The Daily Bruin

Are you interested in representing George Fox in a Spikeball college tournament on Saturday, Oct. 26?

Come to Spikeball Club this Friday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. in the Hadlock Student Center for more information or contact Kaleb Puckett at puckettk16@georgefox.edu.

Staff and faculty parking permit fees are waived as a benefit of employment with the university. As staff, you are granted one gratis parking permit. Additional permits can be purchased for $5 cash at the Campus Public Safety office.

Please make sure that your permit is displayed from the inside rearview mirror of your vehicle. It must be visible to our security officers, and the permit must match the vehicle information that we have on file for you. Changes to a vehicle or license plate will require an update of your vehicle registration information.

Contact Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu to make any changes to current vehicle registration, or call the Campus Public Safety office at 503-554-2090.

As our security officers patrol around campus, they have been seeing some creative parking!

Reminder: If you are parking on the street, your car must be facing the same direction as the lane of traffic next to you. When parking in a George Fox parking area, there must be a striped line on either side of your vehicle. For example, you may not park along the curbs in the Le Shana or Newlin parking lots. You are not permitted to park against building sides, walls, or by creating a new space.

Did you know that the Newberg police can fine you $110 for parking the wrong way on a city street or yellow curb fire zone, and $435 for parking in a handicapped spot (including hash-marked areas) without a valid state-issued handicapped permit?

Questions? Please check the parking regulations on our webpage or call the Campus Public Safety office at 503-554-2090.

Want to play a game that is kind of like baseball, but has five bases instead of three, first base can be stolen, there are no foul balls, and you can peg the runners? That game is called townball, and a group of students are playing it every Sunday at 3 p.m. by the Morse Athletic Fields.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to come and play; no baseball experience is required. Bring water, a glove if you have one, and your friends!

Questions? Contact Grant More at gmore17@georgefox.edu.

Gather this Friday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium for the Taster Game Show.

Join a night of fun mini games that will preview the big events Student Activities has going on this year. The winner of this event will walk away with some cold, hard cash! You won’t want to miss out.

Questions? Contact Student Activities at activities@georgefox.edu.

Join George Fox employee Hannah Butler for Alpha on Wednesdays. These meetings are held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Chehalem Cultural Center’s Room 201.

Alpha is a weekly meeting centered around a free dinner and open dialogue. It provides a series of videos and discussions to explore the basics of Christian faith.

Alpha runs over eight weeks and everyone is welcome. There is no obligation to say anything and there’s nothing you can’t say or ask. It’s an opportunity to hear from others, ask questions, and contribute your perspective in an honest, friendly and non-judgmental environment.

Questions? Contact Hannah Butler at hbutler@georgefox.edu.

If you joined the National Society of Leadership and Success, here are some important dates for this semester!

Leadership Training Day is Saturday, Sept. 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Stevens 207. If you aren’t able to attend that one, we have a make-up Leadership Training Day on Monday, Sept. 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 105. Both Leadership Training Days will be the same. You only need to attend one.  

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Kristi Welker, chapter advisor, by emailing NSLS@GeorgeFox.edu.

All are invited as the William Penn Honors Program hosts Ray Barfield to lecture on “Seeking God in the Ruins: A Pediatric Oncologist’s Story of Finding Beauty and Hope Amidst Suffering and Death.” The lecture will be held in Canyon Commons 101 at 7 p.m. this Thursday, Sept. 26.

Barfield will share how it’s not so much the absence of suffering, but rather our response to it, that fosters wholeness.

Ray Barfield is a pediatric oncologist and palliative care physician. He lost his Christian faith after witnessing the suffering of children with cancer. Although he later returned to Christianity, his doubts transformed his perspective on human flourishing.

Prior to the lecture, a panel event, “A Clinician’s Guide to Re-Conceptualizing Death, Dying, and Suffering: The Art of Practicing Thoughtful and Compassionate Care,” will take place that afternoon in Canyon Commons from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Joining Barfield at that event will be Pam Fifer and Daniel Kang from George Fox, and Kristen Lakis from the Duke University Health System.

Questions? Contact Nancy Schifferdecker at nschifferdecker@georgefox.edu.

At George Fox, we believe in the importance of creating a safe and healthy environment for all of our community members so that you can be successful in achieving your goals.

