The Daily Bruin

Fiscal Year End 2016-17 is quickly approaching, and the Finance Department would appreciate your help in ensuring a smooth and timely year-end close. Please review and note the following deadlines for Accounts Payable requests:

1. All cash advance requests for FY2016-17 expenses must be received by Finance on or before Monday, June 12, 2017.
2. Submission of the following FY2016-17 requests must be received by Finance on or before Friday, July 7, 2017:

• Check Requests
• Invoices
• Expense Reimbursement Requests
• Petty Cash Logs for expenses through June 30, 2017 ONLY

Please refer to this “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures” page of the Finance Department website for additional details.

Please contact Jennifer Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170 with any year-end accounts payable questions.

Thank you!
The Finance Team

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, May 25, in Canyon Commons (Rooms 101 and 102). Among the agenda items to be discussed is the new organizational restructure.

The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

Plant Services has now scheduled the Wood-Mar, Hoover and Stevens lots for restriping on Thursday and Friday (May 25-26) of this week. Please park in the Pennington or Bauman lots or on Sheridan and Meridian streets those days.

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

Thank you!

The Wheeler Fitness Center will be closed for Memorial Day weekend. Here are the hours:

• Friday, May 26: Open 6 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Saturday, May 27: Closed
• Sunday, May 28: Closed
• Monday, May 29: Closed

If you have any questions, please contact Cory Hand (chand@georgefox.edu).

Due to the need for more extensive resurfacing work on the gym floor, the Wheeler Gym will now be closed through Sunday, June 4. It will reopen on Monday, June 5. Please note: Only the gym is closed; the Fitness Center and the athletics offices will remain open as scheduled.

Please protect our courts and gym area from damage and do not enter the gym during this time. Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

Thank you!

After earning the program’s eighth straight Northwest Conference title, the university’s women’s golf team placed second at the NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championships in Houston May 9-12. Accompanying them on the trip to Texas was President Robin Baker, who reflected on the team’s accomplishment in a blog post. You can read it here.

Just a heads-up that, due to the currently fabulous weather, Plant Services personnel are trying to get as many parking lots restriped as possible. Slated this week are the Wood-Mar, Hoover and Stevens lots.

Timing will depend on the completion of the landscaping and clean-up in the Stevens lot, so please be prepared to park on the streets or in the Pennington lot at short notice.

Thank you in advance for your flexibility.

Get creative and take a group picture of your team doing an exercise of your choice and send it to hr@georgefox.edu. Then, give us feedback about your experiences through this challenge, via the 125 Days of Wellness Facebook page. You can also submit new initiative ideas for the next Wellness Challenge, or volunteer to serve on a George Fox Wellness Committee.

We’ll post your pics to the Staff Development webpage, and you will get to take an extra 125 points for yourself this week.

Come say farewell to Sarah Taylor and celebrate her wonderful time of service she has given to George Fox. Stop by the student life office today (Monday) between 2 and 3:30 p.m. for an open-house gathering to say goodbye to Sarah and let her know how much she will be missed.

Questions? Contact Jenny Zaganiacz (jzaganiacz@georgefox.edu).

Join your fellow employees for our summer barbecue on the Minthorn lawn at noon on Thursday, June 8 (in case of rain we’ll be in Canyon Commons). The cost is only $5 per person.

In addition to lunch, we’ll take time to celebrate the winners of the Wellness Challenge. Please R.S.V.P. at this link.

Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu).

– Hosted by the Staff Development Committee

The Wheeler Fitness Center will be closed for Memorial Day weekend. Here are the hours:

• Friday, May 26: Open 6 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Saturday, May 27: Closed
• Sunday, May 28: Closed
• Monday, May 29: Closed

If you have any questions, please contact Cory Hand (chand@georgefox.edu).

The Wheeler Gym will be closed from Monday, May 22, through Monday, May 29. The gym floor is being resurfaced and the floor will need to cure. Please note: Only the gym is closed; the Fitness Center and the athletics offices will remain open through Friday.

