDx stage at Portland State University. Carol has an extensive background in the healthcare industry, serving as an assistant professor in the doctoral program at the OHSU School of Nursing (2007-11) and as an assistant professor and interim director in the Oregon MPH program (2004-11). She holds a PhD in human and organizational systems from Fielding Graduate University (2005), a JD in employment law from Chicago-Kent College of Law (1991), master’s degrees in human development (2004) and organizational development/management (2002), both from Fielding, a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication from Loyola University of Chicago (1989), and has completed post-doctoral work in the public health program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill, and the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. She lives in Vancouver, Washington, with her husband Thomas. They have two adult children: Madelyn, a junior pre-med major at California Lutheran University, and Nicholas, a digital technology student at Washington State University.
Stephanie Bestland (Oregon Writing Project) is no longer with the university.
Holli Paskewich, formerly in the School of Education, is now an administrative assistant with the physician assistant program.
Javier Garcia (William Penn Honors Program) released a book, Recovering the Ecumenical Bonhoeffer: Thinking after the Tradition (Lexington Books/Fortress Academic), this month. In it, Javier explores the possibilities for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology to revitalize interest in the ecumenical movement and Christian unity today. Although many commentators have lamented the waning interest in the ecumenical movement since the 1960s, the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017, coupled with recent in-roads such as the ecumenical efforts of Pope Francis, have opened new possibilities for the ecumenical project. In this context, Javier presents Bonhoeffer as a helpful model for contemporary ecumenical dialogue.
Randy S. Woodley (Seminary) in October traveled to Nova Scotia to give the prestigious Hayward Lectures at Acadia Divinity College, the first George Fox professor to be extended that invitation. The lectures provide academic dialogue to stimulate critical engagement and reflection on key and emerging ideas in church history, Christian theology and biblical studies. The school hosts the event to give world-class scholars in the aforementioned disciplines the opportunity to present their freshest work and emerging or disruptive ideas in the formats of lecture, conversation and writing. While in Nova Scotia, Randy also spoke at the Acadia Chapel service, addressed Acadia faculty, engaged in several interviews, and preached at St. Andrews United Church of Canada in Halifax. The lecture series was entitled “Indigenous Theology as Original Instructions and a Critique of the Western Christian Worldview.â€
Jennie Harrop and Rae Casey (Department of Professional Studies) have spoken at two conferences this fall on behalf of the university’s degree completion programs. On Oct. 4, the two offered a discussion titled “Ensuring Excellence: Training, Mentoring, & Affirming Adjunct Faculty in Degree Completion Programs†at the 2019 Leadership in Higher Education Conference in St. Louis. On Nov. 7, they presented a session, titled “More Than Just Basket-Weaving: The Challenge of Marketing Adult Ed to Colleagues, Administrators, and Those Who Hold the Purse Strings,†at the 2019 Council for Adult and Experiential Learning Conference in Chicago.
Brenda Morton (School of Education) and Anna Berardi (Graduate School of Counseling) are celebrating the wide reception of their open access textbook, Trauma-Informed School Practices: Building Expertise to Transform Schools. Released in September, it currently has more than 1,000 downloads, including at 120 institutions in 25 countries. The text identifies trauma-informed educator competencies and how these advancements invite systemic change involving all who are committed to K-12 education.
Ed Higgins’ (English Faculty Emeritus) poem, “Lattés,†appears in the “Coffee†section of Issue 49 (October 2019) of Hong Kong’s Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine. Ed also published a flash fiction story, “Arion, The Poet,†in the current online issue of Mediterranean Poetry (Oct. 26, 2019).
Megan Fisher (Parent and Family Programs) recently presented an educational session, entitled “Happy Little Accidents: Maximizing Campus Connections in Times of Transitions,†at the 2019 Association of Higher Education Parent/Family Program Professionals’ national conference. Fisher’s session explored how today’s changing attitudes toward higher education is forcing universities to maximize staffing while still continuing to provide consistent quality programming. She encouraged attendees to utilize campus networks and look for innovative opportunities to weather these changes in order to provide better collaboration, more opportunity to engage in healthy parent/student relationships, and increase diverse voices. Her session was one of 32 sessions chosen from 68 applicants.
Find yourself wondering where to donate that pair of pants, scarf, or even kitchen utensil that have been sitting in your room? The Bruin Store has a solution for you!
From today (Monday) until Friday, Nov. 15, we will be putting on “Spring Cleaning in the Winter” to benefit The Closet Project and the Bruin Community Pantry.
Blue bins will be placed outside all on-campus dorms, apartments, and inside the Bruin Store. In these bins, you can drop off donations for the Closet Project, such as the following:
This is a great opportunity to clean out your room and take less things home during winter break! Questions? Contact Paige Jacobs at pjacobs@georgefox.edu.
In honor of Native American History Month, the Intercultural Resource Center is holding a Mathetes panel to discuss the untold histories of Native communities. The panel will take place in Canyon Commons tomorrow (Tuesday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
The discussion will also address how Native folks and non-Native folks can coexist in American society. Questions? Contact Loveleen Brar at lbrar16@georgefox.edu.
Be sure to join us in chapel this week! Here is the schedule …
Questions? Contact the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Have you lost a pair of glasses, earbuds or a water bottle? Are you missing keys?
Your lost items may be in our lost and found at the Campus Public Safety office. Please stop by or check our Facebook page, as we periodically post photos of items that have been turned in.
If items remain unclaimed by Friday, Nov. 15, they may be donated.
Questions? Call 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu
George Fox has partnered with an ever-growing list of local businesses to offer discounts to our community! There are currently more than 30 participating businesses!
Bruin Discounts, the new digital discount card, can be found by logging in to igfu.georgefox.edu on your mobile device.
Here are a few of the businesses that are offering a discount on Bruin Discounts:
Start enjoying savings today with Bruin Discounts!
Questions? Contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu or stop by Information Services on the first floor of the Stevens Center.
George Fox has partnered with an ever-growing list of local businesses to offer discounts to our community! There are currently more than 30 participating businesses!
Bruin Discounts, the new digital discount card, can be found by logging in to igfu.georgefox.edu on your mobile device.
If you do not have a smartphone or if you rely on your spouse to take advantage of the discounts offered to our George Fox community, please fill out this form to request a printed Bruin Discounts card.
If you have a smartphone, we ask that you use the Bruin Discounts site rather than a card. The digital format keeps track of usage so our participating businesses can use that data to inform their discount offer decisions.
Here are a few of the businesses that are offering a discount on Bruin Discounts:
Start enjoying savings today with Bruin Discounts! Questions? Contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.
The Voices Project Conference is a two-day conference on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22-23, designed to give students of color on campus a voice and an opportunity to share their stories and experiences.
Friday night will consist of spoken word and testimony from students of color at George Fox. The second day will consist of keynote speakers, worship, and breakout sessions.
This event is free for all George Fox students, and you can register here. Chapel credit is offered for this event.
Questions? Contact Bryce Coefield at bcoefield@georgefox.edu.
