The Daily Bruin

Mandatory testing of fire systems continues this week. During testing, the fire panel may beep and/or the horns may sound for a brief period of time, depending on the success of the test. No evacuation will be necessary. Once the fire system has passed in a building, it will not be subject to further testing.

The following academic buildings will be tested today (Wednesday):

• Medical Sciences Building
• Hadlock Student Center
• Canyon Commons

Attention faculty: The Academic Leadership Team is pleased to host a free faculty lunch on the third Thursday of each month, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.! Come to Canyon Commons 103 to pick up a lunch voucher, get your lunch through the cafeteria line, then bring it back to 102/103 to enjoy fellowship with your colleagues.

If you have questions about this event, contact Charlene Maugeri at cmaugeri@georgefox.edu.

George Fox Talks, the university’s podcast and video series, is back for season four! Don’t miss the first episode, a conversation with author and political commentator Michael Wear about the moral weight of voting in America. Plus, check out the summer’s bonus content featuring our own Jason Fileta and Lindsey Hankins!

Subscribe to George Fox Talks on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeart, or sign up to receive weekly emails at georgefox.edu/talks.

The Legacy League buffet luncheon in Canyon Commons is this Friday, Sept. 20, from noon to 1:30 p.m. and will cost $15 per person.

The luncheon will be followed by an update from President Robin Baker regarding recent additions to the campus and plans for the future. The presentation will be followed by a tour of the new chapel.

The Legacy League is tasked with providing student scholarships. If you have questions, contact Dwight Kimberly at dkimberl@georgefox.edu.

George Fox staff and graduate students: Complete this survey for a chance to win a gift card! This research is about experiences (specifically positive and negative experiences) of receiving encouragement. Your thoughts on the subject would be greatly appreciated.

No personally identifying information will be collected, and your answers will be kept confidential. Once you have completed the survey, you will have the option of entering your email into a drawing for one of 10 $25 gift cards.

If you have any questions, please contact Paige Tobias at ptobias17@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

A few reminders for the revised curriculum proposal process:

• Any curricular change intended for the 2025-26 academic year must be initiated by Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. The initiate form simply asks proposers to answer five brief questions, which are then sent to their dean/program director for approval of the idea.
• After approval is given, the curriculum clerk (during the month of October) will work with the proposer to develop and finalize the full curriculum proposal document for review by their division curriculum committee based on the desired curriculum change.
• Complete proposals (for any curricular change) should be emailed to curriculum@georgefox.edu.
• Proposals will be considered by division curriculum committees in the order they are received starting in mid-September.

A link to the initiate form can be found here or on the Curriculum Council website.

Questions about the curriculum process can be emailed to curriculum@georgefox.edu.

The Department of Social Work invites you to an event, “Social Work Fall Diversity Dialogue: Public Theology and Public Policy for Racial Justice with Ekemini Uwan,” tomorrow (Wednesday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Uwan is a public theologian, international human rights activist, and coauthor of the 2023 NAACP image award nominated book Truths Table: Black Women’s Musing on Life, Love and Liberation. She serves as the special advisor for The Aspen Institute’s Racial Justice and Religion Collective.

Uwan is a charter member of the International Civil Working Group of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent at the United Nations and is a reparations activist whose work spans the globe, as she has advocated for global reparations on behalf of Africans and African descendants on the floor of the United Nations three times.

As one who is passionate about theology, Uwan has a fierce commitment to the gospel and its implications for issues pertaining to reparations, racial injustice, anti-Black racism and white supremacy. She believes that theology can and does speak to our present-day culture, social and political issues.

Don’t miss this opportunity to dialogue with an accomplished social writer and activist. For further information and questions, contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu.

The Social Work Club, in partnership with the A21 nonprofit organization, invites you to Walk For Freedom, a day dedicated to raising awareness of human trafficking. We believe that, together, we can put an end to human trafficking. For over a decade, supporters like you have taken local action and made a global impact.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, we will come together and hit the streets again. Walking in single-file lines, holding posters and handing out flyers, we will reach our cities with information about human trafficking and how to take action against it. Meet us in front of the Chehalem Cultural Center at 10:30 a.m. to join the cause.

For more information, reach out to Alice Fouts at afouts22@georgefox.edu.

Please remind students to join the Academic Resource Center for an APA workshop with Sue O’Donnell, scheduled in Hoover 105 today (Tuesday) from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

The session will cover the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more. For more details, reach out to Heather Harney at hharney@georgefox.edu.

Mandatory testing of the fire systems will start today (Tuesday) and run through Friday in order to complete testing in all buildings.

During testing, the fire panel may beep and/or the horns may sound for a brief period of time, depending on the success of the test. No evacuation will be necessary. Once the fire system has passed in a building, it will not be subject to further testing.

The following academic buildings will be tested (the buildings will not necessarily be tested in this order):

• Armstrong House
• Canyon Commons
• Edwards-Holman Science Center and Wood-Mar Hall
• Hoover Academic Building
• Murdock Library
• Roberts Center
• Stevens Center
• Wheeler Sports Center

Note: No academic buildings will be tested after noon.

