Comings and Goings
The registrar’s office welcomed Aleida Polanco as an enrollment specialist in late June. She has worked for the past three months as a receptionist and administrator in the Sherwood School District. Before that, she worked as an administrator for Aflac Insurance for two years (2010-12) and served as a site director (2006-07) for Biola University’s STAR Academics program, which provides scholastically challenging classes for home-schooled high school students as they prepare for college. Aleida earned a bachelor’s degree in business and management from the University of Redlands in 1991. She lives in Sherwood with her husband, Vic; her daughter, Gizelle, a student at George Fox; and her son, Victor, who attends Sherwood High School. She attends Countryside Community Church in Sherwood with her family.
The adult degree program welcomed Emily Sheffield as a recruitment and enrollment counselor last week. Since 2004, she has worked in various capacities for Nordstrom in the Portland area – as a department manager (2012), assistant department manager (2011), management intern (2010) and sales associate (2004-09). She also has work experience in higher education, working for VP Recruitment of Eugene, Ore., as a recruiter for the Chi Omega Chapter at the University of Oregon (2009-11). Emily earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Oregon in 2011. She lives in Portland and is active at Solid Rock Church.
The School of Business welcomed Ty Sohlman last week as an admissions counselor for the MBA program. For the past five years she has worked as a recruiter of high school students for the Art Institute of Portland. The three years prior to that, she was the marketing director for an orthopaedic consulting business in Portland. Ty earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Western Oregon University in 2001. She lives in Tigard with her husband, John, and their two children: daughter Harper (3) and son John (8 months). Ty and her family attend Horizon Community Church in Tualatin.
Jenny Zaganiacz joined the Office of Student Life last week as the administrative assistant for Housing and Residence Life. A George Fox alumna from the class of 2011, her prior work experience includes time as a receptionist and serving as the executive assistant to the president for Oregon Electric Group (2011-12). Jenny holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She lives in Newberg with her husband, John, and attends Grace Chapel in Wilsonville.
Tamara Cissna (Marketing Communications) is leaving the university this Friday after serving at George Fox for nine years. She has accepted the position of associate vice president of marketing and communication at Earlham College in Indiana. A farewell reception for her is scheduled from between 3 and 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 13, in the Pennington House courtyard.