The Daily Bruin

Take advantage of fully online courses this summer with the George Fox Digital Summer Online program. This affordable, flexible option is a great way to earn credits while still enjoying your summer break. Registration opens today!

Summer Online courses are less than half the price of regular tuition – and run for eight weeks (half the length of a typical class!), starting June 5. It’s a great way to get ahead and create space in your schedule next year.

Register today on MyGeorgeFox or learn more at georgefox.edu/summer.

The Office for Spiritual Life is collecting information about your experience of spiritual formation this year at Fox.

Please complete this survey before Friday, March 3, to receive one chapel credit. The survey will take you less than eight minutes to finish. Thank you!

Questions? Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Looking for a fun opportunity to help a prospective student get to know Fox? Sign up to be an overnight host for Bruin Preview!

The admissions office is looking for students who live on campus to host a prospective student overnight on Thursday, April 6, the night before Bruin Preview. Spiritual life credit is available for this opportunity. Use this form to sign up, and contact Miranda Davidson at mdavidson@georgefox.edu with any questions.

It takes a great team working together to accomplish something extraordinary. Thankfully, we have 20-plus great teams.

On Feb. 14-16, the university’s athletic teams conducted a food drive to benefit the Bruin Community Pantry. While the women’s tennis team brought the most items (1,742), other teams really stepped up and added a significant amount of food to the pantry.

I am grateful beyond words to the athletic department administration who made this event a priority for the student-athletes.

Thank you EVERYONE who contributed time, money and energy to support the Bruin Community Pantry food bank and Grab & Go programs.

Sincerely,
Jere Witherspoon

All are invited to the afternoon lecture of our Dalton Lecture scientist, Dr. Deborah Haarsma, president of Biologos, as she talks about “Life beyond earth and the place of humans in the cosmos” at 3 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Bauman Auditorium.

Also join us for the evening lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman, when Dr. Haarsma will discuss trends in our culture on science and faith, ways to distinguish reliable scientific findings from speculation, and research-based practical tips for better conversations with friends and family.

Dr. Haarsma has studied large galaxies, galaxy clusters, the curvature of space, and the expansion of the universe using telescopes around the world and in orbit. She plans on sharing some of these images with us.

Immediately following the lecture, there will be a reception and student research poster session in the lobby.

Contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Discover your Strengths with Wendy Flint! Join us from 6 to 7 p.m. this Monday, Feb. 27, in Hoover 102. We’ll hear from Wendy, the previous head of the Career & Academic Planning Center and current business department director, about leveraging your Strengths in your future life and career.

For those of you who don’t know, Wendy is a certified Strengths coach and is passionate about helping students discover their giftings. Free Chick-fil-A will be provided! Sign up ASAP here!

If you have any questions, reach out to Grace Lalley at glalley21@georgefox.edu.

Wanting to or planning on studying abroad in the spring of 2024? Come to an informational meeting this Monday, Feb. 27, at 6 p.m. in Bauman to learn more about specific programs, the application process, and application due dates.

Questions? Can’t make the meeting? Email Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu), David Martínez (dmartinez@georgefox.edu), or stop by the Center for Study Abroad.

Join University Recreation for a trip up to Mt. Hood on either day this weekend! Saturday’s trip will be snowshoeing Twin Lakes and Sunday’s trip will be cross country skiing Pocket Creek.

Scholarships are available for students who need financial assistance. These trips are organized by the university and are open to all current undergraduate and graduate students.

If you have questions on either of these trips, please contact Jasmin Fuentes at jfuentes19@georgefox.edu.

Grab your comfy items and a blanket and come watch Pirates of the Caribbean in Hadlock this Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. There will be fun activities as well as snacks.

Keep an eye on the Activities Weekly this week for more details about movie night, and keep a lookout for escape room sign-ups as well. You won’t want to miss this highly requested fun night.

Here are some more events coming up soon:

• Escape Rooms: Friday, March 3, at 7 p.m. (various locations around campus)
• Tent City (Juniors Abroad): Thursday, March 9, in the quad
• Cultural Celebration: Friday, March 17, at 7 p.m. in the quad (back-up location to be announced if rainy)

Contact activities@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join us for Spanish Bible study today (Tuesday) in the Minthorn basement at 5 p.m. Come for chapel credit, a biblical message and fellowship! Also, you’ll get the opportunity to practice your Spanish.

Email Professor Jiroo Kuroda at jkuroda@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Hadlock’s annual Bruin Boulder Bash is back! This free-climbing competition is open for climbers of all levels, so join us on Saturday, March 18.

