The Daily Bruin

Good morning and happy Wednesday!

Today’s edition of Wellness Wednesdays is about the benefits of walking. Just 30 minutes a day significantly improves your overall health and helps you cope with daily challenges. This could be a time just to yourself to clear your mind, to meditate and pray, or just take a much-needed break. It’s worth it!

To find out about the multiple benefits of walking for half an hour a day, please read this list.

All vehicles brought to George Fox or the surrounding neighborhoods must be registered with Campus Public Safety within one week of campus activity.

New employees can register for their first parking permit for free. Changes to a vehicle or license plate will require an update of your vehicle registration information. To update your vehicle registration information, email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu. An additional permit can be purchased for $5 in cash.

Full-time faculty, adjunct faculty and staff will be issued a gold hang-tag permit. Permits must be displayed from the inside rear view mirror and must be visible to Campus Public Safety staff.

Adjuncts who are coaching assistants, teaching assistants, and current undergraduate students are required to register their vehicles as students and park in the designated areas as assigned by their student permit.

This fall, the Office of Alumni Relations is creating an alumni-owned business directory to promote and support Bruin businesses in the area (West Coast).

The directory will be listed on the alumni website, included in all communications, and highlighted on social media. The purpose is to keep alumni-owned businesses in front of the broader alumni community so together we can support each other through this COVID-19 pandemic.

Please refer alumni-owned businesses by filling out this form, or share this link with business owners. Please share this opportunity with as many alumni as you can. Together we Stand Tall!

Thanks!

Contact Sara Reamy with any questions you may have (sreamy@georgefox.edu or ext. 2118).

If you have concerns about a student in the traditional undergraduate program, log into Fox360 at Fox360.georgefox.edu to submit an “alert” for the student. Submit alerts for concerns in the following areas:

• Academic – Missing multiple classes; consistently poor academic performance
• Behavioral – Concerning or disruptive behaviors in or outside of class
• Emotional – Mental health concerns; unusual emotional expression
• Physical – Medical concerns; extreme changes in grooming, personal care
• Social – Personal, social, or family concerns that are affecting well-being and performance

This Fox360 Quick Guide provides a visual overview of the Fox360 system; more details about using Fox360 are available in this Google Doc.

The Student Support Network will assign a case manager to follow up with students. Case managers will do their best to give updates to faculty members who submit alerts or provide feedback. You are welcome to contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) or Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu) to inquire about the status of a student.

If you have questions or would like more information regarding Fox360, contact Rick at 503-554-2314 or rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Please join us on Thursday, Sept. 3, as we celebrate Ryan Dougherty for his 20 years of service to the university. He and his family will join us at the Alumni Plaza (between Bauman Auditorium and the football field) for socially distanced snacks and well wishes. We’ll have a basket available if you’d like to drop off a card. Face coverings required!

Suggested visit times:

• Admissions: 10-10:30 a.m.
• Registrar & Marketing: 10:30-11 a.m.
• George Fox community and friends: 11 a.m. – noon

Please contact Lindsay Knox or Sarah Reid with questions.

George Fox’s Cultural Enterprise is hosting a weekly outdoor Bible study on Wednesdays in September and October at noon in the amphitheater. The first gathering is tomorrow (Wednesday).

Joseph Clair and Dominic Done, pastor of Westside: A Jesus Church and professor of applied theology at George Fox, will be diving into Paul’s letter to the Ephesians: a stirring call to faith and faithfulness and the formation of a radically new kind of community in Christ.

This event is open to anyone. COVID-19 protocols will be in place, so please wear your mask and observe distancing guidelines.

Do you want an exercise program tailored toward your health and fitness goals? Do you want an exercise program that you can safely do at home?

Exercise science students will create a two-month customized exercise program for you based on your goals, preferences, and identified barriers.

We can only serve the first 20 people this semester, so don’t wait! Help us, help you “Find your Fit.”

Email Mary Imboden at mimboden@georgefox.edu for more information!

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 Office of Student Life would like to extend a special thanks to Austin O’Donnell for his continual good work in caring for this community, specifically in his role as our summer RA.

We would like to invite you to drop by the student life office (entrance located on the side of Hadlock) today (Tuesday) between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to say farewell.

As we all work and live together, it is especially crucial that everyone understands the processes for reporting concerns and cases related to COVID-19.

