Many of you may remember Virginia Pongratz. She worked for the university for 27 years in the financial affairs office and retired about 10 years ago. Her family felt it would be fitting to host a memorial service for her on campus and has extended an invitation to the George Fox community to attend.
The service will be held beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, in Bauman Auditorium.
Alumni and Parent Relations has been busy cleaning out storage closets and have random entertainment and decor items up for grabs. (Random: Think golden reindeer, square mirrors, plant urns, Christmas platters and more).
If this sounds interesting, come by the basement of the Coffin Residence Hall between 10 a.m. and noon on Thursday, Aug. 9, and help yourself.
The university is expecting approximately 70 new international students this fall. They will be arriving on Aug. 15 to begin the international student orientation.
Rather than house these students in empty dorm rooms during orientation, we would like their first impressions to be with families who would be willing open their homes and show them the love of Christ. The home stays will be the nights of Aug. 16-22. Students will be in orientation during the days but would be free to be with the families the entire weekend of Aug. 18-19.
Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus during orientation. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and pick students up at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to offset the costs of meals and transportation.
If you are interested in serving as a host family, please contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu). If you know of others who might be interested, please let us know so we may contact them.
Thank you for your willingness to consider this opportunity.
Josiah Philipsen will have limited availability Aug. 14-27 due to preparation for student orientations and faculty conference. His hours will be posted on his door in the Portland Center Information Commons.
If you expect to need tech assistance, please try to schedule an appointment with him by e-mail: jphilipsen@georgefox.edu.
If you need immediate assistance during the day and Josiah is not available, try the Newberg service desk at 503.554.2569. The student I.T. support hours will remain Monday-Thursday, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Portland Center Information Commons in the library is now set up with new computers. We have 20 HP computers running Windows 7 available for students, staff and faculty.
The hours for the Information Commons area will be:
Monday to Thursday: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (starting Sept. 8)
Packages and Mail:
GFU Mail Services will hold all packages – including textbooks – for you until you arrive on campus. We have already stopped forwarding packages and will stop forwarding mail on Friday, Aug. 10. When you arrive on campus, please come to mail services to ask for your packages as soon as you can.
Parking permits:
When Security delivers your parking permit to Mail Services, it will be written up as a package. When we have your parking permit, you will receive a GFU e-mail from “Mail Tracker” stating you have a package.
New students – mailbox key:
You will pick up your campus mailbox key on Thursday, Aug. 23, from 8 a.m. until noon at our Mail Services table set up on the quad near Stevens Center.
Be sure to stop and get your key. Remember all students – residents and commuters – have been issued a campus mailbox.
Returning students – mailbox key:
Remember to bring your campus mailbox key back to school with you. If you have lost your mailbox key, stop at Mail Services and ask for a replacement key. The replacement charge is $10, cash or check, or $15 charged to your student account.
Do you live in the area?
Mail Services is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can stop anytime and get your packages or pick up your mailbox key.
If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell – lsartwel@georgefox.edu
Thanks!
Donations of clothing for the Corbett-Furgal family are being accepted at the Plant Services office in Newberg. A recent house fire destroyed most of their clothing and shoes.
Here are the sizes needed:
Contact: Debby O’Kelley, dokelley@georgefox.edu
The new FoxTALE environment will adopt our regular FoxTALE address (foxtale.georgefox.edu) on the morning of Monday, August 20th.
Until that time, please log in to foxtale22.georgefox.edu to see your 2012-2013 FoxTALE sites if you have not already done so. If you still have content that needs to be moved from the current (soon-to-be-old) FoxTALE to the new FoxTALE, please follow these instructions to mark those courses with MOVE ME.
What are the browser addresses?
How can I learn more about the upgrade?
See the information page. Read release notes, sign up for a webinar, or watch a screencast.
Questions? Please contact the Service Desk.
