The Daily Bruin

We encourage students to attend church live streams on campus tomorrow (Sunday). This is the last Sunday SpiL credit will be offered for attending each of these on-campus live-stream gatherings.

As space is limited in each location, reserve your spot in the iAttended app, where you will also find the on-campus location for each gathering. Reminder: Our current university policy restricts group singing and wind instruments on campus.

Join the following congregations in celebrating the goodness of God this morning:

• Cedar Creek Church: 10 a.m.
• Newberg First Presbyterian: 10:30 a.m.
• Westside: A Jesus Church: 9 a.m.
• Grace Baptist Church: 9 a.m.
• Imago Dei: 10 a.m.
• Newberg Friends Church: 10:30 a.m.
• Journey Church: 10 a.m.
• Butteville Community Church: 10:30 a.m.
• Northwest Christian Church: 9:30 a.m.
• Red Hills Church: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
• Rockpoint Church: 11 a.m.
• Sherwood Friends Church: 10 a.m.
• Village Church: 11 a.m.
• Wayside Friends Church: 5 p.m.

Questions? Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

We encourage students to attend church live streams on campus tomorrow (Sunday). This is the last Sunday SpiL credit will be offered for attending each of these on-campus live-stream gatherings.

As space is limited in each location, reserve your spot in the iAttended app, where you will also find the on-campus location for each gathering. Reminder: Our current university policy restricts group singing and wind instruments on campus.

Join the following congregations in celebrating the goodness of God this Sunday:

• Cedar Creek Church: 10 a.m.
• Newberg First Presbyterian: 10:30 a.m.
• Westside: A Jesus Church: 9 a.m.
• Grace Baptist Church: 9 a.m.
• Imago Dei: 10 a.m.
• Newberg Friends Church: 10:30 a.m.
• Journey Church: 10 a.m.
• Butteville Community Church: 10:30 a.m.
• Northwest Christian Church: 9:30 a.m.
• Red Hills Church: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
• Rockpoint Church: 11 a.m.
• Sherwood Friends Church: 10 a.m.
• Village Church: 11 a.m.
• Wayside Friends Church: 5 p.m.

Questions? Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

If you are looking for an opportunity to gather in person for church, join us on Sunday afternoon for a time of prayer, Scripture reading, and fellowship on campus. All are welcome!

We’ll be meeting in the fire pit pavilion tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. Hope you can join us!

Contact Cana Buckley (cbuckley17@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Are you looking for a community of Christian believers to learn, share and grow with? Are you interested in learning more about traditional and liturgical Christianity?

We would like to invite you to join Kyrie Eastern Orthodox Christian Club. We’re kicking off the 2020-21 school year with a survey to find out what students are looking for in Kyrie club events and activities. You can fill it out here.

If you would like to receive updates about upcoming events hosted by Kyrie or are looking for more information, please contact Meg Cecil at mcecil17@georgefox.edu.

Check out this week’s ARC newsletter for mindfulness and study tips in addition to our meme of the week!

Want to make a writing or academic coaching appointment this week? Email the_arc@gerogefox.edu or visit arcschedule.georgefox.edu

Just a reminder that the FoxHole is open for commuters from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m daily via card swipe.

Please honor the occupancy limits, furniture placement (do not move them), and maintain social distancing. 

Questions? Email David M Johnstone at djohnsto@georgefox.edu.

Let’s show our local firefighters some Bruin love! Pick up a supply package from your RA or come to the decoration station in student life to write a card to a firefighter. You can use our supplies, or your own!

Card drop-off boxes will be located in Hadlock, Canyon Commons, and the library, or you can stop by our booth on the quad tomorrow (Friday) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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

An all-employee meeting will be made available for viewing today (Thursday) after 3 p.m. The meeting will be posted at this link. Like previous meetings, the password to join is provided on the meeting site.

The Intercultural Resource Center is hosting the annual Voices Conference at George Fox (fully online) on Friday, Oct. 9, at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. SpIL credit will be offered!

This multicultural leadership conference is open for people from all backgrounds and cultures. Our vision is to create space for students, faculty, staff, and community members to engage in meaningful conversations about being multicultural leaders in an increasingly diverse society.

This year, well-known leaders and speakers Leroy and Donna Barber, Robert Chao Romero, Sunia Gibbs, and Kathy Khang will be leading virtual workshops and discussions regarding social justice, leadership and diversity.

You can register here.

Questions? Contact Victoria Prieto at vprieto17@georgefox.edu or Bryce Coefield at bcoefield@georgefox.edu. Hope to see you there!

For the first time ever, we are able to add meal plans for graduate students!

If you are interested in adding either of our “Block Plans” or another meal plan, please email housing@georgefox.edu and we will get it set up within one business day for you to start getting food!

The Bridge Cafe is open from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and so should be available during your hours on campus.

