The mail courier to Salem will be going on Thursdays only for the next four weeks. Normal two-times-a-week service will resume on Monday, Aug 17. The Portland courier will still be operating five days, Monday through Friday. Questions? Call Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) at ext. 2556.
Jamie Johnson joined the university this month to fill a new position – Friends leadership program recruiter and advisor. Jamie will work with the admissions office and Northwest Yearly Meeting to recruit Quaker students to attend George Fox. He also will be an advisor to Friends students in the new Friends Leadership Center. He worked previously at Gordon College, where he was director of housing the past three years and a residence hall director the last four. He also taught on an adjunct basis at Gordon and worked as an academic advisor and admissions counselor. Jamie is pursuing a doctorate in leadership in Christian higher education from Biola University. He earned a master’s degree in church history from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2003) and a bachelor’s degree in religion from George Fox (2000). He lives in Newberg with wife Erin, also a George Fox graduate, and three children – Kincaid (4), Ethan (2) and Esther (5 months). He attends Newberg Friends Church.
Todd Dickerson was hired as a development officer this month. His primary focus initially will be to help generate funding for the construction of the Austin Sports Complex north of campus. He arrives from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization, where he served as regional director (serving Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska) the past two and a half years. The four years previous he was a multi-area director for FCA, directing that ministry’s efforts in the Portland, Southwest Washington and Central Oregon regions. Todd studied elementary education and health/physical education at Montana State University-Billings. He lives in Newberg with wife Megan, assistant coach of the George Fox women’s basketball team, and they have two children, daughter Bailey and son Caleb. The family attends Lake Bible Church in Lake Oswego.
Rusty St. Cyr joined the university as director for spiritual formation on July 1. From 2003 to 2008, he served as the director of campus ministries, director for spiritual formation, and campus pastor at Bethany University in Santa Cruz, Calif. Prior to that, he served for two years as youth pastor of Christian Life Center in Santa Cruz; six months as a student ministry intern with The Kings Fellowship in Inverness, Scotland; and as director of student ministries at New Life Church in Springfield, Mo. (1999 to 2001). In August of 2009, he enrolled in the Master of Arts in Theological Studies program at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary after completing course work toward a Master of Arts degree in teaching from Bethany University in 2005. In 1999, Rusty earned a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from Evangel University. He lives in Newberg with Stephanie, his wife of almost 10 years, and his daughter Ella Sophia, who was born on March 3, 2009.
Sarah Eggerichs (Library) left the university on July 2 to move to San Diego, where her husband has accepted a commission in the U.S. Navy.
Sara Vulgan (Graduate Admissions) left the university to pursue other interests.
In June, Kathy Heininge (Writing/Literature) presented her paper, “Ulysses for a Modern-Day Dublin?: John Carney’s Once,†at the international meeting for the American Conference for Irish Studies at National University of Ireland in Galway. Her book, Buffoonery in Irish Drama, is now out with the type on the cover corrected.
Angela Doty (Career Services) was honored earlier this month when the Oregon Career Development Association, of which she is president, received the Outstanding State Division Award for the Western Region at the National Career Development Association Global Conference in St. Louis. The award is presented to state chapters of NCDA for exemplary programming for career development professionals. OCDA (www.ocda.info) is committed to promoting the quality of career development in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) organized and hosted two national religious conferences in June: the Spiritual Discernment As Christian Leadership Conference, held at George Fox University, and the Quaker Theological Discussion Group, held at Olney Friends School in Barnesville, Ohio. Paul presented a plenary address, “Dynamics of Discernment—Biblical and Practical,†and a workshop with Peter Bouteneff, “Voting Not to Vote: The Story of the WCC’s Path to Discernment,†at the discernment conference and “An Apology for Authentic Spirituality†at the QTDG conference. Paul also presented a workshop with Hugh Barbour, “Celebrating 50 Years of QRT and QTDG — Doing Theology Among Friends,†at the Friends Association of Higher Education meetings held at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., in June.
The June issue of Quaker Religious Thought focuses on “A Quaker Theology of Education†and features essays by Jamie Johnson, “From Cutting Edge to Chopping Block: Reclaiming a Quaker Approach to Christian Higher Education,†and by Anderson, “The Mission of the Christ-Centered Quaker College.†Copies will be available from Phil Smith (Religious Studies) and in the bookstore.
