The Daily Bruin

Students will be arriving soon, and our first group of new incoming students will be our football players on Wednesday, Aug. 14.

These players work hard helping other students move into housing, and we want to show them some love and appreciation by offering this same service when they arrive.

We are looking for volunteers to be at the Stevens Center by 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 14 to help move football players into their living areas. There are approximately 40 new players arriving that day. We will be finished by 10 a.m. at the latest.

If you can help, please contact Megan Fisher at ext. 2112 or mfisher@georgefox.edu.

These are the last few days to visit the museum exhibit in the Stevens Center on international students and the English Language Institute. There will be a new exhibit next week on our Quaker heritage in the early years of the college.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu or museum@georgefox.edu). 

As we approach the new academic year, all guests of the Hadlock Student Center must resign the waiver for the 2019-20 academic year.

Please take a few moments to complete the waiver, which can be found on our homepage or by logging to your MyGeorgeFox (formerly MyGFU) account to take care of this. 

Questions? Contact Rob Simpson at simpsonr@georgefox.edu.

Come audition for George Fox theatre’s fall musical comedy, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, by Freedman and Lutvak.

Here is the info …

• General Auditions: Thursday, Aug. 29 (fully rehearse and memorize a 90-second comic monologue and one minute of a Broadway song of your choice (bring sheet music to the audition). Sign up for a five-minute audition slot on the theatre call board in the Lemmons Center. All auditions will take place between 7 and 10 p.m.
• Callbacks: Friday, Aug. 30 (7-10 p.m.) and Saturday, Aug. 31 (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). Callbacks will feature cold readings from the script, dance auditions and vocal work.
• Rehearsals: Monday through Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. and four hours on Saturday. However, we will work around your schedule conflicts. Rehearsals start on Monday, Sept. 2, at 7 p.m.
• Show Dates: Oct. 17-19 & 24-26 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 20 and 27 at 2 p.m.
• Need Help or Have Questions? Contact Rhett Luedtke (director) at rluedtke@georgefox.edu.

We are looking for George Fox-approved driver(s) to pick up first-year incoming international students at the Portland International Airport on Friday, Aug. 16, and Saturday, Aug. 17.

These pick-ups are clustered to scheduled times between 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. only. Pay is offered. If you would like more information, please contact Rebecca Hernandez at rhernandez@georgefox.edu or at ext. 2147.  

Freshmen who have been approved to register for a parking permit should be receiving letters via email with instructions about registering vehicles. Be sure to have your DMV registration slip in front of you, as you will need some of that information in order to register.

While registering, if the parking location you were assigned isn’t available in the drop-down menu, please call Elrike Shaw at 503-554-2090. Please DO NOT purchase a commuter permit instead.

We are eager to help you and will do our best to solve any issues you might be experiencing. Thank you for your cooperation. 

The MyGeorgeFox (https://my.georgefox.edu) upgrade over the weekend was successful. Please log in and check out the new look!

Old web browser bookmarks that point to MyGFU should be updated to reflect the new website address. Please contact the Service Desk (servicedesk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2569) with any questions.

Please take a moment to share the gift of words with our employees who are celebrating a “years of service” milestone. Feel free to thank them or share a favorite memory by adding a comment under their name on this form.

We’ll share your gift of words on cards, and present them at the all-community meeting on Monday, Aug. 19.

Please reach out to Kara Holcombe (kholcombe@georgefox.edu or ext. 2189) if you have any questions regarding the honorees.

As we approach the new academic year, all guests of the Hadlock Student Center must resign the waiver for the 2019-20 academic year.

Please take a few moments to complete the waiver, which can be found on our homepage or by logging to your MyGeorgeFox (formerly MyGFU) account to take care of this. 

Questions? Contact Rob Simpson at simpsonr@georgefox.edu.

Freshmen who have been approved to register for a parking permit should be receiving letters via email with instructions about registering vehicles. Be sure to have your DMV registration slip in front of you, as you will need some of that information in order to register.

While registering, if the parking location you were assigned isn’t available in the drop-down menu, please call Elrike Shaw at 503-554-2090. Please DO NOT purchase a commuter permit instead.

We are eager to help you and will do our best to solve any issues you might be experiencing. Thank you for your cooperation. 

IT is excited to announce a new single sign-on (SSO) process for George Fox systems.

We will replace our current SSO provider on Wednesday, Aug. 7, which will affect a few George Fox services, and on Aug. 16 Gmail and FoxTALE will also be included in this change.

This new process will allow you to use more apps by only logging into a system once. 

In following up from the all-employee meeting on July 25, we want to remind you that George Fox is changing its single sign-on process on Wednesday, Aug. 7.

All current systems using single sign-on (ie. Library services, StarRez, Handshake, Slate, etc) will be directed to a new login page. On Aug. 16, we will also add Gmail and FoxTALE.

As we approach the new academic year, all guests of the Hadlock Student Center must resign the waiver for the 2019-20 academic year.

Please take a few moments to complete the waiver, which can be found on our homepage or by logging to your MyGeorgeFox (formerly MyGFU) account to take care of this. 

Questions? Contact Rob Simpson at simpsonr@georgefox.edu.

As you may have heard, MyGFU is becoming MyGeorgeFox this Saturday, Aug. 3. The change also includes an upgrade to a new responsive and mobile-friendly user experience.

The system will be unavailable beginning Friday at 6 p.m. continuing through Saturday, Aug. 3. The new MyGeorgeFox URL will be https://my.georgefox.edu.

Please contact the Service Desk (servicedesk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2569) with any questions.

We are thrilled to welcome more than 120 prospective students and their families to campus for Summer Visit Day tomorrow (Friday). For many of these visitors, it will be their first time setting foot on campus. We are so thankful for your involvement in making this a memorable experience for our guests.

As a courtesy, please avoid parking in the Hoover and Stevens lots so our guests can arrive on campus with ease. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kelly Friesen at ext. 2248.

Are you looking for a place to develop your musicianship as a singer, find community, and fulfill your fine arts requirement? Join choir! Click on this link for more information.

To sign up for an audition, click here.

The Bruin Den will be closed next week, Aug. 5-9, for routine maintenance and preparation for the upcoming school year. Thank you for your patronage and we’ll see you the following week!

A training session for Cascade Server, the system used to edit the university website, will be offered on Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 2 to 4 p.m.

This basic-level session is tailored for editors who have either not edited the website before or need a refresher on using the software. The session will be held in Stevens 307. Sign up using this form.

Questions? Contact Peter Crackenberg at pcrackenberg@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2138.

The Hadlock Student Center is hosting our final “River Night” of the summer tonight (Wednesday) from 4 to 7 p.m. Bring a picnic dinner and come join us at Rogers Landing. We will have kayaks, paddle boards, and lawn games ready for you and the family.

The cost is $3 per person or $6 per family. Please contact Rob Simpson at simpsonr@georgefox.edu with any questions. 

There have been some personnel changes in Finance we wanted you to be aware of …

• Melodee Powers has added the duties of accounts payable supervisor to her current position of director of university budgets.
• Patrick Culligan has joined Finance as an accounts payable specialist, along with Michelle Conrad. Patrick replaced Belinda Creighton, who has joined Human Resources.
• Continue to use AccountsPayable@georgefox.edu for any Accounts Payable questions or concerns.
• We also have a new email address for Vena reporting and any other questions not relating to Accounts Payable: Finance@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!