Scholarship Summit

We are pleased to offer the George Fox University Art and Design Scholarship to highly motivated students who are gifted in art and design. We seek participants who will develop into professionals of strong character, maturity and Christian commitment, with the potential to provide leadership in our community. All Art and Design Scholars are expected to show leadership and a strong presence at Art & Design events. Scholarships will be granted according to the following considerations:

• Demonstration of ability and a strong portfolio
• Academic performance and potential for success
• Stewardship of talent in service to Christ and community

Items to Submit Prior to Scholarship Summit:

• Two letters of recommendation addressed to the Art and Design Scholarship Committee from a high school teacher or professional (non family member) in the same area of your scholarship interest, familiar with your character and leadership potential (these should be emailed from the recommender to artanddesign@georgefox.edu).
  
  
• A brief word-processed essay addressing the following:
  In 600 words or less, please tell us about two to three recent art or design projects you have completed, and how you see yourself using your abilities in art and design to work for good in the world (send this via email in the same communication that provides a link to your portfolio). 

• A digital portfolio of recent works:
  • For artists, the portfolio should consist of ten pieces of artwork that represent your best and most representative work to date.
  • Your strongest, most recent works and a variety of media are helpful. For Designers, 3-4 design projects that you have worked on recently should be shown. Your strongest, most recent work and a variety of media (both hand and digital) are helpful. 
• Portfolios must be submitted in digital format as a Google Slides presentation. Each slide should be labeled within the slideshow, including the title, the media (watercolor, ceramics, charcoal, colored pencil) and the size (ex: 24” x 36”)
• You may include more than one image on a slide if it is necessary (ex: two views of one piece, if the piece is large or three-dimensional, etc.), but each slide should only show one image.
• Please send the link to your Google Slides presentation with your essay to artanddesign@georgefox.edu

• Note: Do not send original artworks.
  

 For more information on building a strong portfolio, please consult the resources below:

• How to Prepare a Portfolio for Undergraduate Admission

All materials must be received at least one week prior to the event.

If you have questions regarding this scholarship opportunity, please contact the Art & Design department at artanddesign@georgefox.edu.

Scholarship Summit for the Biochemistry and Biology programs will consist of two parts. The essay questions (Part 1) need to be submitted one week prior to your summit date, using this link to upload your essay responses.

Note: You will be asked to sign into your Google account to access the form. Please create an account if you do not have one.

Part 1: Essay questions (Please limit responses to 200-250 words per question.)

• Why is the Biology/Biochemistry program at George Fox a good fit for you?
• What are three goals that you want to accomplish while at George Fox University?
• How will you deal with academic adversity while in college?

Part 2: 20-minute interview

Your interview will be with a biology or biochemistry faculty member during the summit. Be prepared to articulate your past experiences and future goals along with expounding on your essay responses.

If you have questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Amanda Sue Harris at amandah@georgefox.edu.

The College of Business is eager to host you for Scholarship Summit! You will be participating in one-on-one interviews with a business faculty member. This event is your chance to engage with professors and come face-to-face with the Be Known Promise before arriving as a student.

Students will need to come prepared to share their business and/or leadership experiences, have questions ready for business faculty, and share/expound on your interest in pursuing Business as a major.

If you have questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Bess Waxenfelter at bwaxenfelter@georgefox.edu.

We look forward to meeting you!

Please submit the following materials to professor Dawn Ford at least one week prior to the Summit at dford@georgefox.edu.

Part I - Submit one sample of your work via a shared Google Drive folder to Professor Dawn Ford (dford@georgefox.edu). It must be no more than five minutes long. During the Summit, we will screen the submissions; candidates will have the opportunity to talk about their work. Then, faculty, current students, and alumni will provide feedback and vote! Prizes will be awarded!

Part II - Pitch Fest! During the Summit, candidates will team up and develop three ideas that they’ll pitch to faculty, current students, and alumni. You’ll have the opportunity to turn those ideas into films your first year at Fox! Please contact Professor Dawn Ford with any questions at dford@georgefox.edu

Please contact professor Ford directly with any questions you might have at dford@georgefox.edu.

Please submit the following materials to professor Kevin Jones one week prior to the Summit at kevinj@georgefox.edu. Please contact professor Jones directly with any questions you might have.

• A 500-word essay explaining why you consider the study of human communication to be an important endeavor in today’s social, professional, political, or cultural landscape.

Part I – Oral Presentation

Participants must prepare a 3-5 minute speech describing how George Fox University can help them grow both academically and spiritually. The speech will be presented to Department of Communication Arts Faculty Members during the interview. Speakers may use whatever notes they feel are necessary to give the best presentation possible. Interview time is limited so please make sure your speech honors the time limits established.

Part II – Group Problem Solving Exercise

Each participant will be asked to engage in a group problem solving case study. In the group exercise, applicants will be placed into a group and provided a conflict case study that they will be asked to resolve (as a group).

