The Daily Bruin

Make plans to join your colleagues at the next all-employee meeting, scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, June 27, in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160). Lunch will be provided for attendees following the meeting.

Although there is live streaming at the Portland Center, Portland employees are encouraged to attend the meeting in person, if possible.

If you have a shout-out you’d like to give a colleague at the meeting, you can do so at this link.

Looking ahead, the all-community meeting this fall will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, in Canyon Commons. The day begins with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be provided midway through the meeting.

Know any football players looking to get in a workout this month? The university’s football program is hosting four camps under the direction of coaches John Bates and Ken Ingram.

Here are the dates of upcoming camps:

• June 15-18: High School Team Camp
• June 21-24: High School Team Camp
• June 25-27: Youth Football Day Camp (Grades 3-8)
• June 28-29: Individual Skills Camp

To learn more, visit this page on the athletics site.

Is it hot enough yet? If the river is your choice of cool-down today and tomorrow, please be aware of these important safety tips before just plunging in! 

• Most Oregon rivers are still cold! The Deschutes and the Sandy rivers are still in the 50s, and the Willamette is in the mid-60s. That cold water can shock your system and cause you to gasp involuntarily and to take in water and drown!
• Wear a life jacket. Always.
• Don’t leave children unattended around any body of water, even for a second.
• Learn CPR and never swim alone (Campus Public Safety offers CPR/first aid/AED classes; call us at 503-554-2090 for details).
• Never dive into unknown water unless you know the depth and that there aren’t submerged logs, strong currents or other hazards.
• All boats, no matter the size, need one wearable PFD (personal flotation device) for each person on board. Anyone under 12 must wear it at all times.

If trouble arises, attempting to rescue a swimmer in danger is very dangerous and can lead to multiple drownings. Trained rescuers teach and use a protocol called “Talk, Reach, Throw, Row.”

TALK. Call 911, then talk to the person and see if you can coach them to swim to you on shore or to a boat.

REACH. Next, try to reach them by extending a branch, pole or inflatable boat. Do NOT allow them to grab hold of your body; they may try to pull you in.

THROW. You can throw a distressed person a life jacket, life ring, rope or any other object that will help them stay afloat.

ROW. If necessary, use a boat to get to the person.

Thanks to Wilsonville Police Chief Rob Wurpes for these valuable tips!

A training session for Cascade Server, the system used to edit the university website, will be offered on Friday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to noon.

This basic-level session is tailored for editors who have either not edited the website before or need a refresher on using the software. The session will be held in Stevens 307. Sign up using this form.

Questions? Contact Peter Crackenberg at pcrackenberg@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2138.

The undergraduate admissions office is getting ready to welcome its incoming class for Genesis! Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens parking lots Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2248.

Bon Appetit’s culinary road trip along Route 66 will be featuring an Oklahoma menu this week.

Stop by for lunch today (Wednesday) between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and enjoy Indian fry bread tacos with all the toppings, Spanish rice, cowboy caviar, a locally inspired dessert, and a beverage, all for $7.25. We’ll be serving on the patio outside the Klages Center.

If you don’t already have a punch card, be sure to ask for one in the Bruin Den. If you visit us four or more times, you will be entered in a drawing to win a fun prize at the end of the road!

The undergraduate admissions office is getting ready to welcome its incoming class for Genesis! Please be courteous of our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens parking lots Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at kfriesen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2248.

Bon Appetit’s culinary road trip along Route 66 will be featuring an Oklahoma menu this week.

Stop by for lunch tomorrow (Wednesday) between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and enjoy Indian fry bread tacos with all the toppings, Spanish rice, cowboy caviar, a locally inspired dessert, and a beverage, all for $7.25. We’ll be serving on the patio outside the Klages Center.

If you don’t already have a punch card, be sure to ask for one in the Bruin Den. If you visit us four or more times, you will be entered in a drawing to win a fun prize at the end of the road!

Are you interested in improving your health and fitness? The Find your Fit employee health and fitness program will help you do both! 

This program is free to George Fox employees and only $25 for spouses. As part of the program you will receive a health assessment, including body composition, BMI, blood pressure, pulmonary function test, electrocardiogram, blood lipid profile and fasting blood glucose, as well as fitness testing. These measurements will then be used to help an exercise science student create an individualized exercise prescription for you designed to reach your health and fitness goals. 

