The Daily Bruin

Welcome back, Students!

If your housing has changed from one side of the campus to another, or off-campus, you will need to change your parking permit.

Please scrape off your old permit with a single-edge razor blade and bring it to the Security office between 7am and 3pm M-F to exchange it for the correct permit for your new housing status.

Likewise, if you changed cars over break, bring in your previous permit in person. We will exchange it for a new one for your new vehicle and update your registration.

If you are bringing a car to campus for the first time, and were previously registered as NO CAR, please enter the pertinent data on the vehicle registration link on Bruindata.

A parking permit will be charged to your account and sent to you via campus mail. You will need to sign for it like a package at the main Post Office by the track once it has been issued.

Please don’t hesitate to call us at ext. 2090 between 7am and 3pm M-F if you have any questions.

If you anticipate having guests coming to visit the Newberg campus, please call (ext. 2090) or e-mail Security Services (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) so we can e-mail you a Visitor Parking Permit template you can customize for your visitors. You can then e-mail it to them in advance, and they can print it out and arrive with it on their car dashboard. You can also attach a campus map so they will know where to park.

By checking with us in advance of your visiting guests, we can then check the daily schedule and advise you on the best place for them to park. This will save them a trip to our office to procure a Visitor Parking Permit, and will help us to better know who is on campus for what event. Call ext. 2090 if you have further questions.

– Security Services

The city of Newberg is planning another Community Emergency Response Team training program. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in taking this series of training classes, beginning in February and ending in April, please plan on attending an introductory one-hour orientation/discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the Newberg Fire Department – Springbrook Station (3100 Middlebrook).

The meeting will introduce the CERT program, confirm that at least 10 students are interested, and decide on what days/evenings the 10-class sessions will be conducted. For more information, contact City of Newberg Emergency Manager Roger Gano at 503-554-7706.

If you have not already done so, please submit your December 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.

If your supervisor is not available to sign it, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed. A reminder for completing time sheets: Do not write any hours on the dates marked holidays unless you worked any of the holidays (Dec. 24, 25, 26, and/or 31).

We will be having community lunches this spring from noon to 1 p.m. on the following dates:

Wed., Jan. 16, in Room 285

Wed., Feb. 13, in Room 155

Wed., March 12, in Room 155

Wed., April 9, in Room 155

Bon Appetit will again be serving lunch for $3 or you can also bring your own. We look forward to seeing you there.

Students who qualify for exemption from the ‘Spiritual Formation Program’ must apply for this exemption each semester.

The Spiritual Formation Exemption Form must be submitted to the Student Life Office within the first two weeks of the semester. Please submit all the documents required at one time.

Please refer to the Student Handbook for more information about the Spiritual Formation program.

Questions can be directed to Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office.

Undergraduate students have until Friday, January 18 to finalize any changes to meal plans.

This deadline coincides with the ‘add/drop’ deadline.

Students will not be allowed to make any changes to their meal plans after this day.

Please go to the Student Life Website for more information about meal plans.

After nine and a half years at George Fox, Belinda Pilcher (President’s Office) will be leaving to accept an office manager position at Riverspirit Wellness Center, an acupuncture and nutritional care facility in Newberg. She joined the university in 1998 as an administrative assistant in the Humanities office and has served as executive assistant to the president since June 2003. Her last day will be Friday, Jan. 4.

Please join Belinda and other colleagues from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in the Stevens Center lobby for a farewell reception.

– Human Resources

With Belinda Pilcher’s upcoming departure, there is an opening for executive assistant II to provide administrative support to President Robin Baker.

The position has been posted on the university’s website. Go to jobs.georgefox.edu and click on the support staff jobs link to see the full position announcement. This position will be open to internal applicants at least through Friday, Jan. 4.

Please contact Human Resources to request a Transfer Request form if you are interested in applying for this position.

IMPORTANT:

If you are a dependent student planning to marry in 2008 and have not yet completed your bachelor’s degree, please make an appointment with your Financial Aid Counselor before you file your FAFSA. She will help you determine when it is best for you to file.

Please be aware that you cannot change your dependency status due to getting married so it is important to take a few minutes in Student Financial Services to be able to make an informed decision.

