The Daily Bruin

Have you submitted your Richter Scholars proposal yet? If not, now is the time to do so! The submission deadline is this Monday, Oct. 18.

If you missed the recent 2021 Richter Scholars kickoff event with all the changes to the program, the recording has been posted on the Richters Scholars webpage. The page has been updated to reflect all the changes. It is also where you will find the link for the new method of applying electronically.

Before preparing a proposal, please read through the full proposal guidelines, eligibility requirements, and review criteria. Students, upload your application documents using this link. Faculty, upload your letter of recommendation using this link.

The Richter Scholars program distributes funds to support student research activities that are devised, initiated and carried out by individual student researchers, with mentorship, guidance and expertise provided by a faculty mentor. The purpose of these funds is to support educational research opportunities that encourage the practice of independent thought, leading to independent achievement and personal responsibility.

For the purpose of this program, research is defined as a knowledge-generating activity that is designed to provide new information on a topic, tool or process, and that proceeds according to established and accepted research methods.

*Faculty mentors: Please note that several important proposal elements and eligibility requirements have been recently updated. Please thoroughly read through all posted documentation as you work with your student mentee to prepare a proposal.

For more information, contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to hear Doug Bandow speak on “The American Republic Turned Superpower: The Founders Were Right about Entangling Alliances Then and Now” this Monday, Oct. 18, at 6:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Bandow, a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and now senior fellow at the Cato Institute, writes regularly for leading publications such as Fortune magazine, National Interest, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Times. The event is made possible by the Jack Miller Center through a grant from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust.

Questions? Contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.

After 22 years of faithful service to George Fox University, Chief of Staff Melissa Terry will be retiring.

Please join us in a celebration send-off on Monday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101-102. A short program will take place at 4:30 p.m.

If you have questions, please contact Michelle Dawson at mdawson@georgefox.edu.

After 20 months of creating theatre in digital and outdoor venues, the university’s theatre program is returning to Wood-Mar Auditorium for our fall production of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. The show runs Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 21-23 and Oct. 28-30, at 7:30 p.m., and concludes with a Sunday matinee on Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.

COVID Precautions

All patrons must be masked. Our ticketing system will automatically place one empty seat on either side of your ticket purchase to create extra space between you and the patrons next to you. We encourage all patrons to be vaccinated to help protect our actors and fellow audience members from COVID-19.

Livestream Option

If you are uncomfortable attending the production in person due to the pandemic – or can’t make the trip for any reason – please feel free to purchase our livestream options available on either Saturday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., or Sunday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m.

Special Ticket Options for Students, Faculty and Staff

Students may acquire free tickets for Thursday night performances. George Fox faculty and staff are entitled to one free ticket for the run of the show. Both options may be selected when you purchase or select your tickets in our online ticketing system (please use your George Fox email address when obtaining tickets).

Purchase tickets at theatre.georgefox.edu, or call the performing arts box office at 503-554-3844. You can read a synopsis of the show here.

Interested in a thought-provoking discussion? This week on George Fox Talks, Abigail Favale hosts an important and timely conversation with Professor Bill Jolliff on what happens when reading causes us problems – emotionally, spiritually, morally and otherwise.

Give it a listen by subscribing to George Fox Talks on your phone’s podcasting app on Apple, Spotify or Amazon. Or watch it on our YouTube channel. You can find all of our new George Fox Talks materials, and a growing list of newer faculty publications and archived lectures, at this link.

Would you join the cause and help us boost our internet presence by (a) subscribing to our YouTube channel, (b) subscribing to the podcast on whatever app you use on your phone, and (c) reviewing the podcast on Apple podcasts? We appreciate it!

– Brian Doak (bdoak@georgefox.edu)

Mail Services wants to remind you to please come pick up your packages by the end of today (Wednesday). To help accommodate you, we will be staying open until 5 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Our focus for the month of October is on rest, recovery and restoration. For week two, we are going to be focusing on the importance of rest. We encourage you to watch two very inspiring videos about the importance of rest and how to do it right.

