The Daily Bruin

The undergraduate admissions office is welcoming its final group of our incoming class for Genesis this Friday, July 7. Please be courteous to our guests by avoiding parking in the Hoover and Stevens parking lots.

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

Thanks!

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 deadline for Accounts Payable requests:

1. 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

Northwest Natural Gas and Plant Services will shut off natural gas to several buildings on the Newberg campus for one day only, starting at 8 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, July 6). The shutoff will continue for most of the day; gas will be restored that evening.

The hot water in these areas will last until the tank has been drained (some buildings may not notice a lack of hot water). Gas spigots will be off, and clothes dryers will not function during that time.

Academic buildings affected will be:

• Bauman Auditorium
• Brougher
• EHS
• Hoover
• Klages Center (Engineering, Bookstore, Bruin Den)
• Lemmons Center
• Minthorn Hall
• MLRC
• North Street Annex (Pottery Lab, Mail and Print Services)
• Ross
• Stevens Center
• Wheeler Sports Center
• Wood-Mar Hall

Housing areas affected will be:

• Beebe Hall
• Edwards Hall
• Gulley Hall
• Hobson Hall
• Macy Hall
• Pennington Hall
• Sutton Hall
• Weesner Village Laundry Room
• Willcuts Hall

Thank you for your patience as we do amazing things on campus! Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

Parking can be a challenge on the Newberg campus. Taking the construction of the new student activity center and student input into consideration, the university is implementing the following changes to improve the parking situation for all students (undergraduate and graduate; residential and commuter) on the Newberg campus.

• By the time school starts in August, we will have spent more than $750,000 adding 245 parking spaces, and we have opened up more street parking within our four border streets.
• We are increasing the number of parking permit types (linked to specific locations), which should reduce the need to hunt through various lots to find parking.
• Residential parking lots will not be oversold.
• Graduate commuters are gaining three dedicated lots near the Roberts Center.
  a. Graduate students on the Newberg campus will now be automatically charged the parking registration on their student account, but they will still need to go online and register their cars to receive their permit.
  b. If a graduate student walks or rides a bike to campus, please contact Security Services to have the registration fee removed from your account.
• There is now a free permit option for those interested in saving money by parking in the new lot at the Austin Field (near the Austin Sports Complex across from Northside Church).
• Residential parking registration will be opened, giving priority to seniority. Registration for parking permits will open at 9 a.m. according to the following schedule:
  Seniors – July 5
  Juniors – July 12
  Sophomores – July 19
  Freshmen – July 26
• Graduate students and commuters may register any time after July 5 regardless of class status.

As always, we strongly recommend residential students not bring a car to campus. Leaving your car at home can easily save $1,000 per year; there’s a car-share program on campus through Enterprise Rent-A-Car. There are almost always others who can provide a ride when needed.

For more information, please check out the parking website here.

The building housing the Employee Empowerment (formerly HR) and University Advancement offices has a new name: West Offices. Located on the western edge of campus, across from the Sheridan Street House and Meridian Street House, it was formerly known as the “Minthorne Office Building.”

The name was changed, in part, to avoid confusion with Minthorn Hall, the Minthorne Gallery and Minthorne Conference Room. The building is leased, which is why it is not named after a person or family.

• NBC Camps for basketball and volleyball will be on campus July 5-9, July 10-14 and July 17-21.
• Newberg Christian Church will host a week-long soccer day camp as an outreach to non-church-attending Newberg community youth at Austin Field July 17-21. Last year, 27 children committed their lives to Christ as a result of this outreach, and many have been instrumental in getting additional family members involved in attending church and Bible studies on a regular basis. Approximately 95 people attend this event.
• The Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends (NWYM) is hosting its annual church conference on campus July 23-26. This is the longest-running summer conference at George Fox. The NWYM is a community of evangelical Friends churches who join together in worship and service to impact society through love in action. They utilize the art office located in Ross as their headquarters while on campus.
• The Chinese Evangelical Church meets for an annual church retreat July 28-30. Several Chinese churches from Oregon and Washington gather each summer to worship together and share what God is doing in and through their congregations.

Please contact the Conference and Event Office if you have questions: 503-554-2027.

Northwest Natural Gas and Plant Services will shut off natural gas to several buildings on the Newberg campus for one day only, starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 6. The shutoff will continue for most of the day; gas will be restored that evening.

The hot water in these areas will last until the tank has been drained (some buildings may not notice a lack of hot water). Gas spigots will be off, and clothes dryers will not function during that time.

