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Doctor of physical therapy students are conducting a research study and are in need of volunteers who are older adults. The study concerns developing a fall prevention program through balance exercises that mitigate the risk of falling.

To participate in our study, you must:

• Be age 60 or older
• Live independently or in an assisted living facility
• Be able to walk at least one block without the help of another person
• Stand unsupported without an assistive device
• Pass a mental status examination

To participate, you must not have a diagnosis of a neurological condition or a current illness or health issues that would make performing physical activities unsafe. Also, you may not be taking medications which cause excessive sleepiness.

Participants will come to the university’s Medical Sciences Building, where we would ask you to sign an informed consent form, answer questions, and perform a short mental status examination and a timed up-and-go test.  Depending on your responses to the questionnaires and timed up-and-go performance, you may or may not be eligible for the study.

Those who are eligible will perform a physical performance test in a lab setting, consisting of the following activities: blood pressure and heart rate, walking test, balance tests, and a fear of falling questionnaire.

You are able to stop participation in the study at any time and for any reason. No information that would identify you will be made public, and we do not feel there is more than minimal risk associated with this study.

If you or anyone you know is interested in participating, we invite you to schedule an appointment for testing. Please call 503-554-2463 or email the study team at GFUDPT.Research@gmail.com.

On Sunday night, the offices of The Contingent, the organization George Fox partners with for Foster Parents Night Out, Every Child Oregon, Act Six, and MyNeighbOR, was broken into and ransacked, resulting in a significant loss of possessions and damaged property.

Among the stolen items were thousands of dollars of gift cards and items that were intended for crisis response for the children and families they serve.

The Office for Spiritual Life would like to invite our campus to serve and encourage this longtime partner by collecting gift cards ($10-$50 to Amazon, Target, Fred Meyer, etc.) so they might continue their important work even while they recover from this major setback.

If you are able, please bring gift cards to the SpiL (Barclay) House or send them through campus mail anytime between now and Thursday, Feb. 11.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

Come view the annual Student Art Exhibition on display in both the Minthorne and Lindgren galleries on the Newberg campus through Friday, Feb. 18. And, if you’re free Monday, Feb. 7, join us for an opening reception and award announcements event at 4:30 p.m., starting in the Lindgren Gallery.

Curated by local artist and Art Elements Gallery Manager Sarah Moore, the show features our student artists from all four art and design disciplines at George Fox: studio arts, illustration, interior design, and graphic design. It is an honor for selected students to have their works in the show.

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Contact Chandler Brutscher at cbrutscher@georgefox.edu with any questions.

What emotions do you struggle with? Is it paralyzing fear, red-hot anger, or deep sadness? Our emotions offer so much vitality for life, but when we are not in right relationship with them, they can cut us off from ourselves, others and God.

On Friday, Feb. 18, join Michael Simmons for an online course, “Companioning Our Shadow: Emotions & Relationships.” Simmons will explore practices and tools for companioning our shadow, particularly surrounding our emotions and how they impact our relationships. This course is a space to invite Christ to meet our hidden parts and deepen the healing process.

The course will be offered via Zoom from 9 to 11 a.m. The cost is $39, and the Zoom link will be provided. You can register here if interested.

Simmons, a doctoral student at Portland Seminary and an ordained elder in the Free Methodist Church, is a spiritual director and retreat facilitator, and he serves on the leadership team with Companioning Center and the board of Deep Water, a local community that provides tools, processes and sacred space for women and men to heal.

Questions? Contact Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently made recommendations to improve primary care, two of which were to build interprofessional care teams and community-based training programs. We at the university’s Interprofessional Primary Care Institute have decided to do both.

Join us on Zoom on Saturday, Feb. 26, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to explore interprofessionality in pediatric practice. Go to our event page to register or find more information. It is free for George Fox students and employees.

Questions? Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu.

It’s that time of year again, when we gear up for spring commencement on Saturday, April 30. Visit this link if you wish to rent regalia for the celebration.

Please place your orders before Wednesday, March 16, to ensure your regalia arrives in time. Orders will be sent to the Bruin Store.

Questions? Contact Laura King at lking@georgefox.edu.

Wellness Wednesdays continues with the theme of intentional living. This month we invite you to explore and consider the concept of decluttering. Read here to find out some practical and inspiring ways to make space for peace, healing, wellness, and new things in your life.

Questions? Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Please help University Recreation improve our Fitness Center by taking this 10-minute survey! We want to hear from the voices of our employees and employee families as we consider different options to make the Fitness Center more functional, accessible and enjoyable for the entire George Fox community.

Please share this survey with anyone you know who uses the Hadlock Student Center and would like to have a real impact on the decisions made within the Fitness Center (weight room).

Everyone who completes this survey by March 18 will receive a $5 voucher for the Hadlock Rental Center!

Please email Angel Glockling at aglockling@georgefox.edu with any questions about the survey. Thank you!

“During spring break in March 2013, our 23-year-old daughter, Mary Owen, a George Fox student and outdoor adventurer, went missing.”

The George Fox Library is pleased to host Shelli and Bruce Owen for a “Fox at the Fireside” presentation about their book, Mountain Rescue, at 2:30 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 4, in the Murdock Library.

Shelli and Bruce will share their story, including the true events they wrote about in their book, and the process of writing the book itself. This will be a casual conversation in the library’s fireplace commons.

Learn more about the event and the Owens’ book here.

Questions? Contact Kate Wimer at kwimer@georgefox.edu.

Please join the College of Physical Therapy for our eighth annual research symposium from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Medical Sciences Building (448 Werth Blvd.).

In this symposium, physical therapy doctoral faculty and third-year students will showcase various rehabilitation research topics.

