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While most student concerns and complaints can and should be resolved informally, there is a formal general complaint procedure described in the “Support for Students” section of the Undergraduate Student Handbook as well as on the Graduate/DPS Policies page of the website.

Please note that these procedures cover complaints of a general nature and do not supersede specific policies involving special cases such as grade appeals, sexual harassment, etc., which are covered elsewhere in the Student Handbook, Catalog or Graduate/DPS Policies.

For more information, contact the student life department at studentlife@georgefox.edu.

Follett Higher Education Group took over operation of the BlueZone Bookstore in June of 2015. The store has been renamed the Bruin Store (Georgefoxshop.com), and now offers textbooks and merchandise in one location. At the beginning of each semester, undergraduate and graduate textbooks will be offered for sale in the Bruin Store and no longer in the Textbook Annex. The remainder of the year the Bruin Store will be your source for Bruin apparel, accessories, gifts and general school supplies.

Part of our agreement with Follett is that they have the exclusive right to sell merchandise and services traditionally offered in college and university bookstores, including but not limited to, all required course materials (print and digital); class and alumni rings and jewelry; clothing (whether or not emblematic); school supplies; desk and dorm accessories; gifts; souvenirs; graduation regalia (sale and rental) and announcements; course-adopted software and paper and electronic custom anthologies; and textbook buybacks.

This agreement does not prohibit sales by student groups or student government organizations, but Follett should be consulted with prior to these sales.

If you have any questions, please email Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Monday, Aug. 31.

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 request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department (optional); and the chart of accounts budget to be charged. The next order will be placed on Monday, Aug. 31.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

George Fox University’s football program is back for its second year following its inaugural season on the gridiron. In 2014 the Bruins played in front of a Northwest Conference-leading crowd of more than 3,000 fans per game, had a player named to the NCAA Division III national team of the week, and secured their first victory as a new program against Lewis & Clark College.

In the 2015 season, all George Fox employees are entitled to free entry into the uncovered general admission bleachers at home football games when they show their George Fox ID at the gate. Children under 10 are also admitted for free. If you need additional tickets, you can purchase them at the gate or in advance here.

Employees who are interested in purchasing reserved season tickets in the covered grandstands can do so here.

If you have any questions, please call Sarah Reid at ext. 2105 or send her an email at sreid@georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Store is under new management and invites you to stop in to say hello, meet our new manager (Michael Simmons) and a great team of workers, and take advantage of your 10 percent employee discount on new styles of clothing and gifts.

We’re excited to welcome you to a new school year, and look forward to seeing you. (Please note: Textbooks are now located in the main Bruin Store, so send students our way. We are no longer staffing the Textbook Annex.)

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

The campus community is invited to a dedication celebration of the new David and Melva Brandt Residence Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 4:30 p.m.

Join us at the new residence hall as we celebrate the opening of this beautiful new building with Dave and Melva. Following the program, tours will be given until 5 p.m.

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

One administrator position is currently open: Director of Human Resources.

The link to this position announcement can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for this job, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

The Bruin Store is under new management and invites you to stop in to say hello, meet our new manager (Michael Simmons) and a great team of workers, and take advantage of your 10 percent employee discount on new styles of clothing and gifts.

We’re excited to welcome you to a new school year, and look forward to seeing you. (Please note: Textbooks are now located in the main Bruin Store, so send students our way. We are no longer staffing the Textbook Annex.)

Questions? Contact Sandy Gidding at sgidding@georgefox.edu.

With the start of school right around the corner, here are some housekeeping items to keep in mind in regards to mail and print services …

Mail Services – Extended Hours
Mail services will have special extended hours for students to receive their mail and packages:

• Saturday, Aug. 29, 2-4 p.m.
• During the first week of school, Aug. 31 – Sept. 4, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The week of Sept. 7, mail services will return to its regular schedule of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Please have your student ID card and/or driver’s license with you when you come pick up your packages. A photo from your phones or tablets is not acceptable and your packages will not be handed over to you.

Department Lanyards
Please remember that department lanyards are required when a student worker comes to pick up department mail and packages in mail services. Mail services will not release the mail or packages without the department lanyard. If your department has not received a new lanyard for the 2015-16 academic year, please contact Richard Silver (rsilver@georgefox.edu) ASAP.

Chart of Accounts
Chart of accounts numbers are required for all print jobs and also when sending department mail or packages out. It is not mail and print services job to know your department’s chart of accounts number. This will help make the process run smoothly and efficiently.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

The campus community is invited to a dedication celebration of the new David and Melva Brandt Residence Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 4:30 p.m.

Join us at the new residence hall as we celebrate the opening of this beautiful new building with Dave and Melva. Following the program, tours will be given until 5 p.m.

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be unavailable on Friday, Aug. 21, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you to the 290 of you who have already completed the vehicle registration process! This is just a reminder that all white staff hang tags and orange adjunct permits (with an expiration date of Dec. 31, 2015 or earlier) are now null and void. We have a new vehicle registration database and need everybody to please go on MyGFU and register as soon as possible.

The adjunct hang tags will be valid until Dec. 31, 2016 for this initial go-round and yearly thereafter, and the staff hang tags don’t expire. Please remember to put your GFU PO box number on the second line of the “mailing address,” as no permits will be mailed; they will all be sent to your campus PO box.

