The Daily Bruin

Know any young basketball players seeking to improve on their game? The George Fox women’s basketball program will be hosting its annual Girls Basketball Camp for grades 1-11 the week of June 28 through July 1 in Wheeler Gymnasium.

Current players and staff will be involved during a week filled with learning, fun and skill development. We have open spots and would love to have you join us!  Please email Coach Coppolino with any questions (mcoppolino@georgefox.edu) or visit this site to learn more.

Want a quick introduction to Canvas? Interested in learning more about Universal Design for Learning? Check the Schedule of Upcoming Events. These events are hosted in Zoom sessions where you can ask questions and discuss topics. Sessions are offered every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

This week, Andrea Byerley from Disability & Accessibility Services will host “Engaging All Learners to Improve Outcomes” at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 22-23, and at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 24. This session explores the basics of universal design for learning in Canvas to ensure access for all learners so they can be engaged in challenging and meaningful learning.

In addition, the session will address multiple means of engagement, multiple means of representation, and multiple means of action and expression. Not sure what all this means? No problem! We’ll start with a short overview of the concept of universal design for learning and will then give a few straightforward ways to implement these ideas in your Canvas courses.

Visit Digital Learning for more resources, including the playlist of recordings from our Canvas trainer’s sessions: Canvas Training 2021.

Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in rock climbing? Join the university’s Employee Rock Climbing Club! We are a group focused on creating a social space for employees to climb together in the Hadlock Student Center. It is open to both experienced and brand new climbers.

If you are interested in joining, please fill out this survey to be added to our contact list and help shape the direction of the club.

Please email Victoria Holland (vholland@georgefox.edu) if you have questions or want more information.

On May 18, the Oregon Health Authority issued new guidance for use of masks in the workplace. Under the updated guidance, people who are fully vaccinated will no longer be required to wear a mask indoors in most public settings where vaccination status is checked.

The new OHA guidance requires employers enforce the previous mask and physical distancing guidance unless employees provide proof they are fully vaccinated. If employees wish to be approved to work without a face covering or physical distancing, they may voluntarily provide vaccination documentation to HR confidentially by:

• Completing the Voluntary Employee Vaccination Record Form
• Checking your email for a Google Form receipt with the subject line “Voluntary Employee COVID Vaccination Record Form”
• Forwarding the Google Form receipt to your manager to confirm you have completed the process (the receipt does not include any private information or an image of the vaccination record).

This is completely voluntary, and we expect that many employees will continue to wear face coverings through the coming months for various reasons. However, if you are fully vaccinated and would like to work without a face covering, you now have this option. Please take the time to carefully review the FAQs so you are aware of what is and isn’t changing.

The university has worked hard to follow CDC and OHA guidance through the pandemic, but we recognize there will be a variety of personal perspectives on how our campus should transition back to pre-pandemic life. We ask that, as members of a Christ-centered community, we treat one another with kindness and grace particularly when our views differ from one another.

Be well and stay safe!

Questions? Contact the COT (cot@georgefox.edu) or HR (hr@georgefox.edu).

Know any young basketball players seeking to improve on their game? The George Fox women’s basketball program will be hosting its annual Girls Basketball Camp for grades 1-11 the week of June 28 through July 1 in Wheeler Gymnasium.

Current players and staff will be involved during a week filled with learning, fun and skill development. We have open spots and would love to have you join us!  Please email Coach Coppolino with any questions (mcoppolino@georgefox.edu) or visit this site to learn more.

Join your colleagues at an in-person all-employee meeting in Bauman Auditorium at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 28. For those unable to attend in person, a livestream will be available at this link.

See you there!

All are welcome to a presentation today (Friday) with a faculty candidate for the communications department. Seth Bradshaw from Lewis-Clark State College will be presenting his research and work in the field of communication. He has a particular interest in understandings of Latino/a and immigrant experiences.

Join us at 1 p.m. in EHS 125. Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey at amcconaughey@georgefox.edu.

The Staff Development Committee would like to invite you to attend our annual summer barbecue on the quad on Wednesday, June 23, from noon to 1 p.m. We’ll be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, macaroni salad, fruit, a dessert and lemonade. The cost is $5, and we accept cash and card.

All university employees, including student employees and faculty, are invited! If you’d like to attend, please RSVP here by the end of the day today (Thursday).

We hope to see you there! Questions? Contact Stephanie Lopez at slopez@georgefox.edu.

The Bridge Cafe will be closed in observance of Independence Day on Monday, July 5.

As a reminder to all George Fox Visa card holders: Your Visa cards will be inactive as of June 18 through June 30. You will be able to resume purchasing using your George Fox Visa card on July 1.

