The Daily Bruin

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend an all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, in the Klages Dining Room on the Newberg campus. Breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The meeting will include a time of worship and devotions, updates from President Robin Baker and the VP team, employee service awards, and recognition of the support staff and administrator of the year.

See you there!

Don’t forget to join us for Mark Ocker’s retirement reception at the Portland Center this Friday, Aug. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m.  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.

Please be advised that various parking lots and roads will be closed between Monday, Aug. 10 and Friday, Aug. 14. The greatest disturbances will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 12 between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. near Edwards Residence Hall, the Murdock Learning Resource Center and the Student Union Building. Please see the schedule below for the complete list of detours/closures that may affect you:

• Monday, Aug. 10: No parking on Sherman Street or in the parking lot at the physical therapy wing of the Roberts Center (formerly the Villa Academic Center). This parking lot will be closed through Thursday, Aug. 13.
• Tuesday, Aug. 11: The lower Le Shana Residence Hall parking lot will be closed through Thursday, Aug. 13. The access road behind Wheeler Sports Center will be closed during this time as well. Carlton Way and the associated parking spots behind the library will be closed in the afternoon between the tennis courts and the Klages loading dock.
• Wednesday, Aug. 12: Carlton Way and associated parking spots will be closed for most of the day from the tennis courts to the Klages loading dock. All non-essential personnel will be held 200-500 feet back from the crane locations. Andersen Construction and George Fox personnel will be present on both sides of the canyon to help ensure spectator safety. The canyon will be closed on the north and south sides of the bridge for several days while the construction is completed in order to ensure a safe zone beneath the work. During the lift, Edwards will be evacuated and on lockdown. There will be brief evacuations of both the Murdock Learning Resource Center and Heacock Commons while the west segment of the bridge is moved from the Edwards lawn to the canyon at approximately 9 a.m.
• Thursday, Aug. 13: Both cranes should demobilize from campus and all facilities will be returned to their normal use, with the exception of the canyon beneath the new bridge.

Building Evacuations:

The following buildings will be briefly evacuated for approximately 30 minutes sometime between 8:30-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Andersen Construction and George Fox security personnel will notify the building supervisor when to evacuate, and when it is safe to reenter the following buildings:

• Heacock Commons
• Murdock Learning Resource Center
• Minthorn Hall
• Mail Services/Print Services/North Street Annex

Suggested Spectator Viewing Locations:

• Behind the Murdock Learning Resource Center commons (after bridge is moved into canyon).
• Behind the Roberts Center physical therapy building near the new dining hall site.
• Between Barclay House and Coffin Hall.
• On the track near the football scoreboard.

If you have any questions regarding these activities, please call Bryan Kasler at 971-806-5924 or Brad Barcroft at 541-207-4787.

Bon Appetit is selling picnic style lunches out of the Groovy Bruin food cart on the quad through Aug. 14 while the Bruin Den is closed. Come on over between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and customize a lunch from a variety of gourmet sandwiches, sides, beverages and desserts, all for just $6.75.

Questions? Contact Lisa Miles at lmiles@georgefox.edu.

Listed in order of recency they are:

• Director of Human Resources
• 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 be a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer them to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

The IT department posts updates, how-tos and tips relevant to university supported software, including the Google Apps Suite, Microsoft Office, Windows 7, Apple OS, iOS and more.

To subscribe to the group TechTips: Hints, Tips and Updates from George Fox IT and receive posts by email, click on this link and then select “Join Group” (requires George Fox sign-in).

Questions? Contact Kandie Comfort at kcomfort@georgefox.edu.

It’s that time again! Welcome Weekend is our chance to welcome each and every new student as they step onto campus. With such a large incoming class we need all hands on deck, as we each do our part to make students and their guests feel the “Be Known” promise.

And who better to do that than our own faculty and staff? Please complete this form and we will contact you with further instructions.

With another large incoming class and a new dorm we are needing many hands to help move in incoming students on Thursday, Aug. 27. We are spread thin trying to make sure there are enough hands at each move-in location. We would love your help, even for just a couple hours that morning. You can sign up using our Welcome Weekend volunteer form.

