The Office of Student Accounts and the Office of Financial Aid will be open tomorrow (Saturday), both from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please come early so we can help you take care of your financial aid and payment needs for the fall.
Starting Monday, Aug. 24, the Portland Center will be open to all students enrolled in programs based out of the Portland Center, regardless of fall 2020 course format. However, as a COVID-19 precaution, the outside doors will only be accessible via your George Fox ID card.
This will allow students to access the resources of the Library Commons, including study rooms, WiFi, printing, public computers, and printing. The Portland Writing Center is open but fully online this fall.
Portland Student Hours:
Hours are based on Portland Center staff availability and are subject to change.
While all commuters and graduate students were automatically charged for a parking permit through Student Accounts, all student drivers still need to register to receive their parking permits. This isn’t done automatically because we don’t know which vehicle you might be bringing to campus.
After you have registered your vehicle through MyGeorgeFox, please print out the temporary permit from the link in your confirmation email and place that on your dashboard. This will serve as your permit until your permit sticker arrives in the mail in the next three weeks. If your permit does not arrive after three weeks, please contact our office.
A parking brochure will arrive with your permit, but until then, be sure to check the Campus Public Safety webpage to learn where you can park. There have been some parking changes. The 99W lot is no longer available for commuters, however there is additional commuter parking in the Bauman parking lot.
Parking facing the wrong way or blocking driveways and mailboxes can result in hefty fines from the police department. Please be courteous as you park.
Additionally, Campus Public Safety is not responsible for parking information you receive from anyone but us. Drivers are responsible for knowing the George Fox parking policies and adhering to them.
Questions? Contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.
This is a reminder that Mail Services will be open tomorrow (Saturday) for early-package pick-up. We will be open between 1 and 4 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.
The Portland Writing Center is seeking a new writing consultant who is enthusiastic about helping fellow graduate and degree completion students understand the components of effective writing.
Portland Writing Center consultants are current adult degree-completion and graduate students who work four to eight hours per week meeting with students on Zoom or email sessions through the Portland Writing Center.
Writing consultant duties include helping students with the following:
Click here for a Consultant Job Description, and click here for a Consultant Application. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
For more information, contact Jennie Harrop, Portland Writing Center director, at 503-554-6024 or jharrop@georgefox.edu.
Are you a new student employee? Stop by Human Resources in the Margaret Lemmons House tomorrow (Friday) to complete all required paperwork needed to start your student job, and grab some Kona shaved ice (from 11 a.m. until supplies last).
Please complete the new hire documents and bring them with supporting documents to complete your I-9 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21.
Questions? Contact Kara Holcombe (kholcombe@georgefox.edu).
In May 2020, the U.S. Department of Education released new regulations governing campus sexual assault under Title IX, the law prohibiting sex discrimination at federally funded institutions. You can find these updates on our Title IX website.
These changes have been reflected in the course that we offer through EverFi: Sexual Assault Prevention for:
Implemented in 2013, the Campus Save Act requires colleges and universities to provide primary prevention and awareness programs regarding sexual misconduct and related offenses to their campus community.
This year, all students will be required to complete this new course. You should be sent an invitation email from the student life office with all the information you need. Please read the welcome letter carefully so that you understand what is expected of you, and if you have any concerns, what your options are.
If you don’t see it in your in-box, please check your spam folder. If you do NOT receive an email by Aug. 31, 2020, please email Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jere.
With the start of a new academic year, here are some refund tips to be aware of …
Refund Tip #1: Have you granted “Financial Aid Permission?â€
If you have not completed a “Financial Aid T4 Permission Form,†please understand that federal funds cannot pay course fees and fines without your permission. This may result in an unpaid charge and a credit balance at the same time. When that happens, we have to audit the account to be sure the refund is valid. That takes time and slows down refunds significantly.
To grant “permission,†please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile or follow the steps at this link. The federal rule is that you complete this before your financial aid disburses. If your loans have already disbursed for the semester, you will need to complete two steps:
Refund Tip #2: Session Start Dates Impact Refund Timing
If your first session this fall begins after Aug. 24, your aid disbursement will be delayed until at least 10 days prior to session start, resulting in a refund delay. Please do everything else you can to help us expedite your refunds (Click link and scroll down to “Refunds.â€)
Refund Tip #3: Participation in Student Account Direct Deposit is now Mandatory!
If you have not signed up for Student Account Direct Deposit (DD), you must do so immediately. (Employment and Student Accounts DD enrollments are two entirely separate processes.) Please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile to complete this requirement. Failure to do so this week will result in refund delays.
Contact studentaccounts@georgefox.edu with any questions.
With the academic year fast approaching, the Office of Student Accounts has a couple of refund tips …
Refund Tip #1: Have you granted “Financial Aid Permission?â€
If you have not completed a “Financial Aid T4 Permission Form,†please understand that federal funds cannot pay course fees and fines without your permission. This may result in an unpaid charge and a credit balance at the same time. When that happens, we have to audit the account to be sure the refund is valid. That takes time and slows down refunds significantly.
