The Daily Bruin

Plant Services will be checking window screens in all residence halls, including La Shana, Carey, Willcuts and Beebe. These checks will be conducted Tuesday, August 26th through Thursday, August 28th

Please notice that the location for placing your parking permit has changed.  Permits should now be placed on the lower left-hand corner of the rear window exterior (driver’s side).

There will be a $5.00 replacement fee if they are incorrectly placed. 

Security has collected a large amount of lost and found items over the summer and needs to make room for incoming lost and found items this fall. If you lost something this summer, please come to the security office before Monday, Sept. 1, to retrieve your lost items. After that date, all unclaimed items will be donated to charitable organizations.

Thanks,

Security Services

To avoid the long lines and risk missing out on used books, order your textbooks now at store.georgefox.edu and we’ll have them waiting when you arrive on campus (Visa or Mastercard required for online purchases). Remember that we match the prices of online stores during the first week of class (some restrictions apply).

Online confirmation for returning undergraduate students will be live starting at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, August 25.  Please login to Bruindata to view your holds or confirm.  If you need to confirm in-person, please do so on Saturday, August 30, during the assigned times:  

http://www.georgefox.edu/enrollment_services/confirmation/schedule-fa.html

Remember that you must confirm your enrollment either online or in-person by noon on August 30 or you will be charged a late confirmation fee of $50.

Contact the Registrar’s Office at 503.554.2210 if you have any questions.

Driver needed to take a friend of an early arriving student to Portland International Airport at 8:00 a.m. Monday, August 25 for a 10:30 a.m. flight.   Driver will be reimbursed for gas.

If you available to driver, please contact Burel Ford at (503) 554-2318 or bford@georgefox.edu.

ORDER YOUR TEXTBOOKS NOW!

To avoid the long lines and risk missing out on used books, order your textbooks now at www.store.georgefox.edu and we’ll have them waiting when you arrive on campus (Visa or Mastercard required for online purchases).

Remember that we match the prices of online stores during the first week of class (some restrictions apply).

Plant Services will be in training for PeopleSoft this Thursday and Friday, Aug. 21-22. The office will be open but will be operating with limited staff. We will try to answer phones and check e-mail.

– Plant Services

The IT Service Desk will have a student employee in the Murdock Learning Resource Center each weekday, Monday through Thursday, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and during library hours on Saturday and Sunday. The IT Service Desk in the Stevens Center will be closing at 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The policy for requesting equipment or technical help has not changed. Please visit it.georgefox.edu for details.

The room formerly known as the CAI lab (Stevens Center) will now be a classroom. The Murdock Learning Resource Center (Newberg library) will have an “info commons” outfitted with new furniture and six iMac computers that will be an alternate place students can use for online research and printing. Other computer lab areas are the same as in past years.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 18, for server maintenance and preparation for the fall semester. Please note that your online course(s) will be unavailable during this time.

Attention New Students:  If you are in the area, you may stop by University Mail Services in the North Street Annex and pick up your campus mailbox key. 

All students – commuters and residents – have a campus mailbox.  Get your key now and pick up any packages or mail that may be here for you.

Attention Returning Students:  Don’t forget to bring your campus mailbox key with you when you return to campus. You can get mail and packages now.

The university’s paving contractor, Signature Paving Services, will be installing the speed table on Fulton Street across from the Friendsview Retirement Community the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 12.

This section of Fulton will be closed for the duration of the day to allow for the asphalt to cure and for installation of the pavement markings and signs.

Security Services would like to correct the previous E-nnouncement on how to pick up your parking permits.  

If you have registered your vehicle on Bruindata, and a permit has been assigned to you, you will receive a Package Notice email from Mail Services. When you arrive on campus, bring photo ID to Mail Services to pick up your permit.

Please note:  The location where your permit should be affixed has changed. Peel off the backing and affix it to the EXTERIOR REAR window of your vehicle in the lower left-hand corner on the driver’s side.

Please call Security at (503) 554-2090 if you have any questions.

The University Store has a new addition to its inventory – pet products. Feel free to check out the new puppies and kittens during the store’s “Dog Days of Summer Sale” Aug. 12-15. Save 10 to 50 percent on pet clothing, dishes, collars and other gift items.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, for server maintenance and preparation for the fall semester. Please note that your online course(s) will be unavailable during this time.

Students who have registered their vehicle for the new school year will be receiving their permit in their campus mailbox.

When you pick up your permits in the mailroom, please read the enclosed instructions carefully.

Before affixing your permit to your vehicle please note that the location of the permit has changed.

This year parking permits will be placed on the BACK, EXTERIOR window of your car in the LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE DRIVERS SIDE.

Information about your permit is included with each permit.

For more information about parking regulations on the Newberg campus, please check out the Security Services website.

To speak with someone in Security services please call 503-554-2090 (on campus extension 2090.)

There is still time to sign up for the third annual George Fox University Motorcycle Rally, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 16. If you ride a street motorcycle of any kind, you are invited to join other members of the George Fox family in this special event. For more information and to register, visit georgefox.edu/alumni/events/motorcyclerally.html.

As in past summers, the Bruin Den will be closed over the next two weeks, Aug. 4-15. This will allow Plant Services the opportunity to replace the kitchen floor and do preventative maintenance on equipment prior to the start of classes. It will reopen on Aug. 18.

Thank you for a great summer and we look forward to seeing everyone in a couple of weeks.

Bruin Den staff

The Juan Young Scholarship application is available to students on the Student Financial Services home webpage (also on the scholarship page). 

First peference is given to lineal descendants of former Kienow’s employees.  Applicants must be an Oregon resident and under 21 years old on April 25, 2008. 

A 500 word essay is required.  Application must be received by Student Financial Services by 5:00 p.m. on July 31 (no exceptions).

Contact James Oshiro at joshiro@georgefox.edu for more information.