The Computer Science Summit will consist of three parts:

Part I: Essay
Part I: Essay You will need to submit this form, one week before your Summit date.

The form has some short essay questions for you to respond to, to help the computer science faculty to get to know you.

Part II: Individual Interview

You will participate in a group activity and interview with a faculty member on the day of the Summit. Please come prepared to ask questions of the interviewers and to share on elements of your essay.

Part III: Group Activity

While you are in the larger group session waiting for your turn for your individual interview, some of our current students will walk you and other Scholarship Summit participants through some logic problems and other problem-solving exercises as a group, in a friendly and collaborative environment. As part of our scholarship decision process, we will consider your written essay and your individual interview, and will also weigh feedback from our current students on their interactions with you in the larger group session.

If you have questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Jennifer McCollum at jmccollum@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox University College of Education is committed to developing educators who think critically, transform practice and promote justice. The scholarship committee seeks individuals who demonstrate potential in these areas.

The Elementary Education Summit will consist of group activities that will allow you to demonstrate your skills in interpersonal communication, critical thinking, listening and observation, problem-solving, and group engagement. Following the group activities, you will have the opportunity to visit with a faculty member. This will be a time for you to accentuate any special skills, abilities, or experiences that you would like the scholarship committee to consider when it reviews the scholarship applications.

The Engineering Summit will consist of three parts:

Part I: Form

You will need to submit this form, one week before your Summit date. It has some brief questions for faculty to get to know you.

Part II: Individual Interview

This will be a 15 minute interview with an engineering faculty member during the Summit. Please come prepared to ask questions of the interviewer as well.

Part III: Engineering Experience

You will get to look-in on capstone experiences, tour the MakerHub and see what your life as an engineering student will look like during this portion of the day.

 If you have questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Jennifer McCollum at jmccollum@georgefox.edu.

Prior to Scholarship Summit, submit a 1-2 page letter explaining why you want to major in English and describing your career aspirations. Also tell us about your writing experience, the kind of writing you prefer, and the kind of literature you most enjoy reading. Email this letter as a Word document to Jessica Hughes at hughesj@georgefox.edu.

The Summit will consist of individual interviews with several department faculty. This will be an opportunity for us to learn more about your strengths and goals, and for you to learn more about our faculty and program.

If you have questions on any component of the summit, contact Jessica Hughes at hughesj@georgefox.edu.

As a participant in the Kinesiology Department Summit, you will need to submit the following information prior to the Summit:

Applicants should submit a one page resume.  A resume can be organized in many ways so we encourage you to express and represent yourself in a way that is authentic to you.  A quick search online will give you both traditional and novel ideas for a  resume format.  This resume is not limited to your employment history.  This document instead is your chance to share with us the experiences, awards, and traits that make you a unique candidate.  We expect to clearly see at a minimum:

• Your educational background – be sure to include your GPA
• Your leadership, volunteer and extracurricular activities
• Any additional skills, club membership or other items that you feel are important

On the day of the Summit you will meet with the Kinesiology Department Faculty and a small group of fellow applicants for a group interview.  You will also have the opportunity to participate (along with your family members) in a tour of the department.

Please submit the requested materials to Robbie Campy at rcampy@georgefox.edu.

Lastly, If you have questions please reach out to the us using the email above.

The history summit will consist of a group activity that will look like the following:

• Students will receive an article to read before the event. They will hear a short lecture from a faculty member and then participate in a group discussion.

Time: This activity will take approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

If you have questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Caitlin Corning at ccorning@georgefox.edu.

Please submit the following materials to Professor Casey Martin at least one week prior to the Scholarship Summit date at martinc@georgefox.edu.

Part 1 - In a Google Slides presentation, submit photos and images of creative work you’ve completed with titles for each slide for what the project was.

• It’s helpful if you can show work you’ve created that is related to Interior Design, such as a small renovation project that you worked on such as re-doing your room or perhaps you’ve taken a CAD class and you have work from that.
• If you don’t have any Interior Design related work but have other creative work from art or design classes, please include that.
• You should have no more than 7 slides and please title each slide. 

Part 2 - On a final slide in your presentation, write a paragraph about why you want to study Interior Design at George Fox University.

• Slide decks should be “shared” with Casey Martin (martinc@georgefox.edu) one week prior to the Scholarship Summit date.
  
  

The Math Scholarship Summit will consist of two parts: Essay questions and a 25 minute interview.

Part 1: Essay Questions

The essay questions need to be submitted one week prior to your summit date, using this link to upload your essay responses.

• Are you planning to major/minor in Mathematics & Data Analytics? Are there any other majors/minors you are interested in?
• What has been your favorite Math class and why? Tell us about it.
• What are your long-term ambitions? How can George Fox University help you achieve your goals?
• What are some examples of recent service or leadership opportunities you have participated in?

Part 2: 25-minute interview
Your Math Summit Day will include a 25-minute interview with members of the math faculty.
If you have any questions please contact Amanda Sue Harris at amandah@georgefox.edu.

