The Daily Bruin

The George Fox Veterans Club has some upcoming events for members and students alike.

• Today (Friday), the club is meeting in the Murdock Library’s Room 103 from 8 to 10 a.m.
• On Wednesday, Sept 28, the club will host a community dinner open to everyone! Join us from 5:15 to 7 p.m. The dinner will be at the Dundee Community Center (1026 OR-99W).
• Every Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m., join the Veterans Club and local veterans for black coffee. Have a chance to meet some of our patron members! We’ll meet at 2902 E. 2nd St. in Newberg.

Contact Stauros Gibson, club president, at sgibson21@georgefox.edu if you have any questions or for further information.

Tomorrow (Friday) marks another Friday @ Fox visit day. Prospective students will be participating in campus tours, visiting classes, eating lunch on campus, and touring academic departments of interest.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is asking students and employees to help make visitors feel the Be Known promise during their time with us tomorrow.

A few things to note:

• There will be tours rotating through campus and residence areas at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m.
• Plan to park in areas outside of the Stevens lot if possible to ensure enough spaces for visitors.
• Consider offering a helping hand if visitors need directions or have questions about George Fox.

If you have questions, contact Lauren Hill at hilll@georgefox.edu.

As a reminder, the ADHD support group will be meeting tonight (Thursday) on this Zoom link to discuss ADHD and its relationship to anxiety. Learn how to conceptualize and better manage your academic anxiety. Hope to see you there!

Please email Kyle Rafferty at krafferty19@georgefox.edu or April Garr at agarr@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Plant Services will be closed this Friday, Sept. 23, for our Hess Creek Canyon Clean-Up Day.

If you would like to join us on our next clean-up day, it will be Friday, Oct. 14.

Thank you.

The APA 7 workshop is today (Wednesday) at 4 p.m.! Don’t miss it!

The event is hosted live in Hoover 105. If you are a graduate student or unable to attend in person, the stream link is here.

Questions? Email Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu.

Flu vaccines are here at the Health and Counseling Center! We don’t bill insurance, so a copay of $20 will be collected, unless you have the George Fox health insurance, in which case your flu shot is free. Call 503-554-2340 to schedule your appointment.

The HCC is open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Join us on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 3-4, for the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute’s Strengthening Team™ Ethics & Legal Considerations Suicide Prevention two-day event.

Day 1: We will explore safety, security, risk and common ethical and legal concerns in healthcare practice, followed by applying these concepts to emerging roles in primary care (behavioral health clinicians and culturally responsive community health workers). We will share experiences of power differentials in high-quality primary care early adopters.

Day 2: Kent Corso, PsyD, will present “Proactive Reduction of Suicide in Populations via Evidence-Based Research.” After that, we will discuss suicide in healthcare workers, as well as a system-wide approach to suicide prevention in primary care sustained since 2011.

If you would like to register for the event, sign up here. Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu with any questions.

National Care for Kids Day, held annually on Sept. 20, offers an opportunity to positively impact a child’s life in a variety of ways both large and small, because we all know there are many ways to be a role model in a child’s life.

The spiritual life office would like to invite you into serving in two particular opportunities today (Tuesday):

• Donate needed items (below) to the resource rooms of our Title I schools in Newberg
• Attend the Big Bruin and Foster Parents Night Out Training (5:30-7:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons Banquet Rooms)

For the donation drive, we will be collecting full-size hygiene items to give to elementary school resource rooms. Items needed include: shampoo, conditioner, deodorants, body wash, soap, loofahs, hair brushes, combs, toothpaste and toothbrushes.

Items can be either be brought to the 5:30 p.m. training in Canyon Commons, or dropped off at the SpiL (Barclay) House (just outside the north entrance to Canyon Commons).

To learn more about Title I schools, visit this site. To learn more about events today, contact Rusty St. Cyr at rstcyr@georgefox.edu.

Join Catholic college students for an evening retreat, including Vespers, Eucharistic Adoration, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, followed by dinner and fellowship, this Friday, Sept. 23, from 5 to 9 p.m.

If you have questions, or want to attend, please contact nlindblom20@georgefox.edu to RSVP by Wednesday, Sept. 21. A donation of $10 is suggested to help cover the cost of dinner and snacks.

For more information, visit the Mt. Angel Abbey website or contact Lorretta Krautscheid at lkrautscheid@georgefox.edu. 

Every Wednesday this semester, Contemplative (Quaker) Worship will be held from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. in Hoover 104.

In quiet waiting before the Lord, in addition to doing business with God as each of us needs, those present will be welcome to share a message from the Lord as they might feel led. We will then close with sharing and prayer. Spiritual life credit is available.

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

The city of Newberg is asking everyone to be mindful when parking on city streets throughout Newberg and Dundee.

Check out these safety tips, and contact Kim Knoernschild at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join the Academic Resource Center for an APA 7 workshop with Sue O’Donnell this Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. Learn the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more. We will also have a Zoom option (link to be provided soon!).

Questions? Email Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu.

