The Daily Bruin

Students who need to leave their vehicles on campus during winter break must fill out the Vehicles Left on Campus Policy Form, agreeing to the requirements. This form is available on the university’s website. 

This form must be completed before you leave campus, and you must leave a key with Campus Public Safety before leaving your vehicle on campus.

Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw (eshaw@georgefox.edu).

Interested in social work? Attend the Virtual Social Work Info Session! Would you like to know more about working in a helping profession?

The session will be taking place Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Click here for the Zoom link.

Attend this virtual session to learn more about social work as a major and the professional opportunities that having a bachelor’s degree in social work offers!

Please email Kim Rapp (rappk@georgefox.edu) if you are interested in attending.

Tomorrow (Thursday), the academic affairs office is celebrating faculty and staff who had October birthdays.

If you had a birthday in October, please stop by and see Peg Hutton at the front desk of the Portland Center to pick up a birthday treat. Happy birthday!

I am a graphic design minor in art and design and need models for my final project, which is a magazine outline based on the pets at Fox. I will need to interview some of you if possible and have a small photoshoot of your animal.

If you cannot meet in person and want to send me a high-quality image of your pet, you can email me a picture!

Please contact Tierney Zubchevich (tzubchevich19@georgefox.edu) as soon as possible if you are interested in participating.

In Sync is our Lip Sync Alternative, an event where you choreograph a performance to a mash-up of songs.

Get a team together, start planning your performance, and sign up to audition for a chance to perform on the big stage and win $500. The deadline is Sunday, Nov. 1, at midnight.

Questions? Contact Student Activities (activities@georgefox.edu).

This summer, Kathy Heininge took early retirement after serving 16 years as a professor; she subsequently received faculty emeritus status.

We plan to celebrate her many years of dedication, hard work, and transformative teaching with a Zoom party tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Please email Cheri Hampton (champton@georgefox.edu) for the Zoom link.

The link provided yesterday for the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute’s virtual event was incorrect. Our apologies! Here is the correct link to learn more.

The event will take place via Zoom on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. It is free to George Fox students and employees.

The session is designed to cross-train primary care team members on metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and hypertension. We will also explore clinical tools, workflows, and interventions that can be used in a primary care setting. Visit the above link to learn more.

If you have questions, contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu).

The Exercise Science Club is hosting a doubles volleyball tournament on Halloween, Oct. 31, starting at 10 a.m. at the HMS volleyball courts!

Prizes will be awarded for the winning team and the team with the best costumes! All are invited! Sign up here.

If you have any questions, please contact Karlie Stewart (kstewart19@georgefox.edu) or Kyle Herzberg (kherzberg19@georgefox.edu).

Come get your fall on with various activities at different locations around campus! Fall Fest will be going on this Saturday, Oct. 31, from 7 to 10 p.m.

There will be glow volleyball, spikeball, fire pits, warm drinks, games, a movie night, a photo booth, and pumpkin carving.

Check out the official list of activities and locations in Activities Weekly or in the “Upcoming” highlights on our Instagram.

Questions? Contact Student Activities (activities@georgefox.edu).

This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the George Fox University theatre program has transformed five music practice rooms into five separate, individual, virtual theatre studios in order to bring live production to your living spaces.

The five separate rooms feature individual mics, cameras, lighting units, projectors, projection screens, costume racks, and props tables. Actors will interact with each other virtually from their separate studios to bring a seamless performance of Silent Sky to life. This is an event you won’t want to miss!

So cozy up with your laptops and various devices and join us for a delightful evening of live, virtual theatre this Nov. 12-14 and Nov. 19-21 at 7:30 p.m., or Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.!

To get more information and purchase tickets click here.

Hey Bruins! The Athletic Training Club is hosting its second meeting of the year tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m. (location TBD)!

If you have an interest in a future career as a healthcare specialist, this club is for you! This year we will be hearing from a number of guest speakers from different athletic training settings and would love for you to join!

If you have any questions or would like to receive club updates, please email Savannah Sexton (ssexton16@georgefox.edu).

The Bruin Community Pantry (BCP), housed in Roberts 109-110, is an Office of Student Life-led initiative looking to address the real problem of hunger (food insecurity) on campus.

Because we seek to best meet your needs, please take a few minutes to fill out this short survey to let us know how we can help at the BCP!

If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon (bruincommunitypantry@georgefox.edu).

This summer, Kathy Heininge took early retirement after serving 16 years as a professor; she subsequently received faculty emeritus status.

We plan to celebrate her many years of dedication, hard work, and transformative teaching with a Zoom party on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Please email Cheri Hampton (champton@georgefox.edu) for the Zoom link.

The Society of Women Engineers invites you to hang out, study, and do homework in a space that offers water, Capri Sun, and packaged chips! We’ll be meeting in Lemmons 8 on two Thursdays in November, Nov. 5 and Nov. 19, from 4 to 8 p.m. All majors are welcome!

This is an event that will invite community with peers and provide you a getaway to complete tasks. If you just want to come to hang out and chat, that is welcome as well!

Questions? Contact Elizabeth Herrera (herrerae16@georgefox.edu).

The Interprofessional Primary Care Institute will be hosting a virtual event via Zoom Saturday, Nov. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. It is free to George Fox students and employees.

The event’s purpose is to cross-train primary care team members on metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and hypertension. We will also explore clinical tools, workflows, and interventions that can be used in a primary care setting.

We will dialogue with healthcare professionals about chronic conditions in Black communities, learn and practice behavioral change interventions, discuss tools to engage people in self-management, as well as explore how we can encourage people with chronic conditions to increase their physical activity.

For more information, contact Tammy O’Doherty (todohert@georgefox.edu) or visit this page.

If you missed last week’s Lunch ‘N Learn session on the Hadlock Student Center, you can still watch the presentation.

Check out our Resources for Staff page, where you’ll find the recordings for our past Lunch ‘N Learn sessions. Keep an eye out for next month’s session on library resources!

Come stop by the Center for Study Abroad’s Program Fair this Thursday, Oct. 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the tennis courts.

This student-run event will showcase all the locations and programs that students have the opportunity to study abroad in.

Our study abroad ambassadors will be there to answer any questions and give further details about the different programs and their personal experiences.

There will also be drawings to win $25 gift cards as well as a chance to win $500 credit toward any of our study abroad programs. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact the Center for Study Abroad (studyabroadcenter@georgefox.edu).

FoxTALE is unavailable this morning (Monday) from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call (503) 554-2569.

The Lip Sync is back! Get a team together, start planning your performance, and sign up to audition for a chance to perform on the big stage and win $500.

Visit here to sign up for a time slot. The deadline for signing up is midnight this Sunday, Nov. 1.

Questions? Contact Student Activities (activities@georgefox.edu).

Spring 2021 textbook adoptions are due this Friday, Oct. 30, and the Bruin Store is looking forward to making this as smooth a textbook adoption process as possible!

All textbook adoptions will need to be submitted through Follett Discover Adopt, the new adoption system implemented in February of 2020.

If you are inputting adoptions on behalf of your department, you can access Discover by clicking here. Please use your university email and the password that you originally created.

If you are teaching (or are linked to) a course, you can access Discover by going to your FoxTALE account and clicking on the “Follett Textbooks” link. You will be automatically logged into the site.

If you are unable to view certain courses, have trouble logging in, or need a refresh on how to input textbook adoptions, please reach out to Paige Jacobs (pjacobs@georgefox.edu) or Katie Villanueva (1478txt@follett.com) at the Bruin Store.

The Bruin Store is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.