The West Coast Christian Conference will bring more than 1,200 guests to the Newberg campus this week. Â Conference guests will represent several west coast Chinese-American Churches and international locations. Â They will use a majority of the campus for meetings.
A rare Ethiopian manuscript of the four Gospels belonging to Queen/Empress Zewditu (1916-1930) is on special display at the Murdock Learning Resource Center from Aug. 1-18. Â The hours for the library are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Â After this display, the manuscript will be returned to Ethiopia.
The Wheeler/Le Shana Parking lots will be closed for resurfacing the week of Aug. 8-12. The Wheeler service road will also be closed for part of this time for patching.
Plant Services thanks you for your patience in advance as we complete these projects.
In the coming weeks IT will be making changes to security settings on Windows workstations. These changes are designed to provide better protection from malicious attacks. These changes should be transparent for Windows XP users. With Windows 7, users may now see notifications when important system resources are accessed.
Please contact the IT Service Desk if you have questions.
IT will begin pushing out an update to Windows 7 on Wednesday, August 3. You will be prompted to reboot your computer when the update has installed successfully. If you are not running Windows 7 this update will have no impact on you.
Please contact the IT Service Desk if you have any questions about this.
Villa Cafe will be closing on Aug. 1 and will reopen on Aug. 29.
Thanks for a great summer. We will see you fall semester.
The Bruin Den will be closed for two weeks starting Monday, Aug. 1, and will reopen on Monday, Aug. 15 with summer hours (8 a.m.-2 p.m.)
The Staff Development Committee invites you to join us for our kickoff event of “Let’s Learn Together” on Tuesday, Aug. 2 from 12-1 p.m. on the Newberg campus in Stevens 307 and at the Portland Center in room 155. We have an IT specialist teaching Excel tips, tricks, and shortcuts.
Space is limited so please click here (https://spreadsheets.google.
The 2011-12 parking brochure is now available on the George Fox University website. Check it out here:
http://www.georgefox.edu/
A copy will also be included with your parking permit.
Security Services now has a Facebook page, so “like” the page to stay apprised of important information about parking, personal safety, timely notices, articles, videos, and some fun contests.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/George-Fox-University-Security-Services/211123705601566
In October of 2010 the Provost’s Council approved a set of assumptions by which semester start and end dates will be consistently set, effective fall 2011. Â These calendar assumptions are as follows:
Semester Start and End Dates
Mid-Year Commencement – on the Saturday on or between December 15-21
End of Fall Semester – Friday preceding Mid-Year Commencement
Start of Fall Semester – Monday 16 weeks prior to the End of Fall Semester (may be Labor Day)
Start of Spring Semester – Second Monday in January
End of Spring Semester – Friday 16 weeks following Start of Spring Semester
Start of Summer Semester/May Term – Monday following End of Spring Semester
End of May Term – Friday three weeks after start of May Term
End of Summer Semester – Friday 16 weeks following Start of Summer Semester
Spring Break Dates are scheduled as follows:
Oregon – Week that ends with the last Friday in March
Idaho – Week that begins with the last Monday in March
5 Year Semester Dates Based on the Above Assumptions:
2011-12
Fall Semester: 8/29/2011 – 12/16/2011
Spring Semester: 1/9/2012 – 4/27/2012
Summer Semester: 4/30/2012 – 8/17/2012
2012-13
Fall Semester: 8/27/2012 – 12/14/2012
Spring Semester: 1/14/2013 – 5/3/2013
Summer Semester: 5/6/2013 – 8/23/2013
2013-14
Fall Semester: 9/2/2013 – 12/20/2013
Spring Semester: 1/13/2014 – 5/2/2014
Summer Semester: 5/5/2014 – 8/22/2014
2014-15
Fall Semester: 9/1/2014 – 12/19/2014
Spring Semester: 1/12/2015 – 5/1/2015
Summer Semester: 5/4/2015 – 8/21/2015
2015-16
Fall Semester: 8/31/2015 – 12/18/2015
Spring Semester: 1/11/2016 – 4/29/2016
Summer Semester: 5/2/2016 – 8/19/2016
Provided by Melissa Thomas, Registrar
Plant Services will be having a sale on surplus items from campus. Items for sale will include furniture, binders, office supplies, etc. The sale will be held at Plant Services on Friday, Aug. 5 from 8 a.m. to noon.  More details coming soon.
