The Daily Bruin

After years of praying and preparation, Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) is having knee replacement surgery on Monday, June 24. Before she has this procedure, we want to pray for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. Please join us today (Friday) in the student life office from 11:30 a.m. to noon to wish Jere well and say a word of prayer.

Even if you can’t make it to this gathering, please keep her in your thoughts and prayers during this procedure and recovery.

One of our ice cream freezers died last week and 1,500 ice cream novelties thawed. We refroze them and they may not look good, but they taste great!

Please come by anytime today (Friday) and get one or fill an ice chest, as we can’t use them and we hate to throw them away.

– Bon Appetit

The financial affairs office will be closed on Friday, July 5. There will be no check or direct deposit (ACH) runs that week due to the July 4 holiday. Please submit your check requests by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 24, for payment on June 28. All check requests received on June 25 or later will not be processed until the week of July 8.

Please contact Bruce Owen (bowen@georgefox.edu), in financial affairs, if you have any questions.

Please note a correction on the e-nnouncement that appeared yesterday. The temporary location for mail and print services July 1-3 will be in Lemmons 12 and 13, not Calder 12 and 13.

Questions? Contact Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.

Across the nation, tragic events are playing out in our workplaces, schools, churches, theaters and shopping malls. These incidents are not random crimes, but acts of targeted violence. The potential for violence cannot be denied. Mitigating risk and offering protection without compromising an organization’s mission or values is the goal of Holvi Protective.

Zach Elliott, a managing partner at Holvi LLC, a threat assessment and threat management agency located in Newberg, will be the featured speaker at the Tuesday, June 25, monthly Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Elliott has more than 12 years of experience in public safety, serving as a forensic evidence technician with the Oregon State Police, a security director for an Oregon school district and other special assignments in law enforcement. He is a 2007 graduate of the Gavin De Becker Threat Assessment and Threat Management Academy and has provided training and services for hundreds of clients.

Elliott also serves in a pastoral role as an elder at Hillside Fellowship Church, which meets at the Newberg Historical Chapel & Event Center on Main Street in Newberg.

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

Summer core fitness classes are now being offered in Minthorn Hall from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday mornings. There is no fee to participate.

We will not have class on the following dates:

• Thursday, July 4
• Tuesday, July 30
• Thursday, Aug. 1

The last day is TBA (sometime in mid-August). Questions? Contact Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

We have a limited number of tickets available for The Addams Family – The Musical, presented by Broadway Across America. The show is Wednesday, June 26, at the Keller Auditorium in Portland. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

If you are interested in attending with our group, tickets may be purchased for $43 each. Please contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu or 503- 554-2134 with any questions or to reserve your tickets. You may purchase online at this link.

We want to thank everyone on campus for their support these past few days as we’ve worked hard jointly with Event Services and Custodial Services and many others to take good care of our Old German Baptist Brethren summer conference attendees.

As a thank you, we will have free coffee and cookies for everyone on campus today (Wednesday) from 8 to 11 a.m. in the Bruin Den.

To a person, these attendees have fallen in love with our campus and have expressed a strong desire to possibly return in future years. Way to go Fox!

University Mail and Print Services will be temporarily relocating into Calder 12 and 13 for three days, July 1-3. The power to the North Street Annex will be turned off during that time. Limited services as follows:

Mail Services

• Incoming mail and packages received in Calder 12
• Mail and package pick-up in Calder 12 (no access to current mailboxes in the North Street Annex)
• Limited outgoing U.S. Mail Services
• No outgoing UPS, FEDEX, etc.
• No outgoing packages over 25 pounds
• No outgoing bulk discounted mailings
• No address list processing
• Courier to Portland all three days (items to be in Mail Services by 9:45 a.m.)

Print Services

• Color and black/white printing available
• Limited production ability – no large quantity jobs
• No envelope addressing

Please plan your print and mail items accordingly. Bring any large quantity or detailed jobs into Print Services and Mail Services the week of June 24. Be aware that our turnaround time may be longer due to limited access to our equipment and supplies at our temporary location. We are here to serve and we will do our best to accommodate your requests during this time.

Questions? Contact Sherrie Frost ext. 2556.

If you have not yet completed the Serve Day Employee Survey, please take a few minutes to do so now at this link.

This survey includes any special requests regarding sites or physical limitations, as well as transportation and team leader information. This is an essential piece to making Serve Day a success and will only take a moment of your time. If you have any requests, now is the time to make them.

Remember: Participation in Serve Day is required for all Newberg employees. Requests to be excused from Serve Day must be submitted to the vice president or provost over your area. They will send a master list to us so that we know how to plan for the size and makeup of each team.

Thanks so much for your continued support for Serve Day as an expression of Christ’s love to our community. We look forward with great anticipation to what God will do in and through all of us!

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at serveday@georgefox.edu.

As of today (Monday), the financial aid office is relocating to the second floor of the Stevens Center (STV 220), next to admissions. All staff contact information remains the same. You are invited to stop by and see our new home.

The financial affairs office will be closed on Friday, July 5. There will be no check runs that week due to the July 4 holiday. Please submit your check requests by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 24, for payment on June 28. All check requests received on June 25 or later will not be processed until the week of July 8.

Please contact Bruce Owen (bowen@georgefox.edu), in financial affairs, if you have any questions.

Faculty: The textbook listing for fall courses will go online July 1 for students to begin purchasing their books. If you have not already done so, please submit your textbook orders by Monday, June 24.

Also, please check the listing of books for your courses once they are online and e-mail Sandy Gidding (sgidding@georgefox.edu) with any corrections or changes.

