The Daily Bruin

The university community is invited to celebrate the launch of George Fox’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program at a special ceremony from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at the Villa Academic Complex.

The event will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony and will allow visitors to tour the physical therapy facility. The program’s first cohort of 32 students will begin classes that morning. If you plan to attend, R.S.V.P to Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu or ext. 2134.

The Phonathon Team is looking for new team members to join us starting in late September or early October. Phonathon Team Members serve as an ambassador of George Fox by establishing and maintaining a connection to the university with its constituents (alumni, parents and friends of George Fox).   Comprehensive training is provided. Build your resume with learning negotiation skills, customer service skills, relationship building, and working in a team environment.  We are located in Coyote Place, which is 1 mile off campus and reliable transportation rain or shine is required! Apply through Bruin Careers and look for position id #457: Phonathon Team member.  Deadline to apply…August 31.
If you have any questions, please contact Mandria Montplaisir, Director of Annual Giving at mmontplaisir@georgefox.edu.

Someone dropped two flat rate priority envelopes into the U.S. Mail stream last week with a return address of George Fox University. The person printed the labels off – probably using Click N Ship – using the USPS Web site. However, the person did not pay for the postage online or any other way.

The two envelopes came back to the return address – George Fox University – wanting postage to be paid.

One envelope was addressed to Michael Glatfelter of San Diego, Calif., and the other envelope was addressed to Ron Reid of Seminole, Okla. Each envelope contains a check with a return address of International Myeloma Society out of Rochester, Minn.

These envelopes – including the checks – will not be mailed until the postage has been paid. If you recognize this information, please contact Mail Services at ext. 2555 or lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks!

Information regarding student campus mailboxes: All new and returning student campus mailboxes are now “open.” Mail is being put into their mailboxes. All summer forwarding of mail and packages has stopped.

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Packages and Mail:
GFU Mail Services will hold all packages – including textbooks – for you until you arrive on campus. We have already stopped forwarding packages and will stop forwarding mail on Friday, Aug. 10. When you arrive on campus, please come to mail services to ask for your packages as soon as you can.

Parking permits:
When Security delivers your parking permit to Mail Services, it will be written up as a package. When we have your parking permit, you will receive a GFU e-mail from “Mail Tracker” stating you have a package.

New students – mailbox key:
You will pick up your campus mailbox key on Thursday, Aug. 23, from 8 a.m. until noon at our Mail Services table set up on the quad near Stevens Center.

Be sure to stop and get your key. Remember all students – residents and commuters – have been issued a campus mailbox.

Returning students – mailbox key:
Remember to bring your campus mailbox key back to school with you. If you have lost your mailbox key, stop at Mail Services and ask for a replacement key. The replacement charge is $10, cash or check, or $15 charged to your student account.

Do you live in the area?
Mail Services is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can stop anytime and get your packages or pick up your mailbox key.

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell – lsartwel@georgefox.edu
Thanks!

Donations of clothing for the Corbett-Furgal family are being accepted at the Plant Services office in Newberg. A recent house fire destroyed most of their clothing and shoes.

Here are the sizes needed:

• Women’s size 2 & 4
• Ladies size 1 jeans, size small shirts
• Men’s size large and medium shirts
• Men’s jeans, pants, shorts etc.-size 30×34
• Men’s jeans, pants, shorts etc- 34×29 or 30
• Men’s jeans, pants, Carhartt  etc – 34×34 (David really misses his Carhartts)
• Women’s shoes – size 7 or 8
• Men’s shoes – Size 9 & Size 9 ½ and Size 10

Contact: Debby O’Kelley, dokelley@georgefox.edu

If you would like a hand in helping to save a life, please sign up to donate at an American Red Cross blood drive scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, in the Villa Academic Complex.

To schedule your appointment or for more info, go to redcrossblood.org (sponsor code: GeorgeFox), or e-mail jice09@georgefox.edu or mchau09@georgefox.edu and we’ll get you signed up.

If you can’t, spread the word! We’re trying to get at least 40 donors. Thanks so much for your help!

The Bruin Den will be closed for two weeks starting Monday, Aug. 6. It will reopen on Monday, Aug. 20, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The closure allows time for carpet cleaning and preventative maintenance to prepare for the upcoming school year.

Thanks for a great summer!

Please be aware that some campus parking lots will be closed to perform seal coating next week. On Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 6-7, the lots that will be closed are:

• Stevens
• River Street House
• Weesner House
• Hobson/Carey Trail

Lots that will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 8-9, are:

• Winters Apartments
• Woodward House
• Wheeler Circle Lot
• Wheeler Access Road

In order to prevent personal property damage, please do not park in any areas that are barricaded. Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

Thank you

Mail Services has two books (The Other Wes Moore) that were dropped in the outgoing mail slot yesterday requiring postage to be applied. There is a return of 414 N. Meridian St., Newberg, OR 97132, but no name of the sender. The cost center listed for the postage – 119250 – was not a valid cost center.

