Our financial wellness theme continues this month. This week, we are sharing helpful resources about home ownership, including buying, selling and refinancing, as well as free financial advice and online tools.
Be well.
– HR
Performing strength training exercises helps to maintain function and reduce the risk of injury. It is recommended that we strength train at least two days a week. However, only about 20% of people meet this recommendation.
In a free 30-minute course offered through the College of Physical Therapy, you can learn how to strength train at home without owning specific gym equipment. Get all the details here.
Interested? Email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu to participate.
Healthcare workers are burned out and leaving their noble work – and the suicide rate in this demographic is alarming and a longstanding problem. We need to take care of our healthcare workers so they can take care of us! Let’s start healing together.
We in the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute invite you to join us for a continuing medical education course (CME), “Healthcare Worker Wellness Summit: From Demoralization to Remoralization in OUR Work,” via Zoom from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 10.
You will receive CME and strength through sharing stories and learning skills to bring back joy in our healthcare work.
For more information and the registration link, go here.
The Department of Art & Design invites you to attend a research presentation by faculty candidate Justin Barker. He will share some of his research in the field of graphic design tomorrow (Thursday) at 1:30 p.m. and give a teaching demo on graphic design skills on Friday, May 13, from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. Both presentations will be held in Hoover 103.
Contact Rachel Davis at racheld@georgefox.edu with any questions.
The College of Physical Therapy’s Health and Wellness Week is next week! All events are free and open to the George Fox community, family and friends.
Details about each event can be found here. Email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu to sign up for an event.
You have less than a week to sign up for the free Mediterranean diet taster and educational session, hosted by the College of Physical Therapy. Join us at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 16, at the Medical Sciences Building, 448 N. Werth Bvld., in Newberg.
Sample five dishes and learn how this diet may reduce the risk of heart disease and other chronic illnesses. This event is one of several free offerings during our Health and Wellness Week.
To sign up, email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu.
If your contract ends soon and/or you will not be on campus through the summer, please 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, 2022, must be deposited in the current fiscal year.
If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173. Thank you and have a great summer!
The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday!
If you have a birthday in May or June, please stop by the academic affairs office on the second floor of Hoover (HVR 230) on Thursday, May 12, or Friday, May 13, for a slice of birthday cake!
Portland Center employees may pick up a cupcake at the front desk! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.
The finance department is asking for your help. Please review our fiscal year-end reminders for June 30, 2022, on the Finance webpage under “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures.”
If you have questions, contact Cris Banton at cbanton@georgefox.edu.
Courier deliveries between Newberg and the Portland Center will be reduced to one day a week. The delivery day will be Thursday.
If you need something delivered sooner than that day, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu for special arrangements.
Have you signed up yet for our annual Grant Training Day? If not, today is the last day to sign up! Register here.
You can join us in person or remotely on Thursday, May 12, for the event. Enjoy lunch, learn and celebrate George Fox’s grant excellence with us. If you plan to attend in person, we’ll meet from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Contact Sarah Tenney at stenney@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.
Do you (or anyone you know) experience frequent back pain? Most of us experience a bout of acute back pain, but when back pain persists it weights on us physically and mentally.
There are things that you can do to reduce back pain and ultimately improve your overall health. The College of Physical Therapy will be hosting a free spine care class on Thursday, May 19, as part of our annual Health and Wellness Week.
During this 30-minute class you will learn tips and exercises to increase your back strength, improve flexibility, and reduce your pain.
For details, go here. To sign up, email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu.
On Wednesday, June 8, the employee community will be observing a Day of Prayer. The two-fold purpose for this day is:
Details:
During the Day of Prayer, employees are encouraged to:
During the Day of Prayer, employees are discouraged from:
If you have any questions, please contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
If your contract ends soon and/or you will not be on campus through the summer, please 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, 2022, must be deposited in the current fiscal year.
If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173. Thank you and have a great summer!
For requesters wanting to set up a new vendor, it is the responsibility of the requester to send the vendor the new Vendor Setup Form for them to fill out. The form is listed on the finance page here.
When communicating with your vendors, please have them submit these forms, along with their W-9 and banking verification documents, to Frank Charles, our purchasing director, at fcharles@georgefox.edu.
As a reminder, no purchases can be made without an approved George Fox PO number. If you have questions about the PO process, feel free to review this requisition tutorial on the finance page or email Sonia Rademacher at rademacher@georgefox.edu.
Campus Public Safety will be conducting its annual Bicycle Roundup this Monday, May 9. If you are staying on campus over the summer and plan to keep a bike here, please stop by the Campus Public Safety office to get a sticker ID so that your bike will not be removed.
Bicycle Rules for Summer
At the end of the spring semester, a university-wide bicycle “clean-up” is done. Bicycles that are illegally parked, unregistered or inoperable are impounded. Bicycle racks need to be cleared to do routine maintenance to the racks and surrounding areas.
In order to accommodate the maintenance of the bicycle rack areas, bicycles may not be stored on campus during the summer semester. If you are not going to be on campus using your bicycles during the summer, please remove it. Bicycle claims can be made at the Campus Public Safety/parking services office.
Students using their bikes during the summer must move their bikes to the nearest rack of their summer housing.
Bicycles NOT picked up from the impound lot within 60 days will be forwarded to local charities at the discretion of the Campus Public Safety department. Junk bicycles will be recycled.
If you have questions, contact Karen Toohey at ktoohey@georgefox.edu.
The Hadlock Student Center will be open this summer from May 2 through Aug. 19. Hours will be 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Hadlock will be closed Saturdays and Sundays, as well as for Memorial Day and Independence Day.
Employees, spouses and children ages 18 to 26 are able to acquire free access to the Hadlock Student Center. Please review our other access policies and details here.
Please note that the rental center is also open all summer, anytime Hadlock is open. This is a very popular service, so reservations are encouraged to guarantee equipment.
If you have questions about summer hours or other details, please contact AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu.
Welcome to May! This month we will focus on our financial wellness. Topics will include retirement and estate planning, home ownership, banking and credit, budgeting, investing, identity protection and many more. We will provide you with access to webinars, free financial advice, online tools and resources.
Today, we offer you great resources about retirement and show you how you can access free financial advice and online tools. You can find it all at this link.
Be well.
– HR
This year the physical therapy program is offering four free exercise classes as part of our Health and Wellness Week.
Would you like to learn how you can do resistance training at home with minimal or no weights? Curious about Zumba? Interested in the benefits of yoga? Want to learn how to stretch and strengthen you back? These classes will be held Tuesday, May 17, through Thursday, May 19. Details can be found here.
To sign up, email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu. Space is limited, so sign up today.
Do you or someone you know currently suffer from patellofemoral pain (pain around the patella bone) or jumper’s knee (pain at the patellar tendon)?
Jason Brumitt, PT, PhD, is recruiting individuals with either of these conditions to participate in a rehabilitation study. All treatments associated with this study are free.
If you have questions or would like to enroll (or enroll someone you know), please email Jason at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu.
