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Physical activity is an inexpensive, powerful medicine that helps people but is underutilized. A continuing medical education event, Interprofessional Solutions for Physical Inactivity in Primary Care, will empower healthcare clinicians to activate the people they support.

Join us between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, for this remote presentation. The fee is $100 for professionals, $50 for residents, interns and students, and free for George Fox students! Register here for the course.

Our presenters will review new CDC guidelines for physical activity alongside brief evidenced-based assessment and treatment approaches. The Patient-Reported Outcome Monitoring Information System (PROMIS) will be reviewed and utilized.

Contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of OHSU School of Medicine and George Fox University. The OHSU School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Credit: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Construction will begin Monday, April 20, on part of the Bauman parking lot. The area closest to Fulton Street will be fenced off, and construction vehicles will be driving through by the large plantings.

If you have a vehicle that needs to be parked in the Bauman lot, please park as close to Stoffer Stadium as possible in order to avoid construction traffic. Questions can be sent to Plant Services (plantservices@georgefox.edu). Thank you!

You are not alone. Contact someone at the university if you are having difficulty of any sort and we will do our best to assist you. Another way to get support is to complete a Fox360 self-referral form:

• Log into Fox360.georgefox.edu on a computer (the site doesn’t work well on mobile devices).
• Click the “Ask for Help” icon, and complete the form. 
• A staff member from an appropriate office will contact you. 

If you don’t have access to a computer and need assistance, email Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Students: Do you have opinions on the current meal plan system? Take this survey to give feedback. Think back to your experiences in the Bruin Den, Canyon Commons and Bruin Bites to give some honest opinions on your experience.

This is not a survey created by the housing office, but the results will be reviewed in committees implementing change in future years. Questions? Contact Noelle Murray at nmurray17@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.

We are having another Movie Night Wednesday tonight! This week we will be watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Add the Netflix Party extension on Google Chrome, click the link, and click the NP icon to join the party at 8 p.m. (Note: The link won’t be functional until the event begins).

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

Our bi-weekly shredding service has been temporarily suspended through Access. If you still need this shredding service performed in the coming weeks, contact Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu so that other arrangements can be made.

The undergraduate admissions office is hiring 10 paid interns for the 2020-21 academic year! Are you interested in a professional development experience that is a great resume builder?

The application is open on Handshake until Friday, April 24. If you have any questions, you can contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu.

The City of Newberg will be changing out a water meter today (Wednesday). The water will be shut off from 8 to 10 a.m. at 216 Carlton Way. The city was unsure which buildings would be affected, but the affected buildings could include Weesner Village, Beebe Hall, Carey Hall and Willcuts Hall, as well as the Prayer Chapel.

The Klages Center, Edwards Hall, and houses such as Weesner House, Fry House and McGrew House will not be affected. Questions can be directed to Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu. Thank you for your patience!

A George Fox alumna, JeanneAnn Farris, and a current student, Nicola Pieper, have created a play called International. A free play reading will be performed via Zoom on Wednesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m.

International is a play that explores the challenges and experiences of people who identify with more than one country. It delves into the struggles of identity in country, identity in the Christian faith, and the clashes and correlation of the two in relation to one another. It’s a compiling of interviews, most of which are associated with students and faculty of George Fox University.

If you’re interested, would like to know more information, or would like the link to the Zoom session, email internationalstagedreading@gmail.com.

The Hadlock Student Center is committed to helping you continue to find your fit. We are excited to announce that we will be offering additional virtual group fitness classes this week, including barre, yoga, and total body tone.

These classes will be taught by our own instructors that you already know and love. Sign up now on imleagues.com!

Keep an eye on our Instagram and Facebook feeds in the coming days as we continue to add additional classes. Questions? Contact Rob Simpson at simpsonr@georgefox.edu.

Finance understands that many of you are currently working remotely and may not have thought about “year-end” when the COVID-19 stay-home request was made.

Please do what you can to ensure that any deposits, reimbursement requests, reconciliations for Visa reimbursements and invoices find their way (with the appropriate documentation to complete the transaction) to finance as soon as reasonably possible.  

The finance team is here and is available to help if you have questions.

• Visa cards, Concur, travel – Kathi Becker (503-554-2166 or kbecker@georgefox.edu)
• Accounts Payable – Michelle Conrad (503-554-2160) or Patrick Culligan (503-554-2163) or accountspayable@georgefox.edu
• Close out your petty cash – Michelle Conrad (503-554-2160) or Patrick Culligan (503-554-2163) or accountspayable@georgefox.edu
• Deposits – Heather Groenlund (503-554-2173 or hgroenlund@georgefox.edu)
• Error Corrections/IDC’s other questions – Bruce Owen (503-554-2169 or bowen@georgefox.edu)
• Miscellaneous questions – Debbie Cash (503-554-2171 or  dcash@georgefox.edu)

Thank you for your help during this challenge.
-The Finance Team

The student life office wants to know how you are doing as we all are doing our best to finish the semester well. This quick survey will take less than two minutes. We look forward to hearing from you!