Whether it’s your first time climbing or you’ve been doing it your whole life, this competition is for you. Stick around for games, music and raffle prizes! We have four sessions, with the first starting at 12:30 p.m. and the last starting at 6:30 p.m. Register here!

Contact Nathanael Freeman at nfreeman19@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Come join us for Contemplative Worship after the Manner of Friends tomorrow (Wednesday) from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. in  Hoover 250.

We’ll spend time prayerful waiting on the present Christ, who “speaks to our condition” (as George Fox would say) in an open meeting for worship. All are welcome, and spiritual life credit is available for students.

Contact Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

The Career and Academic Planning Center is hosting a virtual career fair tomorrow (Wednesday) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you would like to participate, go into Handshake and sign up for sessions that the employers have made available. You can sign up for a group session or a one-on-one session with the employer.

This is a great opportunity to talk to, and develop relationships with, professionals in your field of interest.

If you have any questions, please contact Wade Witherspoon at wwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Looking to attend an Ash Wednesday service? Here are churches in Newberg that offer a service tomorrow:

• Zion Lutheran Church at 6:30 p.m.
• Newberg First Presbyterian at 6 p.m.
• Northside Community Church at 5:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
• Red Hills Church at 10 a.m.
• St Michael’s Episcopal at 7 p.m. (in Spanish and English)
• First Presbyterian Church at 6 p.m.
• Church of the Vine at 7 a.m.

Did you know that March is Social Work Month? Come visit the social work department for our open house as we celebrate!

Pop in anytime between noon and 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, in Roberts 215. We will be serving cinnamon rolls and highlighting social work’s valuable work in society.

Please join us! All are welcome! Contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Do you have stress, aches, pains, or just want to feel relaxed? Come by to get a massage from a doctor of physical therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students and employees ($20) as well as community members ($25). We are offering a 25-minute massage on Friday, Feb. 24, from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building (448 Werth Blvd., in Newberg).

We will be taking all the current precautions related to the delivery of healthcare during COVID-19. All proceeds will help fund our medical service trip to Uganda. Donations are also welcome.

Register for a massage or ask us questions by emailing Taylor Kopecky at tkopecky21@georgefox.edu.

We are two senior kinesiology students looking for people to participate in our senior research project. Our topic is looking at the prevalence of pelvic floor dysfunction and anxiety in college students.

We would appreciate it if you could take just 10 to 15 minutes to fill out our survey to help us collect data for our study. We will need to record participant names in this informed consent form, but once you actually take the survey it will be completely anonymous. Anyone can participate, regardless if you know what pelvic floor dysfunction is or if you think you experience it.

If you want to participate, please read and sign the informed consent form. Once you have done that, you will receive an email with the link to the actual survey. Thank you!

Please reach out if you have any questions about the study; our emails are mguglielmo19@georgefox.edu and eforbes20@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The 2023 Parents Day of Prayer is coming up on Thursday, Feb. 23.

Each year, the university’s Parent Leadership Committee invites families to join us for a day devoted to prayer for the students, faculty and administration of George Fox. We welcome our families to take time during this day to pray from their home or work as they feel led.

Throughout the day, you will be able look to our social media outlets for prayer direction. Our campus pastoral team also created this special Liturgy of Prayer page as another resource if you would like to pray along.

If you have additional questions, please contact Parent and Family Programs at parents@georgefox.edu.

All are welcome to attend the Dalton Lecture featuring Dr. Deborah Haarsma, from BioLogos, at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 23, in Bauman Auditorium.

In her talk, Dr. Haarsma will discuss trends in our culture on science and faith, ways to distinguish reliable scientific findings from speculation, and research-based practical tips for better conversations with friends and family.

Dr. Haarsma has studied large galaxies, galaxy clusters, the curvature of space, and the expansion of the universe using telescopes around the world and in orbit. She plans on sharing some of these images with us.

Immediately following the lecture, there will be a reception and student research poster session in the lobby.

Contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Come enjoy the Oregon Coast with the Stewards of Sustainability Club! Our spring beach clean-up event is happening on Saturday, March 4.

We will be volunteering with SOLVE to pick up trash at Seaside from 9 to 11 a.m., leaving campus at 7 a.m. and returning around 2 p.m. You can carpool with us or meet us there. Either way, please sign up by this Friday, Feb. 24. Employees and students alike are welcome to join!

For more information regarding transportation, please see the sign-up sheet or email Lilly McAfee at lmcafee19@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Please join us on this fun event as we help make our beach and ocean cleaner, healthier and more beautiful.