The Daily Bruin

We still have some great internships to offer this year in our Career Services office. Our past interns have had exceptional experiences, growing professionally. You will learn how to plan, market and execute events along with administrative records management, budget, communication, and public relations training.  These internships must be set up for credit through you academic advisor.

Go to BruinCareers for more information or contact Sidney at x. 2330, or atcareers@georgefox.edu.  We might be just what you need and vice versa.

Finalizing your class schedule?  Consider our online courses, GEED 214-Selecting a major,  216-Getting ready for an internship, and 218-learning job search skills to find employment.  As an emerging professional, you will benefit greatly from having a career game plan.  Let us help you move that along.  Our courses are listed under General Education in the course schedule.

The Office of Financial Affairs has updated the following forms:

• Check Request Form – This form has been changed to make it easier for you to communicate to us which fund-cost center-account combination is to be charged.

• Rush Check Request Justification – This form has been eliminated and replaced with the “RUSH Check Request” form. This new form combines the check request and rush justification forms into one form so that it will no longer be required to submit both forms for a rush check. Please be aware that the policies for issuing rush checks have not changed. The new form will be subject to the same approvals as the old form and should be used only in critical situations where an exception to the normal payment policy is justified.

Please visit the Financial Affairs webpage soon to download the new forms from the Common Forms page.

Due to Valerie Rogers’ transfer to the Department of Advanced Integrated Marketing, there is an opening for an administrative assistant II position in communication arts/English. This .56FTE (30 hours per week, nine months per year) position is currently open to internal applicants (employees). Temporary employees may also apply, but external applications are not being accepted.

If you would like a copy of the job description, please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu. To apply, please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources no later than Monday, Aug. 29, at 5 p.m. The link to the transfer request form can be found here.

Dear students,

Financial aid will begin disbursing on accounts on Monday, August 22nd.  If you are currently not seeing all of your aid reflected as anticipated aid on your account  it could be due to one of the following reasons:

All students:  Your enrollment confirmation is not completed (see “University Forms” on MyGFU.georgefox.edu)

For traditional undergrads, your fall schedule is not full-time (must be in 12 credits or more for financial aid to disburse)

For grads you are not yet registered at least half time (4 credits)

For ADP students you are not registered for at least 6 credits.

You have financial aid documents to complete (see “University Forms” on MyGFU.georgefox.edu)

You have not completed the FAFSA for 2011-12 (no federal aid is included in your financial aid award

Your financial aid is still in process due to FAFSA verification.

If your aid does not disburse Monday due to any of the above reasons, we will have subsequent disbursements throughout the first two weeks of school and weekly thereafter.

Faculty, please submit requests for course reserve material as soon as possible. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete.

For all requests, please fill out and submit this form. If you have any questions, please contact Gina Braden at ext. 2425 or rbraden@georgefox.edu.

Installation of the new scoreboards in Miller Gymnasium has been moved up to Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 22-23. The gym’s center court will be closed both days; the other two courts will remain open for use.

The library is pleased to deliver library materials for participating faculty to their offices. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons designated as their signers.

If you have used this service in the past or you are signing up for the first time, please click on this link and fill out the form. Questions? Contact Gina Braden at rbraden@georgefox.edu.

President Robin Baker invites the university community to visit his blog to catch up on what he’s been up to and what’s on his mind. You can read it at this link.

Miller Gymnasium’s center court will be closed all day on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 29-30, for the installation of the new scoreboards. The other two courts will remain open for use.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. The Office of Marketing Communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Friday, Aug. 26. The login user ID is “gfubc” and password is “gfu123.”

Contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) if you have any questions.

It’s time to order university stationery. For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. You will continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s Print Services.

Orders are due by Thursday, Sept. 1.

Are you involved with a club on campus? Would you like to make other students aware of your club?

Then the Serve Day Activities Fair is just what you are looking for.

At the end of our service on Serve Day, during the all campus celebration, student clubs will have an opportunity to set up a display as a way to advertise your club. The tables will be set up on the Quad near all the fun activities that will be planned.

If you would like for your club to be represented please make plans to reserve your half of a table by contacting:

Jere Witherspoon
jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu

Students who have received email notification that you have packages at University Mail Services – and you live in the Newberg or surrounding area – are encouraged to stop by University Mail Services and pick up your packages.

If you have questions, please email lsartwel@georgefox.edu

Summer Forwarding has stopped….
University Mail Services has stopped summer forwarding of mail and packages.  All mail is going into your campus mailbox and all packages are being written up for you to retrieve when you arrive on campus.

Remember your mailbox key….
And bring it with you back to campus.  If you have lost the mailbox key over the summer, stop at Mail Services for a replacement key.  Cost is $10.00 cash or check.  $15.00 if you charge it to your student account bill.

Questions?  Email Linda Sartwell:   lsartwel@georgefox.edu

Message to New Students:

All students – residents and commuters – have been assigned a campus mailbox.

You can find you campus mailbox # in “MyGFU >Self Service > Campus Personal Information > Addresses > Campus Box”

You will receive your mailbox key during Orientation on Thursday, August 25, 2011.

You can ship your belongings to your assigned GFU address as noted below. We receive deliveries from UPS, DHL, FedEx, US Mail, and all other carriers.

Please use the appropriate address for your mailing and shipping needs:

Use this address for mailbox #s in the following range: 4000 – 5160

Your Name

George Fox University

418 N Meridian ST # ______

Newberg OR 97132

Use this address for mailbox #s in the following range: 5161- 5999

Your Name

George Fox University

420 N Meridian ST # ______

Newberg OR 97132

Any mail currently being sent to you will be placed into your mailbox.  Packages will be written up for you and available for pick up at University Mail Services when you arrive on campus. (If you have a package – you will receive an email from “Mail Tracker” in your GFU email INBOX.)

On Thursday morning – August 25^th -   look for the University Mail Services tent on the Quad.  We have your mailbox key ready for you!

Questions?  Email Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu

Women faculty and staff interested in joining the 2011-12 Women’s Leadership Development Institute cohort are invited to apply. Applications are available at this link (must be on campus to access) and must be returned to Box #6255 by Sept. 1. The new cohort will commence at a retreat Sept. 29-30, and Sheri Philips will continue to give leadership to the program.

The university’s first Women’s Leadership Development cohort concluded at a celebration for the program mentors and mentees in May. After attending the kick-off retreat in October, each cohort mentee met monthly with her mentor from October to May and attended five required leadership skills sessions. Cohort mentees read several texts during the program and shared their learning on a WLDI Foxtale site.

Even though only a limited number can be accepted, please feel encouraged to apply.

Mark your calendars: The university’s 13th annual Serve Day is now less than three weeks away! On Wednesday, Sept. 7, the entire Newberg campus will close to allow all employees and students to serve nearly 80 sites in Newberg and the surrounding area.

All Serve Day assignments have been sent out to employees, so if you did not receive an e-mail, please let Rachel Lee know by e-mailing serveday@georgefox.edu. Those students who live on campus will receive their assignments from their RA. Commuters will be assigned based on an e-mail survey they will be receiving next week.

A full schedule will be provided in the coming weeks. In the meantime, check out this story about how Serve Day impacted the Portland Rescue Mission last year.

There will be no courier service on Friday, Aug. 19, due to all-employee meeting that morning. Regular service to the Portland and Salem campuses will resume on Monday, Aug. 22. Questions or concerns? Contact Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.

A set of keys has been found in the gym. Call Patty at ext. 2910 to describe and claim.