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Joseph Pearce, author of “Tolkien: Man and Myth and Frodo’s Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings,” will give a talk on “Unlocking the Lord of the Rings” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in Canyon Commons 101-103. 

Tolkien described “The Lord of the Rings” as “a fundamentally religious work.” Pearce unlocks the symbolism that allows Tolkien’s epic to be read and understood at the deepest level of religious significance and Christian meaning.

Pearce is a Catholic author and biographer who has written about subjects as varied as GK Chesterton, economics and Shakespeare. He is senior editor at the Augustine Institute. His latest book, “Race with the Devil,” chronicles his conversion from racial hatred to Catholicism. He is also director of the Center for Faith & Culture and writer-in-residence at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as the editor of St. Austin Review.

The Ping Pong Club is hosting a meeting in Hadlock at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10.

All players (including staff, students and George Fox community members) of every skill level are invited to enjoy a welcoming environment that embraces friendly competition and fun.

Don’t have a paddle? We have equipment, including paddles and balls, that participants are free to use.

We hope to see you there! Please reach out to nredmanbrown20@georgefox.edu with questions or ideas.

Don’t miss our last psychology chapel of the semester from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, in Hoover 103.

This month, we’re hosting Ken Logan, PsyD, a professor in our Doctor of Psychology Department. He’ll be speaking on “Psychological Impacts on Spiritual Formation.” Snacks and chapel credit are provided.

Questions? Contact Skylar Schwalb at sschwalb19@georgefox.edu.

By now, most of you have set up multi-factor authentication that you use when accessing login.georgefox.edu. Here are a couple things that you may want to know:

1. Voice call authentication allows you to receive a phone call and hear a code. Calls can be easily forwarded from your office phone to any other phone number.
2. When you get a new phone, you may not be able to authenticate. This disruption will keep you from accessing your email, Canvas or other items accessed at login.georgefox.edu. This could be particularly problematic when the Service Desk is closed.

We recommend that you set up more than one method of authentication. There are four methods available: 

• Okta Verify
• Google Authenticator 
• SMS authentication 
• Voice call authentication 

If you use Okta Verify or Google Authenticator, use SMS or voice call as a second option. Both Okta Verify and Google Authenticator apps will transfer to your new phone, but the account settings will not transfer over. 

Questions regarding multi-factor authentication? Contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

Have you ever used grocery delivery services before? If so, we invite you to participate in a marketing research survey to help us learn more about this market.

Participants will have a chance to win a $10 gift card. Thank you for your help!

If you have any questions, contact Tierney Subchevich at tzubchevich19@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.

All George Fox University students, staff and faculty are invited to attend Worship Night in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3.

The event will give us a chance to join together in worship, build fellowship with one another and spend time in God’s presence. We hope to see you there!

Leaves are swirling in the air, and it’s getting wet and slippery out there!

Find out here how to be safe and avoid slips, trips and falls this rainy season.

Be well.

Questions? Contact Human Resources at hr@georgefox.edu.

We are filming promo videos for our group fitness classes and need increased participation to showcase our classes. Come to these special sessions to enter a drawing for a Chapters gift card. Your name will be entered once for each class you attend!

This week, we are filming:

• Barre – 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3
• Zumba – 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4

You can sign up for these classes on IMLeagues. Please contact Angel Glockling (aglockling@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

George Fox is once again partnering with Hillsboro Airporter to provide a shuttle service to Portland International Airport for the semester break.

Students will be expected to work directly with Hillsboro Airporter to reserve their spot. If you make your reservations with others more than 24 hours in advance, Hillsboro Airporter can group you together. Go here to reserve your spot.

Hillsboro Airporter accepts cash or credit card for payment. Parents can call Hillsboro Airporter with their credit card information to pay for their student’s fare. The company offers 24/7 service.

Questions? Contact the Office of Student Life at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316.

Please join us for chapel in Bauman Auditorium at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2.

Pastor-in-Residence Laurel Bunker, an incredible teacher and preacher, will speak at chapel.

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

George Fox employees are invited to shop the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store from Nov. 5 to Nov. 28!

What the employee store has to offer:   

• All the latest products from the Columbia Sportswear Company family (SOREL, Mountain Hardwear, prAna and Columbia Sportswear)
• Items are marked with employee pricing (up to 50% off regular retail pricing).