Happy Monday! The Comic Book Club will be meeting at 7 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 23, in Hoover 207 for a “Chill Movie Night.”

Movie options will be coming out via an email poll this week. This is a great way to unwind from a busy week and get to know fellow students.

Don’t know anything about comics? Don’t Worry! Members vary in a variety of knowledge and commitment to different fandoms. Snacks are provided. We hope to see you there!

Contact Maggie Hartley a mhartley20@georgefox.edu with any questions.

One of our graduates is on the brink of changing how doctors treat chronic cardiac disease. Joel Rurik, a 2016 graduate of George Fox’s biology program, will explain the details of his research in a lecture all are welcome to attend on Monday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Rurik is now a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he does cutting-edge gene therapy research. Most recently, his team’s work was featured on the front cover of Science, the top research journal in the United States.

Cardiac fibrosis, a scarring of the heart, underlies most cardiovascular diseases and remains challenging to target therapeutically. Chronic cardiac disease often results in fibrosis, which negatively affects heart health and function. Therapies targeting this cardiac fibrosis remain limited, but Rurik’s research offers a promising and tractable immunotherapy approach for tackling fibrosis.

Contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu for more information.

Come see renowned Christian author, teacher and alumnus Richard J. Foster present an award in his name to pastor and fellow author Trevor Hudson on Monday, Oct. 3. The 7 p.m. presentation in Canyon Commons will be followed by Hudson’s keynote speech and a reception. Hudson will also speak at chapel the next morning, Oct. 4, at 10:50 a.m.

A selection committee selected Hudson as the first recipient of the Richard J. Foster Award in Spiritual Formation. The award recognizes those whose intellectual and practical work helps others come into an ongoing transformational relationship with Jesus Christ.

Hudson is the author of more than 20 books, the most recent of which, Seeking God: Finding Another Kind of Life with St Ignatius and Dallas Willard, was released in September.

Contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu for more information.

Today marks another day filled with Friday @ Fox visitors. Prospective students will participate in a campus tour, visit classes, eat lunch on campus and tour academic departments of interest. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is asking students and employees to help make visitors feel the Be Known promise during their time on campus today.

A few things to note:

• There will be tours rotating through campus and residence areas at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
• Plan to park in areas outside of the Stevens lot if possible to ensure enough spaces for our visitors.
• Consider offering a helping hand if visitors need directions or have questions about George Fox.

If you have any questions, contact Lauren Hill at hilll@georgefox.edu.

Tomorrow (Saturday), Commuter Life, Intercultural Life and the First-Generation Student Success Program will be hosting an IRC & Friends Tailgate Party at the Intercultural Resource Center (IRC).

The event is from 2 to 5 p.m., and the first 100 people get free food. Around 5:30 p.m., we will join the Starlight Parade on their trek around campus to Stoffer Stadium.

Come join us for an afternoon of fun, food and fellowship as we prepare to cheer on the Bruins in the first home football game of the year!

For more information, contact D’Metri Mattocks at dmattocks@georgefox.edu.

Join the Swing Dance Club tomorrow (Saturday) from 6:30 to 9 p.m. for our outdoor social between Klages and the library.

There will be snacks, decorations, swing music and lots of dancing. All students and faculty are welcome. No prior dancing experience is necessary.

Beginner lessons are at 6:30 p.m., where we will teach you everything you need to know. Intermediate lessons are at 7 p.m. Julia and Mark will be teaching shoulder and waist passes. The free dance starts at 7:30 p.m., when you can dance to your heart’s content!

If you have any questions, reach out to the club’s president, Julia Fisher, at jfisher21@georgefox.edu.

Come to the Fencing Club for our “King Of The Hill” event! This week’s game plan:

• When: Today, Friday, Sept. 16, 4-5 p.m.
• Where: Hadlock (large fitness studio)
• Teaching: Foil (beats, blocks and parries)
• Game: “King of the Hill”

All students and faculty are welcome. No prior experience is required. All events are free. Equipment is provided, although it’s recommended that you bring athletic clothes and a water bottle.

If you have any questions, reach out to the club’s president, Mark Berglin, at mberglin19@georgefox.edu.

Organizations and institutions can seem cold and inhuman, somehow disconnected from the lives we lead. But the reality, especially in modern society, is that most of us are organizational beings. We work in companies or other types of institutions. We are members of churches and other civic organizations.

Join us this semester to explore “God’s Purpose for your Organizational Life.” Over seven meetings, we will seek to uncover some surprising biblical truths about human institutions. In the process, we will also discover that our lives can be more fully imbued with God’s purpose when we begin to appreciate that He is not just interested in our individual and family lives, but also our organizational lives.

This group is a great opportunity for students (graduate and undergraduate) who want to explore the integration of faith, work and vocation.

No outside preparation needed. All meetings will include a FREE catered dinner. Email Travis Pickell at  tpickell@georgefox.edu by Saturday, Oct. 1, if you are interested. (Space is limited to 12 students, so do not delay!)

Meetings will be held on Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 22, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. Location to be decided.