The Daily Bruin

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

If you still have a balance remaining in your Flexible Spending Account for the plan year that ended March 31, the end of the grace period for spending these funds is quickly approaching. You have only until Saturday, June 15, to spend the funds. Any receipts must be dated no later than June 15. According to IRS regulations, any funds remaining after that date are forfeited.

The next deadline to be aware of is Sept. 14, which is the deadline to submit any receipts for reimbursement from the 2012-13 plan year.

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.

Wheeler Sports Center will close on Wednesday, July 3, at 5 p.m. and reopen on Monday, July 8, at 6 a.m. The Colcord Field track will be open from dawn until dark on these days.

This full-time entry-level position will be split between the Financial Affairs Office and HR and is open to employees only until Friday, June 7, at 5 p.m.

Financial Affairs work will include cash receipts, account reconciliations, managing petty cash, and journal entry work.

HR work will include account reconciliations, tracking data for benefits and compliance, budget tracking/planning, assistance with administering benefits, and HR website maintenance.

Qualifications: bachelor’s degree in accounting; one year of accounting experience; strong detail orientation and high level of accuracy; ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment; high level of initiative and ability to work independently.

Compensation: $14.04 to $14.50 per hour, depending on experience.

To apply: Please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources. The position will close on Friday, June 7, at 5 p.m. The link to the transfer request form can be found at this link.

The Wheeler downstairs lobby will be closed for refinishing Tuesday, June 4, through Friday, June 7. The racquetball courts will also be closed.

If you need to use the locker rooms, please enter at the back door (amphitheater side). If you need to access the gymnasium, please use the Fulton Street entrance, not the front doors.

Thank you for your patience as we provide this service.

– Plant Services

The university community is invited to a book signing by Spanish professor Debbie Berhó between 5 and 8 p.m. this Friday, June 7, at the Chapters coffee shop downtown (701 E. 1st St.). The event will be part of Newberg Downtown’s First Friday Art Walk.

Debbie will be signing copies of the book Protestant Hispanic Churches of Oregon, in which she provides information that serves as a bridge between Spanish-speaking and English-speaking churches and facilitates understanding between groups in the broader population.

For more information, e-mail Debbie at dberho@georgefox.edu.

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.”

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:

• 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

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