Questions? Contact Charlotte Gray at cgray12@georgefox.edu.

Do you have a love for details, a heart for service and interest in a short-term work opportunity in the final weeks of the summer? If so, you might be a perfect fit for our interim Serve Day coordinator position. Our Serve Day Committee and full-time student intern are working diligently toward this exciting Sept. 9 all-campus event, however we are looking for an interim professional staff member to guide the remainder of the process.

The SpIL office is looking for an internal candidate for this role who has a great deal of experience with George Fox’s Serve Day, event planning experience, and a lightly scheduled August and early September. If that’s you or someone you know, please send an email to Jamie Noling-Auth at jnolingauth@georgefox.edu.

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.

Marketing Communications will be accepting orders through Monday, Aug. 17. For order instructions, visit our stationary page. Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through Print Services.

Please contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Please join us for a farewell reception for Vern Choin beginning at 3 p.m. today (Thursday) in Portland Center’s Room 155. He has faithfully served at the university’s Portland Center for 12 years.

Please help us welcome our summer visitors at Summer Visit Day on Friday, Aug. 7, by showing courtesy and parking somewhere other than the Hoover or Stevens parking lots.

Thank you,
– Undergraduate Admissions

Bon Appetit is selling picnic style lunches out of the Groovy Bruin van on the quad through August 14 while the Bruin Den is closed. Come on over between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and customize a lunch from a variety of gourmet sandwiches, sides, dessert and beverages, all for just $6.75. Also, it’s still not too late to purchase a picnic punch card! For just $30 you get a card with five punches that can be redeemed for lunch during our picnic promotion, now through the 14th.

Questions? Contact Lisa Miles at lmiles@georgefox.edu.

We will have the large video board at Stoffer Family Stadium up and running during Welcome Weekend and would like to have as many campus groups and departments as possible represented. This will be a really great way to “advertise” during a time when many people are on campus.

If you have content that you would like put up on the video board, please send it to Elise Trask (etrask@georgefox.edu) by August 15. Here are a few guidelines:

• Image must be 16×9 JPEG (you can set your dimensions and do the JPEG conversion in PowerPoint)
• Keep the text that accompanies the image short and simple
• Be sure that your department/group/team name is submitted along with the image
• Make sure the picture fits within the George Fox brand
• You can submit a maximum of two 16×9 JPEGs per department/group/team

You can advertise an upcoming event, or maybe you have a photo from a past event (Juniors Abroad, music concert, art exhibit, etc.) that you feel represents your department/group/team well. Contact Elise with any questions.

The university’s Adult Degree Program is hosting an evening open house from 6 to 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday), 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.

Please join us for a farewell reception for Vern Choin beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, in Portland Center’s Room 155. He has faithfully served at the university’s Portland Center for 12 years.

It’s that time again! Welcome Weekend is our chance to welcome each and every new student as they step onto campus. With such a large incoming class we need all hands on deck, as we each do our part to make students and their guests feel the “Be Known” promise.

And who better to do that than our own faculty and staff? Please complete this form and we will contact you with further instructions.

Just as a reminder and effective immediately: ALL checks (personal and paychecks) and items of value (event tickets and parking permits) will be written up as a package and the recipient must come to Mail Services to sign for the package.

This will assure that all items will get into the proper recipient’s hands and officially signed for. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu or ext. 2551.

Thank you!
– Mail Services

The Department of Art and Design is pleased to announce the arrival of “The Berg” bumper stickers! Designed by professor Jeff Cameron, these stickers were created for the dual purpose of celebrating our exceptional community of Newberg and increasing funding for our Art Department Scholarship Fund.

The stickers sell for $5 each, and all proceeds (after we pay the sticker cost) will go to the Art Department Scholarship Fund. You can get your stickers this week at Pulp & Circumstance, Chapters and the Bruin Store.

Thanks for your support!

Questions? Contact Cheri Hampton at champton@georgefox.edu.

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend an all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, in the Klages Dining Room on the Newberg campus. Breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The meeting will include a time of worship and devotions, updates from President Robin Baker and the VP team, employee service awards, and recognition of the support staff and administrator of the year.

See you there!