The Daily Bruin

The Office for Spiritual Life is again hosting Life Groups this fall (Sept. 16 through Oct. 28)! Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship.

Groups meet weekly (for eight weeks) for 60 to 90 minutes. Life Groups through the Office for Spiritual Life will also be SpiL-credit eligible. To sign up, please fill out this form by Thursday, Sept. 12.

Feel free to check out our Instagram for more information. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Do you have a passion to serve on Chapel Worship Band this year? We encourage you to sign up for an audition! Auditions are Sept. 2 and 3.

We are looking for skilled vocalists and musicians that have a heart for worship. Everyone is welcome! You can sign up here. If you have questions, feel free to reach out to Debrianna DeBolt at ddebolt@georgefox.edu.

Join us at 10:50 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) for our Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Kevin Brewer, assistant professor of mathematics and winner of the 2023-24 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award, 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.

Tickets are now available for the performing arts department’s outdoor production of The Pirates of Penzance, scheduled for seven performances in the amphitheater at the end of August.

This week’s shows will be on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 29-31, at 8 p.m.

For a synopsis of the play, visit the theatre website. Students and staff are entitled to claim one free ticket for themselves by visiting georgefox.edu/box-office. Additional tickets may be purchased on the site. Students may attend Thursday night’s performance for free; employees may use their free ticket for any of the shows.

When selecting your complimentary tickets, please do so using your own George Fox email address, and please note that each person is instructed to claim only their own ticket.

If you have any questions, contact Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu.

Class.georgefox.edu is a great resource for anyone needing to look up details on a class, including meeting times and location, teaching modality, enrollment limit and waitlist numbers, course description, instructor info and add/drop deadlines. Just click on a class to see all the details.

George Fox student-athletes still needing a sports physical can stop by the student health center at Newberg High School.

The Providence Medical Group will be offering a clinic at the high school from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28. If that time doesn’t work for you, you can call 503-683-1097 or 971-231-5855 to schedule a sports physical and sickle cell blood test for the upcoming season.

The clinic will be conducted at Newberg High School (2400 E. Douglas Ave.) in the school’s Building K next to the tennis courts.

The university community is invited to attend an open house at the Bruin Community Pantry as we celebrate our fifth anniversary! Please come visit our new location in Lewis Apartment #1 (1404 E. Sherman St.). Cookies will be served!

Drop in anytime between 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu.

Please park in the lots and streets that are designated for your parking permit. You can find this map online here or pick up a copy at Campus Public Safety.

Please note the Morse lot has been expanded to accommodate more resident parking. It is located on Villa Road next to the baseball fields.

If you have not registered for your parking permit, please do so now at this link.

If you have questions, contact CPS at 503-554-2090 or campussafety@georgefox.edu. We are located at 212 Carlton Way.

With all the world vying for your attention, what’s one more thing? Join the Theology Club! We meet on Mondays in Hoover 104 from noon to 12:50 p.m.

Discussing new topics every week about the intersection of Christianity in our modern moment, students come together in the breaking of bread and seminar discussions to hear new opinions and examine our own beliefs. We do this as worship, and want you to join us.

The topic of this first week’s meeting is: “Is the Bible a Historical Text? Biblical Infallibility vs. Inerrancy.”

Questions? Email Lauryn at lstanfield22@georgefox.edu.

Tomorrow (Saturday), Mail Services is open between 1 and 4:30 p.m. for you to come pick up your packages. The retail center for outgoing packages will not be open.

Please visit georgefox.cafebonappetit.com for our updated hours for Welcome Weekend. You can also sign up for menu mail here, which will send you daily menus and events as well as cafe hours.

In accordance with George Fox’s refund policies, we will not begin initiating refunds of excess fall term aid prior to Monday, Aug. 26. It is also important to note that refunds will not be issued to any students in session-based classes prior to the start of their fall term classes.

Please take the following steps to avoid refund delays:

• Be sure that you have activated Direct Deposit for refunding and ensure that the banking information you’ve provided is accurate and up to date. (Click on “Financial Account” of your MyGeorgeFox student homepage.)
• Make all enrollment changes PRIOR to the start of the term.
• Pay off any prior balances, no matter how small.
• Make any changes to your financial aid BEFORE it disburses to your student account.

