The Daily Bruin

Undergraduate and grad students who do not weight lift are wanted for an eight-week strength training study.

Your time commitment: pretest session, training program twice a week for eight weeks (approximately 20 minutes per session), and a post-test session. A small honorarium will be offered for completing the study.

Contact Jason Brumitt (jbrumitt@georgefox.edu) for details.

The Office for Spiritual Life is excited to announce the Monday Morning Devotional (MoMoDeVo), a short devotional from one of our pastoral staff shared every Monday morning at 9 a.m. this semester.

Please visit this link to join us every Monday morning as we study the book of James. Students, if you want SpiL credit for watching, please watch it in the iAttended app.

Questions? Contact us at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Students, we’re so excited to have you on campus! A number of academic departments and offices are hosting open houses from 3 to 4 p.m. for the first two weeks of classes so students can meet professors and staff and enjoy some awesome snacks.

The George Fox community is full of incredible people, and we can’t wait for you to get to know them! Check out the open house map here.

Class.georgefox.edu is a great resource for anyone needing to look up details on a class, including teaching modality, meeting times and location, enrollment limit and wait-list numbers, course description, instructor info and often textbook listings, too (click the book icon after clicking on a course to expand its info).

Have questions? Write registrar@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in leadership on campus? We have open student government positions this year!

We need four freshman representatives, as well as a senior representative and a marketing director to fill our 2020-21 Associated Student Community team.

We would love to see you and answer all of your questions about joining student government. Join us on the quad at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) to learn more!

If you have questions, contact Meredith Green (mgreen17@georgefox.edu).

This year we are excited to partner with the app iAttended to track all spiritual life attendance requirements.

Please download the app ASAP, create your account using your George Fox email account, and then press the “Enter Code” button. In the pop-up box, enter the code C358.

If you encounter problems, or have any questions, please email spirtuallife@georgefox.edu. 

A George Fox student and faculty member are looking for students to participate in a study of academic stress. Students will report throughout the fall semester via monthly five-minute surveys.

If surveys are completed on time, students will be eligible to win an Amazon gift card and will earn an entry to win for each survey completed.

To see if you are eligible to participate, please fill out the initial questionnaire by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27. If eligible, students will be contacted by email.

Questions? Email Karis Lee at klee19@georgefox.edu.

Join us across campus at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel. This first chapel of the year will be live-streamed across campus and available at this link.

President Robin Baker will introduce the new provost, Andrea Scott, welcome students to campus, and deliver the community charge with ASC president Meredith Green. Start the year off blessed as we worship and welcome students back to campus!

IDEA Center CAP coaches are here to help you finalize your fall schedule. There will be no in-person drop-ins for the first two weeks. Instead, you can make a virtual or phone mini appointment through Handshake. Go here to learn how.

You can also email your questions to your CAP Coach.

This year we are excited to partner with the app iAttended to track all spiritual life attendance requirements.

Please download the app ASAP, create your account using your George Fox email account, and then press the “Enter Code” button. In the pop-up box, enter the code C358.

If you encounter problems, or have any questions, please email spirtuallife@georgefox.edu. 

The Office of Student Accounts and the Office of Financial Aid will be open today (Saturday), both from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please come early so we can help you take care of your financial aid and payment needs for the fall.

With the academic year fast approaching, the Office of Student Accounts has a couple of refund tips …

Refund Tip #1: Have you granted “Financial Aid Permission?”
If you have not completed a “Financial Aid T4 Permission Form,” please understand that federal funds cannot pay course fees and fines without your permission. This may result in an unpaid charge and a credit balance at the same time. When that happens, we have to audit the account to be sure the refund is valid. That takes time and slows down refunds significantly.

To grant “permission,” please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile or follow the steps at this link. The federal rule is that you complete this before your financial aid disburses. If your loans have already disbursed for the semester, you will need to complete two steps:

1. Complete the form, and
2. Email studentaccountrefunds@georgefox.edu this week to authorize us to pre-date the effective date of your permission form.

Refund Tip #2: Participation in Student Account Direct Deposit is now Mandatory!
If you have not signed up for Student Account Direct Deposit (DD), you must do so immediately.  (Employment and Student Accounts DD enrollments are two entirely separate processes.) Please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile to complete this requirement. Failure to do so this week will result in refund delays.

Contact our office at studentaccounts@georgefox.edu with any questions.

“Sing to the LORD a new song…” (Psalms 96:1). This admonition in Scripture will take on a unique twist this fall, as part of the wider COVID-19 campus policies.

Across the country, numerous cases of COVID transmission have been traced to choir rehearsals and church congregational singing. In order to prevent this, there are many different mitigation methods under study by multiple universities and research centers in the U.S. and Europe; however, they have not yet determined how to make group singing (and by an extension, group playing of wind instruments) safe. These scientifically rigorous studies expect to release results late in the fall.

In light of this, as a proactive measure toward the health of our community, the university is not permitting group singing or playing of wind instruments in any group context on campus, including in classes, chapel services, student life events, and informal gatherings.

