The Daily Bruin

The Office for Spiritual Life and the Academic Affairs Office are eager to share the video of the Aug. 25 academic convocation, an annual academic ceremony to mark the beginning of the school year.

Additionally, President Baker’s sermon, which was intended to be a part of the convocation service, was recorded separately, and you are invited to view it here.

We hope you will find time to watch these videos as we kick off a new academic year. Blessings!

The Office of Student Life would like to extend a special thanks to Austin O’Donnell for his continual good work in caring for this community, specifically in his role as our summer RA.

We would like to invite you to drop by the student life office (entrance located on the side of Hadlock) today (Tuesday) between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to say farewell.

As we all work and live together, it is especially crucial that everyone understands the processes for reporting concerns and cases related to COVID-19.

Thank you for taking a few minutes to familiarize yourself with these processes:

• #CampusClear Daily Screening
• COVID-19 Case Reporting
• COVID-19 Concern and Case Reporting Form

Questions? Email COT@georgefox.edu.

The sunny yellow lids on the bins in the outside enclosures are for recycling only. Please avoid dumping garbage in the recycling bins because it contaminates the entire bin. If trash has been mixed into the recycling, the entire bin must be taken to the landfill.

The recycling bins are a commingled service, so recyclables can be mixed together. View the full list of what can be recycled. 

Recycling not only reduces the use of raw resources, it also reduces what is taken to landfills and saves the university money in garbage fees. Thank you for making a positive impact on our world!

Student government is looking to fill positions for the upcoming year, including:

• Marketing director
• Senior class representative
• Four freshman class representatives

To apply, fill out this Google Form. Applications close on Sep. 1.

If you have questions, please drop by the student government office in the Hadlock Student Center (room 116) or email Meredith Green (mgreen17@georgefox.edu) or Mark Giese (mgiese18@georgefox.edu).

To allow for more outdoor seating, new Adirondack chairs have been placed on the quad. Please leave the chairs where you found them, and do not move them.

This is the final call to order university stationery for the large fall order. The collective order helps keep costs low – the higher the volume, the lower the cost. Consequently, it is most economical to overestimate needs and store a small surplus.

Orders can be placed on the Marketing Communications website and will be accepted through Friday, Sep. 4.

Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s Office of Mail Services.

Questions? Email Jamison Loop at jloop@georgefox.edu.

Students, we’re so excited to have you on campus! A number of academic departments and offices are hosting open houses on weekdays from 3 to 4 p.m. through this Friday, Sept. 4, so students can meet professors and staff and enjoy some awesome snacks.

The George Fox community is full of incredible people, and we can’t wait for you to get to know them! Check out the open house map here.

Join the Libraries and Digital Learning for a web conference that demonstrates new features in FoxTALE, including:

• Zoom integration, which allows you to schedule Zoom meetings and automatically share the meeting recordings in FoxTALE
• Expanded grading capabilities in forum discussions

Join the 30-minute web conference on Zoom on Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. or Sep. 1-4 at 11 a.m.

Questions? Email Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.

Undergraduate and grad students who do not weight lift are wanted for an eight-week strength training study.

Your time commitment: pretest session, training program twice a week for eight weeks (approximately 20 minutes per session), and a post-test session. A small honorarium will be offered for completing the study.

Contact Jason Brumitt (jbrumitt@georgefox.edu) for details.

Veritas Christian Study Abroad is hosting weekly info sessions throughout September and October that provide an overview of their study abroad programs for 2021-2022.

Questions? Contact the Center for Study Abroad at studyabroadcenter@georgefox.edu. Thank you!

All vehicles brought to George Fox University or the surrounding neighborhoods must be registered with Campus Public Safety within one week of campus activity.

New employees can register for their first parking permit for free. Changes to a vehicle or license plate will require an update of your vehicle registration information. To update your vehicle registration information, email Elrike Shaw in Campus Public Safety at eshaw@georgefox.edu. An additional permit can be purchased for $5 in cash.

Full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, and staff will be issued a gold hang tag permit. Permits must be displayed from the inside rear view mirror and must be visible to Campus Public Safety staff.

Adjuncts who are coaching assistants, teaching assistants, and current undergraduate students are required to register their vehicles as students and park in the designated areas as assigned by their student permit.

Effective Sep. 1, purchase orders will not be required for credit card purchases. All other spending guidelines remain in effect and will be closely monitored for compliance. Thank you all for your continued efforts to carefully evaluate all spending.

