The Daily Bruin

The campus is abuzz with activities as we begin to lay the groundwork for our new art annex and chapel. Various construction zones will interrupt and change what we have come to expect as we walk through campus.

As faculty, staff, students and neighbors, we all share a responsibility for our personal safety around campus, especially in those areas where construction traffic will be most prevalent. Please review these construction zone safety tips.

If you have any safety concerns or questions, please reach out to Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.

With the combination of rising food costs, inflation and gas prices, food banks are facing significant challenges in getting government-subsidized food. In addition, Yamhill Community Partnership’s (our connection to the Oregon Food Bank) freezer broke, and, due to supply chain issues, it won’t be repaired for several weeks.

This has greatly impacted the Bruin Community Pantry food bank’s ability to provide frozen meat to our clients. Last month we began to purchase ground meat – the easiest meat for our students to prepare – from Grocery Outlet to offset this situation. However, our budget is unable to sustain this for long.

We are reaching out to the George Fox community to let you know about this situation, and invite you to participate in financially supporting this effort or to purchase ground meat and donate it to the Bruin Community Pantry.

If you would like to become a financial partner with the BCP, please contact advancement at giving@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2110 for details on how to either give monthly or make a one-time gift.

If you would like to donate frozen ground meat to the food bank, please contact Jere Witherspoon to arrange a drop-off at the food bank in Roberts 110. You can call or email Jere at jwithers@georgefox.edu or call her at 503-554-2316.

Thank you for considering this opportunity.

Got parking? With the challenge of creating amazing buildings on campus comes the squeeze of parking. If you work in Hadlock, Canyon Commons or the Roberts Center, there is additional nearby parking available to you as an employee.

The Sleep Center building (1515 Portland Road) has 24 spaces in the parking lot closest to the Sleep Center building (four are ADA spaces). The spaces facing Portland Road are shared with Thai the Knot.

To enter the lot from Portland Road headed east: Turn north onto Villa Road, turn around so you’re traveling South on Villa Road and use the Villa road entrance.

To enter the lot from Portland Road headed west: Turn right into the parking lot off of Portland Road. The Villa Road and Portland Road intersection is very busy. Do not cut across Villa Road to reach the parking entrance.

The Sleep Center building has a sidewalk for pedestrian traffic, walking behind Attrell’s Funeral Chapel.

If you have questions, contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services’ courier service will be delivering to the following locations on the these days:

• Monday – Friday: Medical Sciences Building
• Tuesday & Thursday: Portland Center

Anything needing to go to those locations needs to be brought to Mail Services by 10:30 a.m. If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

I am conducting a research study along with researchers at Boise State University and Northern State University. We are studying the experience of high-functioning autistic adults as they go through a job interview.

We are looking for anyone who is a high-functioning autistic individual, over the age of 18, and who has been through a job interview that is willing to be interviewed. The interviews will take place over Zoom at your convenience.

Our aim is to understand the lived experience of these individuals so that we can make recommendations to businesses and practitioners on how to make the job recruitment process more inclusive for individuals of all abilities.

If you would be willing to participate in our study, please contact Andrew Ellestad at aellestad@georgefox.edu.

The Office for Spiritual Life invites everyone to join us for all-campus worship at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Sunday) in Bauman Auditorium. This will be our kickoff worship event for the year, and we will be offering chapel credit for it.

Come and worship! Questions? Contact spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Got parking? With the challenge of creating amazing buildings on campus comes the squeeze of parking. If you work in Hadlock, Canyon Commons or the Roberts Center, there is additional nearby parking available to you as an employee.

The Sleep Center building (1515 Portland Road) has 24 spaces in the parking lot closest to the Sleep Center building (four are ADA spaces). The spaces facing Portland Road are shared with Thai the Knot.

To enter the lot from Portland Road headed east: Turn north onto Villa Road, turn around so you’re traveling South on Villa Road and use the Villa road entrance.

To enter the lot from Portland Road headed west: Turn right into the parking lot off of Portland Road. The Villa Road and Portland Road intersection is very busy. Do not cut across Villa Road to reach the parking entrance.

The Sleep Center building has a sidewalk for pedestrian traffic, walking behind Attrell’s Funeral Chapel.

If you have questions, contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

The federal government released information about a student debt relief plan on Aug. 24. This includes:

• The final extension of the student loan repayment pause through Dec. 31, 2022
• Providing targeted debt relief to low- and middle-income families
• Making the student loan system more manageable for current and future borrowers

We are currently awaiting further guidance from the Department of Education. You can find more information about the plan at studentaid.gov/debt-relief-announcement.

Important Note: The debt relief only applies to loans disbursed by June 30, 2022. This means loans for the 2022-23 school year do not qualify for this program.

To view your personal federal student loan and Pell grant history, login to your dashboard at studentaid.gov.

Questions? Contact Aaron Geist at ageist@georgefox.edu.

Welcome back to Fox! If you will be parking on campus, there are a few changes you should be aware of.

• The Pennington (Penn) parking lot and the River Street lot will only be available to students who have a Penn parking permit. No other residents or commuters will be allowed to park there. Employees should also refrain from parking in these lots.
• The row of parking spaces facing Sheridan street in the Stevens lot has been converted to student parking and will be reserved for resident and commuter permit holders. There are 22 spaces.
• Overflow parking for staff and students will be available at the Highway 99 lot, which is right next to Steve’s Automotive. Do not park in spaces marked off for Steve’s Automotive.
• Remember the Morse lot, near the baseball fields, on the north side of campus is also another option for overflow parking.

