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All drivers who have been assigned to drive their personal vehicle for Serve day must be a registered driver. Please check here to see if you are registered. If you are not on the list, please take this course, also found at the bottom of the transportation policy page, by 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11. Anyone submitting after Sept. 11 may not be processed in time.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Kim Knoernschild at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.

The admissions office is looking for students willing to have their rooms shown on campus tours once a week throughout the fall semester. We are still needing rooms volunteered on the first floor of Edwards, Gulley, and Sutton! Click here to volunteer.

If you have questions, email Miranda Davidson at mdavidson@georgefox.edu.

Tomorrow (Friday) marks the first of many Friday @ Fox visit days taking place each Friday throughout the semester. Prospective students will participate in a campus tour, visit classes, eat lunch on campus, and tour academic departments of interest.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is asking students and employees to help visitors feel the Be Known promise during their time on campus tomorrow by offering a helping hand if visitors need directions or have questions about George Fox.

If you have questions, contact Lauren Hill at hilll@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.

Self-compassion and self-care are essential components to your overall well-being. They are within our control, and each can promote good physical health, psychological resilience, and subjective well-being.

Join this Providence webinar on what self-compassion and self-care are and how to improve and practice them in your daily life.

Interested in being a L.E.A.D. (Learn, Educate, Achieve, Develop) mentor? This volunteer mentorship program exists to support first-year, first-generation college students as they navigate their first year at George Fox. We are looking for sophomore, junior and senior first-gen students to join as L.E.A.D. mentors.

A first-generation college student is a student whom neither parent/guardian has completed a bachelor’s degree. Sign up to be a mentor here. If you have questions, please reach out to our mentorship programs intern, Roserina Chipen, at rchipen20@georgefox.edu.

Come join our retirement celebration for Scot Headley! Drop by to say goodbye to a friend and comrade who has given many years of service to the university.

Mark your calendar for tomorrow (Friday) at 9:30 a.m. in Canyon Commons (CCD 103). Come show Scot your appreciation for the work he did here and help give him a special send-off!

Contact Becky Jensen at rjensen@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The George Fox dance team invites you to an open practice on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Hadlock.

Experience what it is like to be a Bruin dancer. Do warm-ups, learn sidelines, and pick up part of a dance with us! In addition, this is also a time when you can audition to join the team, as we are always looking to expand.

Please email team captain Katie Armstrong at karmstrong20@georgefox.edu with any questions.

In order to process an invoice, the Accounts Pay team needs all of the below-mentioned information:

• Vendor ID number
• Vendor Name as appearing in PeopleSoft
• PeopleSoft PO number
• PeopleSoft receipt number
• And finally, a copy of the invoice.

AP receives a multitude of emailed payment requests, and there is a high probability of those getting buried, especially in cases wherein any of the above information is missing in the email.

To comply with audit requirements, AP does not have access to the purchasing module, thus they are unable to themselves obtain PO &and receipt numbers from PeopleSoft.

In order to improve our current “Procure to Pay” process, and to help you to pay your invoices in a timely manner, we have released a Request for Payment form. This form replaces emailed and paper payment requests.

We are planning a formal training session in the coming months where we will share more information with you. In the meantime, feel free to email your questions to purchasing@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
The Accounts Pay and Purchasing Teams

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.

Do you have a food allergen? Please come talk to a chef in Canyon Commons! Bon Appétit takes your food allergies very seriously. We carefully train our staff on food allergy awareness issues, and we use a descriptive language menu to notify you of foods that use the nine major allergens.

We would love to work with you to ensure you get a delicious and safe meal every day!

Please talk to a chef in Canyon Commons or email Katie Anderson at katie.anderson@cafebonappetit.com for more info.

Employees not transporting students to Serve Day sites are requested to park in specific lots on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Employees are welcome to park in the Bauman lot along Meridian, or even at Steve’s Auto lot along 99. This will give spaces for our service sites to park the buses and vans that they are using to pick up our students and employees.

If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwithers@georgefox.edu.

Bon Appetit has a meal plan for employees, featuring 10 meals in Canyon Commons for $80. These can be used for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and they never expire.

To sign up, please email Kim Johnson at kjohnson@georgefox.edu and provide us with your name, ID number and best phone number to contact you. Kim will call between 2 and 4 p.m. to collect payment and activate the meals on your ID card.

You can also sign up for the GET Mobile food app and order online from the Bridge Cafe or Canyon Commons. The link to sign up can be found on our website.

We also accept credit and debit cards in the main dining hall if you want to join us for a single meal. It is dine-in only, but we offer all you care to eat.

Any questions can be directed to katie.anderson@cafebonappetit.com.

George Fox University Recreation is hosting a Leave No Trace trainer course on Oct. 1-2. It is open to the public and discounted for George Fox students and employees. This course is ideal for anyone who enjoys outdoor recreation, especially those that love to share the outdoors with other people!

Participants in the two-day course will learn Leave No Trace skills and ethics as well as techniques for educating others about these low-impact practices. Participants who successfully complete the course will receive certificates and become official instructors of Leave No Trace.

To register and for more information, go here.

Contact AJ Heil if you have any questions at aheil@georgefox.edu.

The city of Newberg has an emergency alert system that automatically alerts city residents about emergency situations via text, phone, and email. You can sign up for this free service here.

Questions? Contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090.

The Fox Jamboree (formally “The Hoedown”) is at 6 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 9! Throw on your your favorite flannel and boots and dance under the lights. There will be a mechanical bull, blow-up axe throwing, a pie-eating contest and more.

To sign up for our games, including the pie-eating contest, please complete this form.

Check out the Activities Weekly email for more details.

Coming up:

• Serve Day Celebration: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1:30 p.m., the quad
• Fox County Fair: Friday, Sept. 16, 6 p.m., the quad
• Starlight Parade and Football Game: Saturday, Sept. 17, 5 p.m. at residence halls

Contact activities@georgefox.edu with any questions.

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.

Do you love working with children? Do you feel called to give back to those in need? The Office of Spiritual Life invites you to volunteer and build relationships with children and families in foster care!

Foster Parents Night Out (FPNO) provides a monthly four-hour break for foster parents while trained volunteers care for their children in a safe and nurturing environment. As a volunteer, you will play with the kids, do crafts with them, supervise and care for them, prepare food, or do other jobs as needed.

The event is from 4 to 8 p.m., and volunteers are asked to be there from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. to help with set-up and clean-up. Chapel credit is available for each event!

If you are interested, please sign up using this Google Form. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email fpno.georgefox@gmail.com.

Do you love George Fox and want to help visiting students decide if this is the place for them? Apply to be a University Ambassador.

University Ambassadors are made up of current George Fox students from a variety of majors, grade levels, and other campus involvements. As an ambassador, you will volunteer for two and a half hours each week, greeting and directing campus visitors, hosting visitors for lunch, leading occasional campus tours, and sharing about your George Fox experience alongside other ambassadors.

If you are looking for an opportunity to connect with other students and represent George Fox, apply here. Applications are due by Friday, Sept. 9, at 5 p.m.

If you have any questions, email Miranda Davidson at mdavidson@georgefox.edu.

Campus Public Safety will be citing vehicles for parking violations and issuing fines starting this week. Citations are given for the following violations:

• Unregistered vehicles
• Parking in the wrong lot
• Parking in a handicap space or fire lane

Please refer to the parking map if you are not sure where you are allowed to park. Parking citations can be appealed with the Office of Student Life within 10 days of the citation.

Please call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 for more information.