The Daily Bruin

Looking to improve your tennis game? Check out the adult and junior clinics being offered at the university’s new indoor courts at 1101 E. Crestview Dr. at the Austin Sports Complex.

Instructor Jeff Cero, the men’s head tennis coach, will host two-hour adult sessions on weekday evenings (7-9 p.m.) and on Saturdays through the fall for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced-level players.

Full information is on our brand new website at georgefoxtenniscenter.com

The cost is $15 per class to current students and staff, a 40 percent discount from the original price. The discount is only available to direct students and staff, and not family members, friends, etc. The regular price is $25 per class.

Contact Jeff at jcero@georgefox.edu with questions or if you would like to register!

Welcome new and returning students! Come meet new friends, experience real community, and play Ultimate Frisbee with us! Our club exists to have fun. Students of all skill levels are welcome to participate in the best sport on earth. 

We meet at the Austin Sport Complex (2200 N. Center St.) every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 10:30 p.m. The field is located about a mile off campus, so we offer rides. If you want to get a ride, meet behind Bauman Auditorium at 8:50 p.m. to get picked up. 

For weekly updates and more information, join our Facebook page, “Bruin Ultimate Frisbee.” Also, feel free to email our club president, Jason Morgan (a.k.a. “Lefty”), at jmorgan16@georgefox.edu

Welcome new and returning students! As you work through your first week of classes, look forward to celebrating the end of the week with the Spikeball Club! We meet every Friday in the quad at 4 p.m., and would love to have you join us.

All players and skill levels are welcome. If you have never heard of Spikeball, or always wanted to play, we would love to teach you; or, if you have mastered your cut serve and are looking for some practice before the college sectionals, this is where you need to be!

In addition to club every Friday, start looking out for intramural sign-ups and a college tournament coming to George Fox. For more information and updates, check out our Facebook page, “GFU Spikeball.” Or, if you have any questions, feel free to email Kaleb Puckett at puckettk16@georgefox.edu

Mail Services will have special operating hours all this week. We will be open between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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

Do you want to join the Bruin Drumline? Join us for an introductory rehearsal from 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, in Ross 210, and see if you’d make a good fit!

We would love to have you play with us at football games and other athletic activities!

Contact Colin Meyer at cmeyer16@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Group Fitness classes begin this week in Hadlock, and we’ve got some great new classes for students and employees to help you meet your fitness goals this semester.

Go to IM Leagues to see the full list of classes, from Yoga to Indoor Cycling to Kickboxing and more. 

Questions? Email the Group Fitness coordinator, Kiana Rasubala, at groupfitness@georgefox.edu.

The Department of English and Theatre invites the university community to its semester kickoff! Join us from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. tonight (Monday) in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

• Eat free food!
• Schmooze with the faculty of the English and theatre department
• Hang out with old friends and new
• Meet our new student writers, actors, poets, technicians, scholars and designers
• Meet our new English and theatre adjuncts and staff members
• Hear more about the 2019-20 theatre season
• Hear the latest news from our two honor societies, Alpha Psi Omega (theatre) and Sigma Tau Delta (English)
• Finish off the dessert!
• Hang out some more
• Take all the leftovers back to your dorms/houses!

Questions? Contact Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu.

There is a new exhibit in the Canyon Commons’ museum cases on student life. In addition, in the museum’s cases in the Stevens lobby, there is an exhibit on “Remembering Our Quaker Heritage (1891-1921).”

If you have any questions about the exhibits or would like to see anything from our collection, please feel free to contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu or museum@georgefox.edu).

Mail Services will be open today (Saturday) between the hours of 1 and 4:30 p.m. to allow you to come pick up your packages. No outgoing packages will be accepted.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in learning more about student employment here at George Fox? Come by the HR office today (Friday) between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., grab a sno-cone, and have your questions answered about student positions on campus. We are located at 214 N. Meridian St.

If you are a student who has a student employment position this fall for the first time, you’ll need to complete your HR paperwork before you start work. Please come by the HR office to complete your paperwork. Bring two forms of government-issued ID and a document from your bank if you’d like to request direct deposit. 

Next week, Mail Services will have special operating hours for the first week of school. We will be open between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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

Are you interested in someday tutoring, teaching Sunday school, or working with people? The psychology department is initiating a new class for advanced undergraduates or graduate students who are interested in the brain science underlying teaching and learning.

The course is Psyc 465: Psychology of Teaching and Learning, and will focus on recent research that will allow you to cut through the myths and see how learning really works – and how tutoring can be targeted to meet the needs of the individual students.

Class will be highly experiential, allowing students to tailor the course outcomes to their specific interests. We will meet on Mondays from 4 to 4:50 p.m. in Hoover 211.

Email Sue O’Donnell (sodonnell@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions or to get a permission number to register (you can ignore the requirement to be an upper-division psychology major; this course is open to all interested parties).

If you are interested in helping out with your gifts in music or making homemade bread for our Shalom services, contact Meghan Donohue (mdonohue17@georgefox.edu). Both students and employees are welcome to participate!

Shalom meets in Canyon Commons on Tuesdays beginning at 9 p.m.

I received in campus mail four forms that have the George Fox logo, are titled “Release #2-Client Release,” and are signed and dated at the bottom. I’m not sure who they belong to or how I ended up with them.

I don’t want to state the names on them for privacy reasons, but I need to find the owner of these forms. Please contact me if you have any information.

Thank you,
– Alan Thurston (athursto@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 already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 22, and Friday, Aug. 23.

• Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the Bauman or 99W lot on Friday.
• 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 remains clear. You can also move your vehicles to the Bauman or Morse lot on Thursday evening.
• Everyone in the Pennington lot, lollipop area, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the 99W lot on Thursday evening. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!
• The Morse lot and the front lot only of Roberts Center are also available for Friday.
• 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 and 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!

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 Thursday evening, Aug. 22, and Friday, Aug. 23.

• Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the Bauman or 99W lot on Friday.
• 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 remains clear. You can also move your vehicles to the Bauman or Morse lot on Thursday evening.
• Everyone in the Pennington lot, lollipop area, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the 99W lot on Thursday evening. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!
• The Morse lot and the front lot only of Roberts Center are also available for Friday.
• 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 and 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!

Are you interested in getting involved with the Bruin Community Pantry?

We will be scheduling two volunteer meetings on Thursday, Sept. 5, one at 4 p.m. in Stevens 207 and another at 7 p.m. in the Bruin Den.

If you are not able to attend either of these meetings, please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) to make an appointment to go over what you would have missed at one of the meetings.

Here is the link to the volunteer form.

The IDEA Center has expanded drop-in hours the first week of school (Aug. 26-30), from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m.

Come see us if you have immediate needs that affect your fall schedule. For other needs, please schedule an appointment through Handshake or by calling 503-554-2330.

We are here to help with all of your academic scheduling and career planning needs!

Do you want to join the Bruin Drumline? Join us for an introductory rehearsal from 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, in Ross 210, and see if you’d make a good fit!

We would love to have you play with us at football games and other athletic activities!

Contact Colin Meyer at cmeyer16@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Join us at 10:50 a.m. this Tuesday, Aug. 27, for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium.

Sarita Gallagher Edwards, the 2018-19 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, will present the faculty address. Come start the year off blessed as we worship together and welcome students to campus!

See you Tuesday!