The Daily Bruin

Professors and instructors, the beginning of the school year is fast approaching! Please submit your syllabi and other course materials needed for the beginning of the year to Print Services by Friday, Aug. 15. We know that the due date may not be entirely possible, but please do what you can to get your syllabi in.

If your material requires copyright permissions, please know that the process can take between four to six weeks. Therefore, please submit your order as soon as possible. This will help ensure that your copies will be ready for the first day of classes.

To submit an order, please send to printservices@georgefox.edu the appropriate details, including cost center number and date needed.

If you have questions, please call us at 503-554-2550.

This is a reminder that the Portland Police Bureau Special Emergency Response Team will be utilizing Coffin Residence Hall today (Thursday) from 8 a.m. to noon to run some training exercises in a campus dormitory setting. Coffin Hall will not be accessible during this time. Please be aware and avoid that area of campus so they can work without disruption.

Questions? Contact Lisa Leslie at lleslie@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 budget to be charged. The next order will be placed on Wednesday, Aug. 6.

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

Plant Services has had an unusually busy summer. We are still in the process of completing multiple building and remodeling projects, 42 smaller projects, as well as numerous office moves (80-plus). As a result, we have accumulated more than 650 open work requests. We are working hard to catch up but must complete student housing requests first.

Thank you for your patience during this very busy time.

The Edwards House, home to George Fox University presidents, will be featured in a historical home tour on Saturday, Aug. 9. The tour is presented by the Yamhill Enrichment Society and includes nine historic homes in Newberg. Also included on the tour will be the Hoover-Minthorn House, childhood home of President Herbert Hoover.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Wednesday Newberg Farmers’ Market or online at YamhillEnrichmentSociety.org, or on the day of the tour at 515 E. Sherman St. The tour of the homes will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a garden party following from 4 to 6 p.m.

This is a great chance to learn about the history of the area as you experience the architecture and stories of the old homes. Check the above website for more information.

The Portland Police Bureau Special Emergency Response Team will be utilizing Coffin Residence Hall on Thursday, July 31, from 8 a.m. to noon to run some training exercises in a campus dormitory setting. Coffin Hall will not be accessible during this time. Please be aware and avoid that area of campus so they can work without disruption.

Questions? Contact Lisa Leslie at lleslie@georgefox.edu.

To view the most recent Traditional Undergraduate SFS News (Student Financial Services news) please visit this link and choose “View Archived Newsletters.” Then select the most recent edition. While you are there, we recommend that you sign up to receive future alerts directly to your email. Anyone can subscribe!

Questions? Contact Jenny Getsinger at jgetsing@georgefox.edu.

Come join us for lunch in the quad this Thursday, July 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. as we celebrate the roots of barbecue, Kansas City style! We will be serving sticky ribs, beef brisket and regional side dishes as well as fresh peach cobbler from our food cart.

See you there!

Please continue to check the financial affairs webpage for updates regarding the new chart of accounts.

Updated forms for 2014/15:

• Check request
• Expense reimbursement
• Petty cash vouchers and log
• Deposit transmittals

New resources:

• Department and program code listing: this has descriptions and translates from the old cost center coding.
• Coming soon: restricted fund code listing

If you don’t see the form you need, or have questions about using the new chart, please call Cris Banton at ext. 2167.

Training reminder: Chart of accounts training is set for Friday, Aug. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Stevens 109.

Come help us celebrate the roots of barbecue as we feature Kansas City-style barbecue on Thursday, July 31st from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. We will be serving mouth watering sticky pork ribs, beef brisket and traditional regional side dishes along with freshly baked local peach cobbler served from our food cart on the Quad, located outside the Bruin Den.

The Villa Café is closing July 25th for the remainder of the summer and will open again for the fall semester on Monday, August 25th. Hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Our Serve Day team has received close to 110 serve site project requests, which means we may need as many as 2,000 volunteers. We are in need of more team leaders!

Your responsibility as team leader is a simple yet crucial one. Here is what it involves:

• Check in with your assigned group once via email prior to Serve Day
• Connect with your assigned serve site to let them know you are the team leader
• Attend one meeting (if you are able)

Please email serveday@georgefox.edu with your T-shirt size and cell phone number if you are interested. Thanks so much!

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

• Administrative Assistant – Social Work (undergrad)
• Recruitment and Enrollment Counselor – ADP Admissions
• Executive Assistant to the Provost
• Career Coach – IDEA Center
• Systems Engineer – IT

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 more information.

Last year, Linda Samek, Debby Espinor, Robin Ashford and Anna Berardi launched an Oregon chapter of Ed Tech Women – known as ETW-Portland. It is an open group (for women and men) that supports women’s use of digital technologies in educational, business and entrepreneurial environments.

Our next event is Thursday, July 31 from 4-7 p.m. in Sherwood. Location and other event information can be found here. There are no membership dues, though each attendee may contribute a few dollars to cover snack costs. Please join us, and feel free to pass this on to friends and colleagues who might also have interest.

The all-employee meeting scheduled for Thursday, July 24 at 3:30 p.m. is still on. The meeting will focus on updates of current issues and will be held in Bauman Auditorium. This meeting will not be live streamed, so a separate meeting will be held for Portland Center employees (TBD).

Attention Newberg campus staff and administrators. Is your employee photo on the website more than three years old? (The easiest way to tell is if the background in your picture is gray.) If so, it’s time for an update! Please do one of the following:

1) Stop by the marketing communications office (River Street House) Monday-Friday between 9 and 11 a.m. by or before August 8th and ask for Quincy.
2) Email Jeremy Lloyd to arrange a group photo session for your department.

Those with photos less than three years old who would like an update for any other reason (bad hair day, etc.) are also welcome to do so. Questions? Contact Jeremy Lloyd.

This is a reminder that security is conducting another active shooter training presentation on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

On Tuesday, July 22, the presentation will take place in VAC 117 from 9 to 10 a.m. The same training is scheduled at the same location on Wednesday, July 23, from 2 to 3 p.m. All employees and summer student employees who are available to attend are encouraged to participate. They may attend either training.

Unlike the training in the Stevens Center there will not be a live exercise, as classes will be in session and we don’t want to interfere with teaching.

For more information, contact security at ext. 2090.

If you haven’t taken the Serve Day all-employee survey, please do so here. If you have any questions, contact serveday@georgefox.edu.

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

• Recruitment and Enrollment Counselor – ADP Admissions
• Executive Assistant to the Provost
• Sports Information Director/Assistant Director of Sports Marketing
• Archivist and Institutional Repository/Acquisitions Specialist
• Career Coach – IDEA Center
• Systems Engineer

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.

We will be hosting our next chart of accounts training today (Friday) in Stevens 109 from 2 to 4 p.m. We will provide an overview of the new chart of accounts and provide any assistance you may need with check requests, purchase orders, etc.

There will be additional training/workshops available most Fridays for as long as we need them. Following is a listing of the sessions we have scheduled:

• Friday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to noon, Stevens 109
• Friday, Aug. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m., Stevens 109
• Friday, Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to noon, Stevens 109
• Friday, Aug. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m., Stevens 109
• Friday, Aug. 22, from 10 a.m. to noon, Stevens 109

We’ll schedule more if we need them. Thank you for the suggestions that we schedule a training session at the Portland Center and videotape one of our sessions; we’re looking into that.

Questions? Please call Cris Banton at ext. 2167.