‘Spring Cleaning in the Winter’ starts today

Sunday, November 10th, 2019

Find yourself wondering where to donate that pair of pants, scarf, or even kitchen utensil that have been sitting in your room? The Bruin Store has a solution for you!

From today (Monday) until Friday, Nov. 15, we will be putting on “Spring Cleaning in the Winter” to benefit The Closet Project and the Bruin Community Pantry.

Blue bins will be placed outside all on-campus dorms, apartments, and inside the Bruin Store. In these bins, you can drop off donations for the Closet Project, such as the following:

  • Gently-used clean clothing
  • Bags
  • Shoes
  • Non-perishable food items
  • Kitchen gadgets and utensils

This is a great opportunity to clean out your room and take less things home during winter break! Questions? Contact Paige Jacobs at pjacobs@georgefox.edu.

Mathetes panel will discuss Native American history

Sunday, November 10th, 2019

In honor of Native American History Month, the Intercultural Resource Center is holding a Mathetes panel to discuss the untold histories of Native communities. The panel will take place in Canyon Commons tomorrow (Tuesday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

The discussion will also address how Native folks and non-Native folks can coexist in American society. Questions? Contact Loveleen Brar at lbrar16@georgefox.edu.

Claim your missing items at lost and found before Friday

Sunday, November 10th, 2019

Have you lost a pair of glasses, earbuds or a water bottle? Are you missing keys?

Your lost items may be in our lost and found at the Campus Public Safety office. Please stop by or check our Facebook page, as we periodically post photos of items that have been turned in.

If items remain unclaimed by Friday, Nov. 15, they may be donated.

Questions? Call 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu

Bruin Discounts are now available on your mobile device

Sunday, November 10th, 2019

George Fox has partnered with an ever-growing list of local businesses to offer discounts to our community! There are currently more than 30 participating businesses!

Bruin Discounts, the new digital discount card, can be found by logging in to igfu.georgefox.edu on your mobile device.

Here are a few of the businesses that are offering a discount on Bruin Discounts:

  • Coffee Cottage
  • Dairy Queen
  • Domino’s
  • McDonald’s
  • Muchas Gracias
  • Newberg Bakery
  • Cameo Theatre
  • Ray’s Produce
  • Uflora

Start enjoying savings today with Bruin Discounts!

Questions? Contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu or stop by Information Services on the first floor of the Stevens Center.

Recycling is returning to campus

Sunday, November 10th, 2019

Plant Services is happy to announce the return of campus-wide indoor recycling! Over the next two months, all of the Newberg campus dumpsters will be transitioned over to Waste Management Northwest, which includes the return of recycling bins in the garbage enclosures. In addition, our team will be distributing the indoor blue recycling containers for office and dorm room use.

Please keep in mind:

  • Trash cannot be mixed with recycling. Any recycling bin containing trash will go to the landfill and will not be recycled. In addition, the university will be charged a contamination fee every time a recycling load must be treated as garbage.
  • All recycled items must be clean and dry.
  • Clean plastic bottles, jugs, and tubs are recyclable, as are clean empty tin, aluminum, and steel cans.
  • Clean paper, magazines and newspaper can be recycled, as well as clean flattened cardboard.
  • Any item that has been contaminated with a substance (e.g. the consumable has soaked into the material, such as grease in a pizza box or coffee in a takeout cup) should be thrown away as garbage.

For the most up-to-date campus recycling information, see this webpage. Questions? Contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Bon Appetit offering free coffee for veterans today

Sunday, November 10th, 2019

In honor of your service to our country, we are offering all veterans a free small-drip coffee or tea between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. today (Monday) in the Bruin Den and Bridge Cafe. Happy Veterans Day!

Support your Bruins this week

Sunday, November 10th, 2019

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

  • Swimming vs. Lewis and Clark College Friday, Nov. 15, 6 p.m., Chehalem Aquatic Center
  • Men’s basketball vs. Colorado College – Friday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., Wheeler Sports Center

Questions? Visit the athletics website.

Celebrate World Kindness Day at ‘Coco’ showing tomorrow night

Thursday, November 7th, 2019

Celebrate World Kindness Day tomorrow (Saturday) with the theatre department! We are watching Coco at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105 while writing out words of kindness for friends and fellow students.

You can also leave anonymous submissions to be given to spiritual life; they will send your words to people who need it. All snack purchases support the theatre department. See you there!

Questions? Contact Araya Glancy (aglancy16@georgefox.edu).

We want to honor your military service on Veterans Day

Thursday, November 7th, 2019

Are you a military veteran who is also a George Fox student, alumni or employee? We want to honor you on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) by sharing your stories on our Facebook page!  

To participate, please send a photo from your time in the military to Jeremy Lloyd (jlloyd@georgefox.edu) and provide the following information:

  • Name
  • Rank and branch of the military
  • Dates/locations of service
  • Answer one of these questions:

– Why did you choose to serve?
– What moment stands out most from your time in the military?
– What was it like to transition back to civilian life?

Questions? Contact Jeremy Lloyd.

Come to last home football game on Saturday

Thursday, November 7th, 2019

Come to the final football game of the season tomorrow (Saturday)! Kickoff is at 1 p.m. Come decked out in George Fox gear to show your support and spirit as we face off against Lewis & Clark College.

The tailgate opens at 11 a.m. with seven different vendors, including Dutch Bros., Cream Northwest, Tall Boys Fish & Chips, Dogs & Fries, Miss Hannah’s Gourmet Popcorn and BobaBlastic.

Security reminder: Please have all cars removed from the Bauman parking lot by 10 p.m. tonight (Friday).

