The Daily Bruin

Due to the Canadian postal strike, only one mailing service is available to Canada: Global Express Guarantee. This service has to be done at the Newberg Post Office located on the corner of Blaine and First.

The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended all other Canadian mailing services (First Class, Priority, etc.). Please do not include Canadian mail in the outgoing mail for your department. It will be returned to you.

Other carriers such as UPS and Fed-Ex are still operational for packages to Canada. Keep in mind that additional paperwork (such as three copies of an invoice) is required for international package shipping.

Questions? Call ext. 2555.

The Bruin Bookstore will host a 20 percent off sale on GFU-imprinted items during Genesis this week. Come check out our sale table of select items up to 75 percent off (including some Burt’s Bees products).

Bookstore hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

On Thursday, June 16, we will welcome about 200 new students and their families for three more days of Genesis. We would like to welcome them to George Fox with open arms and open parking lots.

If you normally park in the Stevens, Wood-Mar or Hoover staff parking lots, we’d like to ask you to give up your spots Thursday through Saturday and park in the Bauman or Pennington lots – or on Sheridan, North or Meridian streets.

Thank you for your assistance in welcoming our new students and their families to George Fox!

– Security Services

Wheeler Gymnasium and the lower lobby are closed through Sunday, June 19, due to refinishing of the floors. Please do not enter. The weight room upstairs will still remain open.

The Villa Cafe will be closed this Friday, June 10. We’ll see you again on Monday.

Just a reminder: FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, June 7, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

All of Wheeler will be closed from 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, through Thursday, June 9, due to toxic chemicals being used on the floor. This includes the Fitness Center and the gymnasium. The facility will reopen at 6 a.m. on Friday, June 10.

Print Services will be closed today (Thursday) and Friday, June 2-3, due to remodeling. Have emergency printing? Call ext. 2550.

Students for Serve Day Committee Needed
•       Who? Responsible, Creative, and Hard-working Students
•       When?
o       3 meetings throughout the summer (please check with your supervisor that you would be allowed to volunteer your time in this way as it may interfere with your work schedule)
o       Extra hours volunteers the week prior to Serve Day
o       Serving all day on campus on Serve Day helping with set-up and clean-up of celebration
•       Where? On Campus
•       Why? Serve Day is a fun and important way for us to be able to share our love for the Lord and our love for others.
If you are interested in serving in this way or have any questions about the committee and responsibilities, please contact me as soon as possible at serveday@georgefox.edu.

Wheeler Access Clarification: As a reminder, Wheeler Sports Center’s upstairs will be unaffected by the downstairs floor refinishing taking place between May 31 through June 17. The Fitness Center (weight room) will be open regular hours (6-8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 4-8 p.m.), and the gym will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.

If you need to change clothes, you will need to enter the locker rooms through the back doors on the canyon side, change your clothes, go back outside, walk around the BUILDING and enter the gym from the doors on the Fulton Street side of the gym OR THE FITNESS CENTER FROM THE MAIN UPSTAIRS DOORS. The racquetball courts will be closed May 31 through June 17 (three weeks).

Questions? E-mail Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

Wheeler Access Clarification: Wheeler Sports Center’s upstairs will be unaffected by the downstairs floor refinishing. The Fitness Center (weight room) will be open regular hours (6-8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 4-8 p.m.), and the gym will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Plant Services will be refinishing the wood floors of the Wheeler lobby downstairs from May 31 through June 17.

If you need to change clothes, you will need to enter the locker rooms through the back doors on the canyon side, change your clothes, go back outside, walk around the gym and enter the gym from the doors on the Fulton Street side of the gym. The racquetball courts will be closed May 31 through June 17 (three weeks).

Questions? E-mail Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

Sign and Submit your May Timesheet to your Supervisor!

Don’t forget to turn in your May timesheets 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 Wednesday, June 15h.  Thank you!

– Human Resources

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 30, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and at the Portland and Salem centers also will be closed.

Plant Services will be refinishing the wood floors of the Wheeler lobby downstairs from May 31 through June 17. The hours Wheeler will be open on weekdays only are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will not be open weekends.

Please enter through the back doors on Fulton Street or directly into the locker rooms. The front doors will be open, but access through the lower lobby will not be permitted.

Thank you for your cooperation throughout this operation. Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

– Plant Services

The campus community is invited to an event in support of George Fox alumnus Andrew Stave and former employee Kim (Cliffe) Stave, missionaries to Lithuania Christian College. The gathering is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, June 20, at North Valley Friends Church, 4020 N. College St.

The evening will include:

• Homemade traditional Lithuanian food
• Traditional Lithuanian music
• Traditional Lithuanian costumes
• Information on the Staves’ ministry at LCC International University
• An opportunity to meet and hear from a LCC student, Iryna
• Learn where in the world LCC students come from
• Take home some Lithuanian handicrafts from a silent auction

Cost is $5 per person, and a love offering will also be taken. R.S.V.P. to Kim Stave at kstave@lcc.lt so we know how much food to make.

Questions? Contact Adina Briggs-McConaughey at amcconau@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, June 7, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The George Fox University Payment Estimator for next year is now available online and ready for use! This planning tool is extremely helpful for families as they get a jump on their planning for the coming academic year. Information on how to begin monthly payments is also available with the estimator. It’s not too early to begin planning and making payments now!

Simply go to: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/forms.html and select the Payment Estimator hyperlink.

Students, if someone else helps you with your tuition payments, you will want to forward this link to them as well!

The School of Business invites students and employees to a free speaker series event featuring Norman Bodek, CEO of PCS Press. He will present “The Human Side of LEAN/The Harada Method” from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 3, in Room 155 at the Portland Center.

For the past 20 years, Bodek has worked tirelessly to bring the best of Japanese management theory to America. He is credited with discovering and publishing the works of Dr. Shigeo Shingo and Taiichi Ohno, the inventors of the Toyota Production System. His knowledge has been gleaned from taking more than 70 trips to Japan and visiting 250 plants.

Following is a synopsis of his presentation:

“The key ingredient currently missing in many businesses is consideration of the employee. The Harada Method, which is the second pillar of Lean, focuses on the employee. What if we told the employee that we were interested in their personal progression? What if we simply planted a foundation for personal growth, whether intellectual or physical, or a creative combination of the two? Would this new, more-focused, better-skilled employee be an asset? Of course!”

Join us for a discussion on the role of individuals in industry. Among the questions we will discuss:

• How do we humanize industry?
• How we can create a more focused and better skilled employee?
• How does employee respect and trust affect quality and outcomes?

R.S.V.P. at this link. Questions? Contact Amber Russell at arussell@georgefox.edu.

Over the past 13 years, Elizabeth Holme has done a phenomenal job in keeping the costs down and maintaining the same prices for printing and copying. However, effective May 16, Print Services has increased its cost of photocopying and printing.

The new price for black and white copies and prints on 8.5 x 11 and 8.5 x 14 is 5 cents for front sides and 3 cents for back sides. The price will double for 11 x 17 and larger.

Color copy and printing on 8.5 x 11 and 8.5 x 14 will be 25 cents per side. For 11 x 17 and larger the price will be 50 cents per side.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give us a call at ext. 2550 and 2551.

We’re pleased to announce that, starting this week, the Villa Cafe will be open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition to great beverages and freshly baked goodies, we’ll be featuring homemade soups and a daily luncheon special.

Also, if you work at VAC or plan on being there this summer during the noon hour, we’d appreciate it if you’d take a few moments to complete this survey to assist us in serving you better.

Thanks for your support.

Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit