The Daily Bruin

Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 20, and Friday, Aug. 21.

Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the front lot of Roberts, the Stevens lot or Hoover lot on Friday.

The Bauman and Le Shana parking lots will be barricaded on Thursday in preparation for COVID screenings, so please park nearest to Stoffer Stadium if you need to park in the Bauman lot. 

Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the CPS website for lot locations. Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!

In preparation for the school year, all buildings have returned to their regular unlock schedule as of today (Monday).

If you have any questions or requests, please call 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.

On August 14, 2020, the new Title IX regulations went into effect. Please visit the website for complete information on the university’s policies and procedures regarding sexual misconduct.

Due to the new regulations, all students and employees will be required to complete Part 1 and Part 2 of the Sexual Assault Prevention courses. We will be releasing more information regarding trainings and implications of the new regulations over the next few weeks.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Jenny Elsey, Title IX Coordinator (students)
jelsey@georgefox.edu
503-554-2318
Moore House, IRC

or 

Nichole Drew, Title IX Coordinator (employees)
ndrew@georgefox.edu
503-554-2182
Margaret Lemmons House, HR

FoxTALE will be unavailable tomorrow (Tuesday, Aug. 18), from 6 a.m. to noon (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance and upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

As we approach the new academic year, all guests of the Hadlock Student Center must resign the waiver for the 2020-21 academic year.

Please take a few moments to carefully read and complete the new waiver, which can be found in your MyGeorgeFox account. Once logged in, click on “Employee Resources,” then “University Forms” and then “Hadlock Waiver 2020” to access the form.

At this time we are actively planning to reopen sometime later this month and will post additional information in the coming weeks regarding updated policies and guidelines. We look forward to seeing you back in Hadlock this fall and helping you “find your fit.”

Questions? Contact studentcenter@georgefox.edu.

With the fall semester upon us, we’re looking for ways to help students connect with their campus community in ways that are safe and meaningful. Because of the pandemic, it will be easier than ever for students to stay in their dorm rooms or at home, becoming disconnected from the people and offices who are here to help them. We have to be proactive to ensure that doesn’t happen!

With that in mind, we are coordinating a two-week open house initiative where every office sets aside an hour each afternoon for students to drop by. The student life team is generously offering to fund small snacks (PO details coming!), and the marketing communications office will design a map of campus showing all the stops students can make.

Here’s how you can join the fun:

• Agree to be available for students to drop by for conversations and relationship building from 3 to 4 p.m. every weekday of the first two weeks of classes.
• Agree to purchase small pre-packaged snacks for students to enjoy while they’re visiting your office. (i.e. candy bars, bags of Goldfish crackers, popsicles, ice cream bars, etc.) Please let Sarah Reid know what you plan to purchase so we can advertise it!
  • Purchase 100 items to start. Hopefully you’ll need to order more soon because of how many students stop by!
  • While root beer floats and hotdogs would be fun, we need all snacks to be pre-packaged to mitigate any cross-contamination during the pandemic.
  • Maintain social distancing guidelines, find a place to host your open house (ideally outside, but indoors if occupancy limits are observed), and take other precautions to keep students and staff safe.
• Please do not request tables or tents from Event Services for this. It is meant to feel casual, relational and organic as we seek to connect students to their community. 

Interested? Here are your next steps:

• Contact Sarah Reid (sreid@georgefox.edu) by Tuesday, Aug. 18, at noon to confirm your participation. Please include the name of your department.
• Share the snack you’re providing.
• Confirm the location where students can find you.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Sarah. Thanks for helping our students feel welcome!

This is a reminder to please leave furniture in place. The COT has been working hard to ensure that all community indoor spaces (including classrooms, common areas, offices, etc.) are allowing for social distancing and the safety of students, staff and faculty.

Thank you!

FoxTALE will be unavailable Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance and upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

Bon Appetit is excited to welcome you to back to campus this fall! As you’d expect, we’re implementing some serious sanitation and service measures to ensure you can dine with us as safely and comfortably as possible.

