The Daily Bruin

We are celebrating the end of summer and the beginning of the school year this week. Whether you are a student, parent or educator, we encourage you to read our pieces on what it’s like for students to return to school and how you can care for yourself during the school year.

We also have a bonus resource for parents: a helpful social medical cheat sheet infographic. Visit this link to view them all.

Be well in all seasons of life.

– Your People and Culture Team

One of our non-traditionally aged students needs a place to stay until his permanent housing starts on Sept. 24. This student is a 22-year Navy veteran.

If you have a room that you could rent to him until Sept. 24, please contact Jere Witherspoon at 503-554-2316 or email jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services will have extended hours this week only. All employees, departments and students will be able to pick up your packages between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Mail Services is located in the Roberts Center and can be accessed from the doors on the East Sherman Street side. If you have any questions, please reach out to Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Join us at 10:50 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Professor Amanda Robert, our 2021-22 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! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Class.georgefox.edu is a great resource for anyone needing to look up details on a class, including meeting times and location, teaching modality, enrollment limit and waitlist numbers, course description, instructor info and add/drop deadlines.

Just click on a class to see all the details.

Mail Services’ courier service will be delivering to the following locations on the these days:

• Monday – Friday: Medical Sciences Building
• Tuesday & Thursday: Portland Center

Anything needing to go to those locations needs to be brought to Mail Services by 10:30 a.m. If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

I am conducting a research study along with researchers at Boise State University and Northern State University. We are studying the experience of high-functioning autistic adults as they go through a job interview.

We are looking for anyone who is a high-functioning autistic individual, over the age of 18, and who has been through a job interview that is willing to be interviewed. The interviews will take place over Zoom at your convenience.

Our aim is to understand the lived experience of these individuals so that we can make recommendations to businesses and practitioners on how to make the job recruitment process more inclusive for individuals of all abilities.

If you would be willing to participate in our study, please contact Andrew Ellestad at aellestad@georgefox.edu.

The federal government released information about a student debt relief plan on Aug. 24. This includes:

• The final extension of the student loan repayment pause through Dec. 31, 2022
• Providing targeted debt relief to low- and middle-income families
• Making the student loan system more manageable for current and future borrowers

We are currently awaiting further guidance from the Department of Education. You can find more information about the plan at studentaid.gov/debt-relief-announcement.

Important Note: The debt relief only applies to loans disbursed by June 30, 2022. This means loans for the 2022-23 school year do not qualify for this program.

To view your personal federal student loan and Pell grant history, login to your dashboard at studentaid.gov.

Questions? Contact Aaron Geist at ageist@georgefox.edu.

As we get close to the start of the term, there are an increasing number of scam and phishing attempts around campus. These have primarily come in the form of emails and text messages. Often they are asking for wire transfers, advertising fake job postings or asking users to open documents.

So that you don’t fall victim to these attempts, please review the guidelines below.

If you feel you’ve received a suspicious email or text, check the following:

• Check the sender’s address or phone number. If it is unrecognizable or something similar to, but not exactly the same as the sender’s normal email address, it could be a phishing attempt. Please note that a similar email address does not mean the original email address has been compromised; this is called a spoofing account.
• Any link or odd instructions. If the email directs you to click on a link (even something familiar such as iTunes, etc.) or input sensitive information, it could be an attempt to get your password or other important information. Do not reply to the email or text. Always verify requests for sensitive data or transfers of money in person or by directly calling a known phone number.

If you feel that you have received some sort of phishing attempt:

1. If you receive an email or text message that you suspect is a phishing attempt, you should forward it to servicedesk@georgefox.edu with an explanation.
2. You should not click any links or open any attachments.
3. When Google identifies that an email may be phishing or suspicious, they might show a warning or move the email to Spam.
4. If an email wasn’t marked correctly, follow the steps below to mark or unmark it as phishing.
   1. On a computer, go to Gmail
   2. Open the message.
   3. Next to Reply <–, click “More” (represented by three dots vertically stacked).
   4. Click “Report Phishing”
5. Request that anyone who has been emailed via the attempt also report it as phishing in their inbox.
6. If you did not click on any links or reply, you do not need to do anything further.
7. If you did click on a link or send a reply with sensitive information, you’ll want to change your password as soon as you can in my.georgefox.edu (this will automatically update your email password). Then go through the Settings in your Gmail account to look for anything amiss, such as an unfamiliar forwarding address, filter or vacation-responder that you never created.

Feel free to call the Service Desk at 503-545-2569 if you would like help walking through these steps.

Interested in a volunteer opportunity to serve our awesome Bruin football fans? Then Bruin Brigade is the place for you!

