The Daily Bruin

You shouldn’t have to pay more for your medications!

Explore medication options, effectiveness, prices and user reviews with MedSavvy. See how your medication stacks up for safety and effectiveness, and save your medication information in one place. Start making smarter health decisions for you and those you care for.

George Fox partners with MedSavvy to offer employee access to this impactful resource. Come to our information session on Tuesday, June 25, at 10 a.m. in Roberts Center’s Room 130 to learn more. RSVP here today, as space is limited.

Questions? Contact Kara Holcombe at kholcombe@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to join your colleagues at the next all-employee meeting, scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, June 27, in Canyon Commons. Lunch will be provided for attendees following the meeting.

Portland Center employees are encouraged to attend the meeting in person, if possible, as there will not be live streaming available.

If you have a shout-out you’d like to give a colleague at the meeting, you can do so at this link.

Looking ahead, the all-community meeting this fall will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, in Canyon Commons. The day begins with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be provided midway through the meeting.

The human resources team has moved across the street. We are now housed in the Sheridan Street House, located at 214 N. Meridian St.

Stay tuned for details on a future open house event!

You shouldn’t have to pay more for your medications!

Explore medication options, effectiveness, prices and user reviews with MedSavvy. See how your medication stacks up for safety and effectiveness, and save your medication information in one place. Start making smarter health decisions for you and those you care for.

George Fox partners with MedSavvy to offer employee access to this impactful resource. Come to our information session on Tuesday, June 25, at 10 a.m. in Roberts Center’s Room 130 to learn more. RSVP here today, as space is limited.

Questions? Contact Kara Holcombe at kholcombe@georgefox.edu.

Contrary to what was reported in yesterday’s Daily Bruin, live streaming will not be available for the all-employee meeting scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, June 27, in Canyon Commons. Lunch will be provided for attendees following the meeting.

If your schedule allows, please feel free to make the trip to Newberg for the meeting. If you can’t attend, you have the option of watching a recording of the meeting at a later date.

If you have a shout-out you’d like to give a colleague at the meeting, you can do so at this link.

Make plans to join your colleagues at the next all-employee meeting, scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, June 27, in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160). Lunch will be provided for attendees following the meeting.

Although there is live streaming at the Portland Center, Portland employees are encouraged to attend the meeting in person, if possible.

If you have a shout-out you’d like to give a colleague at the meeting, you can do so at this link.

Looking ahead, the all-community meeting this fall will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, in Canyon Commons. The day begins with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be provided midway through the meeting.

Is it hot enough yet? If the river is your choice of cool-down today and tomorrow, please be aware of these important safety tips before just plunging in! 

• Most Oregon rivers are still cold! The Deschutes and the Sandy rivers are still in the 50s, and the Willamette is in the mid-60s. That cold water can shock your system and cause you to gasp involuntarily and to take in water and drown!
• Wear a life jacket. Always.
• Don’t leave children unattended around any body of water, even for a second.
• Learn CPR and never swim alone (Campus Public Safety offers CPR/first aid/AED classes; call us at 503-554-2090 for details).
• Never dive into unknown water unless you know the depth and that there aren’t submerged logs, strong currents or other hazards.
• All boats, no matter the size, need one wearable PFD (personal flotation device) for each person on board. Anyone under 12 must wear it at all times.

If trouble arises, attempting to rescue a swimmer in danger is very dangerous and can lead to multiple drownings. Trained rescuers teach and use a protocol called “Talk, Reach, Throw, Row.”

TALK. Call 911, then talk to the person and see if you can coach them to swim to you on shore or to a boat.

REACH. Next, try to reach them by extending a branch, pole or inflatable boat. Do NOT allow them to grab hold of your body; they may try to pull you in.

THROW. You can throw a distressed person a life jacket, life ring, rope or any other object that will help them stay afloat.

ROW. If necessary, use a boat to get to the person.

Thanks to Wilsonville Police Chief Rob Wurpes for these valuable tips!

A training session for Cascade Server, the system used to edit the university website, will be offered on Friday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to noon.

This basic-level session is tailored for editors who have either not edited the website before or need a refresher on using the software. The session will be held in Stevens 307. Sign up using this form.

