The Daily Bruin

An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, June 24, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

If you forward your George Fox e-mail to a personal e-mail account, please check the updated instructions in the quick guide, “Forwarding Your E-Mail” revised 06/09/2010
https://foxfiles.georgefox.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-842124_1

We have added some details to the documentation that will help you complete the process.

Documentation is being updated regularly and the revision date is always included to assist you in finding the most current information.

The E-Mail Conversion Team

Interested in learning more about the new e-mail system? Used to the basics but want to know more? IT has scheduled several training sessions from June through September. Check out the schedule and sign up on the R.S.V.P. form.

Basic training

• Monday, June 21, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT, Portland Center Room 210
• Monday, Aug. 16, 2-3:30 p.m. PDT, Hoover 105

Groups Training

• Monday, July 12, 10-11 a.m. PDT, Webinar
• Monday, Sept. 20, 2-3:30 p.m. PDT, VAC 117
• Tuesday, Sept. 21, 10-11:30 a.m. PDT, Portland Center 210

Calendar Training

• Tuesday, July 13, 10-11:30 a.m. PDT, Hoover 105

For more information about the transition, including FAQ and Quick Guides, visit the website at georgefox.edu/email-conversion.

Thanks to 131 donors who gave gifts to the Austin Sports Complex ranging from $5 to $25,000 since Oct. 16, 2009, we have raised the $250,000 needed by June 30 to match the gift by an anonymous donor. Among those who gave were graduating seniors, George Fox employees, alumni, board members and other friends of the university.

To date, we have raised nearly $2.1 million toward our $6.5 million fundraising goal for Phase I of the Austin Sports Complex. This is a three-year effort, and we hope to raise another third of our goal (approximately $2.5 million) in 2010-11.

Phase I calls for the development of 11 of the 23 acres of land through construction of a synthetic turf soccer field, a multi-use synthetic turf field, and a multi-use field building. Progress on the project is well underway. The general contractor, The Saunders Co., is overseeing the installation of the first synthetic Astro Turf GameDay Grass MT45 field this week, so it will be ready for soccer this fall.

For more information or to participate in the campaign, visit the Austin Sports Complex page.

Back by popular demand, we are pleased to announce that the Villa Cafe has reopened for the summer. Please join us for a steaming cup of Starbucks coffee, freshly baked pastries, fresh fruit smoothies, hand-crafted deli and panini sandwiches and our popular homemade soups. We also feature a full array of delicious grab-and-go sandwiches and salads made fresh daily.

Summer hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Convenient payment options include cash (always), credit and debit as well as our popular Bruin Bucks. If you have a university ID card, just ask our cashier how you can get an additional 10 percent in buying power.

Questions? Call our office at ext. 2500.

– Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit

I can’t thank everyone enough for all of the cards, flowers, support and prayers during the past several weeks since my son’s death. I can feel all of you holding me up during this difficult time.

A celebration of life service will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at the Northside Community Church, located at the corner of Crestview Drive and Hoskins Street. Contributions can be made to a memorial fund at Attrell’s Funeral Home to help defray costs. A private graveside service will be held for family and friends at 3 p.m. at the Yamhill Pike cemetery on Sunday, June 27.

– Debby O’Kelley,
Plant Services

Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has contracted with K.F. Jacobsen & Co., Inc. to perform pavement resurfacing work on six Newberg streets between June 21 and July 9. Construction work includes grinding, soft spot repair and paving.

Streets to be paved are:

• Haworth Avenue between Deborah Road & North Springbrook Road (June 21-25)
• East 9th Street between South Blaine & South College streets (June 21-25)
• South River Street between East 4th Street & East. 1st Street (June 21-30)
• South College Street between East 4th Street & East 1st Street (June 21-30)
• East Mountainview Drive between North Main Street & North College Street (June 28-July 7)
• Villa Road between Highway 99W & Haworth Avenue (July 1-9)

Villa Road grinding will be performed during the day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and paving during the night from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Work on the five other streets will be performed during the day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Streets will be closed to all through traffic. Emergency and local access is allowed. Residents and businesses are urged to park on adjacent streets, and on-street parking is not allowed during construction. The schedule is weather dependent and may vary a few days.

Traffic delays should be expected, and the city appreciates your understanding and cooperation. Visit newbergoregon.gov for construction or traffic updates or a PDF map. Residents and businesses adjacent to the construction site will be notified by the contractor of the progress.

We are expecting a large number of new students and their families for Genesis Thursday through Saturday, June 17-19. Would you please help welcome them to our campus by sacrificing your parking spots in the Hoover, Stevens and Wood-Mar lots during these three days? There are lots of parking spaces in the Pennington and Bauman lots, and the campus side of Meridian and Sheridan streets are also good options.