The Bruin Brigade is a team of volunteers who help at the ticket tent, gates, and direct traffic in the parking lots prior to every home game. The team arrives two hours before kickoff and are free to enjoy the rest of the game starting at halftime.

All volunteers will receive a meal prior to each game they volunteer, free entry into the second half of the game, and a T-shirt.

If this sounds like something you would like to help with, please email Mindy Mickelson in the athletics department at mmickelson@georgefox.edu with your first and last name, the games you can volunteer, your cell phone number, and your T-shirt size.

Please note: We are asking for a three-game commitment to receive a T-shirt. Volunteers working the gates will need to be willing to use their phone to scan in tickets through the HomeTown Gate app (free on app store). WiFi is available at the gates.

2022 Football Schedule:

• Saturday, Sept. 17, vs. Chapman at 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 1, vs. Pacific Lutheran at 4:30 p.m. (Homecoming & Hall of Fame)
• Saturday, Oct. 15, vs. Puget Sound at 1:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 29, vs. Linfield at 1:30 p.m. (Family Weekend)
• Saturday, Nov. 5, vs. Lewis & Clark at 4:30 p.m.

Mail Services wants to hear from you! Share with us how we are doing and tell us about your experience at Mail Services. Please use this link to fill out the survey.

Contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join us at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Professor Amanda Robert, our 2021-22 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! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Summer is not over yet, and we hope you are enjoying the long warm evenings, the outdoors, the trips and weekends, and many local cultural and family events.

This week in our Wellness Wednesday series, we are exploring social and community wellbeing and how to stay connected, and invite you and your family to a 30-day kindness challenge. We’re also providing some great ideas on how to plan the ultimate “staycation.”

Find out more here.

– Your People and Culture Team

For those of you who are new, welcome to George Fox! The Daily Bruin newsletter is your forum to get important updates about university-related news, upcoming events and policies.

This forum does not serve as a “public bulletin board” for the Newberg or Portland-area communities, nor as an outlet to advertise personal businesses or events. All content must have a direct connection to George Fox in some way in order to qualify for inclusion.

If you have any questions about the posting policy, contact Sean Patterson at spatterson@georgefox.edu.

Now is the time to order university stationery. The collective order helps keep costs low – the higher the volume, the lower the cost. Consequently, it is most economical to overestimate needs and store a small surplus.

I will be accepting orders through Friday, Sept. 12. For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s Office of Mail Services.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you,
– Emily Perry (eperry@georgefox.edu)

Providence members: Be sure to check out your LifeBalance deals for August:

• Samsung: Save up to 30% on purchases
• Seattle Seahawks: Score $65-$85 tickets to select Seahawks home games this season
• Broadway in Portland: Receive discounted tickets to upcoming Broadway-in-Portland shows, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Moulin Rouge, and more
• KiwiCo: Receive STEM, science and art kits monthly and save 30% on initial month’s subscription
• Costco: Join Costco as a new member and receive a Costco shop card
• Priceline: Get up to 60% savings on select hotels
• BrightDime: Save up to 64% on BrightDime’s financial wellness platform

School is just around the corner, packages are showing up, and Mail Services is running out of room.

We know that many of your student employees have not returned yet, but we ask that you make an effort to come get your package(s) as soon as you can. Your help in this effort is greatly appreciated.

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

This week we share information on how to care for ourselves through mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques and resources.

Mindfulness is about paying attention and cultivating an awareness of your thoughts, actions and motivations. Take a deep breath and experience your life in the present moment. Find out more here.

Have you heard the new buzz word? Mesonutrients. This active compound can be found in certain superfoods like vegetables, fruits, teas and spices.

Mesonutrients play a role in protecting DNA, fighting free radical damage, and reducing our overall disease risk. Join Colleen Kuhn, a registered dietitian and Providence health coach, for an online course tomorrow (Tuesday) to learn how to cook simple and delicious recipes packed with mesonutrients. The session runs from noon to 1:15 p.m. You can register here.

Contact Aga Luptak for more information at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Join the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute for a special continuing medical education (CME) event Aug. 17-19 on Zoom. Titled “Get Psyched!,” it is designed for all healthcare workers to assist in enhancing primary care behavioral health for all people served.

With rising rates of depression, anxiety, suicide attempts, substance use, etc. it is more important than ever to have robust, accessible and effective primary care behavioral health services.

Come hear about this transformational approach from Patti Robinson, PhD. Robinson is an internationally renowned psychologist, and we are privileged to have her as our institute’s innovation director. Joining her in the team presentation are Bhavesh Rajani, MD, MBA, Amber Nelson, PsyD, and Julie Oyemaja, PsyD, all of whom are experienced interprofessional primary care team players.

For more information or to register, please visit this page. Questions? Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu.