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Homemade or store-bought food and beverage snacks may be shared with other employees or students on campus so long as these guidelines are followed:

• Everyone should wash their hands before and after preparing, serving, and eating food. Use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not available.
• For items like a shared bag of chips or salad, use a clean utensil to get the item out or tip the bag to get the item.
• Use single-use options or identify one person to serve sharable items like salad dressings and condiments, so that multiple people are not handling the items.
• If there is not one person identified to serve food, discourage sharing items like a serving spoon; rather, each person should use their own clean utensil to dish out the food.
• Follow all guidelines regarding space capacity limits and physical distancing, and be sure to wear face coverings (when not eating).
• Remember Bon Appetit is the Newberg campus’s exclusive caterer and is happy to discuss your food and beverage needs for meetings and events.

If you have questions, email the COVID operations team at cot@georgefox.edu.

Have you experienced a loss due to a fire? The Social Work Club invites you to join us for a student peer support group over four Sundays in November.

We’ll be meeting in the student lounge of the Meridian Street House (206 N. Meridian St.) from 6 to 7 p.m. Sundays on Nov. 1, 8, 15 and 22. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

This will offer an open and safe space for us to learn from each other, begin to heal together, and share our experiences of living through a fire. The group will be led by senior Ashley Martin, who experienced the loss of her family’s home and community in the California Camp Fire in fall 2018. 

As students living away from home while a fire destroyed our communities, we may need a space to process the different feelings and experiences related to losing our homes. 

For more information, contact Ashley Martin (amartin18@georgefox.edu).

Today (Friday) is the last day to receive your 30 percent off holiday coupon as part of our Adoption Appreciation Event!

Take a few minutes today to come by the Bruin Store and talk to Paige Jacobs (Bruin Store manager) or Katie Villanueva (Bruin Store textbook manager) about your spring 2021 adoptions. We have a few very brief questions for you, and then you’ll receive a one-time-use coupon for 30 percent off of your entire apparel and gift purchase at the Bruin Store.

The 30 percent off coupon is for ALL faculty, staff, chairs and deans. If you are teaching a course, submitting adoptions on behalf of someone else, or overseeing adoptions for a department, come see us! We don’t want you to miss out.

This coupon can be used online or in store between now and Dec. 31.

Have you experienced a loss due to a fire? The Social Work Club invites you to join us for a student peer support group over four Sundays in November.

We’ll be meeting in the student lounge of the Meridian Street House (206 N. Meridian St.) from 6 to 7 p.m. Sundays on Nov. 1, 8, 15 and 22. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

This will offer an open and safe space for us to learn from each other, begin to heal together, and share our experiences of living through a fire. The group will be led by senior Ashley Martin, who experienced the loss of her family’s home and community in the California Camp Fire in fall 2018.

As students living away from home while a fire destroyed our communities, we may need a space to process the different feelings and experiences related to losing our homes.

For more information, contact Ashley Martin (amartin18@georgefox.edu).

The George Fox museum has a new exhibit in our Stevens Center cases in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the first presidential election in which women could vote.

We have material from the suffrage movement, along with historic presidential campaign buttons from 1904 to 1960. If you have any questions, would like to see the objects outside the cases, or would like to access anything in our collection, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).

The full museum catalog can be found at our website.

Spring 2021 textbook adoptions are due today (Friday), and the Bruin Store is looking forward to making this as smooth of a textbook adoption process as possible!

All textbook adoptions will need to be submitted through Follett Discover Adopt, the new adoption system implemented in February of 2020.

If you are inputting adoptions on behalf of your department, you can access Discover by clicking here. Please use your university email and the password that you originally created.

If you are teaching (or are linked to) a course, you can access Discover by going to your FoxTALE account and clicking on the “Follett Textbooks” link. You will be automatically logged into the site.

If you are unable to view certain courses, having trouble logging in, or need a refresh on how to input textbook adoptions, please reach out to Paige Jacobs (pjacobs@georgefox.edu) or Katie Villanueva (1478txt@follett.com) at the Bruin Store.