Ben Kulpa (Student Life) and his wife, Ashlee, welcomed a daughter, Maisee Elizabeth Eileen, on June 1. The baby was born at St. Vincent Memorial Hospital and weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces while measuring 19 inches long. She joins brothers Gabriel (4) and Phineas (2).
Avoid the August rush. Now is a great time to request new fall course sites, archive and reset courses, and export grades for safekeeping. For new course sites, contact the IT Service Desk and include the course number and name.
See the FoxTALE Quick Guides website for documentation on archiving and resetting courses to prepare for a new semester.
Students: Please do NOT prop open external doors in the evenings. We have had several instances of finding the doors propped open lately.
Why do we have the doors locked at 7:15 p.m.? In the last year we’ve had three occasions in the late evening of prowlers looking for items to steal. One of the occurrences left significant damage to many offices and gained access to secure areas.
We lock the doors in the evening to help provide you with safety and security. Please help us in maintaining it.
The Marketing Communications office 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 now submit and view your name tag requests online. Provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed, title or department, and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions.
The next order will be placed Tuesday, August 4.
This is the last month that pay day will be on the 10th. Beginning in August, pay day will shift to the 15th of each month as a result of allowing students to have their monthly pay on direct deposit. The extra time is needed due to transmittal of the funds to the banks.
Direct deposit enrollment forms are included with your July 10th pay. Consider taking advantage of this option so that your pay will be in your bank account on pay day without you having to make a trip to your branch.
Please email hr@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.
The Portland Center’s next “Brown Bag” Lunch & Learn topic: Tips on how to get the most out of your Mac.
Presenter:Â Russ Devore
Thursday, July 16, noon to 1 p.m. in Room 210.
Serve Day 2009 is quickly approaching. If you would like to be a part of this year’s Serve Day on Wednesday, September 9, we would love to have you.
Please check with your supervisor and then email serveday@georgefox.edu to let us know if you are going to participate so we can assign you to a location. Thank you!
Join Bon Appetit Thursday, July 9, for fresh Oregon berry shortcake in the Bruin Den. The treat features a medley of freshly picked local blueberries, raspberries and strawberries with homemade hazelnut shortcake and costs only $2.75 each.
Bon Appetit is happy to announce that effective July 6 the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe (when it reopens in the fall) will be accepting credit cards, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. We also will be accepting VISA debit cards. All purchases under $25 will not require a signature.
In addition, for those staff/faculty/students who wish to add Bruin Bucks to their university ID cards, you can now purchase them with your credit card by coming to the Bon Appetit office behind the kitchen.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
Since Sandie Tuck has decided to stay home and be a full-time mom following the birth of her son this spring, there is an opening for a full-time enrollment specialist II (Pay Range 5) in the registrar’s office.
This position is currently open only to internal applicants (employees). Please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu 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 Friday, July 10, at 5 p.m.
If you have not already done so, please submit your June time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) this week. Please be sure it is complete, accurate and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108 — including your cost center and ID number. You can find your Cost Center Employee ID number on on your pay statement.
If your supervisor is not available to sign your time sheet by Tuesday, July 6, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed.
Link to the Time-off Report: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/Timeoffreport.doc
Link to June Time Sheet: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/TimesheetJun09.xls
June student time sheets must be in HR no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, July 2, so please have them hand-delivered to HR as soon as you have processed them. If you are not on the Newberg campus, please fax your student time sheets to 503-554-2186 and then send the originals to HR in campus mail. Also, please check to be sure all of your students have submitted their time sheets to you and follow up with any that have not.
And as always, we appreciate you checking for the following:
Reminder: If a student delivers his or her own time sheet to HR, it should be in a sealed envelope.
Thanks very much.
– Human Resources
If you haven’t already, please submit your June timesheet to your supervisor by Thursday, July 2 to ensure that you are paid on July 10. Please be sure your name and ID number are printed legibly at the top, and sign it before you give it to your supervisor.  Thanks for taking care of this.
– Human Resources
Serve Day organizers have posted a five-question survey to help them better prepare for the annual day of service and make it the best experience for everyone involved. Please take a few minutes to take the survey by clicking on the hyperlink provided.
Thank you!
All university offices and libraries will be closed on Friday, July 3, for the Independence Day holiday.
The Bruin Den will be closed on Friday, July 3, in celebration of Independence Day.
Please remember that beginning Wednesday, July 1, all purchasing will be done in PeopleSoft. You will no longer be able to put requests into IFAS. If you have questions regarding this process, please contact Karon Bell (Financial Affairs) at ext. 2162