We have partnered with Ever-Fi to make an interactive and engaging online module available to you on the topic of college student mental health. While this module is encouraged for all students, first-year students are required to complete the course.

If you wish to learn more about helping others, this course is for you. The course is interactive and full of valuable information regarding mental health strategies. It will only take 30 to 40 minutes of your time.

All first-year students will receive an email next week from the Office of Student Life with instructions on how to take the course. Then a follow-up email will be sent out by Ever-Fi and George Fox University.

To sign up for the course, contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu no later than Friday, Oct. 4.

Of course, we want to remind you that there are numerous resources on campus, including the Health and Counseling Center, university pastors, and Residence Life/Commuter Life staff.

Gather for a panel discussion addressing the question, “How would Christ respond to immigration?” as part of the Intercultural Resource Center’s Mathetes events. The panel will be held tonight (Tuesday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons.

Questions? Contact Loveleen Brar at lbrar16@georgefox.edu.

If students in your courses use APA formatting, please encourage them to join the Academic Resource Center for an APA workshop with Sue O’Donnell. The workshop will be held this Thursday, Sept. 26, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Students who attend will receive a helpful APA handout and learn the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more.

Questions? Contact Julia James at jjames@georgefox.edu.

Join the Academic Resource Center for an APA writing style workshop with Sue O’Donnell this Thursday, Sept. 26, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Those who attend will receive a helpful APA handout and learn the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more.

Questions? Contact Julia James at jjames@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Community Pantry is partnering with the Newberg community to host the Great Turkey Fumble 5K Run/1K Walk at Newberg High School on Thursday, Nov. 28 (Thanksgiving Day). The event begins at 8:45 a.m.

This year, we are aiming to break the $10,000 mark of money given to Newberg FISH over the past four years. That doesn’t include the more than 600 pounds of food we have collected over the past three years.

The cost ranges from $23 to $29, and all entries receive a free football and T-shirt. Contact alumnus Brady Mordhurst (brady.mordhorst@gmail.com) for more detailed information on cost.

Volunteers are also needed. If any student or employee would like to volunteer, feel free to reach out to Brady at the above email address.

Many thanks to the 157 commuters who completed the Commuter Life Needs Assessment survey! Your feedback is valuable to us, and we will do our best to support your suggestions.

Congratulations to Ashley Solis, Amarie Miller, Charles Smith, Paige Ellens, Carmen Hixson, Casey Ellisen, Ruiqing Deng, Zachary Lyda, Owen TenBrook and Riley Fleetwood. Each of them won a Commuter Life T-shirt. You may claim your prize in the student life office during business hours. 

Follow us on Instagram @gfucommuterlife to stay up to date with Commuter Life happenings. If you would like to continue providing feedback, email Kristi Welker at kwelker@georgefox.edu.

The women of the George Fox community (staff, faculty and administrators, as well as female spouses) are invited to the Fall Ladies’ Luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Ruth Baker will be hosting this come-and-go event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101-103.

A short devotional and prayer will be held at noon. Come and connect with other women in our community over a delicious meal. There is no cost to attend.

Contact Michelle Dawson at mdawson@georgefox.edu with questions.

Sign-ups for Generation Connection are now open! This is a program through the SpIL office intended to help bridge the generation gap and form intentional friendships between students and elderly people in the community.

Everyone involved will commit to meeting one-on-one or in small groups for a period of eight weeks, starting with a kick-off meeting in the last week of September. Apply here or visit this spiritual life webpage. Applications will be open through Friday, Sept. 27, or until all spots are filled.

Questions? Contact Rosemary Michael at rmichaeltrumbull17@georgefox.edu.

As part of Residence Life’s partnership with Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, a burn demonstration will occur in the quad today (Tuesday) at 11:50 a.m. It is our shortest program, lasting no more than 10 minutes. 

There will be fire trucks, firefighters and lots of fire to give a sense of how quickly a fire can spread. This is part of Campus Fire Safety Month and our commitment to help our community be aware and safe.

Questions? Contact David Johnstone at djohnsto@georgefox.edu.

