The Daily Bruin

Are you looking to hire a temporary employee and wish the hiring process could be shorter? Well, your prayers have been answered. Employee Empowerment has produced a shorter hiring timeline for new temporary hires. We can now get a new temporary employee hired in as few as 48 hours.

Please use the supervisor checklist to ensure you are expediting each step of the process, and make the Recruiting and Onboarding Data Wiki page a favorite to access recruiting and onboarding tools.

As always, I am a resource and available to answer your questions. Please reach out any time if you need help.

– Kara Holcombe (503-554-2189; kholmcombe@georgefox.edu)

In a few short weeks, the Hadlock Student Center will open with a number of new programs and services for students and employees. We are excited to share this beautiful new facility with the campus community and wanted to provide a venue to share more about our vision for this space and answer any questions you might have.

The final information session is scheduled for today (Wednesday) from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Canyon Commons meeting rooms. Light refreshments will be served.

We hope you will join us! Contact Rob Simpson (simpsonr@georgefox.edu) with questions.

We trust you are excited about the new Hadlock Student Center (HSC)! Assuming everything continues on schedule, the fitness center portion of the facility will be open with limited hours (tentatively 4 to 9 p.m.) beginning Monday, Aug. 27 (anticipated grand opening and full hours will begin Monday, Sept. 3). This is subject to change if there are unexpected delays in construction.

If you use the fitness center in Wheeler, you’ll notice most of the space has been cleared in anticipation of remodeling it for athletics’ use since the HSC will be opening soon. Due to this upcoming remodeling of the Wheeler fitness center space, some equipment has been moved into the adjacent dance studio space (Wheeler 211) for general student and employee use until the HSC opens. The squat racks are also still available for use and are in their original spot.

There are more limited hours for this interim space in Wheeler, as it will now be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday (closed Saturday and Sunday). We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience during this transitional period and trust that the new space in the HSC will make it worth the wait!

Questions? Contact Rob Simpson (simpsonr@georgefox.edu) regarding the HSC or Adam Puckett (apuckett@georgefox.edu) regarding the Wheeler Sports Center space.

This fall, George Fox is expecting a number of international students to join our student body. Their first point of contact with the school is international student orientation, which begins a week before the general new student orientation.

Our desire is to place all our incoming international students with host families during international orientation. What better first impression could they get than to experience the hospitality of an American Christian family? The students will be attending orientation sessions during the day but need a place to stay during the nights.

Would you be willing to host a new international student? The students will be arriving on Aug. 15 and Aug. 16 and be in orientation for a week. If our undergraduate students stayed on campus during this time, they would not be staying with their American roommates. Graduate students would not live on campus at all.

If interested, please contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu) for more information.

We’ve reached the end of the road on our culinary journey along Route 66. Our last stop is tomorrow (Wednesday), and we’ll be featuring California. We have a fantastic menu planned: California grilled fish tacos with traditional toppings, melon salad, and jicama slaw, along with dessert and a beverage, for just $6.95. Lunch will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on the patio outside the Klages Center.

We’ll also have our raffle drawing after lunch, so be sure to bring along your punch card. Anyone with four or more punches is eligible to enter, and we have a fun prize for the lucky winner.

See you Wednesday!

Join us for our next Search Advocate training to learn how to promote equitable hiring practices in the workplace and further encourage the Be Known promise. The workshop series establishes a theoretical foundation of current research about implicit bias and diversity, information about the changing legal landscape in hiring, and an overview of inclusive employment principles.  Rebecca Hernandez and Laura Hartley will teach this two-day session Monday-Tuesday, August 13-14 from noon to 5 p.m. both days. Lunch will be provided.

If you are interested in signing up or learning more about becoming a Search Advocate, visit this link.

For questions, contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu) or Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu).

The Office of the President has developed a Presidential Appearance Request Form that will assist in managing the president’s schedule. The president strives to accommodate as many engagement requests which support the mission of the university as possible. The completion of this form is required for anyone desiring the president (and spouse) be present and/or participate at an event.

We appreciate your patience with scheduling the president’s complex calendar. The link to the form can also be found on the President’s Office contact page and will be posted on the “Resources for Current Employees” and “Resources for Faculty” pages as well.

Please note: It is expected that the requestor has followed procedures and obtained the approval of their administrator prior to submitting the request.

With the school year approaching, many parents are starting to consider school clothes for this next year. What is your level of interest in a children’s clothing swap? Bring a bag, take a bag of good condition clothing ready for a new home.

If your family would participate, indicate your interest by completing this form. If enough are interested, we will make arrangements for an event in August before the start of the K-12 school year.

Questions? Contact Nichole Drew (ndrew@georgefox.edu).

The access road that runs in between Gulley Hall, Brandt Hall and Le Shana Hall is now closed for construction of the new residence hall. Access to the Le Shana parking lot is from Fulton St. only. Access to the North St. parking lot for staff and graduate students will continue to be from Villa St. via North St. Pedestrian access between the Le Shana and North St. parking lots is still accessible.

Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu).