For more information, contact Missy Downs at mdowns@georgefox.edu.

Spanish for Medical Personnel class to be offered

Thursday, November 7th, 2019

The Spanish for Medical Personnel class offered during spring semester is open to community members and graduate students. Check out the flyer.

Some minimal prior knowledge of Spanish is required. The class meets in Newberg one afternoon every week, with additional coursework online. 

Questions? Contact Debbie Berhó at dberho@georgefox.edu

Help break attendance record at volleyball game tonight

Thursday, November 7th, 2019

Be a part of history by helping break the home attendance record for a single volleyball game. We are looking for 835 fans to join us tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m. as our Bruins (No. 2 in conference) face off against No. 1 Whitworth.

Admission is free for university faculty/staff and their immediate families with valid school ID, as well as for George Fox students with a valid student ID. See you at the game!

Questions? Contact Elise Trask at etrask@georgefox.edu.

Participate in ‘Spring Cleaning in the Winter’ project

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

Find yourself wondering where to donate that pair of pants, scarf, or even kitchen utensil that have been sitting in your room? The Bruin Store has a solution for you!

From Monday, Nov. 11, through Friday, Nov. 15, we will be putting on “Spring Cleaning in the Winter” to benefit The Closet Project and the Bruin Community Pantry.

Blue bins will be placed outside all on-campus dorms, apartments, and inside the Bruin Store. In these bins, you can drop off donations for the Closet Project, such as the following:

  • Gently-used clean clothing
  • Bags
  • Shoes
  • Non-perishable food items
  • Kitchen gadgets and utensils

This is a great opportunity to clean out your room and take less things home during winter break! Questions? Contact Paige Jacobs at pjacobs@georgefox.edu.

Check out students’ T-shirt business startup

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

Support these students by checking out their new business startup for their entrepreneurship class. Chiichi is an apparel company that has a message behind every T-shirt and could really use your support.

Questions? Email Noah Fitzsimmons at nfitzsimmons17@georgefox.edu.

Gather for lecture on ACL injury and rehabilitation tonight

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

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 tonight (Thursday) 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 an 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.

Two new museum exhibits now up on campus

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

The George Fox museum has two new exhibits on campus. In the Murdock Library there is “Mary Sutton’s Legacy.” Mary Sutton was a member of the faculty from 1911 to 1963.

In the Hoover-Hatfield Library (Hoover 104), there is an exhibit titled “Levi Pennington: Committed Christian, College President, Humanitarian.” Pennington was the president of Pacific College (now George Fox) from 1911 to 1941 and holds the record for the longest-serving university president in Oregon.

In addition, we also have exhibits titled “Remembering Our Quaker Heritage” in the Stevens Center and “Student Life” in Canyon Commons.

If you have any questions regarding the George Fox museum, contact Caitlin Corning at ccorning@georgefox.edu or museum@georgefox.edu.

We want to honor your military service on Veterans Day

Tuesday, November 5th, 2019

Are you a military veteran who is also a George Fox student, alumni or employee? We want to honor you on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) by sharing your stories on our Facebook page!  

To participate, please send a photo from your time in the military to Jeremy Lloyd (jlloyd@georgefox.edu) and provide the following information:

  • Name
  • Rank and branch of the military
  • Dates/locations of service
  • Answer one of these questions:

– Why did you choose to serve?
– What moment stands out most from your time in the military?
– What was it like to transition back to civilian life?

Questions? Contact Jeremy Lloyd.

Recycling is returning to campus

Tuesday, November 5th, 2019

Plant Services is happy to announce the return of campus-wide indoor recycling! Over the next two months, all of the Newberg campus dumpsters will be transitioned over to Waste Management Northwest, which includes the return of recycling bins in the garbage enclosures. In addition, our team will be distributing the indoor blue recycling containers for office and dorm room use.

Please keep in mind:

  • Trash cannot be mixed with recycling. Any recycling bin containing trash will go to the landfill and will not be recycled. In addition, the university will be charged a contamination fee every time a recycling load must be treated as garbage.
  • All recycled items must be clean and dry.
  • Clean plastic bottles, jugs and tubs are recyclable, as are clean empty tin, aluminum and steel cans.
  • Clean paper, magazines and newspaper can be recycled, as well as clean flattened cardboard.
  • Any item that has been contaminated with a substance (e.g. the consumable has soaked into the material, such as grease in a pizza box or coffee in a takeout cup) should be thrown away as garbage.

For the most up-to-date campus recycling information, see this webpage. Questions? Contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Support volleyball team during win streak

Tuesday, November 5th, 2019

Our volleyball team is on an eight-game winning streak and tied for second place in the conference. We face No. 1 Whitworth University on Friday, Nov. 8, and want you to be there to help us make history! Come to the game in Wheeler Sports Center at 7 p.m.

The current attendance record is 834 people. Will you be fan No. 835?

Questions? Contact Elise Trask at etrask@georgefox.edu.

Have questions about Catholicism? Come to Q&A event Nov. 14

Tuesday, November 5th, 2019

Do you have questions about Catholicism? Want to know more about Catholic doctrine, the priesthood, Catholic worship, or anything in between? Come to FAQs about the Faith, a Q&A session with two Catholic priests!

Join the Catholic Campus Fellowship on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 102. A teaching Mass will follow the Q&A session. The teaching Mass is designed to be an introduction to Catholic worship for those who haven’t experienced Mass before.

This is a chapel elective. Light refreshments will be served.

Questions? Contact Kirsten Van Dyke at kvandyke18@georgefox.edu.