The Daily Bruin

The School of Theology invites all – theology and non-theology students – to its fall semester kickoff and new student welcome chapel (“Living Water Worship”)! We’ll gather from 10:50 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, in Canyon Commons 102.

There will be amazing music, talk, and prayerful moments. Of course, lunch is provided, and you’ll get chapel credit. Come, taste the goodness of the Lord! Check out this flier to learn more, and contact Sunggu Yang at syang@georgefox.edu with any questions.

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.

George Fox University is committed to providing a supportive learning environment and fostering safe, healthy relationships among our students. This is especially true for a Christ-centered community such as ours that seeks to love God and others.

As such, the institution and members of our community will not tolerate sexual misconduct including but not limited to sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence.

We have contracted with Vector Solutions/Safe Colleges to provide training and education on these important topics. In order to comply with federal law, the Campus Save Act, all students, including those studying online at a distance, are required to complete the course titled “Sexual Violence Prevention for Graduate Students” by Sept. 26, 2022.

All students will be sent more information about this required course, including links to the online course.

The content of this course may be sensitive for you based on your past experiences and background. In no way is it our desire to be insensitive to you. While you will learn about numerous resources available to you, our Health and Counseling Center and Spiritual Life Office are here to support you. These are completely confidential, on-campus resources.

If you have any questions or if taking this course causes you to experience anxiety, please email our program administrator, Jere Witherspoon, at 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.

President Robin Baker, the leadership team and the Office for Spiritual Life invite employees to participate in chapel this semester on Tuesday mornings. This means offices are encouraged to close in order for employees to attend chapel from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m.

Please note: This employee benefit is meant to be utilized for chapel attendance specifically. Questions? Contact Jamie Johnson at  jamiej@georgefox.edu.

The Crescent, George Fox University’s student-run newspaper, is hiring for the 2022-23 school year!

Working for The Crescent is a great opportunity for students who are interested in exploring journalism, improving their writing skills, and working to inform the George Fox community. Not a writer? We are also hiring photographers, a social media manager, and an illustrator!

If you are interested in any of these positions, apply here. Applications close at midnight on Saturday, Sept. 10. Email asccrescent@georgefox.edu with any questions you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!

With construction on the new chapel set to begin, please be mindful of your surroundings as you make your way around campus.

When walking through campus, please use the Crisman Crossing bridge instead of the Wheeler bridge or the Wheeler access road (Amphitheater Way). All trails in the canyon leading north of the Wheeler access road will be closed until further notice.

Please contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu with any questions.

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.

Disability & Accessibility Services (DAS) is holding drop-in hours the first week of the semester in our office on the Newberg campus.

Do you need to request accommodations? Do you need to request audio textbooks? Do you want to get your exam requests scheduled for the semester? Do you just have questions or want to see our space? Stop by and someone will be here to answer your questions! There will also be an opportunity for confidential conversation if necessary.

Open House Hours, Murdock Library 109 (Learning Support Services, home of DAS and the ARC)

• Monday, Aug. 29, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Aug. 30, Noon – 1 p.m; 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 31, 8 a.m – 9:30 a.m.; 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Sept. 1, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
• Friday, Sept. 2, 1 p.m – 5 p.m.

April Garr, associate director of DAS, will be hosting all these sessions. However, if you are unavailable during these times or would like to make an appointment to talk with her, please click here to set up a time that would work for you.

We will also have group sessions in Murdock Library 020 (downstairs) for scheduling tests:

• Monday, Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m – 8:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 6, 3 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

As always, contact us at das@georgefox.edu if you have questions or would like to touch base.

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.

The campus is abuzz with activities as we begin to lay the groundwork for our new art annex and chapel. Various construction zones will interrupt and change what we have come to expect as we walk through campus.

As faculty, staff, students and neighbors, we all share a responsibility for our personal safety around campus, especially in those areas where construction traffic will be most prevalent. Please review these construction zone safety tips.

If you have any safety concerns or questions, please reach out to Kim Knoernschild, our environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.

With the combination of rising food costs, inflation and gas prices, food banks are facing significant challenges in getting government-subsidized food. In addition, Yamhill Community Partnership’s (our connection to the Oregon Food Bank) freezer broke, and, due to supply chain issues, it won’t be repaired for several weeks.

This has greatly impacted the Bruin Community Pantry food bank’s ability to provide frozen meat to our clients. Last month we began to purchase ground meat – the easiest meat for our students to prepare – from Grocery Outlet to offset this situation. However, our budget is unable to sustain this for long.

We are reaching out to the George Fox community to let you know about this situation, and invite you to participate in financially supporting this effort or to purchase ground meat and donate it to the Bruin Community Pantry.

If you would like to become a financial partner with the BCP, please contact advancement at giving@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2110 for details on how to either give monthly or make a one-time gift.

If you would like to donate frozen ground meat to the food bank, please contact Jere Witherspoon to arrange a drop-off at the food bank in Roberts 110. You can call or email Jere at jwithers@georgefox.edu or call her at 503-554-2316.

Thank you for considering this opportunity.

Got parking? With the challenge of creating amazing buildings on campus comes the squeeze of parking. If you work in Hadlock, Canyon Commons or the Roberts Center, there is additional nearby parking available to you as an employee.

The Sleep Center building (1515 Portland Road) has 24 spaces in the parking lot closest to the Sleep Center building (four are ADA spaces). The spaces facing Portland Road are shared with Thai the Knot.

To enter the lot from Portland Road headed east: Turn north onto Villa Road, turn around so you’re traveling South on Villa Road and use the Villa road entrance.

To enter the lot from Portland Road headed west: Turn right into the parking lot off of Portland Road. The Villa Road and Portland Road intersection is very busy. Do not cut across Villa Road to reach the parking entrance.

The Sleep Center building has a sidewalk for pedestrian traffic, walking behind Attrell’s Funeral Chapel.

If you have questions, contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

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.

When picking up your mail and packages, you must have your student ID or a photo ID with you. A photo on a phone will not be accepted.

If you do not have your photo ID with you, your mail and packages will not be given to you. 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.

Mail Services is open today (Saturday) between 1 and 4:30 p.m. So, feel free to stop by and pick up your packages.

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.

The Office for Spiritual Life invites everyone to join us for all-campus worship at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Sunday) in Bauman Auditorium. This will be our kickoff worship event for the year, and we will be offering chapel credit for it.

Come and worship! Questions? Contact spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services will be open tomorrow (Saturday) between 1 and 4:30 p.m. to allow returning students to pick up their packages. Any outgoing packages or cash transactions will not be accepted.

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.

For the very first time, students staying on campus can enter their own maintenance request! Best methods to hang up a poster, bunking beds and many more topics are covered on Plant Services’ new webpage.

Please check out this great resource for information, including how to submit a maintenance request. Thank you!