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Are you a military veteran who is also a George Fox student, alumni or employee? We want to honor you on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) by sharing your stories on our social media pages.

To participate, please send a photo from your time in the military to Jeremy Lloyd (jlloyd@georgefox.edu) and provide the following information:

• Name
• Rank and branch of the military
• Dates and locations of service
• Answer one of these questions:
  • Why did you choose to serve?
  • What moment stands out most from your time in the military?
  • What was it like to transition back to civilian life?

Grab your friends and sign up for the 2020 Ugly Sweater Virtual 5K and One Mile Fun Run held on Saturday, Dec. 12.

The cost is $30 for the 5K and $17 for the one mile; this includes a guaranteed T-shirt if you sign up by Monday, Nov. 9. Shirts will be mailed to the address provided on your registration form.

All proceeds go to support the College of Physical Therapy’s medical service trip to Uganda this summer.

Questions? Contact Josh Thoreson (jthoreson15@georgefox.edu).

Join the College of Physical Therapy for a free Zoom webinar, “Three Key Principles to Reduce Running-Related Injuries,” at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 20.

Presenting will be Dr. Alison Modafferi, owner and physical therapist at Run the World PT & Performance. This is designed for all runners, whether you are new to running, run recreationally, or are more advanced.

The one-hour virtual presentation will cover three evidence-based principles to help reduce running-related injuries. We will discuss load management, variability and tendon stiffness and how they relate to running and injuries. We’ll also discuss practices to reduce injury risk.

Our reason for hosting? There is a lot of misinformation out there regarding running-related injuries. Together, George Fox University and Run the World have developed a framework backed by research to keep runners healthy.

Sign up by clicking this link. Questions? Contact Dr. Alison Modafferi at amodafferi@georgefox.edu.

Do you want to help marketing students by taking a short survey? Please take our restaurant survey, designed for a marketing research project aimed at a large seafood company. Thank you!

Questions? Contact Andie Toscan (atoscan18@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.

Please encourage the students you work with to fill out this Be Known questionnaire. They could win a $100 Amazon gift card! 

Here’s the scoop: We’re asking students to share how they have experienced the Be Known promise. Perhaps it was when a professor invited them into their life beyond the classroom, or a staff member prayed with them when they needed it most. Whatever it was, we want to hear about it and share their story! 

Those who fill out the form will have a chance to win the following prizes:

• First place (our favorite story): $100 Amazon gift card
• Second place: $50 Amazon gift card
• Third through fifth place: $25 Chapters gift card
• Sixth through 10th place: Your choice of a Pennington teddy bear or George Fox playing cards 

Our favorite five stories will also be featured in the new Bruin Bound magazine, and all stories will be featured on the @georgefoxuniversity Instagram page!

Questions? Contact Jeremy Lloyd (jlloyd@georgefox.edu). 

It’s not too late to start the 30-Day November Challenge! Log in your hours and basic information about your activities on your calendar or this Google Form from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30. Your final results should be submitted by Friday, Dec. 4, to be eligible for the prize drawing.

Prizes include:

•  Backpack with the following items:
  • Keychain, yoga block, water bottle, metal straw, and first aid kit
• Large stainless steel water bottle
• Brita premium filtering bottle 
• Fitbit fitness tracker

Any questions? Contact Aga Luptak (aluptak@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2181).

Additional wellness tips:

We have included a video containing exercises that can be performed in your office to offset the impacts of sitting. After trying these simple stretches, we have experienced noticeable improvements!

Please remember to stay hydrated, wear your mask, and keep your six feet of distance if you are in a public space. Be well!

This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the George Fox University theatre program has transformed five music practice rooms into five separate, individual, virtual theatre studios in order to bring live production to your living spaces.

The five separate rooms feature individual mics, cameras, lighting units, projectors, projection screens, costume racks, and props tables. Actors will interact with each other virtually from their separate studios to bring a seamless performance of Silent Sky to life. This is an event you won’t want to miss!

So cozy up with your laptops and various devices and join us for a delightful evening of live, virtual theatre this Nov. 12-14 and Nov. 19-21 at 7:30 p.m., or Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.!

To get more information and purchase tickets, click here.

Sue O’Donnell, the campus representative to the board for the Christian Scholar’s Review, wants to invite anyone who is interested to a panel discussion. As you may know, George Fox is one of CSR’s most consistent sponsors, which makes this discussion relevant to our community.

Christian Scholar’s Review is pleased to announce “The Academic Vocation in a Post-2020 World: An Ecumenical Dialogue,” a virtual panel discussion on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 8 to 9:15 a.m. (PST) 

The event is available at no charge. In the interest of security, participants need to register here. Shortly after doing so, registrants will receive a link for the event. For security reasons, the organizers ask that people register and then use the link they receive. 