“Truly my soul finds rest in God: my salvation comes from him.” – Psalms 62:1

Be well.

Questions? Contact HR at hr@georgefox.edu.

The mailroom will be closed on student payday this month, which is tomorrow (Thursday) due to the school closure on Friday, Oct. 15. Please make sure your work-study students aware of this.

If students have a paycheck to pick up, they will be available in the HR office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday), and then available in the mailroom again starting at 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 18. Thanks for helping spread the word!

Contact Beth Hampton (bhampton@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The mailroom will be closed on student payday this month, which is Thursday, Oct. 14, due to the school closure on Friday, Oct. 15.

If you have a paycheck to pick up, they will be available in the HR office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday), and then available in the mailroom again starting at 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 18.

Contact Beth Hampton (bhampton@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Come help save three lives and stop by the blood drive at Abby’s pizza (1913 Portland Road, in Newberg) on Friday, Oct. 22!

The event, hosted by the Red Cross and organized by the university’s Nursing Club, runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bring a friend or family member and help our community and those in need. Snacks and juice will be provided.

Questions? Contact Kendyl Sandersen (ksandersen19@georgefox.edu).

The George Fox student community is welcome to audition for the university theatre’s winter musical, Godspell. General auditions will be on Monday, Oct. 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Co-curricular students (anyone not a theatre major or minor) are instructed to prepare a 90-second monologue and one minute of a Broadway song of your choice. If you can’t find your own monologue, we will have monologues at the audition table for you to pick up and read (no need to memorize, or find your own, if you’d rather not). However, your song must be your choice.

If you are up for the challenge, bring your sheet music with you so our accompanist can play for you. Or, if that feels too scary, either bring recorded instrumental music that you can play on your phone, or sing it for us without accompaniment (a cappella). In short, if you want to audition we want you there!

Theatre majors and minors: Prepare a fully memorized and rehearsed 90-second monologue and one minute of a Broadway song of your choice for the general audition (bring sheet music to the audition).

All: Callbacks will feature cold readings, dance auditions and vocal work. Callbacks will be on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 26-27, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the same location.

The cast will include five women and five men. Go to this Google link to sign up for a five-minute time slot.

Contact Rhett Luedtke at rluedtke@georgefox.edu with any questions.

We are kinesiology students looking for participants to take part in our senior research project. Our study is examining the effects of caffeine on muscle recovery after an aerobic workout.

Participants will be asked to complete two 15- to 20-minute workouts on an elliptical (each a week apart) in the Hadlock Student Center, where you’ll drink either water or caffeine beforehand, then fill out a short muscle soreness survey for the four days following each workout.

If you would like to take part in our study, start out with filling out this survey!

If you have any questions, contact either Sadie Wilson (sadiew18@georgefox.edu), or Mason Demaris (mdemaris18@georgefox.edu).

University Recreation is hosting its annual fall rock-climbing competition at the Hadlock Student Center on Friday, Oct. 29! This event is a day of fun and friendly competition that is suitable for climbers of all skill levels. In fact, the majority of climbers are beginners and/or are in their first year of climbing consistently.

All George Fox students, employees, and UREC members are invited to participate in this competition. If you’re interested, please register here by Thursday, Oct. 14, to guarantee you get a properly sized T-shirt and to secure the climbing time that you want.

Climbing sessions are now 90 minutes each. The event will last from 3 to 10 p.m., and an award ceremony with door prizes will be held at 9 p.m. All climbers are encouraged to come back. Costumes are also highly encouraged for the competition, as it will be Halloween weekend.

The competition costs $10, which helps cover the cost of the T-shirts that all competitors will receive. Unfortunately, there is no way to register without this fee. However, we do have sponsorship spots available if anyone is struggling financially but would still like to participate. Please let us know. Likewise, let us know if you would like to sponsor a climber.

Competition rules and details can be found here.

If you have any questions about sponsor opportunities or about the Rocktoberfest Climbing Competition, contact Moriah Clock (mclock20@georgefox.edu).