Questions? Email studentlife@georgefox.edu.

Students: Do you have opinions on the current meal plan system? Take this survey to give feedback. Think back to your experiences in the Bruin Den, Canyon Commons and Bruin Bites to give some honest opinions on your experience.

This is not a survey created by the housing office, but the results will be reviewed in committees implementing change in future years. Questions? Contact Noelle Murray at nmurray17@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.

Health insurance-eligible employees: This is a shortened plan year as we move to a Jan. 1 start date in 2021; there will be another open enrollment in the fall of 2020. George Fox’s current healthcare plan year runs from April 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020 (nine months).  

As is required every year, George Fox’s COBRA provider is in the process of alerting employees receiving health and/or benefits through the university of their rights through COBRA. This is done via letter, and you will receive it this week if you have not already. 

Questions can be directed to hr@georgefox.edu.

Our Shalom programming on Instagram Live (@gfuspil) has been changed to begin at 7:45 p.m. Join us tonight (Tuesday) as the university pastors lead interactive liturgies from commonprayer.net, with Scripture readings, songs, and prayer requests.

Questions? Contact spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Please make sure that you continue to carefully follow physical distancing guidelines to slow the spread of COVID. With the beautiful weather, it is tempting to relax our attention to these important matters.

If you are using the George Fox track or field or are out on the quad or elsewhere on campus, these guidelines from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) should be carefully followed:

• Stay home, save lives. The best way to stay healthy and prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to stay home. You must also limit things you do outside your home to what you must do. Examples of things you must do are shopping for food or picking up medicines. The governor’s order does not allow gatherings where people cannot keep six feet apart. Also, the order does not allow social events and non-essential business where people come into close contact. 
• Maintain six feet between you and all other people.
• Wash or sanitize your hands after contact with any surface.
• Do not touch your face, except after washing and sanitizing your hands.
• Avoid groups and contact with other people.

For more information on physical distancing and Oregon’s novel coronavirus response, click here. Questions? Contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090.

The transition to remote education brings various challenges as you navigate new living situations, different course formats, and upended schedules. Take a few minutes to look at this webpage for advice about moving forward this semester, and watch this brief message about support that is available.

If you haven’t read emails from Rick Muthiah, director of Learning Support Services, you can find the text at the bottom of the webpage linked above. Contact a professor, CAP coach, Student Life, or someone else at the university if you’re having difficulty with the remote learning experience.

If you aren’t sure who to contact, call the university switchboard (503-538-8383), or email or call Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2314.

The transition to remote education brings various challenges for many students as they navigate new living situations, different course formats, and upended schedules. The support during remote learning webpage has advice about moving forward this semester, and students can watch this brief message about support that is available.

If you would like to see the emails sent to all traditional undergraduate students from Rick Muthiah, director of Learning Support Services, you can find the text at the bottom of the webpage linked above. Students are encouraged to contact a professor, CAP coach, Student Life, or someone else at the university if they are having difficulty with the remote learning experience.

If they aren’t sure who to contact, they can call the university switchboard (503-538-8383), or email or call Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2314.

The university pastors and the Employee Prayer Network would like to invite you to consider joining us in a special spring semester prayer project. 

Knowing that there are many personal concerns within our student community – including physical and mental health, finances, family relationships, soul care, graduation transitions, and academic success – this is an important time for us to pray for our students purposefully, listening to the prompting of the Holy Spirit and praying with consistency.

If you would be willing to pray for the same five students each business day, from now through May 1, please send an email to Jamie Noling-Auth (jnolingauth@georgefox.edu) and the Office for Spiritual Life can provide you with a list of students. Or, if you have a specific group that you know and want to pray for, would you share those names with us?

We would love to make sure that all of our undergraduates have someone committed to praying for them in this unusual time. (As always, all student information needs to remain within our employee community in order to protect student privacy and adhere to FERPA guidelines.)

Thank you! Contact our office (spirituallife@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The Wineskin is the on-campus literary and art magazine. We are currently accepting prose, poetry, artwork and photography!

Submissions are due on Friday, April 17, to gfuwineskin@gmail.com with the guiding and optional theme of peace. The guidelines are below:

• Submit all pieces as editable files with a title
• All prose should be under 1,000 words
• Do not include watermarks

Questions? Contact Kialynn Palpant at kpalpant16@georgefox.edu.