The Daily Bruin

Fiscal Year End 2015 is quickly approaching, and the financial affairs office would appreciate your help in ensuring a smooth and timely year-end close. Please review and note the following deadlines for Accounts Payable activities:

• All Cash Advance Requests for FY15 expense must be received by the FAO by June 15, 2015.
• Submission of the following FY15 documents must be received by the FAO by July 9, 2015:
  
  • Invoices
  • Check Requests
  • Expense Reimbursements
  • Petty Cash
  • Error Corrections
  • Inter-Departmental Charges

For additional details, please refer to the Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures page of the financial affairs office website. Please contact Jennifer Klapp with any year-end accounts payable questions at jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170.

Thank you!
– The Finance Team

We all know how busy the next three weeks are going to be, and the Staff Development Committee just wants you to know that we prayed for all of you today at our monthly meeting! We prayed specifically for strength, peace, good health and to finish strong with the myriad of tasks yet to be accomplished.

We hope that you feel loved, appreciated and cared for!

Please plan now for the institution-wide stationery order taken at the end of August. The collective order helps keep costs low – the higher the volume, the lower the cost. Consequently, it is most economical to overestimate needs and store a small surplus.

I will be accepting orders from now through Thursday, Aug. 20, when orders are due.

For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s print services.

Please contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

The last day to place orders using the purchase order system is May 31, 2015, for the current fiscal year. This includes all requisitions which must be budget checked, approved and converted to purchase orders, and products or services ordered by May 31, 2015, to ensure that items are received by June 30, 2015.

Fiscal year 2016 purchase orders will need to wait until June 1.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Matt Hammar by email (mhammar@georgefox.edu) or call ext. 2162.

The university community is invited to the semester’s final lecture about the historic Saint John’s Bible. Tonight (Monday), George Fox’s Paul Anderson and Karen Bowdoin will present “Light from the New Covenant” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

To learn more about this semester’s “Spring into Illumination: Seeing the Word Through The Saint John’s Bible” series, visit this page. More information is able available by contacting Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

The Saint John’s Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to have been commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey (Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn.) since the invention of the printing press. The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible is the full-size fine art reproduction of the original.

Ten staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Custodian, Portland Center
• Career and Academic Planning Coach, IDEA Center
• Business Analyst, IT
• Director of Alumni Relations
• Campaign Manager
• Temporary Administrative Assistant, College of Business
• Temporary Administrative Assistant, IDEA Center
• Temporary Custodian, Portland Center
• Enrollment Specialist
• Associate Registrar

The link to public position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu; please contact Human Resources for information about internal-only positions. 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.

George Fox University will host the annual Northwest Regional Conference of the Evangelical Missiological Society tomorrow (Saturday). The theme for this year is “Controversies in Mission.” Topics will be wide and varied, from women’s roles in missions to global partnerships, from Bible translation to ethics of business as mission. Details and registration information are available at this link.

​ This is a day-long Saturday event (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.); registration fee is $50, with students paying a much-reduced $15 for the day. All meetings will be in the Hoover Academic Building.

All are welcome. Register online or at the door Saturday. For more information, contact Sarita Gallagher (sgallagher@georgefox.edu) or Paula Hampton (phampton@georgefox.edu) in the College of Christian Studies.

Don’t forget the lecture tonight (Thursday) by scholar Jason Lepojärvi, who will present “C.S. Lewis’s Famous Disagreement with Augustine on Love” at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Lepojärvi is a junior research fellow in theology at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford, and a former president of the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society. Born to a Canadian mother and a Finnish father, he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Helsinki. More details about him can be found here. The lecture is sponsored by the Office of the President and the William Penn Honors Program.

Do you know a high school student who may be interested in the William Penn Honors Program? An honors program reception will be held immediately following the lecture. Additionally, a special visit day event will be held on April 10 during Bruin Preview.

Questions? Contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.

TIAA-CREF consulting appointments are available on the Newberg campus Tuesday, April 28, through Thursday, April 30 (appointments at the Portland Center will be scheduled next quarter).

Whether you are six months or 30 years from retirement, a TIAA-CREF individual consultant can help you plan well for that milestone. Click on this link to schedule your one-hour appointment.

These experts can assist you with:

• Developing long-term strategies to help you achieve your retirement goals
• Finding the right allocation mix for you
• Learning about TIAA-CREF retirement income flexibility

These appointment slots fill quickly, so don’t delay if you plan to take advantage of this excellent resource.

You can also visit Advice and Guidance to access online tools and resources that can help you stay on track and save even more for retirement.

