The IDEA Center is resuming normal drop-in times as of this week. If you need to drop in to see your CAP Coach, you can come during on of the following times:
Interested in working with the Portland Police? Stop by the Coffee Cottage conference room on Wednesday, Jan. 30, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. for coffee, pastries and conversation.
Questions? Please contact Grace Tissell at gtissell@georgefox.edu.
There will be no swing dance this Saturday, Jan. 26, due to contradictions with the live Jazz Band performance.
TIAA individual consulting appointments are coming up at the Newberg campus!
No matter where you are in life – just getting started or planning for retirement – a session with TIAA can help you create a unique plan for your goals. And, it’s at no additional cost as a part of your retirement plan. You’ll get answers to these questions and more:
To schedule your one-hour appointment, click on this link. The on-site appointment slots fill quickly, so don’t delay! Take advantage of this excellent resource!
Session Dates
You can also visit Advice and Guidance to access online tools and resources that can help you stay on track and save even more for retirement.
If you would like to make a change to your retirement account contribution amount or have questions about your George Fox University benefits, please contact Employee Empowerment at ee@georgefox.edu.
Hey George Fox students …
If you grab an amazing photo or video of something fun happening around campus, send it to content@georgefox.edu for a chance to be featured on social media and earn a $20 Visa gift card!
Something fun happening in your dorm? Send it our way! Something awesome happening at an ASC event? We want to see! Something crazy happening in science lab? Yep, send that too!
In short, if it’s awesome and if it’s happening at George Fox, we’d love to see it. Send your photo/video and a brief caption. If we decide to purchase your content, you’ll receive a Visa card shortly afterward.
Questions? Contact Sarah Reid (sreid@georgefox.edu).
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the IDEA Center is hosting its third annual Job & Internship Fair. Employers from the Portland area and beyond will be on campus to talk with students from all majors, looking to recruit for various jobs and internships.
This is an amazing opportunity to connect with industry-leading companies right here on the George Fox campus. Stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks!
Students are strongly encouraged to register for this event. To register, visit our web page on Handshake.
Questions? Contact Grace Tissell at gtissell@georgefox.edu.
You are invited to join the American Enterprise Institute for a free dinner and viewing of the president’s State of the Union address in Canyon Commons 103 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
Please join us to listen and discuss the president’s address. Please RSVP here. Questions? Contact amarshall17@georgefox.edu.
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the IDEA Center is hosting its third annual Job & Internship Fair. Employers from the Portland area and beyond will be on campus to talk with students from all majors, looking to recruit for various jobs and internships.
This is an amazing opportunity for our students to connect with industry-leading companies right here on campus. If you could, please encourage your students to register for this event through Handshake. Your partnership is much appreciated!
We would love to provide resume help/preparation before the event so they can go into the fair feeling confident.
Questions? Contact Grace Tissell at gtissell@georgefox.edu.
The university is transitioning our anti-virus software from Avast to FortiClient. This will result in better coverage and fewer software conflicts. This will apply to work-study systems as well, and the rollout of this process began yesterday (Tuesday).
FortiClient has been in use as George Fox’s VPN software on laptops, and we have now expanded its services by including their anti-virus protection for all George Fox machines. This means that the former anti-virus software is no longer active, and you will need Forticlient installed or upgraded on your computer in order to be protected.
There are two steps that need to be taken for this to happen:
In most cases, IT will be able to push FortiClient directly onto your Windows PC remotely. If your system has a previous version of FortiClient it will likely require a reboot. Here are instructions for installing and rebooting the system at your convenience: Forticlient – PC Instructions.
After FortiClient is installed, the previous antivirus application should be removed. You can uninstall the old software from Settings/Apps. If you need assistance with uninstalling Avast or Sophos, contact the Service Desk.
This process has already been done for Apple products, but if you have questions about your Mac or were not contacted, please contact the Service Desk.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to give us a call at 503-554-2569, option 2.
The university is transitioning our anti-virus software from Avast to FortiClient. This will result in better coverage and fewer software conflicts. This will apply to work-study systems as well, and the rollout of this process will begin today (Tuesday, Jan. 22).
FortiClient has been in use as George Fox’s VPN software on laptops, and we have now expanded its services by including their anti-virus protection for all George Fox machines. This means that the former anti-virus software is no longer active, and you will need Forticlient installed or upgraded on your computer in order to be protected.
There are two steps that need to be taken for this to happen:
In most cases, IT will be able to push FortiClient directly onto your Windows PC remotely. If your system has a previous version of FortiClient it will likely require a reboot.
After FortiClient is installed, the previous antivirus application should be removed. You can uninstall the old software from Settings/Apps. If you need assistance with uninstalling Avast or Sophos, contact the Service Desk.
