The Daily Bruin

If you are asked to write a recommendation for a student, please get a signed FERPA Release for Letter of Recommendation form from the student.

If you are giving out any FERPA-protected information about the student, a signed release is required. Please direct students to the online version or PDF version of the form on our FERPA webpage.

Please contact the registrar’s office (registrar@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Drop by Print Services today (Friday) between 1 and 4 p.m. to say farewell to Dylan Harris. Dylan was a student employee for Print Services for two years before graduating from George Fox. After graduating, he returned to the university to faithfully serve for three years.

It’s time to get your teams together and sign up for flag football! Sign-ups for intramural flag football are now available online at IMLeagues.com or the IMLeagues app. Students and employees are welcome to play.

Once on the IMLeagues site, create an account by selecting George Fox University as the “School/Organization” and enter all personal information on the sign-up tab. In addition, download the IMLeagues app.

Flag football is starting this Sunday, Sept. 9, so create your teams and sign up soon! Games take place between 7:30 and 10 p.m. at the Austin Sports Complex. The season runs through Sunday, Oct. 7.

If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Jordan Caddel at jcaddel15@georgefox.edu.

Tomorrow (Saturday), the George Fox football team is at home to take on Howard Payne! Join us at 11:30 a.m. in the quad for food and games before marching over to the stadium together to launch our support of Bruin football. All are welcome.

Questions? Contact Joel Sigrist (activities@georgefox.edu).

Want to be a part of our monthly Foster Parents’ Night Out program? Come to the training session this Sunday, Sept. 9, to learn more about FPNO and how to mentor children in foster care! We’ll be meeting from 1 to 4 p.m. in Stevens 207.

Contact Cana Buckley (cbuckley17@georgefox.edu) if you plan on coming or have any questions.

Students: We are receiving many calls from neighbors about all the student cars stashed in the neighborhoods surrounding the school. You must park ONLY where your permit allows or your car will be ticketed, and the neighborhoods are off-limits.

If you have yet to register, please do so immediately on MyGFU and park in your designated areas. Even if you have been already been charged for a parking permit as a commuter or grad student, you still need to register your vehicle on MyGFU and place your permit on the rear window of your vehicle.

If you do not know where your permit allows you to park, then come immediately to the Campus Public Safety office or refer to the parking brochure that came with your permit to avoid a parking ticket.

The parking brochure is also online if you are still waiting for your permit to arrive. We know you have better things to do with your money than pay parking tickets, so please pay attention to these details!

Our first home football game is tomorrow (Saturday), so please take note of the important information below. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. against Howard Payne. It’s sure to be a great game, so make plans now to join in the fun!

Be sure to move your cars out of the Bauman parking lot and the tennis court parking lot on Friday evening. This space will be dedicated to football fan parking, activities and vendors on Saturday. No parking will be permitted in these lots. 

Entrances to the football game
There will be two entrances into the game and both are located in the Bauman parking lot, directly behind the stadium.

Wheeler Sports Center Closed
The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. This means the basketball gym, racquetball courts and locker rooms will be closed. The Fitness Center will be closed all day on Saturday, Sept. 8.

Bauman Walkway
The sidewalk located between the football stadium and Bauman will be closed 90 minutes prior to kickoff and throughout the entirety of the game.

Circle Parking Lot
The circle parking lot near Wheeler will be closed for the day. This space is reserved for officials to park in. Officials will arrive as early as 10 a.m.

Sideline Passes
No one will be granted field access without a sideline pass. Sideline passes are issued to those who are required to work and/or have official business during the game.

Tickets
Students and staff can show their ID cards at the gate to get into the game free of charge. Additional tickets can be purchased online or at the gate.

We hope to see you at the game at 1 p.m. and the tailgates prior to that!

Support the Bruin Community Pantry by purchasing jars of peanut butter and jelly at the home football game tomorrow (Saturday). Jars can be purchased before the game (11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) for $5, with all donations going to supply the peanut butter and jelly bar and hospitality tables around campus.

Questions? Ask Alyssa Gonzales at agonzalez15@georgefox.edu.

Commuter Life has created a new form to manage reserving the FoxHole lounge. This is a highly utilized space, which is awesome! We want to provide the best customer service, and this form helps us manage reservations. Please use this easy form to reserve this space.

When reserving, keep in mind that the kitchen area is cleaned by the Commuter Life student leader team. Please be sure to clean the kitchen after using it. Additionally, all coffee and food supplies in the FoxHole are purchased by Commuter Life for commuter events. Please bring all paper products and items needed for your event.

Enjoy the FoxHole this year!

If you have questions, ask Kristi Welker, director of Commuter Life by emailing her at kwelker@georgefox.edu or calling ext. 2308.

As a reminder of the university’s recent change in recycling policy, here is an overview …

The national recycle market has drastically changed. There now is no market for some common recyclables, leaving recyclers scrambling to find locations to send materials. This is not simply a George Fox issue, but a global market issue. Skyrocketing prices and lack of a domestic market for some materials prompted the university to change how we recycle.

