The Daily Bruin

It’s that time again! Welcome Weekend is our chance to welcome each and every new student as they step onto campus.

With such a large incoming class, we need all hands on deck as we each do our part to make students and their guests experience the Be Known promise. And who better to do that than our own faculty and staff? Please complete this form if you would like to join our team to volunteer, and we will contact you with further instructions.

Questions? Contact Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu.

We are looking forward to another great Serve Day (Wednesday, Sept. 11) this year! In an effort to underscore our missional convictions around Serve Day, we are implementing some changes in the schedule this year. Here is what to expect for Serve Day 2019:

• Lunch lines are open from 8 to 9:10 a.m. in the quad.*
• The Kickoff Celebration will begin at 9:15 a.m. in the quad.
• A Church & Activities Fair will take place from 3 to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman/Ross parking lot.
• Serve Day chapel will be at 4:15 p.m. in Stoffer Family Stadium.
• The Church & Activities Fair will continue after chapel from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. in the Bauman/Ross parking lot.
  
  *Breakfast and dinner is on your own. Lunch is free for students, team leaders and the Serve Day Committee; employees may purchase lunch at the Bruin Den (open from 8 to 10 a.m., offering the same lunch option as students, as well as other lunch and beverage options).

The Serve Day team has sent serve site placement and information to all employees. If you did not get an email from Serve Day and you are FTE .5 and above, please fill out this form as soon as you are able.

If you have any questions, please contact the Serve Day team at ext. 2326 or serveday@georgefox.edu. More information can be found on the Serve Day website. 

Are you curious to see what’s inside our newest dorm? Join us for an informal open house of Newlin Hall following the all-community meeting this Monday, Aug. 19, from 3 to 5 p.m. 

There is a new museum exhibit in the Stevens Center called “Remembering our Quaker Heritage, 1891-1921.” It focuses on the role of women and also peacemaking in the early years of the college.

If you have any questions about the exhibit or would like to see anything in the museum collection, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu) or email museum@georgefox.edu.

Please have all vehicles out of the Wood-Mar parking lot today (Friday) at noon. The crane will be moving into place the new HVAC on the roof. 

On Saturday, the parking lot, Wood-Mar and EHS will be closed for the crane work. Thanks for your cooperation, and don’t get your car trapped inside the lot for the weekend!

Please note the modified hours for the Hadlock Student Center during Welcome Weekend. 

• Thursday, Aug. 22: Closed all day for staff training
• Friday, Aug. 23: Noon to 10 p.m.
• Saturday, Aug. 24: Noon to 10 p.m. 

The facility will resume normal hours of operation on Sunday, Aug. 25.

The climbing wall will be closed from Thursday, Aug. 22, through Sunday, Aug. 25, while we are training our staff and setting new routes for the year.

Questions? Email studentcenter@georgefox.edu.

Need an updated photo for the university website? Do you currently have the Bruin bear as your faculty/staff pic? The marketing communications team will be outside of Canyon Commons after the all-community meeting on Monday, Aug. 19, between 3 and 4 p.m.

No appointment is necessary. Just drop by and have your photo taken; the marketing communications team will take care of the rest!

Please have all vehicles out of the Wood-Mar parking lot by tomorrow (Friday) at noon. The crane will be moving into place the new HVAC on the roof. 

On Saturday, the parking lot, Wood-Mar and EHS will be closed for the crane work. Thanks for your cooperation, and don’t get your car trapped inside the lot for the weekend!

Tomorrow (Friday), Plant Services will be cleaning the large Wheeler/Le Shana parking lot. The construction fence for the Newlin residence hall is down, so we would like to clean the entire lot before the cars start arriving.

Please be sure to park elsewhere on Friday (you can park in the North Street parking lot that day) so that we can clean the area thoroughly.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Are you an employee who uses your alumni email account? If so, with the changes taking place in the single sign-on system this Friday, Aug. 16, the upgrade will require you to change your password for your alumni email account only.

To do so, please contact the Service Desk after the upgrade at 503-554-2569, opt. 1, for a password reset.

Make plans to join your colleagues at the all-community meeting, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Monday, Aug. 19, in Canyon Commons.

The day will begin with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be provided midway through the meeting. The event will include a worship and devotional time, updates from President Robin Baker, and employee service award recognition.

The Finance team has a new email address for your convenience! Please use Finance@georgefox.edu for all your reporting (Vena) and accounting (GL) questions.

As always, you can direct AP questions to AccountsPayable@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

George Fox’s athletics department and Chehalem Parks and Recreation are excited to announce the fifth annual Bruins Sports Day. Girls and boys entering the second through eighth grades this fall will have the opportunity to pick one of 11 sports to participate in an afternoon clinic, free of charge. 

The event takes place from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Check-in begins at 12:30 p.m. at the site of your sport. Early registration is encouraged. Space is limited!

Register at this link.

Starting Monday, Aug. 19, Mail Services is excited to announce it now has a dedicated area to prepare and send all of your outgoing packages. Come to where Print Services used to be and you will have access to all of the packaging supplies you need.

No more standing in long lines and no more holding up the lines. We want to make your time as efficient and friendly as possible. Same high level of customer service … just a new location.

We look forward to seeing you all! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

IT is excited to announce a new single sign-on (SSO) process for George Fox systems. We have replaced our current SSO provider, and this Friday, Aug. 16, Gmail and FoxTALE will be included in this change.

This new process will allow you to use more apps by only logging into a system once.

Over the summer, the university transitioned from our former ID card system, which used a magnetic stripe, to a proximity card system that lets an individual tap the card on a reader instead of swiping. 

Due to this change, we have printed a new card for every employee at George Fox University and, pending the status of our new proximity-reader installations, you may find that you are not able to get into the buildings you need without it.

If you haven’t already received your new card, your administrative assistant may have it for you. If not, there are a few other opportunities to pick up your new card:

• Faculty meeting on Aug. 16: New cards will be with name tags at check-in.
• All-community meeting on Aug. 19: We will have a table you can stop by to grab your card
• Stop by the Service Desk in the Stevens Center between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.

Please note: You will need to turn in your old card in order to pick up your new one. Please bring this with you. Your new card should have all the same permissions activated that your old one did.

Thank you for working with us as we continue our efforts to make campus life easier!

– IT

Faculty are now invited to submit requests for fall semester course reserves at the libraries!

Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete, so we encourage submitting early and over break if possible! To place a request, please fill out and submit this reserves form.

If you have any questions, contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

The library is pleased to deliver library material for participating faculty to their offices on the Newberg campus. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign.

If you have used this service in the past or if you are signing up for the first time, please fill out this request form. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

The library will be conducting a student employee training event on Sunday, Aug. 25. Therefore, the 24-hour space will not be available from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The 24-hour space will reopen at 2:30 p.m.

It’s that time again! Welcome Weekend is our chance to welcome each and every new student as they step onto campus.

With such a large incoming class, we need all hands on deck as we each do our part to make students and their guests experience the Be Known promise. And who better to do that than our own faculty and staff? Please complete this form if you would like to join our team to volunteer, and we will contact you with further instructions.

Questions? Contact Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu.