The Daily Bruin

Learn to make the gorgeous hanging baskets that grace our George Fox quad area. You will learn this valuable lesson on how these beauties are assembled and help us in the process.

Join us Wednesday, May 27, starting at 9 a.m. We will be working on the baskets for approximately four hours, and you are welcome to join in the class at any time. We’ll meet in the Plant Services Building at 1101 Villa Road.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

Due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 25, the courier who goes between the Portland and Newberg campuses will run on Tuesday and Thursday next week. Have items going to the Portland Center at Newberg Mail Services by 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Regular courier schedule resumes the following week.

If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 25, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and the Portland Center also will be closed.

The College of Business’ MBA program is hosting the Spring Speaker Series at the Portland Center tomorrow (Friday) from 7:30 to 9 a.m.. All are welcome. Please RSVP at this link today!

This coming Monday, May 25, is Memorial Day! Therefore, there will be no courier service. Hyatt Courier will be servicing George Fox next week on Tuesday and Wednesday to accommodate the holiday. Thereafter, their services will go back to their regular delivery schedule on Monday and Thursday.

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

The IDEA Center is currently seeking an office coordinator. If you are interested in learning more about the position, please contact the Department of Human Resources at 503-554-2180 or hr@georgefox.edu. Internal transfer requests are available at this link.

Make plans to attend the all-employee meeting scheduled for next Thursday, May 28, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Hoover 105 (please make note of earlier start time). A live stream of the meeting will be shown in Portland Center’s Room 160.

Following the meeting, all employees are invited to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the dining hall in Hess Creek Canyon. This is an internal celebration, although David Andersen and others from Andersen Construction will be present.

Season tickets for Bruin football are now on sale for the 2015 season, but the limited tickets that remain are expected to sell fast. These seats are located in the covered grandstands and are reserved, which means you don’t have to arrive to the stadium early to save your seat. Each season ticket costs $80 and can be purchased online via this link.

George Fox staff and students are eligible to receive one complimentary general admission ticket per home game with a valid student/staff ID. General admission seating is located in the uncovered bleachers and is seated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Questions? Contact Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.

The College of Business’ MBA program is hosting its Spring Speaker Series this Friday, May 22, at the Portland Center. We’re excited to announce that the keynote speaker is Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey. The event runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and is free to attend. Everyone is welcome.

You can get more information and RSVP at this link.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, May 20, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, 2015 Spring course sites will be hidden to students. If you want to make any of those course sites available to students after this update, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. Located in the General section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, May 20, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, 2015 Spring course sites will be hidden to students. If you want to make any of those course sites available to students after this update, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. Located in the General section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”

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

• Enrollment Specialist
• Student Accounts Specialist, Portland
• Assistant Director of International Student Services
• Assistant Director of Visitor Experience
• Business Analyst, IT
• Director of Alumni Relations
• Director of Gift Development
• Director of Parent Relations

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 College of Education is currently seeking an executive assistant. If you are interested in learning more about the position, please contact the Department of Human Resources at 503-554-2180 or hr@georgefox.edu. Internal transfer requests are available at this link.

Please be sure to turn in deposits to the financial affairs office in a timely manner using the FY15 forms on our website.

Money should be submitted for deposit within 48 hours of the event or receiving funds. With the summer break fast approaching, please look around your desks to see if there are any deposits that should be turned in.

If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Forbes at kforbes@georgefox.edu or ext. 2173.

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

Over the next week we will be migrating to a new and improved version of Concerto. But we need to start with a clean slate for security purposes. What this means is that you will need to get your photos ready to upload to the new version.

If you need any photos from the old version, please contact Mac Oxford (moxford@georgefox.edu). The last day on the old Concerto will be Friday, May 15. Emails will be sent out in the next few business days describing how to access your new accounts.

The Staff Development Committee has good news for staff! There are still some monies left in our Professional Development Fund to cover part of the tuition costs of the seminars you take related to your job!

The fund monies are disbursed on a first-come, first-served basis, and each staff member is eligible for one per fiscal year. Please download the application form on the Staff Development webpages and send it, along with a copy of your confirmed seminar registration and all the applicable Chart of Accounts numbers, to Nadine Kincaid at Box 6095.

Please do this soon, as the end of the fiscal year is rapidly approaching!

Season tickets for Bruin football are now on sale for the 2015 season, but the limited tickets that remain are expected to sell fast. These seats are located in the covered grandstands and are reserved, which means you don’t have to arrive to the stadium early to save your seat. Each season ticket costs $80 and can be purchased online via this link.

George Fox staff and students are eligible to receive one complimentary general admission ticket per home game with a valid student/staff ID. General admission seating is located in the uncovered bleachers and is seated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Questions? Contact Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.

Friends educators from colleges, universities and study centers globally will gather for the annual Friends Association for Higher Education Conference, scheduled June 18-21 on the university’s Newberg campus. This year’s theme is “Truth and Transformation” and will feature plenary speakers Haven Kimmel, Bill Jolliff, Jon Kershner and Margery Post Abbott.

A highlight of the weekend will be the presentation of First Lady Lou, a one-woman dramatization of the life of Lou Hoover, performed by actress Jane Fellows, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 19, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Tickets, available at the door, are $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors and university employees, and $5 for students.

After the play, a “talk-back” session with Fellows and Leslie Hoover-Lauble, great-granddaughter of Herbert and Lou Hoover, will be moderated by Rachel Thomas, university archivist.

Workshop sessions Friday and Saturday cover a broad range of topics, from pedagogy in Quaker education, seeking peace in Rwanda, transformational learning in Israel/Palestine, and gender diversity in higher education, to Quakers in literature, theatre, music, and business and economics. Several presentations will engage “Quakers and Literature” as part of a new book series featuring Quaker contributions to academic disciplines.

More information on conference registration and speakers is available at this link or by contacting Paul Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

May is quickly slipping by and with it the opportunity to nominate colleagues for Support Staff Member of the Year and/or Administrator of the Year. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, May 29.

Do you have a colleague you believe is deserving of this award and meets the criteria provided in the April 9 email from Peggy Kilburg? If so, please take a few minutes to submit a nomination. You only need send an email to Peggy (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) stating the reasons you believe the person deserves this award.

The April 9 email from Peggy also includes an attachment listing those eligible to be nominated for these awards.