The George Fox community is invited to a special welcome reception for Vicki Piersall, the university’s new chief financial officer, today (Tuesday) beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium.
Vicki brings more than 20 years of senior leadership experience at Xerox, Schnitzer Steel and Sims Metal Management. She begins work at the university on Aug. 4.
On a recent trip to Europe, President Robin Baker and his wife Ruth had the opportunity to visit Normandy, France, site of the historic D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. The experience proved both memorable and moving, as his party included several war veterans.
In his most recent blog post, Robin reflects on the experience. You can read it here.
The physical therapy department is excited to announce that our PT clinic is open all summer long, Monday through Friday, to serve your needs.
We are a participating provider for Regence and offer self-pay options for those not on Regence. Our pro-bono clinic is available this summer as well.
Please call Li-Zandre at 503-554-2479 with any questions. Have a great summer!
Fiscal Year End 2016-17 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 deadline for Accounts Payable requests:
Please refer to this “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures†page of the Finance Department website for additional details.
Please contact Jennifer Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170 with any year-end accounts payable questions.
Thank you!
The Finance Team
The building housing the Employee Empowerment (formerly HR) and University Advancement offices has a new name: West Offices. Located on the western edge of campus, across from the Sheridan Street House and Meridian Street House, it was formerly known as the “Minthorne Office Building.”
The name was changed, in part, to avoid confusion with Minthorn Hall, the Minthorne Gallery and Minthorne Conference Room. The building is leased, which is why it is not named after a person or family.
The university’s offices and libraries on the Newberg and Portland campuses will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, July 3-4, in observance of the July 4 holiday. The Bruin Store will also be closed those two days.
As a part of our strategy to increase efficiency and streamline our Finance and business processes, we have automated the entire expense process using Concur Expense.
For our university, Concur will allow us to:
For our employees, Concur will:
Our Finance and IT teams investigated many solutions. Concur Expense closely matches our business needs. We will go live with Concur Expense on July 5, 2017.
Automating the entire expense process from both a web and mobile standpoint is an important step in helping improve our processes. We are excited about our new process and ask each of you to support this change and use Concur Expense. There will be an email sent out on July 5 for the next step in this process. If you have questions, contact Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.
Sincerely,
Finance/Purchasing/IT
Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing the next business card order on Thursday, July 6. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source before Wednesday, July 5.
Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.
Marketing Communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your name tag requests at this link.
Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions. The next order will be placed Monday, July 10.
Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
Wednesday, July 5, is “George Fox Night” at the Portland Timbers! Join other Bruin alumni, parents, friends, employees and students for a fun-filled evening of soccer at downtown Portland’s historic Providence Park. Our reserved seats in the Widmer Brothers Southern Front offer a close-up view of the game.
Tickets include stadium snacks like popcorn, roasted peanuts, potato chips, gourmet macaroni and cheese, barbecue meatballs, and fresh-baked cookies, as well as soda and bottled water.
Tickets are $50 each and can be purchased here. Contact Robby Larson (rlarson@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
We hope you can join us!
June is the final month for the 2016-17 fiscal year. All staff time sheets and admin time-off reports for June will need to be turned in to Human Resources by Wednesday, July 5, to close the fiscal year. Please plan ahead if you expect to be out of the office or on vacation.
Thank you,
Human Resources
Wednesday, July 5, is “George Fox Night” at the Portland Timbers! Join other Bruin alumni, parents, friends, employees and students for a fun-filled evening of soccer at downtown Portland’s historic Providence Park. Our reserved seats in the Widmer Brothers Southern Front offer a close-up view of the game.
Tickets include stadium snacks like popcorn, roasted peanuts, potato chips, gourmet macaroni and cheese, barbecue meatballs, and fresh-baked cookies, as well as soda and bottled water.
Tickets are $50 each and can be purchased here. Contact Robby Larson (rlarson@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
We hope you can join us!
They are here! Mail Services has the limited-edition first-class “Eclipse†stamps. These stamps are really cool! They are heat sensitive, so when you press your finger onto the stamp, the heat will cause the moon to show on the stamp. Once the heat cools down, the eclipse will reappear.
There are 16 stamps per sheet, and the cost is $7.84. These stamps will not last long, so get a piece of history while supplies last!
Thanks,
Mail Services
The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this afternoon (Thursday) in Canyon Commons (Rooms 101 and 102). The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.
The physical therapy department is excited to announce that our PT clinic is open all summer long, Monday through Friday, to serve your needs.
We are a participating provider for Regence and offer self-pay options for those not on Regence. Our pro-bono clinic is available this summer as well.
Please call Li-Zandre at 503-554-2479 with any questions. Have a great summer!
Fiscal Year End 2016-17 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 deadline for Accounts Payable requests:
1) Submission of the following FY2016-17 requests must be received by Finance on or before Friday, July 7, 2017:
Please refer to this “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures†page of the Finance Department website for additional details.
Please contact Jennifer Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170 with any year-end accounts payable questions.
Thank you!
The Finance Team
With the structural reorganization taking place, there is a lot of shuffling going around. If you have been affected by the reorganization and have had to transition to a new department, we need to hear from you.
To confirm that Mail Services has accurate information for where to place your mail, please email Mail Services ASAP with the following information:
Please email Mail Services at mailservices@georgefox.edu.
Thank you in advance,
Mail Services
With the recent restructuring of departments came the need to relocate several individuals. Below is a listing of who has moved where so far.
Questions? Contact Lisa Burton at lburton@georgefox.edu.
End-of-the-fiscal year deposits to be included in this year’s budget must be in Finance no later than Friday, June 30. Checks dated prior to June 30, 2017, 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 Friday, June 30. Please remember to submit all receipts, cash, and reconciliation reports before this deadline. Please plan ahead and send these over before you leave, if you will be taking vacation over the July 4 holiday. If you have questions about petty cash protocols, please contact Jen Klapp at ext. 2170.
As part of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, George Fox library patrons enjoy access to materials at 39 member libraries, with items being delivered via a courier to both Newberg and Portland campuses five days a week. In order to improve delivery and turnaround times, the Alliance is transitioning to a new courier service this summer.
During the transition to the new system, Summit deliveries will be delayed for items requested from June 26 to July 5. Summit requests can still be made during this period, but those items will be delivered after July 5.
We highly recommend placing orders for Summit materials ASAP, in order to get them before the delays are in effect. Thank you for your patience during this process as we transition to a new courier service. We look forward to being able to provide improved service going forward!
Questions about your Summit requests? Please contact the circulation department.
