The Daily Bruin

Happy New Year, George Fox! Ping Pong Club is starting up again this semester, and all staff and students are invited to come play and have fun.

Every week, the Ping Pong Club sets up some tables in the Hadlock Student Center gym. We provide the paddles and balls, but you are also welcome to bring your own. Similar to Ultimate Frisbee, there are no costs or obligations to participate. All skill levels are welcome.

Please fill out this quick three-question form to learn more.

If you have any questions, you can email Nathan Redman-Brown (nredmanbrown20@georgefox.edu) or Elliott Welborn (ewelborn21@georgefox.edu).

Today (Jan. 13) marks the beginning of Friday @ Fox for the spring semester.

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 today.

A few things to note:

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

If you have any questions, contact Lauren Hill at hilll@georgefox.edu.

George Fox University is hosting a Local School Night out and offering local youth (K-8) free admission to our basketball games on Saturday, Jan. 28.

The women’s team tips off against Linfield at 4 p.m., followed by the men at 6 p.m.

Join us for fun activities such as sign making, Pennington and Mac the Wildcat dance offs, photos with the giant Pennington parade balloon and more!

University Recreation is hosting a Wilderness First Aid course from Saturday, March 4, to Sunday, March 5, at the Hadlock Student Center! This course is open to students, employees and the public.

Wilderness First Aid is a two-day introduction to general medical concepts and basic life support skills. It is specifically geared toward people that enjoy spending time outside, so that they can be better prepared to respond to situations that may occur when adventuring, playing or working in the outdoors. The course is taught by Mark Whitaker, a professional instructor with significant patient care and backcountry experience.

To register for the course and to read more details, please go here.

If you have questions, please reach out to AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to attend the 13th annual Yamhill County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Chehalem Cultural Center Ballroom (415 E. Sheridan St.).

The program will celebrate the work of Dr. King, centered around his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. It will feature local speakers, spoken word and reflection. The event is free, and no registration is required.

Program Schedule:

• 5:30 p.m. – Doors open: free food provided by G&W Smoked Caribbean Barbecue
• 5:45 p.m. – Multimedia presentation
• 6 p.m. – The formal event begins: an interactive program featuring videos, stories/spoken word, reflection, and discussion. Spanish and ASL interpreting provided.

Presenters include George Fox’s very own Whitney Waddell, Maliah Aldan, Marake Wondwossen, Black Student Union students, and For Us, By Us Newberg students!

For more information, go to the event’s page here.

On Friday, Jan. 13, Plant Services will be closed for our monthly Work Day.

If you need to pick up your van reservation packet, please come pick it up before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12.

Thanks!

Class.georgefox.edu is a great resource for anyone needing to look up details on a class, including meeting times and location, teaching modality, enrollment limit and waitlist numbers, course description, instructor info, and add/drop deadlines. Just click on a class to see all the details.

Join us for Contemplative Worship tomorrow (Wednesday) from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. for a time of prayer and unprogrammed worship after the manner of Friends. We’ll be meeting in Hoover 250.

SpiL credit is available. Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu for more information.

Please join the university’s Master Chorus in a performance of sacred works for chorus, brass, and organ featuring Gloria by John Rutter. Rehearsals are Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in Ross 208 and begin tonight (Tuesday).

The performance will be on Sunday, April 23. The group is free and open to anyone in the community! So you can familiarize yourself with it, here is a recording of Gloria. Questions? Contact Danielle Warner at dwarner@georgefox.edu.

Do you have a pesky wart that has been bothering you and hasn’t gone away with home treatment?

Call 503-554-2340 to schedule an appointment to have it easily removed once and for all using liquid nitrogen. There is no cost for this service, so we hope to see you at the Health and Counseling Center on the Newberg campus!

Wart Wednesday appointments are available every other Wednesday starting Jan 11.

On the first day of our “Think Outside the Fox” Week emphasis on serving with passion (Jan. 16-20), the spiritual life office would like to invite students and employees to join together for a day of learning and service alongside Doing Good Things! and SOLVE in Portland.

