This afternoon, we will be meeting with the Disability Awareness and Accessibility Group to discuss accessibility and disability culture at George Fox.
If you navigate college life with a physical disability, mental illness, learning disability, chronic illness, or other conditions, we want you to be a part of the conversation!
We are meeting in Lemmons 13 and over Zoom today (Thursday) at 3:30 p.m. Please fill out this Google Form with your interest. See you there!
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).
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!
Come get involved with the Disability Awareness and Accessibility Group! If you have a disability, whether or not you are registered at DSO, you are welcome to join us.
We want your input about how we can increase accessibility at George Fox through policy change, advocacy, awareness, and events. We will meet Thursday,Oct. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Lemmons 13 or over Zoom.
Please fill out this Google Form with meeting preferences; RSVP is required.
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.
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.
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!
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
We hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the clear air and sunshine. Today we would like to talk about the importance of getting a flu vaccination this year.
Flu shots reduce the risk of respiratory illnesses and severe complications. Please find out more about the importance and benefits of getting a flu shot in 2020 here.
Please stay tuned for where you can get the vaccine shots in the area. More to come!
Join us for Fox @ the Fireside: Navigating the Information Wilderness Part 1, an online panel from 4 to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) with Bryce Coefield (Director of Intercultural Life), Amber Nelson (Clinical Psychology), Brian R. Snider (Engineering & Computer Science) and John Spencer (Education).
We will discuss the challenges of our often overwhelming information environment and consider practical ways to sort through everything we read, see and hear.
We hope that attendees will leave encouraged and empowered to face the information wilderness with confidence and wisdom.
No registration is required. Click here to learn more.
Hello! As part of our Servant Engineering research, we are looking for responses from anyone who has two minutes to spare.
This survey is intended to improve our understanding of a broad range of demographics and will be used in reducing the waste that ends up in a landfill. Click here to complete the 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.
The Disability Services Office is recognizing Deaf awareness in the month of September. The Deaf community has made amazing contributions to our culture, such as American Sign Language (ASL), a language of its own, which has allowed for communicative doors to be opened.
Did you know there are at least 70 signed languages in the world? Click here to learn more about Deaf culture.
The CDC recently changed its guidelines requiring all individuals who: a) spent at least 15 minutes with someone who tests positive for COVID-19, and b) was closer than six feet apart to be quarantined for 14 days, regardless of if you had a face covering on.
Therefore, if you want to stay healthy and keep your freedom, stay six feet apart!
