The Daily Bruin

Students are encouraged to join a Life Group this semester! Sign up here.

Life Groups are led by staff, professors, local pastors and church leaders, and seniors and provide a space for students to gather for weekly prayer, Bible study and fellowship.

Groups typically meet for an hour to 90 minutes. Most groups will begin the week of Feb. 22 and end the week of April 9. Your Life Group leader will contact you with additional details by the Friday prior to the start of your group. 

This spring, all of our groups will be meeting either by Zoom or hybrid. Hybrid groups will meet primarily via Zoom, but may occasionally meet outdoors as the weather, state and university regulations, and participants’ comfort permit.

Throughout the pandemic, Life Groups run through the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life will also be eligible for SpiL credit.

Questions? Contact the spiritual life office (spirituallife@georgefox.edu).

Planning something fun with your friends for the mid-semester holiday? The community life fund is willing to pay up to $250 for community-building activities, and you may qualify to use it. Apply here!

Questions? Contact Danielle Korthuis (dkorthuis17@georgefox.edu).

Passionate about exercise and wellness? Campus Recreation and the Hadlock Student Center are looking for additional group fitness instructors to join our team!

Instructors lead classes for students and employees of all fitness levels through exercise progressions in their areas of expertise. Instructor positions are open to all current George Fox students, staff and faculty.

Instructors are needed for both in-person and virtual classes. Classes in need of instructors include yoga, core, boot camp, cycle, kickboxing, barre, POUND, HIIT, WERQ, PiYo, TRX, and more!

Don’t see your discipline or interest area listed here? Let us know on the application and we can consider adding a new class. Know of anyone else who would be interested in this opportunity? Please send this information to them.

Click here to apply. 

Questions? Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu).

Interested in pursuing a career as a chiropractor? Join the Exercise Science Club to hear from Dr. David Scheiner of Life Chiropractic College West for an informational meeting tonight (Thursday) at 6 p.m. via Zoom.

Dr. Scheiner will be talking about the program at LCCW and will be available to answer questions. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Karlie Stewart (kstewart19@gerogefox.edu).

Have you been feeling trapped inside recently? Then consider coming to our weekly run club meeting. This is a great chance to run together, meet new people, and connect with friends. Join us tomorrow (Friday), as we will meet in front of Hadlock every Friday at 3:30 p.m.

We will run together at any pace! The goal for us is to have fun and encourage each other. If a decent number of people show, we could potentially have multiple pace groups.

To keep everyone safe, we will be running six feet apart and following COVID guidelines. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Keoni Lynam (klynam17@georgefox.edu).

Do you know any high school educators who would like help in their online classroom?

We are GFU EPIC (Engineering Project Innovation Commission), a Servant Engineering project team tasked with aiding high school teachers with frustrations regarding online learning.

We desire to come alongside high school educators, listen to their ideas, and brainstorm how we might be able to help them in an online learning environment.

If you know an educator looking for help in the classroom, have them visit our website, where they can get more information and have the opportunity to fill out a brainstorming form.

Questions? Contact Natascha Lambing (nlambing18@georgefox.edu).

We invite you to celebrate Skylar Rae’s new play, Hakugame, directed by Lydia Crist, as we encourage the next generation of storytellers. The play will take place via Zoom this Saturday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free.

Hakugame description:

A young prisoner, slated for death, is spared by her executioner under the condition she must become his apprentice. Join us for an unexpected tale of revenge, grit, mortality, and morality where the real enemy lies hidden in plain sight.

Contact Rhett Luedtke (rluedtke@georgefox.edu) for the Zoom link to the reading. See you there!

Do you enjoy playing Spikeball? Join George Fox’s intramural sports for a fun tournament this Saturday, Feb. 6, at 1 p.m.!

This is a great way to spend a warm Saturday afternoon, connecting with people and sharing a little friendly competition. Join as a team, or offer yourself as a free agent. The prizes for the winning team are two brand new Spikeball sets!

To register and for more information, please visit this link (you will need to register on IMLeagues to sign up).

Have questions? Please reach out to Ryan Lacey at rlacey17@georgefox.edu.

We know this year has changed childcare needs for many families. The following survey is being conducted to evaluate the current and future childcare needs for our staff and students at George Fox near our main Newberg campus. Take the survey here.

Thank you for your input into the process of determining a possible need for on-campus childcare. 

Questions? Contact Human Resources (hr@georgefox.edu).

The George Fox Civility Project invites you to hear from a Palestinian Christian who’s working on a significant civility project.

The two-part series with Jonathan Kuttab begins tomorrow (Thursday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom. He will be speaking on the topic “Civility, Justice, and a Bill of Rights: A Vision of Israel/Palestine as One State.” Please register for the event here. SpiL credit is available for students.
 
Kuttab has an ambitious vision. For the first part of the series, he will discuss what politics in Israel and Palestine must look like in the long term for two traumatized groups to live safely, justly, and peaceably side by side in a small country.

On Wednesday, March 31, he will focus on civility-boosting transformations needed now for Palestinians and Israelis to negotiate a one-state solution.
 
