Greetings from Human Resources! We hope your summer is going well. Yesterday was the last day of July. If you haven’t already done so, please sign your July time sheet and get it to your supervisor for processing. Payday is Wednesday, Aug. 15.
Thank you for all of your hard work this summer; we couldn’t do it without you!
This week Student Financial Services sent out important updates and alerts through the “SFS News,” our communication tool to students and families. Did you know that you do not need to be a student to subscribe?
If you have not signed up yet, please don’t delay. Go now to this link to both sign up and view previously sent SFS alerts and reminders. Click on the icon “Get Email Updates” to enroll and scroll down to “View Archived Newsletters” to see past and our most recent versions. It’s important!
The academic affairs office has an abundance of five-tab and eight-tab notebook dividers available on a first-come, first-served basis. We also have sheet protectors (clear, non-glare), used hanging folders (8.5″ X 11″) and used manila file folders available.
Please contact Karlyn Fleming at kfleming@georgefox.edu or ext. 2141 if interested. We will gladly send these to your campus box.
Thank you!
I wanted to thank all of you for working with me during this interim time with room reservations. It has been fun to work with you throughout the past few weeks. However, we have hired a new site coordinator, and she will be handling room reservations from now on. Her name is Emily Maynard, and you can contact her by e-mail (emaynard@georgefox.edu) or phone (ext. 6164)
Emily will be handling any room reservations, but I will still be handling the technology request. Please remember to get all room reservations and technology requests in by 1 p.m. the prior business day that it is needed.
Again, thank you for working with me.
Josiah Philipsen
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, July 23, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.
Don’t forget to get your tickets for the Saturday, July 14, Portland Timbers game at Jeld-Wen Field. That evening is George Fox University Night as the Timbers take on L.A. Galaxy at 8 p.m. Enjoy the game with the whole family while connecting with other George Fox alumni, parents and friends.
Tickets are $42 each. Seats are in the View Terrace, Section 222. Tickets may be purchased by contacting Alumni Relations at 503-554-2134 or alumni@georgefox.edu.
A limited number of tickets are available and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, June 19, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.
The university community is invited to a School of Business Speaker Series event featuring Mohan Nair, chief innovation officer at Regence, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 15, at the Portland Center. The deadline to register is this Friday, June 8.
Focusing on “seven deadly sins to avoid,” Nair will present “Strategic Business Transformation,” in which he’ll offer a way to view business transformation through the lens of personal transformation to anticipate, understand and command the waves of change in business. The event is free, and coffee and tea will be served.
To learn more about the presentation and to register, visit this page.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, May 30, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.
The Veterans Certifying Official in the student financial services office has an opening for a VA work study position. An applicant must be a veteran or receiving VA educational benefits under a transfer of entitlement and currently registered for classes. “GFU Student Employment” eligibility not required. For all chapters except CH 33, students must be training at a minimum of three-quarters time. For CH 33, rate of pursuit must be at least 75 percent.
Please print and complete the Student Employment Application found at this link. Forms should be returned to Sherri Moore in the student financial services office.
If you have questions, please contact Sherri at smoore@georgefox.edu.
The Veterans Certifying Official in the student financial services office has an opening for a VA work study position. An applicant must be a veteran or receiving VA educational benefits under a transfer of entitlement and currently registered for classes. “GFU Student Employment” eligibility not required. For all chapters except CH 33, students must be training at a minimum of three-quarters time. For CH 33, rate of pursuit must be at least 75 percent.
Please print and complete the Student Employment Application found at this link. Forms should be returned to Sherri Moore in the student financial services office.
If you have questions, please contact Sherri at smoore@georgefox.edu.
The wireless network foxguest is being replaced with foxpublic and will be upgraded to WPA2 for better encryption and security. If you are currently using foxguest, you will be required to move to either foxwifi or foxpublic.
We encourage students and employees to use foxwifi and visitors to the campus to use foxpublic. Please contact Josiah with Portland Center IT at 503-554-6127 if you need assistance connecting to wireless. The wireless password can be found on the main page of MyGFU.
The Portland Center will see both foxguest and foxpublic wireless for a one-week transition period.
Employees who connect to foxwifi wireless at the Portland Center will no longer need to use VPN to access their desktop computer or files on the administrative network (foxserve, printing, K drive). You will still need VPN for off-campus access to these resources.