Panel members will consider questions such as:

• Will 2020 be the beginning of a tipping point for Christ-centered higher education?
• How will our institutions align their organizational callings with the vocational calling that faculty believe that they have received in this environment?
• What has 2020 taught us to hold onto and what must be transformed for institutions to survive with their mission intact?
• Following a 55-minute discussion, audience members will also have the chance to pose questions. 

For further details, please click here and/or contact the publisher of Christian Scholar’s Review, Todd C. Ream, at todd.ream@taylor.edu.

Do you want to help marketing students by taking a short survey? Please take our restaurant customer survey, designed for a marketing research project aimed at a large seafood company. Thank you!

Questions? Contact Andie Toscan (atoscan18@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 Department of Art and Design is hosting an art exhibit and silent auction of faculty artwork! The silent auction opens online tomorrow (Wednesday) at 8 a.m. and continues until 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13. Proceeds received will support student scholarships for art and design students.

Auction Process

A 32Auctions account must be created in order to bid. You can prepare for the auction by creating your account early. Follow this link to view the auction website, and follow the prompters to create an account.

Payment collection: Once the auction is closed, you will receive a Notice of Award email. Please respond to the email letting us know if you are picking up the item or if you need it shipped to you.

Once we know your pick-up/shipping information, we will send you an invoice that will need to be paid within five business days. If you are not local to Newberg, shipping will be available. Shipping costs will be determined by dimension and weight of item.

Information regarding the exhibit, currently on display in the Minthorne Gallery, can be found on our Instagram. Faculty, students, parents, and alumni will also be emailed information about the auction and exhibition.

This exhibit contains paintings, photography, printmaking, illustration, ceramics, and design. Artists featured include Gary Buhler, Jeff Cameron, Douglas Campbell, Burkhardt Kleiber, Adam Long, Tessa Sargent, Jillian Sokso, Mark Terry, Tim Timmerman, Seth Van Der Eems, and Brandon Waybright.

If you have any questions regarding the exhibit or silent auction, please contact our gallery and exhibitions assistant, Sarah Cuevas, at scuevas15@georgefox.edu.

This is a study looking at mental health and the perceived barriers to exercise during COVID-19. We are looking at how these possibly may have changed from before quarantine to now.

Please answer this survey as honestly as possible.

Questions? Please contact either Juliann Jones (jonesj17@georgefox.edu) or Brooke McCall (bmccall17@georgefox.edu). We appreciate you taking time to complete this survey!

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.

Are you a military veteran who is also a George Fox student, alumni or employee? We want to honor you on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) by sharing your stories on our social media pages.

To participate, please send a photo from your time in the military to Jeremy Lloyd (jlloyd@georgefox.edu) and provide the following information:

• Name
• Rank and branch of the military
• Dates/locations of service
• Answer one of these questions:

– Why did you choose to serve?

– What moment stands out most from your time in the military?

– What was it like to transition back to civilian life?

Questions? Contact Jeremy Lloyd.

The Graduate College of Physical Therapy is looking for volunteers to participate in a lab session on the lower extremity.

If you have a problem with your hip, knee, ankle or foot, our lab is the place to be! Our doctor of physical therapy second-year students, along with faculty members, will be performing examinations and giving you direction on how to take care of your condition.

We will be taking all the current precautions related to the delivery of healthcare during COVID-19, which includes our students wearing face shields and masks, volunteers and students using stations that provide physical distance from others, and all participants being screened for symptoms.

Volunteers are needed for either a one- or two-hour session between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Roberts Center. A telehealth option is also available.

Please email or call Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451 to sign up.

The student life office is now selling George Fox-branded face coverings! This machine-washable, cloth face covering features the George Fox athletic logo as well as adjustable straps and a shapeable metal nose piece. It also includes an insert location for an optional filter (not included).

Your purchase helps us support our students through the George Fox Student Emergency Fund. Thank you for helping us care for our community!

All orders must be picked up at the student life office in the Hadlock Student Center, after purchase.

You can place your order through the student life office or at this link.

The Health and Counseling Center has three different COVID-19 testing options available, some of which are free. If you feel sick and have any of these symptoms…

• Fever of 100.4 or greater
• Difficulty breathing (unrelated to Asthma or physical exertion)
• Loss of sense of taste or smell

… and believe you may have COVID-19, please call the Health and Counseling Center to discuss your options or make an appointment at 503-554-2340.

