The Daily Bruin

Imagine having a clearer picture of your entire financial life, from your current income and expenses to your long-term retirement goals. Comprehensive financial planning can help you connect all the pieces, offering insights into your assets and how to best prepare for the future. It’s an ongoing process that adapts as your life evolves, providing you with a strategy to navigate your financial journey.

As a George Fox University employee, you have access to comprehensive financial planning services through Nationwide’s Retirement Resource Group at no additional cost to you. Take advantage of this opportunity to gain a clearer understanding of your financial situation and make informed decisions about your future.

Find out more here.

Interested in learning some climbing fundamentals at the George Fox climbing wall, especially without students on campus? University Recreation is offering a School of Rock class for employees only, starting Tuesday, June 10. This class will repeat weekly through July!

University Recreation will also be offering a top rope fundamentals course, once in June and once in July. If you are interested in learning how to belay and climb on the ropes, this class is for you!

Classes are free and taught by professionally certified staff. Click this link to learn more.

Happy spring! Please complete a careful review of your department expenses using your VENA reports now, looking at your transactions through April 30.

Completing those adjustments now, before June 30, will help us stay on our very tight year-end schedule. This way, adjustments required in early July should only relate to May and June.

Thank you for your help!

– The Finance Team

The campus work-order system (TMA) is currently offline while we do a software update. Any time-sensitive issues should be emailed to plantservices@georgefox.edu. Thank you for your patience.

Learn to make gorgeous hanging baskets, like the ones that grace our George Fox quad area, tomorrow (Wednesday) starting at 9 a.m. You will learn a valuable skill and help decorate our beautiful campus. You are welcome to join in the class at any time (the event will last approximately four hours). Sign up by emailing nmcdaniel@georgefox.edu.

We will be located at the covered lower patio at the Thomas Center (1101 Villa Road). Please contact the Plant Services office with any questions at 503-554-2010.

Know of any great George Fox-related stories? Students making a difference in their communities? An inspiring account of someone who has overcome obstacles or has had an amazing faith journey? A professor who exemplifies the Be Known promise?

If so, we in marketing communications want to hear about it! Please fill out this form and include the name of the person you wish to highlight, their contact info (if possible), and a few details about what makes their story compelling. We’ll take it from there!

Some folks may be featured in our blog and/or on our website. Still others may be featured in a video or in our university magazine. In short, we’re looking for stories that communicate why George Fox is such a special place.

Thanks for taking time to share these stories with us!

Join your colleagues and coworkers for our first Summer Employee Worship Gathering this Thursday, May 15, from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. in the George Fox Chapel!

Enjoy singing, a thoughtful devotional and fellowship. These worship gatherings aim to provide an opportunity to worship together while promoting unity amongst our employees through our shared commitment to Jesus Christ. Mark your calendar for this Thursday!

For more information, contact Joe Thouvenel, director of engagement and culture, at jthouvenel@georgefox.edu.

George Fox has been committed to your financial well-being by offering on-campus retirement consultations every month, and now is your next opportunity to meet one-on-one with Phillip Carbajal, our dedicated retirement specialist from Nationwide, right here on campus. He will be in Klages 231 on Tuesday, May 20, between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

This is your chance to have a personalized consultation to discuss your retirement goals, understand your options, and get answers to your specific questions – all in a convenient setting. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain clarity and confidence in your retirement planning. Sign up here today!

Your next opportunity for an on-campus consultation will be on Wednesday, June 18. If this doesn’t work for you, you can also reach out to Phillip to schedule a virtual appointment that fits your schedule. See this flier for more details.

Please join the College of Physical Therapy for our 12th Research Symposium this Wednesday, May 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building (448 Werth Blvd.). Physical therapy doctoral faculty and second-year students will showcase various rehabilitation research topics.

Questions? Please contact Samantha Skaggs at sskaggs@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451.

Submit your FY25 deposits: If your contract ends soon and/or you will not be on campus over 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, 2025, must be deposited in the current fiscal year. All deposits must be dropped off at the finance office before you leave campus for the summer.

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

Those seeking a moment of peace and spiritual connection inside the chapel can do so on Mondays between noon and 1 p.m. through the summer. This time is made available to you thanks to our volunteer chapel host.

To learn more about this sacred space, visit this webpage.

Please join us in the Bridge Cafe for our weekly patio specials. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we will be cooking up specials out on the patio (when the weather permits).

