The Daily Bruin

After 10 years of faithful service to George Fox, Steven Classen, professor of communication & cinematic arts and director of the School of Communication and Design, will be retiring.

To honor his time at the university, we’re hosting an open house in Lemmons 9 this afternoon (Wednesday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m., with a short program taking place at 4 p.m. There will be food and drinks, as well as cards available to sign.

For more information, please reach out to Penny Martin at pmartin@georgefox.edu.

Are you looking to be more involved with the Sources of Strength Club? We are holding officer elections for the 2024-25 school year! Fill out this link if you are interested!

Contact Judah Gerards at jgerards22@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Come celebrate the end of the year with the George Fox Book Club tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. in the Pennington House!

No preparation is required. We will be wrapping up the year with a review of the favorite books our members have read this past semester. If you have any questions, email David Marcelia at dmarcelia22@georgefox.edu

How have you experienced the Be Known promise? Maybe it’s a professor who invited you into their life beyond the classroom or a staff member who prayed with you when you needed it most. Whatever it is, we want to hear about it and share your story!

Fill out this form and you’ll be entered into a drawing for one of three $100 Amazon gift cards!

Our favorite stories will be featured in our university magazine, admissions brochures, social media pages, and beyond.

Questions? Email Jeremy Lloyd at jlloyd@georgefox.edu.

Don’t miss the final chapel of the academic year, also known as our Awards Convocation Chapel!

Join us today (Tuesday) at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. We’ll have a time of worship, hear from our speaker, Dr. Leah Payne, associate professor of American religious history, and celebrate the end of another academic year.

Winners of the Undergraduate Faculty Teacher of the Year Award and the Undergraduate Faculty Research & Scholarship Award will be announced. Come congratulate and celebrate our winning faculty members!

Questions? Email Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

We’d love to invite the campus community to stop by the Interior Design Showcase in Canyon Commons on Monday, April 22, from 3 to 5 p.m.

All freshmen to senior students in the interior design major will be showing the work they did this year. It’s open-house style, so feel free to stop by anytime between 3 and 5 p.m. to see the students’ work!

Feel free to contact Casey Martin at martinc@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Bon Appetit wants your feedback! Please share your thoughts and suggestions with us on how we can make your dining experience even better. You could win a PS5, gift cards and Bon Appetit vouchers for taking our survey.

Reach out to Katie Anderson at andersonk@georgefox.edu with any questions.

This will be the final week for Open Study Table for spring 2024. If you have any questions, please let Heather Harney (hharney@georgefox.edu) know.

Thank you for utilizing Open Study Table this semester.

Do you want your student employment paycheck to automatically be in your bank account on payday? Come by the Office of People and Culture to sign up for direct deposit before you leave for summer break!

Fill out this form by downloading it as a PDF, and you can either bring a voided check or a printed direct deposit form from your bank with your name, account number and routing number. Many banks have these forms available to print through their online banking websites. If you can’t make it into our office, you can sign up using our Paperwork Drop Box.

If you aren’t able to sign up for direct deposit, be sure to fill out the Mail Services Forwarding Form that was sent out via email. This is the only way to ensure your paper check will go to the correct address over the summer.

Questions? Contact the student employment team at studentemployment@georgefox.edu.

Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month is two weeks away! As always, the Intercultural Resource Center is collecting recommendations for the George Fox community to engage with during the month of May.

Whether it be podcasts or reading, events or restaurants, music or entertainment, the IRC would love to capture your recommendations (and any additional requests for celebrating this May)!

Please let us know on this form. Feel free to reach out to Zanne Backous at sbackous@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join us for our final meeting for Quaker Worship tomorrow (Wednesday) in Hoover 250. We’ll be gathering from 11 to 11:30 a.m. for a time of prayerful contemplative waiting on the Lord, which can be centering and energizing in meeting the demands of day, at the end of the semester and otherwise. Jay Miller will be hosting; spiritual life credit is available.

Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu with any questions.

George Fox is hosting the Northwest Conference Track and Field Championships this Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, with more than 500 student-athletes expected to compete. Due to the high turnout, parking on campus will be limited, particularly on Friday.

To address this, additional parking will be available at the Austin Sports Complex, along with shuttle services. We anticipate parking challenges, so plan accordingly by carpooling or considering alternative transportation options.

Feel free to contact Adam Puckett at apuckett@georgefox.edu for more information.

Join us this afternoon (Tuesday) for the opening receptions of the Department of Art and Design’s Senior Thesis exhibitions at the Chehalem Cultural Center and the university’s galleries. They will remain on display through Friday, April 26.

Today, don’t miss our gathering in Hoover 103 as artists talk about their work and how it connects across galleries and to wider contemporary cultural contexts. We will have a show opening for these exhibits between 4 and 5 p.m., with a roundtable discussion between the artists in Hoover 103 between 5 and 6 p.m.

There will be refreshments provided outside the venue for guests to grab a snack before listening to our students talk about their work with one another.

With topics ranging from the nature of memory, cultural messaging of horror, and the spiritual practice of working in the dirt, there is a lot to dive into. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to engage with the artists!