Please protect our courts and gym area from damage and do not enter the gym during this time. Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

Thank you!

The Wheeler Gym will be closed from Monday, May 22, through Monday, May 29. The gym floor is being resurfaced and the floor will need to cure. Please note: Only the gym is closed; the Fitness Center and the athletics offices will remain open through Friday.

Please protect our courts and gym area from damage and do not enter the gym during this time. Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

Thank you!

The Wheeler Gym will be closed from Monday, May 22, through Monday, May 29. The gym floor is being resurfaced and the floor will need to cure. Please note: Only the gym is closed; the Fitness Center and the athletics offices will remain open through Friday.

Please protect our courts and gym area from damage and do not enter the gym during this time. Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

Thank you!

Nine staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order, they are:

• Academic Resource Center, Coordinator
• Administrative Assistant to Seminary Master’s Programs – Portland
• Administrative Assistant, College of Engineering
• Assistant Director of Intercultural Life
• Chief Financial Officer
• Director of Commuter Programs
• Director of Student Recreation
• Director of University Events
• University Photographer

The link to each of these position announcements can be found on this page. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

The Wheeler Gym will be closed from Monday, May 22, through Monday, May 29. The gym floor is being resurfaced and the floor will need to cure.

Please protect our courts and gym area from damage and do not enter the gym during this time. Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

Thank you!

End-of-Year Purchase Order Deadlines

The last day to place orders using the purchase order system is May 31, 2017, for FY2016-17. This includes all requisitions which must be budget checked, approved and converted to purchase orders. This helps ensure all products or services ordered via purchase order will be received by June 30, 2017.

Fiscal year 2017-18 Purchase Orders will need to wait until July 1.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Matt Hammar by email (mhammar@georgefox.edu) or call ext. 2162.

Important year-end information for those using university Visa cards

To ensure a clean cut-off between FY2016-17 and FY2017-18 spending, the last day to use your George Fox University Visa card for FY2016-17 purchases is Friday, June 23, 2017. Please refrain from using your card for any purchases after this date.

If you will be traveling for business during this time, please contact Matt Hammar or Kathi Becker to discuss arrangements on how to handle travel after June 23. Credit card purchases for FY2017-18 can begin on or after July 1, 2017.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Matt at ext. 2162 or Kathi at ext. 2166.

Join us to celebrate Craig Taylor as he retires after 43 years of leadership and service to George Fox University.

This open-house reception will be held in Canyon Commons on Sunday, May 21, at 2 p.m.

There will be cards available at the reception if you would like to write him a note. If you would prefer to send a greeting card or photos of Craig, please email them to Patty Findley (pfindley@georgefox.edu) or mail them to 414 N. Meridian St. #6149 Newberg, OR 97132.

Sticking around for the summer? Want some healthy, local, organic produce? Want to get to know some Newberg community members and other George Fox students, faculty and staff? Stop by the community garden! Individual plots and communal gardening options are available. (Going on Juniors Abroad? Feel free to stop by when you return.)

We’ll be gardening together on Saturdays in May from 1 to 3 p.m., and continuing throughout the summer on a weekday to be determined. Stop by to check it out, or sign up for the whole summer. The membership fee is $10/student or $15/George Fox staff, faculty or community member. The garden is located on the corner of Crestview and Villa roads.

Want to be involved but can’t make it on Saturdays in May? Want to hear about future garden gatherings? Email Cherice Bock (cbock@georgefox.edu) to be put on the email list.

Now that the weather is more consistently dry, Plant Services personnel will be busy restriping several lots around campus. These three lots will be restriped on Thursday and Friday of this week: the Pennington lot just east of the Stevens Center, the HMS lot just east of the Lewis Apartments, and the Macy lot just east of Macy Hall.

Please vacate these lots for Thursday and Friday if you normally park there. They should be fine to use on Monday.