The Daily Bruin

The beginning of the 2008-09 school year is near, which means it’s time to mark your calendars for the fall community meeting on Friday, Aug. 15. The gathering will begin in the Klages Dining Hall with breakfast at 8 a.m. At 8:30 a.m., we will move to Bauman Auditorium for a meeting that will last until 10:30 a.m.

All employees are required to attend. (Employees working on the four-day work week schedule will have to make arrangements to accommodate their attendance at the meeting.)

Please join us as we share our appreciation with Carol Green, dean of the School of Professional Studies, at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, in the Portland Center’s main lobby. If you cannot attend and would like to send a note or card, please mail those to Karlyn Fleming (Academic Affairs) at Box 6246.

Carol is heading to LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, to serve as vice president for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. She has been dean of the George Fox SPS program since 2005.

Thank you,
Academic Affairs

As in past summers, the Bruin Den will be closed over the next two weeks, Aug. 4-15. This will allow Plant Services the opportunity to replace the kitchen floor and do preventative maintenance on equipment prior to the start of classes. It will reopen on Aug. 18.

Thank you for a great summer and we look forward to seeing everyone in a couple of weeks.

Bruin Den staff

Employees are invited to take part in the Bruin Athletic Association’s annual Golf Classic, silent auction, and dinner on Thursday, Sept. 18, at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course in Newberg.

The event begins at noon with registration and lunch. Play begins with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. You may register as a foursome or as a single. To learn more or to register, contact Patty Findley (Athletics) at ext. 2910.

George Fox is co-sponsoring a Transformational Development Conference with Food for the Hungry on the Newberg campus Aug. 14-16.

Bryant Myer, author of Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development, will speak. George Fox staff and students will receive a discounted rate of $70 (without meals) or $120 (with meals).

The event will address the question of how missions, theology, poverty, and development intersect. It also will give attendees a chance to meet, network, and dialogue with local and international NGOs, ministries, and universities – and the leaders, scholars, students, practitioners, educators, and theologians behind them.

To register and get details on the schedule and logistics,  visit TDconference.org.

Undergrad admissions will need someone to fill in for Melissa Rosenberg, an administrative assistant, for about 30 hours per week from mid-August until early November during her maternity leave. Previous administrative support experience is required for this job.

Also, HR is looking for someone to assist with PeopleSoft implementation work and other HR and payroll work from early August through early October. This person must be detail-oriented and have a high level of accuracy in working with numbers. Previous payroll or accounting experience would be helpful but is not required. This position also will average 30 hours per week, but the schedule may vary depending on needs in any given week.

If you know of someone who might be a good fit for either job, please have them contact Peggy Kilburg at pkilburg@georgefox.edu or phone (503-554-2182). A completed George Fox application will be required to be considered. The link can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu.

Just a reminder to go to serveday.georgefox.edu/employee_signup.html to request your top sites for Serve Day. All submissions need to be in by Thursday, July 31. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kayin Griffith, Serve Day coordinator, at serveday@georgefox.edu.

The 10th annual Serve Day will be on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

We are quickly approaching the closing of our books for 2007-08. The cut-off date for this year is Wednesday, July 23, for charging anything that is for last year’s budget.  After that time, any costs associated with 2007-08 will have to go into your 2008-09 budget.

1.    Please forward any invoices to Financial Affairs for goods and/or services that were received prior to July 1, 2008.
2.    Please review your 2007-2008 budget report and notify Financial Affairs if there are any outstanding purchase orders for goods and/or services that were not received prior to July 1 so they can be disencumbered.

Thank you for your assistance in helping with the year-end closing and the preparation for the annual external audit. Please call ext. 2160 if you have any questions.

Plant Services is organizing a crew to remove invasive species and do general maintenance work in the south end of Hess Creek Canyon from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, July 23. Those interested in assisting are instructed to meet at the corner of Hancock and Carlton Way.

Thank you,

Plant Services

Just a reminder to go to serveday.georgefox.edu/employee_signup.html to request your top sites for Serve Day. All submissions need to be in before Aug. 1. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kayin Griffith, Serve Day coordinator, at serveday@georgefox.edu.

The 10th annual Serve Day will be on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

The city of Newberg will be closing Fulton Street in the coming week to do crosswalk and speed table work in the area across from the Friendsview Retirement Center. Please plan accordingly.