Part of being able to offer graduate meal plans is our new app: GET mobile. The app is used over 500 times daily by our undergraduates to order and pick up meals and beverages to go.

If you would like to use the app to order food to go, follow these instructions:

• Download the “GET Mobile app” by searching your phone’s app store for GET MOBILE
  • The app is grey and says “GET.”
• Launch the app and find George Fox University from the list of schools
• Enter your George Fox username and password
• It may ask you to enter your email and phone number
  • A phone number is required to notify you when your order is ready
• Land on the Dashboard, with a (1) Accounts, (2) Transactions, and (3) Order section
• Add a credit card or debit card on file when making your first order
• To place an order select “Start an Order”
• Choose the Bridge Cafe
• Place your order
  • Some options can be preordered and some can only be ordered for ASAP (weekly rotating menu in Canyon Commons)
• View your cart and select your payment method
  • You can add a card during your first order

When you get the notification that your order is ready, you can pick it up at the station right outside the Bridge Café. No waiting in line!

Questions or problems? Please reach out Jason Rosvall at jrosvall@georgefox.edu.

Come enjoy prepackaged snacks and community (not prepackaged) at TCK (Third Culture Kids)! We will be meeting tonight (Wednesday) from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the IRC backyard (1110 E. Sheridan St). All are welcome to join our multicultural group for good discussions and community!

TCK is a community for missionary kids, international students, business kids, military kids, etc., or anyone interested in missions looking for a community. Throughout the year, we will have a variety of different activities and events with the purpose of creating a space for TCKs to connect, discuss, express, learn and advocate.

Questions? Contact Yana Ramos Cutrim (ycutrim18@georgefox.edu).

We hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the clear air and sunshine. Today we would like to talk about the importance of getting a flu vaccination this year.

Flu shots reduce the risk of respiratory illnesses and severe complications. Please find out more about the importance and benefits of getting a flu shot in 2020 here.

Please stay tuned for where you can get the vaccine shots in the area. More to come!

Stay healthy and keep the campus safe!

It is time for another Wellness Wednesday! We hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the clear air and sunshine. Today we would like to talk about the importance of getting a flu vaccination this year.

Flu shots reduce the risk of respiratory illnesses and severe complications. Please find out more about the importance and benefits of getting a flu shot here.

We are planning flu shot events for covered employees in October. More to come soon!

Stay healthy and keep our campus safe!

Join us today at noon for our ongoing weekly Bible study! We will again be meeting inside (Hoover 105) rather than the amphitheater.

This week, Dominic Done, pastor of Westside: A Jesus Church and professor of applied theology at George Fox, will be diving into Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

This event is open to anyone, and chapel credit is available for students. COVID-19 protocols will be in place, so please wear your mask.

Join us for Fox @ the Fireside: Navigating the Information Wilderness Part 1, an online panel from 4 to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) with Bryce Coefield (Director of Intercultural Life), Amber Nelson (Clinical Psychology), Brian R. Snider (Engineering & Computer Science) and John Spencer (Education).

We will discuss the challenges of our often overwhelming information environment and consider practical ways to sort through everything we read, see and hear.

We hope that attendees will leave encouraged and empowered to face the information wilderness with confidence and wisdom.

No registration is required. Click here to learn more.

We will be hosting two showings of the new live-action adaption of Mulan this Friday, Sept. 25, in Bauman Auditorium at 6 and 8:30 p.m.

Space is very limited, so keep an eye out for the Activities Weekly email which will have a link to reserve your seat starting today.

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

Let’s show our local firefighters some Bruin love! Pick up a supply package from your RA or come to the decoration station in student life to write a card to a firefighter. You can use our supplies, or your own!

Card drop-off boxes will be located in Hadlock, Canyon Commons, and the library, or you can stop by our booth on the quad this Friday between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

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

If you missed the Lunch N’ Learn session this week about employee benefits, don’t worry! We recorded Aga Luptak’s presentation about the lesser-known benefits that HR provides to employees.

Access the recording and other helpful documents here.

Hello! As part of our Servant Engineering research, we are looking for responses from anyone who has two minutes to spare.

This survey is intended to improve our understanding of a broad range of demographics and will be used in reducing the waste that ends up in a landfill. Click here to complete the survey. 

Questions? Contact Malachi Tamminga mtamminga18@georgefox.edu. Thank you for your time!

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.

Living and Learning will be holding virtual recruiting sessions on Zoom about studying abroad in Ecuador or Italy in 2021-22:

Italy – Live virtual recruiting session

Thursday, Sept. 24, at Noon | Zoom Meeting ID 83866878882

Ecuador – Live virtual recruiting session

Friday, Sept. 25, at Noon| Zoom Meeting ID 88676877858

To join the meeting, go to zoom.us/join and enter the meeting ID. You will be prompted to download and install Zoom if you have not done so already.

Questions? Stop by the Center for Study Abroad or email us at studyabroadcenter@georgefox.edu.