If you have special circumstances, please contact Kathi Becker at ext. 2166.

Today (Wednesday) is a Day of Prayer for the George Fox community. The two-fold purpose for this day is:

• To begin the new fiscal year and academic year prayerfully attentive to God’s direction
• To encourage the spiritual well-being of the employee community

The university pastors encourage you to watch this video at the beginning of your prayer retreat as well as this devotional to guide you through the Day of Prayer. Printed copies are available in the Stevens Center lobby.

If you have any questions, please contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

The end of the fiscal year is approaching! With that in mind, we would like to let you know of a few requirements for year-end purchases and check requests:

• Those goods and services on Requisitions/PO’s will need to be physically received/completed by June 30, 2021.
• Goods and services received after June 30, 2021, will be charged to the 2021-22 fiscal year.
• Any non-employee check requests received after June 30, 2021, will be charged to the 2021-22 fiscal year as well.
• All academic admins: Please submit anything you have for processing before you leave for the summer.

Questions? Contact Accounts Payable at accountspayable@georgefox.edu.

This week, as part of our Wellness Wednesdays series, we would like to share with you the benefits of forest bathing.

Forest bathing and forest therapy (or shinrin-yoku) broadly means taking in, in all of one’s senses, the forest atmosphere. Not simply a walk in the woods, it is the conscious and contemplative practice of being immersed in the sights, sounds and smells of the forest.

Find out about more about it here. Questions? Contact HR at hr@georgefox.edu.

The Bridge Cafe will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, but there will be no lunch offered on the patio. 

Instead, we encourage you to attend the Staff Development Committee’s annual summer barbecue on the quad that day from noon to 1 p.m. You can reserve your spot for that event here. The cost is $5, and we accept cash and card.

All university employees, including student employees and faculty, are invited!

As a reminder to all George Fox Visa card holders: Your Visa cards will be inactive as of June 18 through June 30. You will be able to resume purchasing using your George Fox Visa card on July 1.

If you have special circumstances, please contact Kathi Becker at ext. 2166.

Tomorrow (Wednesday), the employee community will be observing a Day of Prayer. The two-fold purpose for this day is:

• To begin the new fiscal year and academic year prayerfully attentive to God’s direction
• To encourage the spiritual well-being of the employee community

Details:

• Employees are encouraged to spend their usual work hours tomorrow in prayer and spiritual retreat.
• Employees are welcome to enjoy their prayer retreat on campus, off campus, in their homes, or at an alternate site.
• The university pastors encourage you to watch this video at the beginning of your prayer retreat as well as this devotional to guide you through the Day of Prayer. Printed copies are available in the Stevens Center lobby and the spiritual life office.

During the Day of Prayer, employees are encouraged to:

• Have conversation with God about their work
• Pray for their colleagues, students and the university
• Attend to their personal soul care, talking with God about their own lives of faith, and experiencing the ministry of the Spirit

During the Day of Prayer, employees are discouraged from:

• Using this prayer retreat day for team meetings/in-services
• Doing other work (responding to emails, working on projects, meeting with people, etc.)
• Keeping their cell phones on/active
• Using the day as a vacation day. This is a soul care day, which may look a lot like a vacation day (a walk in the woods, journaling, reading, etc.) but should have an intentional spiritual formation focus and be directed by God.

If you have any questions, please contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

The Staff Development Committee would like to invite you to attend our annual summer barbecue on the quad on Wednesday, June 23, from noon to 1 p.m. We’ll be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, macaroni salad, fruit, a dessert and lemonade. The cost is $5, and we accept cash and card.

All university employees, including student employees and faculty, are invited! If you’d like to attend, please RSVP here by the end of the day Thursday, June 17.

We hope to see you there! Questions? Contact Stephanie Lopez at slopez@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Community Pantry’s food bank has updated hours for the remainder of the summer. We will no longer be open on Mondays or Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon. All other hours remain the same.

For more information, please check out the Bruin Community Pantry website.

The IT Service Desk will be closed on Tuesday, June 29, from noon to 5 p.m. while we move to a temporary location.  We’re not going far. The Service Desk will reopen on Wednesday, June 30, in its temporary location in Room 208 of the Stevens Center while construction and carpet replacement happens in the office.

IT will be in Stevens 208 through the end of July. Services will be available as usual.

Contact Piper Parks (pparks@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The Hadlock Student Center will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday) in observance of the university’s Day of Prayer. Students, employees and members are encouraged to focus on their spiritual wellness this day through prayer and retreat.

Hadlock will reopen for normal hours of operation at 6 a.m. on Thursday, June 17.