This process has already been done for Apple products, but if you have questions about your Mac or were not contacted, please contact the Service Desk.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to give us a call at 503-554-2569, option 2.
The Black Student Union is hosting a spoken word event at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, in Lemmons 8!
The theme is “Know the past, shape the future.†If anyone is interested in performing, please contact Ellie Watts at ewatts16@georgefox.edu to get involved. Your voice needs to be heard!
Want to learn more about film history? Come to the Fox Film Club at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Jan. 24, in Lemmons 4. We will be watching and discussing the 1934 film It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra. All are welcome!
Questions? Contact Sean McNeil (smcneil17@georgefox.edu).
Come support men’s and women’s basketball at Bruin FanFest on Saturday, Jan. 26, in Wheeler Gymnasium. The event begins at 3:30 p.m., just prior to the 4 p.m. tip-off of the women’s basketball game against Lewis & Clark. The men will tip off at 6 p.m.
The activities will include:
All activities are free, and everyone who wears Bruin gear will get free admission to the basketball games!
Finally, the evening will also include a teddy bear toss, “Bruins and Bears,†during halftime of the women’s game, for which the school is collecting new teddy bears as a donation to sick children in hospitals. Teddy bears can be purchased beforehand and brought to the game, or at the ticket tables at the game.
Questions? Contact Mckenna Tillotson (mtillotson@georgefox.edu).
Are you interested in helping people? Have you ever considered a degree in social work? Social work is a profession for those with a desire to help people improve their lives.
If this sounds exciting to you, please plan to attend one of our info sessions to find out more about the major and about the many opportunities a degree in social work can provide!
We’ll be hosting two sessions in Stevens 109. Pizza will be provided in the evening session (Wednesday, Jan. 23, from 5 to 6 p.m.), and donuts will be provided in the morning session (Thursday, Jan 24, from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m.).
Please plan to join us if you’d like to know more. Contact Kim Rapp (rappk@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
Please take note: The January all-employee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 24, in Canyon Commons, has been canceled.
We will meet again in the same venue from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28.
STRONG, a group created to provide support to students dealing with chronic illness or pain that affects daily life (fibromyalgia, PTSD, ME/CFS, etc.), is getting started on campus.
These things are often invisible to the healthy population and can be isolating, especially as a college student. We want you to feel supported and heard in your community!
STRONG will have its first meeting of the semester this Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. (location TBD). If you’re interested and would like more information or have questions, please contact Dani Hillenbrand at dhillenbrand17@georgefox.edu.
The university community is invited to Bauman Auditorium for “An Evening of Jazz†featuring saxophonist and flutist Erica von Kleist at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26.
Von Kleist will play with the university’s Jazz Ensemble and Faculty Jazz Quartet. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and established herself early on in her career on the New York jazz scene.
She has performed, toured and made Grammy-Nominated recordings with various artists, including the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Chris Potter, Sean Jones, Seth MacFarlane, and Rufus Reid.
Students and employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets can be purchased here.
In addition to the concert, von Kleist is doing a masterclass on Friday, Jan. 25, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Ross 208. School-age students who come (middle schoolers and high schoolers) can get a voucher for a free ticket to the concert.
Volleyball’s rise in popularity over the past 30 years has created a growing need to better understand the biomechanical causes for shoulder injuries, particularly in youth volleyball players.
The biomedical engineering program is inviting a candidate to speak to how their research lab uses motion capture to analyze the mechanics of hitting a volleyball with the goal of creating better best-practices guidelines for strength and conditioning and repetition counts.
Join us from 3 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, in EHS 102 to hear about several ongoing experiments in the lab, including using impulse and momentum techniques to estimate the forces on the body during a hit and ways to compare variation in types of motions. The presentation will highlight connections between the undergraduate engineering curriculum and the research techniques.
Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu).
The Office for Spiritual Life is looking for post-college Life Group leaders for our six-week spring Life Groups (the weeks of Feb. 11 through March 22). Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship.
Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes at the time and location of your choosing. Participants will select the group they wish to participate in based on the details that leaders provide.
We welcome our employees, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group. Our spring leader meeting will take place on Thursday, Jan. 31, from noon to 1:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided.
For more information and to sign up, visit this webpage or contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Undergrad commuters: We invite you to join the Commuter Life team for lunch. All lunches will be held from 11:30 a.m. to  1 p.m. Please see the schedule below for the dates and location of these lunches.
The lunches are highly social and all about building community among undergraduate commuters.
Any questions should be directed to Kristi Welker, director of Commuter Life, by emailing kwelker@georgefox.edu or calling 503-554-2308.