William Cheaqui has joined the admissions department to work as a data analyst. He arrives from Salem, where he worked as a transit operator for Salem-Keizer Area Mass Transit for the past three years. He also did volunteer work as a data analyst for the city of Salem in 2018-19 and is using his skills in data collection and database organization to assist two local coffee shops in the Salem area. This fall, William completed a master’s degree in business analytics at Grand Canyon University, and he holds a bachelor’s degree in Bible evangelism from Bob Jones University (2010). He lives in Keizer with his wife Jamie and their two foster children. The family attends Salem First Baptist Church.

The undergraduate admissions office welcomes Keenan O’Hern as an admissions counselor this month. Since March he’s worked as a marketing coordinator for Core Health & Fitness in Vancouver, Washington. Previously, he was a teaching assistant for digital marketing students and a marketing operations specialist with GreenFig Micro Education of San Mateo, California (2017-19), from which he earned a micro degree in applied business science in 2015. Keenan also has experience as a search engine optimization and pay-per-click specialist, working as an intern with Web301 of Bend, Oregon, in 2017-18. He earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from George Fox in 2018 and also had the opportunity to study abroad in Rome in 2016. Keenan lives in Portland with his wife Stacy, also a 2018 George Fox graduate, and attends Door of Hope in Portland.

Michelle Kang has returned to serve as a program coordinator for the PsyD department, resuming a position she held in 2017-18. She worked previously as an office manager for Kang and Associates Physical Therapy Inc. of Ventura, California, from 2005 to 2013. Prior to that, she was director of conference services for the C.S. Lewis Foundation of Redlands, California, in 2003. Michelle earned a bachelor of business administration degree in economics from Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business in 2000. She lives in Newberg with Daniel Kang, an associate professor in the university’s doctor of physical therapy program, and their three daughters, Lauren, Claire and Grace.

A 2019 graduate of George Fox, McKenzie Young, has joined the university as a user experience designer for the new Catalyst College. For the past three and a half years, she has run her own freelance illustration business, McKenzie Young Art, for which she’s illustrated children’s books, designed logos and characters, done spot illustrations, and created editorial illustrations. Also, since December of 2018, she has worked as a marketing graphic designer for Soma Games in Newberg. While a student, she was an intern in the university’s Department of Art and Design in the fall semester of 2018. McKenzie earned a bachelor’s degree in studio art this spring. She lives in Tualatin.

Courtland Sherreitt (Media Production Services), Stephanie Bugas (Advancement) and Ji Haverda (Student Accounts) are no longer at the university.

Jillian Sokso (Art and Design) recently gave a public lecture on her studio practice at the College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The lecture was part of the Frogman’s Print Workshops series, for which Sokso also taught a course in Monotype, and exhibited work at the university’s Weber Gallery. Her work was also recently exhibited in “AIFA: Emerging” at the Anne Irwin Fine Art in Atlanta, and will be shown in another exhibit, “Of Print-bearing Age,” curated by Sarah Pitrus, at the Flatbed Press Gallery in the Crane Arts Building in Philadelphia this fall. 

Tai Harden-Moore (Advancement) authored an article, “Academic Bullying: Higher Education’s Dirty Little Secret,” in the August 16, 2019, issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

Corban Harwood (Mathematics) hosted two faculty workshops this summer (funded through a three-year National Science Foundation grant), from which more than 25 articles have been published by the 50 participating mathematics faculty from across the country. In alignment with the grant’s goals, these publications guide interdisciplinary student investigations and inquiry-based curriculum development in support of improving STEM education. Corban also recently presented “Mathematics as a Language of Creation” at the adult Sunday school class at Newberg First Presbyterian Church.

Terry Huffman (Education) published a book, An Appalachian School in Coal Country: Facing the Challenges of a Changing Region, through Lexington Books. In it, Terry examines the struggles and triumphs of an elementary school in one of the poorest counties in the United States. Despite economic crisis in the county, Creekside Elementary School is achieving unprecedented academic success. The book explores the objectives, goals and challenges of the educators of Creekside Elementary and the ways in which they are able to serve the needs of their students and community.

Come hear from two fiction writers at a special “Careers in English Speaker Series” event this Wednesday, Sept. 25!

Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of the Night Angel Trilogy, and alumna Gina Ochsner, winner of the Flannery O’Connor and Oregon Book Awards, will speak about their careers in writing. Any student is welcome to attend!

Join us from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Stevens 209. This event is co-hosted by the English department and the IDEA Center.

Contact Kaitlyn Ragan (kragan@georgefox.edu) with any questions.