To grant “permission,†please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile or follow the steps at this link. The federal rule is that you complete this before your financial aid disburses. If your loans have already disbursed for the semester, you will need to complete two steps:
Refund Tip #2: Participation in Student Account Direct Deposit is now Mandatory!
If you have not signed up for Student Account Direct Deposit (DD), you must do so immediately. (Employment and Student Accounts DD enrollments are two entirely separate processes.) Please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile to complete this requirement. Failure to do so this week will result in refund delays.
Contact our office at studentaccounts@georgefox.edu with any questions.
The Bruin Community Pantry’s food bank is in need of volunteers for the fall semester. If you are interested in serving, please email Jere Witherspoon at bruincommunitypantry@georgefox
As we prepare for a new semester, the Office for Spiritual Life is looking forward to a great semester in chapel. Some highlights include:
If you have questions or want to get involved, contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Join us across campus at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, for Fall Academic Convocation Chapel. This first chapel of the year will be live-streamed across campus and available at this link.
President Robin Baker will introduce the new provost, Andrea Scott, welcome students to campus, and deliver the community charge with ASC president Meredith Green. Start the year off blessed as we worship and welcome students back to campus!
With the start of a new academic year, here are some refund tips to be aware of …
Refund Tip #1: Have you granted “Financial Aid Permission?â€
If you have not completed a “Financial Aid T4 Permission Form,†please understand that federal funds cannot pay course fees and fines without your permission. This may result in an unpaid charge and a credit balance at the same time. When that happens, we have to audit the account to be sure the refund is valid. That takes time and slows down refunds significantly.
To grant “permission,†please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile or follow the steps at this link. The federal rule is that you complete this before your financial aid disburses. If your loans have already disbursed for the semester, you will need to complete two steps:
Refund Tip #2: Session Start Dates Impact Refund Timing
If your first session this fall begins after Aug. 24, your aid disbursement will be delayed until at least 10 days prior to session start, resulting in a refund delay. Please do everything else you can to help us expedite your refunds (Click link and scroll down to “Refunds.â€)
Refund Tip #3: Participation in Student Account Direct Deposit is now Mandatory!
If you have not signed up for Student Account Direct Deposit (DD), you must do so immediately. (Employment and Student Accounts DD enrollments are two entirely separate processes.) Please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile to complete this requirement. Failure to do so this week will result in refund delays.
Contact studentaccounts@georgefox.edu with any questions.
With the academic year fast approaching, the Office of Student Accounts has a couple of refund tips …
Refund Tip #1: Have you granted “Financial Aid Permission?â€
If you have not completed a “Financial Aid T4 Permission Form,†please understand that federal funds cannot pay course fees and fines without your permission. This may result in an unpaid charge and a credit balance at the same time. When that happens, we have to audit the account to be sure the refund is valid. That takes time and slows down refunds significantly.
To grant “permission,†please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile or follow the steps at this link. The federal rule is that you complete this before your financial aid disburses. If your loans have already disbursed for the semester, you will need to complete two steps:
Refund Tip #2: Participation in Student Account Direct Deposit is now Mandatory!
If you have not signed up for Student Account Direct Deposit (DD), you must do so immediately. (Employment and Student Accounts DD enrollments are two entirely separate processes.) Please sign into My.GeorgeFox.edu and go to your task tile to complete this requirement. Failure to do so this week will result in refund delays.
Contact our office at studentaccounts@georgefox.edu with any questions.
Students who find that they left their face covering at home as they were heading to class can get a disposable face covering at the following locations:
Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu) with any questions.
It is time for another Wellness Wednesday!
We hope you like our George Fox masks. If you still have not received it, please stop by HR. Below is some helpful information on how to take good care of your reusable masks.
Masks should be washed after each use. It is important to always remove masks correctly and wash your hands after handling or touching a used mask.
Washing machine
You can include your mask with your regular laundry. Use regular laundry detergent and the warmest appropriate water setting for the cloth used to make the mask.
Washing by hand
Dryer
Use the highest heat setting and leave in the dryer until completely dry.
Air dry
Lay flat and allow to completely dry. If possible, place the mask in direct sunlight.
Welcome Weekend is almost here! In order for our hundreds of new students to have a seamless move-in experience, we need extra cooperation from the staff, faculty and students already here on Thursday evening, Aug. 20, and Friday, Aug. 21.
Staff and faculty: Please plan to park along the street, in the front lot of Roberts, the Stevens lot or Hoover lot on Friday.
The Bauman and Le Shana parking lots will be barricaded on Thursday in preparation for COVID screenings, so please park nearest to Stoffer Stadium if you need to park in the Bauman lot.
Questions? Please contact Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 and view the parking brochure on the CPS website for lot locations. Thank you in advance for your cooperation to help make move-in day the best day ever for our new students!
