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Disability & Accessibility Services, the Academic Resource Center, faculty, staff, and student leaders are joining together to offer a whole slate of connection opportunities this fall. Click here to indicate your interest in receiving information about one or more of these options! We’d love to have you join us!

• Academic Coaching (all students)
• ADHD Group (all students)
• Autism/Aspergers Group (Newberg campus)
• Becoming a Tutor (all students)
• Celiac/Gluten Free Group (Newberg campus)
• Chronic Illness Group (all students)
• Learning Disability Group (all students)
• Trauma Group (Newberg campus)

Contact Andrea Byerley (abyerley@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

All students who plan to bring a vehicle to campus must register their vehicles for parking permits!

The university parking registration fee has been incorporated into the Student Fee, so students will no longer need to pay an additional out-of-pocket fee to register their vehicle. Students bringing a vehicle to campus must register their vehicle and obtain a parking permit.

There have been significant changes in parking areas this year, so be sure to look over your new parking map to ensure you are parking in the right place.

Here is some more info:

• All students may order a permit this year.
• All residents may order a resident parking permit.
• All commuters may order a commuter parking permit.
• Graduate students may order a graduate permit.
• Vehicles must be parked in the lots assigned to their permit designation.

Register here and be sure to have your DMV registration slip in front of you.

If you have any trouble registering your vehicle, please call our office at 503-554-2090 so that we may assist you.

Questions? Call the Campus Public Safety office at the above number, or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.

The Portland Writing Center (PWC), located in the Portland Center Library, is available for Zoom video conference and email writing consultations.

Graduate, George Fox Connect (GFC), and George Fox Digital (GFD) students are invited to contact the PWC for feedback on writing projects, citation assistance, or other writing-related issues. Check wc.georgefox.edu for additional information, including hours of operation and appointment scheduling.

For more information, email the Writing Center at wc@georgefox.edu. If you have questions about the Portland Writing Center, please contact Hannah Jackson at hjackson@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2449.

Welcome Weekend is here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here.

Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the front lot of Roberts, the Stevens lot or Hoover lot on Friday.

The Bauman and Le Shana parking lots have been barricaded, so please park nearest to Stoffer Stadium if you need to park in the Bauman lot. Also, please do not park in the Pennington lot.

The parking rows adjacent to the service road by Newlin are also barricaded and unavailable for parking.

Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the Campus Public Safety website for lot locations. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!

The Bruin Community Pantry will be open during the following times for the fall semester:

• Mondays: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesdays: 12:30 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesdays: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 4 to 5:30 p.m.
• Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Fridays: 8 to 9:30 a.m.; 1 to 2 p.m.

We are closed during all George Fox holidays. These hours are subject to change depending upon our volunteer team schedule.

Volunteers are still needed for Tuesdays at 10 a.m. for unloading food, and Saturdays.

Join the Bruin Community Pantry Facebook and Instagram pages for up-to-the-minute announcements and information.

For more information, please contact Jere Witherspoon at bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu.

Want to learn to dance? Join the Swing Dance Club tonight (Friday) at Jaquith Park from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for a basic lesson and free-dance period!

Learn a new skill, join a great community, and have a fun time! All participants are welcome, so bring your friends!

If you have any questions, email Mark Berglin at mberglin19@georgefox.edu.

It takes a village to make our football games a success. 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 in the parking lots directing traffic prior to every home game. The team arrives two hours prior to 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, 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, 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). Wi-Fi is available at the gates.

2021 Football Schedule

• Saturday, Sept. 4, vs. Redlands at 7:05 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 9, vs. Willamette at 1 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 23 vs. Pacific at 1 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 13, vs. Whitworth at 1 p.m.

Go Bruins!

Not vaccinated? The Health & Counseling Center on the Newberg campus is offering free Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations today (Friday) for employees, students and their families.

Drop by anytime between 9 a.m. and noon or from 1 to 4 p.m. Questions? Contact Molly Hickok (mhickok@georgefox.edu).

Attend TIAA Live Webinars to help boost your financial know-how. You can register for upcoming titles at TIAA.org/webinars.