Incoming first-year and transfer students who plan to participate in music ensembles and continue their study through applied music lessons are eligible to audition for music scholarships. Awards will be given in the areas of voice, instrument and piano. 

Requirements for all auditions:

• Strings, Brass and Woodwinds: Play two pieces of contrasting styles, and three scales of your choice in two to three octaves, as appropriate for your instrument. If you want to demonstrate jazz or fiddle playing, you may add a third piece to showcase these diverse styles of playing. Your total video should be under 10 minutes.
• Percussion: Play one mallet piece and one drum piece (snare, timpani or multiple percussion). If you play drum kit, add an additional video of your kit playing, either alone or in an ensemble. Your total video should be under 10 minutes.
• Piano: Audition length should be no more than 15 minutes. Perform three pieces in contrasting styles (i.e. Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, 20th century, Jazz, or Popular styles).
• Voice: Perform two or three pieces in contrasting style (i.e. Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th century, Broadway, or Worship songs). Solo/ensemble literature is appropriate for the scholarship audition.

Requirements for virtual auditions only: 

• Video audition submissions will require students to submit a video (see requirements below), then participate in a virtual interview, via Zoom, with one or more George Fox music professors. In this interview, we will ask you questions about your musical experience, musical goals, and answer any questions you have about music at Fox or any other questions related to the university. You will not perform during the live interview.
• Please email a PDF of the music you are performing along with your video submission.
• Please dress professionally for your video recording session, and ensure that your video background is appropriate.
• Please ensure that the audio quality of your recording is of good quality, and does not distort or cut in and out. It does not have to be studio quality, but it should be a good representation of your real tone.
• You may edit your video to splice together your pieces, though we prefer that each individual piece or scale is recorded without splicing.

You will need to submit a Music Scholarship Application.

Note: Your audition will not take place the full allotted time. You will receive an individual audition time from the music department as it gets closer to the day.

Music scholarship recipients are required to be enrolled in a major music ensemble and take applied lessons each semester.

For further information, contact the professor in your area:

• Band, Orchestra, & Percussion: Dwayne Corbin, dcorbin@georgefox.edu
• Jazz and Saxophone: Nathanael Ankeny, nankeny@georgefox.edu
• Choir and Voice: Danielle Warner, dwarner@georgefox.edu
• Worship Team and Music Industry: Aaron Barnhart, abarnhart@georgefox.edu

General questions should be directed to Kathy Harris at music@georgefox.edu.

Send a resume (PDF format only) to nursing@georgefox.edu one week prior to the assigned Summit date.

Resume:

• One (1) page that includes the following (Include the number of hours spent on each):
  • Education background
  • Leadership, volunteer, and extracurricular activities
  • Work and/or internship experiences

Case Study:
On the day of the Summit, students will be assigned to work in groups through a prioritization case study. Although the case study relates to patient care, no nursing knowledge is required.

Prior to the Summit, you will need to submit the following materials prior to our Summit date to Carol Jaquith at cjaquith@georgefox.edu:

• Leadership and/or relevant volunteer experience (e.g. church, mission, community)
• A short statement (300 words maximum) about why you are interested in the study of psychology
• A writing sample (e.g. a paper written in high school; maximum two pages)

Prior to Scholarship Summit, you also need to read the article Current Issues and Advances in Misinformation Research, by Steven J. Frenda, Rebecca M. Nichols, and Elizabeth F. Loftus and come prepared to discuss it with faculty members from the psychology department.

If you have questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Carol Jaquith at cjaquith@georgefox.edu.

On the Monday prior to the Summit, submit a 1-2 page essay answering the following question to Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu

What social problems were evident in your community? How did you know and what should be done about it?

The Social Work Summit will consist of individual interviews with a faculty member, lasting about 15 minutes. Be prepared to share about yourself, what led you to pursue Social Work, and your personal values. This one-on-one time is a great way to get to know you, and share our Be Known promise!

Following the interviews, there will be a 45-minute group discussion around a common theme or social problem. Students will discuss what they think are the causes of this issue, and what can be done to address this problem.

Afterwards, there will be opportunities to meet with current students and chat with them about studying Social Work at George Fox. We look forward to meeting with you!

General questions should be directed to Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu

Students will be invited to demonstrate their interest in and promise for study in Theology through reading a short text and participating in a group discussion moderated by our professors. At the time of the summit, each student will receive some text (perhaps a few paragraphs long) and will be given time to read and comment upon that text in the group.

In both large and small group settings, students may be asked to reflect their thoughts on the discussion or on the text in general. Student responses in the group setting should demonstrate excellent analytical skills, attention to detail - both literary detail and in their interaction with fellow students - as well as collegiality, thoughtfulness, and careful listening to others in the discussion.

Note: If you have a documented physical or learning disability and need to make accommodations to participate or if you have other questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Jonelle Retsema at jretsema@georgefox.edu.