Any questions? Call the Campus Public Safety office at 503-554-2090.

As we get close to the start of the term, there are an increasing number of scam and phishing attempts around campus. These have primarily come in the form of emails and text messages. Often they are asking for wire transfers, advertising fake job postings or asking users to open documents.

So that you don’t fall victim to these attempts, please review the guidelines below.

If you feel you’ve received a suspicious email or text, check the following:

• Check the sender’s address or phone number. If it is unrecognizable or something similar to, but not exactly the same as the sender’s normal email address, it could be a phishing attempt. Please note that a similar email address does not mean the original email address has been compromised; this is called a spoofing account.
• Any link or odd instructions. If the email directs you to click on a link (even something familiar such as iTunes, etc.) or input sensitive information, it could be an attempt to get your password or other important information. Do not reply to the email or text. Always verify requests for sensitive data or transfers of money in person or by directly calling a known phone number.

If you feel that you have received some sort of phishing attempt:

1. If you receive an email or text message that you suspect is a phishing attempt, you should forward it to servicedesk@georgefox.edu with an explanation.
2. You should not click any links or open any attachments.
3. When Google identifies that an email may be phishing or suspicious, they might show a warning or move the email to Spam.
4. If an email wasn’t marked correctly, follow the steps below to mark or unmark it as phishing.
   1. On a computer, go to Gmail
   2. Open the message.
   3. Next to Reply <–, click “More” (represented by three dots vertically stacked).
   4. Click “Report Phishing”
5. Request that anyone who has been emailed via the attempt also report it as phishing in their inbox.
6. If you did not click on any links or reply, you do not need to do anything further.
7. If you did click on a link or send a reply with sensitive information, you’ll want to change your password as soon as you can in my.georgefox.edu (this will automatically update your email password). Then go through the Settings in your Gmail account to look for anything amiss, such as an unfamiliar forwarding address, filter or vacation-responder that you never created.

Feel free to call the Service Desk at 503-545-2569 if you would like help walking through these steps.

With construction on the new chapel set to begin, please be mindful of your surroundings as you make your way around campus.

When walking through campus, please use the Crisman Crossing bridge instead of the Wheeler bridge or the Wheeler access road (Amphitheater Way). All trails in the canyon leading north of the Wheeler access road will be closed until further notice.

Please contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Construction is about to begin on George Fox’s new chapel. Beginning Monday, Aug. 29, Carlton Way will be closed from the Murdock Library to North Street until further notice. This applies to both vehicular traffic and foot traffic.

It’s not too late to join the fun that will be Bruinpalooza during Homecoming this year. It’s a party on the quad to celebrate our Bruin pride. A great time to reconnect with your alumni!

The event will take place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1.

Email Holly in alumni relations at alumni@georgefox.edu by Wednesday, Aug. 31, to reserve a spot!

Interested in a volunteer opportunity to serve our awesome Bruin football fans? Then Bruin Brigade is the place for you!

The Bruin Brigade is a team of volunteers who help at the ticket tent, gates, and direct traffic in the parking lots prior to every home game. The team arrives two hours before kickoff and are free to enjoy the rest of the game starting at halftime.

All volunteers will receive a meal prior to each game they volunteer, free entry into the second half of the game, and a T-shirt.

If this sounds like something you would like to help with, please email Mindy Mickelson in the athletics department at mmickelson@georgefox.edu with your first and last name, the games you can volunteer, your cell phone number, and your T-shirt size.

Please note: We are asking for a three-game commitment to receive a T-shirt. Volunteers working the gates will need to be willing to use their phone to scan in tickets through the HomeTown Gate app (free on app store). WiFi is available at the gates.

2022 Football Schedule:

• Saturday, Sept. 17, vs. Chapman at 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 1, vs. Pacific Lutheran at 4:30 p.m. (Homecoming & Hall of Fame)
• Saturday, Oct. 15, vs. Puget Sound at 1:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 29, vs. Linfield at 1:30 p.m. (Family Weekend)
• Saturday, Nov. 5, vs. Lewis & Clark at 4:30 p.m.

The Academic Resource Center is getting Penji software, and the ARC website is under construction. After the integrations are complete and Penji is live, students will be able to schedule an appointment with a peer consultant either through the ARC website or through the Penji Canvas integration.

We will announce when the website construction is complete. If you have any questions after Penji is live, please email Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu.

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

Please fill out this request form to use this courier service. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Cameron at mcameron@georgefox.edu or ext. 2422.

We need the following areas cleared of vehicles by 4 p.m. today (Wednesday) to facilitate students moving in this weekend. Please move your vehicle if it is parked in:

• Bauman/Ross lot
• Spaces in front of HMS
• Southwest row of the Pennington lot that faces the residence hall.

We appreciate everyone making space for our students to move in. For more information, call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2091.

We are so excited to welcome our new students to George Fox University! In order to do this well, we are in need of volunteers for Welcome Weekend this Friday, Aug. 26.

If you are interested in serving, please complete this Welcome Weekend Volunteer Form.

Thank you! Any questions can be directed to Kara Holcombe at kholcombe@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services wants to hear from you! Share with us how we are doing and tell us about your experience at Mail Services. Please use this link to fill out the survey.

Contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Interested in helping out on Bruin game days? Know the game of football? Maybe you have production experience? Athletics is looking for a detail-oriented faculty, staff or student to help in the control room during all five home football games, scheduled on Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5.

Sound like something you’d be great at? Contact Jenéa Walters at jshoemaker@georgefox.edu for more information.