The Daily Bruin

The university’s School of Theology invites the community to hear a pair of professor candidates tomorrow (Thursday) in Stevens 109.

At 9 a.m., professor of theology and ethics candidate Travis Pickell will speak on the topic “Re-Thinking Agency and Identity at the End-of-Life: Baptism, The Lord’s Supper, and the ‘Spirituality of Martyrdom.'” His presentation will be followed by a 10:40 a.m. talk by Christian ministries candidate Soojin Chung, who will speak on “Adopting for God: The Mission to Change America Through Transnational Adoption.”

Both employees and students are invited to attend. Questions? Contact Nancy Schifferdecker at nschifferdecker@georgefox.edu.

The following groups are on the Newberg campus this week (July 12-17)…

• The NBC Basketball Camp is hosting 80 overnight campers on campus.
• The Northwest Christian Church Soccer Outreach Camp has 130 day campers in attendance.
• The College of Engineering is hosting its inaugural Maker Hub Bruin Camp this week, at which high school students get an opportunity to explore engineering career opportunities
• The George Fox University Honors Program is hosting a college immersion experience for under-represented high school students for two weeks.
• Admissions is hosting a live Summer Visit Day on Friday, July 16.
• The College of Education is hosting its graduate in-person classes and events all week.
• Rotary is hosting its fundraising banquet in Canyon Commons on Saturday evening.

Campus Recreation is hosting a Wilderness First Aid certification course at the Hadlock Student Center on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 17-18. Students, employees and community members are all eligible to participate.

The course is a two-day introduction to general wilderness medicine concepts and basic life support skills. It is perfect for anyone who likes to spend time outside. This course provides relevant and realistic first-aid training and is taught by a professional instructor with significant patient care and backcountry experience.

To read more about this type of course, go to the Wilderness Medical Associates website.

You can register for this course at the Hadlock Student Center here. Please register by this Friday, July 16, if possible, to ensure the course has enough participants to run.

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

Join your colleagues at an in-person all-employee meeting in Canyon Commons 101-103 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 22. For those unable to attend in person, a livestream will be available at this link.

See you there!

Please take a moment to share the gift of words with our employees who are celebrating a “years of service” milestone. Feel free to thank them or share a favorite memory by adding a comment under their name on this form.

We’ll share your gift of words on cards, and present them at the all-community meeting on Monday, Aug. 16. Please reach out to Kara Holcombe (kholcombe@georgefox.edu or ext. 2189) if you have any questions regarding the honorees.

The city of Newberg will be conducting what they call “large water meter testing” on Monday, July 19. The Newberg campus has both large water meters with bypass valves and large water meters without bypass valves. Buildings being serviced by meters without bypass valves will experience a disruption in water service during testing times.

Locations of large water meters with bypass valves (that should not experience disruption in water service):

• Roberts Center meter
• Wood-Mar meter

Locations of water meters without bypasses:

• Ross meter (testing scheduled for 8:30 a.m.)
• Wheeler meter (testing scheduled for 10:30 a.m.)
• Hobson / Macy / Sutton meter (testing scheduled for 1:30 p.m.)
• George Fox irrigation meter, located near Wood-Mar (no testing schedule provided)
• Morse Field meter (no testing schedule provided)

The city has stated that the testing should take about 30 minutes per meter. During that time the water may be off completely, unless it has a bypass valve. Questions can be directed to the plant services office (plantservices@georgefox.edu).

Employees are invited to shop the Nike Company Store now through Aug. 1, 2021. Please download this pass for all the details and read the fine print carefully. You’ll need to take your employee ID with you, and ID for family members who accompany you.

Have fun shopping!

Questions? Contact Sara Reamy (sreamy@georgefox.edu).

Staff, including summertime student workers, are permitted to park in all campus parking lots; however, we do ask that you stay out of reserved parking spaces.

These spaces are reserved 24/7 and are to be occupied only by the department staff indicated. Additionally, handicapped spaces are to be used only by vehicles displaying a valid state handicapped permit. They are not for dropping off or visiting without a valid handicapped permit. This is an Oregon state law and is enforceable 24/7/365.

Please don’t park in the marked Visitor parking area in the Stevens parking lot. When these spaces fill up with staff vehicles, our visitors don’t know where to park. Prospective students and their families are visiting campus, and we want to help to make their experience exceptional!