Contact: Debby O’Kelley, dokelley@georgefox.edu
Starting Aug. 1, women faculty and staff will have the opportunity to apply for participation in the 2011-12 Women’s Leadership Development Institute cohort that will commence at a retreat planned for Sept. 29-30. Applications will be available at this link. Please return all applications to Campus Box #6255 by Sept. 1. Sheri Philips will continue to give leadership to the program.
The university’s first Women’s Leadership Development cohort concluded at a celebration for the program mentors and mentees in May. After attending the kick-off retreat in October, each cohort mentee met monthly with her mentor from October to May and attended five required leadership skills sessions.
Cohort mentees read several texts during the program and shared their learning on a WLDI Foxtale site. Mentees last year included Melissa Terry, Kathy Weiss, Audrey Williamson, Shelley Yonemura, Sondra Creason, Angela Wilson Henry and Brenda Burg.
Even though only a limited number can be accepted, please feel encouraged to apply.
The university is expecting approximately 30 to 40 new international students this fall. They will be arriving on Aug. 19 to begin the international student orientation.
Rather than house these students in empty dorm rooms during their orientation, we are looking for about 15 to 20 families who would be willing to have up to two international students stay in their home the nights of Aug. 19-25 (students would be free to be with the families the entire weekend of Aug. 19-21).
Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus during orientation. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and pick students up at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to help defray some of the costs of meals and transportation.
If you are interested in serving as a host family, please contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu) or Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu). If you know of others who might be interested, please let us know so we may contact them.
Thank you for your willingness to consider this opportunity.
All “Art Advantage” brand art supplies are marked down 40 to 70 percent off retail pricing in the Bruin Bookstore. Lots of selection!
The store is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.
A media production specialist position is currently open only to internal applicants (employees). Please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu to ask for a copy of the job description. To apply, please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, July 29. The transfer request form is available here.
Qualified, temporary employees are welcome to apply but should submit a George Fox employment application with the cover letter and resume rather than the transfer request form.
The Tilikum Retreat Center is sponsoring a father/daughter retreat Aug. 5-7. Come spend a weekend in the beautiful Chehalem Valley enjoying time strengthening your father/daughter relationship.
Brad Lau (Student Life) will speak on the topic “A Time To Build” and will address four core values that fathers should pass along to their daughters, enabling them to become the young women God has intended for them to be. Attendees can also enjoy the “Big Swing,” the “Little Zipline,” archery, a water slide, swimming and boating. A fishing derby is also planned.
New this year will be the “Big Zipline,” which starts on a platform 70 feet in a tree and zips 700 feet across the lake. As with all Tilikum retreats, the food service staff will offer the center’s home cooking.
To sign up or learn more, visit this link or call 503-538-2763.
Let’s Learn Together, an informational series sponsored by the Staff Development Committee, will kick off Tuesday, Aug. 2, from noon to 1 p.m. This first session of the year will focus on “Excel: Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts” and feature an IT specialist from George Fox. Watch your staff announcements for location and other information.
Questions? Contact Jan Lefebvre at jlefebvre@georgefox.edu.
David Andersen, a Northwest construction company executive and university board member, will speak on campus Tuesday, July 26, as a guest of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.
Andersen is president of Portland-based Andersen Construction, a $300 million-a-year construction management, general contracting and project management business working in six western states. Coffee, tea and pastries will be available at the meeting, which is free for newly renewed Chamber members who R.S.V.P. A $5 donation is suggested from non-members and guests who R.S.V.P.
Based in Portland, the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest hosts nine monthly networking opportunities throughout the region. Besides the Newberg meeting, events are also held in Vancouver, East Portland, West Portland, Tualatin, Salem, Albany-Corvallis, Eugene-Springfield and Roseburg. For full information or to R.S.V.P., visit cccnw.net or call 503-928-8354.
Before moving forward with renting five canoes for our second annual Floatabout training, the spiritual life staff is checking to see if there might be any canoes available for borrowing (or even renting at a much-discounted price!) from within our Fox community. We would be looking to borrow them for our four-day float Aug. 16-19 on the Willamette River Trail from Buena Vista Park to Roger’s Landing in Newberg.
Floatabout is becoming our “preseason” training for our student chaplains and chapel leadership team, primarily for listening to God through solitude and community, in order to prepare for a year of ministry to our student community at George Fox.
If you can help us, contact Rusty St. Cyr at rstcyr@georgefox.edu.
The one-day-a-week courier service to the Salem campus is changing from Thursdays to Mondays for the rest of the summer break. The same service to the Portland Center will remain the same: every weekday Monday through Friday.
Questions? Call Mail Services at ext. 2555.
