The Daily Bruin

The Office for Spiritual Life has a program called “SPIL Mentoring,” which provides students an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about faith and life, while receiving ongoing encouragement and support from a George Fox staff or faculty member.

Through this program, you can foster a growing relationship with Christ alongside a trusted mentor. Students in the program will be matched with a dedicated staff or faculty member, with whom they will have weekly meetings lasting approximately one hour, spanning a duration of eight weeks within the semester.

Participants can also receive SPIL credit for joining the program. To sign up, please fill out this form by Thursday, Sept. 14.

If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Spiritual Life Office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

The Crescent, George Fox University’s student-run newspaper, is hiring for the 2023-24 academic year!

Working for The Crescent is a great opportunity for students who are interested in exploring journalism, improving their writing skills, and working to inform the George Fox community. Not a writer? We are also hiring photographers!

If you are interested in any of these positions, apply here. Applications close at midnight on Friday, Sept. 8. Email asccrescent@georgefox.edu with any questions you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!

Today (Saturday), Mail Services is open between 1 and 4:30 p.m. for you to come pick up your packages. The retail center for outgoing packages will not be open.

As we head into Welcome Weekend, the Newberg/Portland area will see temperatures soar above 90 degrees. As per our heat protocol, please follow these steps:

• Stay hydrated by drinking water every 20 minutes
• Schedule more strenuous work in the cooler parts of the day such as the morning
• If on the Newberg campus, take advantage of cooler buildings such as the Murdock Library, Klages, or Canyon Commons
• Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., check on fellow employees every hour to two hours
• Know the symptoms of heat-related illnesses.

If you have any questions about best practices during high heat, please contact Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.

Beginning this semester, the university is no longer offering its own primary medical care. Rather, we are welcoming a new health care model for students in partnership with Providence Medical Group.

The medical care clinic will continue to be co-located with counseling services, but it will be staffed by providers from Providence Health systems. As such, medical care will be accessed through your medical insurance plan similar to when you go to see your own medical care providers at home (with the requisite costs associated with your medical insurance plan such as co-pays and deductibles).

Please note that this change only applies to medical care. Counseling services will continue to be offered to students through George Fox at no additional cost.

We believe students will be well-served by partnering with Providence Medical Group. A couple of anticipated advantages of moving to this model are expanded hours and access to Providence Health system’s expansive network of specialists and medical services.

The new Providence medical services and George Fox counseling services will be housed in the Health and Counseling Center’s current location on campus (Woodward House). We are looking forward to the excellent medical care that Providence will provide and will be communicating details regarding these changes on the Health and Counseling website.

The Hadlock Student Center will have expanded hours for Welcome Weekend to provide students opportunities to engage in recreational activities, including sports and exercise. The rental center will also be open at all times listed below. Make free online reservations by going here.

Welcome Weekend Hours:

• Friday: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Saturday: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Sunday: 1-5 p.m. and 7-11 p.m.

If you have questions, please email us at studentcenter@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Community Pantry food bank will be open during the following days and times for the fall 2023 semester.

Aug. 28 through Dec. 11

• Mondays: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 to 4 p.m.
• Tuesdays: Noon to 2 p.m.; 4 to 5:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; 4 to 5:30 p.m.
• Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Fridays: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We will be closed for the following holidays:

• Oct. 15
• Nov. 22, 23, 24
• Dec. 18 through Jan. 8

Note: Hours change from Dec. 11-15.

Email bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu, or find us on Instagram and Facebook. If you need access to food during a time when we are closed, please email us to arrange an alternative time.

The schedule is subject to change due to volunteer availability. Check out the website for more information.

Interested in science fiction novels, television shows, films, games and more? Then HIST 485: The Past of the Future: A Cultural History of Science Fiction is for you.

In this class, students explore the artifacts of science fiction genre (short stories, novels, pulp fiction, radio shows, film, graphic novels, games, music, and TV shows) and the historical context in which they were produced.

We’ll engage a variety of these throughout the semester with possible SF “artifacts,” including Voltaire’s Micromégas, Shelley’s Frankenstein, Hawthorne’s Rappacini’s Daughter, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues, H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, A Trip to the Moon (the first SF movie), comics such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, War the the Worlds radio show, Godzilla (original film, 1954), the original Star Trek, David Bowie’s Space Oddity, afrofuturism, and lots more!

For more information on this class, contact Paul Otto at potto@georgefox.edu.

Interested in politics, public policy, and civic engagement? PSCI 285/485 Oregon Politics might be for you.

Christine Drazan, former minority leader of the Oregon House of Representatives (2019-21) and Republican candidate for governor (2022), will teach this class aimed at helping students understand and navigate public policy, advocacy, and civic engagement.