Thanks

This fall marks the third year that all incoming first-year students will been given a “Common Reading” as part of the First Year Seminar program. The campus community is invited to join our incoming students in reading Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Gregory Boyle.

Consider adding the book to your summer reading list, and keep your eyes open for more information about Common Reading events during the fall semester. If you need more motivation, check out this short LA Times article about the book. Faculty members, you might consider how the book might be addressed in your classes.

Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu) if you have questions or would like to help with Common Reading activities.

To learn more, read the press release on this year’s Common Reading Program.

You may have noticed that Google is constantly working to improve its products. There are new features and changes that come out almost weekly, and we are working hard in IT to keep up with these new changes.

One way you can learn about them is to subscribe to our TechTips forum. Receive in your e-mail updates, hints and tips relevant to George Fox University-supported software, including Microsoft Office, Windows 7, Google Apps, Keynote and PowerPoint, Apple OS, iOS features and more related to George Fox systems.

Check out the latest update: Google has combined the storage capacity between Gmail and Drive and we now have a combined capacity of 30GB. Subscribe to TechTips and you can review all of our past posts to find information that is helpful to you.

Just a reminder that all purchasing for this fiscal year needs to be completed by this Friday, June 14. No purchasing should be done after this date. If you have questions, please contact Andy Dunn.

This is a reminder that our Summer Serve team is collecting the following items to take to Romania and Moldova for at-risk and orphaned children. Here is a list of items needed. We’d so much love your help gathering them. We need these items by Friday, June 14, at noon.

If you are able to provide any of the below items please drop them by the Spiritual Life House (located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. If our office is closed, please leave the donations by our front door and we will take care of it when we return. For more information, e-mail spirituallife@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2320.

Thank you!

Craft Supplies:

• Bracelet-making kits: thread and beads
• Colored construction paper or normal color paper
• Whiteboard markers and cleaning solution
• Stamps and stencils for making cards and art
• Fabric paint/markers
• Craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
• Glitter glue
• Assorted, bright-colored fabric (fun fabric)
• 7-, 9- and 12-inch zippers (assorted colors)
• Sets of plain cards and envelopes for greeting-card making
• Fun paper (with designs) for card-making
• Craft glue
• Foam/3D double-sided tape
• Staplers
• Pattern-edged scissors
• Thin & thick colored ribbon

Sporting Goods:

• Large duffel bags or suitcases
• Ping pong paddles
• Tennis shoes for 7- to 15-year-olds
• Basketballs, volleyball
• Roller blades
• Badminton rackets and birdies
• Jump ropes

Tools:

• Utility knife
• School backpacks
• Gardening gloves
• Screwdriver
• Lice shampoo

Toys:

• Gifts for birthdays (both girls and boys; can be simple toys or any other ideas)
• Face paint/body paint
• Party balloons and water balloons
• Educational puzzles (at least 500 pieces)
• Board games (that can be played without knowledge of English)
• Chinese checkers
• Birthday party hats
• Santa hats
• Uno

As many of you know, the university will be hosting more than 1,300 members of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church for its annual conference beginning this Friday, June 14, through next Tuesday, June 18.

Because of the size and complexity of this conference, both the Bruin Den and the Villa Cafe will be closed the following days and times:

Bruin Den: Closed June 14-18

Villa Cafe: Closed June 14-21

Thank you for your understanding and support during this very busy time for the campus.

Our new students and their families will be on campus Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week (June 12-14) to attend Genesis. Please help to warmly welcome them by giving up your parking places in the Stevens, Hoover and Wood-Mar parking lots on both days. Parking is available in the Bauman lot, on the campus side of Meridian Street, Sherman and North streets, and the Pennington lot.

Please also tell your summer work-study students to not park in those lots for these days.

Thank you,
Undergraduate Admissions Office

Our Summer Serve team is going to Romania and Moldova and is collecting the following items to take with them for at-risk and orphaned children. Here is a list of items needed. We’d so much love your help gathering them. We need these items by Friday, June 14, at noon.

If you are able to provide any of the below items please drop them by the Spiritual Life House (located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday. If our office is closed, please leave the donations by our front door and we will take care of it when we return. For more information, e-mail spirituallife@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2320.

Thank you!

Craft Supplies:

• Bracelet-making kits: thread and beads
• Colored construction paper or normal color paper
• Whiteboard markers and cleaning solution
• Stamps and stencils for making cards and art
• Fabric paint/markers
• Craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
• Glitter glue
• Assorted, bright-colored fabric (fun fabric)
• 7-, 9- and 12-inch zippers (assorted colors)
• Sets of plain cards and envelopes for greeting-card making
• Fun paper (with designs) for card-making
• Craft glue
• Foam/3D double-sided tape
• Staplers
• Pattern-edged scissors
• Thin & thick colored ribbon

Sporting Goods:

• Large duffel bags or suitcases
• Ping pong paddles
• Tennis shoes for 7- to 15-year-olds
• Basketballs, volleyball
• Roller blades
• Badminton rackets and birdies
• Jump ropes

Tools:

• Utility knife
• School backpacks
• Gardening gloves
• Screwdriver
• Lice shampoo

Toys:

• Gifts for birthdays (both girls and boys; can be simple toys or any other ideas)
• Face paint/body paint
• Party balloons and water balloons
• Educational puzzles (at least 500 pieces)
• Board games (that can be played without knowledge of English)
• Chinese checkers
• Birthday party hats
• Santa hats
• Uno