Wind instruments are defined as any instrument you blow into. Students may only sing or play wind instruments when alone, such as in a dorm or outside; music department ensemble members may use the practice rooms in Ross.

Instruments that can be used while wearing masks, such as guitar, piano, or violin, are welcome on campus as long as group size does not exceed four instrumentalists, and social distancing and mask requirements are met. This policy will be revisited as the research becomes more clear.

While we understand that the church relies heavily on congregational singing, there are many other forms of Christian worship that do not. Poetry, Scripture reading, silent worship, art, dance, and instrumental music all can have significant spiritual value, as can private devotional singing.

While we know that this policy creates hardship for many students, we are choosing to err on the side of safety, and ask that all staff, faculty and students comply with this policy. So, sing to the LORD a new type of song this fall; explore new forms of worship and new ways to find joy through non-vocal music. 

More information about the policy (and the rationale behind it) is available on our COVID-19 Music Policy webpage

Here we go, Bruins! The Hadlock Student Center (HSC) will be open to employees and students on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 6 a.m.! We are excited to welcome you all into the HSC!

There are a few important details to note before you enter …

• All students and employees who enter the HSC must resign the waiver for the 2020-21 academic year. Please take a few moments to carefully read and complete the new waiver, which can be found in your MyGeorgeFox account.
• Once logged in, click on “Student Resources” (or “Employee Resources” if you’re an employee), then “University Forms” and finally “Hadlock Waiver 2020” to access the form. Carefully read and click “I agree” at the bottom.
• Please note that access to the HSC is only for current students and employees. Because of COVID-19, guests, spouses and dependents will be unable to access the facilities. We will reevaluate this decision throughout the fall semester and notify the community if there are any changes.
• In preparation for entering the HSC, please make sure you download the CampusClear app. The Hadlock staff will ask if you have received a “Good to Go” clearance through the app.
• All who enter will need to wear a mask covering their mouth and nose and maintain six feet of physical distance at all times while in the HSC.

We will post additional information and details early next week regarding other updated policies and guidelines. The website will also be updated soon.

Thank you for your flexibility and patience during these dynamic days. We look forward to seeing you back in Hadlock this fall and helping you “find your fit.” 

Questions? Contact the program supervisor, Kiana Rasubala, at krasubala@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in leadership on campus? We have open student government positions this year!

We need four freshman representatives, as well as a senior representative and a marketing director to fill our 2020-21 Associated Student Community team.

We would love to see you and answer all of your questions about joining student government. Join us on the quad at 7 p.m. this Tuesday, Aug. 25, to learn more!

If you have questions, contact Meredith Green (mgreen17@georgefox.edu).

The Office of Student Accounts and the Office of Financial Aid will be open tomorrow (Saturday), both from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please come early so we can help you take care of your financial aid and payment needs for the fall.

While all commuters and graduate students were automatically charged for a parking permit through Student Accounts, all student drivers still need to register to receive their parking permits. This isn’t done automatically because we don’t know which vehicle you might be bringing to campus.

After you have registered your vehicle through MyGeorgeFox, please print out the temporary permit from the link in your confirmation email and place that on your dashboard. This will serve as your permit until your permit sticker arrives in the mail in the next three weeks. If your permit does not arrive after three weeks, please contact our office.

A parking brochure will arrive with your permit, but until then, be sure to check the Campus Public Safety webpage to learn where you can park. There have been some parking changes. The 99W lot is no longer available for commuters, however there is additional commuter parking in the Bauman parking lot.

Parking facing the wrong way or blocking driveways and mailboxes can result in hefty fines from the police department. Please be courteous as you park. 

Additionally, Campus Public Safety is not responsible for parking information you receive from anyone but us. Drivers are responsible for knowing the George Fox parking policies and adhering to them.  

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

This is a reminder that Mail Services will be open tomorrow (Saturday) for early-package pick-up. We will be open between 1 and 4 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Are you a new student employee? Stop by Human Resources in the Margaret Lemmons House tomorrow (Friday) to complete all required paperwork needed to start your student job, and grab some Kona shaved ice (from 11 a.m. until supplies last).

Please complete the new hire documents and bring them with supporting documents to complete your I-9 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21.

Questions? Contact Kara Holcombe (kholcombe@georgefox.edu).

In May 2020, the U.S. Department of Education released new regulations governing campus sexual assault under Title IX, the law prohibiting sex discrimination at federally funded institutions. You can find these updates on our Title IX website.

These changes have been reflected in the course that we offer through EverFi: Sexual Assault Prevention for:

• Graduate students (including DPS)
• Undergraduate students
• Student-athletes

Implemented in 2013, the Campus Save Act requires colleges and universities to provide primary prevention and awareness programs regarding sexual misconduct and related offenses to their campus community.

This year, all students will be required to complete this new course. You should be sent an invitation email from the student life office with all the information you need. Please read the welcome letter carefully so that you understand what is expected of you, and if you have any concerns, what your options are.

If you don’t see it in your in-box, please check your spam folder. If you do NOT receive an email by Aug. 31, 2020, please email Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jere.