The Daily Bruin

New to George Fox and have a car? Just log into MyGFU and click on the vehicle registration link underneath “GFU Resources” on the home page. You will need your DMV registration card in front of you, as it will ask you for information like the VIN number, owner’s information, etc.

After registering, you will receive an email with a link for a temporary permit. Print that out and place it on your dashboard until your parking permit arrives to the mailing address you specified.

If you brought back a different car than the one you registered last fall, scrape off your old permit and bring it to the security office with all of your new vehicle’s information. We’ll register the new one in the office and decommission the old one.

If your housing changed over break, and you moved from one side of the campus to the other, or moved off/onto campus, you will also need a new parking permit. Scrape off the old one and bring it to the security office and we can do the exchange in the office.

Need a temporary permit? Any security officer can do it 24/7, so please get one as soon as you arrive on campus with an unregistered car.

Out-of-the-box situation? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Come join us in Contemplative Worship! This Thursday at 10:50 a.m., we’ll continue our journey discovering how to meet God in the quiet. This event will be in the Prayer Chapel behind Edwards Hall, and there is elective chapel credit available.

Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.

Shalom is back! Be sure to join us tonight (Tuesday) at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room as we introduce this semester’s theme and celebrate community together again.

Also, bread making is happening too! Come to Lewis 1 at 6 p.m. to learn how to make the artisan bread we share in Shalom each week. It will be a great time of learning, talking over tea, and having fun together, so don’t miss it!

Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.

Do you love George Fox? Want to help prospective students get a taste of the college life? The admissions office is looking for overnight hosts for daily visitors during spring semester!

If you live on campus and are interested in being a host, please fill out this survey. Questions? Please email Kelly Hughton at khughton@georgefox.edu.

If you are already on the overnight host list from fall, there is no need to fill the survey out again.

Friday, Jan. 15, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center
Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center
Saturday, Jan. 16, 4 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center
Saturday, Jan. 16, 6 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

True poverty is the child who goes to school hungry and the working father who can’t provide enough for his family. Want to know how you can make a career in impacting these impoverished families and individuals? Find out from real-world professionals and how they’ve changed the lives at Break the Poverty Cycle. Join us this Tuesday, Jan. 19, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Chapel credit is available for this unique opportunity to connect with passionate, high-ranking professionals who’ve developed change in the Oregon community. For more information about the event and the panelists to come, visit this link.

Questions? Drop by the IDEA Center or send TJ Haimoto an email at thaimoto13@georgefox.edu.

The Academic Resource Center opens next week for the spring semester! We are closed during the first week of classes but will open for our regular hours (Mon.-Thurs., 1-10 p.m., and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.) beginning next Tuesday, Jan. 19.

To make appointments starting next week, please visit arcschedule.georgefox.edu. If you are in need of an appointment this week or have any other ARC-related questions, please contact us at the_arc@georgefox.edu.

We look forward to seeing you in the ARC this semester!

The university community is invited to Lindgren Gallery this month and next to see to work of Kim Chai, a printmaker and textile designer who recently moved to Newberg from Hawaii. Her work will be on display Thursday, Jan. 14, through Friday, Feb. 26.

At the conclusion of the exhibit, a closing reception will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25.

Questions? Contact Gary Buhler at gbuhler@georgefox.edu.

Please remember to consider who has made a positive difference at George Fox in recent weeks! Send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by Thursday, Jan. 14, with a description of this person’s good work, to nominate him/her as our next employee of the month.

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.

Mail Services has special operating hours this week. We will be open today through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

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Mail Services

Hope you had a wonderful break! Did you let your friends, family, neighbors and church acquaintances know you’re for hire over the break? Tell us about about it for a chance to win a $50 Nordstrom gift card! Fill out this five-minute survey to enter!

Questions? Contact TJ Haimoto at thaimoto13@georgefox.edu or stop by the IDEA Center.

Come to the kick-off event for @GFUbizcareers, a career-focused series of workshops held on seven Fridays throughout spring semester. These workshops are sponsored by the College of Business and the IDEA Center and will include lunch.