The Bruin Store is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The university community is invited to attend a virtual lecture, “Complicity in Racism: The Path Forward,” put on by the George Fox Honors Program, today (Friday) at 10:30 a.m.

The event features Jemar Tisby, an author, speaker and president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, for which he writes about race, religion and culture.

Tisby will explore racial justice solutions and cultural conversations that compel action. For more information regarding Tisby and his presentation, click here.

Registration is required. Please register here for the virtual lecture.

Questions? Contact Nancy Schifferdecker (nschifferdecker@georgefox.edu).

Today (Friday), the academic affairs office is celebrating faculty and staff who had October birthdays.

If you had a birthday in October, please stop by the academic affairs office on the first floor of the Stevens Center today to pick up a birthday treat. Happy birthday!

Tomorrow (Friday), the academic affairs office is celebrating faculty and staff who had October birthdays.

If you had a birthday in October, please stop by the academic affairs office on the first floor of the Stevens Center to pick up a birthday treat. Happy birthday!

Thank you so much to those of you who are using CampusClear.

Our team works on making sure the George Fox community regularly checks in using the app, as well as following up with anyone who reports specific symptoms or testing results.

Updated communication

• Student-athletes and athletic staff using SWAY should use both apps
• If you NEVER come to any George Fox campus, you do not need to complete the form.
  • However, if you come to any George Fox campus – even once every other week – you DO need to complete the form.

Starting Monday, Nov. 2, through the end of the fall semester, each week, a user who completes all five weekday check-ins on CampusClear will be entered in a raffle for one of several coffee gift certificates.

Please help us keep our campus community safe by continuing to check in on CampusClear.

Questions? Please email cot@georgefox.edu.

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

These areas are reserved for specific departments, and they rely on having those spaces available in order to do their jobs.

In addition, we have reserved visitor spots and 10-minute parking spots that are meant to serve our community. 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).

The Department of Art and Design is hosting an art exhibit and silent auction of faculty artwork from Monday, Oct. 26, to Friday, Nov. 13. Proceeds received will seed a new scholarship the department is creating for underrepresented art and design students of color and other marginalized student populations.

The silent auction will take place online from Wednesday, Nov. 4, to Friday, Nov. 13. More info on it can be found on George Fox’s social media as well as the Department of Art and Design’s Instagram closer to the auction date. Parents, students and alumni will also be emailed information at a later date.

The Department of Art and Design is committed to creating a community that emphasizes the diversity of God’s kingdom, cares for and nurtures the diverse perspectives reflected in our student body, and uses visual communication as a conduit for conversation, celebration, and the examination of contemporary social issues. 

Our goal is that this scholarship will work to remove some barriers for art and design students who are in underrepresented populations of our community, in order that access to a rigorous, high-quality, nurturing, and professional Christian art and design education is available to more students.

Information regarding the artwork:

This exhibit contains a variety of mediums, some of which are: paintings, photography, printmaking, illustration, ceramics, and design. Artists in this exhibit include Gary Buhler, Jeff Cameron, Douglas Campbell, Burkhardt Kleiber, Adam Long, Tessa Sargent, Jillian Sokso, Mark Terry, Tim Timmerman, Seth Van Der Eems and Brandon Waybright.

Minthorne Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

If you have any questions regarding the exhibit or the silent auction, please contact our gallery and exhibitions assistant, Sarah Cuevas (scuevas15@georgefox.edu).

Please join the social work department for our fall virtual Diversity Dialogue on children and families involved with child welfare. The speaker, George Fox social work alumna Rebekah Binderim, program director of The Family Room, will speak on “Reunification Service Partnering with Church Communities.”

The session is set from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, on this Zoom link (Meeting ID: 983 0441 4744). Questions? Contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu.