While COVID-19 safety is a key priority, it isn’t our only one. We still believe that food has an important role to play in individual wellness and in building culture and community at George Fox. Our chefs will still be cooking from scratch, using fresh local and seasonal ingredients that meet our sustainability standards.

More information about dining can be found on this webpage. As more information unfolds, updates will be communicated with students and posted on this site.

For more information, please contact General Manager Jason Rosvall at jason.rosvall@cafebonappetit.com or 503-554-3201.

We are excited to welcome students to campus Friday and Saturday, Aug. 21-22! Volunteers are needed to help with various tasks at a number of locations. Please let us know if you would like to volunteer by completing this sign-up sheet.

Thank you! If you have any questions, please contact one of our Welcome Weekend coordinators, Michelle Dawson (mdawson@georgefox.edu) or Missy Terry (terrym@georgefox.edu).

George Fox faculty and students are invited to take part in a virtual interprofessional continuing medical education event addressing suicide prevention this Saturday, Aug. 15. It will take place over Zoom from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The event, hosted by the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute, is free to students and staff. It will feature experts from a variety of healthcare professions to discuss how interprofessional teams in school-based health centers and primary care clinics can work closely together to prevent adolescent suicide in our communities.

After rates of adolescent suicide in the U.S. stabilized from 2000 to 2007, suicide rates for ages 10 to 24 increased from 2007 (6.8 per 100,000 persons) to 2017 (10.6). While suicides increased across this age group, suicide rates most sharply increased for ages 10 to 14, nearly tripling from 2007 (0.9) to 2017 (2.5).

These increasing rates of adolescent suicide highlight the importance of prevention and intervention in schools, primary care and other community-based settings.

To learn more, contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).

Staff and administrators: Please mark you calendars for an all-community meeting at 8:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 14, in Stoffer Stadium. Please indicate which time slot you would like to attend at this all-community meeting sign-up link. Each session is identical but limited to 160 to align with COVID-19 regulations and to allow for six feet of distance. Face coverings will be required.

It has come to our attention that some employees do not feel comfortable in large groups. We understand, so we are not requiring but encouraging attendance.

For those who would prefer to stay in their offices, the meeting will be live-streamed at this link. We will be placing tape on the bleachers that are marked six feet apart and providing extra chairs on the track, again set up six feet apart.

Faculty are not expected to attend this meeting. The president will address faculty at the faculty retreat on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

Welcome to another edition of Wellness Wednesday!

Some of us have been dealing with a lot of changes, stress and anxiety for a few months now. However, we are not meant to carry these big burdens alone, and there are many things we can do to manage our stress levels that are in our control.

Please click the link below to see a list of specific things you can try to minimize the stress and anxiety related to the ongoing pandemic.

Dealing with COVID-19 Stress and Anxiety

Be well,
HR

For any purchase made that relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, please include “COVID-19” in the “chartfield one” field in the coding string. This field can be entered for purchase requisitions, check requests, petty cash vouchers, or selected in Concur. Expenses would include personal protection equipment like masks, signage for keeping distance, cleaning equipment, computer software, etc.

Unfortunately, only one “chartfield one” can be used per transaction, and the COVID-19 code must take priority over another department designation.

If you have any questions about using this code with purchase requisitions, please contact Matt Hammar at ext. 2006 or mhammar@georgefox.edu. For any other questions about this coding, contact Cris Banton at ext. 2167 or cbanton@georgefox.edu.

The university has a Zoom license for all staff and faculty. We will send out student license information at a later date.

To activate your license, take the following steps:

• Go to login.georgefox.edu and sign in
• Select the “Zoom” tile. It will open Zoom and your account will now be a fully licensed account.

You can always check the status of your account by logging in to Zoom, opening your profile and looking at “user type.” If it does not say “licensed,” then follow the steps above.

If you currently have a licensed Zoom account, please make sure to update to the latest version. To upgrade, open the Zoom app and left-click on your initials in the upper-right corner of the app, then select “Check for Updates.” Install if available.

Questions? Contact Josh Nauman at jnauman@georgefox.edu.