According to George Fox Civility Project director Ron Mock, “Kuttab’s transformative project could teach us critically needed lessons about civility, justice, and political peacemaking. George Fox needs to be right in the middle of all that learning.”
  
If you would like to be connected to the Civility Project, please email Ron (civility@georgefox.edu) or visit the Civility Project website.

We all have important stories to share about isolation and belonging. Often, these stories involve overcoming hardship and adversity in order to reach a place of security.

Starting today (Wednesday), the Sources of Strength team will be releasing a series of interviews with George Fox students, professors and alumni regarding their experiences with this idea of belonging in their own lives.

What obstacles did they face and how did they surmount them? If they were to do it again, how might they approach belonging differently – and how can anyone hope to find belonging amidst a global pandemic?

Join us every Wednesday to hear about your community’s strengths and become encouraged and challenged to discover your own. Listen on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or Spotify!

Questions? Contact Ben Drury (bdrury17@georgefox.edu).

It’s time to apply for internships and jobs! Ninety-four percent of recruiters vet their applicants on LinkedIn, so the IDEA Center is here to help!

We will take your professional photo on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 3 and 5 p.m. Ask for Annie or Nate. You can also make an appointment in Handshake with James Conway, one of our Career Coaches, to create or update your LinkedIn profile.

If you have any questions or need help making an appointment, contact careers@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2330.

Are you a primary care nurse or in nursing leadership (or know someone who is)? Please join us for a two-day event via Zoom starting Friday, Feb. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to Saturday, Feb. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The event, titled “Essentials for Interprofessional Primary Care: Nursing & Care Management,” will focus on:

• Enhancing person-centered communication and interprofessional knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)
• Exploring strategies to ensure nurses are practicing at the top of their scope in primary care practice
• Learning about commonly used screening tools, motivational interviewing concepts/techniques, and transitioning people in care within interprofessional teams and across the healthcare neighborhood
• Exploring procedure codes that match nursing services to increase fiscal sustainability

Visit our event webpage for more information or contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).

Interested in joining an on-campus club? Come by Canyon Commons tonight (Wednesday) between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. to meet the following clubs:

• Veterans United Association
• Stewards of Sustainability Club
• Delight Ministries
• Turning Point USA
• Sigma Tau Delta
• Social Work Club

Stop by to chat, sign up, or receive giveaways! Want to learn more about clubs? Check out our webpage or contact Genevieve Wolf (gwolf18@georgefox.edu).

The Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR) will be open to all students and staff at George Fox this year! From Wednesday, Feb. 17, to Saturday, Feb. 20, we will be attending sessions on racial reconciliation, anti-racism in the church, and more.

After the day’s conference, we will be holding debrief sessions for George Fox students and staff. Please fill out our RSVP/Interest form ASAP. 

Questions? Contact Hannah Lee (hlee17@georgefox.edu).

Check out the ARC’s learning resource, tips, and emotional support meme of the week here!

Don’t forget the Academic Resource Center is now open! Get writing support at any stage of the writing process: brainstorming, outlining, organizing, thesis development, and more.

Sign up for academic coaching to improve your study skills/habits and build confidence as a student. Schedule an appointment today here.

Questions? Contact Julia James (jjames@georgefox.edu).

Do you want to get outside and play pick-up soccer? Every Friday, starting Friday, Feb. 5, there will be a pick-up soccer game at the Austin Sports Complex at 8 p.m.

All skill levels are welcome, whether you are a veteran player or new to the game.

Please contact Noah Brouwer (nbrouwer19@georgefox.edu) ASAP so we can get a head count.

Do you know any high school educators who would like help in their online classroom?

We are GFU EPIC (Engineering Project Innovation Commission), a Servant Engineering project team tasked with aiding high school teachers with frustrations regarding online learning. We desire to come alongside high school educators, listen to their ideas, and brainstorm how we might be able to help them in an online learning environment.

If you know an educator looking for help in the classroom, have them visit our website, where they can get more information and have the opportunity to fill out a brainstorming form.

Questions? Contact Natascha Lambing (nlambing18@georgefox.edu).

Student Accounts would like you to know that 1098-T Tuition Statements are now available!

Students may download their form by:

•  Logging in to your MyGeorgeFox account
•  Selecting “Financial Account”
•  Clicking on “Account Services”
•  Selecting “View 1098-T”

If you do not see a form, you did not qualify for this year. There are multiple reasons this may happen, but the most common are:

•  Scholarships, grants, or third-party payments were in excess of the qualified payments
•  You did not have qualifying enrollment

Physical copies were also mailed at the end of January to those who did not sign up for electronic delivery.

For more information about the 1098-T, including links to IRS guidelines and instructions, please visit Student Accounts’ webpage.

We are excited to announce that the Oregon Health Authority has released new guidance that has allowed us to reopen four different areas of the Hadlock Student Center for reservations!

Each area has a maximum capacity of four to six people, and students must reserve their spots online or via the app to utilize HSC. There is a 45-minute limit per session, and students must keep at least 25 feet of distance from other users within the facility.

Please click here to read all policies and to make your reservations.

Questions? Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu).