The Daily Bruin

Message to New Students:

All students – residents and commuters – have been assigned a campus mailbox.

You can find you campus mailbox # in “MyGFU >Self Service > Campus Personal Information > Addresses > Campus Box”

You will receive your mailbox key during Orientation on Thursday, August 25, 2011.

You can ship your belongings to your assigned GFU address as noted below. We receive deliveries from UPS, DHL, FedEx, US Mail, and all other carriers.

Please use the appropriate address for your mailing and shipping needs:

Use this address for mailbox #s in the following range: 4000 – 5160

Your Name

George Fox University

418 N Meridian ST # ______

Newberg OR 97132

Use this address for mailbox #s in the following range: 5161- 5999

Your Name

George Fox University

420 N Meridian ST # ______

Newberg OR 97132

Any mail currently being sent to you will be placed into your mailbox.  Packages will be written up for you and available for pick up at University Mail Services when you arrive on campus. (If you have a package – you will receive an email from “Mail Tracker” in your GFU email INBOX.)

On Thursday morning – August 25^th -   look for the University Mail Services tent on the Quad.  We have your mailbox key ready for you!

Questions?  Email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu

Mark your calendars: The university’s 13th annual Serve Day is now less than three weeks away! On Wednesday, Sept. 7, the entire Newberg campus will close to allow all employees and students to serve nearly 80 sites in Newberg and the surrounding area.

All Serve Day assignments have been sent out to employees, so if you did not receive an e-mail, please let Rachel Lee know by e-mailing serveday@georgefox.edu. Those students who live on campus will receive their assignments from their RA. Commuters will be assigned based on an e-mail survey they will be receiving next week.

A full schedule will be provided in the coming weeks. In the meantime, check out this story about how Serve Day impacted the Portland Rescue Mission last year.

A set of keys has been found in the gym. Call Patty at ext. 2910 to describe and claim.

Hello New and Returning Students!

If you haven’t done so already it is time to make your meal plan selection.

Information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plan Options page.

Please read this information carefully.

If you have any questions, please contact me, Jere Witherspoon.

E-mail: jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu
Phone: 503-554-2316

Also, please sign up for E-nnouncements. This is one of the best ways to get information.

I trust you all had a great summer. Looking forward to seeing you all again. It’s pretty boring on campus without you. 🙂

Jere

The Bruin Den has reopened with hours of service weekdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. until classes start on Aug. 29. At that time we will resume our normal 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. schedule. The Villa Cafe will reopen on Aug. 29.

Work on the EHS and Wood-Mar fire alarm system will continue on Monday, Aug. 15, and possibly Tuesday, Aug. 16. Employees who work in these buildings will be able to enter via card access. Others needing access should call ext. 2140. Everyone entering either building must sign in at Academic Affairs (Wood-Mar 204).

Thank you.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Aug. 16, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The “foxguest” wireless access key will be changed at the Boise, Portland and Salem centers and on the Newberg campus on Monday, Aug. 15. The new key can be found on the front page of mygfu.georgefox.edu or by contacting the IT Service Desk.

Those at the Portland Center and on the Newberg campus are strongly encouraged to connect to the “foxwifi” network rather than the “foxguest” network. Foxwifi is more secure. For help connecting to foxwifi, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Students-in order to have your parking permit ready for you when school starts, you MUST register your vehicle by Friday, August 12th. If you register after that date, you will most likely not have a parking permit waiting for you at Mail Services when school starts.

If you are planning on living off-campus, and have not notified Housing, your parking permit will NOT be issued until that is done. Please contact housing@georgefox.edu and let them know of your intent to live off-campus. Once you have been granted off-campus status, then your parking permit will be issued if you have registered on myGFU. As of Thursday, Aug. 11th, approximately 500+ commuters need to either register their vehicles or alert housing.

Even if you are NOT planning on bringing a vehicle to campus, you still must register that intent on myGFU.

Thank you for your prompt attention to completing these required items by Friday, Aug. 12.

If you have questions, please contact the Security Department at (503) 554-2090.

Wood-Mar Hall and EHS will have limited access during the week of August 8-12 due to extensive work on the fire alarm system. Card access only will be available through the west (parking lot) doors of Wood-Mar Hall between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.. If you need to enter these buildings, you must sign in and out at the Academic Affairs Office and indicate the room(s) where you will be working.

Please call ext. 2140 if you need to access the building and do not have card access.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Aug. 16, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The West Coast Christian Conference will bring more than 1,200 guests to the Newberg campus this week.  Conference guests will represent several west coast Chinese-American Churches and international locations.  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.  The hours for the library are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.  After this display, the manuscript will be returned to Ethiopia.

Packages that have come to GFU Mail Services addressed to new or returning students are being kept at Mail Services. (This includes Parking Permits).  The items will be available for you to pick up when you arrive on campus.  If you live in the area, you may come pick them up now.

Our hours are Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell lsartwel@georgefox.edu .

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.

Sign and Submit your July Time sheet to your Supervisor!

Don’t forget to turn in your July time sheets to your supervisor at the end of your last shift of the month.  Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it.  Payday is on Monday, August 15th.  Thank you!

– Human Resources

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 2011-12 parking brochure is now available on the George Fox University website. Check it out here:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/security/parking/parking_map.pdf

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

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