The Daily Bruin

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very happy birthday! If you had a birthday in July, August or September, we would like to celebrate you. Please stop by the academic affairs office on Thursday, Sept. 29, or Friday, Sept. 30, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a slice of cake! We’re located on the second floor of Hoover in HVR 230.

Portland Center employees may pick up their birthday treat at the front desk. Questions? Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

The event management system used by the university, RegFox, is increasing their service fees starting on Oct. 1. RegFox pricing will go from $0.99 flat per paid registrant to $0.99 + 1% per paid registrant, with a maximum fee capped at $4.99 per registrant.

Marketing communications has full details on our website, including a payment calculator that can help determine what you need to charge for events.

Questions? Contact Peter Crackenberg at pcrackenberg@georgefox.edu.

Each semester, employees who are mothers of young/school-aged children, as well as expectant mothers, gather for an informal networking lunch. Join us for our next gathering from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, in Canyon Commons 102. Lunch will be provided.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP at this link. See you there!

Contact Lindsay Knox at lknox@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Plant Services will be closed this Friday, Sept. 23, for our Hess Creek Canyon Clean-Up Day.

If you would like to join us on our next clean-up day, it will be Friday, Oct. 14.

Thank you.

If your students use APA 7 formatting, remind them to join the Academic Resource Center for an APA workshop with Sue O’Donnell. Students will learn the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more.

The event happens today (Wednesday) from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. A virtual attendance link is available here.

Email Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

We have been covering preparation for various kinds of emergencies and disasters this month. September is also a national suicide prevention month, o this week, for Wellness Wednesday, we are sharing practical information on what to do in case of a mental health emergency.

For more information, contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Join us on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 3-4, for the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute’s Strengthening Team™ Ethics & Legal Considerations Suicide Prevention two-day event.

Day 1: We will explore safety, security, risk and common ethical and legal concerns in healthcare practice, followed by applying these concepts to emerging roles in primary care (behavioral health clinicians and culturally responsive community health workers). We will share experiences of power differentials in high-quality primary care early adopters.

Day 2: Kent Corso, PsyD, will present “Proactive Reduction of Suicide in Populations via Evidence-Based Research.” After that, we will discuss suicide in healthcare workers, as well as a system-wide approach to suicide prevention in primary care sustained since 2011.

If you would like to register for the event, sign up here. Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Finance has updated several forms on the website for FY23. Remember to visit the website and download a current version of your favorite forms to use for FY23.

Please delete any blank templates of the older forms from your files, and use the new versions going forward. Here is the link to the finance forms page.

Questions? Contact Lael May in Finance at ext. 2170 or email at lmay@georgefox.edu.

The university has a business account with Amazon for all purchases concerning university business. Please do not order any items for the university from Amazon using your personal Amazon account.

If you need help getting set up with the university’s Amazon business account, please email Kathi Becker at kbecker@georgefox.edu or Frank Charles at fcharles@georgefox.edu.

Join the Academic Resource Center for an APA 7 workshop with Sue O’Donnell this Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. Learn the details of APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more. We will also have a Zoom option (link to be provided soon!).

Questions? Email Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu.

One of our graduates is on the brink of changing how doctors treat chronic cardiac disease. Joel Rurik, a 2016 graduate of George Fox’s biology program, will explain the details of his research in a lecture all are welcome to attend on Monday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Rurik is now a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he does cutting-edge gene therapy research. Most recently, his team’s work was featured on the front cover of Science, the top research journal in the United States.

Cardiac fibrosis, a scarring of the heart, underlies most cardiovascular diseases and remains challenging to target therapeutically. Chronic cardiac disease often results in fibrosis, which negatively affects heart health and function. Therapies targeting this cardiac fibrosis remain limited, but Rurik’s research offers a promising and tractable immunotherapy approach for tackling fibrosis.

Contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu for more information.

Come see renowned Christian author, teacher and alumnus Richard J. Foster present an award in his name to pastor and fellow author Trevor Hudson on Monday, Oct. 3. The 7 p.m. presentation in Canyon Commons will be followed by Hudson’s keynote speech and a reception. Hudson will also speak at chapel the next morning, Oct. 4, at 10:50 a.m.

A selection committee selected Hudson as the first recipient of the Richard J. Foster Award in Spiritual Formation. The award recognizes those whose intellectual and practical work helps others come into an ongoing transformational relationship with Jesus Christ.

Hudson is the author of more than 20 books, the most recent of which, Seeking God: Finding Another Kind of Life with St Ignatius and Dallas Willard, was released in September.

