We are having some great lunch specials in the Bruin Den and Villa Café this week! Tuesday we are serving Mexican food out of the Groovy Bruin on the quad, Wednesday is our weekly barbecue outside the Bruin Den, and Thursday we are celebrating the roots of barbecue, Carolina style.
Check out the full menus on our website and join us for lunch!
A visiting football coach is looking for housing in the Newberg area during the 2015 football season. He is looking for a furnished apartment, townhouse or small house. Please contact George Fox football coach Chris Casey (ccasey@georgefox.edu) if you have any leads.
What are the secrets to unlocking a powerful brand in the marketplace? Rob Westervelt, executive vice president of enrollment and marketing at George Fox, will speak on the subject of branding at the Tuesday, June 23, Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Windrose Conference Center, 809 W. First St. The cost is a suggested $5 donation.
Four years ago, Westervelt helped the school build a brand that has seen its net revenues grow 21 percent during a time when most universities in George Fox’s category were experiencing significant declines. As part of the presentation, Westervelt will share insights into understanding how brands are developed and destroyed. His presentation aims to help those attending improve their company’s bottom line.
Westervelt’s expertise in brand development can be seen throughout Oregon through George Fox’s “Be Known†campaign and the development of the university’s football brand. He has a passion for working with business leaders to help them understand the powerful connections between business analytics, marketing and branding.
For more information, go to the Chamber’s website, cccnw.net, or call 503-928-8354.
The end of our fiscal year is quickly approaching! To ensure a clean cut-off between FY15 and FY16 spending, the last day to use your George Fox Visa for fiscal year 2015 purchases is Thursday, June 25. Please refrain from using your card for any purchases after this date.
If you will be traveling for business during this time, please contact Matt Hammar (ext. 2162) or Kathi Becker (ext. 2166) to discuss arrangements on how to handle purchases after June 25.
Credit card purchases for the 2015-16 fiscal year can begin on or after July 1. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Matt or Kathi at the extension numbers listed above.
Eleven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:
The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.
George Fox University is excited to welcome a freshman football player with an inspirational story. As many of you may have read in this Oregonian story by John Canzano, Rudy Hughes plans to join our campus community after serving as a major supporter of his mother as she battled cancer during his high school years in West Linn. In part because of the financial hardships incurred with her treatment, the family is seeking loans and has started a GoFundMe account to help cover the cost of college.
Unfortunately, the NCAA has strict guidelines for student-athletes that prohibit university employees from funding their education. In short, if you are an employee of George Fox, it is a violation of NCAA rules to donate to Rudy’s account, and doing so jeopardizes his eligibility to play football.
We are obviously excited Rudy will be joining us, as he has exhibited tremendous character in trying circumstances, but we also do not wish to hurt his chances of suiting up for the Bruins this fall. Please refrain from donating to the GoFundMe account if you are a George Fox employee.
When the Bruins play at home, you can count on a packed stadium. It takes a village to make our football games the success that they are, and we’d love to have you join our team of incredible volunteers, the Bruin Brigade. All volunteers will receive lunch at each game they volunteer, free entry into the game and a T-shirt.
If you’re interested in joining the Bruin Brigade as a ticket seller or at the information table, send an email to Sarah Reid (sreid@georgefox.edu) and she’ll get you connected.
A newly hired George Fox professor and his family of four (including two boys, ages 8 and 10) would like to house sit for anyone needing a long-term sitter. The professor is Larry Metzger, a former Jesuit priest and now a professor of English as a Second Language. He is currently living in Oman and will arrive in the U.S. in late August. He and his family are willing to house sit for up to a year.
Please contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu or ext. 2643) or Rebecca Valdovinos (rvaldovinos@georgefox.edu or ext. 2641) if you or anyone you know will be in need of a house sitter.
Plant Services will begin remodeling the women’s locker room next week, and they need anyone who has a locker in the general changing area to remove all items from their locker by tomorrow (Friday).
If personal items are not moved in time, we will have to cut off locks and store all items in plastic bags until claimed by owners.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Summer is a great time to do advance preparation for the upcoming academic year, and if you haven’t been trained in basic first aid, CPR or AED (automated external defibrillator), now is the time to sign up! Basic Life Support classes for health professionals are also scheduled during the summer months and are required for nursing, physical therapy and PsyD students. These are the already-scheduled classes that still have openings:
Sign-up and payment is done online on this security services page. If these dates do not work for you, please contact Mark Stone at mstone@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2090 to discuss scheduling other dates. Classes are limited to eight and must have a minimum of four people to be held.
Learning these important skills can help you save a life! Just last weekend, citizens helped save two people from drowning in the Portland metro area using their CPR skills.
The Newberg School District is looking for a host family to share the experience of American culture with the exchange teacher participating in the Teachers of Critical Languages Program this coming school year.
In addition to understanding American culture, the teacher coming to teach Mandarin to Newberg middle and high school students wants to share her Chinese culture with Americans and improve relationships between our two countries. The host family, or families hosting for a partial year, would be responsible for renting a room in their home, including her in day-to-day family life and assisting with transportation to and from the high school (she will have a bicycle).
The exchange teacher will participate in an American “boot camp,†a welcome program and local cultural introduction, plus ongoing Chinese cultural exchange activities at George Fox. A host (or hosts) is needed between Aug. 20, 2015, through June 2016. A stipend is included. Please contact Stafford Boyd at 503-554-5015 or boyds@newberg.k12.or.us for further information.
