The Wineskin is now accepting submissions! The theme for this semester is “INTERRUPTION†so send us your best poems, stories, essays and artwork in that stream of thought; we welcome thematic interpretation.
The editors are open to a wide range of styles and subject matter, but we are particularly looking for work that pushes boundaries and surprises us with its artistic approach and perspective of the world.
All are welcome to submit, including employees and students!
Submission Guidelines:
Poetry and prose manuscripts must be submitted as a word document, in Times New Roman, 12-point font. Please title your pieces and remove your name from the document.
Limit all prose to 1,000 words and send no more than five poems per submission.
For artwork: Files should be named as the title of your piece followed by your name. Please remove all watermarks from your work.
Do you have an invisible disability? Learning disability, mental health condition, chronic health condition, or something else?
The week of Oct. 18 through 24 is Invisible Disabilities Week. The Disability Awareness and Accessibility Group, @gfu.accessibility Instagram page, and the Disability Services Office are joining together to highlight invisible disabilities!
We don’t want to miss anything, so if you want an invisible disability to be highlighted, fill out this anonymous Google Form.
The Faculty Development Committee invites the Fox community to the Fall 2020 Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Our featured speaker, and recipient of the 2019-20 Faculty Achievement Award for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, is Jillian Sokso, professor of art and design.Â
Join us as Jillian presents “Chaos Garden,” a visual examination of the impulse we humans have to control and beautify our immediate surrounding landscape, all the while contributing to and ignoring the impact of our daily lives on the larger planet. Professor Sokso will also share about her research project that involves turning native plants to paper!
Seating is limited to 34, so come early, or join via live stream here.
It is hard to believe we are already halfway through this week, and it is time for another dose of a healthy Wellness Wednesday.
The question for today is: What else can we do to prepare ourselves for the flu season besides flu shots? One of our students proposes a “Rainbow of Immunity!”
If you are curious how you can boost your immune system, please check out this colorful and color-coded infographic and choose your “Rainbow of Immunity†to help you stay healthy this season.
We are welcoming fall with open arms and an online flash sale! Go to our website to get 25% off of select clothing, accessories, and gifts.
Sale ends this Friday, Oct. 9. Discount code and details available online.
You may specify at check-out that you would like to pick up your online order in the Bruin Store. Our hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Once you receive notice that your order is ready for pick-up, you are welcome to come by anytime during business hours with your ID to pick up your item(s).
If you have automatic deposits (ACHs) coming into our bank for your department, please forward the company name and the general ledger (GL) accounting string information to Heather Groenlund in Finance.
You will see your income posted faster if she knows what to look for and has the expected accounting string when it arrives. It will minimize investigative work as well as wild goose chases!
Questions? Call Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173. Thanks!
We are a group of marketing students reaching out to learn if our target audience would be interested in a website that we’re proposing.
We have created a survey to capture this information, and would really appreciate it if you could take the time to fill it out. It is very short and should only take a couple minutes. Thank you!
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.
Join us this morning (Tuesday) for chapel to hear from Dr. Antipas Harris.
The video will be posted at 11 a.m. and can be watched via the iAttended app (students) and on our Vimeo page (employees). We look forward to (virtually) worshipping with you!
This is a study looking at mental health and perceived barriers to exercise during COVID-19. We are looking at how these factors possibly may have changed from before quarantine until now.
Please click here if you would like to participate and answer as honestly as possible. This should take no longer than five to 10 minutes.
We appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey and helping us better understand the effects of exercise during COVID-19.
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 first presidential debate is history. Did it make you more or less worried about the effects of polarization in our country?Â
If political polarization concerns you, you can do something about it by connecting with the 2020 George Fox Civility Project.
The opening session of the 2020 George Fox Civility Project is tonight (Monday)from 7:30 to 9 p.m., in Bauman Auditorium (and Zoom).
It will be starting with a talk by Professor of Politics Emeritus Ron Mock on what civility is, its grounding for Christians in basic elements of our faith, and its roots for political leaders in their fundamental duty to be stewards of our political culture.
Those who attend will have a chance to evaluate excerpts from political debates for their civility. Feedback collected from attenders will help in creating a political civility inventory that citizens can use to hold candidates and political leaders to account for whether their communications and actions strengthen or destroy our political culture.
You can attend in person at Bauman Auditorium or via Zoom. Attendance in person will be limited. Those who arrive after the room reaches its 100-person COVID capacity will be asked to attend via Zoom. Zoom attendees can access the session at the link above.
If you are interested in discussing your financial situation and retirement plan with The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA), please visit their website to schedule a video or phone meeting with a dedicated TIAA consultant.
You can also call them at 800-732-8353, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (ET).
Tomorrow (Saturday) is George Fox Day at Fred Meyer (3300 Portland Road, in Newberg)! Bring your George Fox ID and receive 10 percent off of your purchase. Some restrictions may apply.
In the grocery department, 10 percent will be taken off only the Kroger and Simple Truth products. Gas, alcohol, tobacco, and money orders will not be discounted.Â
The first presidential debate is history. Did it make you more or less worried about the effects of polarization in our country?
