The Daily Bruin

This full-time position, open due to the departure of Sheila Abercrombie in early July, is open to employees only through Friday, July 5. This position is responsible for the collection, maintenance and reporting of institutional data and the preparation of reports that support decision-making and planning at the university. Please email hr@georgefox.edu to request a copy of the job description if you are interested in learning more details about the duties and qualifications of this position.

To apply: Please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources. The position will close on Friday, July 5, at 5 p.m. The link to the transfer request form can be found at this link.

It’s time for our eighth annual “Red, White and Blue Jeans Day.” In recognition of Independence Day (and George Fox holiday on July 4), you are invited to wear casual attire in patriotic colors on Wednesday, July 3.

At 3 p.m., the all-American dessert, apple pie a la mode, will be served on the Stevens Center plaza for Newberg employees.

Newberg employees only: We need your help to get an accurate count for attendance at this event by completing the short survey (possibly the world’s shortest!) at this link (password is “America”).

We hope you can join us for this sweet treat and enjoy a chance to visit with coworkers. Summer student employees are also invited. Portland employees are also being provided a similar afternoon break.

Please bring any cash or check deposits for June that your department may have to financial affairs by noon today (Friday, June 28).

Thank you,
Financial Affairs

Mail and Print Services will close at noon on Friday, June 28, for year-end inventory and relocation of equipment. Please have your outgoing mail items and outgoing UPS items in by 11:30 a.m. Please submit any print jobs by 11 a.m.

Reminder: We will be relocated temporarily in Lemmons 12 and 13 on Monday through Wednesday next week, July 1-3.

Thank you for your assistance in getting jobs in early so that we can service you in a timely manner during our move.

Questions? Call Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.

Melanie Mock’s (English) essay, “Why Christians Like Me Should Listen to Critiques of Evangelical Adoption,” was published in a recent issue of The Nation. Also, her essay “Mothering, More With Less” was just published in the book Mothering Mennonite, put out by Demeter Press.

Rhett Luedtke (Theatre) is directing The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam at the Idaho Repertory Theatre this summer. This is his third season directing for Idaho Repertory Theatre. Previously, he directed Unnecessary Farce by Paul Slade-Smith in 2009 and As You Like It in 2010.

Ed Higgins (English) published the poem “Without Knowing It” in the Spring 2013 edition of The Merton Seasonal: A Quarterly Review, edited by Patrick F. O’Connell and published by the Merton Center of Bellarmine University. The Trappist monk Merton is renowned as an anti-war and social justice activist. Ed also published a haiku, “bruised words,” in the June 2013 issue of A Hundred Gourds, a quarterly journal featuring haiku and other Japanese-heritage short poetry forms. Finally, Ed’s two poems, “Communion” and “you feel terrible sometimes,” were published in the June 13 issue of the online e-zine Cease, Cows.

Charles Choi (Communication Arts) and his wife Elisia welcomed their first child, Joelle Yaeseul, on May 30. She was born at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Portland and weighed 9 pounds while measuring 20 inches.

June 25            Mike Rader
June 26            Rachel Powell
June 28            Michael Meek, Dan Schutter
June 29            Mary Peterson
June 30            John Heitz
July 1               Nancy Fawver
July 6               Lisa Burton
July 8               Jesse Dillow, Sue Richie, Linda Samek, Jane Scott
July 9               Eloise Hockett, Sidney Tafflinger, Kenn Willson
July 10             Lois Hutchinson, Beth Molzahn
July 19             Patti Fitzgerald
July 20             Brenda Burg
July 21             Gordon Aarness, Gregg Palmer
July 23             Randy Dalzell, Mark Stone, Clyde Thomas
July 26             Bob Dexter, Rand Michael, Carol Sherwood
July 27             Emily Maynard, Randy Woodley
July 28             Steve Outslay
July 29             David Hansen
July 30             Dale Isaak, Ron Mock, Thomas Peng
July 31             Lindsay Peterson, Gary Spivey
Aug. 1              Darcy Mize, Rob Westervelt
Aug. 2              Larry Shutts
Aug. 3              Nancy Thurston

If you have not yet completed the Serve Day Employee Survey, please take a few minutes to do so now. This survey includes any special requests regarding sites or physical limitations, as well as transportation and team leader information.

This is an essential piece to making Serve Day a success and will only take a moment of your time. If you have any requests, now is the time to make them.

Remember: Participation in Serve Day is required for all Newberg employees. Requests to be excused from Serve Day must be submitted to the vice president or provost over your area.

Thanks so much for your continued support for Serve Day as an expression of Christ’s love to our community. We look forward with great anticipation to what God will do in and through all of us!

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at serveday@georgefox.edu.