We notify students that refunds have been processed by emailing their George Fox email address.

The first two weeks of the term are especially busy for our refund specialist. Emails and phone calls received between Aug. 26 and Sept. 6 might not be answered until the third week of the term so she can focus on getting refunds initiated and submitted for processing.

Feel free to email studentaccountrefunds@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 22, and Friday, Aug. 23.

Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the Bauman or Morse lot on Friday.

Students: If your on-campus residence is Pennington, Edwards, Weesner Village, Hobson, Macy, Sutton, Le Shana, Gulley, Brandt or Newlin halls, we need you to vacate the lots associated with these locations on Thursday morning and stay out of them on Friday.

If you normally park in the Le Shana or Newlin Hall lots, please move your cars as close to Fulton Street as possible so that the areas in front of the buildings remain clear. You can also move your vehicles to the Bauman lot.

Everyone who parks in the Pennington lot, lollipop area, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the Morse lot (next to Plant Services/softball field) on Thursday morning. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!

The lot in between the Roberts Center, Gulley and Brandt halls must be vacated on Thursday evening.

Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the CPS website for lot locations. Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!

Vehicle registration is now open. There are some issues that are still being worked out, but the process should be successful for the majority of permit holders.

If you are a resident on campus, please enter your campus address for permit delivery. A temporary permit will be emailed upon registration. This should be printed and used until your sticker arrives in the mail.

Please contact us at 503-554-2090 or campussafety@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Hello Bruins! The bookstore has updated hours for this fall. We will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We’ll also be open this Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Welcome Weekend.

In-store order pick-up update: Please have your order number ready and available when picking up your online order.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Kristin McGuirk at kmcguirk@georgefox.edu.

Join us at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, for our Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Kevin Brewer, assistant professor of mathematics and winner of the 2023-24 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award, 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.

Volunteers are needed at the Bruin Community Pantry food bank starting Monday, Aug. 26!

We welcome George Fox students and employees to volunteer! This opportunity allows great connections with students and others in our community, and the new space in the Lewis 1 Apartment is warm and inviting. Some faculty members set up office hours during their shifts.

Volunteer requirements:

• Must be able to serve at the time slot that they choose for the entire semester. We do have substitutes available.
• Must be able to attend an orientation that lasts about 30 minutes.
• Volunteers are required to complete two training presentations (a total of 20 minutes).

If you are interested in volunteering at the food bank, please complete this form. If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon at 503-554-2316.

Mail Services would like to remind you to please use the correct address when shipping packages or mail to the university.

Please note: The correct street address for students is 501 N. Villa Road. In comparison, 510 N. Villa and 501 N. Meridian St. are houses across the street that are not associated with George Fox.

If you accidentally send a package to an off-campus address, please assume it has been returned or lost and contact the sender.

Good news, students! In addition to free tickets to Thursday performances of The Pirates of Penzance!, you are invited to claim a free ticket for tonight’s show as well. It begins at 8 p.m. in the amphitheater.

Claim your ticket by visiting georgefox.edu/box-office. Additional tickets may be purchased on the site.

When selecting your complimentary tickets, please do so using your own George Fox email address, and please note that each person is instructed to claim only their own ticket.

For a synopsis of the play and for details on the show schedule, visit the theatre website.

If you have any questions, contact Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu.

Attend (or present a paper) at the upcoming Taylor Swift: The Voice of an Age Conference!

Are you a “Swiftie?” Are you interested (or confused) by Taylor Swift’s impact on pop culture? Do you love classic literature and pop music?

Join us on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25-26, for our inaugural Eclectic Texts Conference (ETC) – Taylor Swift: The Voice of An Age, where we’ll discuss the literary and cultural impact of Taylor Swift in the wake of the ultra-successful Eras Tour.

• Registration is available now, for just $5!
• Registrants are encouraged to submit a paper for participation in one of our conference panels. For more information and instructions for submissions, visit our ETC web page (gfueng.link/Swift). Final submissions are due on Friday, Sept. 13.

Please spread the word to your fellow Swifties, and remember to register by Oct. 13! If you have any further questions, feel free to email gfu-english@georgefox.edu.