The Daily Bruin

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, the construction project currently blocking the north entrance to the Hoover/Wood-Mar parking lot will greatly expand. The university has granted permission for crews to use the Stevens Center parking lot for their pipe installation project.

In addition to the currently blocked entrance to the Hoover/Wood-Mar parking lot, both entrances to the Stevens Center parking lot will be blocked. You are welcome to park in the River Street lot, the Pennington lot, or along the south side of Sheridan Street.

The installation of pipe along Sherman Street should be completed by the end of the day, so the parking lot closure only applies to Tuesday. In addition, Meridian Street will be closed for at least one hour during the day.

We expect the parking lots and entrances to be open again the following day. Thank you for your patience!

Due to the Christmas break holiday, we will have fewer days to process the December payroll. Please have all payroll items (check requests and approvals, contracts, temporary employee timesheets, etc.) turned in to HR by 5 p.m. today (Friday, Dec. 11).

Regular employee timesheets and student timesheets for December can be locked at the end of the month as usual.

The Office for Spiritual Life is looking for several Life Group leaders for our seven-week spring Life Groups series (the weeks of Feb. 22 through April 9).

Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship. Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes. This spring, all groups will meet in either a Zoom or hybrid format. (Hybrid groups will meet primarily via Zoom, but may occasionally meet outdoors as the weather, state and university regulations, and participant comfort permit.)

Throughout the pandemic, Life Groups through SpIL will also be SpIL-credit eligible in order to encourage students to engage in high-quality spiritual formation experiences that are participatory and offer ongoing community.

We welcome our employees, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group. Groups may also be co-led with an upper-classman student if the leader desires.

To sign up as a leader, please fill out this form and our office will follow up with you.

For more information, contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

The Finance office will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Sunday, Jan. 3, for Christmas break. Deposits that need to have a December 2020 date must be brought to our office no later than 10 a.m. on Wednesday Dec. 23. If it arrives later, it will go into a deposit in January 2021.

Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to go to the bank. If you are taking extra time off during the Christmas/New Year holiday, please send your deposits over BEFORE you leave.

If you have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173. Thank you and have a very Merry Christmas!

The Finance office would like to announce the schedule for processing check requests during the shortened Christmas week:

• For check requests received in our office by 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, the check will be ready Wednesday, Dec. 23.
• For check requests received Monday, Dec. 21, through Wednesday, Dec. 23, the check will be ready Jan. 8. 

Questions? Please reach out to accountspayable@georgefox.edu. Thank you!

On Thursday, Dec. 17, a state-required test of the elevator and fire systems in the Stevens Center, EHS, Hoover, Murdock Library, Ross, Bauman, Duke Athletic Center, Gulley and Le Shana halls will take place.

During the elevator test, the elevator will not be operational. During the fire systems test, the lights will strobe and the horns will sound intermittently for a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of an hour and a half. During the testing, the buildings will need to be empty, as the fire safety system will be offline.

If you plan to be inside these buildings that day and wish to be notified when the testing will begin, please contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu with your phone number and email and we can contact you.

Unfortunately, we will only be able to provide a 15-minute advanced notice before you will need to vacate the buildings. Thank you for your patience as we conduct these vital tests.

On Thursday, Dec. 17, a state-required test of the elevator and fire systems in the Stevens Center, EHS, Hoover, Murdock Library, Ross, Bauman and Duke Athletic Center will take place.

During the elevator test, the elevator will not be operational. During the fire systems test, the lights will strobe and the horns will sound intermittently for a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of an hour and a half. During the testing, the buildings will need to be empty, as the fire safety system will be offline.

If you plan to be inside these buildings that day and wish to be notified when the testing will begin, please contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu with your phone number and email and we can contact you.

Unfortunately, we will only be able to provide a 15-minute advanced notice before you will need to vacate the buildings. Thank you for your patience as we conduct these vital tests.

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, a state-required test of the elevator and fire systems in the Hadlock Student Center, Brandt Hall and Newlin Hall will take place.

During the elevator test, the elevator will not be operational. During the fire systems test, the lights will strobe and the horns will sound intermittently for a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of an hour and a half. During the testing, the buildings will need to be empty, as the fire safety system will be offline.

If you plan to be inside the buildings that day and wish to be notified when the testing will begin, please contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu with your phone number and email and we can contact you.

Unfortunately, we will only be able to provide a 15-minute advanced notice before you will need to vacate the buildings. Thank you for your patience as we conduct these vital tests.

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, a state-required test of the elevator and fire systems in the Hadlock Student Center will take place.

During the elevator test, the elevator will not be operational. During the fire systems test, the lights will strobe and the horns will sound intermittently for a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of an hour and a half. During the testing, the building will need to be empty, as the fire safety system will be offline.