Upcoming September webinars (all times Pacific):

• The 411 on 529 College Savings Plans: Sept. 14 at 9 a.m. 
• Inside Money: Managing Income and Debt: Sept 14 at noon
• Start to Finish: The Early Career Woman’s Guide to Financial Wisdom: Sept. 15 at 9 a.m. 
• Tomorrow in Focus: Sept. 15 at noon
• Understanding Medicare: Sept. 16 at 9 a.m. 
• Making it Easier for You: Online Tools and Resources: Sept. 16 at noon

Not vaccinated? The Health & Counseling Center on the Newberg campus is offering free Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations tomorrow (Friday) for employees, students and their families.

Drop by anytime between 9 a.m. and noon or from 1 to 4 p.m. Questions? Contact Molly Hickok (mhickok@georgefox.edu).

Come make music with us! The music department offers many ways to get involved in groups and lessons. We are open and would love to have you!

Find out more information here. If you have questions, contact Danielle Warner (dwarner@georgefox.edu).

Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 26, and Friday, Aug. 27.

Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the front lot of Roberts, the Stevens lot or Hoover lot on Friday.

The Bauman and Le Shana parking lots will be barricaded on Thursday after 5 p.m., so please park nearest to Stoffer Stadium if you need to park in the Bauman lot. Please also refrain from parking in the Pennington lot.

The parking rows adjacent to the service road by Newlin will also be barricaded and unavailable for parking. Please make sure to move any vehicles parked there by 5 p.m. on Thursday.

Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the Campus Public Safety website for lot locations. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!

Mail Services will be running its courier service between campuses this fall. Below is the schedule.

• Medical Science Building (Werth): Monday through Friday
• Portland Center: Tuesday and Thursday

Items that need to be delivered must be at Mail Services by 10:30 a.m. for same-day delivery. If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Andrea Friesen, a kinesiology student and Richter Scholar researcher, is in need of 30 faculty members to fill out a health and well-being survey (PROMIS) to form a control group as she studies the effect of exercise program participation on workplace self-efficacy.

Those who participate in the control group will be asked to complete the survey again in eight weeks. After completion of pre- and post-survey, control group participants will be entered in a raffle to win one of two $10 gift cards to Coffee Cottage.

Please contact Andrea for more information (afriesen19@georgefox.edu).

Mail Services will be open for limited hours this Saturday, Aug. 28. You will be able to come pick up your packages between 1 and 4:30 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

The Hadlock Student Center will be closed all day tomorrow (Thursday) for staff training.

We will reopen at 6 a.m. on Aug. 27 with extended hours for Welcome Weekend: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Aug. 27; 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Aug. 28; and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 8 to 11 p.m. on Aug. 29.

Contact AJ Heil (aheil@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The George Fox student community is welcome to audition for the university theatre’s fall play, William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. General auditions will be on Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Theatre students are instructed to prepare a 90-second Shakespearean monologue for the audition. If you are not a theatre student you don’t need to memorize a monologue. However, please bring your favorite Shakespearean monologue to the audition and be ready to perform/read it for the director. You can sign up for an audition time slot at this link.

Callbacks will be on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 1-2, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Contact Rhett Luedtke at rluedtke@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join us Tuesday, Aug. 31, at 10:50 a.m., for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel in Bauman Auditorium. Provost Andrea Scott will address the community, and president Robin Baker and ASC president Micah Mensing will lead the Community Charge.

Come start the year off blessed as we worship together and welcome students to campus. See you Tuesday!

Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Welcome everyone! We are so happy to see everyone back on campus!

As we prepare to welcome all our new and returning students, the IDEA Center will be offering drop-in appointments only from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during Welcome Weekend and throughout the first week of classes.

Students are encouraged to simply come by the IDEA Center to connect with a CAP Coach starting today (Wednesday)  through Friday, Sept. 3. Individual appointments will not be available during this time.

We are excited to have our full community back together! Thank you in advance for your understanding as we anticipate a very busy start to the semester!

Questions? Contact Sherri Moore at smoore@georgefox.edu.

The library is pleased to delivery library materials to faculty offices on the Newberg campus. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign.

If you have used this service in the past, or if you are signing up for the first time, please fill out the request at this link. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Cameron at mcameron@georgefox.edu or ext. 2422.