The Bruin cheer and stunt team is hosting tryouts on campus through July 11 and is accepting video tryouts for students who don’t live nearby. If you’re interested in joining the team for the 2016-17 year, contact head coach Michelle Berg (mberg@georgefox.edu) for tryout requirements and more information.
If you have a background in dance, gymnastics and/or cheer, we’d love to hear from you!
In light of last weekend’s tragedy in Orlando, the university pastors would like to invite our community to come together for an informal time of prayer from 11:30 a.m. to noon today (Wednesday) in the prayer chapel on the Newberg campus.
The university’s international studies program has a limited number of free tickets to hear Bill McKibben, environmental activist and founder of 350.org, speak as part of the World Affairs Council of Oregon’s International Speakers Series tomorrow (Thursday). The presentation begins at 7 p.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 S.W. Broadway).
If you are interested in obtaining a ticket, please contact Gina Miller at gmiller@georgefox.edu to arrange ticket pick-up (tickets must be picked up on campus).
Fiscal-year-end 2015/2016 is quickly approaching, and the finance department would appreciate your help in ensuring a smooth and timely year-end close. Please review and note the following deadlines for accounts payable requests:
1. Submission of the following FY2015/2016 requests must be received by the finance department on or before July 8, 2016:
2. All Cash Advance Requests for FY2015/2016 expenses must be received by the finance department on or before June 13, 2016.
Please refer to the “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures†page on the finance department website for additional details.
Please contact Jennifer Klapp (jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170) with any year-end accounts payable questions.
Thank you!
The Finance Team
The campus flags will be lowered to half-staff through sunset on Thursday, June 16, as a mark of respect for the victims of the act of hatred and terror perpetrated on Sunday, June 12, in Orlando, Fla.
A proclamation announced by President Barack Obama can be viewed at this link.
The long-awaited Point of Sale software is almost here! On Friday, July 1, the Office of Print Services will be going live with a new method of accepting jobs. You will now be able to send jobs to Print Services via web-to-print.
The web-based software will have all printing options for you to choose from. This web link will give you a sneak peek at the site; you will need to log in with your George Fox user name and password. More information will follow as the launch date draws near.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.
Security has been in contact with the owner of a phone that was left behind at Washington Square Mall Thursday night, and has now been tracked to the university. If you found that phone, please bring it to the security office as soon as possible so that it can be returned to the owner.
Thank you!
– Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu)
The Association of Christian Librarians 60th annual conference is scheduled on the George Fox campus June 13-17. The conference will draw librarians from around the United States and several foreign countries.
Conference events include a presentation of the play First Lady Lou, a one-woman dramatization of the life of Lou Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The play features professional actress Jane Fellows in the title role. The campus community is invited to the presentation with tickets, available at the door, for $5.
After the play, a “talk-back†session with Fellows and Leslie Hoover-Lauble, great-granddaughter of Herbert and Lou Hoover, will be moderated by the university’s archivist Rachel Thomas. Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, attended the precursor to George Fox, Friends Pacific Academy, in the 1880s.
Questions? Contact Susan Richie at srichie@georgefox.edu.
The Association of Christian Librarians 60th annual conference is scheduled on the George Fox campus June 13-17. The conference will draw librarians from around the United States and several foreign countries.
Conference events include a presentation of the play First Lady Lou, a one-woman dramatization of the life of Lou Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The play features professional actress Jane Fellows in the title role. The campus community is invited to the presentation with tickets, available at the door, for $5.
After the play, a “talk-back†session with Fellows and Leslie Hoover-Lauble, great-granddaughter of Herbert and Lou Hoover, will be moderated by the university’s archivist Rachel Thomas. Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, attended the precursor to George Fox, Friends Pacific Academy, in the 1880s.
Questions? Contact Susan Richie at srichie@georgefox.edu.
Fiscal-year-end 2015/2016 is quickly approaching, and the finance department would appreciate your help in ensuring a smooth and timely year-end close. Please review and note the following deadlines for accounts payable requests:
1. Submission of the following FY2015/2016 requests must be received by the finance department on or before July 8, 2016:
2. All Cash Advance Requests for FY2015/2016 expenses must be received by the finance department on or before June 13, 2016.
Please refer to the “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures†page on the finance department website for additional details.
Please contact Jennifer Klapp (jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170) with any year-end accounts payable questions.
Thank you!
The Finance Team
End-of-the-fiscal-year deposits to be included in this year’s budget must be in finance no later than July 1, 2016. Checks dated prior to June 30 must be deposited in the current fiscal year.
Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to go to the bank. If you are taking vacation during the July 4 holiday, please send your deposits over before you leave. If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173.