If you would like to make a change to your retirement account contribution amount or have questions about your George Fox University benefits, please contact Darby Thiessen at 503-554-2188 or dthiessen@georgefox.edu.

George Fox University will host the annual Northwest Regional Conference of the Evangelical Missiological Society this Saturday, April 11. The theme for this year is “Controversies in Mission.” Topics will be wide and varied, from women’s roles in missions to global partnerships, from Bible translation to ethics of business as mission. Details and registration information are available at this link.

​This is a day-long Saturday event (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.); registration fee is $50, with students paying a much-reduced $15 for the day. All meetings will be in the Hoover Academic Building.

All are welcome. Register online or at the door Saturday. For more information, contact Sarita Gallagher (sgallagher@georgefox.edu) or Paula Hampton (phampton@georgefox.edu) in the College of Christian Studies.

The all-employee meeting originally scheduled this month on Thursday, April 30, has been moved up to Thursday, April 23. The meeting will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105, with a live stream shown in Room 160 at the Portland Center.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, April 13, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

2015 Summer courses are now generated and showing on your FoxTALE home page as well as 2015 Fall and 2016 Spring courses.

Use your new, empty 2015 Summer sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

2015 Summer sites are currently hidden from students (as well as 2015 Fall and 2016 Spring). When you are ready, you can make your site visible to your students. See this quick guide: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible to Students.

For more information on FoxTALE, please check our webpage, FoxTALE for Faculty.

– Your Educational Technology Team

The university community is invited to the semester’s final lecture about the historic Saint John’s Bible. This Monday, April 13, George Fox’s Paul Anderson and Karen Bowdoin will present “Light from the New Covenant” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

In addition, this Friday, April 10, Anderson will continue his “Turning of the Page” series regarding the Bible from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the MLRC.

To learn more about this semester’s “Spring into Illumination: Seeing the Word Through The Saint John’s Bible” series, visit this page. More information is able available by contacting Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

The Saint John’s Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to have been commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey (Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn.) since the invention of the printing press. The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible is the full-size fine art reproduction of the original.

April’s Employee of the Month award will be the last one until September, so if you know someone who deserves this recognition, now is the time to submit that nomination. Please send an email to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, April 16, with a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that makes him or her deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select a recipient from among the nominees, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our community meeting later this month – along with the recipient of the March Employee of the Month award.

The university’s offices, libraries and BlueZone Store will be closed this Friday, April 3, to observe Good Friday.

Save the date! On Thursday, April 9, scholar Jason Lepojärvi will present a lecture, “C.S. Lewis’s Famous Disagreement with Augustine on Love,” at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Lepojärvi is a junior research fellow in theology at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford, and a former president of the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society. Born to a Canadian mother and a Finnish father, he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Helsinki. More details about him can be found here. The lecture is sponsored by the Office of the President and the William Penn Honors Program.

Do you know a high school student who may be interested in the William Penn Honors Program? An honors program reception will be held immediately following the lecture. Additionally, a special visit day event will be held on April 10 during Bruin Preview.

Questions? Contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.

Attention professors: Although our new BlueZone store website has a link for professor textbook orders, please continue to use igfu.georgefox.edu to place your orders. The link on our store website is not active and we will not receive your order if you place it there.

Thank you!
– John Stewart (jstewart@neebo.com)

Despite a loss in the championship game, it was a historic season for the university’s women’s basketball team. The Bruins, picked in the preseason to finish fourth in the Northwest Conference, went undefeated (32-0) until a title-game loss to Thomas More in the NCAA Division III finals.

President Robin Baker attended the Final Four in Grand Rapids, Mich., and wrote a blog piece about the experience. You can read it here.

This is a reminder that a representative from Tree of Life Bookstores will visit campus today (Tuesday) to participate in an open-forum Q&A session to answer questions about the company. Tree of Life Bookstores is one of the companies the university is considering to meet its future bookstore needs.

The session is scheduled in the Greenroom from noon to 2:30 p.m. and again from 3 to 4 p.m. These Q&A sessions will be set up on a first-come, first-served drop-in basis.

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

As we consider the future of our campus store, we have invited two companies to campus to share their capabilities and vision to help meet our needs. Representatives from Follett and Tree of Life Bookstores will visit campus today (Monday) and tomorrow. On both afternoons they will participate in an open-forum Q&A session to answer questions about their companies.

Follett will be in the Cap and Gown Room on Monday, March 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. Tree of Life will be in the Greenroom on Tuesday, March 31, from noon to 2:30 p.m. and again from 3 to 4 p.m. These Q&A sessions will be set up on a first-come, first-served drop-in basis.

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