The Daily Bruin

This Thursday we will welcome the largest-ever incoming class of students. Parking is going to be extremely congested, especially on the west side of campus. Please do not park in the Stevens, Hoover, Wood-Mar or Pennington lots, or on Sheridan, Carlton (library/Mail Services area), River or Center streets south of Sheridan Street.

We would ask you to park in the Bauman lot if you work/have classes on the west side of campus, and when that is full, to park on the campus side of Meridian Street. Please help us to be as welcoming to our new and returning students, and to sacrifice your parking spots this Thursday through Saturday.

Summer workstudy students living on campus this fall need to leave their cars in the lots that their parking permits indicate, and off-campus summer workstudy students and grad students need to park in the commuter lots beginning on Thursday.

The next few weeks might be challenging, so we ask for your patience!

Thank you,
Security Services

It is essential for you to enter your personal cell phone number into MyGFU. Please follow these simple directions to enter your personal cell phone number:

• Login to your MyGFU account
• Click on SELF SERVICE
• Click on CAMPUS PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Click on PHONE NUMBERS
• On the PHONE TYPE pick list, choose the phone type you are registering.
• Type in your cell phone number
• Click SAVE
• If you need to add a number, first click on ADD A PHONE NUMBER
• Make sure you click SAVE after each change

Thank you for taking the time to do this today. If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in the Office of Student Life.

All undergraduate students are required to select a meal plan through their MYGFU account.

The meal plan selection form is found in UNIVERSITY FORMS.

More information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plan Options website:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student-life/mealplanOptions.html

Students are required to select a meal plan by Wednesday, August 25, 2010.

The deadline for making any changes to your meal plan is Friday, September 10, 2010 at 5 p.m. This is the last day to add or drop classes as well.

No reduction in meal plan selections will be allowed after this date, however, you may be able to add a meal plan.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) in the student life office if you have any questions.

You can now create a parent or authorized user PIN# so that others who are paying your bill can access our new payment services. This means that those you authorize can see your current balance due and make payment! Please be aware that if you have transactions or aid pending you will need to calculate the amount they should pay.

Traditional Undergraduates will find our Payment Estimator helpful for this: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/forms.html (scroll down to bottom of page).

“Engage in Career Services, Envision Your Best Future.” We have plenty
of space remaining for those of you needing a credit in your schedule fall or spring in
order to focus on managing your career plan while in college. GEED 214 will help you
select a major, GEED 216 will help you locate an internship and GEED 218 will help you
find employment in a competitive market.

Register under General Education in MyGFU.
Don’t leave college without this important training. Check careers.georgefox.edu
for more information or contact us at careers@georgefox.edu or ext. 2330.

In order to help students get the answers to their questions, a Facebook group was created.

Ask Student Life

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here!

Sponsored by the Student Life Department. We can be found on the 3rd floor of Stevens Center.

On Serve Day (Sept. 8), we will be making laundry soap for Love INC. to distribute to the community. If you have empty liquid laundry soap containers or empty milk containers, please drop them off at the Office of Spiritual Life (Sheridan Street House).

Thank you,
Serve Day Committee

On Serve Day (Sept. 8), we will be making laundry soap for Love INC. to distribute to the community. If you have empty liquid laundry soap containers or empty milk containers, please drop them off at the Office of Spiritual Life (Sheridan Street House).

Thank you,
Serve Day Committee

Attention New Students: If you are in the area, you may stop at University Mail Services in the North Street Annex and pick up your campus mailbox key.  All students – commuters and residents – have been assigned a campus mailbox.  Get your key now and pick up any packages or mail that may be here for you.

Others will pick up their mail box keys during Student Orientation on Thursday, August 26th.

Attention Returning Students: Remember to bring your campus mailbox key with you when you return to campus.  Your campus mailbox is now active. You can also pick up any packages that you have here at Mail Services.

Returning Students:  Mail Services has stopped Summer Forwarding.  Your mail is going into your campus mailboxes – and we will hold your packages until you arrive on Campus.  Please be prompt in picking them up. Mail Services will be open for Package pick-up on Saturday, August 28th; 10:00am – 4:00 pm  Thank You and Welcome back!!!  Mail Services

We will be opening the Bruin Den on Wednesday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you’ve been brown-bagging all week or missing our smoothies, please come in an join us for lunch. We will again be closed on Thursday and Friday and will reopen on Monday, Aug. 23.

We have new football T-shirts at the Bruin Bookstore. Come in and check out the selection. Only $15.99. You can see pictures of the variety on our Facebook page: facebook.com/bruinbookstore.

On Serve Day (Sept. 8), we will be making laundry soap for Love INC. to distribute to the community. If you have empty liquid laundry soap containers or empty milk containers, please drop them off at the Office of Spiritual Life (Sheridan Street House).

Thank you,
Serve Day Committee

Just a final reminder that an orientation overview meeting is scheduled at 9 a.m. in Hoover 105 on Thursday, Aug. 12. All employees who will be working with new students are encouraged to attend.

Due to the large size of the incoming class, the schedule has been changed this year. We would love for everyone involved to be informed of these changes.

Salem Sealcoating will be crack sealing on lots around the Newberg campus on Wednesday, Aug. 11, through Sunday, Aug. 15. They will post the lots they are working on, so please heed their signs. The black tar or yellow paint is not easy to get off your car. Also, take care to not walk through fresh tar and into your building.

Plant Services is seeking volunteers to help move in new furniture into Sutton Hall this Thursday and Friday, Aug. 12-13. If interested, please show up anytime during the morning. Any amount of time will be valuable.

Please contact Clyde Thomas (Plant Services) at cthomas@georgefox.edu if you are available to help.

All employees who will be working with new students are invited to attend an overview of the orientation schedule before the festivities begin. Join us for this overview at 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, in Hoover 105.

Due to the large size of the incoming class, the schedule has been changed this year. We would love for everyone involved to be informed of these changes. Hope to see you there!

Career Services has moved! We are now located on the first floor of the Stevens Center. We will host an open house later this fall. Watch for details.

First generation college alumni students are needed for a doctoral research project. (Participants do not need to be GFU alumni.)

Each participant will receive a $10 gift certificate to Starbucks for a 55 minute interview.

If you are interested in this project please e-mail Joel Perez – jperez@georgefox.edu or phone him at 503-554-2305.

Thank you.

In order to get ready for the new school year, the Bruin Den will be closed Aug. 7-22. We will reopen on Monday, Aug. 23, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. See you then.