The Daily Bruin

George Fox has purchased group memberships for the Chehalem Aquatic and Fitness Center (CAFC), meaning all undergraduate students and university employees are able to use the facility.

If you choose to take advantage of this benefit, please note that CAFC has a more restrictive mask policy than we have in our university fitness areas. Masks are required in all areas except in the pool. Face shields are considered acceptable face covering, but must be worn even while working out.

The policies are in place to protect the large senior population who go to CAFC, so please be respectful of the face-covering requirements when using the facility.

If you have any questions, please email Bill Buhrow at bbuhrow@georgefox.edu, or call CAFC at 503-538-7454.

Disability & Accessibility Services, the Academic Resource Center, faculty, staff, and student leaders are joining together to offer a whole slate of connection opportunities this fall. Click here to indicate your interest in receiving information about one or more of these options! We’d love to have you join us!

• Academic Coaching (all students)
• ADHD Group (all students)
• Autism/Aspergers Group (Newberg campus)
• Becoming a Tutor (all students)
• Celiac/Gluten Free Group (Newberg campus)
• Chronic Illness Group (all students)
• Learning Disability Group (all students)
• Trauma Group (Newberg campus)

Contact Andrea Byerley (abyerley@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Did you know George Fox has an Autism/Aspergers Group? Come join us tomorrow night (Thursday) for games, snacks and conversation. We will be meeting in Hoover 250 between 6:30 and 8 p.m.

Questions? Contact Carrie Hall at chall@georgefox.edu. Hope to see you there!

University Recreation is offering several OREC (outdoor recreation) trips and activities throughout the coming weeks!

Here are some of the activities being offered in September:

• Intro to longboarding, paddleboarding and kayaking
• Commuter river outing
• Hiking at nearby trails, and
• Whitewater rafting on the Deschutes River!

Please join us for our first Vespers (Wednesday evening chapel) tonight at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

This year, Vespers will be happening every other week – and this is our first one! Come worship with us tonight! Be sure to check your iAttended app for other SpiL credit opportunities every week!

Commuters are invited to gather for soup and rolls as a way of starting to connect with other commuters. We will have a simple meal, brief introduction and announcements.

We will start at noon tomorrow (Thursday) in Canyon Commons and serve food until we are out. This is a free event! Contact Dave Johnstone (djohnstone@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

It takes a village to make our football games a success. Interested in a volunteer opportunity to serve our awesome Bruin football fans? Then Bruin Brigade is the place for you!

The Bruin Brigade is a team of volunteers who help at the ticket tent, gates and in the parking lots directing traffic prior to every home game. The team arrives two hours prior to kickoff and are free to enjoy the rest of the game starting at halftime. All volunteers will receive a meal prior to each game they volunteer, free entry into the second half, and a T-shirt.

If this sounds like something you would like to help with, please email Mindy Mickelson in the athletics department at mmickelson@georgefox.edu with your first and last name, the games you can volunteer, and your T-shirt size.

Please note: We are asking for a three-game commitment to receive a T-shirt. Volunteers working the gates will need to be willing to use their phone to scan in tickets through the HomeTown Gate app (free on app store). Wi-Fi is available at the gates.

2021 Football Schedule

• Saturday, Sept. 4, vs Redlands at 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 9, vs Willamette at 1 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 23 vs Pacific at 1 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 13, vs Whitworth at 1 p.m.

Go Bruins!

The Ping Pong Club is starting again! Everyone, staff included, regardless of skill level, is welcome to come and play. Please fill out this quick survey if you are interested in coming so that we can determine our weekly meeting time. There is no requirement or cost involved other than being a part of George Fox!

Here are some things to look forward to:

• Some new equipment we are looking to use this year!
• Glow-in-the dark ping pong
• A new table so more people can play at once
• Automatic score-keeping machine
• And many more activities!

Please email nredmanbrown20@georgefox.edu or mooreb20@georgefox.edu with any and all questions!

Are you up for being an Ambassador?

Ambassadors are an elite group of students who represent the university to visiting prospective students and families by volunteering two and a half hours each week, greeting and directing campus visitors, hosting visitors for lunch, leading occasional campus tours, sharing about their George Fox experience and generally helping make visitors’ experience awesome. Their work has a big impact on recruiting new George Fox students.

