The WelcomeWeekend wireless network will be closed at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 26. If you still have a connection to this network, please change your connection to use foxwifi instead. You can use the information here to help you connect to foxwifi.
Contact the service desk at ext. 2569 if you need assistance.
Staff, summer work study students and returning students: If you lost something between April of last semester and now, please come to the security office by this Friday, Aug. 29, to claim your lost items, as they will all be donated to charitable causes by end of day Friday.
Several of you were emailed in May about items left behind in your residences; please claim them this week!
Join us this week for chapel in Bauman Auditorium! Today (Tuesday) at 10:50 a.m. will be the Academic Convocation Chapel to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. Nick Willis, undergraduate teacher of the year, will share a message.
On Wednesday at 7 p.m., Pastor Jamie Noling-Auth will share her testimony and begin our “Unfolding Life” series.
Check out this link for more information about chapel speakers.
The Undergraduate Student Handbook can be found at studenthandbook.georgefox.edu. There is also a PDF version if you wish to download the handbook to your computer.
Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the student handbook. There is important information for you as a community member of George Fox University.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Student Life at studentlife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2310. Student life is located on the third floor of the Stevens Center.
If you would like a ride to join us for this important forum with our partners at Word Made Flesh and with our friend Joel Pérez (former dean of inclusion at Fox and now dean of students at SPU), plan to meet us at the Spiritual Life House on Sheridan Street at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
Beggars Society is an advocacy meeting of Word Made Flesh. It is a public forum that gathers people together seeking to understand issues of global poverty and injustice.
Contact Mikayla Greenwell at mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu with questions.
Address for event: 14410 SE Ellis St., Portland, OR 97236
Join us in Wheeler tonight (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. for the grand opening of the climbing wall this semester. There will be something for every skill level. We have all the gear you need and instructors to teach basic skills and safety.
We have routes from 5.6 for the beginners on up to 5.12+ for the experienced. The climbing wall is a great place to hang out with some awesome people and climb!
For additional information, contact Spencer Giles (sgiles11@georgefox.edu) or Sam Read (sread11@georgefox.edu).
Semester wall hours will be announced as soon as possible. Climb on!
Due to the excessive number of packages that need to be delivered to students and departments, creating long lines at our customer service window, Mail Services is requesting your assistance by bringing outgoing personal packages (packages that need to be shipped off campus) only between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. during the first three weeks of school.
Purchases of shipping supplies and stamps should also be limited to only between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Department packages can be brought to Mail Services anytime during our business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Thanks,
Mail Services
Welcome to fall semester 2014! Need to add or drop a class? Have a question about a waitlisted class? Need to make any other fall semester schedule changes?
Career and Academic Planning (CAP) coaches will be available during drop-in hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, through Friday, Aug. 29. Drop-in hours will be adjusted starting the second week of the semester. Inquire at the IDEA Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center for more information.
Faculty, please feel free to tell your students about this resource. Thank you!
Questions? Write idea@georgefox.edu
Student accounts and financial aid are open today (Saturday Aug. 23), from 8 a.m. to noon. Knowing how busy you will be next week, let us assist you this morning!
In light of creation care and sustainability, we would like to encourage students and faculty to bring their own water bottles on Serve Day (Wednesday, Sept. 3) in order to reduce the plastic waste at the end of the day. We ask leaders to collect and bag the plastic water bottles that do end up being used so they can be taken to FISH, where they are turned in for 5 cents each.
Let’s do our part to serve the community and the world, even as we stay hydrated on Serve Day. Thank you!
Returning students: Mail Services will be open on Saturday, Aug. 23, from noon to 3 p.m. Come get your packages and avoid the long lines on Monday, the first day of classes. Please spread the word to all of your friends!
Also, we will open at 7:30 on Monday morning (Aug. 25) to help the early birds who don’t want to wait in long lines.
