The Daily Bruin

With a record number of students this year, parking will be a bit challenging for the first few weeks of school.

Security recommends that you carefully look at the parking map that is attached to your permit, and keep the brochure IN your car. If your favorite lot is full you will be able to see other options where you are permitted to park, based on the type of permit you have been issued.

Commuters: Several new streets/lots have been opened up for commuter parking. Please take note of all the striped lots/parking areas that are open for commuter parking. NOT pictured on the parking map is a newly leased gravel lot on Meridian Street, across from Fulton Street, before you reach the railroad tracks. It will be open daily from 7 a.m.-9 p.m. M-F. This lot is a great alternative for staff/faculty, commuters, visitors and resident west permit holders.

If you registered for a permit in the last one and a half weeks it should be issued and delivered to Mail Services next week. Mail Services will notify you via email that you have a “packet” that you can pick up and sign for at the front desk of the mail services department.

If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to call security at 503-554-2090.

Have you always wanted to play piano? Don’t miss this fun class! There is currently room for one more student.

You will learn the basics of playing the piano and reading music in a group setting. No previous experience is necessary. This is also the right place for students who have had 1-2 years of experience and/or are wishing to review basic musical concepts as they apply to the piano. (MUSI 135-A; Fridays, 1:40-2:30 p.m. in the Ross MIDI/Keyboard Lab.)

For more information please contact James Pick – james@jamespick.com

Returning Students:
If you lost your mailbox key over the summer, you can buy a replacement key at Mail Services. Cost is $10 cash or check; $15 if you want it charged to your student account.

New Students:
If you still need to get your mailbox key, please stop at Mail Services and ask for it.

Mail Services is open today (Saturday): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Marketing communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your request here.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged.

The next order will be placed Monday, Sept. 2. Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

If you love to sing, Concert Choir may be the place for you! The Concert Choir is an auditioned ensemble made up of both music majors and non-music majors. The choir is committed to excellent choral singing in a wide variety of styles, including contemporary, sacred, gospel arrangements, spirituals, and hymn settings.

Audition sign ups are posted outside of Ross 201 where you can also pick up an audition packet.

For more information please contact Jessica Sokoloff – jsokoloff10@georgefox.edu

Mail Services will extend its hours for package pick-up in the coming days. Here is a summary:

Normal hours: Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Extra hours: Open this Saturday, Aug. 31, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 2 and Sept. 3, open 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

If you are just arriving on Saturday, stop and get all your packages that day to avoid the long lines on Monday and Tuesday.

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks,
University Mail Services

Serve Day is coming on Wednesday, Sept. 11! 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 for all employees; all meals are provided 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.

This .75 FTE position (30 hours per week year round) will be open to internal applicants (employees) only for one week. Temporary employees may also apply, but external applications are not being accepted.

If you would like a copy of the job description, please email hr@georgefox.edu. To apply, please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources. The link to the transfer request form can be found here. If the position is not filled with an internal candidate, it will be posted externally beginning Thursday, Sept. 3.

This is a reminder to come see our new location this morning! The dean of the College of Arts and Sciences is hosting an open house today (Wednesday), from 10 a.m. to noon in Lemmons 9.

• Meet the new dean of arts & sciences, Laura Hartley
• Meet the new director of the William Penn Honor’s Program, Joseph Clair
• See the new offices for the Center for Study Abroad and the new theatre department location
• Terrie Boehr from family and consumer sciences remains in the same office as in the past. Goodies provided by FCS!

Please join us! Contact Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Students: Online orders will be available to pick up in the main BlueZone Store, located in the Student Union Building (not the Textbook Annex).

Please bring your ID and order number.

In his latest blog piece, President Robin Baker reflects on growing older and the impact of a “life well lived.” You can read it here.

Welcome Weekend is this week! With all the new students and their families we’re expecting 2,000 guests on campus Thursday, Aug. 29, and Friday, Aug. 30. Here are a few important details for employees.

Welcoming our Guests: While this may seem obvious, please greet and welcome our guests, ask if they need help, walk them to the Information Tent on the quad if they have a question you can’t answer, and help us make this a special time for our new students and their families.

Schedule: The complete schedule for Welcome Weekend can be found at welcome.georgefox.edu. There are three schedules: traditional students, transfer students, and families and guests.