The Exercise Science Club is hosting a doubles volleyball tournament on Halloween, Oct. 31, starting at 10 a.m. at the HMS volleyball courts. It is open to all, including employees!

Prizes will be awarded for the winning team and the team with the best costumes! Sign up here. Sign-ups close at 6 p.m. on Friday.

If you have any questions, please contact Karlie Stewart (kstewart19@georgefox.edu) or Hunter Dieter (hdieter19@georgefox.edu).

It is hard to believe that October is almost over! Thank you for your continued interest in our Wellness Wednesday topics. Today we invite you to participate in a 30-Day November Challenge.

What is the 30-Day November Challenge?

This challenge promotes healthy lifestyle changes. Complete 30 minutes of planned physical activity and 30 minutes of other wellness activities three to four times a week.

Other activities may include stretching, yoga, prayer, unplugged quality time, decluttering and organizing your space, doing something you enjoy, making a healthy meal, improving your sleep hygiene, getting a foot massage, etc.

Doing something nice for your body promotes more positive self-talk, which makes you feel better holistically. A bonus is that self-care is accessible and not a major time commitment for our busy days.

How does it work?

Log in your hours and basic information about your activities on your calendar or this Google Form from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30 and submit it by Dec. 4 for a prize draw. Depending on participation, we plan to have several prizes. Let us know if you are interested here.

Any questions? Contact Aga Luptak (aluptak@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2181).

Please remember to stay hydrated, wear your mask, and keep your six feet of distance if you are in a public space.

Expanding on last week’s topic:

We would also like to expand on the topic of emotional eating that we raised last week. Emotional eating is a complex term and can be a real challenge for some of us. Not every solution or advice may work for everyone. Therefore, we would like to provide you with more resources today, especially if you feel that you might be struggling in that area.

If you need assistance with a possible eating disorder, please contact your healthcare provider. You are also welcome to find out more about the topic on this website, which has both support groups for individuals dealing with eating disorders, as well as a screening tool to start conversations with healthcare providers and a grocery buddies support system to help those who feel anxiety when grocery shopping.

Be well and let us know if there any specific topics you need more information about.

Aren’t new PJs just wonderful during the holidays? We think so, and we’re working with United Way, during their annual Pajama Drive, to provide over 1,600 local children and families in crisis with a new pair of jammies. It seems like such a small thing, but sometimes the comfort of a small gift can make a big difference.

Now through Monday, Nov. 30, you can drop off your donation at the food bank in Roberts 109. Or, mail your donation to campus box 6148.

If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon (bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu).

Goldfish are still up for adoption this week! Come pick up your scaly swimming friend from EHS 202 (or ask any second-floor faculty/staff) anytime between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Questions? Email Teresa Arnold (tarnold@georgefox.edu).

The link provided yesterday for the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute’s virtual event was incorrect. Our apologies! Here is the correct link to learn more.

The event will take place via Zoom on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. It is free to George Fox students and employees.

The session is designed to cross-train primary care team members on metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and hypertension. We will also explore clinical tools, workflows, and interventions that can be used in a primary care setting. Visit the above link to learn more.

If you have questions, contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).

This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the George Fox University theatre program has transformed five music practice rooms into five separate, individual, virtual theatre studios in order to bring live production to your living spaces.

The five separate rooms feature individual mics, cameras, lighting units, projectors, projection screens, costume racks, and props tables. Actors will interact with each other virtually from their separate studios to bring a seamless performance of Silent Sky to life. This is an event you won’t want to miss!

So cozy up with your laptops and various devices and join us for a delightful evening of live, virtual theatre this Nov. 12-14 and Nov. 19-21 at 7:30 p.m., or Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.!

To get more information and purchase tickets click here.

This summer, Kathy Heininge took early retirement after serving 16 years as a professor; she subsequently received faculty emeritus status.

We plan to celebrate her many years of dedication, hard work, and transformative teaching with a Zoom party on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Please email Cheri Hampton (champton@georgefox.edu) for the Zoom link.