The Daily Bruin

The Office of People and Culture is partnering with Dr. Rebecca Hernandez to once again train our community in search advocacy in order to help mitigate bias in the hiring process.

This fall, two distinct training opportunities will be offered: a refresher course for those who have participated in previous trainings, and a first-time training for those interested in becoming a search advocate. For more detailed information about search advocacy, click here.

• First-time search advocate trainees will need to attend both sessions, on Monday, Sept. 25, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• The refresher course for existing advocates will be offered twice, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. or Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Register now. For more information, contact Jason Fileta at jfileta@georgefox.edu or Joe Thouvenel at jthouvenel@georgefox.edu.

It has been fascinating to watch the progress of the chapel construction. With any construction site, there is the potential for hazards. Here are some things to be aware of:

• Construction traffic while walking through campus, especially while crossing from the quad to Bauman Auditorium or from the quad to Crisman Crossing
• Work outside the fenced areas. Never cross through any area that is blocked off with cones and/or yellow “caution tape.”
• Walk on designated walkways and designated canyon trails. The edge of the fencing on the east side of the chapel site is not a designated pathway.

If you have any questions regarding safety while enjoying our campus grounds, please email the environmental health and safety specialist at kknoernschild@georgefox.com.

“Sound Stories: Experiences with Hearing Loss” is an interactive, experiential exhibit by Claire Russell that shows life with hearing loss. Join us for the opening reception in the Lindgren Gallery on Monday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m.

The event features an artist talk, and snacks and drinks will be provided. Claire will be available for further conversation and questions during the reception as well as at the First Friday Art Walk this Friday, Sept. 1.

Contact Claire at crussell20@georgefox.edu for more information.

Check out esports’ first content stream of the semester this Thursday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m. at twitch.tv/gfuesports.

We announced content last week, and this week there is more to come. We are out to show everyone what the content looks like, so we are bringing some lighthearted stream(s) in upcoming weeks, and testing the waters to see how we bring together more people in our community.

Contact Jerry Sanchez at jsanchez@georgefox.edu for more info.

Join us for the second annual Rise Women’s Worship Night & Leadership Conference! Worship together on Friday, Sept. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. and learn keys for success at the Saturday morning Leadership Conference from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101-103.

The conference will feature female professionals, including faculty, staff and alumni who are eager to provide encouragement and share wisdom with the young women of Fox. This is a great opportunity to meet new friends, build your connections, and learn skills to help you stand out among the crowd!

Alumni are welcome! Register here, and contact Tamara Wytsma at twytsma@georgefox.edu for more information.

We are introducing a new program in Commuter Life, in partnership with Bon Appetit, called “Drinks with Faculty.” That title sounds more scandalous than it is.

Our data assessment from fall 2022 showed that out-of-class interactions with faculty were hugely significant for helping undergraduate students thrive. To help facilitate student/faculty interaction, we have created a program where $10 of that interaction is covered by Commuter Life and Bon Appetit. This will cover the cost or most of the cost of drinks for the student and their faculty guest.

Incoming commuters have received this information and have been encouraged to initiate with a current or past professor. If this pilot program is used well, we will start to broaden it in the spring.

If a student initiates a time with you, please take this opportunity to tell your story, reflect on how your faith informs your discipline, and share life together with students.

Questions? Contact Dave Johnstone at djohnsto@georgefox.edu.

The university’s hilarious new adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic Sense and Sensibility features a cast of students, alumni, staff and community members, and is performed in the beautiful George Fox amphitheater.

Join us for opening night tomorrow (Wednesday) or any of the other seven performances! Tickets are available at boxoffice.georgefox.edu, and more info on the show is available here.

As we head into Welcome Weekend, the Newberg/Portland area will see temperatures soar above 90 degrees. As per our heat protocol, please follow these steps:

• Stay hydrated by drinking water every 20 minutes
• Schedule more strenuous work in the cooler parts of the day such as the morning
• If on the Newberg campus, take advantage of cooler buildings such as the Murdock Library, Klages, or Canyon Commons
• Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., check on fellow employees every hour to two hours
• Know the symptoms of heat-related illnesses.

If you have any questions about best practices during high heat, please contact Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Community Pantry food bank will be open during the following days and times for the fall 2023 semester.

Aug. 28 through Dec. 11

• Mondays: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 to 4 p.m.
• Tuesdays: Noon to 2 p.m.; 4 to 5:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; 4 to 5:30 p.m.
• Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Fridays: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We will be closed for the following holidays:

• Oct. 15
• Nov. 22, 23, 24
• Dec. 18 through Jan. 8

Note: Hours change from Dec. 11-15.

Email bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu, or find us on Instagram and Facebook. If you need access to food during a time when we are closed, please email us to arrange an alternative time.

The schedule is subject to change due to volunteer availability. Check out the website for more information.

Interested in science fiction novels, television shows, films, games and more? Then HIST 485: The Past of the Future: A Cultural History of Science Fiction is for you.

In this class, students explore the artifacts of science fiction genre (short stories, novels, pulp fiction, radio shows, film, graphic novels, games, music, and TV shows) and the historical context in which they were produced.

