The Daily Bruin

A reminder to the community: If you or someone in your department wishes to move to another office location, there’s a process for that! All potential office moves must start with a discussion, outlined on this web page.

The relocation process ensures that your location is updated with several departments, including Information Services, IT, Mail Services and Plant Services.

If you have a new employee starting work, please fill out the Relocation Form and specify their starting date so that our records can be updated. Both the Newberg campus and the Portland Center need to follow this process. Thank you!

Questions? Contact Dixie Downey at ddowney@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to return your rental regalia to the Bruin Store. We’re open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, all summer, for your convenience.

Questions? Contact Laura King at lking@georgefox.edu.

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday!

If you have a birthday in May or June, please stop by the academic affairs office on the second floor of Hoover (HVR 230) today (Friday) for a slice of birthday cake!

Portland Center employees may pick up a cupcake at the front desk! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Most people do not meet the CDC’s recommended minimum weekly aerobic fitness guidelines for maintaining or improving health. A strategy to increase your aerobic fitness is to find activities that are fun while providing a workout.

Zumba is one way to do this. Zumba is a fitness class that consists of different dance moves. If you would like to try this free class, scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu.

The class is part of the College of Physical Therapy’s Health and Wellness Week (May 16-21). Learn about this Zumba class and more on the event website.

The IT Service Desk will be closed from noon to 1 p.m. this summer through Friday, Aug. 5. Please plan to visit or call us between 8 a.m. and noon or from 1 to 5 p.m. to receive assistance, ask questions, or pick up/drop off equipment. Please do not drop off equipment when our office is closed.

You can always email your questions or requests to servicedesk@georgefox.edu.

Yoga can be a great way to increase strength and improve flexibility. Research has also demonstrated positive improvements in lowering blood pressure.

The College of Physical Therapy will be providing a yoga course as part of its Health and Wellness Week at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, in the Medical Sciences Building (448 N. Werth Blvd., in Newberg). In this class you will perform a variety of yoga exercises and learn how easy it is to do at home.

To sign up, email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu.

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday!

If you have a birthday in May or June, please stop by the academic affairs office on the second floor of Hoover (HVR 230) today (Thursday) or tomorrow for a slice of birthday cake!

Portland Center employees may pick up a cupcake at the front desk! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Join Providence’s registered dietitian, Jamie Libera, as she talks about in-season fruits and vegetables and the spices of life. She will present today (Wednesday) at noon online. Reserve your spot here.

Learn about the benefits of choosing fresh produce and get new flavor combination ideas that pack a punch of goodness without the sodium.

Questions? Contact Aga Luptak at aluptak@georgefox.edu.

Our financial wellness theme continues this month. This week, we are sharing helpful resources about home ownership, including buying, selling and refinancing, as well as free financial advice and online tools.

Be well.

– HR

Performing strength training exercises helps to maintain function and reduce the risk of injury. It is recommended that we strength train at least two days a week. However, only about 20% of people meet this recommendation.

In a free 30-minute course offered through the College of Physical Therapy, you can learn how to strength train at home without owning specific gym equipment. Get all the details here.

Interested? Email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu to participate.

Healthcare workers are burned out and leaving their noble work – and the suicide rate in this demographic is alarming and a longstanding problem. We need to take care of our healthcare workers so they can take care of us! Let’s start healing together.

We in the Interprofessional Primary Care Institute invite you to join us for a continuing medical education course (CME), “Healthcare Worker Wellness Summit: From Demoralization to Remoralization in OUR Work,” via Zoom from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 10.

You will receive CME and strength through sharing stories and learning skills to bring back joy in our healthcare work.

For more information and the registration link, go here.

If your contract ends soon and/or you will not be on campus through the summer, please bring over any cash or checks before you leave.

Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to be deposited. Checks dated prior to June 30, 2022, must be deposited in the current fiscal year.

If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173. Thank you and have a great summer!

The Office of the Provost would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday!

If you have a birthday in May or June, please stop by the academic affairs office on the second floor of Hoover (HVR 230) on Thursday, May 12, or Friday, May 13, for a slice of birthday cake!

Portland Center employees may pick up a cupcake at the front desk! Contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The finance department is asking for your help. Please review our fiscal year-end reminders for June 30, 2022, on the Finance webpage under “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures.”

If you have questions, contact Cris Banton at cbanton@georgefox.edu.

Courier deliveries between Newberg and the Portland Center will be reduced to one day a week. The delivery day will be Thursday.

If you need something delivered sooner than that day, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu for special arrangements.

Have you signed up yet for our annual Grant Training Day? If not, today is the last day to sign up! Register here.

You can join us in person or remotely on Thursday, May 12, for the event. Enjoy lunch, learn and celebrate George Fox’s grant excellence with us. If you plan to attend in person, we’ll meet from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Contact Sarah Tenney at stenney@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Do you (or anyone you know) experience frequent back pain? Most of us experience a bout of acute back pain, but when back pain persists it weights on us physically and mentally.

There are things that you can do to reduce back pain and ultimately improve your overall health. The College of Physical Therapy will be hosting a free spine care class on Thursday, May 19, as part of our annual Health and Wellness Week.

During this 30-minute class you will learn tips and exercises to increase your back strength, improve flexibility, and reduce your pain.

For details, go here. To sign up, email Jason Brumitt at jbrumitt@georgefox.edu.

On Wednesday, June 8, the employee community will be observing a Day of Prayer. The two-fold purpose for this day is:

• To begin the new fiscal year and academic year prayerfully attentive to God’s direction
• To encourage the spiritual well-being of the employee community

Details:

• Employees are encouraged to spend their usual work hours on Wednesday, June 8, in prayer and spiritual retreat.
• Employees are welcome to enjoy their prayer retreat on campus, off campus, in their homes, or at an alternate site.
• The university pastors will provide an optional video which can be used at the beginning of an employee’s prayer retreat as well as a devotional to guide employees through the day of prayer.

During the Day of Prayer, employees are encouraged to:

• Have conversation with God about their work
• Pray for their colleagues, students and the university
• Attend to their personal soul care, talking with God about their own lives of faith, and experiencing the ministry of the Spirit

During the Day of Prayer, employees are discouraged from:

• Using this prayer retreat day for team meetings/in-services
• Doing other work (responding to emails, working on projects, meeting with people, etc.)
• Keeping their cell phones on/active
• Using the day as a vacation day. This is a soul care day, which may look a lot like a vacation day (a walk in the woods, journaling, reading, etc.) but should have an intentional spiritual formation focus and be directed by God.

If you have any questions, please contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

If your contract ends soon and/or you will not be on campus through the summer, please bring over any cash or checks before you leave.

Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to be deposited. Checks dated prior to June 30, 2022, must be deposited in the current fiscal year.

If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173. Thank you and have a great summer!

For requesters wanting to set up a new vendor, it is the responsibility of the requester to send the vendor the new Vendor Setup Form for them to fill out. The form is listed on the finance page here.

When communicating with your vendors, please have them submit these forms, along with their W-9 and banking verification documents, to Frank Charles, our purchasing director, at fcharles@georgefox.edu.

As a reminder, no purchases can be made without an approved George Fox PO number. If you have questions about the PO process, feel free to review this requisition tutorial on the finance page or email Sonia Rademacher at rademacher@georgefox.edu.