The Daily Bruin

Did you know the Pavilion & Fire Pit is available for all employees and students to reserve and use for organized events? The Pavilion & Fire Pit, located in the canyon next to the Carey Residence Hall, provides a beautiful setting and comfortable event space for about 50 participants.

To use this area, a confirmed reservation with a fire-use permit is required. Submit your request through 25Live; you schedule this location just like a room. You’ll receive an email confirmation with the fire-use permit once your request has been approved. Print a copy or have the permit handy to display on a mobile device during your event.

At the end of your event, properly extinguish the fire. We appreciate your diligence in using the 25Live campus scheduling system and keeping our campus safe.

If you have questions, contact Lisa Leslie at lleslie@georgefox.edu.

Did you request a monthly payment plan and wonder about the amount to pay today? Please review the list of “due charges” in MyGeorgeFox.

If you are new to George Fox and requested a monthly payment plan but do not see a payment plan set up yet, check to see if your guarantor has returned the “Guarantor Agreement.” Other set-up delays include pending housing and meal-plan assignments.

Questions? Email studentaccounts@georgefox.edu.

Today is the Aug. 15 payment due date. There have been many changes this month since bills were sent on Aug. 2, so please review the list of “due charges” in MyGeorgeFox prior to making payment.

Questions? Contact studentaccounts@georgefox.edu.

Join the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute for a special continuing medical education (CME) event Aug. 17-19 on Zoom. Titled “Get Psyched!,” it is designed for all healthcare workers to assist in enhancing primary care behavioral health for all people served.

With rising rates of depression, anxiety, suicide attempts, substance use, etc. it is more important than ever to have robust, accessible and effective primary care behavioral health services.

Come hear about this transformational approach from Patti Robinson, PhD. Robinson is an internationally renowned psychologist, and we are privileged to have her as our institute’s innovation director. Joining her in the team presentation are Bhavesh Rajani, MD, MBA, Amber Nelson, PsyD, and Julie Oyemaja, PsyD, all of whom are experienced interprofessional primary care team players.

For more information or to register, please visit this page. Questions? Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu.

Jere Witherspoon is looking for someone to assemble a kitchen cart for the Nutrition Matters Kitchen. Here is a link to the type of cart that needs to be assembled.

If you are interested in this project, please contact Jere at jwithers@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

With the combination of rising food costs, inflation and gas prices, food banks are facing significant challenges in getting government-subsidized food. In addition, Yamhill Community Partnership’s (our connection to the Oregon Food Bank) freezer broke, and, due to supply chain issues, it won’t be repaired for about two months.

This has greatly impacted the Bruin Community Pantry food bank’s ability to provide frozen meat to our clients. Last month we began to purchase ground meat – the easiest meat for our students to prepare – from Grocery Outlet to offset this situation. However, our budget is unable to sustain this for long.

We are reaching out to the George Fox community to let you know about this situation, and invite you to participate in financially supporting this effort or to purchase ground meat and donate it to the Bruin Community Pantry.

If you would like to become a financial partner with the BCP, please contact advancement at giving@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2110 for details on how to either give monthly or make a one-time gift.

If you would like to donate frozen ground meat to the food bank, please contact Jere Witherspoon to arrange a drop-off at the food bank in Roberts 110. You can call or email Jere at jwithers@georgefox.edu or call her at 503-554-2316.

Thank you for considering this opportunity.

If you plan to work on campus this upcoming school year, please remember to bring your identification documents for your new hire paperwork!

If have you worked at George Fox before you do NOT need to fill out more paperwork. For a full list of eligible documents (no copies!), please check the New Hire Paperwork Packet on the HR website.

Contact Kelly Peterson at kpeterson@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be hosting a Summer Visit Day on campus this Friday, Aug. 12. With over 500 visitors expected on campus, we are asking George Fox students and employees to help extend the Be Known promise throughout the day. Here’s what you can keep in mind:

• Please remember to use street parking instead of campus parking lots. Guests will be arriving on campus Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. and will fill the main campus parking lots.
• All visitors will take a campus tour at 11 a.m. Be mindful of guests walking through main buildings on campus.
• The event will formally conclude at 3 p.m.

If you have questions, email visit@georgefox.edu or call Lauren Hill at 503-554-2245.

The Office of Spiritual Life is looking for Life Group leaders for this fall (the weeks of Sept. 19 through Nov. 7). We welcome our employees, current seniors, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group.

Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship. Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes and gather either in person or completely via Zoom (this provides access for our George Fox Digital students).

Life Groups through the Office of Spiritual Life will also be SpIL-credit eligible in order to encourage students to engage in high-quality spiritual formation experiences that are participatory and offer ongoing community. To sign up as a leader, please fill out this form by Friday, Aug. 26.

For more information, visit this webpage or contact the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Join the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute for a special continuing medical education (CME) event Aug. 17-19 on Zoom. Titled “Get Psyched!,” it is designed for all healthcare workers to assist in enhancing primary care behavioral health for all people served.

With rising rates of depression, anxiety, suicide attempts, substance use, etc. it is more important than ever to have robust, accessible and effective primary care behavioral health services.

Come hear about this transformational approach from Patti Robinson, PhD. Robinson is an internationally renowned psychologist, and we are privileged to have her as our institute’s innovation director. Joining her in the team presentation are Bhavesh Rajani, MD, MBA, Amber Nelson, PsyD, and Julie Oyemaja, PsyD, all of whom are experienced interprofessional primary care team players.

For more information or to register, please visit this page. Questions? Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu.

The fire alarm interface of several elevators will be tested on campus starting at 8 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday). During that time, the elevator will not be available. You may hear trouble signals out of the fire alarm panel (beeping), and in some cases horn/strobe activation for a few seconds. This testing is required, so we appreciate your patience.

The following buildings will be affected (not in the exact order):

• Duke
• Hoover
• Murdock Library
• Ross/Bauman
• Stevens Center

Residence halls:

• Gulley
• Le Shana

Questions? Contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

– Plant Services

Carlton Way will be closed from the North Annex to Pennington Hall parking lot today (Monday). The Crisman Crossing bridge will be closed as well as tree work is done in the area.

Please do not park, drive or walk through this area. Thank you.

The laundry room between Weesner Village and Edwards Hall will be out of order through 8 p.m. this Friday, Aug. 12. Please stay out of the area during this time.

The Bruin Community Pantry depends on volunteers for a variety of operational tasks. Last year more than 5,590 students and community members used the food bank, and 20 volunteers helped keep the food bank operational. Students, faculty, staff and alumni participated in the volunteer program.

Read more about these opportunities here. If you are interested in volunteering, please complete this form.

If you have questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316

Please make special note that the address for student mail and packages has changed. You will need to use the following address as noted below.

Student’s Name
501 Villa Road, <<campus box number>>
Newberg, OR 97132

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email us at mailservices@georgefox.edu.

The Bridge Cafe and Canyon Commons will be closed tomorrow (Thursday) for a staff training session. Thank you!

North Street and part of Carlton Way will be closed to through traffic from Center Street to the library tomorrow (Tuesday) from 5:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Please do not park in this area. If you have any questions, please contact plant services’ Mark Stone at mstone@georgefox.edu.

Join the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute for a special continuing medical education (CME) event Aug. 17-19 on Zoom. Titled “Get Psyched!,” it is designed for all healthcare workers to assist in enhancing primary care behavioral health for all people served.

With rising rates of depression, anxiety, suicide attempts, substance use, etc. it is more important than ever to have robust, accessible and effective primary care behavioral health services.

Come hear about this transformational approach from Patti Robinson, PhD. Robinson is an internationally renowned psychologist, and we are privileged to have her as our institute’s innovation director. Joining her in the team presentation are Bhavesh Rajani, MD, MBA, Amber Nelson, PsyD, and Julie Oyemaja, PsyD, all of whom are experienced interprofessional primary care team players.

For more information or to register, please visit this page. Questions? Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu.

The updated 2022 University Recreation (UREC) waiver is now available to sign and required for access into the Hadlock Student Center or for participation in UREC’s programs. To review and sign the updated waiver, click this link.

If you have questions about the waiver, or other membership and access questions, email AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.

Bill Jolliff’s new collection of poems, At Rest in My Father’s House, will be released today (Tuesday). In conjunction with the release, he’ll be doing a reading at North Valley Friends Church (4020 N. College St.) at 7 p.m.

Before and during the reading, Amy Natzke (fiddle) and Debo Kerr (guitar) will perform some fine old traditional fiddle tunes.

Contact Bill at wjolliff@georgefox.edu.