Questions? Contact Peter Crackenberg at pcrackenberg@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2138.

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 only $25 for spouses. As part of the program you will receive a health assessment, including body composition, BMI, blood pressure, pulmonary function test, electrocardiogram, blood lipid profile and fasting blood glucose, as well as fitness testing. 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. 

Due to limited availability, we can only accept the first 40 people this fall semester. Please contact Mary Imboden (mimboden@georgefox.edu) if interested.

George Fox University’s Physical Therapy Clinic is open now and all summer long to serve your needs. We provide care from prevention to after-surgery rehabilitation.

Our team of therapists are board-certified specialists in sports medicine, pediatrics and neuro-rehab. We can help you regain function, decrease pain and enjoy life more. Some of the common conditions we treat are sprains and strains of all body parts, surgeries to the extremities and spine, chronic pain and many more!

If you would like more information regarding our services, or would like to speak with a licensed physical therapist, please give us a call at 503-554-2479 or visit our website.

We are providers for Regence Blue Cross of Oregon and are out-of-network providers for most other insurances. We look forward to meeting you and helping you on your journey to well-being.

The registrar’s office is considering changing the name of the Application for Degree form in order to better communicate to our students what they are doing and why it’s important.

Please complete this short survey to let us know what terminology best communicates the goal of the form so students know what it is and why they need to complete it.

Thank you!

Join your fellow employees for our summer barbecue on the quad lawn at noon tomorrow (Tuesday). In the event of rain, we’ll be in Canyon Commons. The cost is only $5 per person.

Please RSVP at this link. Summer student employees are welcome to RSVP as well; supervisors, please email this info to your student employees.

– Hosted by the Staff Development Committee

Join your fellow employees for our summer barbecue on the quad lawn at noon on Tuesday, June 11 (in the event of rain, we’ll be in Canyon Commons). The cost is only $5 per person.

Please RSVP at this link. Summer student employees are welcome to RSVP as well; supervisors, please email this info to your student employees.

– Hosted by the Staff Development Committee

The end of the fiscal year is approaching, and with that Finance would like to inform you of a few requirements for year-end purchase orders.

Please remember that if you order goods and/or services on a PO, they need to be physically received/completed by June 30, 2019. Goods and services received after June 30, 2019, will be charged to the 2019-20 budget year. Therefore, all purchase requisitions/POs for this fiscal year need to be entered by May 31, 2019. 

Your George Fox Visa can be used until June 21, 2019. If you will be traveling between June 21 and June 30 and you need to use your George Fox Visa, you must contact Purchasing prior to arranging travel.

Concur Expense Reports and Visa Reports for 2018-19 must be submitted by July 10, 2019. Any reports created and submitted after July 10 will be reflected in the 2019-20 budget.

Questions? Contact Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.

As of June 7, the Office for Spiritual Life (including the Serve Day office) is no longer located in the Sheridan Street House. Through the summer months, we will be temporarily working in the Hadlock Student Leadership Center until the Barclay House renovation is complete.

Our phone lines have been transferred to Hadlock, and if you need to see us in person feel free to stop by.

Thank you for your flexibility with us in our transition.

The registrar’s office is considering changing the name of the Application for Degree form in order to better communicate to our students what they are doing and why it’s important.

Please complete this short survey to let us know what terminology best communicates the goal of the form so students know what it is and why they need to complete it.

Thank you!

A training session for Cascade Server, the system used to edit the university website, will be offered on Friday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to noon.

This basic-level session is tailored for editors who have either not edited the website before or need a refresher on using the software. The session will be held in Stevens 307. Sign up using this form.

Questions? Contact Peter Crackenberg at pcrackenberg@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2138.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) tomorrow (Wednesday) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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

Make plans to join your colleagues at the next all-employee meeting, scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, June 27, in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160). Lunch will be provided for attendees following the meeting.

Although there is live streaming at the Portland Center, Portland employees are encouraged to attend the meeting in person, if possible.

If you have a shout-out you’d like to give a colleague at the meeting, you can do so at this link.

Looking ahead, the all-community meeting this fall will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, in Canyon Commons. The day begins with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be provided midway through the meeting.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, June 5, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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