The Daily Bruin

Did you know that the Maker Hub has foam cutters? These are perfect for making custom-fit camera cases, fake rocks, theater props, and artistic decorations. To see what they can do, check out this video of a lighted Christmas-themed sign that was made with the same model foam cutter we have in the Maker Hub.

The Maker Hub exists as a resource and creative outlet for the whole George Fox family, so please feel free to come and use our tools for your projects!

If you would like to get connected or have any questions, please contact Nick Sullivan at nsullivan@georgefox.edu.

Come cheer on your George Fox Bruins as they take on the University of Redlands at our opening football game this Saturday, Sept. 4! Kickoff is set for 7:05 p.m. at Stoffer Family Stadium. Wear neon and get ready to be loud!

Admission is free for all George Fox student and employees. Join us pregame for the Starlight Parade at 5:30 p.m. Look for more information from student activities.

A tailgate opens at 5:30 p.m., and vendors will include Chick-Fil-A, Miss Hannah’s Popcorn, and Dutch Bros (can’t get much better than that!) This is a game you won’t want to miss! We’ll see you there, Bruins!

Reminders: Please have all cars removed from the Bauman parking lot by 10 p.m. Friday night.
Per state regulations, masks are required.

Free Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer COVID vaccines are available at the Health & Counseling Center!

We will be scheduling in groups of five to six, as an open vial must be used within a few hours. Call the Health Center today to schedule an appointment at 503-554-2340.

Do you have celiac disease? Are you gluten-intolerant? Come join us for a celiac group open house!

We’ll have celiac-safe goodies, coffee, and time to connect. Come with your ideas for events/activities for the year. If you want to connect with other people who know about avoiding gluten … come on over! We’re meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the ARC (Murdock library, main floor).

Contact Andrea Byerley (abyerley@georgefox.edu) or Carrie Kisling (ckisling@georgefox.edu) if you have questions or if you’d like to be involved but can’t come on Sept. 7.

Faculty: Do you have questions about disability accommodations your students are receiving? Do you wonder how to navigate AIM? Confused about contracts and agreements? Wondering how to work with students with various disabilities?

Come to DAS 101, an online opportunity to learn about Disability & Accessibility Services, get an overview of accommodations, and ask lots of questions.

• Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1-2 p.m. (link)
• Wednesday, Sept. 15, 3-4 p.m. (link)
• Thursday, Sept.23, 9-10 pm. (link)

The DAS is also hosting drop-in hours to ask questions or get help (in DAS: Murdock main floor, unless otherwise noted):

• Thursday, Sept. 2, 9-11 a.m.
• Thursday, Sept. 2, 1-4 p.m.
• Friday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m. – noon
• Wednesday, Sept. 8, 10 a.m. – noon (link)

Contact Andrea Byerley with any questions (abyerley@georgefox.edu).

Today (Thursday), from 1 o 2 p.m., the analytics & foresight department will be offering its 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.

The Maker Hub would like to welcome back the whole Fox community with a fun game night tonight (Thursday) from 4 to 7 p.m. This will include vintage Atari video games and boardgames.

We are also encouraging folks to bring their own gaming consoles and hook them up to the flat-screen TVs in the meeting rooms. LAN party in the computer lab, anyone? No need to RSVP, just show up!

This event will also double as a Quiz Party. You may be aware that you need to pass a Canvas quiz to gain access to the Maker Hub (link found on the Maker Hub wiki page). But don’t worry, the quiz is not a requirement for the game night; the doors will be propped open.

We are treating it like an open-house event, so bring your friends, have fun, look around, ask questions, and take the quiz if you would like to get connected with the Maker Hub.

Please contact Nick Sullivan (nsullivan@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Meridian Street will be closed today (Thursday) from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. while the city of Newberg seals the street surface.

Traffic will not be allowed across the surface, so please find alternate routes. The closure extends 430 feet north of the railroad tracks to East 4th Street (South of Hwy. 99W).

Campus Public Safety will NOT be issuing tickets on Wednesday and Thursday as a result of the road work. Please feel free to park wherever you can find a viable parking spot on campus.

Please do not park in the neighborhoods! Do not park in handicapped parking areas, along yellow or red curbs or in reserved spaces.

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

University Recreation welcomes everyone to come play and compete in our upcoming intramural season!

We are offering:

• Flag football
• Volleyball
• Doubles Tennis
• Spikeball

Register here by midnight on Friday, Sept. 10, if you are interested. If you have any questions, please contact Angel Glockling at aglockling@georgefox.edu.

Homecoming is Oct. 8-9, and the alumni office is looking forward to hosting alumni on campus in person this year!

Affinity reunions will be an important focus of homecoming, with the main event taking place on the quad right before the football game. If your department or affinity group would like to host an affinity reunion, sign up now! This is your last chance to do so before the big event!

We are looking for six to eight affinity groups or departments to host tents, invite their alumni and current students, and reconnect before the game (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) on Saturday, Oct. 9. Now’s your chance to creatively re-engage your alumni at this fun, community-wide event! As always, Sara Reamy is available to help with communication, brainstorming and post-event follow-up!

