The Daily Bruin

If your department doesn’t yet have somebody certified in basic First Aid/CPR/AED, please consider signing up for training on Tuesday, Aug. 4, and Wednesday, Aug. 5. Class is held in Hoover 203 from noon to 5 p.m. both days, with the First Aid portion being on one day and the CPR/AED portion on the other day.

Sign-ups and payment are online on the security services site, and classes are capped at eight students. If these dates don’t work, please contact Mark Stone at mstone@georgefox.edu to consider scheduling the class at another time that works better for your department.

Space also remains in the Friday, Aug. 21, Basic Life Support (BLS) classes for health care professionals, and it is required for all nursing, PT and PsyD students, so sign up soon to reserve one of the eight spots!

Please help us welcome our summer visitors at Summer Visit Day on Friday, June 26, by showing courtesy and parking somewhere other than the Hoover or Stevens parking lots.

Thank you,
– Undergraduate Admissions

The University Store is now hiring temporary customer service workers, with the potential to go long-term. Here are the details:

• Start immediately
• No experience is necessary, but you must enjoy serving customers and have the ability to learn our sales system.
• Job is part time, with more hours during busy times (start of classes, campus events, etc.). Great for students and employee spouses who want part-time work (students do not have to qualify for financial aid).

To apply, visit follettcareers.com, plug in the state/city names, click “Search Jobs” and select the temporary position for Newberg. Questions? Email Sandy Gidding at 1478txt@follett.com or sgidding@georgefox.edu.

John Bates and Ken Ingram are hosting Gridiron Football Team Camp this week. About 170 high school students and coaches are here to experience coaching at the collegiate level and learn about George Fox.

NBC Basketball Camps are back for another fun-filled summer of sports camps. Camps run Sunday through Thursday, June 28 to July 2. Registrations are still being accepted for the camps starting on July 5 and July 12.

The Oregon Suzuki Institute begins this Saturday. The Oregon Suzuki Institute is a one-week summer institute for young musicians trained in the Suzuki method, a practice of music instruction developed more than 50 years ago by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki of Japan. The method is based on the concept that every child’s innate musical talent can be nurtured.

Please contact the Conference and Event Office at 503-554-2027 if you have questions or would like to register.

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:

Submission of the following FY15 documents must be received by the FAO by July 9, 2015:

• Invoices
• Check Requests
• Expense Reimbursements
• Petty Cash
• Error Corrections
• Inter-Departmental Charges

Please refer to the “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures” page on the financial affairs office website for additional details. Please contact Jennifer Klapp with any year-end accounts payable questions at jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170.

Thank you!
– The Finance Team

We are having some great lunch specials in the Bruin Den and Villa Café this week! Tuesday we are serving Mexican food out of the Groovy Bruin on the quad, Wednesday is our weekly barbecue outside the Bruin Den, and Thursday we are celebrating the roots of barbecue, Carolina style.

Check out the full menus on our website and join us for lunch!

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.

What are the secrets to unlocking a powerful brand in the marketplace? Rob Westervelt, executive vice president of enrollment and marketing at George Fox, will speak on the subject of branding at the Tuesday, June 23, Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Windrose Conference Center, 809 W. First St. The cost is a suggested $5 donation.

Four years ago, Westervelt helped the school build a brand that has seen its net revenues grow 21 percent during a time when most universities in George Fox’s category were experiencing significant declines. As part of the presentation, Westervelt will share insights into understanding how brands are developed and destroyed. His presentation aims to help those attending improve their company’s bottom line.

Westervelt’s expertise in brand development can be seen throughout Oregon through George Fox’s “Be Known” campaign and the development of the university’s football brand. He has a passion for working with business leaders to help them understand the powerful connections between business analytics, marketing and branding.

For more information, go to the Chamber’s website, cccnw.net, or call 503-928-8354.

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 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 (ext. 2162) or Kathi Becker (ext. 2166) to discuss arrangements on how to handle purchases after June 25.

Credit card purchases for the 2015-16 fiscal year can begin on or after July 1. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Matt or Kathi at the extension numbers listed above.

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

• Financial Aid and Communications Specialist
• Inquiry and Application Coordinator, Portland Center
• Business Communications Manager
• College of Business Administrative, Analytics, and Project Manager
• Custodian, Portland Center (temporary or full time)
• Digital Marketing Administrator
• Office Coordinator, IDEA Center
• Enrollment Specialist
• Director of Parent Relations
• Director of Gift Development
• Director of Alumni Relations

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.

George Fox University is excited to welcome a freshman football player with an inspirational story. As many of you may have read in this Oregonian story by John Canzano, Rudy Hughes plans to join our campus community after serving as a major supporter of his mother as she battled cancer during his high school years in West Linn. In part because of the financial hardships incurred with her treatment, the family is seeking loans and has started a GoFundMe account to help cover the cost of college.

Unfortunately, the NCAA has strict guidelines for student-athletes that prohibit university employees from funding their education. In short, if you are an employee of George Fox, it is a violation of NCAA rules to donate to Rudy’s account, and doing so jeopardizes his eligibility to play football.

We are obviously excited Rudy will be joining us, as he has exhibited tremendous character in trying circumstances, but we also do not wish to hurt his chances of suiting up for the Bruins this fall. Please refrain from donating to the GoFundMe account if you are a George Fox employee.

