The Daily Bruin

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.

Have you noticed how easy it is to donate when the donation site is right on your way to work? With this in mind, the Bruin Community Pantry will be making it easier than ever to donate non-perishable food.

Offices participating in this initiative will be given a bright yellow reusable grocery bag to place in a highly visible location in their office. Individuals who work in that office who wish to donate only have to bring their donations with them to work, or class.

When the bag is full, call Jere Witherspoon (ext. 2316) in the Office of Student Life and a BCP volunteer will come to your office, replace the full bag with an empty one, and take the full bag to the pantry.

It’s as easy as it sounds. Bags will be available at the all-community meeting this Monday, Aug. 19.

A big thank you to the Staff Development Committee, who donated funds to purchase the grocery bags.

This Friday, Aug. 16, 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 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. 

FoxTALE will be upgraded on Friday, Aug. 16, and unavailable 6 a.m. to 4 p.m (Pacific Time). We apologize for any inconvenience.

Questions? Contact servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

Now is the time to order university stationery. The collective order helps keep costs low – the higher the volume, the lower the cost. Consequently, it is most economical to overestimate needs and store a small surplus.

I will be accepting orders through Friday, Aug. 23. For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s Office of Mail Services.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you,
– Jamison Loop (jloop@georgefox.edu)

Are you looking for a place to develop your musicianship as a singer, find community, and fulfill your fine arts requirement? Join choir! Click on this link for more information.

To sign up for an audition, click here.

Please take a moment to share the gift of words with our employees who are celebrating a “years of service” milestone. Feel free to thank them or share a favorite memory by adding a comment under their name on this form.

We’ll share your gift of words on cards, and present them at the all-community meeting on Monday, Aug. 19.

Please reach out to Kara Holcombe (kholcombe@georgefox.edu or ext. 2189) if you have any questions regarding the honorees.

The Bruin Den reopens today (Monday) with summer hours of operation (8 a.m. to 2 p.m.). However, we will be closed tomorrow (Tuesday) for our all-employee back-to-school meeting.

Students will be arriving soon, and our first group of new incoming students will be our football players on Wednesday, Aug. 14.

These players work hard helping other students move into housing, and we want to show them some love and appreciation by offering this same service when they arrive.

We are looking for volunteers to be at the Stevens Center by 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 14 to help move football players into their living areas. There are approximately 40 new players arriving that day. We will be finished by 10 a.m. at the latest.

If you can help, please contact Megan Fisher at ext. 2112 or mfisher@georgefox.edu.

Help out in recognizing coworkers who are celebrating milestone anniversaries at this year’s all-community meeting, scheduled for Monday, Aug. 19.  

We in HR are looking for volunteers to help us with the presentation at the meeting. Each volunteer will speak for two to three minutes and honor a group celebrating a milestone by reminiscing about the year they were hired (don’t worry, we will help you out with content).

If you are able to help, please contact Nichole Drew at ndrew@georgefox.edu to volunteer. 

Please have all vehicles out of the Wood-Mar parking lot by Friday, Aug. 16, 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!

Make plans to join your colleagues at the all-community meeting, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on 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.

We are looking for George Fox-approved driver(s) to pick up first-year incoming international students at the Portland International Airport on Friday, Aug. 16, and Saturday, Aug. 17.

These pick-ups are clustered to scheduled times between 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. only. Pay is offered. If you would like more information, please contact Rebecca Hernandez at rhernandez@georgefox.edu or at ext. 2147.