Following is your Financial Aid Counselor contact information:

Chris Schlarbaum
Last name beginning with A-G
cschlarbaum@georgefox.edu
503-554-2234

Susan Hampton
Last name beginning H-O
shampton@georgefox.edu
503-554-2294

Terri Crawford
Last name beginning with P-Z
tcrawford@georgefox.edu
503-554-2231

With Belinda Pilcher’s upcoming departure, we have an opening for Executive Assistant II to provide administrative support to President Robin Baker.

This position has been posted on our website.  You can go to:  jobs.georgefox.edu and click on the support staff jobs link to see the full position announcement. 

This position will be open to internal applicants at least through Jan. 4.  Please contact Human Resources to request a Transfer Request form if you are interested in applying for this position. 

Ever wonder about racial issues?

Or how to deal with them as a part of God’s kingdom?

On our journey together to build the Kingdom of God, we encounter many challenges in understanding ourselves and our society. SCORR is the Student Congress On Racial Reconciliation to be held at Biola University Feb. 8 – 10, 2008.  

During this enlightening conference, we will be able to dive in to honest discussion with other Christian College students, tacking the race issue, while also having some “unrelated” fun with them as well!

If this interests you, please contact Burel Ford at bford@georgefox.edu for more information.

You can also check out their site for more details: http://studentlife.biola.edu/diversity/scorr/.

Did you know that graduate students can charge books to their student account?

Date restrictions apply so don’t delay! Visit this link to find out when and how.

http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/book_vouchers.html

With Belinda Pilcher’s upcoming departure, we have an opening for Executive Assistant II to provide administrative support to President Robin Baker.
This position has been posted on our website.  You can go to:  jobs.georgefox.edu and click on the support staff jobs link to see the full position announcement.  This position will be open to internal applicants at least through January 4th.  Please contact Human Resources to request a Transfer Request form if you are interested in applying for this position.

All undergraduate students are required to confirm enrollment before classes begin each semester. Returning students can confirm online via the My Data tab in Bruindata starting Jan.2, 2008, through 5 p.m., Jan. 6, 2008. Returning undergraduates who do not complete this process online must do so in person at the Stevens Center from 2-5 p.m., Sunday, January 6.New students will be required to confirm in person on January 6, 2008, as listed on the orientation schedule.Suggested times for in-person confirmation:

A-G: 2-3 p.m.

After nine and a half years at George Fox, Belinda Pilcher (President’s Office) will be leaving to accept an office manager position at Riverspirit Wellness Center, an acupuncture and nutritional care facility in Newberg. She joined the university in 1998 as an administrative assistant in the Humanities office (later Writing/Literature and Communication Arts) and has served as executive assistant to the president since June 2003. Her service to the university is very much appreciated, and she will be missed. Her last day will be Friday, Jan. 4.

Please join Belinda and other colleagues from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in the Stevens Center lobby for a farewell reception.

– Human Resources

Ever wonder about racial issues?

Or how to deal with them as a part of God’s kingdom?

On our journey together to build the Kingdom of God, we encounter many challenges in understanding ourselves and our society. SCORR is the Student Congress On Racial Reconciliation held at Biola University from Feb. 8 to 10.

During this enlightening conference,we will be able to dive in to honest discussion with other Christian College students, tackling the race issue, while also having some “unrelated” fun with them as well!

The cost is $350.

If this interests you, please contact Burel Ford at bford@georgefox.edu by Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008.

Check out studentlife.biola.edu/diversity/scorr/ for more details.

Students,

Please remove all perishable food items from the refrigerator by the second floor student lounge no later than 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21.

All food that is unmarked and perishable will be thrown out at that time.

If you have any questions, please email Janis Sanford, Portland Center Asst. Director/Office Manager at jsanford@georgefox.edu.

If you have any perishable items in the employee kitchen refrigerator or the refrigerators by the student lounge at the Portland Center, please clean them out by Friday, Dec. 21 at 4:30 p.m.
Any perishable food left in the refrigerators at that time will be thrown out.

Also, if your department has items in the freezers, please take the time to mark the food. Any unmarked food will be thrown out as well.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email Janis Sanford, Assistant Director/Office Manager at jsanford@georgefox.edu

Would you like to attend a super Christian conference in balmy Southern California while it rains in Oregon in February?

If so, you can attend the Student Congress On Racial Reconciliation at Biola University on Feb. 8-10 in La Mirada, Calif. The cost will be $325 per person and is worth every dime. You will have a lot of fun, have fellowship with students from other schools as well as those from George Fox, and learn a lot. Please contact Burel Ford by Jan. 11 at 503-554-2318 or bford@georgefox.edu.