Thank you for taking a few minutes to familiarize yourself with these processes:

• #CampusClear Daily Screening
• COVID-19 Case Reporting
• COVID-19 Concern and Case Reporting Form

Questions? Email COT@georgefox.edu.

The sunny yellow lids on the bins in the outside enclosures are for recycling only. Please avoid dumping garbage in the recycling bins because it contaminates the entire bin. If trash has been mixed into the recycling, the entire bin must be taken to the landfill.

The recycling bins are a commingled service, so recyclables can be mixed together. View the full list of what can be recycled. 

Recycling not only reduces the use of raw resources, it also reduces what is taken to landfills and saves the university money in garbage fees. Thank you for making a positive impact on our world!

To allow for more outdoor seating, new Adirondack chairs have been placed on the quad. Please leave the chairs where you found them, and do not move them.

This is the final call to order university stationery for the large fall order. The collective order helps keep costs low – the higher the volume, the lower the cost. Consequently, it is most economical to overestimate needs and store a small surplus.

Orders can be placed on the Marketing Communications website and will be accepted through Friday, Sep. 4.

Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s Office of Mail Services.

Questions? Email Jamison Loop at jloop@georgefox.edu.

Join the Libraries and Digital Learning for a web conference that demonstrates new features in FoxTALE, including:

• Zoom integration, which allows you to schedule Zoom meetings and automatically share the meeting recordings in FoxTALE
• Expanded grading capabilities in forum discussions

Join the 30-minute web conference on Zoom on Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. or Sep. 1-4 at 11 a.m.

Questions? Email Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.

All vehicles brought to George Fox University or the surrounding neighborhoods must be registered with Campus Public Safety within one week of campus activity.

New employees can register for their first parking permit for free. Changes to a vehicle or license plate will require an update of your vehicle registration information. To update your vehicle registration information, email Elrike Shaw in Campus Public Safety at eshaw@georgefox.edu. An additional permit can be purchased for $5 in cash.

Full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, and staff will be issued a gold hang tag permit. Permits must be displayed from the inside rear view mirror and must be visible to Campus Public Safety staff.

Adjuncts who are coaching assistants, teaching assistants, and current undergraduate students are required to register their vehicles as students and park in the designated areas as assigned by their student permit.

Effective Sep. 1, purchase orders will not be required for credit card purchases. All other spending guidelines remain in effect and will be closely monitored for compliance. Thank you all for your continued efforts to carefully evaluate all spending.

Purchasing and Finance are currently working on updated credit card policies and procedures that will result in fewer cards issued and cards identified for more specific uses. Once implemented, these changes are expected to continue to simplify the purchasing process.

Questions? Email Matt Hammar (Purchasing) at mhammar@georgefox.edu or Cris Banton (Finance) at cbanton@georgefox.edu.

Beginning Monday, Aug. 31, the Bruin Community Pantry food bank will be open:

• Monday: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.** and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 4:30 to 5:30 pm
• Wednesday: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.**
• Thursday: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.** and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Friday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.** and 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

** Indicates when a social work intern will be available

In addition to the food bank, we have two interns from the social work department who will be available to help students access additional resources in our community, including signing up for food stamps (SNAP).

To make an appointment with a social work intern, please email bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu.

For more information, please call Jere Witherspoon at 503-554-2316.

The Office for Spiritual Life and the Academic Affairs Office are eager to share the video of Tuesday morning’s academic convocation, an annual academic ceremony to mark the beginning of the school year.

Additionally, President Baker’s sermon, which was intended to be a part of the convocation service, was recorded separately, and you are invited to view it here.

We hope you will find time to watch these videos as we kick off a new academic year. Blessings!

The Student Life Department is looking for microwaves for coronavirus isolation rooms for students in case the rooms need to be used this year.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu if you have a microwave to donate or loan for this academic year.

After 24 years of service at George Fox, John Heitz is retiring at the end of August. John has served the university in plant services’ building repair department, and more recently as planner/estimator for plant services projects.

Students will remember him best by his startling demonstration on why undamaged window screens are important. Some staff may remember him best by his willingness to chase out unwanted animal residents. Serving 24 years means that there are so many great stories!

In lieu of a campus event, we would like to bless John with cards and letters. If you could take a moment to write him a note (or recall a favorite memory), please send those to Box 6449. Thank you!