The Daily Bruin

We are a group of nursing students assessing the current knowledge level of the food resources available in the Newberg area. This survey is anonymous. At the end of it, you can enter to win a $100 gift card to Grocery Outlet by leaving your email address.

Please use your George Fox email address to participate in this survey. To participate, please use this link.

Thanks for your input! Contact Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Tomorrow (Friday), marks another Friday @ Fox visit day. Prospective students will participate in a campus tour, visit classes, eat lunch on campus, and tour academic departments of interest.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is asking students and employees to help make visitors feel the Be Known promise during their time on campus tomorrow.

A few things to note:

• There will be tours rotating through campus and residence areas at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
• Plan to park in areas outside of the Stevens lot, if possible, to ensure enough spaces for visitors.
• Consider offering a helping hand if visitors need directions or have questions about George Fox.

Questions? Contact Miranda Davidson at mdavidson@georgefox.edu.

Thank you for your help in making Serve Day such a huge success this year. Your hard work has deeply impacted our community, and we could not have done this without you.

As we work to close out Serve Day 2022, we would like your feedback. Please complete this survey to provide insight into your Serve Day experience. It will take approximately five minutes to complete.

If you have questions, contact the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

We hope you and your family are enjoying the beginning of fall. The sneezing season is upon us. How do we determine what the symptoms mean and how do we get help? Find out on this infographic.

If you are unwell, please stay home and take good care of yourself.

– People and Culture

Join Bon Appetit with your little ones for a Healthy Kids Cooking class! It is open to children of faculty and staff.

Healthy Kids in the Bon Appétit kitchen is a nutrition and culinary education program designed to teach and empower children to make healthy food choices for themselves and their communities. The class will take place in Canyon Commons 101 on Thursday, Oct. 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. You can sign up here.

Please contact Katie Anderson at Katie.Anderson@cafebonappetit.com for more information.

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very happy birthday! If you had a birthday in July, August, or September, we would like to celebrate you.

Please stop by the academic affairs office tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday, Sept. 30, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a slice of cake! We’re located on the second floor of Hoover in HVR 230.

Portland Center employees may pick up their birthday treat at the front desk. Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Every Wednesday this semester, Contemplative (Quaker) Worship will be held from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. in Hoover 104.

In quiet waiting before the Lord, in addition to doing business with God as each of us needs, those present will be welcome to share a message from the Lord as they might feel led. We will then close with sharing and prayer. Spiritual life credit is available.

Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join us on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 3-4, for the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute’s Strengthening Team™ Ethics & Legal Considerations Suicide Prevention two-day event.

Day 1: We will explore safety, security, risk and common ethical and legal concerns in healthcare practice, followed by applying these concepts to emerging roles in primary care (behavioral health clinicians and culturally responsive community health workers). We will share experiences of power differentials in high-quality primary care early adopters.

Day 2: Kent Corso, PsyD, will present “Proactive Reduction of Suicide in Populations via Evidence-Based Research.” After that, we will discuss suicide in healthcare workers, as well as a system-wide approach to suicide prevention in primary care sustained since 2011.

If you would like to register for the event, sign up here. Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu with any questions.

In order to process an invoice, the Accounts Pay team needs all of the below-mentioned information:

• Vendor ID number
• Vendor Name as appearing in PeopleSoft
• PeopleSoft PO number
• PeopleSoft receipt number
• And finally, a copy of the invoice.

AP receives a multitude of emailed payment requests, and there is a high probability of those getting buried, especially in cases wherein any of the above information is missing in the email.

To comply with audit requirements, AP does not have access to the purchasing module; thus they are unable to themselves obtain PO and receipt numbers from PeopleSoft.

In order to improve our current “Procure to Pay” process, and to help you to pay your invoices in a timely manner, we have released a Request for Payment form. This form replaces emailed and paper payment requests.

We are planning a formal training session in the coming months where we will share more information with you. In the meantime, feel free to email your questions to purchasing@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
The Accounts Pay and Purchasing Teams

The faculty and staff of the School of Communication and Design (SOC+D) cordially invite you to a Lemmons Center open house this Friday, Sept. 30, from 3 to 6 p.m. We’ll begin with opening remarks and the introduction of special guests from 3 to 3:30 p.m.

Join us to celebrate the remodeling of the campus arts center, thank those who worked on this project, and tour our new spaces filled with student work! Food and refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited!

Contact Penny Martin at pmartin@georgefox.edu with any questions.

You are invited to attend the 2022 General Election Candidates Fair on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Hear from local candidates running for office in Newberg and the Oregon Legislature. George Fox University’s Civility Project will co-host, with the Newberg City Club and the Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce, a series of four forums for candidates running for local and state offices:

• Oregon House Districts 23 and 24: 10 to 11 a.m.
• Yamhill County Commissioner : 11:10 to 11:55 a.m.
• Newberg Mayor: 12:05 to 12:50 p.m.
• Newberg City Council: 1 to 2:30 p.m.

