The Daily Bruin

Looking to get outdoors? Outdoor Recreation is the perfect way to do it! OREC is all about offering trips at a low cost for any student at George Fox.

Trips are professionally guided by OREC trip leaders, and all gear is provided to make your access into the outdoors easier. Here are some trips we have coming up:

• Sept. 5: Glow-in-the-dark paddleboarding
• Sept. 8: OREC info session (free pizza)
• Sept. 11: Glow-in-the-dark paddleboarding
• Sept. 12: Hiking at Mt. Hood and paddleboarding Trillium Lake
• Sept. 12: Whitewater rafting the Deschutes
• Sept. 13: Rock climbing at Ozone
• Sept. 13: Floating the Clackamas River at Milo McGiver
• Sept. 13: Hiking Trappist Abbey

Get all the details here. Trips too expensive? Our OREC scholarship is designed to make getting in the outdoors easier! Fill it out on any trip page and get upwards of 90% off of trips.

Are you an engineering student interested in studying abroad? Learn more at an info night tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5 p.m. in Hoover 102.

Join the engineering and study abroad departments to learn more about opportunities to work toward your degree while studying abroad! Hear from students about their experience and get all your questions answered. Bonus: There will be pizza.

Questions? Email Wendi Upjohn-Hankel at wupjohn@georgefox.edu.

Looking to play in the first intramural sports season of the year? The deadline to register a team is coming up this weekend! Here are the sports we are offering:

• 6-on-6 volleyball (competitive & recreational leagues)
• Flag football
• Pickleball
• Spikeball

Registration closes at midnight before each league starts! Create a team or join one with friends. Not sure who to play with? Join as a free agent! Sign up on IMLeagues, and contact Nate Freeman at freemann@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Second-guessing your major? Undeclared? Do you love stories? Do you plan to write a novel? Want to travel abroad and teach?

Come hear about being an English major/minor in Armstrong House at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday), or swing by anytime this next week for more information.

Contact Brooks Lampe for any inquiries at blampe@georgefox.edu.

The Department of Human Services (DHS) representatives will be at the Bruin Community Pantry this Thursday, Sept. 3, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to assist people with signing up for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly known as food stamps).

No appointment is required. It takes about an hour to process your application. For more information, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

For more information on the information you need to apply, check out their website. Representatives will be on campus on the first and third Thursdays of each month.

Please note: While DHS has indicated their intention to attend, their participation is ultimately managed and provided by their office. If DHS is unable to attend on the scheduled day and time, this is outside of our control.

Did you play in your high school wind ensemble or jazz ensemble and want to join the university’s Jazz Ensemble? We’re looking for new Jazz Ensemble members with experience on trombone, trumpet and bass (electric or upright). 

We have vacancies that need to be filled immediately. Contact director Nathanael Ankeny at nankeny@georgefox.edu if you’re interested in joining.

Please take five minutes to complete this anonymous survey to help us provide the best service to our clients at the Bruin Community Pantry. When you do so, you’ll be entered into a drawing for one of four $50 gift cards to Grocery Outlet!

Please make sure you click on the link at the end of the survey to type in your email to be entered into the drawing. Today is the final day the survey will be open. Recipients of the gift cards will be notified the first week of September.

Questions? Please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Come try a Pilates sample class taught by Maddie Scott during RecFest this Sunday, Aug. 30, at 3:30 p.m. in the Hadlock Student Center! She will be teaching Mondays and Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. during the fall semester.

This 50-minute class will be an excellent example of what to expect during her weekly classes. They are open to all experience and fitness levels, with modifications provided to individualize your workout. Come challenge yourself and get stronger in a fun and encouraging environment!

Class registration can be found on IM-Leagues.

Looking for a place to connect, grow in your faith, and build community this fall? Life Groups are back!

Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet weekly for five weeks for prayer, Bible study, and fellowship. Each meeting is one hour, and participating students are eligible to receive spiritual life credit.

This fall, we’re offering two sessions:

• Session 1: Sept. 14 – Oct. 12
• Session 2: Oct. 19 – Nov. 16

You can choose the session that works best for you! Sign up at this link by Thursday, Sept. 11.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) for students to pick up packages who are moving back to campus this weekend. We will only be open to sign out packages and mail. We will not be selling any postage or envelopes.

