Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the student handbook. There is important information for you as a community member of George Fox University.
The Graduate/DPS Student Life Policies can be found at this link.
The Undergraduate Student Handbook can be found at studenthandbook.georgefox.edu. There is also a PDF version if you wish to download the handbook to your computer.
Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the student handbook. There is important information for you as a community member of George Fox University.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Student Life at studentlife@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2310. Student life is located on the third floor of the Stevens Center.
Larry Mennenga is retiring after 20 years of faithful service as an electrician for plant services. Please join us as we celebrate his retirement at an open house on Thursday, Aug. 28, between 3 and 4:30 p.m. in the plant services break room.
It’s now just over a week before our 16th annual Serve Day! On Wednesday, Sept. 3, we will send out more than 1,800 employees and students to serve over 100 sites in Newberg and the surrounding area.
Employees will receive their Serve Day assignments shortly. If you have any questions about your assignment, let Trisha Elizarde know by emailing serveday@georgefox.edu. Students who live on campus will receive their assignments from their RAs. Additional information will be available in living areas.
Employees are encouraged to park on the gravel lot (down Meridian Street near Fulton Street) on Serve Day unless they were specifically assigned to drive to a serve site. If so, a parking lot/departure site is assigned, which can be found on their email about Serve Day. Stevens will be used for some organizations that are coming to campus to provide transportation.
If you would like a ride to join us for this important forum with our partners at Word Made Flesh and with our friend Joel Pérez (former dean of inclusion at Fox and now dean of students at SPU), plan to meet us at the Spiritual Life House on Sheridan Street at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
Beggars Society is an advocacy meeting of Word Made Flesh. It is a public forum that gathers people together seeking to understand issues of global poverty and injustice.
Contact Mikayla Greenwell at mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu with questions.
Address for event: 14410 SE Ellis St., Portland, OR 97236
Join us in Wheeler tonight (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. for the grand opening of the climbing wall this semester. There will be something for every skill level. We have all the gear you need and instructors to teach basic skills and safety.
We have routes from 5.6 for the beginners on up to 5.12+ for the experienced. The climbing wall is a great place to hang out with some awesome people and climb!
For additional information, contact Spencer Giles (sgiles11@georgefox.edu) or Sam Read (sread11@georgefox.edu).
Semester wall hours will be announced as soon as possible. Climb on!
Due to the excessive number of packages that need to be delivered to students and departments, creating long lines at our customer service window, Mail Services is requesting your assistance by bringing outgoing personal packages (packages that need to be shipped off campus) only between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. during the first three weeks of school.
Purchases of shipping supplies and stamps should also be limited to only between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Department packages can be brought to Mail Services anytime during our business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Thanks,
Mail Services
Welcome to fall semester 2014! Need to add or drop a class? Have a question about a waitlisted class? Need to make any other fall semester schedule changes?
Career and Academic Planning (CAP) coaches will be available during drop-in hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, through Friday, Aug. 29. Drop-in hours will be adjusted starting the second week of the semester. Inquire at the IDEA Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center for more information.
Faculty, please feel free to tell your students about this resource. Thank you!
Questions? Write idea@georgefox.edu
Student accounts and financial aid are open today (Saturday Aug. 23), from 8 a.m. to noon. Knowing how busy you will be next week, let us assist you this morning!
In light of creation care and sustainability, we would like to encourage students and faculty to bring their own water bottles on Serve Day (Wednesday, Sept. 3) in order to reduce the plastic waste at the end of the day. We ask leaders to collect and bag the plastic water bottles that do end up being used so they can be taken to FISH, where they are turned in for 5 cents each.
Let’s do our part to serve the community and the world, even as we stay hydrated on Serve Day. Thank you!
This is a reminder that the chart of accounts training session scheduled for today (Friday, Aug. 22) from 10 a.m. to noon in Stevens 109 will be rescheduled due to all the Welcome Weekend activities.
We will have updated times and dates for additional training posted on the financial affairs website soon.
Thank you,
The Finance Team
Returning students: Mail Services will be open on Saturday, Aug. 23, from noon to 3 p.m. Come get your packages and avoid the long lines on Monday, the first day of classes. Please spread the word to all of your friends!
Also, we will open at 7:30 on Monday morning (Aug. 25) to help the early birds who don’t want to wait in long lines.
If you have questions, please email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
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The Employee Extension and Box List is newly updated and available for you to print! You can find it here. The list is updated approximately every two weeks so you can always be “in the knowâ€! Questions or updates? Contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.
Have a wonderful semester!
Welcome to a new academic year! Here are a few things to help you start the year off well!
– Your Educational Technology Team
As many of you are aware, all-community (employee) meetings are held on a monthly basis. The Leadership Team is interested in your feedback about the ongoing success of these meetings as we strive for better communication campus-wide.
Please take a moment to complete the survey at this link. We appreciate your input.
Thank you!
Serve Day is coming on Wednesday, Sept. 3! If you are planning to purchase a meal, please complete this form so we know how much food to prepare. If you do not plan to purchase a meal, you do not need to complete this form.
Breakfast and dinner are provided free of charge for all employees. In addition, lunch is provided free of charge for team leaders and committee members. Dinner is available for purchase for families of employees; bring a blanket and enjoy a picnic on the quad after a wonderful day of service.
For George Fox employees who have so graciously offered to drive participants to the various Serve Day sites, please know that you can be reimbursed for your mileage.
Please contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) for instructions.
Thank you.
Nearly 1,200 of you will have your parking permits assigned and awaiting you at Mail Services upon your arrival to campus, but around 800 students have neglected to either register their vehicles OR to check the box on MyGFU that they are NOT bringing a vehicle to campus.
Every student MUST do one or the other by the Add/Drop date of Friday, Sept. 5, or a $40 non-refundable fee will be charged to your student account. We know you’d much rather have that money to spend on books, etc., so please do not delay in getting this taken care of immediately.
Please contact security at 503-554-2090 if you have a vehicle circumstance outside of the box so that we can help to find a solution that works.
If you are new or returning to George Fox this fall, remember that you can begin or continue your studies at the piano! There are two ways to do this:
Questions? Email kwillson@georgefox.edu or bstewart@georgefox.edu
Commuters: If you live within the Good Neighbor Zone (roughly two blocks around campus), please do NOT register your vehicle on MyGFU, as a commuter permit will be automatically assigned to you.
In order to get a gratis Neighborhood Permit that identifies you as actually living in the neighborhood, you will need to bring proof of residency with you to the security office, where you will register and receive your Neighborhood Permit. Proof of residence can include a letter from your landlord with ALL of the residents’ names on it, a bill with your name and that address on it or a lease agreement with all of the residents’ names, etc.
This helps your neighbors and our security officers to know that you do indeed live close to campus, and your car can be parked there. It does not grant you access to park on campus, however, so if you still want a commuter permit, please contact Nadine Kincaid in security and bring the proof of residence to the security office so we can issue you both a commuter permit and your Neighborhood Permit.
Questions? Wonder if your residence is within the Good Neighbor Zone? Just give us a call at 503-554-2090 or email nkincaid@georgefox.edu.
The lines are very long the first week of school, so please try to take care of this as soon as possible!