The kickoff event is this Friday, Jan. 15, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Hoover 103 and will provide excellent advice for your career-building efforts! A professional career coach will share what you need to know to help you prepare for and land a great job in your field.

@GFUbizcareers is bringing in industry experts in all areas of business who will offer advice and share tips so that you can make the most of your college years and be prepared for the career of your dreams.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Questions? Contact Colleen Sump at csump@georgefox.edu.

It’s a new year and a new you, so come sign up to play intramural outdoor soccer! Sign-ups will be in the Bruin Den all this week! Please put your team name and your team captain’s name, phone number and email so we can send you the schedule.

Games will start on Monday, Jan. 18. If you have any questions, email Justine Benner at jbenner12@georgefox.edu.

The IDEA Center will be providing extended drop-in hours for the first week of the semester. CAP Coaches will be available to meet with students for short appointments regarding issues pertinent to spring semester schedules.

These drop-ins will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Regular appointments will be available starting the second week of the semester.

Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Ragan at kragan@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let students know about these extended hours.

Welcome back, students! Mail Services will have special operating hours this week. We will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have outgoing packages, please wait until after noon to mail them.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
Mail Services

Welcome to the start of a new semester! As we finish up the calendar year, we have had much excitement in advancement, processing more year-end gifts than ever before! In order to finish well, we need your help.

Now that everyone is back on campus, take a moment to check your mail today and bring any donations received to advancement immediately (corner of Sheridan and Meridian streets). It is critical we receive all donations as quickly as possible in order to receipt the donors in a timely fashion and process the gifts in the correct calendar year.

In order to care for our donors, check your mail, send an email notifying Kristi Hagen (khagen@georgefox.edu) of any donations received, and hand-deliver them to advancement today.

Thank you!

Questions? Contact Kristi at ext 2111.

The IDEA Center will be providing extended drop-in hours for the first week of the semester. CAP Coaches will be available to meet with students for short appointments regarding issues pertinent to spring semester schedules.

These drop-ins will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Regular appointments will be available starting the second week of the semester.

Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Ragan at kragan@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let students know about these extended hours.

When there is an emergency campus closure, usually due to inclement weather as was the case Monday, Jan, 4, the university’s policy indicates the following in the Employee Handbook, Section 7.1 Emergency Closure:

• If the university is closed, employees are paid as if they worked.
• If the university has a late opening and/or early closure, employees who work are paid for a full work day.
• If employees cannot make it in, their absence is covered by the use of vacation or is unpaid if vacation is not available.
• Employees who are required to work to assist with facilities and safety issues as a result of the weather (primarily plant services employees) will be given time off within the following 30 days equal to the time they worked during the closure.

A revised staff time sheet for January has been posted to the Human Resources webpage. If you have already started your January time sheet, please download and use the revised form. Staff should mark their time sheets with hours worked only on the day of the closure. If you were not required to be at work, please record only hours worked through the end of your regular daily work period. You will be paid your scheduled hours between those times.

Staff who normally report to work before 8 a.m. should specify their regular work day start and end times in the designated area on the revised January time sheet.

If you were required to be at work, please make a notation on the bottom of your time card of the number of hours you were required to work during the two-hour closure. Later, please enter the equivalent hours taken off in the bottom section of the specific day’s time, so that it doesn’t show as hours worked, sick leave, or vacation. Then please write on the time sheet that these were “snow hours.”

Please note: Employees who happen to be on vacation or using sick leave the day of a closure should record those days/hours as vacation or sick leave the same as they would had the campus been open.

Please email Katie Sol at ksol@georgefox.edu with any additional questions.

The faculty of the College of Christian Studies invites the campus community to join them for daily morning prayer weekdays this spring semester from 7:45 to 8 a.m. in Hoover 250 (note time change from fall semester).

Prayer format will alternative between liturgical and unprogrammed, with various members of the CCS faculty providing leadership. Come as often as your schedule allows. All are welcome.

Contact Paula Hampton (ext. 2650) with questions.