The Daily Bruin

Please note the modified hours for the Hadlock Student Center during Welcome Weekend. 

• Thursday, Aug. 22: Closed all day for staff training
• Friday, Aug. 23: Noon to 10 p.m.
• Saturday, Aug. 24: Noon to 10 p.m. 

The facility will resume normal hours of operation on Sunday, Aug. 25.

The climbing wall will be closed from Thursday, Aug. 22, through Sunday, Aug. 25, while we are training our staff and setting new routes for the year.

Questions? Email studentcenter@georgefox.edu.

Due to the high volume of calls received by the Office of Student Accounts, we urge you when you call to please leave a message so we can return calls in the order they are received.

Having the Student ID in your message and stating the reason for your call will expedite the return call. The fastest response will be to email at studentaccounts@georgefox.edu.

Thank you so much for your help!

It’s that time again! Welcome Weekend is our chance to welcome each and every new student as they step onto campus.

With such a large incoming class, we need all hands on deck as we each do our part to make students and their guests experience the Be Known promise. And who better to do that than our own faculty and staff? Please complete this form if you would like to join our team to volunteer, and we will contact you with further instructions.

Questions? Contact Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu.

We are looking forward to another great Serve Day (Wednesday, Sept. 11) this year! In an effort to underscore our missional convictions around Serve Day, we are implementing some changes in the schedule this year. Here is what to expect for Serve Day 2019:

• Lunch lines are open from 8 to 9:10 a.m. in the quad.*
• The Kickoff Celebration will begin at 9:15 a.m. in the quad.
• A Church & Activities Fair will take place from 3 to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman/Ross parking lot.
• Serve Day chapel will be at 4:15 p.m. in Stoffer Family Stadium.
• The Church & Activities Fair will continue after chapel from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. in the Bauman/Ross parking lot.
  
  *Breakfast and dinner is on your own. Lunch is free for students, team leaders and the Serve Day Committee; employees may purchase lunch at the Bruin Den (open from 8 to 10 a.m., offering the same lunch option as students, as well as other lunch and beverage options).

The Serve Day team has sent serve site placement and information to all employees. If you did not get an email from Serve Day and you are FTE .5 and above, please fill out this form as soon as you are able.

If you have any questions, please contact the Serve Day team at ext. 2326 or serveday@georgefox.edu. More information can be found on the Serve Day website. 

Are you curious to see what’s inside our newest dorm? Join us for an informal open house of Newlin Hall following the all-community meeting this Monday, Aug. 19, from 3 to 5 p.m. 

There is a new museum exhibit in the Stevens Center called “Remembering our Quaker Heritage, 1891-1921.” It focuses on the role of women and also peacemaking in the early years of the college.

If you have any questions about the exhibit or would like to see anything in the museum collection, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu) or email museum@georgefox.edu.

The IDEA Center has expanded drop-in hours the first week of school (Aug. 26-30), from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m.

Come see us if you have immediate needs that affect your fall schedule. For other needs, please schedule an appointment through Handshake or by calling 503-554-2330.

We are here to help with all of your academic scheduling and career planning needs!

Please have all vehicles out of the Wood-Mar parking lot today (Friday) at noon. The crane will be moving into place the new HVAC on the roof. 

On Saturday, the parking lot, Wood-Mar and EHS will be closed for the crane work. Thanks for your cooperation, and don’t get your car trapped inside the lot for the weekend!

Please note the modified hours for the Hadlock Student Center during Welcome Weekend. 

• Thursday, Aug. 22: Closed all day for staff training
• Friday, Aug. 23: Noon to 10 p.m.
• Saturday, Aug. 24: Noon to 10 p.m. 

The facility will resume normal hours of operation on Sunday, Aug. 25.

The climbing wall will be closed from Thursday, Aug. 22, through Sunday, Aug. 25, while we are training our staff and setting new routes for the year.

Questions? Email studentcenter@georgefox.edu.

Need an updated photo for the university website? Do you currently have the Bruin bear as your faculty/staff pic? The marketing communications team will be outside of Canyon Commons after the all-community meeting on Monday, Aug. 19, between 3 and 4 p.m.

No appointment is necessary. Just drop by and have your photo taken; the marketing communications team will take care of the rest!

Please have all vehicles out of the Wood-Mar parking lot by tomorrow (Friday) at noon. The crane will be moving into place the new HVAC on the roof. 

On Saturday, the parking lot, Wood-Mar and EHS will be closed for the crane work. Thanks for your cooperation, and don’t get your car trapped inside the lot for the weekend!

Tomorrow (Friday), Plant Services will be cleaning the large Wheeler/Le Shana parking lot. The construction fence for the Newlin residence hall is down, so we would like to clean the entire lot before the cars start arriving.

Please be sure to park elsewhere on Friday (you can park in the North Street parking lot that day) so that we can clean the area thoroughly.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Are you an employee who uses your alumni email account? If so, with the changes taking place in the single sign-on system this Friday, Aug. 16, the upgrade will require you to change your password for your alumni email account only.

To do so, please contact the Service Desk after the upgrade at 503-554-2569, opt. 1, for a password reset.

Don’t wait until the first day of classes to pick up your textbooks! Instead, swing by the bookstore’s textbook pick-up party during Welcome Weekend, down in the FoxHole.

Textbook pick-ups will be available for students who placed their orders online and have prepaid for their items. Our pick-up party will take place on Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and on Sunday, Aug. 25, from noon to 3 p.m. Be sure to bring your student ID, and we will see you then!

Questions? Contact Paige Jacobs at pjacobs@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to join your colleagues at the all-community meeting, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Monday, Aug. 19, in Canyon Commons.

The day will begin with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be provided midway through the meeting. The event will include a worship and devotional time, updates from President Robin Baker, and employee service award recognition.

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.

Due to the high volume of calls received by the Office of Student Accounts, we urge you when you call to please leave a message so we can return calls in the order they are received.

Having the Student ID in your message and stating the reason for your call will expedite the return call. The fastest response will be to email at studentaccounts@georgefox.edu.

Thank you so much for your help!

The Finance team has a new email address for your convenience! Please use Finance@georgefox.edu for all your reporting (Vena) and accounting (GL) questions.

As always, you can direct AP questions to AccountsPayable@georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

George Fox’s athletics department and Chehalem Parks and Recreation are excited to announce the fifth annual Bruins Sports Day. Girls and boys entering the second through eighth grades this fall will have the opportunity to pick one of 11 sports to participate in an afternoon clinic, free of charge. 

The event takes place from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Check-in begins at 12:30 p.m. at the site of your sport. Early registration is encouraged. Space is limited!

Register at this link.

Interested in being a lead or an extra for a video introducing chapel? 

The chapel video producer is recreating a chapel service and looking for talent this Friday, Aug. 16, from 10:45 a.m. to noon in Bauman Auditorium. Let him know if you are interested and able to help out on this shoot!

Feel free to email David Pascual-Matias (dpascualmatias16@georgefox.edu) for clarification or concerns.