Due to limited availability, we can only accept the first 40 people this fall semester. Please contact Mary Imboden (mimboden@georgefox.edu) if interested.

George Fox University’s Physical Therapy Clinic is open now and all summer long to serve your needs. We provide care from prevention to after-surgery rehabilitation.

Our team of therapists are board-certified specialists in sports medicine, pediatrics and neuro-rehab. We can help you regain function, decrease pain and enjoy life more. Some of the common conditions we treat are sprains and strains of all body parts, surgeries to the extremities and spine, chronic pain and many more!

If you would like more information regarding our services, or would like to speak with a licensed physical therapist, please give us a call at 503-554-2479 or visit our website.

We are providers for Regence Blue Cross of Oregon and are out-of-network providers for most other insurances. We look forward to meeting you and helping you on your journey to well-being.

The Office for Spiritual Life is interested in having employees attend chapel more regularly, so we’d like to collect information to help us know how to encourage employee attendance.

Would you take a couple of minutes to complete this five-question survey? If you have questions, please email Jamie Johnson (jamiej@georgefox.edu). Thank you!

The registrar’s office is considering changing the name of the Application for Degree form in order to better communicate to our students what they are doing and why it’s important.

Please complete this short survey to let us know what terminology best communicates the goal of the form so students know what it is and why they need to complete it.

Thank you!

Join your fellow employees for our summer barbecue on the quad lawn at noon tomorrow (Tuesday). In the event of rain, we’ll be in Canyon Commons. The cost is only $5 per person.

Please RSVP at this link. Summer student employees are welcome to RSVP as well; supervisors, please email this info to your student employees.

– Hosted by the Staff Development Committee

The end of the fiscal year is approaching, and with that Finance would like to inform you of a few requirements for year-end purchase orders.

Please remember that if you order goods and/or services on a PO, they need to be physically received/completed by June 30, 2019. Goods and services received after June 30, 2019, will be charged to the 2019-20 budget year. Therefore, all purchase requisitions/POs for this fiscal year need to be entered by May 31, 2019. 

Your George Fox Visa can be used until June 21, 2019. If you will be traveling between June 21 and June 30 and you need to use your George Fox Visa, you must contact Purchasing prior to arranging travel.

Concur Expense Reports and Visa Reports for 2018-19 must be submitted by July 10, 2019. Any reports created and submitted after July 10 will be reflected in the 2019-20 budget.

Questions? Contact Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.

As of June 7, the Office for Spiritual Life (including the Serve Day office) is no longer located in the Sheridan Street House. Through the summer months, we will be temporarily working in the Hadlock Student Leadership Center until the Barclay House renovation is complete.

Our phone lines have been transferred to Hadlock, and if you need to see us in person feel free to stop by.

Thank you for your flexibility with us in our transition.

Join your fellow employees for our summer barbecue on the quad lawn at noon on Tuesday, June 11 (in the event of rain, we’ll be in Canyon Commons). The cost is only $5 per person.

Please RSVP at this link. Summer student employees are welcome to RSVP as well; supervisors, please email this info to your student employees.

– Hosted by the Staff Development Committee

The Hadlock Student Center is hosting another “River Night” tonight (Wednesday) from 4 to 7 p.m. Bring your dinner and come join us at Rogers Landing. We will have kayaks, paddleboards and lawn games ready for you and the family.

The cost is $3 per person or $6 per family. Please contact Keith Schneider at kschneid@georgefox.edu with any questions. 

The registrar’s office is considering changing the name of the Application for Degree form in order to better communicate to our students what they are doing and why it’s important.

Please complete this short survey to let us know what terminology best communicates the goal of the form so students know what it is and why they need to complete it.

Thank you!

Bon Appetit’s culinary road trip along Route 66 is taking us to Kansas today (Wednesday).

Come over to the Klages patio between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and enjoy Kansas City-style barbecue chicken wings, served along with baked macaroni and cheese, cucumber salad, mini coconut cream pies, and a beverage, all for $7.25.

If you don’t already have a Route 66 punch card, be sure to pick one up. If you visit us four times or more you will be eligible for a fun prize at the “end of the road.” 

A training session for Cascade Server, the system used to edit the university website, will be offered on Friday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to noon.

This basic-level session is tailored for editors who have either not edited the website before or need a refresher on using the software. The session will be held in Stevens 307. Sign up using this form.

Questions? Contact Peter Crackenberg at pcrackenberg@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2138.