The Daily Bruin

We need the following areas cleared of vehicles by 4 p.m. today (Wednesday) to facilitate students moving in this weekend. Please move your vehicle if it is parked in:

• Bauman/Ross lot
• Spaces in front of HMS
• Southwest row of the Pennington lot that faces the residence hall.

We appreciate everyone making space for our students to move in. For more information, call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2091.

Mail Services wants to hear from you! Share with us how we are doing and tell us about your experience at Mail Services. Please use this link to fill out the survey.

Contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Interested in helping out on Bruin game days? Know the game of football? Maybe you have production experience? Athletics is looking for a detail-oriented faculty, staff or student to help in the control room during all five home football games, scheduled on Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5.

Sound like something you’d be great at? Contact Jenéa Walters at jshoemaker@georgefox.edu for more information.

Join us at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Professor Amanda Robert, our 2021-22 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 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.

Welcome back to Fox! If you will be parking on campus, there are a few changes you should be aware of.

• The Pennington (Penn) parking lot and the River Street lot will only be available to students who have a Penn parking permit. No other residents or commuters will be allowed to park there.
• The row of parking spaces facing Sheridan street in the Stevens lot has been converted to student parking and will be reserved for resident and commuter permit holders. There are 22 spaces.
• Overflow parking for staff and students will be available at the Highway 99 lot, which is right next to Steve’s Automotive. Do not park in spaces marked off for Steve’s Automotive.
• Remember the Morse lot, near the baseball fields, on the north side of campus is also another option for overflow parking.

Any questions? Call the Campus Public Safety office at 503-554-2090.

The campus is abuzz with activities as we begin to lay the groundwork for our new art annex and chapel. Various construction zones will interrupt and change what we have come to expect as we walk through campus.

As faculty, staff, students and neighbors, we all share a responsibility for our personal safety around campus, especially in those areas where construction traffic will be most prevalent. Please review these construction zone safety tips.

If you have any safety concerns or questions, please reach out to Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.

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.

Minthorne Gallery’s “Once Was Mud” exhibition remains open for two more days! Don’t miss this wood-fired ceramics show featuring over a dozen local artists working in clay.

This exhibition initially came together as a retrospective of former Art and Design Chair and Professor Mark Terry, and in true “Mark fashion,” it transformed into a celebration of his ceramics community. Enjoy viewing works by Mark, many of his former colleagues, friends, students and family!

With over 80 art objects to view, it is a robust representation of our regional ceramics scene. The show is up today (Thursday) and tomorrow, and can be visited between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Contact Chandler Brutscher at cbrutscher@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Looking for an on-campus job? A unique position in the Biological and Molecular Sciences (BMS) Department is an ideal position for someone who likes working with Google Sheets and spreadsheets. You will be responsible for running and managing budget reports and be responsible for transferring pertinent data to our internal accounting system.

If you are interested in working 10 to 15 hours per week in this position, you will greatly assist the financial record keeping for BMS. View more details and complete the application at this Handshake link.

Questions? Please email Sandy Baxter at sbaxter@georgefox.edu

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.

Have you noticed a new “Share My Information” tile? Check it out! It’s a window for parents (and others) to look into your MyGeorgeFox information.

Questions? Contact the student accounts office at studentaccounts@georgefox.edu.

Carlton Way will be closed between the North Street Annex building and the Murdock Library (Minthorn parking lot) for construction work today (Tuesday) and tomorrow. There will be no through traffic or parking in this area during this time, and please avoid the space in general.

Thank you,
Plant Services

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.