Academic buildings affected will be:

• Bauman Auditorium
• Brougher
• EHS
• Hoover
• Klages Center (Engineering, Bookstore, Bruin Den)
• Lemmons Center
• Minthorn Hall
• MLRC
• North Street Annex (Pottery Lab, Mail and Print Services)
• Ross
• Stevens Center
• Wheeler Sports Center
• Wood-Mar Hall

Housing areas affected will be:

• Beebe Hall
• Edwards Hall
• Gulley Hall
• Hobson Hall
• Macy Hall
• Pennington Hall
• Sutton Hall
• Weesner Village Laundry Room
• Willcuts Hall

Thank you for your patience as we do amazing things on campus! Questions? Contact Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu).

Are you a George Fox undergraduate or graduate student looking for a place to live this year? Friendship House Newberg might be the perfect house for you. It’s just 10 blocks from campus and newly remodeled.

If you have a heart for friendship and community with the people you live with, Friendship House could be the right fit. We have the vision of creating community both within the home and in the greater George Fox and Newberg communities.

At Friendship House, you’ll have your own bedroom with a half bath, as well as a shared master bathroom, and newly remodeled kitchen and living room. You’ll also have the opportunity to live alongside two individuals with developmental disabilities who are engaged in the Newberg community.

The vision of Friendship House is to create friendships and to build bridges between individuals with disabilities and the community. Contact Sondra Strong at 503-201-8321 or email fhnewberg@gmail.com to find out more. Hurry to secure your room!

Following is next week’s schedule for the Bruin Den:

• July 3 and July 4 – Closed in observance of the July 4 holiday
• July 5 – Open normal summer hours (8 a.m. – 2 p.m.) We will also be visiting the third state on our Route 66 culinary road trip during lunch. Stop by the patio outside the Bruin Den between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to enjoy traditional foods from New Mexico.
• July 6 – Closed for building repairs and maintenance. The Bridge Café will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and we will be featuring fun picnic fare for lunch!
• July 7 – Open and back to normal summer hours of service

Parking can be a challenge on the Newberg campus. Taking the construction of the new student activity center and student input into consideration, the university is implementing the following changes to improve the parking situation for all students (undergraduate and graduate; residential and commuter) on the Newberg campus.

• By the time school starts in August, we will have spent more than $750,000 adding 245 parking spaces, and we have opened up more street parking within our four border streets.
• We are increasing the number of parking permit types (linked to specific locations), which should reduce the need to hunt through various lots to find parking.
• Residential parking lots will not be oversold.
• Graduate commuters are gaining three dedicated lots near the Roberts Center.
  a. Graduate students on the Newberg campus will now be automatically charged the parking registration on their student account, but they will still need to go online and register their cars to receive their permit.
  b. If a graduate student walks or rides a bike to campus, please contact Security Services to have the registration fee removed from your account.
• There is now a free permit option for those interested in saving money by parking in the new lot at the Austin Field (near the Austin Sports Complex across from Northside Church).
• Residential parking registration will be opened, giving priority to seniority. Registration for parking permits will open at 9 a.m. according to the following schedule:
  Seniors – July 5
  Juniors – July 12
  Sophomores – July 19
  Freshmen – July 26
• Graduate students and commuters may register any time after July 5 regardless of class status.

As always, we strongly recommend residential students not bring a car to campus. Leaving your car at home can easily save $1,000 per year; there’s a car-share program on campus through Enterprise Rent-A-Car. There are almost always others who can provide a ride when needed.

For more information, please check out the parking website here.

The university’s offices and libraries on the Newberg and Portland campuses will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, July 3-4, in observance of the July 4 holiday. The Bruin Store will also be closed those two days.

As a part of our strategy to increase efficiency and streamline our Finance and business processes, we have automated the entire expense process using Concur Expense.

For our university, Concur will allow us to:

• Create a better expense reimbursement process for employees
• Drive expense and travel policy compliance
• Gain better visibility to travel and expense spending
• Eliminate the need to collect, manage and store paper receipts

For our employees, Concur will:

• Reduce the time spent and minimize the hassle of completing the expense process
• Allow on-the-go capabilities through user friendly mobile applications
• Provide pre-populated expense reports
• Require fewer key strokes to request reimbursement

Our Finance and IT teams investigated many solutions. Concur Expense closely matches our business needs. We will go live with Concur Expense on July 5, 2017.

