The Daily Bruin

During the month of July, 20 new Ricoh copy machines have come to the Newberg and Portland campuses. They look and operate almost the same as the Canons they replaced. All Mac users that use a new Ricoh to print to will need to call IT to let them know who and where you are so that you can be properly attached to the copier.

Use of these machines is very much like the old ones, which will allow you to start using them. In-depth training for scanning, faxing, printing and copying will be taking place over the next few weeks. Please check with the office personnel in your area to find your date and time.

The first floor restrooms near the main office in the south building are being remodeled for the next two weeks. They are projected to be finished by August 12. All other restrooms in the building are available in the meantime.

The coffee house opening has been delayed to the end of August. Our goal is to have it completed and ready to open by the start of the semester.

Thank you for your patience as we see these projects take shape.

The Portland Center buildings and Library will be closed on all Saturdays in August and the first Saturday in September.

August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 for summer break and September 5 for Labor Day weekend.

All offices will have regular office hours during the week.

Please email Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor with questions.

Portland Center Bookstore Special Hours:

August 3 – 7

Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday: Closed

We will resume regular store hours on Monday, August 10, 2009

The university will host a retirement celebration for Jack Harris (Plant Services) from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, in Klages Dining Hall. Come say farewell to Jack, whose future plans include taking a trip to Israel with his wife.

Just a reminder that the Bruin Den will be closed starting Monday, Aug. 3, through Friday, Aug. 14. During this time, Plant Services will be replacing the carpet in the Bruin Den area and making many much-needed repairs throughout the area.

In addition, we’d like to invite the campus for an end-of-July summer barbecue on Friday, July 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For $5, it’s the best deal in town! The menu includes:

• Hickory-smoked beef brisket with choice of Ancho Honey barbecue or Colonel Mustard Carolina-style barbecue sauce
• Grilled chicken breast with sweet corn and Genovese basil relish
• Turkey and sausage gumbo with steamed rice
• Mac and cheese with Tillamook vintage white cheddar
• Traditional coleslaw
• Fresh summer fruit
• Yukon potato salad
• Corn drop biscuits with sweet-cream butter
• Local blueberry cobbler
• Raspberry lemonade or iced tea

The Center for Teaching and Learning is sponsoring FoxTALE and Google Docs open lab time for faculty from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Hoover 211. Faculty can come for individual help with FoxTALE or Google Docs. IT reps will be on hand to answer questions.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering a FoxTALE introduction seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Hoover 211. (New regular faculty participating in New Faculty Orientation Aug 18-20 will have a separate seminar as part of NFO.) Please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) if you plan to attend.

Employees are invited to attend an all-employee meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, in Wood-Mar Auditorium (please note location change). The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

IT will be installing an update for FoxTALE from 6 to 7 a.m. (PST) on Monday, Aug. 3. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time. The update includes a few new gradebook features, with details forthcoming. Faculty are encouraged to export grades to a spreadsheet for archiving prior to the update.

Serve Day 2009 is quickly approaching on September 9. If you would like to be a part of this year’s Serve Day we would love to have you.

You must have your supervisor’s approval to participate. Email serveday@georgefox.edu to let us know if you are going to participate so we can assign you to a location. Thank you!

Register now for Selah 2009! The conference theme is “Reimagine — Embracing change, trusting God and moving forward” and features speakers Sarah Thomas Baldwin (Spiritual Life), Linda Lucas and Bo Stern. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, in Bauman Auditorium.

For speaker bios and more information on the seminar, visit selah.georgefox.edu. If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at alorenz@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2134. We hope to see you there!

Enjoy the convenience of having your pay in your bank account on pay day by signing up for direct deposit.  You won’t have to worry about getting to the bank, losing your check or having it delayed in the mail.  And remember, to accommodate direct deposit, student pay day has changed to the 15th of each month.  Instead of receiving a pay statement in the mail, you can access it online at mygfu.georgefox.edu.

The deadline for signing up for August pay is July 31.  The direct deposit enrollment form is on the HR website at:  http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/Student%20Direct%20Deposit%20Authorization.doc.

Contact Human Resources at ext. 2180 for more information.

The Office of Marketing Communications is now collecting orders for business cards. Orders are due Wednesday, July 29. Please place your orders through your department’s administrative assistant. Expect delivery in mid-August.

Please submit your order using our online form.

If you supervise student employees, please review the updated procedures for 2009-10 posted on the supervisor web page. The procedures document and the new offer letter for 2009-10 also will be sent directly to supervisors by e-mail.

Some of the highlights:

• Student payday is now the 15th of the month

• Students are now eligible for direct deposit

• Pay statements will be available on MyGFU just like employees are

• Time sheet deadlines are still the same

• Updated student offer letter must be used

• Don’t miss out on all the details — check out the website!

