The Daily Bruin

Effective Sep. 1, purchase orders will not be required for credit card purchases. All other spending guidelines remain in effect and will be closely monitored for compliance. Thank you all for your continued efforts to carefully evaluate all spending.

Purchasing and Finance are currently working on updated credit card policies and procedures that will result in fewer cards issued and cards identified for more specific uses. Once implemented, these changes are expected to continue to simplify the purchasing process.

Questions? Email Matt Hammar (Purchasing) at mhammar@georgefox.edu or Cris Banton (Finance) at cbanton@georgefox.edu.

In May 2020, the U.S. Department of Education released new regulations governing campus sexual assault under Title IX, the law prohibiting sex discrimination at federally funded institutions. You can find these updates on our Title IX website.

These changes have been reflected in the course that we offer through EverFi: Sexual Assault Prevention for:

• Graduate students (including DPS)
• Undergraduate students
• Student-athletes

Implemented in 2013, the Campus Save Act requires colleges and universities to provide primary prevention and awareness programs regarding sexual misconduct and related offenses to their campus community.

This year, all students will be required to complete this new course. You should be sent an invitation email from the student life office with all the information you need. Please read the welcome letter carefully so that you understand what is expected of you, and if you have any concerns, what your options are.

If you don’t see it in your in-box, please check your spam folder. If you do NOT receive an email by Aug. 31, 2020, please email Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jere.

Students who find that they left their face covering at home as they were heading to class can get a disposable face covering at the following locations:

• Student Life (Hadlock Student Center)
• Murdock Library (Newberg Campus)
• Stevens Center (Information Desk)
• Spiritual Life (Barclay House)
• Intercultural Resource Center (Moore House)

Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Many of us are beginning to look back on and process everything that has been happening since March. Our minds need to interpret it, digest it and make some sense of it.

We encourage you to read real-life stories of “hope, resilience and inspiration during the coronavirus pandemic” from around the world posted on the American Psychological Association website. It is refreshing and inspiring to see other perspectives and connect with others in that way.

What is your personal story? Write it out, wrestle with it, put it in words. Consider sharing it with your loved ones or peers. Let’s inspire and support each other. Let’s move our focus away from the daily feed of trauma and conflict and bring the positive, the difficult, the complex, the personal and the real to light.

After 24 years of service at George Fox, John Heitz is retiring at the end of August. John has served the university in plant services’ building repair department, and more recently as planner/estimator for plant services projects.

Students will remember him best by his startling demonstration on why undamaged window screens are important. Some staff may remember him best by his willingness to chase out unwanted animal residents. Serving 24 years means that there are so many great stories!

In lieu of a campus event, we would like to bless John with cards and letters. If you could take a moment to write him a note (or recall a favorite memory), please send those to Box 6449. Thank you!

All Tuesday Morning Chapels will be viewable in three different formats this semester:

• Stream it live at 11 a.m.
• Watch it streaming live at Stoffer Family Stadium at 11 a.m. (first 100 students only)
• Stream it on-demand in the iAttended app if you are not able to watch it live

If you have downloaded the iAttended app, enter code SBAX to see the semester’s schedule of events, and then join us for Tuesday Morning Chapel this morning!

Questions? Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

As we all work and live together, it is especially crucial that everyone understands the processes for reporting concerns and cases related to COVID-19.

Thank you for taking a few minutes to familiarize yourself with these processes:

• #CampusClear Daily Screening
• COVID-19 Case Reporting
• COVID-19 Concern and Case Reporting Form

Questions? Email COT@georgefox.edu.

The library is pleased to deliver library material for participating faculty to their offices on the Newberg campus. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign. Whether you have used this service in the past or are signing up for the first time, please fill out the request form.

Questions? Contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, students cannot congregate in the IDEA Center waiting room for drop-in appointments. Your CAP Coaches are still here to serve you though! Make a virtual or phone appointment for a 15-minute mini-meeting through Handshake. After the add/drop deadline on Sunday, Sep. 6, CAP Coaches will go back to offering 30-minute in-person appointments, as well as phone and virtual appointments.

Questions? Email Colleen Sump at csump@georgefox.edu.

Do you want to get paid to help students stay connected and have a creative outlet for your writing, photography or art?

