The Daily Bruin

Meet us at the Chehalem Aquatic Center for a splash! The Pool Party is tonight (Friday) at 8 p.m. This year we are excited to host yard games on the lawn. First 200 students get tickets to the food trucks. Join the fun!

Check out the Activities Weekly email for more details.

Events coming up:

• ’80s Dance: Friday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m. in EHS
• Midnight Madness: Friday, Oct. 14, 9 p.m. in Wheeler
• Scavenger Hunt: Friday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. starts in the quad

Contact activities@georgefox.edu with any questions.

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.

Enjoy running? Looking for a running community here at Fox? Join the Run GFU Club tomorrow (Friday) at 4 p.m. in front of Hadlock! All levels of experience are welcome, so come check it out!

Contact Bryn Heikes at bheikes20@georgefox.edu with any questions.

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.

Come to the Social Work Club’s first meeting for some fun karaoke, a competition with the winner receiving a gift card to Coffee Cottage and a chance to connect with other social work and helping majors. Bring your friends, no matter the major, and be prepared to sing your heart out.

We’ll be in Stevens 109 on Thursday, Sept. 29, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, contact Kristen Anderson at kanderson21@georgefox.edu.

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.

Attention first-generation students! Please join us as we celebrate you and introduce you to other first-gen students and faculty. We’re hosting a first-gen welcome dinner from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the Intercultural Resource Center.

We want to foster a community you can rely on when you have a concern, and get you acquainted with people who can help you navigate your journey. We will have food, games, drinks and more! Please RSVP so we can get a head count.

Contact Alicia Marcial-Cruz at amarcialcruz19@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Meet us at the Chehalem Aquatic Center for a splash! The Pool Party is this Friday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m. This year we are excited to host yard games on the lawn and have a few different food trucks. Join the fun!

Check out the Activities Weekly email for more details.

Coming up:

• ’80s Dance: Friday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m. in EHS
• Midnight Madness: Friday, Oct. 14, 9 p.m. in Wheeler
• Scavenger Hunt: Friday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. starts in the quad

Contact activities@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.

Come to the first Premedical Club meeting of the year! There will be pizza and candy!

We’ll be meeting in Hoover 103 at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22.

If you have any questions, contact Kate Snedecor at csnedecor19@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in a career where you can help people or animals while pursuing your passion for the sciences? If so, please fill out our pre-professional health interest Google Form.

After signing up, you will be added to an email group to receive helpful information and events to jumpstart your career toward a health profession. You’ll also receive information regarding job openings, internship opportunities and on-campus events from visiting schools such as OSU.

Career interest options include:

• Dentistry
• Dental Hygiene
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Nutrition and Diabetics
• Optometry
• Occupational Therapy
• Physician’s Assistant
• Physical Therapy
• Pharmacy
• Veterinary Medicine

For more information or if you have any questions, contact Sandy Baxter at sbaxter@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. 

Whether you are 100% sold on volunteering for Foster Parents Night Out or Little/Big Bruins, or just have a sliver of interest, please come join us tomorrow (Tuesday) in Canyon Commons 102 at 5:30 p.m. to learn more about these programs, receive necessary training, and eat dinner (you can pick up dinner at 5 p.m.).

For more information about Foster Parents Night Out and training night, please contact Abby Nardella at anardella21@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.