The Daily Bruin

The end of our fiscal year is quickly approaching! To ensure a clean cut-off between FY15 and FY16 spending, the last day to use your George Fox Visa card for fiscal-year 2015 purchases is Thursday, June 25. Please refrain from using your card for any purchases after this date.

If you will be traveling for business during this time, please contact Matt Hammar or Kathi Becker to discuss arrangements on how to handle purchases after June 25.

Credit card purchases for the 15-16 fiscal year can begin on or after July 1. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Matt at ext. 2162 or Kathi at ext. 2166.

The Villa Café will reopen with summer hours, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting today (Tuesday), with a limited breakfast menu, full section of grab and go’s, house-baked pastries, soup, sandwiches and flatbreads, along with espresso drinks, smoothies and a wide variety of bottled beverages.

Keisha Gordon has made the transition to the position of admissions counselor for recruited athletes in the undergraduate admissions office.

Sue O’Donnell (Psychology) earned the university’s Faculty Achievement Award for Undergraduate Teaching, while Melanie Springer Mock (English) received the Faculty Achievement Award for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship. In addition, Andrew Meszaros (Physical Therapy) was recipient of the Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Teaching, and Lorraine DeKruyf (Counseling) was chosen for the Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research and Scholarship.

Paul Otto (History) will spend the 2015-16 academic year at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle, N.C. As a Fellow, he will be writing a book on the history of wampum, tracing its prehistoric origins among Native Americans to present-day battles over cultural patrimony.

Kathy Heininge and Gary Tandy (English) accompanied seven English majors who presented their creative and scholarly writing at the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society Convention in Albuquerque, N.M., March 18-21. Student presenters were Emily Lund, Mackenzie Adix, Jordan Nelson, Heather Harney, Elizabeth Cranston, Ryan Lackey and Mikaela Bray. Lund won a second-place award (and $300) in the Literary and Film Criticism category for her paper on film adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels, and Adix won a third-place award (and $250) in the Pedagogy category for her paper on children’s literacy and book marketing.

Ed Higgins (English) published his short poems “Hell For Poets” and “Derelict Words” in late-April editions of the online journal One Sentence Poems. Ed also had his poem “That Old Mirror” published in the “Freaky Fairy Tale” issue (Issue 8: April 2015) of Ealain, a South African online literary and art magazine.

Jenny Matheny (Biblical Studies) presented a paper, “Herem: Answerability and Borders in Joshua 6 and 7,” at the Northwest Evangelical Missiology Conference held at George Fox University on April 11. Matheny was also the conference speaker for the Aloha Faith Center’s women’s retreat April 24-26.

Megan Clark (Marketing Communications) and Johanna Schweitzer (Student Financial Services/Financial Aid) were named employees of the month for the months of March and April, respectively.

May 5              Robert Bonner
May 8              Molly Hickok, Brent Wilson, Deb Worden
May 10            Chris Meade
May 12            Marla Sweningson
May 13            Rob Leslie
May 14            Kathi Becker, Don Powers
May 15            Dirk Barram
May 16            Britny Scholz, Trevor Woods
May 17            Paul Anderson
May 18            Gregg Boughton, Paul Otto, Cynthia Weston
May 20            Gabe Haberly, Teresa Lamm, Lisa Presnall
May 22            Heather Ayala, Cliff Berger, Bree Stairs
May 23            Chuck Conniry, Adam McGuffie
May 24            Brenda Morton
May 26            Elise Trask
May 28            Beth LaForce, Steve Sherwood
May 29            Steven Classen, Kandie Comfort, Mike Magill
May 30            Rebecca Addleman, Stephen Bearden, Amy Dee, Roger Newell
May 31            Jessica Hollen

Please hand May Term class papers (to be returned to students) to a mail services window clerk. We want to keep these papers separate from all of the spring semester class papers that are also being returned.

Thanks for your help.
– Mail Services

Did you request your mailbox to be open during May Term? If not, your U.S. Mail will be forwarded to your home address. If you want your mailbox reopened for May Term, please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks,
– Mail Services

After the craziness of last week, doesn’t relaxing and hanging out with fellow employees over a bowl of ice cream sound great?