Dear George Fox parents,

We understand that a lot of us are facing limited or no access to childcare. HR has some good news for you! We are partnering with a local learning center that currently has openings. 

• The learning center has been serving Newberg families for 30 years.
• They are located five minutes away from our Newberg campus.
• They are waving enrollment fees for George Fox employees.
• They provide full- and part-time before and after elementary care, preschool and pre-K programs, as well as full day care for elementary students until classes resume at school.

Please click the links below for more details:
Open Bible Learning Center
Open Bible Elementary Care

To contact them, please call 503-538-4470 or visit their website.

If you expect missing work due to your child’s school not being available, please contact Aga Luptak to discuss leave options (503-554-2181 or aluptak@georgefox.edu).

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 this Friday, Aug. 14.

Please reach out to Kara Holcombe (kholcombe@georgefox.edu or ext. 2189) if you have any questions regarding the honorees.

We in the Bruin Store are excited to welcome students back this fall! Students can place online orders at any time, at georgefoxshop.com, and are welcome to either have items shipped to them directly, or to pick up their books in the Bruin Store once they return to campus.

We will have modified hours beginning the week of Aug. 17, and specified online order pick-up hours based on the student’s last name (listed below). Any online orders can be picked up during these times, including both general merchandise and book purchases. All online order pick-ups will take place in the Bruin Store, where we will have enhanced COVID-19 distancing and cleanliness standards in place.

A limited number of people will be allowed in the store at once, recommended directions for aisles will be in place, masks will be required, and students will need to bring their ID cards and have their confirmation email ready to verify their orders.

Here is our Aug. 17-24 schedule:

• Aug. 17-20: Open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (students and families are welcome to pick up online orders at any time)
• Aug. 21: Open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last names A-M can pick up orders between 8 a.m. and noon; last names N-Z can pick up orders between 1 and 6 p.m.)
• Aug. 22: Open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (last names A-M can pick up orders between 10 and 11:30 a.m.; last names N-Z can pick up orders between noon and 1:30 p.m.)
• Aug. 23: Open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (last names A-M can pick up orders between noon and 1:30 p.m.; last names N-Z can pick up orders between 10 and 11:30 a.m.)
• Aug. 24: We will return to our normal hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and students may pick up their online orders any time during business hours.

Questions? Contact Paige Jacobs at pjacobs@georgefox.edu.

Staff and administrators: Please mark you calendars for an all-community meeting at 8:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 14, in Stoffer Stadium. Please indicate which time slot you would like to attend at this all-community meeting sign-up link. Each session is identical but limited to 160 to align with COVID-19 regulations and to allow for six feet of distance. Face coverings will be required.

It has come to our attention that some employees do not feel comfortable in large groups. We understand, so we are not requiring but encouraging attendance.

For those who would prefer to stay in their offices, the meeting will be live-streamed at this link. We will be placing tape on the bleachers that are marked six feet apart and providing extra chairs on the track, again set up six feet apart.

Faculty are not expected to attend this meeting. The president will address faculty at the faculty retreat on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

Last week, crews removed two elm trees in front of the Edwards-Holman Science Center after they were diagnosed with Dutch Elm Disease. This is a highly contagious disease to which most elms succumb within a year of infection. There is no known cure. 

An American elm’s lifespan is typically 175 to 200 years. The two trees that were removed were approximately 125 years old.

The area will be leveled and restored. The contractor, General Tree, is donating two “Frontier” elm trees as replacements, one of which will most likely go in the same space (the area is not big enough for two full-sized elms and the pine tree). The other will be planted in a suitable location on campus. Crews will hold off on planting the new trees until late September or early October.

The new Ulmus Americana “Frontier” is a slightly smaller tree that has red leaves in the spring that transition to yellow-green during summer. It is resistant to Dutch Elm Disease and tolerant of urban conditions.

Our campus reaps the benefits of trees planted generations ago. Plant services will continue to care for them, but unfortunately, at some point, all trees become a hazard and need to be removed. It will then be up to us to replant and to care for the trees, for the enjoyment of the class of 2145.