The Bruin Store will be closed all day today (Tuesday, Dec. 8), due to inventory. So sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Store!
Please check us out at georgefoxshop.com and “like” us on Facebook!
The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, Dec. 10, in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.
Please join us for the Portland Center wassail party! Stop by the lobby between 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10, for Christmas treats, hot beverages, and a good dose of holiday cheer!
For our community musicians, please play your favorite Christmas music on our piano in the lobby. It’s open anytime! We would love to hear the ivories!
Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.
All employees and their families are invited to join Robin and Ruth Baker for the Bakers’ annual Christmas Open House from 5 to 8 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.).
Light appetizers and holiday sweets will be served as we celebrate together.
Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.
The Bruin Store will be closed all day Tuesday, Dec. 8, due to inventory. So sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Store!
Please check us out at georgefoxshop.com and “like” us on Facebook!
The Bruin Store invites anyone in the George Fox community to write a recommendation card for one of our books that has impacted your life. We will post your recommendation cards next to the book of your choice for people to see what the book is about and how it might be a good fit for them.
We currently have several faculty and campus-interest books and are getting more in every week, so come check us out! We’d love to hear how one of our books has impacted you.
Questions? Contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.
In order to better coordinate financial aid communications with tuition remission benefits, the due date for the 2016-17 tuition remission applications will be Tuesday, Jan. 5. See the tuition remission section (top of the page) of the Benefits, Forms & Resources page for instructions and applications.
Note: The 2017-18 applications will likely be due in September of 2016 due to changing regulations.
Questions? Contact Darby Thiessen at dthiessen@georgefox.edu or ext. 2188.
Eight staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:
The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.
The Bruin Store wants to honor all George Fox employees by offering you a limited-time-only discount of 20 percent off all clothing and gifts. This offer will run today (Friday) and is only valid in store.
This is a great time to get Bruin Store gifts for friends and family or that sweatshirt you’ve had your eye on.
Come check out our newest apparel such as our:
Remember, if you are looking for gifts and don’t know what to get, Bruin Store gift cards are the way to go!
Questions? Contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.
The Bruin Store invites anyone in the George Fox community to write a recommendation card for one of our books that has impacted your life. We will post your recommendation cards next to the book of your choice for people to see what the book is about and how it might be a good fit for them.
We currently have several faculty and campus-interest books and are getting more in every week, so come check us out! We’d love to hear how one of our books has impacted you.
Questions? Contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.
The Bruin Store wants to honor all George Fox employees by offering you a limited-time-only discount of 20 percent off all clothing and gifts. This offer will run today (Thursday) and Friday, Dec. 3-4, and is only valid in store.
This is a great time to get Bruin Store gifts for friends and family or that sweatshirt you’ve had your eye on.
Come check out our newest apparel such as our:
Remember, if you are looking for gifts and don’t know what to get, Bruin Store gift cards are the way to go!
Questions? Contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.
Join us in celebration and bidding a fond farewell to our very own James Oshiro, director of financial aid, on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium.
James, along with his lovely wife Coleen and adorable son Brandon, is moving back to Honolulu and taking on the role of director of financial aid at Hawaii Pacific University. Please, join us as we say farewell to James and thank him for his nine years of service to the university! Refreshments will be served.
If you are using Square, it is your responsibility to provide the daily amount and the accounting string. Contact Heather Groenlund (hgroenlund@georgefox.edu) so we can complete your deposits in a timely manner.
Any unclaimed Square transactions will go into university general income after two weeks. We currently have some transactions waiting to be claimed.
Thank you,
The Finance Department
Thursday, Dec. 3, is the deadline for submitting a nomination for the December Employee of the month. Please consider your colleagues whose contributions deserve special recognition for going “above and beyond,” and send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.
The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa gift card at our community meeting on Dec. 10.
Are you interested in learning how to quickly produce a video that can be shared with students, colleagues or public audiences? Have you had any experience with screencasting tools – or would you like to start playing with some of these tools?
Join us for a hands-on introduction to Screencastify, led by Brent Weaver, a mentor in the Digital Fluency Initiative. We will play with the tool, share our experiences, and explore ideas.
In addition, we’ll upload videos to our individual George Fox YouTube channels. A key takeaway for this lab will be to identify next steps for advancing our capabilities in using media in our learning communities.
Bring your laptop or tablet and your brown-bag lunch.
RSVP at this link today! Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.
With the holidays quickly approaching, the finance department would like to bring to your attention the schedule for processing check requests and expense reimbursements to accommodate the short holiday weeks.
Please click this link to view the holiday check run schedule posted on the “Forms” page of the finance department’s website. Please check this webpage periodically for any changes to the current schedule. If you have questions, contact Jen Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu.
Please note that the finance department will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1.
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
– The Finance Department
It’s time once again to consider who you are thankful for – someone whose contributions have especially stood out over the last several weeks. If you know someone you believe deserves special recognition for “above and beyond†kind of work, please send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by Thursday, Dec. 3, with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.
The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa gift card at our community meeting Dec. 10.
Congratulations again to Patty Vanier, who was our Employee of the Month for November!
The entire university community is invited to Tuesday morning chapel today at 10:50 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. We will spend time singing, hearing stories of thankfulness and receiving communion.
Also, please note that there will be no Vespers service Wednesday night. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Winter is coming. Following is our process for announcing campus closure information. The provost will make the decision whether or not to close the Newberg campus, Portland Center and Salem site for daytime classes by 6:30 a.m. or 2:15 p.m. for evening classes. This applies to all days of the week, including Saturday. Decisions at the Redmond site will be made by the professor.
Major considerations are road conditions, ice, utility service disruption, and how long the severe weather or emergency is likely to last. To find out if a closure decision has been made when bad weather occurs:
More information on campus closure policies can be found at georgefox.edu/closure.
If you are using Square, it is your responsibility to provide the daily amount and the accounting string. Contact Heather Groenlund (hgroenlund@georgefox.edu) so we can complete your deposits in a timely manner.
Any unclaimed Square transactions will go into university general income after two weeks. We currently have some transactions waiting to be claimed.
Thank you,
The Finance Department