Bon Appetit wants to thank everyone at the Villa for their support as we worked with the university in hosting the Old German Baptist Brethren Conference. As a thank you, we will have free coffee and cookies at the Villa Cafe from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Your check or direct deposit (ACH) request must be received in our office by 5 p.m. today (Monday) to be processed on June 28. All requests received after 5 p.m. today will not be processed until the week of July 8 due to the Fourth of July holiday schedule.

If you have any questions, please contact Andy Dunn (adunn@georgefox.edu).

Our new TIAA-CREF representative, Braden Danielson, will be on the Newberg campus on Thursday, July 11. You are encouraged to make an appointment with him in Hoover 104 to ask questions, discuss your investments, or review your financial plans.

Make appointments online at this TIAA-CREF page or call 855-928-4221 (press 5). Employees in other locations may contact Braden Danielson or Yasemin Under to arrange a telephone consultation at 503-452-6981.

After years of praying and preparation, Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) is having knee replacement surgery on Monday, June 24. Before she has this procedure, we want to pray for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. Please join us today (Friday) in the student life office from 11:30 a.m. to noon to wish Jere well and say a word of prayer.

Even if you can’t make it to this gathering, please keep her in your thoughts and prayers during this procedure and recovery.

One of our ice cream freezers died last week and 1,500 ice cream novelties thawed. We refroze them and they may not look good, but they taste great!

Please come by anytime today (Friday) and get one or fill an ice chest, as we can’t use them and we hate to throw them away.

– Bon Appetit

The financial affairs office will be closed on Friday, July 5. There will be no check or direct deposit (ACH) runs that week due to the July 4 holiday. Please submit your check requests by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 24, for payment on June 28. All check requests received on June 25 or later will not be processed until the week of July 8.

Please contact Bruce Owen (bowen@georgefox.edu), in financial affairs, if you have any questions.

Please note a correction on the e-nnouncement that appeared yesterday. The temporary location for mail and print services July 1-3 will be in Lemmons 12 and 13, not Calder 12 and 13.

Questions? Contact Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.

Across the nation, tragic events are playing out in our workplaces, schools, churches, theaters and shopping malls. These incidents are not random crimes, but acts of targeted violence. The potential for violence cannot be denied. Mitigating risk and offering protection without compromising an organization’s mission or values is the goal of Holvi Protective.

Zach Elliott, a managing partner at Holvi LLC, a threat assessment and threat management agency located in Newberg, will be the featured speaker at the Tuesday, June 25, monthly Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Elliott has more than 12 years of experience in public safety, serving as a forensic evidence technician with the Oregon State Police, a security director for an Oregon school district and other special assignments in law enforcement. He is a 2007 graduate of the Gavin De Becker Threat Assessment and Threat Management Academy and has provided training and services for hundreds of clients.

Elliott also serves in a pastoral role as an elder at Hillside Fellowship Church, which meets at the Newberg Historical Chapel & Event Center on Main Street in Newberg.

For more information, go to the Chamber’s website or call 503-928-8354.

Summer core fitness classes are now being offered in Minthorn Hall from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday mornings. There is no fee to participate.

We will not have class on the following dates:

• Thursday, July 4
• Tuesday, July 30
• Thursday, Aug. 1

The last day is TBA (sometime in mid-August). Questions? Contact Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

We have a limited number of tickets available for The Addams Family – The Musical, presented by Broadway Across America. The show is Wednesday, June 26, at the Keller Auditorium in Portland. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

If you are interested in attending with our group, tickets may be purchased for $43 each. Please contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu or 503- 554-2134 with any questions or to reserve your tickets. You may purchase online at this link.

We want to thank everyone on campus for their support these past few days as we’ve worked hard jointly with Event Services and Custodial Services and many others to take good care of our Old German Baptist Brethren summer conference attendees.

As a thank you, we will have free coffee and cookies for everyone on campus today (Wednesday) from 8 to 11 a.m. in the Bruin Den.

To a person, these attendees have fallen in love with our campus and have expressed a strong desire to possibly return in future years. Way to go Fox!

University Mail and Print Services will be temporarily relocating into Calder 12 and 13 for three days, July 1-3. The power to the North Street Annex will be turned off during that time. Limited services as follows:

Mail Services

• Incoming mail and packages received in Calder 12
• Mail and package pick-up in Calder 12 (no access to current mailboxes in the North Street Annex)
• Limited outgoing U.S. Mail Services
• No outgoing UPS, FEDEX, etc.
• No outgoing packages over 25 pounds
• No outgoing bulk discounted mailings
• No address list processing
• Courier to Portland all three days (items to be in Mail Services by 9:45 a.m.)

Print Services

• Color and black/white printing available
• Limited production ability – no large quantity jobs
• No envelope addressing

Please plan your print and mail items accordingly. Bring any large quantity or detailed jobs into Print Services and Mail Services the week of June 24. Be aware that our turnaround time may be longer due to limited access to our equipment and supplies at our temporary location. We are here to serve and we will do our best to accommodate your requests during this time.

Questions? Contact Sherrie Frost ext. 2556.