End-of-Year Reminder for Deposits and Petty Cash Reconciliations

Monday, June 6th, 2016

End-of-the-fiscal-year deposits to be included in this year’s budget must be in finance no later than July 1, 2016. Checks dated prior to June 30 must be deposited in the current fiscal year.

Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to go to the bank. If you are taking vacation during the July 4 holiday, please send your deposits over before you leave. If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173.

Final petty cash reconciliations for this fiscal year are due in finance no later than July 8, 2016. Please remember to submit all receipts, cash and reconciliation reports before this deadline. If you will be taking vacation over the July 4 holiday, please plan ahead and send these over before you leave. If you have questions about petty cash protocols, please contact Jen Klapp at ext. 2170.

Come to grand opening of the Bridge Café today

Sunday, June 5th, 2016

Join us today (Monday) for the opening of the new Bridge Café in the Canyon Commons! You are invited to enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries in the Bridge Café from 8 to 8:30 a.m. during our grand opening.

During lunch, we’ll be sampling delicious bites from our fire pit in the Canyon Commons between noon and 12:30 p.m. The Bridge Café is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the summer.

Contact archives if interested in free legal-sized hanging file folders

Sunday, June 5th, 2016

The archives has decommissioned a few hundred legal-sized hanging file folders. They are in great shape but were no longer needed after our remodel. If anyone on campus can use them, please let Rachel Thomas know at rthomas@georgefox.edu or ext. 2415.

Don’t forget today’s Canyon Commons celebration event

Sunday, June 5th, 2016

Bon Appetit and the president’s office invite all employees and work-study students to join them for a mini-celebration of the opening of the Bridge Cafe and the new Canyon Commons dining hall.

Join us from 8 to 8:30 a.m. today (Monday) for the celebration. Free coffee will be provided in the Bridge Cafe and in the dining area’s main cafe, and pastries will be served as well. Denny also invites the campus community to stop by the Canyon Commons from noon to 12:30 p.m. this afternoon to enjoy some free food samples (not lunch) being prepared in the walk station in the main dining area.

The main opening/inauguration will be on Wednesday, Aug. 17, but President Robin Baker and Bon Appetit’s Denny Lawrence thought it would be fun to have an early celebration. We hope you can join us!

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Bridge Café hosts grand opening on Monday

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

Join us on Monday, June 6, for the opening of the new Bridge Café in the Canyon Commons! You are invited to enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries in the Bridge Café from 8 to 8:30 a.m. during our grand opening.

During lunch, we’ll be sampling delicious bites from our fire pit in the Canyon Commons between noon and 12:30 p.m. The Bridge Café is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the summer.

Six staff and administrator positions currently open

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

Six staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

  • Program Director, Theologia (George Fox Summer Theology Institute, Portland Center)
  • Video Producer, Marketing Communications
  • Technical Director, Department of English and Theatre
  • Financial Aid Counselor
  • Records Specialist, Registrar
  • Associate Director of Annual Giving

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. 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.

Update on Turnitin for FoxTALE assignments

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

All testing of FoxTALE assignments using Turnitin show that processing of submissions is restored. Faculty and students can access Originality reports. We are continuing to work with Turnitin on the default settings for any new regular FoxTALE assignments when enabling Turnitin. Until this issue is resolved, we recommend you use the settings shown in our guide when enabling Turnitin in your assignment.

See FoxTALE Turnitin Originality Reporting for details. We will send an update when this issue has been resolved.

If you have questions, please contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

– Your Educational Technology Team

Archives has legal-sized hanging file folders free for the taking

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

The archives has decommissioned a few hundred legal-sized hanging file folders. They are in great shape but were no longer needed after our remodel. If anyone on campus can use them, please let Rachel Thomas know at rthomas@georgefox.edu or ext. 2415.

Plan to attend Canyon Commons celebration on Monday

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

Bon Appetit and the president’s office invite all employees and work-study students to join them for a mini-celebration of the opening of the Bridge Cafe and the new Canyon Commons dining hall.

Join us from 8 to 8:30 a.m. this Monday, June 6, for the celebration. Free coffee will be provided in the Bridge Cafe and in the dining area’s main cafe, and pastries will be served as well. Denny also invites the campus community to stop by the Canyon Commons from noon to 12:30 p.m. that afternoon to enjoy some free food samples (not lunch) being prepared in the walk station in the main dining area.

The main opening/inauguration will be on Wednesday, Aug. 17, but President Robin Baker and Bon Appetit’s Denny Lawrence thought it would be fun to have an early celebration. We hope you can join us!

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Important year-end information for those using university Visa cards

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

With the end of our fiscal year quickly approaching, and to ensure a clean cut-off between 2015/16 and 2016/17 spending, the last day to use your Visa card for current fiscal year purchases is Friday, June 24. 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 24. Credit card purchases for the 2016/17 fiscal year can begin on or after July 1. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Matt at ext 2162 or Kathi at ext. 2166.

