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The Campus Public Safety office will be conducting active shooter training on campus this summer. We will instruct based on particular buildings and/or departments.

The training will include a presentation, along with drill participation and an after-training evaluation. Your departments should have been contacted for this training. If not, reach out to us to set up a time.

Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 for more information, or email us at campussafety@georgefox.edu.

As a Providence Health Plan member, you may be eligible to participate in the Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle (H.E.A.L.) program, a free lifestyle coaching service.

H.E.A.L. is an evidence-based weight management program aimed at helping you build healthy habits, improve your well-being, and lower your risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. The Providence live virtual one-on-one and group classes allow you to interact with your coaches and other program participants. You will also have opportunities to interact one-on-one with your coach.

To participate, you cannot have a previous diagnosis of Type 1 or 2 diabetes and must be:

• 18 years or older
• Have a BMI of 25 or higher, or 23 for Asian Americans
• Find out your BMI (click here)
• Have at least one of the following:

* If you are not eligible for the H.E.A.L. program, you can still enroll into the Providence standard health coaching program.

Interested in learning more? Click here to get started.

There is still time to participate in live educational webinars about your new retirement account and online resources. Take advantage of this great opportunity and sign up today!

Nationwide webinars are scheduled this week:

• Tuesday, May 23, at 8:30 a.m.
• Tuesday, May 23, 4 p.m.
• Thursday, May 25, 8:30 a.m.
• Thursday, May 25, 4 p.m.

Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday! If you have a birthday in May or June, we would like to celebrate you.

Please stop by the Academic Affairs Office today (Friday) between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a birthday treat! We’re located on the second floor of Hoover, in Suite 230.

Portland Center employees may pick up their birthday treat at the front desk (allergen-free options are available). Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Serve Day will make a return on Wednesday, Sept. 13! If you haven’t already, please help us by completing this form for all employees (survey is required for all Newberg employees 0.5 FTE and above).

We want to do our best to prioritize placing employees with community partners/serve sites you already feel connected to, can grow a potential service partnership with, or that set you up to serve with passion.

Also on the form, you can note any limitations, previous sites served, or questions you have and we’ll take them into consideration when we place you on a team over the summer.

If you’re planning to be on sabbatical, family leave, or know of a significant change that will keep you away from campus during the week of Serve Day, you can let us know using the form. It is essential for our planning.

Then next 17 weeks will breeze by, and before you know it, the time will come for our next highly anticipated Serve Day together!

Contact serveday@georgefox.edu with all of your important questions and feedback.

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday! If you have a birthday in May or June, we would like to celebrate you.

Please stop by the Academic Affairs Office today (Thursday) or tomorrow between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a birthday treat! We’re located on the second floor of Hoover, in Suite 230.

Portland Center employees may pick up their birthday treat at the front desk (allergen-free options are available). Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Attention Providence members: Gearing up for summer fun? Be sure to check out great summer savings with the LifeBalance Program’s 2023 Summer Guide!

Check out great deals on attraction admission, flights and hotel stays, outdoor gear, and more.

The Portland Writing Center (PWC) is switching scheduling software from Penji to TracCloud. To make an appointment with the PWC, please go to traccloud.georgefox.edu.

All George Fox graduate and undergraduate students may schedule remote writing or academic coaching appointments with the PWC throughout the summer. Live Zoom consultations are preferred, though alternatives can be discussed if consultant availability doesn’t align with a student’s schedule.

If you have questions about PWC services or experience difficulty scheduling with TracCloud, please email wc@georgefox.edu.

Fall 2023 course materials selections may be submitted now. Get those orders in so the bookstore can source used books and protect its stock from other stores.

If your class has no store-provided materials, please let us know that as well. Go to Follett Discover or email us at 1478mgr@follett.com.

If you have any purchase orders that will not be received before the end of FY23 (i.e. June 30, 2023), please note that those will need to be paid from FY24 operating budget without exception. We have a hard cutoff date of June 30, 2023, that we need to abide by.