What to bring to access the store:

• This invitation (printed or shown on mobile phone)
• Work/organization ID (business card, badge, pay stub, signature of work email, uniform, membership card, etc.)
• Personal photo ID
• This invite is valid for you and four guests (you must be present).
• This invite grants store access only (offer not valid online).

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

Senior marketing students are conducting a survey on video streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and HBO Max. Help us improve your video streaming service experience by filling out this quick survey!

We greatly appreciate your time and your opinions.

Questions? Contact Antoinette Reyna at areyna18@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.

It’s that time of year again, and unsold fall textbooks are being returned to their publishers.

If faculty members have titles that will be used later in the semester, they should urge students to purchase those books now. No one enjoys coming in for a late-used title and discovering it was sent back weeks ago.

George Fox’s Kinesiology Department is challenging our community to plank for 30 seconds every day in the month of November.

If possible, post your participation on social media on one of those days and tag a person that you are thankful for! Tag @gfuexsci as well if you’re on Instagram.

Do you have stress, aches or pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? Come by the new Medical Sciences Building to get a massage from a Doctor of Physical Therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students ($15), employees and community members ($20). We are offering 25-minute massages from 8 to 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 5. The Medical Sciences Building  is located at 448 Werth Blvd. in Newberg.

We will be taking all the current precautions related to the delivery of health care during COVID-19. All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda. Donations are also welcome. You can register here.

Questions? Contact Desiray Anderson (danderson20@georgefox.edu).

Prominent Christian political commentator and attorney David French will issue a call for robust civility in politics at a free presentation in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1. The talk, entitled “Jesus Loves Your Political Enemies, and America Needs You to Love Them Too,” is available via a Zoom stream; those who attend in person are required to wear masks.

French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time magazine. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as a lecturer at Cornell Law School. After law school, he practiced law with a focus on religious liberty issues.

He advises Christians not to wait for our political leaders to fix America’s drift toward bitter division and addresses the polarization and alienation metastasizing in our communities and in politics at every level, both nationally and locally. French’s most recent book is “Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.”

The event is being hosted by the George Fox Civility Project, an initiative launched during the 2020-21 academic year out of concern about the polarization and alienation in political culture at every level (national, state and local). It sponsors events, publishes a newsletter and maintains a website with information about civility.

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

The School of Theology and the IDEA Center have designated Nov. 1-5 as a Week of Discerning Vocation and Occupation at George Fox University.

The calling of every believer is to be a follower of Jesus (our vocation), and the means of making a living should involve the ways in which we are the best disciples possible (our occupation).

These issues will be explored meaningfully over coffee and conversation with author and Murdock senior fellow Steven Garber, who will discuss “Purpose into Practice” from 3 to 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in Hoover 103. Refreshments will be provided.

The following day, IDEA Center Director Logan Walton will present “Calling, Vocation, and Purpose: Why am I Here and Where am I Going?” The event will take place in Bauman Auditorium from 11 to 11:50 a.m. Friday, Nov. 5.

Garber’s presence is made possible by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Spiritual Life credit is available for both events.

If you have any questions, email Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

Please take our survey on a wellness ice cream product idea to help us with a marketing project!

Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Johnson at kjohnson20@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.

Our soup shelf is empty, and we need you to help us fill it with a variety of soups.

Please drop off your donations at the Bruin Community Pantry in Roberts 109 during the hours of operation or deliver them to Student Life in Hadlock whenever it’s convenient for you between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Food bank hours of operation:

• Mondays – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 to 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesdays – 12:30 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesdays – 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 5:30 p.m.
• Thursdays – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Fridays – 8 to 9:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.

The 750 students who utilize the food bank each month appreciate your help!

Questions? Contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Join University Recreation for Glow Climb Night, a glow-in-the-dark, after-hours rock-climbing event that runs from 9 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, in Hadlock Student Center.

We’ll provide glow sticks, black lights and a fun lounge where you can hang out and play games with friends and the George Fox Climbing Club. All George Fox students and employees are invited to attend. The event is free.

Be sure to wear your Rocktoberfest competition T-shirt if you want to glow! Sign up for a one-hour session to climb and/or just hang out with us at the climbing wall.

Details and registration can be found here. Have questions? Contact Julia Bedell at jbedell20@georgefox.edu.