The Daily Bruin

This week marks the final shows of George Fox theatre’s fall musical comedy, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Come join us for a hilarious, knock ’em dead evening of murder and romance filled with high jinks and ghoulish surprises.

The show runs in Wood-Mar Auditorium Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 24-27, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, followed by a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday.

Students are entitled to a free ticket for the Thursday show. Employees are provided with one complimentary ticket for any of the shows. Bring your ID with you to the door to show that it matches your ticket.

Reserve your seat online or pick them up at the box office in the Bruin Store (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). For more information, visit this page. See you at the show!

Got stress, aches and pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? Come by to get a massage by 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 30-minute massages on Monday, Oct. 28, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Roberts Center 204.

All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda and Ghana. Donations are also welcome. Register here.

Questions? Contact Haleigh Rabe at hrabe18@georgefox.edu.

Check out this week’s George Fox athletics home games:

• Women’s soccer vs. Whitworth University – Saturday, Oct. 26, noon, Morse Athletic Fields
• Football vs. Pacific University – Saturday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m., Stoffer Family Stadium
• Men’s soccer vs. Willamette University – Saturday, Oct. 26, 2:30 p.m., Morse Athletic Fields
• Women’s volleyball vs. Willamette University – Saturday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m., Wheeler Sports Center
• Women’s soccer vs. Whitman College – Sunday, Oct. 27, noon, Morse Athletic Fields

Questions? Visit the athletics website.

In the case of an emergency, George Fox will send text and email messages to potentially affected students and employees via the university’s FoxAlert system.

Please make sure your mobile number is up to date by logging into MyGeorgeFox and clicking on the “Profile” tile. From there, click on the “Contact Details” menu and either add or edit the “Cell – Personal” phone type. There will be a system test in the next couple of weeks.

Questions can be directed to Rob Felton at rfelton@georgefox.edu.

Send some love to our furry friends at the Newberg Animal Shelter! Students in the Management 300 course are organizing a “Fetch” donation drive. Drop off donations Oct. 21-23 in the big black bins located at two locations – one in Hoover and one in Roberts Center, just inside the front doors.

The “Fetch” list:

• Foods: Premium dog food (adult and small bites), premium canned dog food, kitten & cat food (dry and canned), dog treats

• Cleaners: Simple Green, window spray, dish soap, hand sanitizer, 409 spray, laundry detergent (any high-efficiency brand), Tide Free & Gentle (high-efficiency brand), bleach, sponges/scrub brushes, garbage bags (kitchen size), paper towels

• Other: Flea medications, toys/Kongs, small fleece/soft blankets

Questions? Contact Ellen Dahlberg (edahlberg14@georgefox.edu).

Plant Services will need to do a full water shut-off today (Monday) for both Wheeler Sports Center and Murdock Library. The water shut-off will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please use other bathroom facilities during this time. Thank you.

Questions? Contact Sonia Rademacher at srademacher@georgefox.edu.

Faculty: Do you ever wish you had professional-looking videos to mix in with your teaching? Want to set up custom videos to keep your students on track while you are away?

Join our online workshop starting on Monday, Oct. 28. We will learn how to create unique and captivating videos to enhance your classroom by using (mostly) free technology. No prior experience with digital classrooms or video creation is required.

This opportunity is open to all teachers, not just George Fox employees. Register here.

Questions? Contact Andrea Byerley at abyerley@georgefox.edu.

Join us for a panel discussion on the topic, “Should the U.S. Remain in the UN?” This panel, featuring David Rawson, Kelsey Zorzi and Fred Gregory, will be held this Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 5:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons.

To attend, please RSVP at this link by 5 p.m. today (Monday). The dress is business casual.

Zorzi serves as the director of advocacy for global religious freedom with ADF International. In 2018, she was elected president of the United Nations’ NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

In over 28 years of U.S. diplomatic service largely in Africa, Rawson engaged regularly with UN field agencies on humanitarian issues. As a U.S. ambassador to Rwanda and then to Mali, he worked closely with the UN on peace-keeping programs in both countries.

Gregory, an alumnus of George Fox, has successfully managed programs funded by the U.S. Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, United Nations, European Union, and private donors. He has experience working with the UNHCR in refugee environments, mostly in East Africa.

Questions? Contact Angeleen Umfleet at aumfleet@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to the Fall 2019 Faculty Lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105. Our featured speaker is theatre professor Rhett Luedtke, recipient of the 2018-19 Faculty Achievement Award for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship. 

Join Rhett as he shares his vision for building bridges across religious, ethnic and racial divides through the power of theatre, in a lecture titled, “A Bridge Worth Building.”

Come early, between 5 and 6 p.m., and check out the work of our Richter student scholars at a symposium in the Hoover lobby. Students will present their research projects in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be served.

Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

The Graduate School of Physical Therapy is looking for volunteers to participate in a lab session on the lower extremity.

If you have a problem with your hip, knee, ankle or foot, our lab is the place to be! Our doctor of physical therapy second-year students, along with faculty members, will be performing examinations and giving you direction on how to take care of your condition.