Snag your booth today by emailing Sara at sreamy@georgefox.edu.

George Fox has purchased group memberships for the Chehalem Aquatic and Fitness Center (CAFC), meaning all undergraduate students and university employees are able to use the facility.

If you choose to take advantage of this benefit, please note that CAFC has a more restrictive mask policy than we have in our university fitness areas. Masks are required in all areas except in the pool. Face shields are considered acceptable face covering, but must be worn even while working out.

The policies are in place to protect the large senior population who go to CAFC, so please be respectful of the face-covering requirements when using the facility.

If you have any questions, please email Bill Buhrow at bbuhrow@georgefox.edu, or call CAFC at 503-538-7454.

Disability & Accessibility Services, the Academic Resource Center, faculty, staff, and student leaders are joining together to offer a whole slate of connection opportunities this fall. Click here to indicate your interest in receiving information about one or more of these options! We’d love to have you join us!

• Academic Coaching (all students)
• ADHD Group (all students)
• Autism/Aspergers Group (Newberg campus)
• Becoming a Tutor (all students)
• Celiac/Gluten Free Group (Newberg campus)
• Chronic Illness Group (all students)
• Learning Disability Group (all students)
• Trauma Group (Newberg campus)

Contact Andrea Byerley (abyerley@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

It takes a village to make our football games a success. 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 in the parking lots directing traffic prior to every home game. The team arrives two hours prior to 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, 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, 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). Wi-Fi is available at the gates.

2021 Football Schedule

• Saturday, Sept. 4, vs Redlands at 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 9, vs Willamette at 1 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 23 vs Pacific at 1 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 13, vs Whitworth at 1 p.m.

Go Bruins!

We have been so busy preparing for our students and the new academic year. It is stunning how many people and how much individual and collective effort and logistics go into a successful enrollment and education.

We are grateful for the Lord to carry us through some challenging times this year and we appreciate you and your relentless work and love for our George Fox community.

In the midst of all this incredible work, we encourage you to pause, take a deep breath, and connect with the life giving power of the Holy Spirit.

Be well.

Questions? Contact HR at hr@georgefox.edu.

The Ping Pong Club is starting again! Everyone, staff included, regardless of skill level, is welcome to come and play. Please fill out this quick survey if you are interested in coming so that we can determine our weekly meeting time. There is no requirement or cost involved other than being a part of George Fox!

Here are some things to look forward to:

• Some new equipment we are looking to use this year!
• Glow-in-the dark ping pong
• A new table so more people can play at once
• Automatic score-keeping machine
• And many more activities!

Please email nredmanbrown20@georgefox.edu or mooreb20@georgefox.edu with any and all questions!

Every year, employees must review and sign the Hadlock Student Center waiver again in order to use University Recreation programs and services. This waiver can be found on MyGeorgeFox under “Employee Resources” and “University Forms.”

The Hadlock Student Center hours have also been updated to the following for the rest of the semester:

• Monday-Friday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Sundays, 2 to 8 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.

Meridian Street will be closed today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday) from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. while the city of Newberg seals the street surface.

Traffic will not be allowed across the surface, so please find alternate routes. The closure extends 430 feet north of the railroad tracks to East 4th Street (South of Hwy. 99W).

Campus Public Safety will NOT be issuing tickets on Wednesday and Thursday as a result of the road work. Please feel free to park wherever you can find a viable parking spot on campus.

Please do not park in the neighborhoods! Do not park in handicapped parking areas, along yellow or red curbs or in reserved spaces.

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

If you as a faculty or staff member require a desk, bookcase, filing cabinet or table, a work order will need to be entered for the delivery of these items.

Contact your building monitor so that they can enter the work order on your behalf. The custodial services team will deliver an item that matches the existing building furniture style. If no items exist in the surplus furniture inventory, your request will be denied and purchasing will work with you on acquiring the pieces of furniture that are needed.

Visits to Plant Services to look at the surplus furniture inventory are not allowed at this time. Contact Sonia Rademacher (srademacher@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Meridian Street will be closed on Wednesday, Sept. 1, and on Thursday, Sept. 2, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. while the city of Newberg seals the street surface.

Traffic will not be allowed across the surface, so please find alternate routes. The closure extends 430 feet north of the railroad tracks to East 4th Street (South of Hwy. 99W).

Campus Public Safety will NOT be issuing tickets on Wednesday and Thursday as a result of the road work. Please feel free to park wherever you can find a viable parking spot on campus.

Please do not park in the neighborhoods! Do not park in handicapped parking areas, along yellow or red curbs or in reserved spaces.

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

The Office for Spiritual Life is looking for Life Group leaders for our fall 2021 Life Groups series (the weeks of Sept. 10 through Nov. 12).

Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship. Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes. This fall our groups will be either in person or completely via Zoom (this provides access for our George Fox Digital students).

Life Groups through the Office for Spiritual Life will also be SPIL-credit-eligible in order to encourage students to engage in high-quality spiritual formation experiences that are participatory and offer ongoing community. To sign up, please fill out this form.

We welcome our employees, current seniors, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group. For more information and to sign up, visit this webpage or contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.