Archive for September, 2011

Portland, Salem, Redmond and Boise sites closed on Monday

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

The university’s campuses in Portland, Salem, Boise and Redmond will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, for the Labor Day holiday. The Newberg campus will be open and will instead take a mid-semester holiday on Friday, Oct. 14.

Courier not going to Portland, Salem on Monday, Sept. 5

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

The university’s courier will not be going to Portland or Salem on Monday (Sept. 5) as normal, as both of those campuses are closed for Labor Day.

The courier will go to Portland and Salem on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Thanks!
University Mail Services

Register your car now!

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Students: Around 230 of you have yet to either register your vehicle or register as NOT bringing a vehicle to campus. If you haven’t completed this by the Add/Drop date of Sept. 9, you WILL be issued a $25 non-refundable parking permit regardless of whether you have a car or not.

So, please register your vehicles on myGFU as soon as possible! If you didn’t bring a car to campus, you are still required to register on myGFU as “not bringing a car to campus” to avoid being assigned a parking permit.

Please contact Security Services at 503-554-2090 if you have questions after reading the Security Services webpages on the GFU website. We are more than happy to answer your parking/registration questions.

Bracelets available in Spiritual Life House

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

If you have yet to receive a bracelet that serves as a tangible reminder of how God seeks after us, please come by the Spil house and get one. Feel free to come by anytime, even if our office is closed; the “lost coin” bracelets will be in a jar on the porch.

Admissions hosts Bruin Preview T-shirt design contest

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Are you a graphic designer and want $50? Submit a T-shirt design that incorporates “George Fox” or “Be Known” to Andrea Heath (aheath@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Sept. 30, for a chance to earn $50.

The winning design will be printed on 400 T-shirts for prospective high school students at fall and spring Bruin Preview. The admissions office will choose the winning design by Friday, Oct. 7.

Serve Day schedule released

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Serve Day is next Wednesday! The entire university community will unite together for our 13th annual Serve Day, participating in a variety of service opportunities in Newberg and the surrounding area.

Here’s the schedule:

7:30-8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast begins/bag your own lunch (provided by Bon Appétit)
8:20 a.m. – Kick-off celebration on the quad lawn
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes on lawn (commuters meet in front of Bauman) and depart for service site
Lunch – Eat with your group at the service site
3-4 p.m. (approximate) – Participants return to campus
4 p.m. – Church Connection Fair and Volunteer Fair begin
4:30 p.m. – Campus celebration, games, activities fair begin
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Dinner

The cost of breakfast and the evening dinner is covered for all members of the university community (excluding family members). If you would like to invite family or friends to the community celebration and would like to purchase dinner tickets, please fill out this form. If you are not a team leader and would like to purchase a lunch, please fill out this form (gluten-free lunches are available by request on the morning of Serve Day).

If you have any questions, please contact your team leader or e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu.

Serve Day schedule released

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Serve Day is next Wednesday! The entire university community will unite together for our 13th annual Serve Day, participating in a variety of service opportunities in Newberg and the surrounding area.

Here’s the schedule:

7:30-8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast begins/bag your own lunch (provided by Bon Appétit)
8:20 a.m. – Kick-off celebration on the quad lawn
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes on lawn (commuters meet in front of Bauman) and depart for service site
Lunch – Eat with your group at the service site
3-4 p.m. (approximate) – Participants return to campus
4 p.m. – Church Connection Fair and Volunteer Fair begin
4:30 p.m. – Campus celebration, games, activities fair begin
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Dinner

The cost of breakfast, lunch, and dinner is covered for all George Fox students, even if you are not on a university meal plan. If you would like to invite family or friends from outside the Fox community to the evening celebration and would like to purchase dinner tickets, please fill out this form.

Serve Day is required for all undergraduate students. The university will be shut down during Serve Day, which means all daytime classes are canceled and campus offices are closed (evening classes are not canceled for Serve Day). If you live on campus, contact your RA for more information about your Serve Day assignment.

If you have any questions, please contact your RA or e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu.

Studio portrait session open to employees on Sept. 15

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Marketing Communications will host a staff/faculty portrait session from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Cap and Gown Room. These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use.

Please call or e-mail Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2125) to let us know what time you are planning to come. You can still come without prior notice.

Meal Plan Selection Deadline

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Students are responsible to select their own meal plan for the fall 2011 semester and confirm the charges on MyGFU.

The deadline for making any changes is Friday, Sept. 9, at 5 pm.

Information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plan Options page.

Students who fail to confirm their meal plans, and if eligible, make any changes, will be charged for the meal plan applied to their account even if they did not use the meal plan.

Students select their meal plans on MyGFU. Log in to your account. Click on SELF SERVICE. Under GFU Resources, click on UNIVERSITY FORMS.

If you have any questions about meal plans, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or ext. 2316.

Professional Activities Internships

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

We still have some great internships to offer this year in our Career Services office. Our past interns have had exceptional experiences, growing professionally. You will learn how to plan, market and execute events along with administrative records management, budget, communication, and public relations training. These internships must be set up for credit through you academic advisor.

Go to BruinCareers for more information or contact Sidney at ext. 2330 or atcareers@georgefox.edu. We might be just what you need and vice versa.

Serve Day Activity Fair

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Are you involved with a club on campus? Would you like to make other students aware of your club?

Then the Serve Day Activities Fair is just what you are looking for.

At the end of our service on Serve Day, during the all campus celebration, student clubs will have an opportunity to set up a display as a way to advertise your club. The tables will be set up on the quad near all the fun activities that will be planned.

If you would like for your club to be represented, please make plans to reserve your half of a table by contacting Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to Movie on the Lawn Friday

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

It’s our first Movie on the Lawn of the semester! Join us for a showing of Cool Runnings on Friday, Sept. 2, between 9 and 11 p.m. in the amphitheater. Snow cones, popcorn and candy will be available.

Questions? Contact Stephanie Grosse at sgrosse10@georgefox.edu.