Volunteers are needed for either a one- or two-hour session between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Roberts Center.

Please email or call Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451 to sign up.

Make plans to join your colleagues at an all-employee meeting on Thursday, Oct. 24. We’ll be meeting in Canyon Commons from 3:30 to 5 p.m. (with live streaming in PDS 155B).

Have a shout-out you’d like to give to a colleague for recent work they’ve done? Share it at this link!

Gather in Bauman Auditorium for the fifth annual Organ Hymn Festival at 6 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 20. 

Daniel Miller, a nationally known organist and adjunct professor of organ, will play the university’s recently upgraded Rodgers digital organ, featuring the 2,067 pipes displayed as the stage background. 

The 15-part program will feature well-known hymns and include audience participation. Several pieces will be preceded by stories explaining the origin and history of the song, presented by Brent Weaver, professor of music, theory and composition.

General admission tickets are $10. George Fox students and children 12 and under are free. Tickets are available at the door, online, or through the university box office by calling 503-554-3844. 

Questions? Contact Sara Reamy at sreamy@georgefox.edu. 

The School of Physical Therapy is excited to host Christopher M. Powers to lecture on the topic “Mechanisms of ACL Injury: Implications for Evidence Based Rehabilitation, Injury Prevention and Return to Sport Decisions.”

The lecture will be given on Thursday, Nov. 7, in Hoover 105 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Powers’ lecture will focus on recent insights into the pathomechanics of ACL injury, in particular those related to female athletes. Implications of research and application for athletes, coaches and rehab clinicians will be highlighted.

Powers, a national leader in this area of sports injury, is a professor in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy as well as co-director of the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Southern California.

Visit our website for more information about this lecture. Questions? Contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.

Send some love to our furry friends at the Newberg Animal Shelter! Students in the Management 300 course are organizing a “Fetch” donation drive. Drop off donations Oct. 21-23 in the big black bins located at two locations – one in Hoover and one in Roberts Center, just inside the front doors.

The “Fetch” list:

• Foods: Premium dog food (adult and small bites), premium canned dog food, kitten & cat food (dry and canned), dog treats

• Cleaners: Simple Green, window spray, dish soap, hand sanitizer, 409 spray, laundry detergent (any high-efficiency brand), Tide Free & Gentle (high-efficiency brand), bleach, sponges/scrub brushes, garbage bags (kitchen size), paper towels

• Other: Flea medications, toys/Kongs, small fleece/soft blankets

Questions? Contact Ellen Dahlberg (edahlberg14@georgefox.edu).

Join us for a panel discussion on the topic, “Should the U.S. Remain in the UN?” This panel, featuring David Rawson, Kelsey Zorzi and Fred Gregory, will be held next Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 5:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons.

To attend, please RSVP at this link by Monday, Oct. 21, at 5 p.m. The dress is business casual.

Zorzi serves as the director of advocacy for global religious freedom with ADF International. In 2018, she was elected president of the United Nations’ NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

In over 28 years of U.S. diplomatic service largely in Africa, Rawson engaged regularly with UN field agencies on humanitarian issues. As a U.S. ambassador to Rwanda and then to Mali, he worked closely with the UN on peace-keeping programs in both countries.

Gregory, an alumnus of George Fox, has successfully managed programs funded by the U.S. Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, United Nations, European Union, and private donors. He has experience working with the UNHCR in refugee environments, mostly in East Africa.

Questions? Contact Angeleen Umfleet at aumfleet@georgefox.edu.

A friendly reminder: Campus partners requesting print design jobs through the marketing communications department are responsible for tending to the accompanying invoices.

Marketing communications is no longer paying or making check requests for print design jobs. The invoices accompany the print delivery.

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

Goldfish are still up for adoption this week! Come pick up your scaly swimming friend from EHS 202 anytime between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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

Campus Public Safety has noticed a lot of improper parking on campus in the evenings after 5 p.m. While students can properly park anywhere on campus after 5 p.m., parking in designated parking spaces is still required.

Please do not create new parking spaces or park along buildings, curbs or in loading zones. Never park in a fire zone, and do not park in disabled parking spaces without a permit. Failure to park properly in a designated parking spot may result in a citation, even after 5 p.m. and on weekends.

Questions? Contact Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu or call the Campus Public Safety Office at 503-554-2090.

Plant Services will need to do a full water shut-off on Monday, Oct. 21, for both Wheeler Sports Center and Murdock Library. The water shut-off will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please use other bathroom facilities during this time. Thank you.

Questions? Contact Sonia Rademacher at srademacher@georgefox.edu.

Come to an informational session on the International Business Institute to learn how you can be part of an outstanding learning opportunity abroad! This session will be held today (Thursday) from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in Hoover 210. Please RSVP here.

IBI is designed to give students in business, politics and economics an opportunity for a summer term of study that incorporates the international dimensions of these fields. Students will visit corporations such as Nestle, Visa, and KPMG, as well as various embassies.

Faculty: Please let your students know about this opportunity.

Questions? Contact Kelly Borror at kborror@georgefox.edu.