The Daily Bruin

International Student Services has about 20 newly enrolled MBA students who are looking for year-long housing. Would you kindly notify us if you either 1) have a room to rent, or 2) know of any openings on the market?

Thank you for providing help to these international students, and let’s work together to make their George Fox experience a great one.

If you can help, contact Alex Pia with information at apia@georgefox.edu.

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.

Follett Higher Education Group took over operation of the BlueZone Bookstore in June of 2015. The store has been renamed the Bruin Store (Georgefoxshop.com), and now offers textbooks and merchandise in one location. At the beginning of each semester, undergraduate and graduate textbooks will be offered for sale in the Bruin Store and no longer in the Textbook Annex. The remainder of the year the Bruin Store will be your source for Bruin apparel, accessories, gifts and general school supplies.

Part of our agreement with Follett is that they have the exclusive right to sell merchandise and services traditionally offered in college and university bookstores, including but not limited to, all required course materials (print and digital); class and alumni rings and jewelry; clothing (whether or not emblematic); school supplies; desk and dorm accessories; gifts; souvenirs; graduation regalia (sale and rental) and announcements; course-adopted software and paper and electronic custom anthologies; and textbook buybacks.

This agreement does not prohibit sales by student groups or student government organizations, but Follett should be consulted with prior to these sales.

If you have any questions, please email Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.

This morning (Monday) from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Cap and Gown Room the Welcome Weekend staff will be hosting an informational meeting to go over the details of Welcome Weekend and what to expect. Our philosophy is the more people who know what is going on, the smoother things go! So please stop by to hear how the weekend will play out!

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Monday, Aug. 31.

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

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 request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department (optional); and the chart of accounts budget to be charged. The next order will be placed on Monday, Aug. 31.

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

George Fox University’s football program is back for its second year following its inaugural season on the gridiron. In 2014 the Bruins played in front of a Northwest Conference-leading crowd of more than 3,000 fans per game, had a player named to the NCAA Division III national team of the week, and secured their first victory as a new program against Lewis & Clark College.

In the 2015 season, all George Fox employees are entitled to free entry into the uncovered general admission bleachers at home football games when they show their George Fox ID at the gate. Children under 10 are also admitted for free. If you need additional tickets, you can purchase them at the gate or in advance here.

Employees who are interested in purchasing reserved season tickets in the covered grandstands can do so here.

If you have any questions, please call Sarah Reid at ext. 2105 or send her an email at sreid@georgefox.edu.

The library is pleased to delivery library materials for participating faculty to their offices on the Newberg campus. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons authorized to sign.

If you have used this service in the past or if you are signing up for the first time, please click on this link and fill out the form. Questions? Contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

Faculty, please submit requests for fall semester course reserves as soon as possible. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete. Please fill out and submit the form located here. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu or ext. 2425.

International Student Services has about 20 newly enrolled MBA students who are looking for year-long housing. Would you kindly notify us if you either 1) have a room to rent, or 2) know of any openings on the market?

Thank you for providing help to these international students, and let’s work together to make their George Fox experience a great one.

If you can help, contact Alex Pia with information at apia@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Store is under new management and invites you to stop in to say hello, meet our new manager (Michael Simmons) and a great team of workers, and take advantage of your 10 percent employee discount on new styles of clothing and gifts.

We’re excited to welcome you to a new school year, and look forward to seeing you. (Please note: Textbooks are now located in the main Bruin Store, so send students our way. We are no longer staffing the Textbook Annex.)

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

The campus community is invited to a dedication celebration of the new David and Melva Brandt Residence Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 4:30 p.m.

Join us at the new residence hall as we celebrate the opening of this beautiful new building with Dave and Melva. Following the program, tours will be given until 5 p.m.

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

Serve Day assignments have been distributed via email. If you have not received an email, it may mean that your name was not on the employee list. Employees are given assignments based on their employment with the university – generally half time and above.

Click this link to see the “Serve Day Assignment” list. To magnify the page, simply click on the magnifying glass icon in the upper right-hand corner. If your name is NOT on this list, and you would like to receive an assignment, please email serveday@georgefox.edu.

One administrator position is currently open: Director of Human Resources.

The link to this position announcement can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for this job, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

The Bruin Store is under new management and invites you to stop in to say hello, meet our new manager (Michael Simmons) and a great team of workers, and take advantage of your 10 percent employee discount on new styles of clothing and gifts.

We’re excited to welcome you to a new school year, and look forward to seeing you. (Please note: Textbooks are now located in the main Bruin Store, so send students our way. We are no longer staffing the Textbook Annex.)

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

With the start of school right around the corner, here are some housekeeping items to keep in mind in regards to mail and print services …

Mail Services – Extended Hours
Mail services will have special extended hours for students to receive their mail and packages:

• Saturday, Aug. 29, 2-4 p.m.
• During the first week of school, Aug. 31 – Sept. 4, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The week of Sept. 7, mail services will return to its regular schedule of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Please have your student ID card and/or driver’s license with you when you come pick up your packages. A photo from your phones or tablets is not acceptable and your packages will not be handed over to you.

Department Lanyards
Please remember that department lanyards are required when a student worker comes to pick up department mail and packages in mail services. Mail services will not release the mail or packages without the department lanyard. If your department has not received a new lanyard for the 2015-16 academic year, please contact Richard Silver (rsilver@georgefox.edu) ASAP.

Chart of Accounts
Chart of accounts numbers are required for all print jobs and also when sending department mail or packages out. It is not mail and print services job to know your department’s chart of accounts number. This will help make the process run smoothly and efficiently.

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

The campus community is invited to a dedication celebration of the new David and Melva Brandt Residence Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 4:30 p.m.

Join us at the new residence hall as we celebrate the opening of this beautiful new building with Dave and Melva. Following the program, tours will be given until 5 p.m.

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

FoxTALE will be unavailable on Friday, Aug. 21, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you to the 290 of you who have already completed the vehicle registration process! This is just a reminder that all white staff hang tags and orange adjunct permits (with an expiration date of Dec. 31, 2015 or earlier) are now null and void. We have a new vehicle registration database and need everybody to please go on MyGFU and register as soon as possible.

The adjunct hang tags will be valid until Dec. 31, 2016 for this initial go-round and yearly thereafter, and the staff hang tags don’t expire. Please remember to put your GFU PO box number on the second line of the “mailing address,” as no permits will be mailed; they will all be sent to your campus PO box.

Every staff/faculty/adjunct are allotted one gratis permit that can be switched between vehicles. Or, if you’d prefer to not switch it between vehicles, then additional hang tags can be purchased for $5 cash each in the security office. If you desire to purchase additional hang tags, please go on MyGFU to the vehicle registration link underneath “GFU Resources” and register your main car. Then bring the DMV registration card with you to the security office and we will register the additional vehicles/permits to you in the office, and you can pay there.

If you want to switch permits between cars, then please register ALL of your vehicles at the same time. Many hints and tips have been published in the Daily Bruin during the past three weeks for your reference. Portland employees don’t need to register unless they are frequently on the Newberg campus.

Questions? Stuck on one part or another? We are ready to help! Either call Nadine or Ed during office hours at 503-554-2090, or e-mail Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Returning students, faculty, staff and summer student employees: If you lost anything from the last few weeks of April until now, please check the lost and found in the security office. All items not reunited with their original owners will be donated to charitable causes at end of day Friday, Sept 4.

If we have contacted you previously about items in the lost and found, please come and get them as soon as you return to campus.

Thanks!