Questions? Please contact Samantha Skaggs at sskaggs@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451.

Greetings! Now that the book rush is over, unsold textbooks and other course materials will be returned to vendors.

If you have a late-start class, or have titles that will not be used until later in the semester, please let the bookstore know so we don’t send them back. As in fall, we can create a “late use” section in the store so your students can find their books as we gear up to reset for summer.

Email us at 1478mgr@follett.com, or call 503-554-2543.

The final shows of George Fox University Theatre’s production of Godspell: 2012 Revised Version are scheduled this week.

Performances in Wood-Mar Auditorium are scheduled as follows:

• Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 3-5, at 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday matinee: Feb. 6 at 2 p.m.

You can purchase tickets here or by calling the performing arts box office at 503-554-2670.

All patrons must be masked – there are no exceptions. Our ticketing system will automatically place one empty seat on either side of your ticket purchase to create extra space between you and the patrons next to you. Please choose the gray seats to seat your entire party together with no spaces between you. The system will add the gray/COVID seat after your purchase is complete. We encourage all patrons to be vaccinated to help protect our actors and fellow audience members from COVID-19.

Students may acquire free tickets for Thursday night performances. George Fox faculty and staff are entitled to one free ticket for the run of the show. Both options may be selected when you purchase or select your tickets in our online ticketing system. Please use your George Fox email address when ordering.

For details or assistance, email Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2670.

Doctor of physical therapy students are conducting a research study and are in need of volunteers who are older adults. The study concerns developing a fall prevention program through balance exercises that mitigate the risk of falling.

To participate in our study, you must:

• Be age 60 or older
• Live independently or in an assisted living facility
• Be able to walk at least one block without the help of another person
• Stand unsupported without an assistive device
• Pass a mental status examination

To participate, you must not have a diagnosis of a neurological condition or a current illness or health issues that would make performing physical activities unsafe. Also, you may not be taking medications which cause excessive sleepiness.

Participants will come to the university’s Medical Sciences Building, where we would ask you to sign an informed consent form, answer questions, and perform a short mental status examination and a timed up-and-go test.  Depending on your responses to the questionnaires and timed up-and-go performance, you may or may not be eligible for the study.

Those who are eligible will perform a physical performance test in a lab setting, consisting of the following activities: blood pressure and heart rate, walking test, balance tests, and a fear of falling questionnaire.

You are able to stop participation in the study at any time and for any reason. No information that would identify you will be made public, and we do not feel there is more than minimal risk associated with this study.

If you or anyone you know is interested in participating, we invite you to schedule an appointment for testing. Please call 503-554-2463 or email the study team at GFUDPT.Research@gmail.com.

George Fox employees are invited to shop the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store Feb. 4-27!

What the employee store has to offer:   

• All the latest product from the Columbia Sportswear Company family (SOREL, Mountain Hardwear, prAna, and Columbia Sportswear)
• Items are marked with employee pricing (up to 50 percent off regular retail pricing)

What to bring to access the store:

• This invitation: Click here (printed or shown on mobile phone)
• Work/organization ID (business card, badge, pay stub, signature of work email, uniform, membership card, etc.)
• Personal photo ID

This invite is valid for you and four guests (you must be present), and it grants you store access only (offer not valid online).

Questions? Contact Sara Reamy (sreamy@georgefox.edu).

Employees are invited to shop the Nike Company Store Saturday, Feb. 5, through Sunday, Feb. 27. Please download this pass for all the details and read the fine print carefully. You’ll need to take your employee ID with you, and ID for family members who accompany you.

Have fun shopping!

Questions? Contact Sara Reamy at sreamy@georgefox.edu.

I am a graduate student in the George Fox PsyD program, and I’m currently working on collecting data for my dissertation. I am studying mental health literacy (what people know about mental health conditions, resources, and treatments) among college/university educators.

I would be deeply appreciative if you could take the time to participate in my survey. It is estimated to take approximately 20 to 30 minutes. At the end, there is an option for you to enter your email into a raffle to win one of four $25 Amazon gift cards.

Thank you so much for your time and consideration! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Danni Ewing at kewing16@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.

Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are available at the Health and Counseling Center tomorrow (Friday) between 9 a.m. and noon, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Please call 503-554-2340 to schedule an appointment.

Didn’t get yesterday’s What’s Bruin newsletter in your inbox? Check your spam folder. Due to an email firewall issue, the newsletter went to some inboxes and some spam folders. So, if you didn’t receive it in your inbox, be sure to look in spam, and just for good measure, be sure to mark it “not spam” for future issues.

This week’s edition has paycheck news, a Columbia Sportswear offer, helpful links to Providence resources, introductions of new employees, and updates about the work of your colleagues.

Wednesday, Feb. 2, marks National Girls and Women in Sports Day, and we would love to extend an invitation to all girls teams (youth and high school levels) to join us at our women’s basketball game that night at 6 p.m. as we take on the Linfield Wildcats.

We will be inviting youth teams onto the court during halftime, where they will be honored as our next generation of female athletes by our current collegiate athletes. We are excited to take this opportunity to recognize these girls for all their hard work and inspire them to keep pursuing their passions in sports!

If you are interested in attending, please email nknipe20@georgefox.edu with an estimated headcount and your team name. This will ensure free admission. We encourage the girls to wear their jerseys so that we can easily identify teams as they arrive.

Questions? Contact Elise Trask at etrask@georgefox.edu.

This week in our Wellness Wednesdays series we continue exploring how habits are formed and how they can be changed. We encourage you to read more about how to live intentionally. Don’t forget to share your “one word” with us, too, if you have not already.

If you are passionate about wellness and would like to join our weekly Wellness Wednesday preparation meetings and contribute, please let us know. Email Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Be well.