The Northwest Pacific Lace Society is holding its regional conference on campus this week. Established in 1971, the Portland Lace Society is a chartered member of the International Organization of Lace, Inc. and is dedicated to both the study and art of handmade lacemaking, including tatting, knitted lace, point lace and needle lace. Stop by the EHS Atrium Saturday, June 20, to see demonstrations and meet vendors.
The Friends Association of Higher Education Conference is here June 18-21. The theme this year is “Truth and Transformation.†The conference aims to deepen our practice and sharpen our skills as we seek to pursue, discern and honor the truth in our Quaker heritage.
A special feature this year is a one-act play, First Lady Lou, which features the historic contributions made by Lou Hoover before, during and after the presidency of her husband, Herbert Hoover, who attended Pacific Friends Academy (the forerunner of George Fox University). Tickets are $15 (general admission), $10 (seniors/George Fox community members) and $5 (students) and can be purchased at the door of Wood-Mar Auditorium on Friday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. (cash or check only). The show begins that night at 7:30 p.m.
George Fox’s own Gridiron Football Team Camp is here June 21-24. High school teams will be here to sharpen skills and experience college-level coaching. Camp format allows teams to practice together, scrimmage other teams, and compete in 7-on-7 and Pass pro/Pass rush (pro rush).
Questions or comments? Contact Lisa Leslie or Peg Hutton at 503-554-2027.
Ensuring great first impressions is important to us here at George Fox University, and we are searching for a custodian to help us with that mission. The ideal candidate will work in the Portland Center from 3 p.m. to midnight and on Saturdays. Learn more about this and other positions at George Fox University here.
They are cleaning out the Foxhole, so Fellowship at Fox will be outside this Thursday, June 18, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the beautiful sun-soaked quad! We’ll have cookies and refreshments, games, and talk about what it looks like to live out our faith in college.
This is a new series we are starting, and we’re excited about it! It’s a great time to swing by and join us if you haven’t already. The mission of our small group is to bring people together on campus this summer, in a Christ-centered environment, where we can just be ourselves and have fun. So come, bring yourself, bring a friend, and enjoy the warm summer evening with us!
Questions? Suggestions? Contact Heather McDonald (hmcdonald13@georgefox.edu) or Joshua Rockwell (jrockwell14@georgefox.edu).
Staff, administrators, faculty members and adjuncts: Is your hang tag permit in tatters, or even worse, is it missing? Is your adjunct permit from 2012? Never fear because new, more durable staff and faculty hang tags are coming this summer!
The last details are being finalized on a new vehicle registration database that you will access via MyGFU. All employee and adjunct hang tags will become invalid once the new system is in place, so please watch The Daily Bruin announcements for how this new database will be unrolling within a few weeks.
A bit more information will be needed when you register, so once the system is live, please note the information that is being requested and have it all on hand when you access the database to register. If you have put in a request for a staff or adjunct permit within the past month or so, it won’t be fulfilled at this point due to the database switchover. We will be sending out directions once the system is live, so keep watching here for all of the information!
Portland employees: If you regularly come to the Newberg campus, we would like you to register as well. If you only work at the Portland Center, then there is no need to register.
Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.
After 17 years of faithful service to George Fox, John Newberry is retiring. Please join us as we celebrate at the Portland Center on Wednesday, June 24, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Room 155. Refreshments will be served.
The campus community is invited to a presentation of the play First Lady Lou, a one-woman dramatization of the life of Lou Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover, at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, June 19, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
The play features professional actress Jane Fellows in the title role. Tickets, available at the door, are $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors and university employees, and $5 for students.
After the play, a “talk-back†session with Fellows and Leslie Hoover-Lauble, great-granddaughter of Herbert and Lou Hoover, will be moderated by the university’s archivist Rachel Thomas. Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, attended the precursor to George Fox, Friends Pacific Academy, in the 1880s.
The presentation is among the events planned during the Friends Association for Higher Education Conference, scheduled on the George Fox campus Thursday through Sunday, June 18-21. The event will draw Friends educators from colleges, universities and study centers from around the world.
More information on the conference and/or play is available by visiting quakerfahe.com or writing Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.
Interested in getting involved in a college group this summer? Matt Dyment, an area coordinator at George Fox, and his wife Carla are serving as youth pastors at Countryside Community Church in Sherwood, and they will be kicking off their weekly meetings this Wednesday, June 17, at 7 p.m.
During this first gathering, we will have a barbecue going with burgers and hot dogs. We will also hang out, meet new people and sing some worship songs together.
Interested? Come to Countryside Community Church at 18810 S.W. Kruger Road, Sherwood, on Wednesday! Hope to see you there!
Questions? Contact Mason Kriz at mkriz12@georgefox.edu.
Please help us welcome our incoming class of students at Genesis this Wednesday through Friday, June 17-19, by showing courtesy and parking somewhere other than the Hoover or Stevens parking lots.
When the Bruins play at home, you can count on a packed stadium. It takes a village to make our football games the success that they are, and we’d love to have you join our team of incredible volunteers, the Bruin Brigade. All volunteers will receive lunch at each game they volunteer, free entry into the game and a T-shirt.
If you’re interested in joining the Bruin Brigade as a ticket seller or at the information table, send an email to Sarah Reid (sreid@georgefox.edu) and she’ll get you connected.