The annual ice cream social for employees and your summer student employees is tomorrow (Wednesday) from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Bruin Den. Please mark it on your calendar and come join the Staff Development Committee for ice cream!

Come to a garage sale with a great cause! The Office of International Student Services is organizing a garage sale and will use proceeds for an International Student Emergency Fund.

Visit us between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, May 8-9, at the International Student Services office at 1110 E Sheridan St. It’s an inexpensive way to help international students who may encounter unexpected financial needs. We’ll have books, toys, clothes, kitchenware and much more at affordable prices.

Questions? Contact Joanna Cox at jcox@georgefox.edu.

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:

1. All cash advance requests for FY15 expense must be received by the FAO by June 15, 2015.
2. 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 on 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

Due to the OSAA State High School Choir Championships this week, we request that the parking lot behind Bauman Auditorium be used only for those coming to the choir competition Thursday through Saturday, May 7-9. Thank you!

Sixty-nine choirs are scheduled to be on campus for the annual event, with competition beginning at 9 a.m. each morning (doors open at 8 a.m.). To learn more about the event, including schedule times for specific choirs, visit this link.

Plant Services is hosting its annual Phase II event this week, with the event open for viewing beginning today (Tuesday) at 8 a.m.

Items will be open for viewing in the Macy and Sutton basements Tuesday, May 5, through Thursday, May 7, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Friday, May 8, from 8 a.m. to noon. After students and staff view these items, the remaining items will be donated to local charities.

At the end of every school year many students have good reusable items that they do not want to take home over the summer. These items often include blankets, clothing, kitchen supplies, small appliances, radios, room decorations, furniture, etc.

In an effort to keep the dumpsters from overflowing and to be better stewards of our resources, Phase II was initiated. Many students have benefited from these items. For example, summer work-study students often find items they need for apartment living.

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

The College of Business’ MBA program is hosting its Spring Speaker Series on 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.

The library’s intra-campus faculty courier service will be suspended for the summer effective today (Monday, May 4). The service will resume on Aug. 31, 2015. If you would like to sign up for this service in the fall, please use the form located at this link.

During the months of May and June various parking areas around campus will be restriped and curbs will be painted, weather dependent. The painting this week will begin around mail services on Monday and will loop around by the tennis courts, Weesner Village and into the Pennington lot.

Please pay attention and don’t park in the areas that are blocked off so that the painting crews won’t be slowed down by cars parked where they shouldn’t be. Every Monday we will announce in The Daily Bruin where the painting crews will be for that week.

Questions or concerns? Please call security at 503-554-2090.

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 on Wednesday, May 13, 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.

Are you staying on campus this summer for student employment? Are you taking May Term classes? Is the Newberg area your home? If so, join other students this Thursday, May 7, in the Foxhole for food, fellowship, a gospel-driven message, Christ-centered discussion and friendship! Pizza will be provided! We’ll get started at 6:30 p.m.

Hope Assembly is partnering with student leaders to bring community on campus this summer, because we know it can be difficult to stay connected. Don’t miss out on this “Fellowship at Fox” opportunity! We’ll be doing a series entitled “Sorry Not Sorry” and will be meeting regularly on Thursday nights.

For more information, check out hopeassembly.org. You can also find them on Instagram and Twitter at @hopeassembly or on Facebook by searching “Hope Assembly.”

Questions? Contact Heather McDonald (hmcdonald13@georgefox.edu) or Joshua Rockwell (jrockwell14@georgefox.edu).

Interested in learning a stringed instrument? Or playing in a small ensemble? Beginning and intermediate string classes are offered fall and spring semesters for 1 credit, meeting Mondays and Wednesdays at noon.

These classes will be set up as chamber groups focusing on technique, while learning classical and fiddle music. Register for MUSI 285 A (beginning), or MUSI 285 B (intermediate).

Email Rebekah Hanson with any questions at rhanson@georgefox.edu.

We’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo tomorrow (Tuesday) with a delicious menu being served out of our food cart on the quad – pork carnitas tacos with assorted toppings, Spanish rice, black beans, horchata and a warm churro, all for just $6.75. Come join us for lunch between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.!

FoxTALE will be unavailable this Monday, May 4, between 6 and 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– Your Educational Technology Team