Automating the entire expense process from both a web and mobile standpoint is an important step in helping improve our processes. We are excited about our new process and ask each of you to support this change and use Concur Expense. There will be an email sent out on July 5 for the next step in this process. If you have questions, contact Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.

Sincerely,
Finance/Purchasing/IT

Join us for lunch today (Wednesday) on the patio outside the Klages Center between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. as we continue our culinary road trip along Route 66. Today’s stop will be the state of Arizona, and we’ll be serving up Navajo fry bread beef tacos along with some regional side dishes and a strawberry cheesecake chimichanga for dessert, all for just $6.95!

Pick up a punch card while you’re here, as there will be a drawing for a fun prize at the end of the road!

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing the next business card order on Thursday, July 6. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source before Wednesday, July 5.

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

Parking can be a challenge on the Newberg campus. Taking the construction of the new student activity center and student input into consideration, the university is implementing the following changes to improve the parking situation for all students (undergraduate and graduate; residential and commuter) on the Newberg campus.

• By the time school starts in August, we will have spent more than $750,000 adding 245 parking spaces, and we have opened up more street parking within our four border streets.
• We are increasing the number of parking permit types (linked to specific locations), which should reduce the need to hunt through various lots to find parking.
• Residential parking lots will not be oversold.
• Graduate commuters are gaining three dedicated lots near the Roberts Center.
  a. Graduate students on the Newberg campus will now be automatically charged the parking registration on their student account, but they will still need to go online and register their cars to receive their permit.
  b. If a graduate student walks or rides a bike to campus, please contact Security Services to have the registration fee removed from your account.
• There is now a free permit option for those interested in saving money by parking in the new lot at the Austin Field (near the Austin Sports Complex across from Northside Church).
• Residential parking registration will be opened, giving priority to seniority. Registration for parking permits will open at 9 a.m. according to the following schedule:
  Seniors – July 5
  Juniors – July 12
  Sophomores – July 19
  Freshmen – July 26
• Graduate students and commuters may register any time after July 5 regardless of class status.

As always, we strongly recommend residential students not bring a car to campus. Leaving your car at home can easily save $1,000 per year; there’s a car-share program on campus through Enterprise Rent-A-Car. There are almost always others who can provide a ride when needed.

For more information, please check out the parking website here.

Marketing Communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your name tag requests at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions. The next order will be placed Monday, July 10.

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

Wednesday, July 5, is “George Fox Night” at the Portland Timbers! Join other Bruin alumni, parents, friends, employees and students for a fun-filled evening of soccer at downtown Portland’s historic Providence Park. Our reserved seats in the Widmer Brothers Southern Front offer a close-up view of the game.

Tickets include stadium snacks like popcorn, roasted peanuts, potato chips, gourmet macaroni and cheese, barbecue meatballs, and fresh-baked cookies, as well as soda and bottled water.

Tickets are $50 each and can be purchased here. Contact Robby Larson (rlarson@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

We hope you can join us!

June is the final month for the 2016-17 fiscal year. All staff time sheets and admin time-off reports for June will need to be turned in to Human Resources by Wednesday, July 5, to close the fiscal year. Please plan ahead if you expect to be out of the office or on vacation.

Thank you,
Human Resources

Plant Services is trimming trees and doing other overhead work with a high lift through the end of the month. Please be aware as you are walking through campus so that you do not walk through these areas.

The areas will be marked, and parking areas will be cordoned off the day before work progresses in that area. For your safety and that of your vehicle, do not park or walk in areas that have been reserved.

Thank you,
Dixie Downey (ddowney@georgefox.edu)

Bruin Camp: Football
Coaches John Bates and Ken Ingram are running three football camps this summer. The first is an overnight team camp June 23-26 that will host about 450 high school students. The second is a day camp for youth June 27-29. The third football camp is an overnight individual skills session June 30-July 1.

Oregon Suzuki Institute
The Oregon Suzuki Institute is a week-long program (June 26-July 1) held every summer at George Fox. The institute provides an opportunity for approximately 350 Suzuki students to receive lessons, perform and take classes in order to reinforce their normal studies. Check-in is Sunday in the EHS Atrium at noon.

George Fox Bruin Academic Camp
Funded through the Lilly Endowment Inc., Theologia is a week-long institute on the university’s Newberg campus, where rising high school juniors and seniors will learn theology that connects to their own personal lives. The camp is held June 23-30.