Contact Carly Reumann at creumann@georgefox.edu for more information.

Are you a Providence member? Check out the September featured deals for your LifeBalance Program.

This month’s featured deals:

• Factor: Save 50%, receive free shipping on first order and save 10% on ongoing orders.
• Lenovo: Members receive special reduced pricing on select Lenovo products.
• Crocs: Receive $15 savings on purchases over $75 or $20 savings on orders $100 and up.
• Wag!: Create a new account and enjoy your first two walks for free.
• Garmin: Enjoy 20% savings on wearables, smartwatches, and scales.
• Tutoring Club: Receive a free initial session and 20% savings on all online tutoring sessions.
• Columbia Sportswear Employee Store: Members receive access to the Columbia employee store through Sept. 30.

If you have any questions, contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Several George Fox employees this week received harassing phone calls to their office line from a male caller using a private number. If you receive a similar call, here are a few things you can do to prevent or discourage future calls from the harassing person.

• Hang up on the caller. If you receive a harassing phone call, don’t engage in a conversation with the caller or divulge any personal information. The caller is seeking attention. Not giving a response to the caller can discourage future harassing calls.
• Take down as much information about the call as you can. Keep a log of date, time, and nature of the call. What did the caller say? How old did he/she sound? Did the caller seem intoxicated? Did he/she have an accent or speech impediment? Was there any background noise? Was a phone number/name displayed on the Caller ID device? 
• Please report harassing phone calls to Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090.
• If you receive a serious threat where life or property is threatened, you should contact Campus Public Safety so they can call local police immediately and make a report. 

If you received an unwanted call and wish to talk to someone about your experience, you are encouraged to make a free appointment at the Health and Counseling Center. 

All Concur reports are due on the 10th of the month following the transaction date. Please take the time to submit your reports in a timely manner. (Past due Visa transaction reports are subject to card suspensions.)

If you have questions or need assistance with your Concur account or USBank Visa card(s), please contact Kathi Becker at 503-554-2166.

The George Fox women’s golf team invites all George Fox students and employees to come cheer on junior Makensie Toole as she competes in the LPGA Portland Classic tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday, Sept. 16, at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club (2220 N.E. Marine Dr.).

George Fox students and employees are invited to attend the tournament free of charge! Simply show your Fox ID for free admission to the oldest continuous event on the LPGA Tour. Check the LPGA site for pairings and tee times.

Please contact Head Coach MaryJo McCloskey at mmccloskey@georgefox.edu with any questions.

In case of a fire, are you ready? Learn how and when to use an extinguisher, how to respond in a fire emergency, as well as how to prevent fires in a workplace. Read more here.

Join us on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 3-4, for the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute’s Strengthening Team™ Ethics & Legal Considerations Suicide Prevention two-day event.

Day 1: We will explore safety, security, risk and common ethical and legal concerns in healthcare practice, followed by applying these concepts to emerging roles in primary care (behavioral health clinicians and culturally responsive community health workers). We will share experiences of power differentials in high-quality primary care early adopters.

Day 2: Kent Corso, PsyD, will present “Proactive Reduction of Suicide in Populations via Evidence-Based Research.” After that, we will discuss suicide in healthcare workers, as well as a system-wide approach to suicide prevention in primary care sustained since 2011.

If you would like to register for the event, sign up here. Contact Tammy O’Doherty at todohert@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The College of Nursing and College of Social Work are looking for volunteers to participate in our Poverty Simulation on Friday, Oct. 21, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. in Canyon Commons on the Newberg campus.

This event is required for social work and nursing students, and we still need many more volunteers to pull this off! This is an eye-opening experience for everyone, and our past volunteers have really enjoyed helping our students in this valuable learning experience.

No preparation is needed; a packet will be given to you at the event with all that you need to know. You will have the opportunity to watch the students as they take on the role of a family living in poverty and go through daily tasks with the added challenge of poverty.

If you would like to participate, please fill out this Google Form by Friday, Sept. 23.

If you have questions, contact Kim Rapp at rappk@georgefox.edu, or Caroline Wildhaber at cwildhaber@georgefox.edu.

Let’s reframe the word “wellness” so that it is inclusive to every single individual wanting to live their best, healthiest life – no matter their age, current health status, race, or economic status.

Let’s make wellness available and attainable for everyone. A free six-week interactive wellness series hosted by Providence is meant to meet you where you are, open your mind to the concept of wellness, and teach you how you can take the pieces most important to you and build upon them.

Find out more and register here.