All the candidates for these positions have been invited, and nearly all of them are expected to attend. They will answer questions and give brief statements about their campaigns in each forum, and will have campaign information available.

You will also have a chance to endorse a Newberg Area Civility Pledge as well as get information about other races on the ballot.

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

Tomorrow (Wednesday), the Veterans Club will host a community dinner, sponsored by the Dundee Women’s Community Center. Join us from 5:15 to 7 p.m. The dinner will be at the Dundee Community Center (1026 OR-99W).

Contact Stauros Gibson, club president, at sgibson21@georgefox.edu if you have any questions or for further information.

Organizations and institutions can seem cold and inhuman, somehow disconnected from the lives we lead. But the reality, especially in modern society, is that most of us are organizational beings. We work in companies or other types of institutions. We are members of churches and other civic organizations.

Join us this semester to explore “God’s Purpose for your Organizational Life.” Over seven meetings, we will seek to uncover some surprising biblical truths about human institutions. In the process, we also discover that our lives can be more fully imbued with God’s purposes when we begin to appreciate that he is not just interested in our individual and family lives, but also our organizational lives.

This group is a great opportunity for students (graduate and undergraduate) who want to explore the integration of faith, work and vocation!

No outside preparation is needed. All meetings will include a free catered dinner. Email Travis Pickell at  tpickell@georgefox.edu by Saturday, Oct. 1, if you are interested. (Space is limited to 12 students, so do not delay!)

Meetings will be held on Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 22, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. Location to be decided.

The Office for Spiritual Life invites you to join us for chapel this week, either today, Tuesday, or Thursday, Sept. 29, at 10:50 a.m. President Baker will be preaching both days as part of our series on the book of Acts. We’d love to see you there!

Contact Jamie Johnson at jamiej@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Please join the Catholic Campus Fellowship group for dinner, prayer and fellowship from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Roberts Center’s Room 105.

Guest Alexis Torres, coordinator for young adult ministry and campus ministry for the Archdiocese of Portland, will share information about campus ministry and faith formation opportunities for college students.

Please contact Lorretta Krautscheid at lkrautscheid@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

George Fox University Recreation is hosting a Leave No Trace trainer course this weekend, Oct. 1-2, at Milo McIver State Park near Estacada. It is open to the public and discounted for George Fox students and employees.

The course is ideal for anyone who enjoys outdoor recreation, especially those who love to share the outdoors with other people.

Participants in the two-day course will learn Leave No Trace skills and ethics, as well as techniques for educating others about these low-impact practices. Participants who successfully complete the course will receive certificates and become official instructors of Leave No Trace.

To register and for more information, go here.

Contact AJ Heil if you have any questions at aheil@georgefox.edu.

The women of the George Fox community (staff, faculty and administrators, as well as female spouses) are invited to the Fall Ladies’ Luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 4 . Ruth Baker will be hosting this come-and-go event from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101-103.

A short devotional and prayer will be held at noon. Come and connect with other women in our community over a delicious meal. There is no cost to attend.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP using this link. We look forward to seeing you there!

Contact Faith McKee at fmckee@georgefox.edu or ext. 2103 with questions.

One of our graduates is on the brink of changing how doctors treat chronic cardiac disease. Joel Rurik, a 2016 graduate of George Fox’s biology program, will explain the details of his research in a lecture all are welcome to attend this Monday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Rurik is now a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he does cutting-edge gene therapy research. Most recently, his team’s work was featured on the front cover of Science, the top research journal in the United States.

Cardiac fibrosis, a scarring of the heart, underlies most cardiovascular diseases and remains challenging to target therapeutically. Chronic cardiac disease often results in fibrosis, which negatively affects heart health and function. Therapies targeting this cardiac fibrosis remain limited, but Rurik’s research offers a promising and tractable immunotherapy approach for tackling fibrosis.

Contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu for more information.

Join Swing Dance Club in the Foxhole tomorrow (Saturday) from 6:30 to 9 p.m. for Oldies Night!

All students and faculty are welcome, and no prior experience is necessary. We will be playing some traditional 1940s music and showcasing classic swing dance moves. The recommended dress code is oldies-inspired (think 1940s).

The beginner lesson is at 6:30 p.m., where we will teach you everything you need to know. The intermediate lesson follows at 7 p.m., when William and Nessie will be teaching “Split the Apple,” “Sweetheart Position,” and “Advancing Step.” The free dance starts at 7:30 p.m., when you can dance to your heart’s content!

If you have any questions, reach out to the club’s president, Julia Fisher, at jfisher21@georgefox.edu.

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very happy birthday! If you had a birthday in July, August or September, we would like to celebrate you. Please stop by the academic affairs office on Thursday, Sept. 29, or Friday, Sept. 30, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a slice of cake! We’re located on the second floor of Hoover in HVR 230.

Portland Center employees may pick up their birthday treat at the front desk. Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.