A visiting football coach is looking for housing in the Newberg area during the 2015 football season. He is looking for a furnished apartment, townhouse or small house. Please contact George Fox football coach Chris Casey (ccasey@georgefox.edu) if you have any leads.
Please join us on the Newberg campus quad for a summer barbecue for staff and administrators tomorrow (Thursday) from noon to 1 p.m. The price is only $5. RSVP today for our caterer at this link.
See you there!
Your Staff Development Committee
The bookstore will be closed on Monday, June 15, and Tuesday, June 16, to facilitate inventory counts and the physical transition between Follett and Neebo. Follett will be open for business on June 17 for Genesis guests.
Please contact Matt Hammar at ext. 2162 or mhammar@georgefox.edu for any questions.
The end of our fiscal year is quickly approaching! To ensure a clean cut-off between FY15 and FY16 spending, the last day to use your George Fox Visa card for fiscal-year 2015 purchases is Thursday, June 25. 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 purchases after June 25.
Credit card purchases for the 15-16 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.
The art exhibition “PHOENIX: A Northwest Journey, Works by Amy LeFever, George Fox University Artist-in-Residence,” is on display through June 14 in the Minthorne Gallery. All are invited to a reception for the show on Thursday, June 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Hoover Academic Building.
The exhibition represents the culmination of Amy’s two-year artist-in-residence position at George Fox. All of the works on display were produced during the residency and include wood-fired pottery, deconstructed ceramic sculptures, and documentation of the making process of her tile installation on Lemmons Center.
Fiscal Year End 2015 is quickly approaching and the financial affairs office would appreciate your help in ensuring a smooth and timely year-end close. Please review and note the following deadlines for Accounts Payable activities:
For additional details, please refer to the “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures†page of the financial affairs office website.
Please contact Jennifer Klapp with any year-end accounts payable questions at jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170.
Thank you!
– The Finance Team
Fencing is now up around the construction site for the new dining hall. Students and staff will find that the fencing disturbs the typical north/south campus pedestrian flow, and that pedestrians now need to go around the east side of the Villa Academic Complex in order to move up and down the east side of campus.
Additionally, there are gates on both ends of the job site; these are for construction personnel with protective equipment to enter only. Please join us in helping ensure the job site is safe and secure.
Questions? Contact Ted Allen at tallen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2161.
John Stewart will be leaving George Fox after 16 years of service in the bookstore. Please join us on Tuesday, June 9, to have some goodies and say goodbye. Drop by the BlueZone Store anytime between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
John will be transferring to the Portland State University bookstore to continue working for Neebo.
Nine staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency they are:
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.
John Stewart will be leaving George Fox after 16 years of service in the bookstore. Please join us on Tuesday, June 9, to have some goodies and say goodbye. Drop by the BlueZone Store anytime between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
John will be transferring to the Portland State University bookstore to continue working for Neebo.
Mail Services has received a mystery package and there is no recipient’s name on the address label. Did you order a Mini Shopping Cart from “Store Supply†online? If so, please contact Richard Silver (rsilver@georgefox.edu or ext. 2551) to claim the item so we can get it written up and entered into the system.
Thank you.
The Student Support Network is comprised of a group of people that meet twice a month during the school year who confidentially discuss appropriate and timely interventions for students in need of assistance and/or support.
We are entering the third year of using Fox360.georgefox.edu as an online alert system for George Fox community members to notify the Student Support Network of a student who is struggling.
Please check out the Student Support Network website for more information.
Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316) or Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2314) if you have any questions or need more information.
Once again, the Global Leadership Summit, a national program designed to help students embrace the leadership roles that God has called them to, is taking place Aug. 6-7. And although George Fox isn’t serving as a sponsor this year, students are still encouraged to participate. More information is available at willowcreek.com/summit.
The influence and impact of the church is felt most fully when everyone who’s part of a church is fully living out the life God has called them to live. This includes leaders from business, education, nonprofits and ministry. The Global Leadership Summit is designed to fuel students’ passions and sharpen their leadership skills.
Save the date: We will be hosting a retirement banquet to honor Mark Ocker. The event will be held at the Portland Center on Friday, Aug. 14. Tickets are $15 per person, and dinner will begin at 6 p.m.
We know that Mark has touched the lives of many people in the George Fox community over the years. Please share the news of this celebration with friends and colleagues old and new. All are welcome.
For more information, contact Ashley O’Doherty at 503-554-6180 or aodoherty@georgefox.edu.
Fiscal Year End 2015 is quickly approaching and the financial affairs office would appreciate your help in ensuring a smooth and timely year-end close. Please review and note the following deadlines for Accounts Payable activities:
For additional details, please refer to the “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures†page of the financial affairs office website.
Please contact Jennifer Klapp with any year-end accounts payable questions at jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170.
Thank you!
– The Finance Team
The campus community is invited to a presentation of the play First Lady Lou, a one-woman dramatization of the life of Lou Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 19, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.
The play features professional actress Jane Fellows in the title role. Tickets, available at the door, are $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors and university employees, and $5 for students.
After the play, a “talk-back†session with Fellows and Leslie Hoover-Lauble, great-granddaughter of Herbert and Lou Hoover, will be moderated by the university’s archivist Rachel Thomas. Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, attended the precursor to George Fox, Friends Pacific Academy, in the 1880s.
The presentation is among the events planned during the Friends Association for Higher Education Conference, scheduled on the George Fox campus Thursday through Sunday, June 18-21. The event will draw Friends educators from colleges, universities and study centers from around the world.
More information on the conference and/or play is available by visiting quakerfahe.com or writing Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.
Please join George Fox alumna Jessica Maslen at a “Tea for Missions,” a time of fellowship, food and worship, at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 13, in the Cap and Gown Room.
The event is $20 per person. All proceeds from the luncheon and the silent auction will go toward Jessica’s work with the orphans at Busalo School in Zambia.
For more information, contact Sharla Lee at 503-538-8640 or Valerie Maslen at 503-538-1809.
Ten staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:
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.
All staff time sheets and admin time-off reports for May need to be turned in to Human Resources by Friday, June 5.
June is the final month for the 2014-15 fiscal year. All staff time sheets and admin time-off reports for June will need to be turned in to Human Resources by Monday, July 6, to close the fiscal year. Please plan ahead if you expect to be out of the office or on vacation.
Thank you,
Human Resources
Training officer Mark Stone has put together several class options for training in First Aid/CPR/AED and BLS (Basic Life Support for health care professionals). Classes are limited to eight attendees and will not take place if fewer than four sign up for a session.
The BLS classes are required for nursing staff and students as well as all physical therapy and PsyD students, so get that required training out of the way this summer! All classes will take place in Hoover 203, and the options are as follows:
The eight- to 10-hour First Aid/CPR/AED classes are in two five-hour sections on two consecutive days:
BLS classes are six hours in length and will be held on these days:
The price per class is $45, which includes the instruction book, and sign-ups and payment are done at this link. Choose the correct link for the class you want to take.
Please contact Mark Stone at 503-554-2090 or mstone@georgefox.edu if these dates don’t work for your group and other times can be arranged. Classes are also open to non-George Fox-affiliated community members and can also be held at the Portland Center if scheduled with Mark.