Only weeks remain before the opening of the new Hadlock Student Center (HSC)! Assuming everything continues on schedule, the fitness center portion of the facility will be open with limited hours (tentatively 4 to 9 p.m.) beginning Monday, Aug. 27, so that student staff can be adequately trained on the new equipment and protocols (anticipated grand opening and full hours will begin Monday, Sept. 3). This is subject to change if there are unexpected delays in construction.

If you use the current fitness center in Wheeler, you’ll notice that much of the older equipment has been moved out. Sometime in August, the large portion of the space will be remodeled for athletics’ use in light of the addition of women and men’s swimming and the continued growth in the number of student-athletes (currently 20 percent of our undergraduate student population). The smaller portion of the current facility (the free weight area) will be remodeled into a classroom during the fall semester.

Please note that because of remodeling and construction of new space, there will likely be a two- to three-week time frame in August when there will be no fitness center available for general campus use. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience for those who are regularly using this space and trust that the new space in the Hadlock Student Center will make it worth the wait!

Questions? Contact Brad Lau at blau@georgefox.edu.

In a few short weeks, the Hadlock Student Center will open with a number of new programs and services for students and employees. We are excited to share this beautiful new facility with the campus community and wanted to provide a venue to share more about our vision for this space and answer any questions you might have. These information sessions are scheduled for today (Thursday) from 3 to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, August 1 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Canyon Commons meeting rooms. Light refreshments will be served.

We hope you will join us! Contact Rob Simpson (simpsonr@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Make plans to attend the all-employee meeting set from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Canyon Commons (live streaming in PDS 160).

See you there!

Marketing Communications will be processing the next business card order on Friday, August 3. Submit your request for business cards directly with B&B Print Source before Friday, August 3.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Our culinary journey along Route 66 is stopping in Arizona today (July 25)! Come over from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and join us for lunch on the patio outside the Klages Center where we’ll be grilling up Sonora-style bacon-wrapped hot dogs served on a house-made roll with your choice of toppings. We’ll also have southwestern potato salad, nopales salad and strawberry cheesecake chimichangas — all for $6.95. See you there!

Questions? Contact Lisa Miles at lmiles@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to attend the all-employee meeting set from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Wednesday, July 25, in Canyon Commons (live streaming in PDS 160).

Do you know someone who deserves special shout-out recognition at the meeting? Please take a moment to nominate a colleague using this form by noon on Tuesday, July 24. Include a short summary (two to three sentences) of their recent success!

Questions? Contact Darby Thiessen (dthiessen@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2188).

Following is a rundown of who is on campus this week …

• The Northwest Yearly Meeting is here through Wednesday, July 25, for its annual business meetings, workshops and worship.
• The Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns are teaming with Providence Health for a soccer clinic at Austin Field on Monday, July 23.
• The Chinese Evangelical Church is hosting its annual church retreat July 27-29 on the Newberg campus. Approximately 300 people will be in attendance.

Did you know that Campus Public Safety has a very active Facebook page filled with safety tips, parking information, road closure alerts, weather alerts, and much, much more?

We also post photos of things that aren’t usually seen by the majority of staff and students because we are here 24/7! This week alone we’ve posted tips on how to choose the proper life jacket for your summer water activities, hot weather tips for your car, road closures due to the Substation Fire on Highway 97 and I-84, etc.

Last year alone we posted more than 125 posts about safety/traffic/weather/construction alerts/closures, etc., so check us out to be in the know! Just click the link above or type in “George Fox University Campus Public Safety” into your Facebook search bar and see what you’ve been missing after liking our page.

All employees, half time and above, are required to attend the all-community meeting​ (absences must be approved by your vice president)​, scheduled from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 15, in the Canyon Commons dining hall on the Newberg campus. Coffee and danishes will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow, and the event concludes with lunch served at 11:30 a.m.

The meeting will include a time of worship and devotions, ​an update from President Robin Baker and the VP team​​, and employee service awards. This year, service award recipients will be honored with the gift of your words. Please take a few moments to scroll through the list and create a card to say thank you or share a favorite memory by adding a comment under their name. We’ll print the comments on cards and present them at the meeting.

Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu with any questions. See you there!

Make plans to attend the all-employee meeting set from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25, in Canyon Commons (live streaming in PDS 160).

Do you know someone who deserves special shout-out recognition at the meeting? Please take a moment to nominate a colleague using this form by noon on Tuesday, July 24. Include a short summary (two to three sentences) of their recent success!

Questions? Contact Darby Thiessen (dthiessen@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2188).

The Office of the President has developed a Presidential Appearance Request Form that will assist in managing the president’s schedule. The president strives to accommodate as many engagement requests which support the mission of the university as possible. The completion of this form is required for anyone desiring the president (and spouse) be present and/or participate at an event.

We appreciate your patience with scheduling the president’s complex calendar. The link to the form can also be found on the President’s Office contact page and will be posted on the “Resources for Current Employees” and “Resources for Faculty” pages as well.

Please note: It is expected that the requestor has followed procedures and obtained the approval of their administrator prior to submitting the request.