The event is set for MLK Day on Monday, Jan. 16. Please complete this form to register. The day plan will be as follows:

• 9 a.m.: Continental breakfast and departure from SpiL House
• 9:45 a.m.: Meet at Irving Park in Portland for service and learning orientation
• 10 a.m.: Join SOLVE for MLK Day service project
• Noon: Lunch and discussion on houselessness and litter/garbage service
• 1-2 p.m.: “Walkabout” (prayer walk, distributing hot cocoa and socks, practicing presence and humanity with our unhoused neighbors)
• 2 p.m.: Debrief and drive back
• 3 p.m.: Arrive back at SpiL/Newberg campus

Undergraduate students who participate will be eligible for five SpiL/chapel elective attendance credits.

Contact Rus St. Cyr at rstcyr@georgefox.edu for more information.

Starting tomorrow (Tuesday) through Thursday, Jan. 12, the city of Newberg will be closing Center Street from Vermillion Street to Fulton Street to repair the septic connection between Fulton Street House and the city main line. Please do not park in that area during these three days.

Thank you,
Plant Services

The Bruin Community Pantry food bank will be open during the following days and times spring semester (Jan. 6 through April 28):

• Mondays
  11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesdays
  1-5:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays
  8-10 a.m.
  11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  3:30-6 p.m.
• Thursdays
  9:30 a.m. – Noon
  1-4 p.m.
• Fridays
  Noon – 5 p.m.

Note: Schedule subject to change due to volunteer schedule.

We are closed for the following George Fox holidays:

• Jan. 16
• Feb. 10
• March 27-31 (modified hours due to spring break)

Email bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu if you have any questions. Find us on Instagram and Facebook, as well as on the university’s website.

If you need access to food during a time when we are closed, please email us to arrange an alternative time.

From managing daily expenses to investing for retirement, this “Basics of Personal Finance” webinar session will help participants set personal finance goals, learn the basics of smart money management, and build a solid financial foundation for the future.

Dates/Times:

• Tuesday, Jan. 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
• Thursday, Jan. 19, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

You can register here. Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Want to sell your home? Register for this Canopy webinar to learn the top-10 things a home seller should do to prepare their home and create a great first impression. Plus, learn about your Employee Home Ownership Program, its benefits and how it can save you money.

The webinar is scheduled from 10 to 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12. Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. These four qualities are used as tools to cultivate a mind and heart of ease and wellbeing that benefits not only oneself but all of those around us.

Today, contemporary research studies are showing that practicing these qualities on a daily basis “increases one’s positive emotions and one’s degree of satisfaction with existence. The subjects feel more joy, kindness, gratitude, hope and enthusiasm, and the longer their training was, the more marked were the positive effects” (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology).

A seven-session series on the topic begins on Monday, Jan. 9, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and runs through April 3. The class meets online the second and fourth Monday of the month.

Click here to learn more and register, and contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Looking to get healthier, try a new activity, or make time for relaxation in 2023? LifeBalance has great savings for Providence Health Plan members.

Explore the 2023 New Year’s Guide for great discounts on wearables, health club memberships, fitness apparel, and more. Check out some highlights.

Get ready for a new year of fitness with Providence’s Active&Fit Direct™ program! Between January and March, Active & Fit is waiving the $25 enrollment fee for the standard gym network. This includes over 11,000 locations and 9,000-plus on-demand videos. Act now, as prices increase to $28 per month on April 1.

Have questions? Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu or visit this Active & Fit FAQ page.

Please join the university’s Master Chorus in a performance of sacred works for chorus, brass, and organ featuring Gloria by John Rutter. Rehearsals are Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in Ross 208 and begin on Tuesday, Jan. 10.

The performance will be on Sunday, April 23. The group is free and open to anyone in the community! So you can familiarize yourself with it, here is a recording of Gloria. Questions? Contact Danielle Warner at dwarner@georgefox.edu.

Hey everyone! Please share with me some of your goals you plan to commit to in 2023! One of my goals for the new year is to become more involved with community. I would love to hear what you have to say.

I also want to become more tech knowledgable, so with your goals I plan to create a vision board for 2023 for my community. Thank you for taking 60 seconds out of your day to respond.

Geordie McNeill (gmcneill21@georgefox.edu)

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.