Applications are open to work on George Fox’s student newspaper, The Crescent, in the 2020-2021 school year. To apply, just send a short introduction and any samples of your work to asccrescent@georgefox.edu. Applications close Sunday, Sep. 6 at midnight.

Questions? Email asccrescent@georgefox.edu.

IDEA Center CAP coaches are here to help you finalize your fall schedule. There will be no in-person drop-ins for the first two weeks. Instead, you can make a virtual or phone mini appointment through Handshake. Go here to learn how.

You can also email your questions to your CAP Coach.

Please join us on Thursday, Sept. 3, as we celebrate Ryan Dougherty for his 20 years of service to the university. He and his family will join us at the Alumni Plaza (between Bauman Auditorium and the football field) for socially distanced snacks and well wishes. We’ll have a basket available if you’d like to drop off a card. Face coverings required!

Suggested visit times:

• Admissions: 10-10:30 a.m.
• Registrar & Marketing: 10:30-11 a.m.
• George Fox community and friends: 11 a.m. – noon

Please contact Lindsay Knox or Sarah Reid with questions.

Undergraduate and grad students who do not weight lift are wanted for an eight-week strength training study.

Your time commitment: pretest session, training program twice a week for eight weeks (approximately 20 minutes per session), and a post-test session. A small honorarium will be offered for completing the study.

Contact Jason Brumitt (jbrumitt@georgefox.edu) for details.

The Office for Spiritual Life is excited to announce the Monday Morning Devotional (MoMoDeVo), a short devotional from one of our pastoral staff shared every Monday morning at 9 a.m. this semester.

Please visit this link to join us every Monday morning as we study the book of James. Students, if you want SpiL credit for watching, please watch it in the iAttended app.

Questions? Contact us at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Students, we’re so excited to have you on campus! A number of academic departments and offices are hosting open houses from 3 to 4 p.m. for the first two weeks of classes so students can meet professors and staff and enjoy some awesome snacks.

The George Fox community is full of incredible people, and we can’t wait for you to get to know them! Check out the open house map here.

Class.georgefox.edu is a great resource for anyone needing to look up details on a class, including teaching modality, meeting times and location, enrollment limit and wait-list numbers, course description, instructor info and often textbook listings, too (click the book icon after clicking on a course to expand its info).

Have questions? Write registrar@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in leadership on campus? We have open student government positions this year!

We need four freshman representatives, as well as a senior representative and a marketing director to fill our 2020-21 Associated Student Community team.

We would love to see you and answer all of your questions about joining student government. Join us on the quad at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) to learn more!

If you have questions, contact Meredith Green (mgreen17@georgefox.edu).

Following is info on employee dining on campus this semester …

• Due to the state’s restriction of no more than 100 people in restaurants at one time, you may have noticed that we’ve set up a variety of spaces around Canyon Commons for students to sit and eat. Until further notice, we ask that employees do not eat in Canyon Commons to be sure there is space for both residential and commuter students to eat at meal times.
• Employees may still order food to go through Bon Appetit using their app (more info on this soon). Lunch Club cards are not being sold to employees this year, but you may use any remaining punches you have to visit the servery. If you do, please take the food to go.
• The Bruin Den and Bruin Bites will both be closed, but Bridge Cafe remains open for grab-and-go food. 
• When in Canyon Commons, please follow all instructions posted and keep your face covering on.
• There is a dining area set up on the tennis courts that employees are welcome to use if desired.

Thank you for your understanding. Questions? Contact COT@georgefox.edu.

This year we are excited to partner with the app iAttended to track all spiritual life attendance requirements.

Please download the app ASAP, create your account using your George Fox email account, and then press the “Enter Code” button. In the pop-up box, enter the code C358.

If you encounter problems, or have any questions, please email spirtuallife@georgefox.edu. 

A George Fox student and faculty member are looking for students to participate in a study of academic stress. Students will report throughout the fall semester via monthly five-minute surveys.

If surveys are completed on time, students will be eligible to win an Amazon gift card and will earn an entry to win for each survey completed.

To see if you are eligible to participate, please fill out the initial questionnaire by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27. If eligible, students will be contacted by email.

Questions? Email Karis Lee at klee19@georgefox.edu.