As a result, these are the changes made to the recycling program:

• Containers for recycling clean and flattened cardboard are located at Canyon Commons and the Thomas Center.
• The recycling of metal, glass, batteries, electronics, yard debris, redeemable bottles and cans, confidential shredding, and some other select materials continues unchanged.
• The glass recycle barrels in garbage enclosures remain, and new metal recycle barrels for tin cans, aluminum cans and other metals will be added.
• Commingled recycling has been discontinued. As a result, desk-side and commingled recycling has been removed from all offices and student housing. All blue desk-side bins and bag stands have been removed.
• When a department has large amounts of cardboard to recycle, a Plant Services staff member will be happy to come by and pick it up.

Any questions can be directed to Trevor Woods, waste stream manager, at twoods@georgefox.edu.

The Office of Spiritual Life has adopted a new policy regarding chapel elective credits being offered through our departments/programs. If your office would like chapel elective credit to be offered for an event, please visit this page to review the revised policy.

Thank you!

All are invited to the first rental center event of the year put on by the Hadlock Student Center. Come to the Rodgers Landing dock tomorrow (Friday) from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. for free food, games and paddling!

This is your chance to try out all the sweet gear the student center has to offer, including paddle boards and kayaks, for free. So bring your smiles and we will bring the gear!

For more information, contact Michael Chaney (mchaney15@georgefox.edu).

Our first home football game is this Saturday, Sept. 8, so please take note of the important information below. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. against Howard Payne. It’s sure to be a great game, so make plans now to join in the fun!

Be sure to move your cars out of the Bauman parking lot and the tennis court parking lot on Friday evening. This space will be dedicated to football fan parking, activities and vendors on Saturday. No parking will be permitted in these lots. 

Entrances to the football game
There will be two entrances into the game and both are located in the Bauman parking lot, directly behind the stadium.

Wheeler Sports Center Closed
The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. This means the basketball gym, racquetball courts and locker rooms will be closed. The Fitness Center will be closed all day on Saturday, Sept. 8.

Bauman Walkway
The sidewalk located between the football stadium and Bauman will be closed 90 minutes prior to kickoff and throughout the entirety of the game.

Circle Parking Lot
The circle parking lot near Wheeler will be closed for the day. This space is reserved for officials to park in. Officials will arrive as early as 10 a.m.

Sideline Passes
No one will be granted field access without a sideline pass. Sideline passes are issued to those who are required to work and/or have official business during the game.

Tickets
Students and staff can show their ID cards at the gate to get into the game free of charge. Additional tickets can be purchased online or at the gate.

We hope to see you at the game at 1 p.m. and the tailgates prior to that!

Do you like getting good deals? Discounts on cool stuff? Good news: The Bruin Card, a multi-use discount card you can use at 15 local businesses, will be available in both a digital and hard-copy format.

• Want it digitally? You can find it by going to igfu.georgefox.edu on your mobile device, clicking on MyGFU, then clicking “Bruin Discounts.” The digital format is live and available to use now!
• Want a hard copy? Returning students and employees on the Newberg campus will receive the Bruin Card in campus mailboxes by mid-September. New students will receive them in their LIBA 100/285 or HNRS 150 class.

And here’s more good news: You can use the card as many times as you’d like until it expires on Aug. 31, 2019! So, not only will you be getting great savings on your purchases, you’ll be supporting local businesses. Just show your card or the digital offer on your mobile device when you make your purchases.

Don’t have a campus box? Pick up a card at the Information Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center after Sept. 16.

Want to practice your Spanish? You are invited to join us at the Spanish Table/Mesa in Canyon Commons each Monday, anytime between noon and 1:30 p.m. Stop by for a few minutes or stay the entire time (lunch is not included).

Carson Tidland, a senior Spanish major, will be leading the discussion. Sessions will meet through Monday, Dec. 3. Both students and employees are welcome!

Contact Viki Defferding (vdefferd@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The university community is invited to join professor Paul Anderson and student Anastasia Reinhardt as they lead Contemplative Worship (or, unprogrammed worship after the manner of Friends) on Thursdays in Hoover 250. The gathering will meet each Thursday this semester from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m., and all are welcome.

The first five experiences will count for chapel elective credit if students desire. Our hope is that students develop spiritual sensitivity to the light of Christ within.

Contact Paul at panderso@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Print Services’ Dylan Harris will be leaving the university this Friday, Sept. 7. He was a student employee in Print Services for two years before graduating from George Fox. After graduating, he came back to work for the university, faithfully serving for an additional three years.

Make time Friday to drop by Print Services between 1 and 4 p.,m. and bid him a good farewell.

All are invited to attend our first Mass of the semester in the Prayer Chapel at 5 p.m. today (Wednesday), with Fr. Juan Pablo of the Saint John Society as the celebrant. Catholic students and employees are encouraged to receive the sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation beforehand starting at 4:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

The Saint John Society is an international apostolate focused on engaging college students and energizing their faith in Christ. Contact Maricruz Arias (marias15@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

We hope to see you there!

Hours of operation in the Bridge Cafe will be changing temporarily. Effective today (Wednesday, Sept. 5), the cafe will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Thank you for your understanding, and we hope to get back to our normal hours very soon!

There are four new museum exhibits to check out on campus …

• “A Heritage of Service” is in the Hoover Library, highlighting campus-wide service activities from the early days of the college until today in celebration of the 20th annual Serve Day.
• In both the Stevens Center and in Canyon Commons you can visit “A Heritage to Honor,” which illustrates the history of the university.
• Finally, in the MLRC, there is an exhibit about freshman initiation.

If you have any questions about these exhibits or about the museum collection, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu or museum@georgefox.edu).