We also have a large group arriving for the weekend on Friday afternoon, so parking will be quite busy for the next few days. Please also pass this on to your summer student workers. Thank you in advance for helping us to graciously welcome our new students!

– Security Services

Another Phase II garage sale is scheduled Thursday and Friday, June 17-18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the side porch of Pennington House. Event props, centerpieces, framed art and miscellaneous household items will be available. Feel free to swing by!

Please drop by the Bruin Bookstore’s Genesis sidewalk sale June 17-19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Selected Bruin merchandise is 20 to 75 percent off.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for June Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s contribution(s) to the university, its students, and/or its employees in the past 30 days or so (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, June 18. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner of both the May and June Employee of the Month awards will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Wednesday, June 23, and each will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Please join us for the university’s annual golf tournament at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha, Ore., Thursday, July 15. The event will benefit student scholarships and the Bruin Athletic Association.

This year, we’re offering an employees-only special: Register between now and June 30 and get a special registration price of $150. This deal is not available through online registration. To register at this price, please contact Ronecca Dockter at ext. 2116 or rdockter@georgefox.edu, or drop by the University Fund Office, 211 N. Center.

Registration includes greens fees, a golf cart, a $50 gift certificate to the Nike Mobile Golf Shop, a boxed lunch, dinner and a gift package. Additional information is available at golf.georgefox.edu.

The men’s locker rooms in Wheeler Gymnasium will be closed all day Wednesday, June 16, for floor finishing and repair. Please do not enter the locker rooms until Thursday.

The George Fox University Boise Center is pleased to announce a formal partnership with the College of Western Idaho (CWI). This partnership simplifies processes so that CWI students can enroll directly into degree-completion programs at George Fox. Students will have an opportunity to work with admissions counselors from each institution in order to plan for the completion of their bachelor’s degrees early in their college careers.

As part of the partnership, George Fox will make available classroom space that is unused by George Fox students during the day. Scheduling for the use of classroom space is expected to begin in fall 2010.

The parking registration database is again up and running, and we would like to ensure your vehicle information is up to date.

Please login to MyGFU and click “Self-Serve” and “University Forms.” Then click the vehicle registration link to verify your vehicle(s) are listed and your staff and adjunct hangtag numbers are correct. If any deletions, corrections or additions need to be made, please e-mail those to nkincaid@georgefox.edu and we will edit your information. If your information is up to date, we’d like to know that as well.

If you have replaced one vehicle with another, please let us know which vehicle it replaces. Also, you are no longer limited to registering two vehicles, so you may now register additional ones. Also new is the option to purchase additional staff and adjunct hangtags for $5 each. Drop by the security office during office hours with $5 cash for each additional permit desired.

It would help our department immensely if you could do this before Aug. 1. Please call ext. 2090 if you have questions, and thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this.

– Security Services

The university will host the seventh annual Symposium on Native North American Theology and Mission in the Hoover Academic Building on the Newberg campus June 10-12. Events will be held throughout the day, and evening sessions are free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the North American Instititute for Indigenous Theological Studies.

For more event or schedule details, contact Randy Woodley at rwoodley@georgefox.edu.

The employee of the month award is being continued through the summer months, so we are soliciting nominations for the June award. As always, your nomination should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s recent contributions (past 30 days or so) to the university, its students, and/or its employees (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, June 18, via e-mail to Peggy Kilburg. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the recipient from the nominations submitted. Both the May and June winners will be announced at the community meeting on Wednesday, June 23, and each will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

There is currently an opening for a 12.5-hour-per-week/nine-month science outreach coordinator, a position formerly held by Amy Ocker. The job is currently being advertised only to employees. Please e-mail Peggy Kilburg (HR) to obtain a copy of the job description and transfer request if you are interested in applying. A completed transfer request, cover letter and resume must be submitted to HR no later than Tuesday, June 15, at 5 p.m. to be considered for this position.

The Bruin Bookstore, textbook annex and its online store will close to conduct the annual year-end inventory process starting at noon on Monday, June 28. To guarantee project accuracy, we are not able to conduct any business during this closure. Phone calls, voice mail messages and e-mails will not be responded to until this procedure is completed. There also will not be any money on hand to make change. Please plan ahead to get all your Bruin necessities before June 28. We truly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

The bookstore will reopen starting at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6, after the July 4 holiday weekend. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Bookstore!

An art show of oil paintings by Kathleen Jones, titled “Still about the trees,” is now on display in the Murdock Learning Resource Center through July.

Jones has taken classes at George Fox, where she majored in studio arts, and her paintings are displayed at the Alison Inn & Spa, Providence Newberg Hospital, Hazelden Newberg and Art Elements Gallery in Newberg. She participated in the Artist Village in McMinnville and received the People’s Choice award. Her paintings are available for purchase, with 20 percent of the proceeds going for library art books and to the university’s art department.