The Daily Bruin

Learn to make the gorgeous hanging baskets that grace our George Fox quad area. You will learn this valuable lesson on how these beauties are assembled and help us in the process.

Join us Wednesday, May 27, starting at 9 a.m. We will be working on the baskets for approximately four hours, and you are welcome to join in the class at any time. We’ll meet in the Plant Services Building at 1101 Villa Road.

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

Due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 25, the courier who goes between the Portland and Newberg campuses will run on Tuesday and Thursday next week. Have items going to the Portland Center at Newberg Mail Services by 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Regular courier schedule resumes the following week.

If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 25, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and the Portland Center also will be closed.

The College of Business’ MBA program is hosting the Spring Speaker Series at the Portland Center tomorrow (Friday) from 7:30 to 9 a.m.. All are welcome. Please RSVP at this link today!

This coming Monday, May 25, is Memorial Day! Therefore, there will be no courier service. Hyatt Courier will be servicing George Fox next week on Tuesday and Wednesday to accommodate the holiday. Thereafter, their services will go back to their regular delivery schedule on Monday and Thursday.

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

If you have specific students from your department who need to move into their fall housing prior to Saturday, Aug. 22, housing needs to know before July 24. Contact housing@georgefox.edu with any questions, or to have the early arrivals form sent to you.

The IDEA Center is currently seeking an office coordinator. If you are interested in learning more about the position, please contact the Department of Human Resources at 503-554-2180 or hr@georgefox.edu. Internal transfer requests are available at this link.

Make plans to attend the all-employee meeting scheduled for next Thursday, May 28, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Hoover 105 (please make note of earlier start time). A live stream of the meeting will be shown in Portland Center’s Room 160.

Following the meeting, all employees are invited to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the dining hall in Hess Creek Canyon. This is an internal celebration, although David Andersen and others from Andersen Construction will be present.

If the weather cooperates, the VAC lots are to be restriped today (Wednesday). If you normally park in these lots, please park elsewhere today.

Thank you!

Summer is one of the biggest times of the year for visitors to campus, and security officers are noticing that our visitor rows in the Hoover, Stevens and VAC parking lots are filled with staff and student vehicles. Please do not park in these areas so there is abundant parking for our potential students coming to check out our campus.

Summer students and summer work-study students: While it is generally OK to park in the staff lots when there is room, please pay attention to the Daily Bruin announcements when we need to vacate certain lots for large events happening on campus like Genesis, summer camps and other events.

Thank you!

Season tickets for Bruin football are now on sale for the 2015 season, but the limited tickets that remain are expected to sell fast. These seats are located in the covered grandstands and are reserved, which means you don’t have to arrive to the stadium early to save your seat. Each season ticket costs $80 and can be purchased online via this link.

George Fox staff and students are eligible to receive one complimentary general admission ticket per home game with a valid student/staff ID. General admission seating is located in the uncovered bleachers and is seated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Questions? Contact Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.

This Saturday, May 23, from 1 to 3 p.m., we’ll host an informational meeting and work day for anyone interested in being part of the community garden. We will discuss what days we want to have garden work days throughout the summer, and what crops you would like to see planted.

We’ll also move some dirt around and plant a few starts. Donation suggestion to cover the cost of seeds and other materials: $10 for George Fox students, $15 for adults.

The new garden space is the fenced area in the field on the corner of Villa Road and Sierra Vista. If you are interested in joining the garden but you can’t be there May 16 or 23, please contact Cherice Bock (cbock@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The weather forecast has changed, and we are hoping to get the Wood-Mar and Newlin apartment lots restriped on Tuesday, May 19, in addition to North Street between Center Street and the entrance to Bauman.

If the weather cooperates, then the VAC lots are next to be restriped on Wednesday, May 20. If you normally park in these lots, please park elsewhere today (Tuesday) and tomorrow.

Thank you!

Faculty and staff are welcome to join free yoga sessions each Monday, Wednesday and Friday this summer, beginning Wednesday, June 3 (please note new start date)! We’ll be meeting in Minthorn 200 from 8 to 9 a.m. We will be meeting through mid-August.

Questions? Contact Marcella Hatfield (mloprinzihatfield@georgefox.edu) or Melanie Mock (mmock@georgefox.edu).

Today (Tuesday) is the deadline to vote, and Mail Services is an unofficial drop site for all Oregon ballots. Arrangements have been made with the Yamhill County Elections Office for us to offer this service. We accept any Oregon ballot (any county), and there is no postage necessary.

The deadline for our drop-off site is 4:30 p.m. today. Any out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.

Thanks,
– University Mail Services

The College of Business’ MBA program is hosting its Spring Speaker Series this Friday, May 22, at the Portland Center. We’re excited to announce that the keynote speaker is Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey. The event runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and is free to attend. Everyone is welcome.

You can get more information and RSVP at this link.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, May 20, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, 2015 Spring course sites will be hidden to students. If you want to make any of those course sites available to students after this update, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. Located in the General section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”

This is just a heads-up on where parking lot restriping will be taking place today (Monday, May 18), and hopefully tomorrow (Tuesday), weather permitting.

On Monday, we would ask you to please vacate the little parking lot by the River Street House, the western part of the Pennington lot closest to Stevens, and the Woolman apartment lots. If all the painting is able to be completed today, it won’t be necessary to vacate those lots on Tuesday. If that is the case, the Wood-Mar lot will need to be vacated on Tuesday, May 19.

Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Thank you for your cooperation!

– Security Services and Plant Services

Faculty and staff are welcome to join free yoga sessions each Monday, Wednesday and Friday this summer, beginning Monday, June 1! We’ll be meeting in Minthorn 200 from 8 to 9 a.m. We will be meeting through mid-August.

Questions? Contact Marcella Hatfield (mloprinzihatfield@georgefox.edu) or Melanie Mock (mmock@georgefox.edu).

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, May 20, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, 2015 Spring course sites will be hidden to students. If you want to make any of those course sites available to students after this update, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. Located in the General section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”