If political polarization concerns you, you can do something about it by connecting with the 2020 George Fox Civility Project.
The opening session of the 2020 George Fox Civility Project is this Monday, Oct. 5, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., in Bauman Auditorium (and Zoom).
It will be starting with a talk by Professor of Politics Emeritus Ron Mock on what civility is, its grounding for Christians in basic elements of our faith, and its roots for political leaders in their fundamental duty to be stewards of our political culture.
Those who attend will have a chance to evaluate excerpts from political debates for their civility. Feedback collected from attenders will help in creating a political civility inventory that citizens can use to hold candidates and political leaders to account for whether their communications and actions strengthen or destroy our political culture.
You can attend in person at Bauman Auditorium or via Zoom. Attendance in person will be limited. Those who arrive after the room reaches its 100-person COVID capacity will be asked to attend via Zoom. Zoom attendees can access the session at the above link.
Spring 2021 textbook adoptions are due Friday, Oct. 30, 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, which is the new adoption system that was 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.
Last week we talked about the importance of taking a flu shot this year. Our Wellness Wednesday message for today is, “Don’t waste fall by being sick. get a flu shot! It’s super quick.â€
Remember it takes around two weeks for the body to build immunity in order to provide protection, so plan it now.
Here are your quick and easy options to get a flu shot this year:
We will have an on-campus flu shot clinic event in mid-October.
You will receive an email with more information soon.
Please note that availability is limited due to the COVID-19 safety restrictions.
Below are some important items to remember before you get a flu shot:
Does the flu shot protect against COVID-19?
No. The flu shot doesn’t protect against COVID-19. However, the flu vaccine can help reduce your risk of flu illness, hospitalization, and death.
If fewer people get the flu, care teams can focus their time and resources on providing COVID-19 patients with the care they need. During 2018-19 flu vaccination prevented an estimated 58,000 flu-related hospitalizations.
Should a flu vaccine be given to someone with suspected of confirmed COVID-19?
No. If you tested positive for COVID-19, or believe you might have it, it’s best to wait before getting a flu shot. This will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 to anyone in the flu shot location, including other patients and healthcare teams.
What is protest? How has the church been involved in protest? Should Christians protest? These are all topics that will be discussed at the Intercultural Resource Center’s first Mathetes event, which will be hosted over Zoom at 7 p.m. tonight (Wednesday).
Come hear from Rusty St. Cyr, Keisha Gordon, Victoria Prieto, and Mercy Love about their protest experiences and integration with faith. Chapel credit is available on the iAttended app.
Do you wish there was something you could do to help overcome America’s increasing polarization before it tears our country apart?
You can! Connect with the 2020 George Fox Civility Project. The 2020 GFCP has three elements: two events and a project.
The first event will be an introductory session on Monday, Oct. 5, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium (limit: 100 occupants) or Zoom. Participants will learn a new way of thinking about how political leadership should act, and help create a political civility inventory for assessing whether politicians and others strengthen our political culture or destroy it when they communicate about their different views.
The second is a project: a field test of the political civility inventory while you watch the vice presidential debate on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and/or the presidential debate on Thursday, Oct. 15.
The closing event on Monday, Oct. 19, will feature George Fox professors Mark Hall and Phil Smith in a (hopefully civil!) debate about who should get our vote for president.
You do not have to participate in all three elements. You can attend either event, or both. If you want to participate in the project, you should attend the first event.
Don’t miss this chance to get in on the ground floor of an important university initiative, and help your community and our nation deal with controversial issues more constructively!
If you want to come in person, plan to be at Bauman a few minutes before 7:30 p.m. If you want to attend via Zoom, keep watching the Daily Bruin – we’ll post the link soon!
Just a reminder to sign up for a book discussion group, beginning Monday, Oct. 5, for Is Christianity a White Man’s Religion?: Why the Bible is Good News for People of Color.
Find the day and time that works best for you, and sign up for a group on the Critical Conversations FoxTALE site by Sunday, Oct. 4.
These 11 groups are available:
Monday, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with Rebecca Hernandez
Monday, 2:30 to 4 p.m., with Nichole Drew
Tuesday, 10 to 11:30 a.m., with Audrey Lichten
Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with Guadalupe Garcia McCall
To staff and faculty who are placing a requisition that is based on a bid or quote provided to the university from the supplier, please do not forget to attach the quote in your requisition request.
Instructions on how to do this are described on page 9 of the requisition tutorial posted on the finance page.
Please make sure you are referring to the requisition tutorial that was last updated as of Sept. 25, 2020. The tutorial in PDF format can be downloaded on the finance page or viewed as a Google Drive document.
Visa Reminder: Visa purchasing requests no longer need to go through the requisition process unless otherwise required by your department.
For questions on purchase orders or Visa purchasing, please email University Purchasing at purchasing@georgefox.edu
This Saturday, Oct. 3, will be George Fox Day at Fred Meyer (3300 Portland Road, in Newberg). Bring your George Fox ID and receive 10 percent off of your purchase. Some restrictions may apply.
In the grocery department, 10 percent will be taken off only the Kroger and Simple Truth products. Gas, alcohol, tobacco, and money orders will not be discounted.Â