If you plan to be inside the building that day and wish to be notified when the testing will begin, please contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu with your phone number and email, and we can contact you.

Unfortunately, we will only be able to provide a 15-minute advanced notice before you will need to vacate the building. Thank you for your patience as we conduct these vital tests.

Due to the Christmas break holiday, we will have fewer days to process the December payroll. Please have all payroll items (check requests and approvals, contracts, temporary employee timesheets, etc.) turned in to HR by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11.

Regular employee timesheets and student timesheets for December can be locked at the end of the month as usual.

Questions? Contact Beth Hampton at bhampton@georgefox.edu.

The city of Newberg is continuing its work on the drain lines in Newberg. Tomorrow (Thursday), they will be closing a portion of Meridian Street for approximately three to five hours, starting in the morning. Please be advised.

Thank you! 

Resident Assistant (RA) and Assistant Area Coordinator (AAC) applications will be available and open to undergraduate students on Monday, Jan. 4, online. For the application and more resources and information, visit this link.

Hope to see you apply in January! Questions? Contact Residence Life (reslife@georgefox.edu).

Interested in applying for an assistant area coordinator role for next school year? All current or past RAs who are interested in applying are invited to join a Zoom meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

You will get the chance to listen to current AACs share about their experiences being AACs and answer questions, with the hope they can help you decide if you want to apply. We would love to see you there! 

If interested, click here to register. Questions? Contact Kristina Van Der Eems at kvandereems@georgefox.edu.

The November 30-day Challenge is over! Thank you everyone who participated. We hope it boosted your energy and helped you feel better. If that’s the case, you are a winner!

We also drew three prizes today, and the lucky winners are Rusty St Cyr, Linda Samek and Donna Kestek. Congratulations! Please stop by HR to pick up your prizes.

We encourage everyone to do something healthy two to three times a week regularly. It can be something as easy as taking a longer dog walk or soaking in a bathtub. We also know that sometimes it is hard to come up with new ideas or get started, so we are sharing what worked for our November Challenge participants with you.

Be well and stay hydrated!

– HR

Time to knock out your “last-minute gift” list! Today (Wednesday) and online only, get 30% off T-shirts, sweatshirts and hats from the Bruin Store. Visit our website for details. 

If you’re local, you are always welcome to pick up your order in the store (please specify at checkout)! We will be here from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and open by appointment only.

Once you receive notification that your order is ready to be picked up, call the store at 503-554-2540 and schedule a time to come in. 

The financial aid office is looking to hire two student interns for the upcoming spring 2021 term. Are you a highly organized individual with an attention to detail and accuracy, good interpersonal and communication skills, and an ability to work well with a team? These internships may be great opportunities for you! 

Please check out our job postings and apply for our financial aid counselor intern and our Scholarship Resource Center intern positions.

These applications could close at any time, with a final date of Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, so apply now! 

Lorretta Krautscheid (Nursing) published “Enhancing access for student nurse athletes: Office hours on the road” in Nursing Education Perspectives. The article describes integration of technology, learning theory and multimedia resources, permitting faculty and student athletes to collaborate across distance.  

Paul Otto (History) was interviewed in November by Chance Kelly for his podcast Island. The episode explores the history of New Netherland, 1615-1620, and highlights the role of Hendrick Christiansen. Paul shared his expertise on the Munsees, the fur trade, and wampum.

Ed Higgins (English Faculty Emeritus/Writer in Residence) published his poems â€œSometimes” and “reality” in the Nov. 25 issue of the online literary magazine The Confessionalist. 

Cherice Bock (Seminary) published the following book chapters in fall 2020: “Quaker Spirituality” in Protestant Spiritual Traditions, Vol. 2 (Wipf & Stock) and “Quaker Pneumatology” in T&T Clark Handbook of Pneumatology (editors Daniel Castelo and Kenneth M. Loyer).

As of Dec. 1, Curt Stilp has been appointed as program director of the physician assistant program. Former director Greg Davenport will remain with the program as a part-time strategic development consultant through Feb. 28.

Isaac Macdonald (IT) and Hannah Butler (Event Services) are no longer with George Fox University. 

The Staff Development Committee would like to invite all employees to a mini virtual Fall Staff Conference tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. We will spend an hour of restorative time to take a deep breath from a long, stressful semester and give thanks to our God who has brought us through it. 

During this time, we’ll hear from:

• Celeste Jones, PsyD, associate professor/director of clinical training in our Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, who will share on stress management in a talk titled, “Psychologist’s Tips for Surviving and Thriving with Record-Breaking Stress Levels”
• Jamie Johnson, associate university pastor, who will share a devotional

This event is open to all employess! To access the Zoom link for your calendar, please complete this RSVP form and the link will be provided in the confirmation message.

Questions? Contact the Staff Development Committee at sdc@georgefox.edu.