Unknown sender: please contact Mail Services, ext. 2555, with a valid cost center if you wish the books to be mailed.

Thank you.
– Mail Services

The Winters parking lot will be closed for paving on Wednesday, Aug. 1.

Greetings from Human Resources! We hope your summer is going well. Yesterday was the last day of July. If you haven’t already done so, please sign your July time sheet and get it to your supervisor for processing. Payday is Wednesday, Aug. 15.

Thank you for all of your hard work this summer; we couldn’t do it without you!

Against all odds, there are a handful of spots left in the recently added section of Beginning Ceramics in the Fall on Monday/Wednesday mornings.

Taught by world-renowned (really!) ceramic artist Don Sprague. No prerequisite.

This class was added to help address growing student demand. Hurry to register. There are only a handful of spots and they won’t last!

Register now while there are still some openings. If you have any questions, AFTER August 15 contact Mark Terry (mterry@georgefox.edu) or Cheri Hampton (champton@georgefox.edu)

Schedule: ARTS 241 C Beginning Pottery, 8 to10:30 AM Mondays and Wednesday, Fall 2012 semester

Just a reminder that the Villa Cafe will be closed starting next Monday (July 30) and will re-open on August 27 when classes resume.

Thank you for a great summer and all your support.

Denny Lawrence

This week Student Financial Services sent out important updates and alerts through the “SFS News,” our communication tool to students and families. Did you know that you do not need to be a student to subscribe?

If you have not signed up yet, please don’t delay. Go now to this link to both sign up and view previously sent SFS alerts and reminders. Click on the icon “Get Email Updates” to enroll and scroll down to “View Archived Newsletters” to see past and our most recent versions. It’s important!

Starting Wednesday, Aug. 1, various parking lots will be closed in order to perform seal coating. Plant Services will be putting up barricades with signs. As we get a schedule for each lot we will post an e-nnouncement.

The lot being closed on Aug. 1 is Winters. Please stay back from these areas in order to protect your car.

Areas scheduled for seal coating are:

• Stevens Center/E. Sherman St./River Street House
• Carey Dorm and Hobson Trail
• Wheeler Service Road
• Weesner House
• Wheeler Lollypop
• Winters
• Woodward
• Woolman
• Plant Services
• Winters Pavement
• VAC Parking Lot – sidewalk & paving

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

The academic affairs office has an abundance of five-tab and eight-tab notebook dividers available on a first-come, first-served basis. We also have sheet protectors (clear, non-glare), used hanging folders (8.5″ X 11″) and used manila file folders available.

Please contact Karlyn Fleming at kfleming@georgefox.edu or ext. 2141 if interested. We will gladly send these to your campus box.

Thank you!

The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed on Saturday, July 21, beginning at 2 p.m.

Thank you for your understanding.

Steve Grant (sgrant@georgefox.edu)

Full-time MBA, PsyD, and UG students-if you want to be assured of having your parking permits ready by the time you arrive on campus, you must register NOW! IF you wait until school starts to register your vehicle, it could be a few weeks until your permit is issued. Even if you are NOT bringing a vehicle to campus, you must register that intent on myGFU. Everyone is required to register their vehicle, or to indicate they are not bringing a vehicle. Please feel free to call Security at 503-554-2090 during business hours if you have any questions about parking, or can’t find the answers to your questions on the Security Services webpages. Or, drop on by the Security office if you are in town as we’d love to meet you!

Please be sure you have selected a meal plan no later than today, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 5 pm.

Students who do not select their meal plan by this date will be given the lowest meal plan that they are eligible for.

Detailed information about meal plans can be found at this website.

Student Life requires that EVERYONE confirm their meal plan to be certain that you have the meal plan that you are expecting.

You can select your meal plan and confirm which meal plan you have in your MyGFU account – STUDENT RESOURCES – UNIVERSITY FORMS.

The 21, 14, 10, 10 +Flex, 7 and No Meal Plan all roll over from the fall to the spring semesters.

The 35 Block and the All Flex Plan do NOT roll over. These convert to the No Meal Plan. If you want to renew the All Flex or 35 Block Plan you must add these meal plans to your account in MyGFU.

Please Note: All changes must be processed no later than Friday, September 7, 2012. However, students can always add a meal plan through out the semester by contacting Jere Witherspoon in the student life office.

Accommodations to the meal plan are provided only through documented medical conditions.

All questions about the meal plans should be directed to Jere Witherspoon.

And now, a brief essay about the meal plan benefits by Dave Johnstone, associate dean of residence life:

The best part of a meal plan has nothing to do with the quality or nutrition of the food. The attractive part of eating on a meal plan is the opportunity to frequently connect with peers and classmates. Sharing a meal, conversation around the table, debriefing the day or anticipating what might unfold is really the gem of being on a meal plan. Historically and culturally communities have been built around food. I am not sure why it works, but sharing a meal is one of most significant ways to build a relationship, hence it strengthens our community. That in itself is a major benefit for being on the meal plan.