When the Bruins play at home, you can count on a packed stadium. It takes a village to make our football games the success that they are, and we’d love to have you join our team of incredible volunteers, the Bruin Brigade. All volunteers will receive lunch at each game they volunteer, free entry into the game and a T-shirt.

If you’re interested in joining the Bruin Brigade as a ticket seller or at the information table, send an email to Sarah Reid (sreid@georgefox.edu) and she’ll get you connected.

A newly hired George Fox professor and his family of four (including two boys, ages 8 and 10) would like to house sit for anyone needing a long-term sitter. The professor is Larry Metzger, a former Jesuit priest and now a professor of English as a Second Language. He is currently living in Oman and will arrive in the U.S. in late August. He and his family are willing to house sit for up to a year.

Please contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu or ext. 2643) or Rebecca Valdovinos (rvaldovinos@georgefox.edu or ext. 2641) if you or anyone you know will be in need of a house sitter.

Plant Services will begin remodeling the women’s locker room next week, and they need anyone who has a locker in the general changing area to remove all items from their locker by tomorrow (Friday).

If personal items are not moved in time, we will have to cut off locks and store all items in plastic bags until claimed by owners.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Summer is a great time to do advance preparation for the upcoming academic year, and if you haven’t been trained in basic first aid, CPR or AED (automated external defibrillator), now is the time to sign up! Basic Life Support classes for health professionals are also scheduled during the summer months and are required for nursing, physical therapy and PsyD students. These are the already-scheduled classes that still have openings:

• First Aid/CPR/AED: July 15 and 16 (seven spots)
• BLS: Aug. 10 (three spots)

Sign-up and payment is done online on this security services page. If these dates do not work for you, please contact Mark Stone at mstone@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2090 to discuss scheduling other dates. Classes are limited to eight and must have a minimum of four people to be held.

Learning these important skills can help you save a life! Just last weekend, citizens helped save two people from drowning in the Portland metro area using their CPR skills.

The Newberg School District is looking for a host family to share the experience of American culture with the exchange teacher participating in the Teachers of Critical Languages Program this coming school year.

In addition to understanding American culture, the teacher coming to teach Mandarin to Newberg middle and high school students wants to share her Chinese culture with Americans and improve relationships between our two countries. The host family, or families hosting for a partial year, would be responsible for renting a room in their home, including her in day-to-day family life and assisting with transportation to and from the high school (she will have a bicycle).

The exchange teacher will participate in an American “boot camp,” a welcome program and local cultural introduction, plus ongoing Chinese cultural exchange activities at George Fox. A host (or hosts) is needed between Aug. 20, 2015, through June 2016. A stipend is included. Please contact Stafford Boyd at 503-554-5015 or boyds@newberg.k12.or.us for further information.

The Northwest Pacific Lace Society is holding its regional conference on campus this week. Established in 1971, the Portland Lace Society is a chartered member of the International Organization of Lace, Inc. and is dedicated to both the study and art of handmade lacemaking, including tatting, knitted lace, point lace and needle lace. Stop by the EHS Atrium Saturday, June 20, to see demonstrations and meet vendors.

The Friends Association of Higher Education Conference is here June 18-21. The theme this year is “Truth and Transformation.” The conference aims to deepen our practice and sharpen our skills as we seek to pursue, discern and honor the truth in our Quaker heritage.

A special feature this year is a one-act play, First Lady Lou, which features the historic contributions made by Lou Hoover before, during and after the presidency of her husband, Herbert Hoover, who attended Pacific Friends Academy (the forerunner of George Fox University). Tickets are $15 (general admission), $10 (seniors/George Fox community members) and $5 (students) and can be purchased at the door of Wood-Mar Auditorium on Friday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. (cash or check only). The show begins that night at 7:30 p.m.

George Fox’s own Gridiron Football Team Camp is here June 21-24. High school teams will be here to sharpen skills and experience college-level coaching. Camp format allows teams to practice together, scrimmage other teams, and compete in 7-on-7 and Pass pro/Pass rush (pro rush).

Questions or comments? Contact Lisa Leslie or Peg Hutton at 503-554-2027.

Ensuring great first impressions is important to us here at George Fox University, and we are searching for a custodian to help us with that mission. The ideal candidate will work in the Portland Center from 3 p.m. to midnight and on Saturdays. Learn more about this and other positions at George Fox University here.

Staff, administrators, faculty members and adjuncts: Is your hang tag permit in tatters, or even worse, is it missing? Is your adjunct permit from 2012? Never fear because new, more durable staff and faculty hang tags are coming this summer!

The last details are being finalized on a new vehicle registration database that you will access via MyGFU. All employee and adjunct hang tags will become invalid once the new system is in place, so please watch The Daily Bruin announcements for how this new database will be unrolling within a few weeks.

A bit more information will be needed when you register, so once the system is live, please note the information that is being requested and have it all on hand when you access the database to register. If you have put in a request for a staff or adjunct permit within the past month or so, it won’t be fulfilled at this point due to the database switchover. We will be sending out directions once the system is live, so keep watching here for all of the information!

Portland employees: If you regularly come to the Newberg campus, we would like you to register as well. If you only work at the Portland Center, then there is no need to register.

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

After 17 years of faithful service to George Fox, John Newberry is retiring. Please join us as we celebrate at the Portland Center on Wednesday, June 24, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Room 155. Refreshments will be served.