This week, our specials are:

• Tuesday: No patio special due to staff barbecue, however we will have stromboli and a deli sandwich available
• Wednesday: Pork tacos al pastor or taco salad bowl
• Thursday: Smoked-pork spare rib barbecue plate

If you have any questions, please email Katie Anderson at andersonk@georgefox.edu.

Save the date to celebrate librarian and archivist Dustin Kelley on Monday, June 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Murdock Library. We will take time to honor Dustin’s hard work and legacy in the library and archives and encourage him in his next chapter.

If you’re not able to join us, we invite you to submit a note or recording to our Google Form. Reach out to Kate Wimer at kwimer@georgefox.edu with questions.

Department of Human Services representatives will be on site at the Bruin Community Pantry this summer to assist folks with signing up for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

No appointment is required, and staff will be at the food bank between 1 and 4:30 p.m. on the following Thursdays:

• May 8
• May 22
• June 12
• June 26

Stop by if you would like to speak with someone from DHS.

Portland Seminary invites you to join us as we celebrate the teaching and service of Dr. MaryKate Morse, professor emeritus of leadership and spiritual formation. We will be hosting a retirement reception for her today (Friday) from 9 to 10 a.m. at 401 N. Meridian St., in Newberg.

Please swing by to wish MaryKate well!

Congratulations to The Corn Dawgs (Steve Fegler and Matt Williams, Plant Services), who won the Inaugural Millage Madness Cornhole Tournament. In the final, they bested their Plant Services colleagues, the Sand Baggers (Justin Kauffman and Michael Braden), to capture the coveted Piersall Cup and the Championship Belt.

Congrats to both teams for making it through successive rounds of competition, including semifinal victories over Team MarCorn (Sean Patterson and Tom Morlan) and No Game Scheduled (Adam Puckett and Antonio Arredondo).

The finance and operations team at the Millage Building are thankful to all 32 teams that played in our tournament, and we look forward to continued intramural activity this summer and beyond.

Special thanks to Frank Charles and Robert Agting in finance, and Kelsey Cantrall in University Recreation for their work in helping to schedule and facilitate this fun opportunity for their colleagues.

Submit your FY25 deposits: If your contract ends soon and/or you will not be on campus over 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, 2025, must be deposited in the current fiscal year. All deposits must be dropped off at the finance office before you leave campus for the summer.

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

Please join us in the Bridge Cafe for our weekly patio specials. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays we will be cooking up specials out on the patio (when the weather permits).

This week, our specials are:

• Wednesday: Mongolian beef stir fry
• Thursday: Shrimp scampi with spaghetti

If you have any questions, please email Katie Anderson at andersonk@georgefox.edu. We will attempt to get the specials posted for you every Monday in The Daily Bruin.

Mom’s love pizza and supporting a good cause, so take Mom out for pizza and support the university’s Costa Rica service trip!

This year, students from PA, PT, OT, kinesiology and nursing will be traveling to Costa Rica to provide medical services to underserved people. To help support their trip, nursing and kinesiology students are holding a fundraiser at MOD pizza.

The Costa Rica service trip will receive 25% of fundraiser sales during this fundraiser. Participate on Sunday, May 11, by ordering online using the code MODGIVES25, or by visiting the Newberg MOD location and showing this fundraiser flier or mentioning the fundraiser at checkout.

Have other plans? Consider praying for our team or donating directly here.

Thank you for supporting us! Feel free to reach out to Kari Sandau at ksandau@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Don’t forget to participate in the inaugural “Friendly Walk” this Saturday, May 10, starting at 10 a.m. We’ll gather in the plaza on the south side of the Chehalem Cultural Center (adjacent to Sheridan Street).

You will join a small team of people (at least some of whom you won’t know), given a map of a suggested route, and sent off on about an hour’s walk, team by team.

You will have information on key historical and cultural sites in downtown Newberg and on the George Fox campus, and will cooperate to complete items on a list of things to do, talk about, and find along the way – and earn points. Upon returning to the Cultural Center, teams can redeem points for prizes.

Along the way, you will learn about Newberg’s history, have fun, get some exercise, get to know some new people, help create a stronger network of friendly relationships in the community across ideological or other boundaries, and improve your ability to use disagreements to generate better ideas for a better community.

For more information, contact Ron Mock at civility@georgefox.edu