The conversations will also be recorded and posted in the gallery; just scan the QR codes on the posters. Let them be an audio guide for you as you visit all three gallery spaces this month!

Feel free to contact Seth Van Der Eems at svandereems@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The Doctor of Physical Therapy program is in need of people for a research study, titled “Influences of Lower Limb Strength and Rate of Torque Development on Recovery from a Backwards Balance Loss.” We’re interested in the effects of lower body strength on the ability to recover from a loss of balance and how people step when they lose their balance.

To participate, you must:

• Be 18-45 years old
• Be able to tolerate losing your balance multiple times while wearing a safety harness
• Weigh < 250 pounds
• Be willing to have your ankle, knee and hip strength-tested

In order to participate, you must NOT have the following:

• A physical condition that would limit testing
• A neurological disease, osteoporosis, or an uncontrolled chronic illness such as heart disease or diabetes
• Use an assistive device to perform daily activities
• Balance problems or persistent dizziness, hospitalization, broken lower limb bone, concussion, loss of consciousness, or a major surgery in the last six months
• An injury or condition that limited your physical activity, or been pregnant in the last three months
• An amputated limb
• Allergies or sensitivity to tape
• Take medications that impair cognitive function, pain sensation or balance in the 12 hours before the study activities

If you’re interested in participating and meet the above criteria, you would come to the university’s Medical Sciences Building on Werth Boulevard, where we would ask you to sign an informed consent form and answer questions on a questionnaire. Depending on your responses to the questionnaire, you may or may not be eligible for the study.

If you meet the study criteria, you will be asked to continue the single testing session where you will be made to lose your balance multiple times in a safety harness while performing a squat task and have your ankle, knee and hip strength-tested while sitting. Your participation in this study will involve approximately 60 minutes of time.

You will not be paid for being in this study or reimbursed for any costs associated with traveling to/from the George Fox campus. You are able to stop participation in the study at any time and for any reason. No information that would identify you will be made public, and we do not feel there is more than minimal risk associated with this study.

If you have questions, feel free to reach out to Lyndsay Stutzenberger at lstutzenberger@georgefox.edu.

Got aches and pains? Need to recover from an injury? Want to improve your balance, strength or endurance? George Fox’s physical therapy students are hosting a free physical therapy clinic for all those interested on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays between May 2 and June 7!

We are looking for people who want services for all kinds of conditions, including but not limited to general aches and pains, chronic pain, orthopedic surgery, balance/falls, pelvic floor, concussion management, sports injuries, neurological events, vestibular, general deconditioning, pediatrics, cardiovascular, and more. The DPT students are eager to serve you!

Please fill out this Google interest form and you will be contacted to be scheduled. The clinic is located in the Medical Sciences Building (448 Werth Blvd.). Thank you!

Please contact Catherine Enger at physicaltherapy@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Don’t miss the final chapel of the academic year, also known as our Awards Convocation Chapel!

Join us tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. We’ll have a time of worship, hear from our speaker, Dr. Leah Payne, associate professor of American religious history, and celebrate the end of another academic year.

Winners of the Undergraduate Faculty Teacher of the Year Award and the Undergraduate Faculty Research & Scholarship Award will be announced. Come congratulate and celebrate our winning faculty members!

Questions? Email Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

The university’s performing arts department invites you to the final performances of the spring semester this week. All will be held in Bauman Auditorium and are free. Here is the schedule:

• On Tuesday, April 16, a Chamber Ensemble Concert will take place at 7:30 p.m., featuring pianos, fiddle and strings.
• On Thursday, April 18, the university’s theatre ensemble Epiphany will present “Home for a Minute” – an hour-long journey through deeply moving narratives, powerful dramas and songs – at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
• On Friday, April 19, Robi Johnson will perform a senior saxophone recital at 7:30 p.m. 
• On Saturday, April 20, a senior vocal recital featuring Kathryn Erb and Chase Drake will take place at 2 p.m.

Feel free to contact Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Come watch a broad collection of films made by George Fox students at the Fox Film Festival this Friday and Saturday!

On Friday, April 19, the showing will be hosted by the Cameo Theatre in downtown Newberg at 4 p.m. Tickets for the Cameo are $6 per person at the box office window.

A second showing will take place on Saturday, April 20, in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. (no admission fee), with an awards ceremony to follow. This is a great opportunity to support student filmmakers and enjoy a night of creativity!

Questions? Email Amber Abrams at aabrams20@georgefox.edu.

Come decompress with OREC before finals week!

Fort Stevens is one of Oregon’s biggest and best-known campgrounds. We’ll check out the shipwreck of the Peter Iredale, go bodyboarding, have a beach bonfire, and explore the old military fort!

No camping experience is necessary. We’ll provide all the food and gear, and walk you through camp setup, cooking and more, all for just $25! This special discount is provided by our scholarship fund.

The trip will run from 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, until 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 21. More details are available here.

Questions? Email Megan Tollisen at mtollisen21@georgefox.edu.

Are you missing something? Please check our lost and found if you have misplaced items during spring term. We have a number of water bottles and miscellaneous items that will be donated at the end of term if not claimed.

Please call 503-554-2090 or stop by the Campus Public Safety office at 212 Carlton Way if you have any questions.