The Daily Bruin

We hope that members of the university’s staff will join us for four fun-filled lunches. Our goal is to bring our community together by having fun together.

• Sept. 19 – Outdoor barbecue: Come enjoy a wonderful barbecue lunch on the quad. Enjoy visiting with friends, playing Frisbee or other lawn games.
• Nov. 14 – Holiday theme: Come enjoy a holiday style meal. Entertainment TBA
• Jan. 30 – “Souper Bowl”: We will be celebrating the Super Bowl! Wear your favorite team colors or jersey and come enjoy a warm bowl of soup in a wonderful bread bowl, play some sports trivia and enjoy sports bloopers.
• April 16 – Build your own nachos and enjoy a performance by the University Players.

All lunches will be at noon in the Cap & Gown Room unless otherwise noted. Cost is $3.

Questions? Contact Sherri Moore at smoore@georgefox.edu.

This is an invitation for anyone connected with the George Fox community to join our online community of Quaker (Friends) students, faculty and staff. If you are interested in learning about events, opportunities, and information connected to the Quaker community, please e-mail Jamie Johnson (jejohnson@georgefox.edu) to be added to the group.

If you have any empty two-liter plastic soda bottles, could you please drop them off in the admissions office before Tuesday, Sept. 6? They will be used for Serve Day. Thanks so much!

You are invited to meet us in the Spiritual Life House (corner of Sheridan and Meridian) for a time to connect with God and each other through Scripture and prayer every Monday through Friday from 2:40 to 2:55 p.m.

The opening reception for an art exhibit featuring the work of Craig Goodworth will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in the Minthorne Gallery.

An artist talk session is also scheduled at 4 p.m. Goodworth’s pieces will be on display through the end of September. Contact the Department of Visual Arts at ext. 2619 for more information.

The university community is invited to a free showing of the play A Suicide Note from a Cockroach this Friday, Sept. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

The play puts a comic twist on the existential dilemma of being an immigrant in the U.S. It is directed by Carlos Alexis Cruz, an adjunct professor at George Fox, and is the debut production of Portland’s Pelú Theatre. You can read more about the play here.

Questions? Contact Bryan Boyd at bboyd@georgefox.edu.

If you have students in your department who are working for you during the chapel hour or who are in an internship on Mondays and Wednesdays, please send spiritual life the list of those students along with their ID number. Exemptions must be processed by Friday, Sept. 23.

Students with an internship on Mondays or Wednesdays or who work during the chapel hour are eligible for partial chapel credit exemption. If you have questions about the chapel policy, check out our spiritual life website.

The Fitness Center will be closed between 8 and 9 a.m. this Friday, Sept. 2, for electrical repairs.

Student Supervisors,

We thought we would clear up some conflicting information that you have received from HR. For your students who worked all summer, the last day of summer employment was Aug. 28. Starting Aug. 29, all students must use the Academic Year time sheet. The last three days of August are to be included on the September time sheet.

For your students who started work for the school year early (Aug. 26 or earlier), you must submit an August time sheet for them through Aug. 31. Time sheets are due in HR on Friday, Sept. 2, for a payday of Sept. 15.

Make sure you have all paperwork submitted to HR for your student employees by Friday, Sept. 2.

Thank you,
HR

George Fox faculty and staff will be receiving Spiritual Life calendars in their campus mailboxes by the end of next week. If you would like to see what is happening on the calendar, you can download a PDF of it from our Spiritual Life website. Speaker information and our new blog are also available via our website.

Faculty, staff and students: If you are interested in signing up for the C-CERT (Campus Community Emergency Responder Team) training that will be offered in September, you will need to register online at this link by Tuesday, Sept. 13.

Staff application and course information will be sent via campus mail after your registration is received. Students will receive course information once your registration has been received.

Questions? Contact Ed Gierok (Security Services) at egierok@georgefox.edu.

For clarification: If you are in need of service and/or supplies for all copiers on campus, contact Print Services at ext 2551.

For service and supplies for individual printers on campus, contact the University Store (bookstore).

Your IT department would like to call your attention to opportunities that now exist for your mobile Internet-enabled devices. iGFU, our new mobile portal, has many tools that can help you navigate your way through a new school year.

Check out this link for help configuring your mobile device.

All printer service requests need to be submitted by the online form. A link to this form can be found at the bottom of each of our web pages at store.georgefox.edu.

Click here for the URL for the form. This form is for printers only (not photocopiers).

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

This semester, Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) will conduct two classes on the basis of a Quaker approach to spirituality. Any students desiring a deeply spiritual learning adventure are invited to join him and others in either or both of these classes: RELI 260 (History and Doctrine of Friends, M-W-F, 8:40-9:30 a.m. Hoover 207) and RELI 350 (Spiritual Formation, Tuesday/Thursday, 2:45-4 p.m., Hoover 207).

Both classes will be conducted as a meeting for worship in which learning is welcomed, with instructor and students alike joining together as “humble learners in the school of Christ,” according to Anderson.

For further information, contact Paul at panderso@georgefox.edu or at ext. 2651.

All of the George Fox University community is invited to attend the Newberg Fred Meyer College Night which will begin at 11 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. Enjoy many freebies and 10 percent off all food and 20 percent off of everything else. Hope to see you there!

University Mail Services will be open on this Saturday only, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Avoid the long lines on Monday. Stop by and pick up any packages you might have waiting or pick up your key if you do not have it yet.

It’s now under two weeks until our 13th annual Serve Day! On Wednesday, Sept. 7, we will send out about 1,700 employees and students to serve nearly 80 sites in Newberg and the surrounding area.

All Serve Day assignments have been sent out to employees; a confirmation e-mail of where you will be going will be sent out next week. If you have any questions about your assignment, let Rachel Lee know by e-mailing serveday@georgefox.edu. Those students who live on campus will receive their assignments from their RA.

Each year, Serve Day impacts communities and assists individuals all over the region. It even results in new relationships, as evidenced by this “apple story.”

Just a reminder that meal plans start this coming Saturday beginning with breakfast for all students on one of the board plans.

Due to Welcome Weekend, our hours throughout the weekend will be as follows:

Saturday
Breakfast: 8-9:30 a.m.
Lunch: noon – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.

Sunday
Continental breakfast: 8-9:30 a.m.
Brunch: 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.

Our normal hours will commence on Monday with breakfast at 7:15 a.m.

Please remember to bring your university ID card for all meals throughout the weekend as we will be scanning beginning with Saturday breakfast.

The university is welcoming more than 600 new students and their families on Thursday, Aug. 25. They must have a place to park as they move in, so please willingly give up your parking places in the Stevens, Hoover, Wood-Mar and Pennington lots. You can park on Sheridan Street, the campus side of Meridian Street, North Street or the Bauman lot.

Once the new students move in, the Pennington lot will be off-limits for staff/faculty, as all spots are needed for the students who live in that area. Thank you for helping to welcome our new students with empty parking lots!

– Security Services