Please stay away from unfinished areas around Hadlock Student Center

Monday, August 20th, 2018

As the finishing touches are being made on the new Hadlock Student Center, we ask that members of the university community stay away from construction areas of the building. It is very important that you do not walk around unfinished areas, as this poses a safety hazard.

Thank you

Wheeler Fitness Center is closed through Thursday

Monday, August 20th, 2018

Due to renovations and equipment install, the Wheeler Fitness Center and the temporary Fitness Center space will be closed through Thursday, Aug. 23. If everything goes as planned, the Wheeler Fitness Center will reopen on Friday, Aug. 24, for normal hours.

The space will remain open until the Hadlock Student Center is up and running. Once Hadlock opens, the Wheeler Fitness Center will transition to a student-athlete weight room.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

University employees invited to tomorrow’s Hadlock ceremony

Sunday, August 19th, 2018

Please join President Robin Baker for a special ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Bob and Camille Hadlock Student Center tomorrow (Tuesday) at 3:30 p.m. Tours will be available following the dedication.

Questions? Contact Michelle Dawson at mdawson@georgefox.edu.

Hadlock Student Center: Important Update

Sunday, August 19th, 2018

The opening of the Hadlock Student Center will be delayed, with an anticipated grand opening event for the entire campus community the week of Sept. 10. We are working closely with our contractor and will keep the campus community updated regarding the opening date as soon as it is confirmed.

When the center opens, there will be a number of exciting new programs and services for students and employees. Please take a few minutes to review the policies for employees, spouses, dependents, students and guests.

Two important items to note:

  1. Anyone entering the building will be required to have a valid George Fox University ID card; There will be no exceptions.
  2. All employees, spouses, dependents, students and guests will be required to have a completed liability and release form on file. This form will be live on MyGFU soon, and information will be sent out with a link once the form is available.

From Monday, Aug. 20 through Friday, Sept. 7, the fitness center space in Wheeler will remain open with limited hours to employees and students. Hours are as follows: Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 to 11 p.m.; Tuesday/Thursday, 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 to 11 p.m. The Wheeler Fitness Center will not be open on the weekends.

We are excited to share this beautiful new facility with the campus community! Contact Rob Simpson, director of campus recreation (simpsonr@georgefox.edu) or Keith Schneider, assistant director of campus recreation (kschneid@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Serve in the Bruin Brigade this football season

Sunday, August 19th, 2018

It takes an army of volunteers to ensure that all the logistics for football games are handled in an organized and efficient way. For that reason, George Fox organized the Bruin Brigade, consisting of a group of volunteers who will handle everything from directing game-day traffic and selling tickets to serving as parking lot coordinators and cleaning up after the game.

There are four home games this season, and we need volunteers to serve this year! Please reach out if you are considering finding a new way to be involved while supporting George Fox football and connecting to the community.

  • Sept. 8 vs. Howard Payne: Arrive at 11 a.m.; kickoff is 1 p.m.
  • Oct. 6  vs. Whitworth (Homecoming): Arrive at 11:30 a.m.; kickoff is 1:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 20 vs Linfield (Family Weekend): Arrive at 11:30 a.m.; kickoff is 1:30 p.m.
  • Nov. 10 vs. Puget Sound: Arrive at 11:30 a.m.; kickoff is 1:30 p.m.

Please contact Mckenna Tillotson (mtillotson@georgefox.edu) to sign up or if you have questions.

Please submit requests for fall course reserves as soon as possible

Sunday, August 19th, 2018

Faculty, please submit requests for fall semester course reserves as soon as possible. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete.

Please fill out and submit this form. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

Library offers intra-campus courier service

Sunday, August 19th, 2018

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 click on this link and fill out the form.

Questions? Contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

Please vacate these lots for Welcome Weekend move-in day Thursday

Sunday, August 19th, 2018

Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff and students already here on Thursday, Aug. 23.

  • If your on-campus residence is Pennington, Edwards, Weesner Village, Hobson, Macy, Sutton, LeShana, Gulley or Brandt, we need you to vacate those lots Wednesday evening and stay out of them until Friday morning.
  • If you normally park in the Le Shana lot, please move your cars as close to Fulton Street as possible so that the area in front of the building is clear, or move your cars to the Bauman or Morse lot Wednesday night.
  • Everyone in the Pennington lot and “lollipop area,” Edwards or Weesner Village needs to move to the lot on 99W Wednesday night.
  • Please keep Sheridan Street clear for easier access for our incoming students.
  • The Morse lot and the front lot only of the Roberts Center are also available for Thursday. The lot in between the Roberts Center and Gulley and Brandt halls must be vacated Wednesday night.
  • If you are going on a retreat this week, you MUST move your cars to the Bauman, Morse or 99W lots before leaving on your retreat. Please don’t block up the entire moving-in flow with your left-behind cars!

Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and also view the parking brochure on the CPS web pages for lot locations.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make next Thursday be the best day ever for our new students!

Please say away from unfinished areas around Hadlock Student Center

Friday, August 17th, 2018

As the finishing touches are being made on the new Hadlock Student Center, we ask that members of the university community stay away from construction areas of the building. It is very important that you do not walk around unfinished areas, as this poses a safety hazard.