Purchasing and Finance are currently working on updated credit card policies and procedures that will result in fewer cards issued and cards identified for more specific uses. Once implemented, these changes are expected to continue to simplify the purchasing process.

Questions? Email Matt Hammar (Purchasing) at mhammar@georgefox.edu or Cris Banton (Finance) at cbanton@georgefox.edu.

Campus Public Safety has been giving out parking warnings all last week to educate students on where they can park. Beginning today (Monday), we will begin issuing real citations with fines for parking violations. Please speak with our officers if you have parking or campus safety concerns.

This includes citations for parking in off-campus neighborhoods. You must park only where your permit allows or your car will be ticketed. Please help us by being considerate of our neighbors when you park.

If you are still uncertain about where your permit allows you to park, please review the parking brochure.

Still have parking questions or problems? Come see us at the Campus Public Safety office if:

• You are unclear about where your permit allows you to park
• You registered your vehicle before Aug. 12 and haven’t received your permit
• You are a commuter and haven’t received either your permit or a confirmation email with a temporary parking permit

The Campus Public Safety office is located on Meridian Street in the Stevens Center parking lot.

You can also contact the Campus Public Safety office at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.

Do you want to get paid to help students stay connected and have a creative outlet for your writing, photography or art?

Applications are open to work on George Fox’s student newspaper, The Crescent, in the 2020-2021 school year. To apply, just send a short introduction and any samples of your work to asccrescent@georgefox.edu. Applications close Sunday, Sep. 6 at midnight.

Questions? Email asccrescent@georgefox.edu.

Because the university is asking students to stay on campus for the first weeks of school, the Office for Spiritual Life is extending you the opportunity to enjoy worship with your church community right here on campus. In addition, for the first five weeks of the semester, we are offering SpiL credit for attending each of these on-campus live stream gatherings.

As space is limited in each location, reserve your spot in the iAttended app, where you will also find the on-campus location for each gathering. We will watch the occupancy limits and open up additional rooms if needed. By way of reminder, our current university policy restricts group singing on campus.

Join the following congregations in celebrating the goodness of God today (Sunday):

• First Presbyterian: 10:30 a.m.
• Grace Baptist Church: 9 a.m.
• Imago Dei: 10 a.m.
• Journey Church: 10 a.m.
• Newberg Friends Church: 10:30 a.m.
• Northside Christian Church: 10 a.m.
• Northwest Christian Church: 9:30 a.m.
• Red Hills Church: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
• Rockpoint Church: 11 a.m.
• Sherwood Friends Church: 10 a.m.
• Village Church: 11 a.m.
• Wayside Friends Church: 5 p.m.

Questions? Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

To allow for more outdoor seating, new Adirondack chairs have been placed on the quad. Please leave the chairs where you found them, and do not move them.

It’s time to sign up for a fall semester Life Group!

Life Groups are offered by the Office for Spiritual Life as a weekly time of Bible study, fellowship and prayer. Groups led by a graduating senior or a post-college leader and are all male, all female or co-ed.

Fall groups are nine weeks in length, starting the week of Sep. 7. This fall all Life Groups will be either Zoom groups or hybrid groups. Hybrid groups will meet via Zoom or may occasionally meet outdoors as the weather, state and university regulations, and participant comfort permit.

Throughout the pandemic, students can earn SpiL credit for participating in Life Groups through the Office for Spiritual Life in order to encourage engagement in high-quality spiritual formation experiences that are participatory and offer ongoing community.

Life Groups are overseen by the Office of Spiritual and Intercultural Life, which is passionate about providing students the opportunity to be spiritually nurtured in intentional communities focused on intimacy with God and spiritual formation.

Questions? Email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Beginning Monday, Aug. 31, the Bruin Community Pantry food bank will be open:

• Monday: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.** and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 4:30 to 5:30 pm
• Wednesday: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.**
• Thursday: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.** and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Friday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.** and 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

** Indicates when a social work intern will be available

In addition to the food bank, we have two interns from the social work department who will be available to help students access additional resources in our community, including signing up for food stamps (SNAP).

To make an appointment with a social work intern, please email bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu.

For more information, please call Jere Witherspoon at 503-554-2316.

The Office for Spiritual Life and the Academic Affairs Office are eager to share the video of Tuesday morning’s academic convocation, an annual academic ceremony to mark the beginning of the school year.

Additionally, President Baker’s sermon, which was intended to be a part of the convocation service, was recorded separately, and you are invited to view it here.

We hope you will find time to watch these videos as we kick off a new academic year. Blessings!