The Office of Student Life welcomes Julia Hurlow as an area coordinator for Le Shana Hall and for Houses and Apartments East this fall. She arrives from Indiana, where she worked as director of student ministries for College Wesleyan Church in Marion, Ind., for the past three years. During that time, she also served as an adjunct professor of religion and intercultural studies at Indiana Wesleyan University (2009 and 2011). Prior to that, she was an administrator for Indiana Wesleyan’s world impact overseas program (2007-09) and a graduate assistant for the school’s student mentoring program (2004-07). Julia earned a master’s degree in community counseling from Indiana Wesleyan in 2007 and a bachelor’s degree in Christian education and leadership from the same school in 2004.
Emily Maynard joined the university in mid-July to serve as Portland Center site coordinator. For the past three and a half years, she worked for Mayfield Companies of Portland as an office services manager and administrative assistant. Previously, she gained experience in a higher education setting as an admissions office assistant at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich. Emily earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Hillsdale College in 2008. She lives in Portland and attends Imago Dei Community Church, where she works with the college-age student ministry. Emily is also a columnist for Prodigal Magazine, an online publication focused on telling good stories. When she’s not writing or sleeping, she’s probably cooking, practicing Pilates, or playing fashion stylist.
The seminary welcomed Heather Rainey to work as an administrative assistant beginning in mid-July. She brings 15 years of office experience, the past three of which she spent as an administrative assistant for Janice Ward, a Beaverton-based financial advisor with Waddell & Reed. Before that, she held the same title at Reinisch Mackenzie, PC, in Portland (2006-09) and at Seeborg Design & Construction in Seaside (1998-2006). Heather attended both Simpson College in Redding, Calif., and Linfield College. She and her husband, Kelly, live with their children, Emily (13) and Dylan (11), in Hillsboro, and attend Westside Community Church in Beaverton.
Katie Sol joined the university in late July to work as a payroll specialist in Human Resources. For the past eight years she has worked as a payroll and benefits specialist for the Woodburn School District. All told, she worked for the district for 18 years, serving as an accounting and insurance clerk (1995 to 2004) and as a receptionist/substitute coordinator (1994-95) prior to her most recent position. Katie lives in Newberg with husband Eli and daughter Abbie. The family attends Newberg Friends Church.
Elizabeth Holme (Print Services) left the university in early July.
Kathy Grant (Counseling) retired from the university as of July 1.
Candice Zhang (Admissions/China recruitment) left George Fox at the end of June and returned to her native China.
In June, Lori DeKruyf (Counseling) was in Minneapolis for the American School Counseling Association’s national conference and presented a three-hour training titled “Put a Shine on Your Comprehensive School Counseling Program with a Brief Narrative Counseling Approach†with George Fox school counseling alumna Jacinta Nafziger.
Gary Tandy (English) published an article, “The Stylistic Achievement of Mere Christianity,” in the 2011-12 volume of Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal.
Laura Gifford (Scholar in Residence in History Department) co-edited (with Daniel K. Williams) the recently released book The Right Side of the Sixties (Palgrave Macmillan). According to the publisher, “This volume offers a new perspective on American conservatism in the 1960s and the way in which the changes of the decade shaped the development of American politics for the next half-century.â€
Rick Muthiah (Learning Support Services) and Martha Wood (Residence Life) presented “Campus Community for All: Accessibility of Campus Programming & Housing†at the June annual conference of the Association for Christians in Student Development, held at Taylor University in Upland, Ind. The workshop focused on program access for students with visible and invisible disabilities.
Joel Perez (Dean of Inclusion and Leadership/Chief Diversity Officer) was interviewed and featured on Duke Divinity’s Faith & Leadership website. Joel shared on the topic “God intended there to be color.†The interview and a video are featured on the Faith & Leadership site.
Ed Higgins (English) published a poem, “The Essence Of Story,†in the Spring 2012 Concho River Review, a semi-annual literary journal from Angelo State University.
Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) was granted candidacy within the Fulbright Specialist Program as an international religion and peace scholar. He was also asked to be an associate editor in Theology, Religious Studies for Versita – Emerging Sciences Publishers in Poland, and was invited to be an external research collaborator for the faculty of theology of North-West University in South Africa (Potchefstroom-Campus).