Prominent Christian political commentator and attorney David French will issue a call for robust civility in politics at a free presentation in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1. The talk, entitled “Jesus Loves Your Political Enemies, and America Needs You to Love Them Too,” is available via a Zoom stream; those who attend in person are required to wear masks.

French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time magazine. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as a lecturer at Cornell Law School. After law school, he practiced law with a focus on religious liberty issues.

He advises Christians not to wait for our political leaders to fix America’s drift toward bitter division. “There is no policy fix for malice and misinformation” he says. “There is no five-point plan for national harmony.” Instead, French says it is up to the church to build a healthier political culture, embracing people across the political spectrum, keeping the Ninth Commandment (against bearing false witness), and demonstrating love for our political enemies.

He speaks to Christians concerned about the polarization and alienation metastasizing in our communities, and in politics at every level, both nationally and locally. French’s most recent book is “Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.”

The event is being hosted by the George Fox Civility Project, an initiative launched during the 2020-21 academic year out of concern about the polarization and alienation in political culture at every level (national, state and local). It sponsors events, publishes a newsletter, and maintains a website with information about civility.

For more information, contact Civility Project director Ron Mock at civility@georgefox.edu.

The entire community is welcome to join us for chapel this week. This morning (Tuesday) at 10:50 a.m., Pastor-in-Residence Hakeem Bradley, who works for The Bible Project, will speak, and our Worship Artist-in-Residence, Olivia Pothoff, will lead worship.

On Wednesday evening in Vespers at 7 p.m., President Robin Baker will be sharing from the Gospel of Luke. Please consider joining us to worship together this week!

Questions? Contact Jamie Johnson (jamiej@georgefox.edu).

As a part of your George Fox experience, we offer free group fitness classes for students and employees! Our experienced instructors teach a variety of classes, including MMA, Circuit Training, HIIT, Barre, Yoga, and Zumba.

If you’re interested, you can sign up here via IMLeagues.

If you have any additional questions regarding group fitness, email Angel Glockling (aglockling@georgefox.edu).

Did you know that there is a way to register formal complaints?

While most student concerns and complaints can and should be resolved informally, there is a formal general complaint procedure described in the “Support for Students” section of the Undergraduate Student Handbook as well as on the Graduate/DPS Policies page of the website.

Please note that these procedures cover complaints of a general nature and do not supersede specific policies involving special cases such as grade appeals, sexual harassment, etc., which are covered elsewhere in the Student Handbook, Catalog or Graduate/DPS Policies.

Questions? Email Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in working with a group of engineering students to help them better understand living with physical limitations? If so, we would love to work together!

Our focus as a servant engineering team is to better understand the challenges of living with physical limitations, in an effort to design and produce a prototype device to aid in everyday life activities! The limitation can be small or large; our goal is to learn more about all aspects of adaptive and assistive devices.

If you are interested, or if you know somebody who would be, please fill out this form.

Questions? Contact William Anderson at wanderson19@georgefox.edu.

Would you like to participate in a pen pal program with a local retirement home resident? The elderly often experience loneliness and isolation, especially during COVID. But you can help change that! If you’re interested in being a part of this program, sign up here!

We will be launching a kickoff event on Friday, Oct. 22, on the quad, so feel free to stop by to pick up envelopes, or make a card for a resident in a memory care home. We’ll also have donuts!

We are currently hoping to kick-start a Bridge the Generations pen pal program between George Fox students and a few local retirement homes in Newberg to help foster relationships between generations. We hope that this will lead to edifying and memorable experiences for both the residents and our students.

Contact Bryn Heikes (bheikes20@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Mail Services is moving! On Monday, Oct. 18, Mail Services will officially be its new space in the Roberts Center and no longer in the North Street Annex building.

We will be accessible from the doors facing Sherman Street. To prepare for the big move, we will be closed Oct. 14-17. Therefore, please come pick up your packages by the end of the day on Wednesday, Oct. 13.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.