Thank you

Department lanyards for mail pick-up will be distributed next week

Thursday, August 16th, 2018

Early next week new department lanyards will be going out to departments. The department lanyards are to be used by student employees when they pick up department packages from Mail Services.

Student employees must have the lanyard with them in order to pick up packages. If they do not have the department lanyard, Mail Services will not release the packages.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2551.

FoxHole reservation form now available

Thursday, August 16th, 2018

Commuter Life has created a new form to manage reserving the FoxHole lounge. This is a highly utilized space, which is awesome! We want to provide the best customer service, and this form helps us manage reservations. Please use this easy form to reserve this space.

When reserving, keep in mind that the kitchen area is cleaned by the Commuter Life student leader team. Please be sure to clean the kitchen after using it. Additionally, all coffee and food supplies in the FoxHole are purchased by Commuter Life for commuter events. Please bring all paper products and items needed for your event. Enjoy the FoxHole this year!

If you have questions, ask Kristi Welker, director of Commuter Life, by emailing kwelker@georgefox.edu or calling ext. 2308.

Library offers intra-campus courier service

Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

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 click on this link and fill out the form.

Questions? Contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

Please submit requests for fall course reserves as soon as possible

Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

Faculty, please submit requests for fall semester course reserves as soon as possible. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete.

Please fill out and submit this form. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

Serve Day employee placements have been emailed

Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

The Serve Day employee placements for this year’s event, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, have been emailed out to all half-time-and-above employees!

If you have not received your placement, please email serveday@georgefox.edu.

University launches Bruin Community Pantry this fall

Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

The Office of Student Life is excited to announce the start of Bruin Community Pantry, an initiative seeking to address the real problem of hunger (“food insecurity”) on campus. It’s our goal to help meet the needs of community members who, for one reason or another, do not have access to enough healthy food.

Four different components of Bruin Community Pantry include:

Food Pantry
All George Fox community members have access to the pantry, located in the Roberts Center (Room 110). Community food drives will be held to provide non-perishable items for the pantry, and athletic teams will facilitate food drives during home games.

Contact student life for a list of items non-perishable food and household items needed for the pantry. Donations are now being accepted in the student life office on the third floor of the Stevens Center.

Hospitality
Partnerships with local businesses for “gifts in kind” have been established with Bon Appetit, Newberg’s Grocery Outlet and Ray’s Produce. A variety of pre-packaged foods are available for students, located at hospitality tables in the student life office, spiritual life office, and the Intercultural Resource Center (Moore House). The tables are open during office hours, which are generally 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The Duke Athletic Center will host a peanut butter and jelly sandwich bar that is available to all George Fox students.

Leftovers
The student life office will arrange for quality leftover food to be stored in a refrigerator in our office. All food donated will be adequately contained and dated. Food not picked up in the appropriate amount of time will be disposed of.

Students participating in this program can sign up by contacting our office. A waiver is required for anyone participating in the Leftovers program.

Outreach
Partnering with existing local outreach initiatives facilitated by spiritual life, students who want to support their efforts will be connected to their programs.

We live in a society with easy access to processed food. When you eat whole foods, you’re getting food in its natural state. This aspect of our outreach will endeavor to provide cooking classes in various living areas on campus using recipes from “Eat well on $4 a day, Good and Cheap.”

For more information, visit this link or contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2312).

Call for stationery orders

Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

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 Wednesday, Aug. 22. 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 Print Services.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you,
– Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu)

Summer student employees: Please park in your designated areas

Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

With the return of staff and faculty to campus today, summer student employees need to now park where their 2018-19 parking permits allow in order to free up the staff lots and visitor rows for staff and faculty who have returned to work.

The 2018-19 parking brochure is available on the Campus Public Safety website if you are unsure where your permit allows you to park, or come and see the parking map in person at the Campus Public Safety office.

Thank you for all of your hard work this summer!

Staff, administrators and faculty: Please pass this on to your summer student employees.

Serve in the Bruin Brigade this football season

Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

It takes an army of volunteers to ensure that all the logistics for football games are handled in an organized and efficient way. For that reason, George Fox organized the Bruin Brigade, consisting of a group of volunteers who will handle everything from directing game-day traffic and selling tickets to serving as parking lot coordinators and cleaning up after the game.

There are four home games this season, and we need volunteers to serve this year! Please reach out if you are considering finding a new way to be involved while supporting George Fox football and connecting to the community.

  • Sept. 8 vs. Howard Payne: Arrive at 11 a.m.; kickoff is 1 p.m.
  • Oct. 6  vs. Whitworth (Homecoming): Arrive at 11:30 a.m.; kickoff is 1:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 20 vs Linfield (Family Weekend): Arrive at 11:30 a.m.; kickoff is 1:30 p.m.
  • Nov. 10 vs. Puget Sound: Arrive at 11:30 a.m.; kickoff is 1:30 p.m.

Please contact Mckenna Tillotson (mtillotson@georgefox.edu) to sign up or if you have questions.

Marketing communications has a new form for web requests

Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

Marketing communications has a new form for submitting web requests. If you have our job request form bookmarked, you may need to refresh your browser to see the “Request a Web Job” button on the marketing communications webpage.

A copy of your completed from will be emailed to you from Google Forms in place of a confirmation email from Danette Newkirk. The new form includes the option of uploading files when you enter your request.

Contact Danette (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

New online Presidential Appearance Request Form created

Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

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.