Every staff/faculty/adjunct are allotted one gratis permit that can be switched between vehicles. Or, if you’d prefer to not switch it between vehicles, then additional hang tags can be purchased for $5 cash each in the security office. If you desire to purchase additional hang tags, please go on MyGFU to the vehicle registration link underneath “GFU Resources” and register your main car. Then bring the DMV registration card with you to the security office and we will register the additional vehicles/permits to you in the office, and you can pay there.

If you want to switch permits between cars, then please register ALL of your vehicles at the same time. Many hints and tips have been published in the Daily Bruin during the past three weeks for your reference. Portland employees don’t need to register unless they are frequently on the Newberg campus.

Questions? Stuck on one part or another? We are ready to help! Either call Nadine or Ed during office hours at 503-554-2090, or e-mail Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

George Fox University Athletics and the Chehalem Park and Recreation District are excited to announce the inaugural Bruins Sports Day. Girls and boys entering the second through eighth grades in the fall will have the opportunity to pick one sport (football, cross country, volleyball, soccer, golf) to participate in at an afternoon clinic (1 to 3 p.m.) on Wednesday, Aug. 26, free of charge.

The afternoon will be spent learning basic skills from members of the George Fox athletic teams and coaching staff. Invite young children to enjoy a fun-filled day on the beautiful George Fox campus. More information can be found at this link. If you have questions, please contact the Chehalem Park and Recreation District at 503-554-0283.

George Fox University’s football program is back for its second year following its inaugural season on the gridiron. In 2014 the Bruins played in front of a Northwest Conference-leading crowd of more than 3,000 fans per game, had a player named to the NCAA Division III national team of the week, and secured their first victory as a new program against Lewis & Clark College.

In the 2015 season, all George Fox employees are entitled to free entry into the uncovered general admission bleachers at home football games when they show their George Fox ID at the gate. Children under 10 are also admitted for free. If you need additional tickets, you can purchase them at the gate or in advance here.

Employees who are interested in purchasing reserved season tickets in the covered grandstands can do so here.

If you have any questions, please call Sarah Reid at x2105 or send her an email at sreid@georgefox.edu.

Welcome back to all returning staff and faculty, and welcome to all those new to George Fox! Vehicle registration is in full swing, and there have been many announcements during the past three weeks explaining the process. We ask that you complete this process as soon as possible so we can give our undivided attention to students when they arrive. Here are instructions and tips:

1. The Vehicle Registration link is located under GFU Resources on myGFU - not under University Forms.
2. Sign in using your seven-digit ID number, which is in between the dashes on your ID card. If your card is old and only has six digits in-between the dashes, then add a “1” before those six digits.
3. Have your DMV vehicle registration card in front of you for each car you want to register on the one gratis permit and enter them one after another.
4. If you need to purchase extra permits for additional cars, bring $5 cash per permit and the vehicle information to the Security office and we will register you there and hand you your permit for the extra vehicles.
5. Please include your campus PO box number on the second line of the “mailing address” section. Your permits will be sent to your campus PO box – they will not be mailed to any other address.
6. Your GFU ID number is linked to your preferred name, and that is what will auto-populate in the database, not your legal name. No worries - that will still work.
7. If you did not receive a confirmation email that your registration was completed, it didn’t go through. Call Nadine Kincaid or Ed Gierok in Security at 503-554-2090 to troubleshoot the issue.
8. We’re here to help! Call us or send an email to egierok@georgefox.edu if you have a situation that is out-of-the-box or are having difficulties. This is new for us as well, so we will work it out together.
9. Portland employees need to register only if they regularly are on the Newberg campus.

Listed in order of recency they are:

• Director of Human Resources
• Enrollment Specialist, Registrar’s Office

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might be a good fit for one of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend an all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11:30 a.m. this Monday, Aug. 17, in the Klages Dining Room on the Newberg campus. Breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The meeting will include a time of worship and devotions, updates from President Robin Baker and the VP team, employee service awards, and recognition of the support staff and administrator of the year.

See you there!

George Fox University Athletics and the Chehalem Park and Recreation District are excited to announce the inaugural Bruins Sports Day. Girls and boys entering the second through eighth grades in the fall will have the opportunity to pick one sport (football, cross country, volleyball, soccer, golf) to participate in at an afternoon clinic (1 to 3 p.m.) on Wednesday, Aug. 26, free of charge.

The afternoon will be spent learning basic skills from members of the George Fox athletic teams and coaching staff. Invite young children to enjoy a fun-filled day on the beautiful George Fox campus. More information can be found at this link. If you have questions, please contact the Chehalem Park and Recreation District at 503-554-0283.

This fall George Fox University is expecting more than 50 new international students. Their first point of contact with our school is during International Student Orientation. This orientation begins several days earlier than the general new student orientation, and if we were to house these students on campus they would be staying in near empty buildings in rooms without their American roommates. Our desire is to place all of our incoming international students with host families during international orientation.

Would you or someone you know be willing to serve as a host family for an international student during this time?

Our students will begin arriving Aug. 19 and 20. You can choose to host one or two students in your home during the evenings between Aug. 19 and Aug. 26, including all day on the weekend of Aug. 22-23. Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided by the university during orientation. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8-8:30 a.m. and to pick students up at approximately 5-5:30 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to help cover the costs of meals and transportation.

Thank you in advance for your assistance in this great opportunity to share the love of Christ with our new international students. Please contact Alex Pia at apia@georgefox.edu if your are interested or have any questions.