The Daily Bruin

Are you interested in improving your health and fitness? The Find Your Fit employee health and fitness program will help you do both!

This program is free to George Fox employees and spouses, as well as graduate students. As part of the program you will receive a health and fitness assessment. These measurements will then be used to help an exercise science student create an individualized exercise prescription for you designed to reach your health and fitness goals.

We have about 20 spots left this summer, so please contact Mary Imboden (mimboden@georgefox.edu) if interested.

We hope you enjoyed last week’s resources, videos and ideas on the subject of intentional thankfulness. Let us continue disrupting the world with gratitude and see how it changes us and others.

This week, we encourage you to experiment with different things you can do to be in the gratitude zone and take more steps to express it to others.

The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. Happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude, and we always get another opportunity to enjoy what is given to us every moment.

Get inspired by watching Brother Steindl-Rast in this “Want to be happy? Be grateful” TED Talk video.

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”
― Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer

Have children in the fourth through ninth grades? We have a camp for them! The Oregon Writing Project is hosting a young writers’ camp, themed “Mission to Mars,” July 12-16! Camp meets from 9 a.m. to noon each day.

Registration closes tomorrow (Thursday) at 5 p.m. If you are an employee of or a student at George Fox, we are able to offer a discount of 40% for your child.

Contact Carol Brazo (cbrazo@georgefox.edu) for more details.

The IT Service Desk has transitioned to a temporary location in Stevens 208 while construction and carpet replacement happens in their normal office location and will remain in Stevens 208 through the end of July. 

Services will be available as usual.

If you have any questions, email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

Check out the George Fox tennis program’s Junior Summer Tennis Camps for all ages and skill levels! These camps will be serious fun and will greatly improve skills, all while cultivating a love for the sport. And, as a bonus, kids of George Fox employees get 40% off!

For more details and the RSVP link, visit this page.

Wellness Wednesdays is starting a new series. We invite everyone to join us in exploring the benefits of gratitude and spend more time in that healthy and peaceful space of thankfulness. As we are recovering from the effects of the pandemic, and reflecting on the past year, we can experience the healing benefits of a thankful attitude. Gratitude changes everything. We have prepared some information for you this week and will stay in touch over the next few weeks.

We encourage you to watch this inspiring video on Gratitude today.

Stay tuned for more information, connection and events.

Questions? Contact HR at hr@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox tennis program’s Junior Summer Tennis Camps are starting up in July and going through August. Held Monday-Friday, from 9:30-2 p.m., these camps will be seriously fun, will greatly improve skills, and cultivate a love for the sport. Children of George Fox employees get 40% off.

For more details and to RSVP, visit this page.

Please complete and submit your Concur Employee Expense reports for June 2021 to your supervisor for approval on or before Wednesday, June 30, 2021, to ensure that the reports are approved and available for processing in the finance office on or before July 9 to be included in the 2020-21 fiscal year.

If you have any questions, please call Kathi Becker at ext. 2166.

The IT Service Desk will be closed today (Tuesday) from noon to 5 p.m. while we move to a temporary location. We are not going far, as we will reopen tomorrow in our temporary location in Room 208 of the Stevens Center while construction and carpet replacement happens in the office.

IT will be in Stevens 208 through the end of July. Services will be available as usual.

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

Join your colleagues at an in-person all-employee meeting in Bauman Auditorium at 10 a.m. today (Monday). For those unable to attend in person, a livestream will be available at this link.

See you there!

The IT Service Desk will be closed on Tuesday, June 29, from noon to 5 p.m. while we move to a temporary location.  We’re not going far. The Service Desk will reopen on Wednesday, June 30, in its temporary location in Room 208 of the Stevens Center while construction and carpet replacement happens in the office.

IT will be in Stevens 208 through the end of July. Services will be available as usual.

Contact Piper Parks (pparks@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Please complete and submit your Concur Employee Expense reports for June 2021 to your supervisor for approval on or before Wednesday, June 30, 2021, to ensure that the reports are approved and available for processing in the finance office on or before July 9 to be included in the 2020-21 fiscal year.

If you have any questions, please call Kathi Becker at ext. 2166.

Know any young basketball players seeking to improve on their game? The George Fox women’s basketball program will be hosting its annual Girls Basketball Camp for grades 1-11 the week of June 28 through July 1 in Wheeler Gymnasium.

Current players and staff will be involved during a week filled with learning, fun and skill development. We have open spots and would love to have you join us!  Please email Coach Coppolino with any questions (mcoppolino@georgefox.edu) or visit this site to learn more.

Check out the George Fox tennis program’s Junior Summer Tennis Camps for all ages and skill levels! These camps will be serious fun and will greatly improve skills, all while cultivating a love for the sport. And, as a bonus, kids of George Fox employees get 40% off!

For more details and the RSVP link, visit this page.

Join your colleagues at an in-person all-employee meeting in Bauman Auditorium at 10 a.m. this Monday, June 28. For those unable to attend in person, a livestream will be available at this link.

See you there!

After 12 years at the university (four as a student, eight as an employee), Keisha Gordon is leaving George Fox. Please join us today (Thursday) from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Wheeler Sports Center lobby to celebrate her and send her off well!

The IT Service Desk will be closed on Tuesday, June 29, from noon to 5 p.m. while we move to a temporary location. We are not going far, as we will reopen on Wednesday, June 30, in our temporary location in Room 208 of the Stevens Center while construction and carpet replacement happens in the office.

IT will be in Stevens 208 through the end of July. Services will be available as usual.

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

The Staff Development Committee would like to invite you to attend our annual summer barbecue on the quad on Wednesday, June 30, from noon to 1 p.m. We’ll be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, macaroni salad, fruit, a dessert and lemonade. The cost is $5, and we accept cash and card.

All university employees, including student employees and faculty, are invited! If you plan to attend, please RSVP here by 4 p.m. tomorrow (Friday). This is an extension of the original RSVP deadline.

We hope to see you there! Questions? Contact Stephanie Lopez at slopez@georgefox.edu.

The Staff Development Committee would like to invite you to attend our annual summer barbecue on the quad on Wednesday, June 30, from noon to 1 p.m. We’ll be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, macaroni salad, fruit, a dessert and lemonade. The cost is $5, and we accept cash and card.

All university employees, including student employees and faculty, are invited! If you plan to attend, please RSVP here before the end of the day tomorrow (Thursday).

We hope to see you there! Questions? Contact Stephanie Lopez at slopez@georgefox.edu.

The end of the fiscal year is approaching! With that in mind, we would like to let you know of a few requirements for year-end purchases and check requests:

• Those goods and services on Requisitions/PO’s will need to be physically received/completed by June 30, 2021.
• Goods and services received after June 30, 2021, will be charged to the 2021-22 fiscal year.
• Any non-employee check requests received after June 30, 2021, will be charged to the 2021-22 fiscal year as well.
• All academic admins: Please submit anything you have for processing before you leave for the summer.

Questions? Contact Accounts Payable at accountspayable@georgefox.edu.