Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday), from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. Among the items on the agenda is an update on enrollment.
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link†located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.â€
The end of the fiscal year is quickly approaching, and with that I would like to inform you of a few requirements for year-end purchases.
Please remember that if you order merchandise, it needs to be physically here before July 1 in order to be charged to the 2012-13 fiscal year. Goods and services received after June 30, 2013 are required to be charged to the 2013-14 budget year.
Therefore, all purchasing for this fiscal year needs to be completed by June 14. No purchasing should be done for the 2012-13 year after this date. Merchandise ordered after this time frame frequently does not arrive by June 30, causing it to be charged to the following year. Also, invoices often don’t arrive for orders placed in late June until early August, long after we have closed the books for the year, again causing accounting problems.
Thank you for your help. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Andy Dunn.
Our Summer Serve team going to Romania and Moldova in June 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.
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:
Sporting Goods:
Tools:
Toys:
Today (Tuesday) is the day we celebrate Brenda Burg’s 13 years of service to George Fox! Join us from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. Come wish your colleague well!
May is quickly slipping away and with it the opportunity to nominate colleagues for Support Staff Member of the Year and/or Administrator of the Year. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, May 31.
Do you have a colleague you believe is deserving of this award and meets the criteria provided in the April 14 e-mail from Peggy Kilburg? If so, please take a few minutes to submit a nomination. No form is necessary; just send an e-mail to Peggy (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) stating the reasons you believe the person deserves this award.
Print Services is hosting an overstock sale. Therefore, on Wednesday and Thursday, May 29-30, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Print Services will offer a lot of extra specialty paper at a fraction of the cost. The paper would be perfect for personal or department use. Sorry, no substituting or mismatching reams or packages.
It is on a first-come, first-serve basis. So, come on in and see what we have. Because when it is gone … it’s gone! Sorry, no credit card transactions; cash or check only.
Questions? Contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.
This is a reminder that there will be a power outage in the Edwards-Holman Science Center, Hoover and Wood-Mar buildings tomorrow (Wednesday) from 8 a.m. until noon. Please remember not to enter these buildings during this time since life safety or fire alarms will not be activated.
Thank you,
Plant Services
Please remember to fill out an “Employee Relocation Form” if you are moving. This will help us coordinate all of the upcoming moves. This is located on our Plant Services webpage.
Thank you,
Plant Services
All are invited to the Tilikum Trail Run and Family Fun Day at Camp Tilikum on Thursday, July 4. All fees and donations go to a camp scholarship fund that enables underprivileged youth to attend summer camp.
The day includes a 5K run and one-mile walk/run for all ages. The course includes gravel, trails and crossing a bridge and runs along the new path encircling the lake at Tilikum and throughout the grounds. Jogging strollers are welcomed. Camp Tilikum is a non-pet facility; please leave your pets at home.
Pre-register by Friday, June 14, and you’ll receive a T-shirt with a goody bag. Pre-registration is $35 (adult) and $15 (youth age 6-17). Ages 5 and under are free with one paid adult. The fee after June 14 goes up $10 per person.
Race-day registration opens at 9 a.m. Races begin at 10 a.m., with the awards and raffle ceremony to follow. Awards will be given to the first-place finishers in each age category (Men, Women and Youth Boy/Girl).
Please feel free to bring your family picnic and stay for a while afterwards. We will have canoeing and swimming open and available to all guests. You can also visit the barnyard animals, the century-old schoolhouse and tree house. Those not wanting to participate in the race but would like to come as a spectator are warmly welcomed!
If interested in volunteering, please contact Michelle Bradshaw, guest services director, at 503-538-2763, ext. 101, or michelle@camptilikum.org. Donations can be sent directly to Tilikum, 15321 N.E. North Valley Road, Newberg, OR 97132.
Print Services has a lot of extra specialty paper, and we want to get rid of it at a fraction of the cost. The paper would be perfect for personal or department use. Sorry, no substituting or mismatching reams or packages.
It is on a first-come, first-serve basis. So, come on in and see what we have. Because when it is gone … it’s gone! Sorry, no credit card transactions; cash or check only.
Questions? Contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.
There is a power outage planned for Wednesday, May 29, between 8 a.m. and noon for the Edwards-Holman Science Center, Hoover and Wood-Mar. Alternative power will be supplied from Lemmons for critical equipment. Fire alarm and life safety equipment will not be operating, so please DO NOT enter these buildings during this time.
Thank you,
Plant Services
Due to the Memorial Day holiday this Monday, our mail service courier will make his last trip to the Salem campus on Tuesday, May 28.
Questions? Contact Mail Services at ext. 2555.
Next Tuesday, May 28, we will celebrate Brenda Burg’s 13 years of service to George Fox. Come and join us from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Hoover lobby, where we will wish our colleague well as she transitions to new adventures outside the university.
All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 27, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and the Portland Center also will be closed.
An all-employee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 30, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. Among the items on the agenda is an update on enrollment.
For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link†located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.â€
Also, please note: The June 27 all-employee meeting has been canceled because of scheduling conflicts. The next meeting will be announced at a later date.
Most people are in their chosen careers not just for the short run; they want to finish well.
But what does that mean? According to Portland certified coach Cal Habig, studies of hundreds of leaders have identified six characteristics of leaders who finish well, as well as six barriers to finishing well. Habig will share these insights as the featured speaker Tuesday, May 28, at the monthly Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest.
The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Cap & Gown Room (please note change in usual location).
In his coaching work, Habig helps leaders of ministries and other values-based organizations take their organizations to places of great success while working to keep the leader in a life of balance. After having served as a minister for 30 years, Habig moved into online education in 2008 and professional coaching in 2009.
For more information, visit cccnw.net or call 503-928-8354.
Something new has been added to Google+ Hangouts. If you’re a regular user of Google+ and Hangouts, you’ll want to know how these new changes affect you. IT has put together a short guide to get you started so you can make the necessary updates and continue to use the Hangouts feature with as little inconvenience as possible.
One of the new features is that Hangouts and Chat are now synced across devices, and you can switch from one device to another within the same Hangout and/or Chat. Check out our guide at this link.
The deadline for ballots at the university drop site is today (Tuesday) at 4:30 p.m. 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 no postage is necessary. All out-of-state ballots must be mailed with postage.
Thanks,
Mail Services
Save the date! On Tuesday, May 28, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Hoover lobby we will celebrate Brenda Burg’s 13 years of service to George Fox University! Come wish your colleague well as she transitions to new adventures outside the university.
Don’t forget to join us for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Stoffer Family Stadium this afternoon (Monday) at 4 p.m.
The stadium will serve as future home of the university’s revived football program – set to kick off in 2014 after a 45-year hiatus – and the track and field team. It will be built on campus where the current track facility is located.
The groundbreaking ceremony will include a ceremonial groundbreaking, a time to honor the donors who helped make the project possible, and details on how the stadium will impact not only the university’s football and track and field programs, but athletics for the entire George Fox community.
To date, more than $5.3 million of the $7.2 million project has been raised. Crews began work on the complex – which will include the synthetic-turf Lemmons Family Field, grandstand facilities and the Duke Athletic Center (home to a training facility, a locker room, offices and classrooms) – this spring, with construction due to be completed in time for football’s kickoff in September of 2014.
To R.S.V.P. for the groundbreaking ceremony, e-mail Jan Lefebvre at jlefebvre@georgefox.edu.