We’ll engage a variety of these throughout the semester with possible SF “artifacts,” including Voltaire’s Micromégas, Shelley’s Frankenstein, Hawthorne’s Rappacini’s Daughter, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues, H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, A Trip to the Moon (the first SF movie), comics such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, War the the Worlds radio show, Godzilla (original film, 1954), the original Star Trek, David Bowie’s Space Oddity, afrofuturism, and lots more!

For more information on this class, contact Paul Otto at potto@georgefox.edu.

Interested in politics, public policy, and civic engagement? PSCI 285/485 Oregon Politics might be for you.

Christine Drazan, former minority leader of the Oregon House of Representatives (2019-21) and Republican candidate for governor (2022), will teach this class aimed at helping students understand and navigate public policy, advocacy, and civic engagement.

She is bringing in guest speakers from across the political spectrum. Students in the class will have the opportunity to meet and talk with state legislators, a campaign manager, a political reporter, a political communications director, a legislative director, a public policy analyst, and more.

The class is offered at both the 200 and 400 levels. Students who take the upper-division version will have more rigorous assignment expectations than those who register for the lower-division option. It meets on Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and is open to students from any major.

If you have any questions, please contact Caitlin Corning, chair of the Department of History and Politics, at ccorning@georgefox.edu.

A computer/messenger bag was left in the conference room (Hoover 104) at some point in the spring. If you are missing a black bag with a couple items in it, we have it in the academic affairs office.

Please come by Minthorn 205 or contact Charlene at cmaugeri@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2141 to claim it.

Join us at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Ryan Dearinger, associate professor of history and winner of the 2022-23 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award, will present the faculty address.

Come start the year off blessed as we worship together and welcome students to campus! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The Hadlock Student Center will be closed for staff training tomorrow (Thursday). If you plan to rent outdoor equipment such as paddleboards and kayaks, please make arrangements to pick up your equipment today and drop it off on Friday (or another day).

Pick-up and drop-off services will not available when we are closed. If you have any questions, please contact us at studentcenter@georgefox.edu.

Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 24, and Friday, Aug. 25.

Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the Bauman or 99W lot on Friday.

Students: If your on-campus residence is Pennington, Edwards, Weesner Village, Hobson, Macy, Sutton, Le Shana, Gulley, Brandt or Newlin halls, we need you to vacate the lots associated with these locations on Thursday morning and stay out of them on Friday.

If you normally park in the Le Shana or Newlin Hall lots, please move your cars as close to Fulton Street as possible so that the areas in front of the buildings remain clear. You can also move your vehicles to the Bauman lot.

Everyone who parks in the Pennington lot, lollipop area, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the 99W lot on Thursday morning. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!

The lot in between the Roberts Center, Gulley and Brandt halls must be vacated on Thursday evening.

Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the CPS website for lot locations. Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!

Beginning this semester, the university is no longer offering its own primary medical care. Rather, we are welcoming a new health care model for students in partnership with Providence Medical Group.

The medical care clinic will continue to be co-located with counseling services, but it will be staffed by providers from Providence Health systems. As such, medical care will be accessed through students’ medical insurance plan similar to when they go to see their own medical care providers at home (with the requisite costs associated with their medical insurance plan such as co-pays and deductibles).

Please note that this change only applies to medical care. Counseling services will continue to be offered to students through George Fox at no additional cost.

We believe students will be well-served by partnering with Providence Medical Group. A couple of anticipated advantages of moving to this model are expanded hours and access to Providence Health system’s expansive network of specialists and medical services.

The new Providence medical services and George Fox counseling services will be housed in the Health and Counseling Center’s current location on campus (Woodward House). We are looking forward to the excellent medical care that Providence will provide and will be communicating details regarding these changes on the Health and Counseling website.

The Maker’s Market will be reopening this Friday, Aug. 25, with limited hours. We will be open from 11:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Monday, Aug. 28, we will begin normal hours.

We look forward to seeing everyone again!

Calling all knitters, crocheters, felters and sewists! The “Needle Nerds” will be hosting a Crafting Community Hour on Wednesdays in the Murdock Library from noon to 1 p.m. throughout the fall semester.

Bring your latest project; all small crafts and abilities are welcome! Email Kate Wimer at kwimer@georgefox.edu with questions, or just check in with us during one of our open meetings.

The library is pleased to deliver library materials for participating faculty to their office on the Newberg campus. Library materials must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign.

Simply fill out this form to request courier service. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Cameron at mcameron@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2422.

One of the best things about George Fox is our welcoming spirit. In an effort to extend that gift to our Spanish-speaking community (families, guests and students), we are offering our campus community the opportunity to pick up a button that identifies you as someone who can help in their home language.

If you speak Spanish proficiently and would like to be a resource, we have a button for you! These buttons can/should be worn during large anchor events (Welcome Weekend, Family Weekend, prospective events, etc.) and then displayed on your desk for the rest of the year.

You can pick up these awesome buttons in the Barclay House (SpiL and Parent and Family Programs), beginning tomorrow (Wednesday), between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., and after Welcome Weekend in Carlee Anglin’s office in the Meridian Street House.

Feel free to contact Megan Fisher at mfisher@georgefox.edu with any questions.