The Hadlock Student Center is excited to announce we’ll be hosting GroupX classes for the semester! Here is the schedule:

• Mondays: Employee-only Functional Fitness (noon); Pilates (6 p.m.)
• Tuesdays: Lunchtime Yoga* (noon); Full Body Burn (5 p.m.)
• Wednesdays: Employee-Only Functional Fitness (noon); Spin (5:30 p.m.)
• Thursdays: Employee-Only Dance/Zumba* (4:30 p.m.); Pilates (6 p.m.); Thursday Night Groove (7:30 p.m.)
• Fridays: Yin Yoga (2 p.m.)
• Saturdays: Circuit Training (9 a.m.)

To find out more information about each class and register for classes, create/login in to your IM Leagues account here.

*Lunchtime yoga and employee-only dance/Zumba begin in week two.

Athletes and early arrivers: Bon Appetit will be opening today (Friday) at 11:15 a.m. before Welcome Weekend’s posted hours of noon to help you get through the dining hall before the rush. We hope this helps!

Today (Friday) is the last day to redeem your summer coffee cards from the Bridge Cafe! If you have not finished them, please hang onto them until next summer when we restart the program.

If you have any questions, please email Katie Anderson at andersonk@georgefox.edu.

All residential students are required to attend their all-area mandatory meetings on the first day of classes. These meetings will take place across campus on the evening of Monday, Aug. 31, between 9 and 10:30 p.m.

Look for communication from your AC and/or RA regarding specific location and time for your living area meeting.

Welcome Weekend kicks off tomorrow (Friday)! We have a full schedule for incoming students. They will begin moving in Friday morning and end the weekend with RecFest Sunday night.

Please help us welcome all our new students, along with their parents and guests. You can find the entire schedule on the website here.

If we can be of any help to you, email us at activities@georgefox.edu.

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 on campus today and tomorrow.

Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the Bauman or Austin lots.

Students: If your on-campus residence is Pennington, Edwards, Weesner Village, Hobson, Macy, Sutton, Le Shana, Gulley, Brandt or Newlin Hall, we need you to vacate the lots associated with these locations on Thursday evening 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 or Austin lot on Thursday evening.

Everyone in the Pennington lot, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the Bauman lot on Wednesday evening. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!

Finally, 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. You can 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!

Interested in the ideas that built America? The Department of History and Politics invites all George Fox undergraduates to apply for “Proclaiming Liberty 2026,” a grant-funded fall program celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.

Led by Professor Emeritus Paul Otto, this program features a Tuesday afternoon reading seminar on the ideas central to American independence and a thrilling, multi-day historical role-playing workshop set in a divided New York City in 1775-76 (Dec. 4-5). The workshop concludes with a public address by invited guest and noted scholar of Early America, Professor Johann Neem.

Key Perks:

• Get Paid: The first 10 participants will receive a $100 stipend for the reading group and another $100 stipend for the multi-day game (full participation is required).
• Free Stuff: All books and readings are provided for free.
• Free Food: Snacks and coffee will be provided for each reading group, and full meals are provided during the December workshop.
• Skill Development: Build public speaking, leadership and negotiation skills.

All undergraduates are welcome to apply! Space is limited. The final application deadline is Friday, Sept. 4.

Apply here. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Aaron Stuvland at astuvland@georgefox.edu.

The Hadlock Student Center will be closed all day Thursday, Aug. 27, and Friday, Aug. 28, for all-staff training.

We will be open on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and will resume normal Hadlock academic hours on Monday.

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 Wednesday evening, Aug. 26, through Friday, Aug. 28.

Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the Bauman or Austin lots.

Students: If your on-campus residence is Pennington, Edwards, Weesner Village, Hobson, Macy, Sutton, Le Shana, Gulley, Brandt or Newlin Hall, we need you to vacate the lots associated with these locations on Thursday evening 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 or Austin lot on Thursday evening.

Everyone in the Pennington lot, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the Bauman lot on Wednesday evening. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!

Finally, 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. You can 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!

The parking spaces in front of Edwards, Weesner Village and the Pennington lot will be closed starting tomorrow (Wednesday) through Friday to facilitate move-in times. All vehicles must be moved by 9 p.m. Tuesday night.

Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or campussafety@georgefox.edu for more information.