We are firing up the grill today for lunch! Join us from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for a mouth-watering menu of barbecue beef brisket or chicken sandwiches served with an apple slaw, pesto potato salad, corn on the cob, baked beans and a beverage, all for just $6.75.
We’ll have a cash box set up on the patio so you can purchase your lunch there (cash sales only, please).
Nine staff and administrator positions are currently available. Listed in order, they are:
The link to each of these position announcements can be found on this page. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.
Plant Services will be trimming trees and doing other overhead work with a high lift starting today (Tuesday) and continuing through the end of the month. Please be aware as you are walking through campus so that you do not walk through these areas.
The areas will be marked, and parking areas will be cordoned off the day before work progresses in that area. For your safety and that of your vehicle, do not park or walk in areas that have been reserved.
Thank you,
Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu)
The university welcomes Abigail Hortegas as a data manager for the undergraduate admissions department. She has worked at the university as a data entry specialist on a temp basis for the past year and, before that, spent a year as a design associate for Jonathan Adler, a home décor products company. While a student at Seattle Pacific University, Abigail worked as a manager at a local bookstore and coffee shop in 2014-15. She also worked as an office assistant for Seattle Pacific’s School of Health Sciences in 2013-14. She lives in Newberg with her husband Alexander and attends Door of Hope church in Portland.
Alexandra Harrington has joined the university as a student accounts specialist and veterans certifying official at the Portland Center. She has worked the past five years in the dentistry profession, working most recently as a dental assistant for a practice in Milwaukie, Oregon. Previously, she worked as a surgical assistant at two different dental practices (2013-16) after starting her career in the field as a dental assistant (2012-13). Alexandra is currently enrolled in George Fox’s management and organizational leadership program and previously studied dental assisting at Concorde Career College and applied science at Portland Community College. She lives in Aloha and attends Pilgrim Lutheran Church.
Brett Papineau has transitioned from a temp position as a software engineer and programmer analyst to a full-time job as a programmer analyst for the university’s data analytics team. He has been with the university since November of last year. Brett previously worked in conjunction with the University of Idaho and its associated partners in software engineering and technical support positions in Moscow, Idaho. He graduated from the University of Idaho with a bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2014. Brett currently lives in McMinnville and likes to attend a variety of churches with various family members and close friends.
Plant Services welcomes Glory Lehman as a custodian. She has been self-employed as a house cleaner for the past 17 years. The daughter of missionaries, she spent some of her growing-up years abroad, including her high school years, as she earned a high school-equivalent diploma as a home-schooled student in Daegu, South Korea, in 2000. Glory lives in Newberg with her husband Jason and four children – Zebulun (17), Noah (15), Jonah (13) and Skye (11) – and attends Horizon Church in Sherwood.
The following faculty members are retiring from the university or are leaving George Fox this summer to pursue other opportunities: Dirk Barram (Business), Ginny Birky (Education), Kathy Campobasso (Education), Eileen Celentano (Art and Design), Sik Yin Chan (Social Work), Karen Hamlin Bezanson (Education), Rachael Henry (Education), Joshua Hren (English), Mary Johnson (Education), Alan Kluge (Business), Virginia Lundquist (Nursing), Chris Morrissey (Sociology), Roger Newell (Christian Studies), David Pollock (Engineering), Bo Sanders (Seminary), Mary Schmitt (Christian Studies), Jeff Tatum (Sociology) and Pat Vandehey (Music).
After 17 years of service to George Fox, Rich Bass (IT) is leaving the university this Friday, June 9. He plans to build websites that promote his wife Atoya’s hair stylist business and dedicate more time to his passion of painting scenic landscapes in oil pastels, oils and acrylics.
Sandy Cherachanko (Student Accounts) left the university in May.
Natalie Harrington (Women’s Lacrosse Coach) has left the university.
Holly Kirby (Engineering) left the university to make the move to California, where her husband took a job.
Sarah Taylor (Student Life) has left George Fox to transition to a full-time parenting role and to join her husband at his new job at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.
Merrill Johnson (Dean of Libraries) is retiring from George Fox this summer after 37 years of service to the university. His future plans include volunteer work, spending more time with his wife Candy, and doing extensive research into his family’s history.
Craig Taylor (Athletic Director) is retiring from the university this summer after serving in multiple capacities at the school for 43 years. He plans to spend more time with his wife Kathy, more time on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and do some consulting work for Division III institutions. His last day at George Fox will be June 30.
Marc Shelton will assume the title of interim dean of the College of Education beginning on July 1.
The following faculty members recently received tenure: Tatiana Cevallos (Education), Keith Dempsey (Counseling), Brian Doak (Christian Studies), Abigail Favale (English), Marie-Christine Goodworth (Doctor of Psychology), Corban Harwood (Mathematics), Nate Peach (Business), Paul Shelton (Business), Jillian Sokso (Art and Design), Susanna Steeg Thornhill (Education) and Yune Tran (Education).
The following faculty members recently received the title of “professorâ€: Carol Brazo (Education), Mike Foster (Engineering), Eloise Hockett (Education), Kris Kays (Psychology), Sue O’Donnell (Psychology), Cliff Rosenbohm (Social Work) and Jim Smart (Biology).
The following faculty members recently received the title of “associate professorâ€: Marie-Christine Goodworth (Doctor of Psychology), Nijay Gupta (Seminary), Elizabeth Hamilton (Doctor of Psychology), Corban Harwood (Mathematics), David Kerr (Art and Design), Kris Molitor (Education), Josh Sauerwein (Business), Shannon Scott (Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts), Steve Sherwood (Christian Studies) and Chad Stillinger (Engineering).
Kaitlyn Ragan, the IDEA Center’s newest CAP Coach, represented George Fox at the 2017 Handshake User Conference at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Monday, June 5. Other universities presenting included Stanford, Whittier, Wesleyan, Princeton, Michigan State, Auburn and BYU-Hawaii. George Fox was the first university in Oregon to implement Handshake for internship and job postings in October 2016. Fourteen other Oregon colleges and universities are joining the network on July 1. Kaitlyn has become an expert in Handshake and presented “Using Experiences to Track Internships†at the conference.
Led by the efforts of Merrill Johnson, Alex Rolfe and Rodney Birch (Library), the university’s Digital Commons is now a repository for The Christian Librarian, the official publication of the Association of Christian Librarians organization. The addition to the university’s digital archives system makes the publication discoverable via search engines and more accessible to readers worldwide.
Ed Higgins (English) spent all four Sundays in May teaching an adult Sunday school class at the First Presbyterian Church in Newberg. The title of his class was “My favorite narratives from the Hebrew Bible: Ruth, Esther, Susanna and Joseph.†In addition, Three Line Poetry featured one of Ed’s previously published poems on its Facebook page, and his poem “Via Dolorosa†was featured in a recent issue of the online literary magazine Embers Igniting. Also, Ed’s poem “Epistemology†was reprinted in the collection Peace Poems: Celebrating 60 Years of New Jersey Peace Action (1957-2017). The poem was previously a part of “Speak Peace,†a three-year national tour and exhibition sponsored by Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center, which paired Vietnamese children’s art with peace-related poems by several American writers. The poem has also been published in Friends Journal, Poets Against War and the George Fox Journal.
Craig Taylor and Blair Cash (Athletics) were among seven individuals honored with the Northwest Conference’s Distinguished Service Award this month. The award goes to those with longtime associations with the conference and its member schools who either moved on to other endeavors, recently retired or announced their impending retirements. Craig is set to retire this summer after serving as athletic director at George Fox since 1988 and working at the school for 43 years. Blair formerly served as sports information director at George Fox (1999 to 2014) and took over as the assistant commissioner/SID for the NWC in 2014-15.
Paul Anderson (Christian Studies) preached at Whittier Friends Church (April 2), spoke on “Seeing the Word of God†for The Saint John’s Bible Exhibit and Special Lecture at Azusa Pacific University (April 18), and delivered the inaugural New Testament lecture for UCLA’s Center for the Study of Religion (April 25): “The Spirituality of Jesus in the New Millennium – A Fourth Quest for Jesus.†Also, his forward to Volume 4 in the Johannine Monograph Series was published by Wipf & Stock: “Peder Borgen’s Bread from Heaven – Midrashic Developments in John 6 as a Case Study in John’s Unity and Disunity.†Paul’s essay, “The Power of the Resurrection,†was published on the Huffington Post site on Easter morning, and his sixth review of CNN’s “Finding Jesus†series, “On Thomas and Evidence – No Doubt!,†was published by The Bible and Interpretation. Finally, his review of four chapters in Early Quakers and their Theological Thought, 1647-1743, and a tribute, “Remembering Arthur O. Roberts,†were published in Quaker Religious Thought. A second tribute, “Remembering John Punshon (1935-2017),†was published in Quaker Life.
Nicole M. Enzinger (Education) coauthored an article, “Examining Pinterest as a Curriculum Resource for Negative Integers: An Initial Investigation,” with Josh T. Hertel, from the mathematics department at the University Wisconsin-LaCrosse. The piece, published on the Education Sciences site, provides an overview of their research describing the mathematical integrity of integer Pinterest pins. In addition, Nicole was among seven colleagues representing five universities who collaborated on an article that describes prospective teachers’ algebraic reasoning and symbol use on a multi-step fraction word problem. It was recently published in the International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning.
June 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Keisha Gordon, Joyce Staats, Alan Thurston
June 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jeannine Graham, Adam Haldorson, Shannon Stueckle
June 9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mark Terry
June 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tim Goodfellow, Carlos Ordonez
June 11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jing Hao, Ty Sohlman
June 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Beronica Salazar
June 13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Robby Larson
June 14Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Brian Snider
June 15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Karen Bezanson, Jennifer Lichtenberg, Gary Tandy
June 16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Craig Taylor
June 17Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Neal Ninteman
June 18Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sherri Moore, Donna Webb
June 19Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tim Jaquith, Mark McMinn, Kristi Wheaton
June 20Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Janet Herron
June 21Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jamie Johnson, Susanna Steeg
June 22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Penny Martin, Alyssa Rands, Dinah Steig, Daniel Sweeney
June 23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rachel Thomas
June 24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Terri Crawford, Catherine Kacalek, Patty Vanier
June 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Rader
June 27Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Darby Thiessen, Debby Thomas, Kipp Wilfong
June 28Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Michael Meek, Dan Schutter
June 29Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mary Peterson, Nathan Slegers, Andrew Baer
June 30Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â John Heitz
July 1 Nancy Fawver
July 5 Megan Janes, Natalie Di Francisco
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, June 7, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.