The free test is a nose swab (not the deep nose probe), and is a rapid test with results in 15 minutes. This antigen test is most accurate at the onset of symptoms and up to seven days after onset.

This test does not meet the requirement for travel into the state of Hawaii and may not meet other travel clearance requirements; therefore, we will not be offering this test for travel purposes.

Questions? Contact the Health Center at the above number.

The Department of Art and Design is hosting an art exhibit and silent auction of faculty artwork through Friday, Nov. 13. Proceeds received will seed a new scholarship the department is creating for underrepresented art and design students of color and other marginalized student populations.

The auction will take place online from Wednesday, Nov. 4, to Friday, Nov. 13. More info on it can be found on George Fox’s social media as well as the Department of Art and Design’s Instagram. Parents, students and alumni will also be emailed information.

Our goal is that this scholarship will work to remove some barriers for art and design students who are in underrepresented populations of our community, in order that access to a rigorous, high-quality, nurturing, and professional Christian art and design education is available to more students.

Information regarding the artwork: 

This exhibit contains a variety of mediums, including paintings, photography, printmaking, illustration, ceramics, and design. Artists in this exhibit include Gary Buhler, Jeff Cameron, Douglas Campbell, Burkhardt Kleiber, Adam Long, Tessa Sargent, Jillian Sokso, Mark Terry, Tim Timmerman, Seth Van Der Eems and Brandon Waybright.

Minthorne Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

If you have any questions regarding the exhibit or the silent auction, please contact our gallery and exhibitions assistant, Sarah Cuevas (scuevas15@georgefox.edu).

The Oregon Health Authority recently updated its face-covering guidelines (Oct. 19, 2020):

“Masks, face coverings or face shields are required at all times for employees, contractors and volunteers in public and private workplaces, including hallways, bathrooms, classrooms, elevators, lobbies, break rooms, meeting rooms and other common and shared spaces, unless employees, contractors or volunteers are at a private, individual workspace not shared with other people.” 

Key changes include:

• Face coverings are now required in all conference rooms.
• Mesh masks, lace masks, and masks with valves for exhalation are prohibited.
• Face coverings with openings, holes, gaps, or vents are prohibited.

We appreciate your compliance with these guidelines as we work together to keep one another healthy. If you have questions, contact the COVID operations team at cot@georgefox.edu.

Homemade or store-bought food and beverage snacks may be shared with other employees or students on campus so long as these guidelines are followed:

• Everyone should wash their hands before and after preparing, serving, and eating food. Use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not available.
• For items like a shared bag of chips or salad, use a clean utensil to get the item out or tip the bag to get the item.
• Use single-use options or identify one person to serve sharable items like salad dressings and condiments, so that multiple people are not handling the items.
• If there is not one person identified to serve food, discourage sharing items like a serving spoon; rather, each person should use their own clean utensil to dish out the food.
• Follow all guidelines regarding space capacity limits and physical distancing, and be sure to wear face coverings (when not eating).
• Remember Bon Appetit is the Newberg campus’s exclusive caterer and is happy to discuss your food and beverage needs for meetings and events.

If you have questions, email the COVID operations team at cot@georgefox.edu.

Today (Friday) is the last day to receive your 30 percent off holiday coupon as part of our Adoption Appreciation Event!

Take a few minutes today to come by the Bruin Store and talk to Paige Jacobs (Bruin Store manager) or Katie Villanueva (Bruin Store textbook manager) about your spring 2021 adoptions. We have a few very brief questions for you, and then you’ll receive a one-time-use coupon for 30 percent off of your entire apparel and gift purchase at the Bruin Store.

The 30 percent off coupon is for ALL faculty, staff, chairs and deans. If you are teaching a course, submitting adoptions on behalf of someone else, or overseeing adoptions for a department, come see us! We don’t want you to miss out.

This coupon can be used online or in store between now and Dec. 31.

Spring 2021 textbook adoptions are due today (Friday), and the Bruin Store is looking forward to making this as smooth of a textbook adoption process as possible!

All textbook adoptions will need to be submitted through Follett Discover Adopt, the new adoption system implemented in February of 2020.

If you are inputting adoptions on behalf of your department, you can access Discover by clicking here. Please use your university email and the password that you originally created.

If you are teaching (or are linked to) a course, you can access Discover by going to your FoxTALE account and clicking on the “Follett Textbooks” link. You will be automatically logged into the site.

If you are unable to view certain courses, having trouble logging in, or need a refresh on how to input textbook adoptions, please reach out to Paige Jacobs (pjacobs@georgefox.edu) or Katie Villanueva (1478txt@follett.com) at the Bruin Store.

The Bruin Store is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.