The university will host its annual ice cream social from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center. All employees, including student employees, are welcome to attend. Supervisors, please be sure your student employees know they are invited to take part.
George Fox is teaming up with the Newberg community to organize a SOLV-sponsored work day in Hess Creek Canyon on Saturday, May 17. Work crews will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and assignments will include digging two fish swales, removing ivy (no poison oak is present), creating a link between trails, and spreading gravel.
Participants will meet in the Wheeler/Le Shana parking lot, where they will be assigned to a work team. The Newberg Rotary is providing about 100 volunteers, and Clyde Thomas (Plant Services) is seeking university volunteers who would be willing to join them.
Also, there is a need for about 10 individuals to be team leaders. It would involve a half-hour of orientation prior to May 17, either individually or as a group.
For more information, contact Clyde at ext. 2013 or cthomas@georgefox.edu.
The university’s Salem site will host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at its new location in the Capitol City Business Center, 4600 25th Ave. N.E., Suite 150. The center is located in the former State Farm Insurance building in Salem. Refreshments will be served following a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a few words from administrators.
The site offers a Master of Arts in Teaching degree, an MAT Plus ESOL endorsement, and an MAT Plus Reading endorsement. Also offered are EDFL administrative licensure courses, doctorate of education courses, and master of education courses.
In addition, the site features the masters in counseling program, most courses for the masters in marriage and family therapy program, and some courses for the masters in school counseling degree.
Finally, School of Professional Studies programs offered in Salem are bachelor’s degrees in management and organizational leadership and social and behavioral studies.
The Portland Center Staff Development Committee invites all Portland Center employees to kick start summer at the annual ice cream social.
A complimentary make your own sundae bar will be provided on Tuesday, May 13 at 2 p.m. in PDS 160.
FoxTALE will undergo maintenance and therefore be unavailable from 6 to 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13.
The university is hosting its Bruin Basketball Academy for girls and boys from the second through ninth grades in June. The girls meet in Miller Gymnasium June 16-19 and the boys June 23-26, with camps scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day.
Call Scott Rueck (ext. 2920) or Mark Sundquist (ext. 2918) for a registration form, or visit the George Fox athletics page. The cost is $90 (family rate is $80 for multiple campers from same family). Fee includes a basketball, a T-shirt, and 16 hours of instruction.
President Robin Baker will present strategic planning information and present employee awards at the Portland Center from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 8, in Room 155A. Refreshments will follow.
President Robin and Ruth Baker invite you to attend the annual presentation of employee awards:
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Place: Wood-Mar Auditorium
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
An employee reception will follow from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS.
The university is expecting approximately 30 new international students this fall. We are looking for about 15 families who would be willing to host up to two international students in their home the nights of Aug. 24-27.
Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 9 a.m. and pick up students at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to help defray some of the costs.
If you are interested in serving as a host family, please contact Dianna McIntyre or Alex Pia. If you know of others who might be interested, let us know so we may contact them.
Thank you for your willingness to consider this opportunity.
Dianna McIntyre
503-554-2649
dmcintyr@georgefox.edu
Alex Pia
503-554-2643
apia@georgefox.edu
Thursday, May 8, will be the final day that Phase II will be open. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Lyda House. The balance will be distributed to charity. Thank you for helping to keep it neat and orderly for others.
– Plant Services
Have you seen a bound volume (2001-2004) of the university’s Life magazine issues? If so, please return it to the Office of Marketing and Communications, as it is part of the department’s library of past publications. Contact Tamara Cissna at ext. 2126 or at tcissna@georgefox.edu.
With the postage rate set to increase on May 12, the United States Postal Service is offering a unique option: the opportunity to purchase Forever Stamps. According to the USPS website, “The Forever Stamp, as the name suggests, can be used to mail a one-ounce First-Class Mail letter at any time in the future without additional postage, regardless of when the stamps are purchased or used and no matter how prices may change. Customers who buy Forever Stamps now at the current First-Class Mail stamp price of 41 cents will save a penny when the price of stamps – including the Forever Stamp – increases to 42 cents on May 12.”
If you wish to take advantage of the Forever Stamps, University Mail Services has them for sale in books of 20 for $8.20 through Friday, May 9. Starting Monday, May 12, the cost of the Forever Stamp will be $8.40 for a book of 20 stamps. Questions? Call ext. 2555.
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, and to honor the occasion the University Store is hosting a sale May 6-9. Save 20 percent on all George Fox “Mom” sweatshirts, “Mom” mugs, and “Mom” hats, as well as all earrings, bracelets, cross necklaces, and hair pieces. Also, save 30 percent on all World of Good items and Zulugrass necklaces. Bookstore summer hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Financial Aid Award and Payment Selection Form (PSF) notifications for returning students have begun to go out but they are getting a face lift for 2008-2009.
If you are a returning student who has filed your FAFSA, once you have been awarded you will receive a postcard instructing you to go to Bruindata to view and accept/decline your financial aid awards.
The same post card tells you that it is time to complete your Payment Selection Form (PSF).
Traditional Undergraduates: Once you accept/decline aid awards, you are ready to complete your mandatory annual Payment Selection Form (PSF), also accessed through Bruindata or at this link http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/forms.html.
Graduate and School of Professional Studies Undergraduate Students: Your Payment Selection Form is completed once per academic career, unless you decide to change your payment method.
Questions? Email Student Financial Services at sfs@georgefox.edu.
Did you know that graduate students can charge books to their student account? Thursday, May 8 is the cut-off for charging summer books, however some exceptions apply.
Visit this link to find out more information:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/book_vouchers.html
Contact Jenny Getsinger at jgetsinger@georgefox.edu for more information.
All employees are invited to attend the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast this Saturday, May 10 at 8 a.m. in Klages Dining Room.
If you are interested in attending please contact Lon Fendall at ext. 2685 or by email at lfendall@georgefox.edu
All are welcome to attend a TESOL Virtual Seminar in Key Issues on English Language Teaching entitled “Grammaring,” presented by Diane Larsen-Freeman this Wednesday, May 7 from 7 to 8:30 a.m. in Hoover 102 at the Newberg campus.
Teaching grammar often means giving students grammar rules and then having students practice the rules in drills and exercises. Students do learn about grammar this way, but they don’t necessarily learn to use it for their own communicative purposes. Grammaring is a dynamic process. It is what enables language students to use grammar structures accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately. In this Virtual Seminar, we will learn about grammaring, how it is learned, and how to teach it.
Presenter
Diane Larsen-Freeman is Professor of Education, Professor of Linguistics, and Research Scientist at the English Language Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She is also a Distinguished Senior Faculty Fellow at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. She is a respected author in the field of English language teaching.
Contact: Martha Iancu
Athletics has several 8.5 X 11 and 11 X 14 certificate frames (with glass) that they are willing to give to anyone who needs them. Contact Patty Findley (Athletics) at ext. 2910 or at pfindley@georgefox.edu for more information.
Employee e-mail will be down for maintenance from 6 to 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6.
President Robin and Ruth Baker invite you to attend the annual presentation of employee awards:
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Place: Wood-Mar Auditorium
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
An employee reception will follow from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS.
For employees at the Portland Center, Robin Baker will present the strategic planning and
employee awards on Thursday, May 8, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 155A. Refreshments will follow.