She is bringing in guest speakers from across the political spectrum. Students in the class will have the opportunity to meet and talk with state legislators, a campaign manager, a political reporter, a political communications director, a legislative director, a public policy analyst, and more.

The class is offered at both the 200 and 400 levels. Students who take the upper-division version will have more rigorous assignment expectations than those who register for the lower-division option. It meets on Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and is open to students from any major.

If you have any questions, please contact Caitlin Corning, chair of the Department of History and Politics, at ccorning@georgefox.edu.

A computer/messenger bag was left in the conference room (Hoover 104) at some point in the spring. If you are missing a black bag with a couple items in it, we have it in the academic affairs office.

Please come by Minthorn 205 or contact Charlene at cmaugeri@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2141 to claim it.

Hello staff and administrators!

The Professional Development Committee would like to invite you to a Portland Center frozen treat social this afternoon (Thursday) from 2 to 2:45 p.m.!

Our committee focuses on promoting personal and professional growth for staff and administrators to promote communication, fellowship, and unity within the George Fox community. We are hopeful that this will be a sweet time to pause, enjoy a frozen treat, and fellowship with your coworkers.

Join us today at the front desk atrium area while supplies last. We will also have gluten free and dairy free options.

Hope to see you there!

Join us at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Ryan Dearinger, associate professor of history and winner of the 2022-23 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award, will present the faculty address.

Come start the year off blessed as we worship together and welcome students to campus! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

This Saturday, Aug. 26, Mail Services will be open between 1 and 4:30 p.m. for you to come pick up your packages.

The Hadlock Student Center will be closed for staff training tomorrow (Thursday). If you plan to rent outdoor equipment such as paddleboards and kayaks, please make arrangements to pick up your equipment today and drop it off on Friday (or another day).

Pick-up and drop-off services will not available when we are closed. If you have any questions, please contact us at studentcenter@georgefox.edu.

If you are looking to get information about on-campus jobs, win prizes, sign up for direct deposit, or fill out your new hire paperwork, come find us at the Community Fair this Friday, Aug. 25!

Stop by the student employment table between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the quad to see what’s going on.

Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 24, and Friday, Aug. 25.

Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the Bauman or 99W lot on Friday.

Students: If your on-campus residence is Pennington, Edwards, Weesner Village, Hobson, Macy, Sutton, Le Shana, Gulley, Brandt or Newlin halls, we need you to vacate the lots associated with these locations on Thursday morning and stay out of them on Friday.

If you normally park in the Le Shana or Newlin Hall lots, please move your cars as close to Fulton Street as possible so that the areas in front of the buildings remain clear. You can also move your vehicles to the Bauman lot.

Everyone who parks in the Pennington lot, lollipop area, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the 99W lot on Thursday morning. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!

The lot in between the Roberts Center, Gulley and Brandt halls must be vacated on Thursday evening.

Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the CPS website for lot locations. Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!

Beginning this semester, the university is no longer offering its own primary medical care. Rather, we are welcoming a new health care model for students in partnership with Providence Medical Group.

The medical care clinic will continue to be co-located with counseling services, but it will be staffed by providers from Providence Health systems. As such, medical care will be accessed through students’ medical insurance plan similar to when they go to see their own medical care providers at home (with the requisite costs associated with their medical insurance plan such as co-pays and deductibles).

Please note that this change only applies to medical care. Counseling services will continue to be offered to students through George Fox at no additional cost.

We believe students will be well-served by partnering with Providence Medical Group. A couple of anticipated advantages of moving to this model are expanded hours and access to Providence Health system’s expansive network of specialists and medical services.

The new Providence medical services and George Fox counseling services will be housed in the Health and Counseling Center’s current location on campus (Woodward House). We are looking forward to the excellent medical care that Providence will provide and will be communicating details regarding these changes on the Health and Counseling website.

The Maker’s Market will be reopening this Friday, Aug. 25, with limited hours. We will be open from 11:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Monday, Aug. 28, we will begin normal hours.

We look forward to seeing everyone again!

Calling all knitters, crocheters, felters and sewists! The “Needle Nerds” will be hosting a Crafting Community Hour on Wednesdays in the Murdock Library from noon to 1 p.m. throughout the fall semester.

Bring your latest project; all small crafts and abilities are welcome! Email Kate Wimer at kwimer@georgefox.edu with questions, or just check in with us during one of our open meetings.

The library is pleased to deliver library materials for participating faculty to their office on the Newberg campus. Library materials must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign.

Simply fill out this form to request courier service. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Cameron at mcameron@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2422.