Oregon Backflow will be on campus testing water devices in all buildings on campus this Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 21-22. Water pressure will be affected, and some water may be shut off for brief periods of time as well.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. Contact the Office of Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Beginning this semester, the university is no longer offering its own primary medical care. Rather, we are welcoming a new health care model for students in partnership with Providence Medical Group.
The medical care clinic will continue to be co-located with counseling services, but it will be staffed by providers from Providence Health systems. As such, medical care will be accessed through your medical insurance plan similar to when you go to see your own medical care providers at home (with the requisite costs associated with your medical insurance plan such as co-pays and deductibles).
Please note that this change only applies to medical care. Counseling services will continue to be offered to students through George Fox at no additional cost.
We believe students will be well-served by partnering with Providence Medical Group. A couple of anticipated advantages of moving to this model are expanded hours and access to Providence Health system’s expansive network of specialists and medical services.
The new Providence medical services and George Fox counseling services will be housed in the Health and Counseling Center’s current location on campus (Woodward House). We are looking forward to the excellent medical care that Providence will provide and will be communicating details regarding these changes on the Health and Counseling website.
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. 24, and Friday, Aug. 25.
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 halls, we need you to vacate the lots associated with these locations on Thursday morning 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 lot.
Everyone who parks in the Pennington lot, lollipop area, Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the 99W lot on Thursday morning. Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students!
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!
Join the university community in saying farewell to Barbi Doran, who will be leaving George Fox at the end of this week after more than 15 years of service.
We will host an open house celebration for her this afternoon (Thursday) from 3 to 5 p.m. in Stevens 101. Refreshments will be served!
Swing by to wish Barbi well as she embarks on a new chapter in her life.
The Bruin Bookstore is now hiring for the fall 2023 rush! Come help us out running the cash-wrap, restocking the floor, and helping your classmates get their course materials.
The perks? A flexible schedule (we’ll work around classes), a $15-per-hour wage (paid weekly), employee discounts, and opportunities to pick up hours and pocket cash throughout the year. We are an equal-opportunity employer.
Stop by the bookstore or go to this link to apply.
The Bruin Community Pantry is looking for volunteers for the fall 2023 semester.
Our program continues to grow! Last year (July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023) we had 6,139 visits to the food bank.
If you are interested in volunteering in some capacity, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu.
Ways to Volunteer (contact Jere if interested.)
Volunteers at the food bank must be able to commit to a weekly schedule for the entire fall semester. Other volunteer opportunities have more flexibility.
The food bank will soon be moving from Roberts Center to Lewis Apartment 1. While at this time we do not have a move date, we will also need help moving spaces.
For more information, check out the Bruin Community Pantry website.
Join the university community in saying farewell to Barbi Doran, who will be leaving George Fox at the end of this week after more than 15 years of service.
We will host an open house celebration for her from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Stevens 101. Refreshments will be served!
Swing by to wish Barbi well as she embarks on a new chapter in her life.
Disability & Accessibility Services is looking for front desk workers for the upcoming year. This job entails administrative duties, marketing, face-to-face customer service, and helping students with disabilities with test accommodations.
The job is available to work up to 15 hours per week during the school year. Come work with a dynamic, fun, encouraging team while you gain valuable transferable skills serving others.
Sound like you? Apply now on Handshake! If you have any questions, contact Carrie Kisling at ckisling@georgefox.edu.
Starting this week, CAP Coaches are available for drop-in appointments through the second week of classes. If you want to make changes to your schedule, talk with a CAP coach about an academic appeal, have questions about your roadmap, etc. please come by! No need to make an appointment.
We have coaches available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to meet with you. All coaches are cross-trained on all academic programs so we can serve you with expedient efficiency!
You can also call or email your coach, but be aware that due to a high volume of requests there might be a slight delay in their response. We look forward to seeing you back on campus soon!
The George Fox Esports Arena invites you to come learn more about our program at a special event from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 26, as we unveil our new plans to student leaders and our student-athletes.
We also invite students looking for internship opportunities in both photography and broadcasting, as well as content creators. We’re also actively searching for players who play League of Legends, Tekken and Street Fighter.
For more information, or to simply get in touch to learn more about the esports program, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Jerry Sanchez at jsanchez@georgefox.edu.
If you can’t make it, that’s OK; our doors are now welcome for any student on campus who wishes to take a look or have a relaxing day within our gaming community. We will be hosting many events throughout the year, so expect more to come!
The Department of History of Politics is offering a new class, PSCI 285/485: Oregon Politics, taught by Christine Drazan, minority leader of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and the Republican nominee for governor in 2022.
This class will give students a real-world understanding of how campaigns are run, policies are created and advocates are heard. In addition, it will provide students with access to professionals and politicians whose careers have put them “in the room” at critical times in Oregon’s history.
