The Daily Bruin

The Strength and Conditioning Room in the Duke Athletic Center will be closed today (Friday) beginning at 2 p.m. It will be unavailable the remainder of the day as well as on Saturday, Aug. 1, until 4 p.m., as the university will be hosting a “Gathering of Gratitude” event in the Duke building. The Wheeler Fitness Center will remain open and be available for use during this time frame.

Thank you for your understanding.

All staff time sheets and admin time-off reports for July will need to be turned in to the human resources office by the end of the day on Friday, Aug. 7.

Thank you,
Human Resources

The university’s Adult Degree Program is hosting an evening open house from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Room 160 at the Portland Center to share information about the major programs starting this fall.

Do you have friends or family who have been considering finishing their degree? We would be honored if you would pass this invitation on to them. All students looking to finish their bachelor’s degree are welcome to attend.

Anyone interested in attending can RSVP by emailing adultdegree@georgefox.edu. Questions? Contact Danae Allen at dallen@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to attend the all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Thursday) in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

Don’t forget to stop by the Bruin Den today (Wednesday) between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to purchase your picnic lunch punch card. The Bruin Den will be closed Aug. 3-14, but we’ve got lunch covered for you!

Just $30 buys you five picnic-style lunches served out of the Groovy Bruin food cart on the quad. Stop by, enjoy a complimentary glass of lemonade, and learn more about our picnic promotion.

George Fox University Athletics and the Chehalem Park and Recreation District are excited to announce the inaugural Bruins Sports Day. Girls and boys entering the second through eighth grades in the fall will have the opportunity to pick one sport (football, cross country, volleyball, soccer, golf) to participate in at an afternoon clinic (1 to 3 p.m.) on Wednesday, Aug. 26, free of charge.

The afternoon will be spent learning basic skills from members of the George Fox athletic teams and coaching staff. Invite young children to enjoy a fun-filled day on the beautiful George Fox campus. More information can be found at this link. If you have questions, please contact the Chehalem Park and Recreation District at 503-554-0283.

Do you enjoy working with people in a campus environment? Are you interested in working, but can’t commit to full-time work during the semester because of all your classes? Have some free time and just want to learn some new jobs skills? If so, you should consider applying at the Bruin Store, a.k.a. the George Fox Bookstore!

We are about to start recruiting temporary associates to work our busy back-to-school season. We are looking for individuals who possess a commitment to customer service, superior organizing skills, are detail oriented, and are able to multitask. We prefer candidates to have retail or cashiering experience, but we are willing to train the right people.

Job requirements:

• Minimum age: 18
• Superior customer service
• Professional appearance/interpersonal skills
• Strong work ethic
• Detail oriented
• Able to lift 50 pounds
• Able to work 15-30 hours per week between Aug 17. and Sept. 4
• Ability to multitask

Preferred qualifications: Retail or cashier experience

As a highly valued associate, you will greet and assist customers, ring sales, stock shelves and help keep the store clean, neat and tidy. Along with this opportunity, you’ll enjoy discounts on textbooks, clothing and gifts. So what are you waiting for? Apply now! To apply, go to this link.

The Bruin Store will be receiving applications through Aug. 13. Employees, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Come on over to the Bruin Den today (Tuesday) and Wednesday between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and buy a picnic lunch punch card! For just $30 you will get a card good for five picnic-style lunches served from Aug. 3 through Aug. 14 out of our Groovy Bruin food cart on the quad.

The Bruin Den will be closed, but we’ve got lunch covered! Stop by, enjoy a complimentary glass of lemonade, and learn more about our picnic promotion!

This is a last call for departments to send housing the names of your students coming to campus early this fall! If you have anyone moving into campus housing before Aug. 29 (or 27th for new students), email housing@georgefox.edu to get an early arrival form sent your way.

We need everything in by Thursday, July 30, at the very latest. Thanks for your help in making this process as seamless as possible!

This is just a reminder that whenever a job is being submitted to Print Services, your department’s chart of accounts number must accompany the job. Print Services is not responsible for knowing your chart of accounts number.

If a work-study student is submitting a job, please make sure they are provided the chart of accounts number. This is the full string of numbers and not just the six-digit department ID. Therefore, it should look like this, for example: 54510-10000-610100-MG130-ALL.

Thank you for your help. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2551.

We’re off to a great start on our brand new vehicle registration system! Thank you to all who hopped right on and registered. We have a few more tips to make the registration process easier, and to hopefully answer some questions that came up last week.