Registering formal student complaints

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

While most student concerns and complaints can and should be resolved informally, there is a formal general complaint procedure described in the “Support for Students” section of the Undergraduate Student Handbook as well as on the Graduate/DPS Policies page of the website.

Please note that these procedures cover complaints of a general nature and do not supersede specific policies involving special cases such as grade appeals, sexual harassment, etc., which are covered elsewhere in the Student Handbook, catalog or Graduate/DPS Policies.

For more information, contact the student life department at studentlife@georgefox.edu.

Campus community invited to Canyon Commons celebration this Monday

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Bon Appetit and the president’s office invite all employees and work-study students to join them for a mini-celebration of the opening of the Bridge Cafe and the new Canyon Commons dining hall.

Join us from 8 to 8:30 a.m. this Monday, June 6, for the celebration. Free coffee will be provided in the Bridge Cafe and in the dining area’s main cafe, and pastries will be served as well. Denny also invites the campus community to stop by the Canyon Commons from noon to 12:30 p.m. that afternoon to enjoy some free food samples (not lunch) being prepared in the walk station in the main dining area.

The main opening/inauguration will be on Wednesday, Aug. 17, but President Robin Baker and Bon Appetit’s Denny Lawrence thought it would be fun to have an early celebration. We hope you can join us!

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

Bon Appetit hosts barbecue on the quad today

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

Come over and join us for lunch today (Wednesday)! We are firing up the grill and barbecuing hamburgers and garden burgers with all the trimmings! We will also have salads, chips, dessert and freshly brewed iced tea, all for $6.75. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Meal plan options for Fall 2016

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

Starting the fall 2016 semester, new meal plan options will be available to students. Please check out the Meal Plan Options page for detailed information about the new meal plans and our meal plan policies.

The meal plan form will be available in MyGFU, in “University Forms,” starting Wednesday, June 15. You must select your meal plan no later than June 27, 2016.

Students living on campus in the fall who do not select their meal plan by June 27 will have the lowest meal plan they are eligible for applied to their account by student life. Students living off campus who do not choose a meal plan by June 27 will be given the “No Meal Plan.”

However, students who are eligible to do so may make changes to their meal plan until Friday, Sept. 9.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office if you have any questions regarding the meal plan. She can be reached at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316.

Please make sure to complete Serve Day 2016 all-employee survey

Monday, May 30th, 2016

Our team is planning for Serve Day 2016! Please help us by making sure you’ve completed this survey to communicate site preferences, physical limitations and involvement capacity. (It shouldn’t take any more than three minutes.) It’s essential for our planning!

Please note: The survey is required for all Newberg employees.

See you Sept. 14, 2016, for another great Serve Day!

Tree removal happening in the quad this week

Monday, May 30th, 2016

Plant Services will be removing several trees from the area around Minthorn Hall between May 31 and June 3. For your safety, please respect the boundaries set up. We will be selling the wood from these trees on a first-come, first-served basis. Firewood will be $150 per cord and must be picked up no later than Monday, June 6.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
Plant Services

Announcing your new Staff Development Committee members

Monday, May 30th, 2016

We are pleased to announce the results of the Staff Development Committee election! Here are your new and continuing members for 2016-17:

  • Chair: Adina Briggs McConaughey
  • Vice Chair: Peg Hutton
  • Treasurer: Debbie Hawblitzel
  • Secretary: Belinda Creighton
  • Portland Center member: Mary Cameron
  • Continuing members: Patti Cooke, Janeen Dillow, Jesse Dillow, Christee Wise
  • Newly elected members: Kera Hallman, Jeff Marble, Tim Jaquith, Teresa Arnold, Jennifer Hanks
  • Rotating off the committee: Paul Becker and Nadine Kincaid

The committee is open to your ideas and suggestions for what you would like to see for activities and continuing education, so please email Adina Briggs-McConaughey before June 14 so members can discuss your ideas/considerations/concerns at the calendar planning meeting in June.

It has been a pleasure serving you as SDC chair this spring!

– Nadine Kincaid

Courier delivery change for next week

Thursday, May 26th, 2016

Monday is Memorial Day, and the campus will be closed. The courier service for next week will be Tuesday and Thursday. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Seven staff and administrator positions currently open

Thursday, May 26th, 2016

Seven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

  • Program Director, Theologia (George Fox Summer Theology Institute, Portland Center)
  • Video Producer, Marketing Communications
  • Technical Director, Department of English and Theatre
  • Financial Aid Counselor
  • Records Specialist, Registrar
  • MBA and DBA Program Coordinator, College of Business (Portland Center)
  • Associate Director of Annual Giving

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. 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.

Be mindful of tree removal happening in the quad

Thursday, May 26th, 2016

Plant Services will be removing several trees from the area around Minthorn Hall between May 31 and June 3. For your safety, please respect the boundaries set up. We will be selling the wood from these trees on a first-come, first-served basis. Firewood will be $150 per cord and must be picked up no later than Monday, June 6.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
Plant Services