If you have questions, contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Got aches and pains? Physical therapy appointments are available at the Medical Sciences Building (448 Werth Boulevard in Newberg) for employees, students and the local community. Appointments are an hour long and are available Monday through Friday at various times. The cost is $25 for those associated with George Fox, and $35 for those who are not.

Please fill out this form if you’re interested. If you have any questions, feel free to directly reach out to physicaltherapy@georgefox.edu. We look forward to treating you!

Do you have yarn? Would you like to have yarn? The Needle Nerds group is hosting a yarn swap on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in the Murdock Library from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Yarn drop-off begins on Sept. 18 at the front desk of the library and ends at the start of the event on Sept. 25. We would love to swap some yarns with you! No RSVP is required. Contact Sarah at lwillhite@georgefox.edu for more information.

Sick of polarized politics making our public life so ugly and destructive, especially in an election year? Convinced that even when we disagree, followers of Jesus ought to be able to bring love and compassion into our politics?

Find out how we can make this happen on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons. Hear George Fox alumnus and political science professor Dr. Daniel Bennett talk about “Citizenship, Civility, and the Tension in Faith and Politics”.

Contact Ron Mock at the George Fox Civility Project at civility@georgefox.edu for more information.

The Bruin Community Pantry is in need of a volunteer to serve on Fridays from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. If you are interested in this service opportunity, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

At George Fox University, we are committed to the financial well-being of our employees. In this spirit, we are excited to announce that Phillip Carbajal, our Nationwide 403(b) deferred compensation retirement specialist, will be available for personalized one-on-one consultations each month throughout the academic year.

These on-site sessions are designed to offer you tailored guidance for achieving your financial goals and securing your retirement future. Don’t miss this opportunity to make informed financial planning decisions. Learn more and register here.

There is still time to register for a Medicare seminar this week. These virtual seminars will help you understand the basics of Medicare.

To register for the seminar at 6 p.m. on Sept. 18, click here. To register for the seminar at noon on Sept. 19, click here.

Seminar topics:

• What is Medicare and why it is important?
• Addressing the different parts of Medicare (the A, B, C & D’s of Medicare)
• What are the differences between Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement?
• When should you consider enrolling into Medicare, and what is the process?
• What are the costs to be enrolled in Medicare?
• What to consider if you are planning to continue to work past age 65
• Learn how to avoid late enrollment penalties
• How to transition from an employer group plan to a Medicare plan
• Understand how to manage a Health Savings Account (HSA)

You do not need to be eligible for Medicare to attend this seminar. Spouses and parents are welcome to join. The presentation will take approximately one hour, but we will have additional time at the end to answer any questions you may have.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Questions? Contact Aga Kasprzyk at akasprzyk@georgefox.edu.

The STUDIO is where George Fox interior design students work on real-world projects. We are looking for new design projects for students to work on this academic year. We take on both paid and unpaid design work; however, slots are limited and paid projects are prioritized (pricing is flexible).

If you are interested and would like to run your project by the program, please email a brief synopsis of your design project to Casey Martin at martinc@georgefox.edu for review. We do both commercial and residential design work.

Mandatory testing of the fire systems will occur Monday, Sept. 16, through Thursday in order to complete testing in all buildings. If an issue arises with the test, there may also be testing on Friday.

During testing, the fire panel may beep and/or the horns may sound for a brief period of time, depending on the success of the test. No evacuation will be necessary. Once the fire system has passed in a building, it will not be subject to further testing.

The following academic buildings will be tested (the buildings will not necessarily be tested in this order):

• Armstrong House
• Canyon Commons
• Edwards-Holman Science Center and Wood-Mar Hall
• Hoover Academic Building
• Murdock Library
• Roberts Center
• Stevens Center
• Wheeler Sports Center

Note: Hoover will not be tested on Monday. No academic buildings will be tested after noon.

The following residential areas will be tested after noon (the buildings will not necessarily be tested in this order):

• Anderson House
• Holtan House

  Suites:

• Beebe Hall
• Carey Hall
• Willcuts Hall
• Brandt Hall
• Gulley Hall
• Le Shana Hall
• Hobson/Macy/Sutton
• Pennington Hall

No residential buildings will be tested before noon.

If you have questions, you may contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Join us for two days (or just one) of tabletop gameplay fun at the Newberg Game Con in Canyon Commons on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28-29. We’ll be hosting two full days of play from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. No experience is necessary.

A convention badge is necessary to enter; register for one here. A limited number of students can get in for free by contacting Paul Otto at paulandrewotto@gmail.com for the discount code prior to registering.

Campus Public Safety will begin issuing parking citations on Monday, Sept. 16. Park in designated parking spaces. See the parking map for areas specific to your permit. The Morse lot is currently underutilized.

Please remember:

• Do not park next to yellow or red curbs
• Park in the direction of traffic

Register your vehicle if you have not done so already this fall. Previous registration issues have been resolved, so please try again if you were not able to complete registration earlier.

If you have a permit from previous years that is current with your housing status, you will not need to order a new one. If you are not sure, contact us.

Contact Campus Public Safety if you have any questions at 503-554-2090 or campussafety@georgefox.edu.