Within an environment of respectful dialogue, the course will bring in guest speakers from across the political spectrum for candid conversations about the role of politics in addressing Oregon’s challenges and opportunities for progress.
Students will use critical thinking and analysis, as well as the application of biblical principles to real-world political scenarios, to establish their own path to lifelong, faithful, wholehearted civic engagement. This class is open to students from any major.
Welcome students! As you are making you way to campus, Mail Services would like to share some basic information for your mail and packages. Please note that all mail and packages will need to be sent to the following address:
Your Name (no nicknames or alias)
501 N Villa Road (your box number)
Newberg, OR 97132
All student mail and packages can be picked up at Mail Services in the Roberts Center, which is across the parking lot from the Hadlock Student Center. You must have photo ID with you when you pick up your mail and packages; a photo from your phone will not be accepted.
We look forward to having you all here, and please let us know if you have any questions. You can reach us at mailservices@georgefox.edu.
Temperatures are soaring this week. Expect temperatures to range between 90 and 105 degrees. Humidity will also be high, from 45% to 63%. It may feel a lot warmer.
As per our heat protocol, please follow these steps:
If you have any questions about best practices during high heat, please contact Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.
The Bruin Community Pantry is looking for volunteers for the fall 2023 semester.
Our program continues to grow! Last year (July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023) we had 6,139 visits to the food bank.
If you are interested in volunteering in some capacity, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu.
Ways to Volunteer (contact Jere if interested.)
Volunteers at the food bank must be able to commit to a weekly schedule for the entire fall semester. Other volunteer opportunities have more flexibility.
The food bank will soon be moving from Roberts Center to Lewis Apartment 1. While at this time we do not have a move date, we will also need help moving spaces.
For more information, check out the Bruin Community Pantry website.
We are doctoral clinical psychology students at George Fox University conducting a study on adversity and eating. The study involves filling out an online survey, which will take approximately 20 minutes total to complete. Participants will receive a $15 Amazon gift card upon successful completion of the survey.
If you have any questions or are interested in participating in our study, please contact the researchers, Delaney O’Brien and Natasha Eades, at adversityeatingstudy@gmail.com.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need further info from us.
Dear George Fox Community,
We would like to announce that the George Fox Prayer Network will officially be launching this fall semester! We are a student-led, faculty-supported initiative that seeks to unify, highlight and embolden the voices of prayer in our community.
As part of our soft launch this summer, we have released a summer prayer guide you can access here. We are inviting students, faculty and parents alike to join us in prayer. Please read more about this initiative on the first page of the guide, and consider joining the prayer network to receive monthly prayer guides this coming academic year!
Please contact the spiritual life office at spirituallife@georgefox.edu with “Prayer Network” in the subject line if you have any questions about this new initiative.
Blessings.
Come see our first-ever George Fox Theatre community production! Featuring a cast of students, employees, alumni and community members, this hilarious adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic Sense and Sensibility will be performed under the stars in our beautiful amphitheater. The show will run between Aug. 30 and Sept. 9 (check here for times and dates).
Tickets are on sale now! Visit the link above to to purchase them.
Disability & Accessibility Services is looking for several exam proctors for the upcoming year. If you are interested in helping students with disabilities with test accommodations, we are looking for individuals who can work independently, enjoy working with all kinds of people, and want a flexible work schedule 0-10 hours a week.
Sound like you? Apply to join our team! If you have any questions, contact Carrie Kisling at ckisling@georgefox.edu. Apply on Handshake.
Interested in science fiction? Ever wondered about how people in the past imagined the future? Then HIST 485: The Past of the Future may be for you.
HIST 485: The Past of the Future is a cultural history of science fiction in which students explore the artifacts of science fiction genre (short stories, novels, pulp fiction, radio shows, film, graphic novels, games, music, and TV shows) and consider their place in the historical context in which they were produced.
We’ll engage a variety of these throughout the semester with possible science fiction “artifacts,” including Voltaire’s Micromégas, Shelley’s Frankenstein, Hawthorne’s Rappacini’s Daughter, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues, H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, A Trip to the Moon (the first sci-fi movie), comics such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the War the the Worlds radio show, Godzilla (original film, 1954), the original Star Trek, David Bowie’s Space Oddity, Afrofuturism, and lots more!
If you have questions about this class, please contact Paul Otto at potto@georgefox.edu.
As a new academic year approaches, the Bruin Community Pantry food bank will undergo some significant changes. First of all, sometime in mid-August, we will be relocating to Lewis Apartment #1. The Lewis Apartments are right across from the Roberts Center on Sherman Street, at 1404 Sherman St.
We don’t know the exact date we’ll be moving, but we anticipate that when we do we will be closed for at least a week. Please check the Bruin Community Pantry website for updates.
You are always welcome to email Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu with any questions or to get updates.
Thank you for being a part of our community!