Final petty cash reconciliations for this fiscal year are due in finance no later than July 8, 2016. Please remember to submit all receipts, cash and reconciliation reports before this deadline. If you will be taking vacation over the July 4 holiday, please plan ahead and send these over before you leave. If you have questions about petty cash protocols, please contact Jen Klapp at ext. 2170.
Join us today (Monday) for the opening of the new Bridge Café in the Canyon Commons! You are invited to enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries in the Bridge Café from 8 to 8:30 a.m. during our grand opening.
During lunch, we’ll be sampling delicious bites from our fire pit in the Canyon Commons between noon and 12:30 p.m. The Bridge Café is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the summer.
Bon Appetit and the president’s office invite all employees and work-study students to join them for a mini-celebration of the opening of the Bridge Cafe and the new Canyon Commons dining hall.
Join us from 8 to 8:30 a.m. today (Monday) for the celebration. Free coffee will be provided in the Bridge Cafe and in the dining area’s main cafe, and pastries will be served as well. Denny also invites the campus community to stop by the Canyon Commons from noon to 12:30 p.m. this afternoon to enjoy some free food samples (not lunch) being prepared in the walk station in the main dining area.
The main opening/inauguration will be on Wednesday, Aug. 17, but President Robin Baker and Bon Appetit’s Denny Lawrence thought it would be fun to have an early celebration. We hope you can join us!
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.
Join us on Monday, June 6, for the opening of the new Bridge Café in the Canyon Commons! You are invited to enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries in the Bridge Café from 8 to 8:30 a.m. during our grand opening.
During lunch, we’ll be sampling delicious bites from our fire pit in the Canyon Commons between noon and 12:30 p.m. The Bridge Café is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the summer.
Bon Appetit and the president’s office invite all employees and work-study students to join them for a mini-celebration of the opening of the Bridge Cafe and the new Canyon Commons dining hall.
Join us from 8 to 8:30 a.m. this Monday, June 6, for the celebration. Free coffee will be provided in the Bridge Cafe and in the dining area’s main cafe, and pastries will be served as well. Denny also invites the campus community to stop by the Canyon Commons from noon to 12:30 p.m. that afternoon to enjoy some free food samples (not lunch) being prepared in the walk station in the main dining area.
The main opening/inauguration will be on Wednesday, Aug. 17, but President Robin Baker and Bon Appetit’s Denny Lawrence thought it would be fun to have an early celebration. We hope you can join us!
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.
While most student concerns and complaints can and should be resolved informally, there is a formal general complaint procedure described in the “Support for Students†section of the Undergraduate Student Handbook as well as on the Graduate/DPS Policies page of the website.
Please note that these procedures cover complaints of a general nature and do not supersede specific policies involving special cases such as grade appeals, sexual harassment, etc., which are covered elsewhere in the Student Handbook, catalog or Graduate/DPS Policies.
For more information, contact the student life department at studentlife@georgefox.edu.
Bon Appetit and the president’s office invite all employees and work-study students to join them for a mini-celebration of the opening of the Bridge Cafe and the new Canyon Commons dining hall.
Join us from 8 to 8:30 a.m. this Monday, June 6, for the celebration. Free coffee will be provided in the Bridge Cafe and in the dining area’s main cafe, and pastries will be served as well. Denny also invites the campus community to stop by the Canyon Commons from noon to 12:30 p.m. that afternoon to enjoy some free food samples (not lunch) being prepared in the walk station in the main dining area.
The main opening/inauguration will be on Wednesday, Aug. 17, but President Robin Baker and Bon Appetit’s Denny Lawrence thought it would be fun to have an early celebration. We hope you can join us!
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.
Come over and join us for lunch today (Wednesday)! We are firing up the grill and barbecuing hamburgers and garden burgers with all the trimmings! We will also have salads, chips, dessert and freshly brewed iced tea, all for $6.75. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Starting the fall 2016 semester, new meal plan options will be available to students. Please check out the Meal Plan Options page for detailed information about the new meal plans and our meal plan policies.
The meal plan form will be available in MyGFU, in “University Forms,” starting Wednesday, June 15. You must select your meal plan no later than June 27, 2016.
Students living on campus in the fall who do not select their meal plan by June 27 will have the lowest meal plan they are eligible for applied to their account by student life. Students living off campus who do not choose a meal plan by June 27 will be given the “No Meal Plan.”
However, students who are eligible to do so may make changes to their meal plan until Friday, Sept. 9.
Please contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office if you have any questions regarding the meal plan. She can be reached at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316.
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 the Portland Center also will be closed.