If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
Nearly 1,200 of you will have your parking permits assigned and awaiting you at Mail Services upon your arrival to campus, but around 800 students have neglected to either register their vehicles OR to check the box on MyGFU that they are NOT bringing a vehicle to campus.
Every student MUST do one or the other by the Add/Drop date of Friday, Sept. 5, or a $40 non-refundable fee will be charged to your student account. We know you’d much rather have that money to spend on books, etc., so please do not delay in getting this taken care of immediately.
Please contact security at 503-554-2090 if you have a vehicle circumstance outside of the box so that we can help to find a solution that works.
If you are new or returning to George Fox this fall, remember that you can begin or continue your studies at the piano! There are two ways to do this:
Questions? Email kwillson@georgefox.edu or bstewart@georgefox.edu
Commuters: If you live within the Good Neighbor Zone (roughly two blocks around campus), please do NOT register your vehicle on MyGFU, as a commuter permit will be automatically assigned to you.
In order to get a gratis Neighborhood Permit that identifies you as actually living in the neighborhood, you will need to bring proof of residency with you to the security office, where you will register and receive your Neighborhood Permit. Proof of residence can include a letter from your landlord with ALL of the residents’ names on it, a bill with your name and that address on it or a lease agreement with all of the residents’ names, etc.
This helps your neighbors and our security officers to know that you do indeed live close to campus, and your car can be parked there. It does not grant you access to park on campus, however, so if you still want a commuter permit, please contact Nadine Kincaid in security and bring the proof of residence to the security office so we can issue you both a commuter permit and your Neighborhood Permit.
Questions? Wonder if your residence is within the Good Neighbor Zone? Just give us a call at 503-554-2090 or email nkincaid@georgefox.edu.
The lines are very long the first week of school, so please try to take care of this as soon as possible!
Returning students and summer work study students: Now that all of the staff is back on contract, the staff lots need to be reserved for staff parking to accommodate all of them. Please park at your residences and in the commuter lots and NOT in staff parking. The Hoover and Stevens lots are unavailable for student and staff parking Thursday and Friday as we welcome our incoming students.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
Welcome to fall semester 2014! Need to add or drop a class? Have a question about a waitlisted class? Need to make any other fall semester schedule changes?
Career and Academic Planning (CAP) coaches will be available during drop-in hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, through Friday, Aug. 29. Drop-in hours will be adjusted starting the second week of the semester. Inquire at the IDEA Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center for more information.
Faculty, please tell your students about this resource.
Questions? Contact Marisa Lee at mlee@georgefox.edu.
For the second year in a row, in order to provide Student Financial Services with a more accurate billing for students, we assigned the lowest possible meal plan for students who had not yet selected their meal plan. Assignments were made according to their eligibility based on the number of recorded, completed credits in MYGFU.
For more information about meal plans, please check out the Meal Plan Options page on the Student Life Website:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student-life/residence-life/mealplanOptions.html
As a reminder, students are required to check their meal plans and make any adjustments, if eligible NO LATER than Friday, Sept. 5 at 5 pm.
Please confirm your meal plan assignment now!
Students make changes to meal plans through their MYGFU account.
https://mygfu.georgefox.edu
All questions about meal plans should be directed to Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu
We are looking for athletes with varsity-level experience interested in playing women’s JV basketball during the 2014-15 season (Oct. 15, 2014 – Jan. 28, 2015).
Please attend the preseason JV meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Wheeler 208 or contact Michael Meek at mmeek@georgefox.edu.
A number of employee box numbers were changed this summer due to relocation of offices and reorganization of departments/schools. Please make sure you have the following on each piece of campus mail to avoid delays or misrouting of your mail/packages.
Thank you for your in help in making sure campus mail is addressed correctly.
There are just a few days left of the faculty art show, “What One Sees When One Looks,” in the Minthorne Gallery. Please take a few minutes to see recent work created by the George Fox University art and design faculty.
The Minthorne Gallery is in the southeast corner of the Hoover building and is open during regular business hours this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The show will come down on Friday.
