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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Interprofessional Primary Care Institute will be hosting a virtual event via Zoom Saturday, Nov. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. It is free to George Fox students and employees.
The event’s purpose is 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.
We will dialogue with healthcare professionals about chronic conditions in Black communities, learn and practice behavioral change interventions, discuss tools to engage people in self-management, as well as explore how we can encourage people with chronic conditions to increase their physical activity.
If you missed last week’s Lunch ‘N Learn session on the Hadlock Student Center, you can still watch the presentation.
Check out our Resources for Staff page, where you’ll find the recordings for our past Lunch ‘N Learn sessions. Keep an eye out for next month’s session on library resources!
Spring 2021 textbook adoptions are due this Friday, Oct. 30, and the Bruin Store is looking forward to making this as smooth 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, have 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, this Friday, Oct. 30, 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.
The Wineskin is accepting submissions! The theme for this semester is “INTERRUPTION,†so send us your best poems, stories, essays and artwork in that stream of thought; we welcome thematic interpretation.
The editors are open to a wide range of styles and subject matter, but we are particularly looking for work that pushes boundaries and surprises us with its artistic approach and perspective of the world.
All are welcome to submit, including employees!
Submission Guidelines:
Poetry and prose manuscripts must be submitted as a Word document, in Times New Roman, 12-point font. Please title your pieces and remove your name from the document.
Limit all prose to 1,000 words and send no more than five poems per submission.
For artwork: Files should be named as the title of your piece followed by your name. Please remove all watermarks from your work.
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.
This summer, Kathy Heininge took early retirement after serving 16 years as a professor; she subsequently received faculty emeritus status.
We would like 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, and a Zoom link will be forthcoming.
Do you have photos or memories to share? We are planning to give Kathy a commemorative book as part of her retirement gift and would love to share your memories with her.
Please send Melanie Springer Mock (mmock@georgefox.edu) stories, poems, photos, and tributes by tonight (Sunday) at midnight. While Google Form is preferred, email is also available.
The Health and Counseling Center has three different COVID-19 testing options available, some of which are free. If you feel sick and have any of these symptoms …
Fever of 100.4 or greater
Difficulty breathing (unrelated to Asthma or physical exertion)
Loss of sense of taste or smell
And believe you may have COVID-19, please call the Health and Counseling Center to discuss your options or make an appointment at 503-554-2340.
The free test is a nose swab (not the deep nose probe), and is a rapid test with results in 15 minutes. This antigen test is most accurate at the onset of symptoms and up to seven days after onset.
This test does not meet the requirement for travel into the State of Hawaii and may not meet other travel clearance requirements; therefore, we will not be offering this test for travel purposes.
Questions? Contact the Health and Counseling Center at the number above.
Do you have stress, aches and pains, or just want to feel relaxed? Come by 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) and employees ($20). We are offering 25-minute massages on Friday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Roberts Center 204.
We will be taking all the current precautions related to the delivery of healthcare during COVID-19.
All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda. Donations are also welcome. Register here.
It has come to our attention that there is an email being sent to our employees, requesting a login to an “Employee Portal.”
If you have received it, please delete it and do not click on the link/button. You should also report it to Google as spam, as it appears to be a phishing attempt. IT has been made aware of it. Contact IT if you are experiencing any issues related to this email.