Marketing communications will be placing a business card order on Friday, Sept. 4. If you or someone in your department is in need of business cards, please place your order by that date.
Visit Marcom’s webpage for instructions on how to order. Email questions to Jamison Loop (jloop@georgefox.edu).
Marketing communications has designed some custom George Fox playing cards for students to enjoy this year, and they turned out good enough that we’d like to share them with the whole community!
If you’d like to order any for yourself or your department, simply fill out this Google form. The price per deck will depend on order volume, but they should be $8 each at the most, possibly less.
Email questions to Jamison Loop (jloop@georgefox.edu).
The Graduate School of Counseling welcomes Laurie Bloomquist as an assistant professor of counseling this fall. She has run her own business, Living Hope Counseling, for eight years, and for the past 10 years has taught at Western Seminary in Portland as an assistant professor of counseling (2016-20), an instructor of counseling (2015-16), and an adjunct professor of counseling (2010-15). She also has extensive experience in clinical settings, serving at a number of Portland-area counseling centers over the past decade. Laurie also worked as a child and family therapist for Trillium Family Services (2009-12) and as a group facilitator for The Dougy Center for Grieving Children (2009-12). She holds a PhD in counseling from Oregon State University (2016), a master’s degree in counseling from Western Seminary (2009), and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from The College of Idaho (2004). She lives in Portland and attends Bread and Wine Church.
After spending the past three years working at Portland Seminary on an adjunct basis, Kurtley Knight joins the university full time this fall as an assistant professor of spiritual formation. In addition to serving as a faculty advisor and adjunct professor of missional leadership at George Fox since 2017, he has spent the past year working as a senior teaching fellow at the Renovaré Institute in Denver. Ordained as a transitional deacon in the Anglican Church of North America in 2019, Kurtley has also served as the lead pastor and church planter at Epiphany Church in Dallas (2016-18), the church planter in residence at Irving Bible Church in Irving, Texas (2015-16), as lead pastor at Hillcrest Church in Pittsburgh (2010-14), and as a Bible teacher at San Gabriel Academy in San Gabriel, California (2009-10). He began his ministry as a youth and young adult pastor at the Miramonte Blvd Church in Los Angeles (2005-06). He earned a doctor of ministry in leadership and spiritual formation from Portland Seminary (2016) and holds a master of divinity from Andrews Theological Seminary in Berrien Springs, Michigan (2009), as well as a bachelor’s degree in ministerial theology from Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama (2005). A recent transplant from Dallas, he lives in Beaverton with his wife Ivah and attends Church of the Vine, an Anglican parish in Newberg.
The Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology welcomes Aundrea Paxton this fall to work as an assistant professor of clinical psychology. For the past two years she worked as a staff psychologist and adjunct professor at Biola University, where she supervised first practicum and advanced practicum students in the university’s counseling center. Previously, she was a registered psychologist at The Guidance Center in Long Beach, California, providing individual and family therapy to children, adolescents and their family members (2016-17). She also worked at the same facility as a pre-doctoral intern (2015-16). Aundrea earned a doctor of psychology degree (2016) and a master’s degree in clinical psychology (2012), both from the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from George Washington University (2008). She lives in Tigard with her husband, Kerry, and 1-year-old daughter, Tiffany. The family is in search of a church home in the area.
Kari Velez joins the School of Nursing this fall as an assistant professor of nursing. She has worked since January as an adjunct clinical faculty member in the department and, for the past six years, has worked as a staff nurse for Salem Health in Salem. Prior to her move to Oregon, Kari was an intensive care staff nurse at Kosciusko Community Hospital (2010-14) and a rounding nurse with Northern Lakes Medical Associates (2007-10), both in Warsaw, Indiana. She holds a masters of science in nursing from Grand Canyon University (2019) and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana (2007). Kari also studied biology for two years at George Fox (2003-05). She lives in Salem with her children, Aurora (10) and Oliver (8), and attends Salem Alliance Church.
Alumnus Mike Vogel joins the Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology this fall as an assistant professor of clinical psychology. For the past year, he has worked as an assistant professor of counseling education in the School of Professional and Graduate Studies at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. He’s also served as coordinator for the university’s community counseling and play therapy centers during that time. Previously, he was an assistant professor of psychology (2018-19), an adjunct faculty member (2018) and a lecturer (2017) at MidAmerica Nazarene. Mike also gained teaching experience as an adjunct faculty member at Kansas Wesleyan University (2017) and at Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, Kansas (2016-17). This marks a return to Newberg for Mike, who earned a doctorate (2013) and master’s degree (2010) in psychology from George Fox. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Alaska Anchorage and is currently completing the doctor of ministry program at Sioux Falls Seminary, with an expected completion this fall. Mike lives in Newberg with Bridget and their two sons, Maddox and Ethan.
Brent Weaver (Music), Min Choi (Residence Life), Josh Sauerwein (Business), Mark McMinn (PsyD) and Rob Simpson (Student Life) are no longer with George Fox University.