Please reach out to the purchasing department at purchasing@georgefox.edu with any questions that you might have.

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday! If you have a birthday in May or June, we would like to celebrate you.

Please stop by the Academic Affairs Office this Thursday, May 18, or Friday, May 19, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a birthday treat! We’re located on the second floor of Hoover, in Suite 230.

Portland Center employees may pick up their birthday treat at the front desk (allergen-free options are available). Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Newberg is expecting temperatures to remain in the low 90s, with up to 53% humidity, through Wednesday evening. Please take extra precautions in accordance with George Fox’s high-temperature prevention plan.

If you work in a building with limited or no air conditioning, we invite you to utilize spaces such as the Murdock Library, EHS atrium, or inside Klages to work. Because temperatures increased so rapidly, our bodies are not acclimated, so please drink plenty of water, work or stay in the shade during the highest heat of the day, and be aware of symptoms of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

If you have any questions, contact Kim Knoernschild, the environmental health and safety specialist, at kknoernschild@georgefox.edu.

Come join Bon Appetit for our summer specials in the Bridge Cafe and enjoy a meal on the patio! The patio lunches will start up at 11:15 a.m.

This week, we’ll have “Taco Tuesday,” so come enjoy some pollo asado tacos! On Wednesday, we will have crispy chicken caesar wraps.

Please check out georgefox.cafebonappetit.com for specials each week.

Please bring in your deposits! If your contract ends soon and/or you will not be on campus through the summer please be sure to bring over any cash or checks before you leave.

Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to be deposited. Checks dated prior to June 30, 2023, must be deposited in the current fiscal year.

If you have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at 503-554-2173. Thank you, and have a great summer!

Plan to join us tomorrow (Tuesday) at 3 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium for our monthly all-employee meeting. You are welcome to participate in Bauman or on Zoom.

Refreshments will be assorted house-made chips and dips!

You may have received a letter, email or text about our newly launched chapel brick campaign. The campaign is an opportunity to dedicate a brick in your name or the name of a loved one to be featured in our alumni garden, adjacent to the chapel.

We are honored to build a sacred space together. If you would like to purchase a brick in one installment of $1,500 or three installments of $500, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact Gwyn Curtis in the advancement office at gcurtis@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2115.

Calling all veterans! You are welcome to have a cup of coffee (and delish pastries) with the university’s Veterans Club every Tuesday. We meet from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Nut Tree Ranch Community Center (2902 E. 2nd St., in Newberg) to share in conversation and fellowship.

We have guest speakers every so often, but mostly this is an hour of meeting new faces and getting out of the house for a bit of conversation with Christian veterans. Please join us. We would love to have you! The coffee has been graciously sponsored by Caravan Coffee Roasters.

Contact Stauros Gibson at sgibson21@georgefox.edu for more information.

George Fox University receives rankings from Niche.com and U.S. News & World Report. You can help continue to grow awareness of George Fox by asking alumni, current students and parents to share their reviews.

U.S. News & World Report also accepts reviews from employees, parents of students, and alumni. If you are an employee at George Fox and also an alumnus, you may also complete a Niche.com review.

Email Amanda Howard at ahoward@georgefox.edu for more information.

The Serve Day Committee is thrilled to begin planning for Serve Day XXIII: Sept. 13, 2023!

We like to prioritize placing you with community partners you’re already connected to, or in roles that will help you serve with passion. Please help us by completing this form.

In it, you can note any limitations, previous sites served or questions you have, and we’ll take them into consideration when we place you on a team over the summer.

If you’re planning to be on sabbatical, family leave, or know of a significant change that will keep you away from campus during the week of Serve Day, you can let us know using the form. It is essential for our planning.

Please note: The survey above is required for all Newberg employees (0.5 FTE and above). Contact serveday@georgefox.edu with all of your important questions and feedback.

Only four months until Sept. 13, our next highly anticipated Serve Day together!

Plant Services will only be open from 1 to 3:30 p.m. today (Friday).