– Your Educational Technology Team
Know of any friends or family members interested in improving their volleyball skills while having some fun at the same time? Invite them to the George Fox Volleyball Camp June 23-25!
Camp is open to seventh- to 12th-graders (entering in the fall), and both overnight and commuting options are available. Camps will include an introductory beach session, leadership sessions and lots of volleyball-skill training and competition with our very own Bruin volleyball players!
Please help spread the word! Reach out to head coach Emily Palkert with any questions at epalkert@georgefox.edu.
Crews are continuing extensive resurfacing work on the Miller Gym floor in Wheeler Sports Center this week. The gym is closed through Sunday, June 11, and will reopen on Monday, June 12. Please note: Only the gym is closed; the Fitness Center and the athletics offices will remain open as scheduled.
Please protect our courts and gym area from damage and do not enter the gym during this time. Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).
Thank you!
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18, and the Bruin Store has what you need to celebrate the the men who make George Fox University the community it is. Mugs, hats, T-shirts, polos and Nike apparel are all in stock. Shop in-store or online at georgefoxshop.com.
Follow us on Instagram @the_bruin_store to see what’s new.
Go Bruins!
Join your fellow employees for our summer barbecue on the Minthorn lawn at noon this Thursday, June 8 (in case of rain we’ll be in Canyon Commons). The cost is only $5 per person. Summer student employees are welcome to R.S.V.P. as well.
In addition to lunch, we’ll take time to celebrate the winners of the Wellness Challenge. Please R.S.V.P. at this link.
Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu).
– Hosted by the Staff Development Committee
For safety and stewardship of our facility, please note that the use of the gym and Fitness Center in Wheeler is limited to current students, employees and university-authorized groups only.
Those using the facility will need to be prepared to show your George Fox ID or approved temporary pass to Security Services or athletic department staff. Any other use or exceptions must be approved by Event Services (for outside groups) or the athletic office (for rare individual exceptions to policy).
Contact Elise Trask (etrask@georgefox.edu) or Cory Hand (chand@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18, and the Bruin Store has what you need to celebrate the the men who make George Fox University the community it is. Mugs, hats, T-shirts, polos and Nike apparel are all in stock. Shop in-store or online at georgefoxshop.com.
Follow us on Instagram @the_bruin_store to see what’s new.
Go Bruins!
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18, and the Bruin Store has what you need to celebrate the the men who make George Fox University the community it is. Mugs, hats, T-shirts, polos and Nike apparel are all in stock. Shop in-store or online at georgefoxshop.com.
Follow us on Instagram @the_bruin_store to see what’s new.
Go Bruins!
The physical therapy department is excited to announce that our PT clinic is open all summer long, Monday through Friday, to serve your needs.
We are a participating provider for Regence and offer self-pay options for those not on Regence. Our pro-bono clinic is available this summer as well.
Please call Li-Zandre at 503-554-2479 with any questions. Have a great summer!
In collaboration with eROI, two alumni of George Fox University, Julio Bautista and Bailie Bowey, are presenting Relevant Matter Spoken Word Night: A Night of Poetry Celebrating Diversity, Inclusion and Authentic Expression. Join us from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 8, at eROI in Portland.
This event will feature 15 artists, including current students and alumni of George Fox who will perform personal spoken word pieces in the hope that their stories will inspire movement toward healing and reconciliation in the city of Portland. The event is free and will have food and drink provided. eROI is located at 505 N.W. Couch St. #300, in Portland.
For more information or to reserve a seat, visit this link.
Come join us for lunch today (Friday)! We’re firing up the grill on the patio next to the Bridge Café from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. We’ll be serving up hamburgers, hot dogs or chicken along with potato salad, chips and watermelon, all for $6.75. See you there!
In order to promote equitable hiring practices and inclusivity in the workplace, and to further encourage the Be Known promise to our students, George Fox offers Search Advocacy Training. The workshop series establishes a theoretical foundation of current research about implicit bias and diversity, information about the changing legal landscape in hiring, and an overview of inclusive employment principles.
Rebecca Hernandez will teach a two-day session on Tuesday, June 6, and Thursday, June 8, from 7:30 a.m. until noon. Each day’s session will include a full breakfast, served from 7:30 to 8 a.m., and training from 8 a.m. to noon. A boxed lunch will be included on June 6, as well as a ticket to the employee barbecue on the quad on June 8.
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a search advocate, please click on this link. If you have questions, please contact Rebecca at rhernandez@georgefox.edu or Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.
The Bridge Café will be open temporarily from today (Thursday) through Monday, June 5, while maintenance work is being completed in the Bruin Den. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Bruin Den will reopen on Tuesday, June 6.