Parking: On Thursday and Friday, we need employees to park in one of three locations off-campus:

• Gravel parking lot on Meridian Street (just past Fulton Street next to the railroad tracks) and walk to campus
• Newberg Friends Church (307 S. College St.) and ride shuttle to campus. Pick-up will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the corner of South College Street & East 4th Street and will run every 15 minutes from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
• Northside Community Church (1800 Hoskins St.) and ride shuttle to campus. Pick-up will begin at 7:30 a.m. near the parking lot entrance on East Crestview Drive (just to the east of Hoskins Street) and will run every 15 minutes from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
• Shuttles will arrive and depart from the sidewalk between Stevens and Hoover. The afternoon shuttles will begin departing from this location at 3:30 p.m.

Meals: Employees who signed up to be volunteers will receive one complimentary meal ticket to be used at lunch or dinner. Other employees desiring to eat on-campus can pay as they enter the meal lines.

Attire: If you have a George Fox polo or dress shirt, please wear it on Thursday and Friday.

Questions: Please call the Welcome Weekend office at ext. 2324.

Thank you for being an integral part of welcoming our new students and their families to the George Fox family!

– Mark Pothoff

The plant services office in Newberg will be open with limited personnel today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday), due to software training. Thank you for your patience.

Please contact the plant services office at ext. 2010 if you have any questions.

An Acceptable Description for a check request should cover who (is the check for), what (is the product or service), when (was the product/service purchased), where (was the product/service purchased), and why (was/is this product/service needed).

Supporting Documentation includes but is not limited to:

• Original receipt (itemized) or invoice from vendor with the following information:
  • Vendor name and address
  • Description of goods and/or services (including quantity and unit price)
  • Total amount of purchase/service
  • Date of purchase/service

• Substantiation of business purpose may include an agenda, meeting announcement, brochure, or other similar types of documentation.

Questions? Call Kathi Becker in financial affairs at ext. 2166.

The Office of Spiritual Life has a part-time position they would like to fill “yesterday.” This position is slated for 10 hours per week and will run through next May. Work schedule will preferably be all day Fridays with an additional two or three hours one other day. The duties of the position including serving as project manager for the Regeneration Conference in October and providing support for other programs in the spiritual life, inclusion and leadership offices.

If you know someone who might be interested and qualified for this position, please have him or her complete an employment application and send it, along with a letter and resume, to HR as soon as possible. A copy of the job description can be requested by emailing hr@georgefox.edu.

Come see our new location! The dean of the College of Arts and Sciences is hosting an open house on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon in Lemmons 9.

• Meet the new dean of arts & sciences, Laura Hartley
• Meet the new director of the William Penn Honor’s Program, Joseph Clair
• See the new offices for the Center for Study Abroad and the new theatre department location
• Terrie Boehr from family and consumer sciences remains in the same office as in the past. Goodies provided by FCS!

Please join us! Contact Lynn Scott (lscott@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Please turn in all August …

• Check/ACH requests
• Expense reimbursements
• Petty cash requests
• IDC’s
• Error corrections
• Credit card receipts

to the financial affairs office no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9. If you have any questions, please call or e-mail Kathi Becker (Financial Affairs) at ext. 2166 or kbecker@georgefox.edu.

Thank you,
The Finance Team

Several of our new international students are looking for off-campus housing. They are not able to live on campus since they are 23 or older or are graduate students. As you know, rental housing in Newberg is really tight this year.

If you need a roommate, are interested in renting a room in your home, or know of any available rental opportunities in Newberg, please contact Louis Liu (541-391-2476 or lliu11@georgefox.edu), Alex Pia (971-275-6202 or apia@georgefox.edu), or Dianna McIntyre (503-351-7153 or dmcintyr@georgefox.edu).

Faculty: Please submit all additional textbook requests as soon as possible so that we may get books here before the start of classes. Please make cancellations and edition changes an exception, as it causes financial hardship for students who may have already purchased their books from other sources.

Thanks for your help as we do our best to have everything ready this week. Contact Sandy Gidding via e-mail with questions (sgidding@georgefox.edu).

– BlueZone Store

A beginning piano class is being offered this Fall and still has openings. Sign up for this fun, 1 credit course.

Students will learn the basics of playing the piano and reading music in a group setting. No previous experience is necessary. This is also the right place for students who have had 1-2 years of experience and/or are wishing to review basic musical concepts as they apply to the piano. (MUSI 135-A; Fridays, 1:40-2:30 p.m.)