For more info and to apply, visit this link. Applications are due Sept. 12 at 5 pm. Contact Nate McIntyre (nmcintyre@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

This Saturday, Sept. 4, is the Starlight Parade! Wear neon and join the parade to the Bruins’ first football game under the lights.

There will be raffle tickets, prizes, and free T-shirts for 100 lucky students. The parade will pass each residence hall, so check your lobby or Student Activities’ Instagram story to find out what time you and your friends can easily join!

Contact Student Activities (activities@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Every year, students must review and sign the Hadlock Student Center waiver again in order to use University Recreation programs and services. This waiver can be found on MyGeorgeFox under “Student Resources” and “University Forms.”

The Hadlock Student Center hours have also been updated to the following for the rest of the semester:

• Monday-Friday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Sundays, 2 to 8 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.

Meridian Street will be closed today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday) from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. while the city of Newberg seals the street surface.

Traffic will not be allowed across the surface, so please find alternate routes. The closure extends 430 feet north of the railroad tracks to East 4th Street (South of Hwy. 99W).

Campus Public Safety will NOT be issuing tickets on Wednesday and Thursday as a result of the road work. Please feel free to park wherever you can find a viable parking spot on campus.

Please do not park in the neighborhoods! Do not park in handicapped parking areas, along yellow or red curbs or in reserved spaces.

Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.

Do you have a chronic illness? Would you like to connect with other students who have a chronic illness? if so, join us on Friday, Sept. 3, from 5 to 6 p.m. on Zoom for our first gathering.

We’ll have a time to share (or not, if you don’t feel comfortable!), get to know each other and talk about ways we can connect this semester. Contact das@georgefox.edu for more information!

The Crescent, a student publication, is hiring for the 2021-22 school year! We are looking for students who are interested in exploring journalism, improving their writing skills, and working to inform the George Fox audience.

The following positions are open: writers, photographers, copy editor, photo editor, and art director. If you are interested in any of these positions, please fill out this Google Form. Email asccrescent@georgefox.edu with any questions you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!

Join the Premedical Club for our first event of the year! We’re meeting at 5 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Hoover 105. We will have an intro to the club, get-to-know-you activities, and snacks!

Hope to see you there! Contact Catharina Snedecor (csnedecor19@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Meridian Street will be closed on Wednesday, Sept. 1, and on Thursday, Sept. 2, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. while the city of Newberg seals the street surface.

Traffic will not be allowed across the surface, so please find alternate routes. The closure extends 430 feet north of the railroad tracks to East 4th Street (South of Hwy. 99W).

Campus Public Safety will NOT be issuing tickets on Wednesday and Thursday as a result of the road work. Please feel free to park wherever you can find a viable parking spot on campus.

Please do not park in the neighborhoods! Do not park in handicapped parking areas, along yellow or red curbs or in reserved spaces.

Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in being part of a tight-knit ensemble that uses story and music to help connect us to each other and God?

If so, you may be interested in auditioning for the University Players, a touring performance ensemble that travels to schools, prisons, churches and other gatherings throughout the school year.

Auditions will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) from 5 to 7 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. For more information about auditions, please visit this link.

Please feel free to email the director of the group, JeanneAnn Comiskey (jcomiskey@georgefox.edu), with any questions!

Three things you need to know about COVID-19 and campus life:

1. Wear your face masks where required. By state mandate, masks are required in indoor public spaces and at outdoor public settings where six feet of physical distancing is not possible.

2. Let us know if you have symptoms. Students and employees who experience COVID-19 or cold symptoms should quarantine and let the university know by completing the COVID Care Form. We can help you – and protect our community – if you let us know.

3. Free COVID testing and vaccinations are available on the Newberg campus. Contact the Health and Counseling Center to make an appointment (503-554-2340).

Today is the day! Join us this morning at 10:50 a.m. for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Provost Andrea Scott will address the community, and president Robin Baker and ASC president Micah Mensing will lead the Community Charge.

Come start the year off blessed as we worship together and welcome students to campus. See you tomorrow!

Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Come make music with us! The music department offers many ways to get involved in groups and lessons. We are open and would love to have you!

Find out more information here. If you have questions, contact Danielle Warner (dwarner@georgefox.edu).