In addition, we have reserved 10-minute parking spots at Mail Services that are meant for running in and grabbing your mail, or for pick-up of heavy packages. They are not for long-term parking.

Please help us by staying out of any reserved spaces. Thank you for your help!

Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw (eshaw@georgefox.edu).

Today (Thursday), between 1 and 2 p.m., the analytics and foresight department will be offering its first weekly “Office Hour” session via Zoom.

If you have data-related questions, we’ll be available for an hour on Thursdays at 1 p.m. to offer our assistance. This is an open format; we will do our best to assist you during this time and provide guidance on next steps, if necessary.

Questions? Contact Tyler Susmilch at tsusmilch@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in improving your health and fitness? The Find Your Fit employee health and fitness program will help you do both!

This program is free to George Fox employees and spouses, as well as graduate students. As part of the program you will receive a health and fitness assessment. These measurements will then be used to help an exercise science student create an individualized exercise prescription for you designed to reach your health and fitness goals.

We have about 20 spots left this summer, so please contact Mary Imboden (mimboden@georgefox.edu) if interested.

We hope you enjoyed last week’s resources, videos and ideas on the subject of intentional thankfulness. Let us continue disrupting the world with gratitude and see how it changes us and others.

This week, we encourage you to experiment with different things you can do to be in the gratitude zone and take more steps to express it to others.

The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. Happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude, and we always get another opportunity to enjoy what is given to us every moment.

Get inspired by watching Brother Steindl-Rast in this “Want to be happy? Be grateful” TED Talk video.

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”
― Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer

Have children in the fourth through ninth grades? We have a camp for them! The Oregon Writing Project is hosting a young writers’ camp, themed “Mission to Mars,” July 12-16! Camp meets from 9 a.m. to noon each day.

Registration closes tomorrow (Thursday) at 5 p.m. If you are an employee of or a student at George Fox, we are able to offer a discount of 40% for your child.

Contact Carol Brazo (cbrazo@georgefox.edu) for more details.

Campus Recreation is hosting a Wilderness First Aid certification course at the Hadlock Student Center August 17-18, 2021. Students, employees, and community members are all eligible to participate. 

The course is a two-day introduction to general wilderness medicine concepts and basic life support skills. It is perfect for anyone who likes to spend time outside! This course provides relevant and realistic first-aid training and is taught by a professional instructor with significant patient care and backcountry experience. 

To read more about this type of course, go to the Wilderness Medical Associates website.

You can register for this course at the Hadlock Student Center here.

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

The Murdock library and the 24-hour space will be closed Wednesday through Friday this week (July 7-9) due to a planned power outage.  The 24-hour space plans to reopen on Saturday, July 10, and the Library plans to reopen at Monday, July 12 at 8 am.  Library employees will be working remotely and can be reached via email. Check the library website for information.

If you have a question about an item you have requested or an item on loan, please email circadmin@georgefox.edu.  If you need research help, please email researchhelp@georgefox.edu .

A contracted technician will be on campus Tuesday morning (July 6) to spray the Linden trees located between the Stevens Center and Pennington Hall. The area will be taped off and the east entrance will be closed to the Stevens Center. Access to this area will be limited until the product dries but will be restored after lunch that same day. Any questions can be directed to Plant Services.

The Murdock library and the 24-hour space will be closed July 7-9th due to a planned power outage. Library employees will be working remotely and can be reached via email. Check the library website for information. If you have a question about an item you have requested, or an item on loan, please email circadmin@georgefox.edu.

PGE will be replacing the very old underground electrical lines that service the Murdock Library with new service lines, starting tomorrow (Tuesday). The work is expected to continue through Thursday, July 8.

The library will be closed during this time, as there will be no electricity to the building. It should reopen on Friday, July 9. Questions? Contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu.

The Hadlock Student Center will be closed on Monday, July 5th, in accordance with the university’s observance of Independence Day. Hadlock will reopen on Tuesday, July 6th at 6 a.m.

Updated dates: PGE will be replacing the very old underground electrical lines that service the Murdock Library with new service lines, starting on Wednesday, July 7. The work is expected to continue through Friday, July 9.

The library will be closed during this time, as there will be no electricity to the building. It should reopen Saturday, July 10. Questions? Contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu.

Please note that there will be a volleyball camp happening in the Hadlock Student Center July 1-3. There will also be basketball camps occurring July 5-9 and July 12-16. During each of the three camps, all basketball courts will be unavailable throughout the day.