The mail courier to Salem will be going on Thursdays only for the next four weeks. Normal two-times-a-week service will resume on Monday, Aug 17. The Portland courier will still be operating five days, Monday through Friday. Questions? Call Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) at ext. 2556.

Jamie Johnson joined the university this month to fill a new position – Friends leadership program recruiter and advisor. Jamie will work with the admissions office and Northwest Yearly Meeting to recruit Quaker students to attend George Fox. He also will be an advisor to Friends students in the new Friends Leadership Center. He worked previously at Gordon College, where he was director of housing the past three years and a residence hall director the last four. He also taught on an adjunct basis at Gordon and worked as an academic advisor and admissions counselor. Jamie is pursuing a doctorate in leadership in Christian higher education from Biola University. He earned a master’s degree in church history from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2003) and a bachelor’s degree in religion from George Fox (2000). He lives in Newberg with wife Erin, also a George Fox graduate, and three children – Kincaid (4), Ethan (2) and Esther (5 months). He attends Newberg Friends Church.

Todd Dickerson was hired as a development officer this month. His primary focus initially will be to help generate funding for the construction of the Austin Sports Complex north of campus. He arrives from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization, where he served as regional director (serving Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska) the past two and a half years. The four years previous he was a multi-area director for FCA, directing that ministry’s efforts in the Portland, Southwest Washington and Central Oregon regions. Todd studied elementary education and health/physical education at Montana State University-Billings. He lives in Newberg with wife Megan, assistant coach of the George Fox women’s basketball team, and they have two children, daughter Bailey and son Caleb. The family attends Lake Bible Church in Lake Oswego.

Rusty St. Cyr joined the university as director for spiritual formation on July 1. From 2003 to 2008, he served as the director of campus ministries, director for spiritual formation, and campus pastor at Bethany University in Santa Cruz, Calif. Prior to that, he served for two years as youth pastor of Christian Life Center in Santa Cruz; six months as a student ministry intern with The Kings Fellowship in Inverness, Scotland; and as director of student ministries at New Life Church in Springfield, Mo. (1999 to 2001). In August of 2009, he enrolled in the Master of Arts in Theological Studies program at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary after completing course work toward a Master of Arts degree in teaching from Bethany University in 2005. In 1999, Rusty earned a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from Evangel University. He lives in Newberg with Stephanie, his wife of almost 10 years, and his daughter Ella Sophia, who was born on March 3, 2009.

Sarah Eggerichs (Library) left the university on July 2 to move to San Diego, where her husband has accepted a commission in the U.S. Navy.

Sara Vulgan (Graduate Admissions) left the university to pursue other interests.

In June, Kathy Heininge (Writing/Literature) presented her paper, “Ulysses for a Modern-Day Dublin?: John Carney’s Once,” at the international meeting for the American Conference for Irish Studies at National University of Ireland in Galway. Her book, Buffoonery in Irish Drama, is now out with the type on the cover corrected.

Angela Doty (Career Services) was honored earlier this month when the Oregon Career Development Association, of which she is president, received the Outstanding State Division Award for the Western Region at the National Career Development Association Global Conference in St. Louis. The award is presented to state chapters of NCDA for exemplary programming for career development professionals. OCDA (www.ocda.info) is committed to promoting the quality of career development in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) organized and hosted two national religious conferences in June: the Spiritual Discernment As Christian Leadership Conference, held at George Fox University, and the Quaker Theological Discussion Group, held at Olney Friends School in Barnesville, Ohio. Paul presented a plenary address, “Dynamics of Discernment—Biblical and Practical,” and a workshop with Peter Bouteneff, “Voting Not to Vote: The Story of the WCC’s Path to Discernment,” at the discernment conference and “An Apology for Authentic Spirituality” at the QTDG conference. Paul also presented a workshop with Hugh Barbour, “Celebrating 50 Years of QRT and QTDG — Doing Theology Among Friends,” at the Friends Association of Higher Education meetings held at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., in June.

The June issue of Quaker Religious Thought focuses on “A Quaker Theology of Education” and features essays by Jamie Johnson, “From Cutting Edge to Chopping Block: Reclaiming a Quaker Approach to Christian Higher Education,” and by Anderson, “The Mission of the Christ-Centered Quaker College.” Copies will be available from Phil Smith (Religious Studies) and in the bookstore.

Ben Kulpa (Student Life) and his wife, Ashlee, welcomed a daughter, Maisee Elizabeth Eileen, on June 1. The baby was born at St. Vincent Memorial Hospital and weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces while measuring 19 inches long. She joins brothers Gabriel (4) and Phineas (2).

Avoid the August rush. Now is a great time to request new fall course sites, archive and reset courses, and export grades for safekeeping. For new course sites, contact the IT Service Desk and include the course number and name.

See the FoxTALE Quick Guides website for documentation on archiving and resetting courses to prepare for a new semester.