– IT
The Veterans Certifying Official in the student financial services office has an opening for a VA work study position. An applicant must be a veteran or receiving VA educational benefits under a transfer of entitlement and currently registered for classes. “GFU Student Employment” eligibility not required. For all chapters except CH 33, students must be training at a minimum of three-quarters time. For CH 33, rate of pursuit must be at least 75 percent.
Please print and complete the Student Employment Application found at this link. Forms should be returned to Sherri Moore in the student financial services office.
If you have questions, please contact Sherri at smoore@georgefox.edu.
Please be sure to sign and submit your April time sheet to your supervisor at the end of your last shift of the school year.
As always,
Payday is on Tuesday, May 15
Paychecks will be mailed to the most recent address on file with Mail Services, UNLESS you are working on campus this summer and have an open campus box. In that case, your check will go there instead.
Thanks for your help in getting your time sheets to HR on time. And thank you, too, for your work and contribution to the department/s in which you have worked this academic year. We hope you have a fabulous summer.
If you are working on campus this summer, please plan to attend a summer orientation on Monday, April 30, at 9 a.m. in Hoover 105. Â This required meeting will provide important information you will need as a summer employee.
– Human Resources
The university will host two commencement ceremonies this Saturday, April 28. This year, the ceremony for graduate, seminary and adult degree programs is scheduled for 10 a.m., while the undergraduate ceremony is set for 3 p.m. Both will take place in Miller Gymnasium in the Wheeler Sports Center. A live streaming of the undergraduate ceremony will be shown in Bauman Auditorium.
Angela Bymaster, a 2000 alumna of George Fox who become an MD and now works for the Santa Clara County Homeless Healthcare Program, will speak to the undergraduates. Jeanette Eggert, an associate professor of math and physics at Concordia University in Portland, Ore., will address the graduate, seminary and adult degree program students. Audience seating begins an hour before each ceremony.
Commencement can be viewed live at this link 15 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony.
Also on Saturday, undergraduate department receptions are scheduled at 1 p.m. For a complete guide to commencement events, visit this page.
Is there someone at George Fox who has made a difference in your academic career? Someone who ignited a spark to make you want to learn or attend class or who has acted as a role model? Take a moment to write an e-mail, e-card, or traditional “thank you†card to that professor (or other person). Try to be specific as you describe how this person has contributed to your life.
Newberg students can stop by the SUB to pick up a blank card. Of course, one can make or buy one’s own card.
Security services is striving to provide you with the opportunity to get involved by joining our Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT). We will be hosting training daily from 8 a.m. to noon the week of May 7-12 in EHS 125.
Volunteers will be the first on-the-scene emergency responders to an event that happens on campus, especially when firefighters, police and public safety are overwhelmed with requests for help and could be slowed down by impassable streets and other damage.
In a large-scale disaster, George Fox needs to be prepared to be self-sufficient, too. This is why we are providing this training. Become part of the team and be prepared.
More information is available at this link, and you can also sign up for the upcoming training in May via the link.
Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.
Kforce, a finance and accounting staffing firm, will be on the Newberg campus to speak with interested students this Friday, April 20. Talent Associate Chrissy Blundon is seeking to fill the following entry-level and experienced positions for local employers:
No appointment is necessary. Drop by Career Services on the first floor of Stevens between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to visit with Chrissy on a first-come, first-served basis. Graduating seniors and alumni are both welcome.
Questions? Contact Angela Doty at 503-554-2331 or adoty@georgefox.edu.
Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity!
The university’s engineering department will present its annual Engineering Expo this Friday, April 20, between 3 and 6 p.m. in the EHS Atrium on the Newberg campus.
The expo will include project displays, a robotics competition and lab demonstrations. Also featured will be projects from the program’s Senior Design and Servant Engineering teams. In addition, high school design projects will be featured. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!
For more information, please contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2780.
You have the opportunity to get discounted tickets to Broadway Across America’s performance of Million Dollar Quartet on Wednesday, May 23, in Keller Auditorium.
Million Dollar Quartet is the smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. Click here to watch a video and read more about the show.
Tickets with the George Fox group will be in one of the middle sections of the first balcony and are at the discounted price of $48.
Visit broadway.georgefox.edu to buy your tickets! They will only be available through April 19. Call the Office of University Engagement at 503-554-2134 or e-mail alumni@georgefox.edu with questions.