HR is recruiting both internally and externally to fill an executive assistant I (pay range 7) vacancy in the Office of Academic Affairs. Andrea Byerley, who had held this position, is transferring to the registrar’s office to work as an enrollment counselor.

The incumbent of this position will work with Karlyn Fleming and Patrick Allen, providing support to the AAO, as well as with/for Hank Helsabeck, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. The full position announcement is at jobs.georgefox.edu. You can e-mail hr@georgefox.edu for a transfer request if you would like to apply for this position. If you refer this position to any external applicants, please refer them to jobs.georgefox.edu.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering FoxTALE workshops in August for faculty and other interested employees.

On the Newberg campus:

FoxTALE Introduction – Friday, Aug. 22, 9 a.m. – noon, Hoover 211
FoxTALE Open Lab Time – Friday, Aug. 22, 1-4 p.m., Hoover 211
FoxTALE Quizzes and Grades – Tuesday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m. – noon, Hoover 211

At the Portland Center:

FoxTALE Introduction – Monday, Aug. 25, 1-4 p.m., PDS 210

Please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) if you would like to attend any of these workshops.

We are quickly approaching the closing of our books for fiscal year 07-08.  Each year at this time we notify you of the cut-off date for anything that needs to be charged in last year.  That cut-off date for this year is July 23, 2008.  After that time, any costs associated with fiscal year 07-08 will have to go into your fiscal year 08-09 budget.

1.    Please forward any invoices to Financial Affairs for goods and/or services that were received prior to July 1, 2008.
2.    Please review your 2007-2008 budget report and notify Financial Affairs if there are any outstanding Purchase orders for goods and/or services that were not received prior to July 1 so they can be disencumbered.

Please continue to pray for us as we are aggressively coming up to speed on the new PeopleSoft systems, while trying keeping up with the year-end closing and the preparation for our annual audit.

Please call us if you have any questions on this.  (ext. 2160)

Financial Affairs

“Community Highlights,” a site created as a resource for members of the George Fox community, is now live. It is open to those who wish to share and/or get information about what’s new in town, civic and church events, and restaurants in and around Newberg.

Simply bookmark the link blogs.georgefox.edu/highlights in your browser or set up the RSS feed option. You may send submissions to Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu. Feel free to comment and make suggestions for more categories.

Security Services, in cooperation with the police departments of Newberg and Dundee, is offering free bicycle registration at the security office. Starting Monday, July 21, security will assist you in registering your bike, and your information will be transfered to the Newberg Police Department for its records. This is a free service, so please take advantage before the school year rush.

Ed Gierok,
Security Services

Employees are invited to attend all-community strategic planning sessions from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 14, in Hoover 105.

The sessions will include strategic planning updates from the chairs of the strategic planning work groups. The meeting will begin in Hoover 105 and then break out into rotating sessions in specified Hoover classrooms. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

Serve Day organizers need at least 10 more team leaders to lead groups of volunteers for Serve Day on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

A team leader’s responsibilities:

• Attend a meeting on Sept. 3 from 4 to 5 p.m. to receive information about site
• Contact both site and RA prior to Serve Day and make sure they are aware of all details
• Supervise volunteers on Serve Day, helping make sure communication happens between site rep and team. Also, helping make sure that the team has what it needs and is comfortable with tasks.

If you are interested in being a team leader, please contact Kayin Griffith, Serve Day coordinator, at serveday@georgefox.edu. Thank you for your time!

Kayin Griffith

The University Store will host a sale during Genesis Thursday and Friday, July 10-11. Save 20 percent on all George Fox imprinted items, 30 percent on all school and art supplies, Zulugrass jewelry, and World of Good products, and 50 percent on sunglasses and Prestige makeup. Diploma frames are excluded in the sale.

Please join us Wednesday, July 16 at 1 p.m. in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center for a farewell gathering for Dana Miller, chief advancement officer at George Fox University for 11 years. Dana is joining the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in Vancouver, Wash., as senior program director for grant programs.

Miller has been a member of the senior leadership for three George Fox presidents. In 2002, Miller was promoted to vice president for marketing and advancement with responsibility for all external university functions, including admissions, marketing and university relations.