1. The Vehicle Registration link is near the bottom of the “GFU Resources” column on the right side of the home page, not “University Resources” as previously noted. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
2. The system will auto-fill your preferred name that is attached to your ID number, so don’t worry if that isn’t the exact version that is on your driver’s license. The registration will still go through.
3. If you have an old ID card where the ID numbers between the dashes are only six digits, you will need to add a “1” before those six digits on the sign-in page. Everybody else can use the seven digits in between the dashes to register. The system is set up to take exactly seven digits.
4. Staff, faculty and adjuncts should put their campus PO box number on the second address line of the “mailing address” fields, as your permits will be sent via campus mail to that PO box, and you or your administrative assistant will sign for it at mail services just like a package.
5. All staff/faculty/adjuncts need to register their vehicles on this new database as the parking permits are also new, and the old ones are void next month. If you want to purchase an additional hang tag for each car, please bring your vehicle registration information and $5 cash to the security office during business hours, and we will help you register the additional vehicles and assign the additional permits to them in the office.

Please feel free to call security during business hours at 503-554-2090 or email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu if you still have unanswered questions or encounter difficulty in the registration process.

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

• Mail and Print Services Clerk I (half time)
• Administrative Assistant III, Academic Affairs Office
• Director of Human Resources
• Inquiry and Application Coordinator, Admissions, Portland Center, (temporary)
• Business Communications Manager, College of Business
• Administrative, Analytics, and Project Manager, College of Business
• Enrollment Specialist, Registrar’s Office
• Director of Gift Development, Advancement

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.

The Bruin Den will be closed Aug. 3-14, but we’ve still got lunch covered for you! Stop by the Bruin Den Tuesday or Wednesday (July 28-29) between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and purchase a picnic punch card. You may also purchase the card in the food service office any day (Monday through Friday) between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

For only $30 you receive a card good for five picnic-style lunches, which will be served out of the Groovy Bruin on the quad and you will also receive a 10 percent discount on your first “lunch club” card if purchased at the same time. There will be a variety of delicious sandwiches, sides and desserts, plus a beverage that you can customize to create a lunch just the way you like it!

Lunches may also be purchased at the Groovy Bruin (cash or check only) during this time period for $6.75. Savor summer, it’s time for a picnic!

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, July 30, in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

In hopes of including everyone, we have changed Mark Ocker’s retirement gathering to a reception at the Portland Center from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14. Mark has touched the lives of many people in the George Fox community over the years, and we look forward to an evening of celebration. There is no cost to attend, and all are invited.

For more information, contact Ashley O’Doherty at 503-554-6180 or aodoherty@georgefox.edu.

We are looking for employees to lead eight-week-long Life Groups for undergraduate students this fall. Groups are designed to foster spiritual growth of students and meet weekly at the time of your choosing.

Sign up by Friday, Aug. 14. For more details, go to this page.

If your department has students who will be arriving to campus early this fall and living in campus housing, you can still submit applications even though the “Early Arriver” deadline to notify housing has passed (July 24). If you have questions or need the “Early Arriver” form sent your way, you can email housing@georgefox.edu to have that sent to you.

Security Services is pleased to announce that the new vehicle registration system is up and running! Here are some tips to make the registration process smoother:

1. The link to register is on MyGFU and is underneath the “University Resources” heading.
2. Have your vehicle’s registration card from the DMV with you when you register for needed information.
3. Important Change: Any vehicle or license plate changes that need to be made AFTER you have registered need to be done by security office personnel. Come into the office during business hours or email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.
4. Staff, faculty and adjuncts are given one gratis permit to use between vehicles. If you wish to have a permit for each vehicle, please come to the security office to register additional vehicles and to pay the $5 cash fee per permit.
5. All staff permits will be delivered via campus mail to your university PO box number, so please have that handy when you register.
6. For this initial year only, all newly assigned adjunct permits will be valid for 1.5 years, until December 2016. Thereafter they will expire on Dec. 31 of each year. Staff and full-time faculty permits do not expire.
7. Portland employees need to register only if they frequently come to the Newberg campus.

Questions? Have a situation out-of-the-box? Either e-mail Nadine at the above e-mail address, or call 503-554-2090 during business hours.

Be sure to join Bon Appetit tomorrow (Thursday) as we celebrate the roots of barbecue, Texas style. We are serving up traditional smoked-beef brisket with regional side dishes out of our food cart on the quad from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

We will also be holding a drawing for a free prize in the Bruin Den, so stop by and sign up to be eligible to win a terrific gift bag full of barbecue-related items!

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.