Paul also presented a paper on “Encounter, Dissonance, and Reflection in the Dialectical Development of Paul’s Theology†in the New Testament and Hellenistic Section of the Pacific Northwest AAR/SBL/ASOR Meetings at Concordia University. Essays recently published include: “Discernment-Oriented Leadership in the Johannine Situation – Abiding in the Truth versus Lesser Alternatives,†in Rethinking the Ethics of John and “The Suffering Servant of Isaiah in Cognitive-Critical Perspective: Logotherapy and the Bible†in Psychological Hermeneutics for Biblical Themes and Texts.
More recently, Paul was interviewed on the program “Plus or Minus 60†on July 27. The show is broadcast on TV and radio in the Canton and Dover/New Philadelphia areas of Ohio. During the segment, Paul discussed his book Riddles of the Fourth Gospel.
Aug. 6 Kent Yinger
Aug. 8 Sara Kelm
Aug. 9 Robert Fisher, Shelley Yonemura
Aug. 11 Martha Wood
Aug. 12 Cary Griffith, Bonnie Nakashimada, Joel Perez
Aug. 13 Kathy Heininge, Nate Peach
Aug. 16 Gary Sehorn, Seth Sikkema
Aug. 17 Blair Cash, Jerrie Nelson
Aug. 19 Jim Foster, Anna Philipsen
Aug. 20 Alex Martin, Dee Small, Mandee Wilmot
Aug. 21 Mary Olson, Creagh Schoen
Aug. 24 Mark Selid, Jane Sweet
Aug. 26 Sheila Bartlett, Elizabeth Hamilton
Aug. 27 Karlyn Fleming
It’s official: The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education has granted the university’s physical therapy program candidacy status. This means we are permitted to begin the program this fall.
An all-employee meeting was held on Friday, at which President Robin Baker spoke about the Aug. 2 accreditation visit and program director Tyler Cuddeford introduced the PT staff. If you would like to view the meeting, it will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link†located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.†It is the bottom link in that section.
The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings, and it includes a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link. Videos of previously recorded meetings are also available on the same page. They are listed in date order, and a username and password is provided which will give you access.
If you would like a hand in helping to save a life, please sign up to donate at an American Red Cross blood drive scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, in the Villa Academic Complex.
To schedule your appointment or for more info, go to redcrossblood.org (sponsor code: GeorgeFox), or e-mail jice09@georgefox.edu or mchau09@georgefox.edu and we’ll get you signed up.
If you can’t, spread the word! We’re trying to get at least 40 donors. Thanks so much for your help!
The Bruin Den will be closed for two weeks starting Monday, Aug. 6. It will reopen on Monday, Aug. 20, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The closure allows time for carpet cleaning and preventative maintenance to prepare for the upcoming school year.
Thanks for a great summer!
Please be aware that some campus parking lots will be closed to perform seal coating next week. On Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 6-7, the lots that will be closed are:
Lots that will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 8-9, are:
In order to prevent personal property damage, please do not park in any areas that are barricaded. Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.
Thank you
Mail Services has two books (The Other Wes Moore) that were dropped in the outgoing mail slot yesterday requiring postage to be applied. There is a return of 414 N. Meridian St., Newberg, OR 97132, but no name of the sender. The cost center listed for the postage – 119250 – was not a valid cost center.
Unknown sender: please contact Mail Services, ext. 2555, with a valid cost center if you wish the books to be mailed.
Thank you.
– Mail Services
The Winters parking lot will be closed for paving on Wednesday, Aug. 1.
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!
We are in need of 10 more team leaders for Serve Day! If you are willing, please contact Meredith Dougherty as soon as possible (mdougherty@georgefox.edu). It is going to be a great day!
Against all odds, there are a handful of spots left in the recently added section of Beginning Ceramics in the Fall on Monday/Wednesday mornings.
Taught by world-renowned (really!) ceramic artist Don Sprague. No prerequisite.
This class was added to help address growing student demand. Hurry to register. There are only a handful of spots and they won’t last!
Register now while there are still some openings. If you have any questions, AFTER August 15 contact Mark Terry (mterry@georgefox.edu) or Cheri Hampton (champton@georgefox.edu)
Schedule: ARTS 241 C Beginning Pottery, 8 to10:30 AM Mondays and Wednesday, Fall 2012 semester
