Faculty, please submit requests for spring semester course reserve material as soon as possible. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete.
For all requests, please fill out and submit the form located at this link. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Vanier at ext. 2425 or pvanier@georgefox.edu.
The faculty courier service will be suspended over Christmas break and will resume on Monday, Jan. 16.
Questions? Contact Patty Vanier at pvanier@georgefox.edu.
The city of Tigard has requested the input of George Fox University.
The Tigard Triangle Strategic Plan is an effort by the city of Tigard to transform the Triangle into an area with a mix of uses that could include housing, employment and shopping, along with outdoor spaces, safe and convenient places to walk and bike, and improved transit.
By taking this survey, you will help to set the priorities in the area and to refine the evaluation criteria that will be used to assess several alternative plans that are currently being developed.
Graduating seniors
If you did not stop at our table during Exodus (November in Stevens Atrium) or have not responded to my e-mail …
Withdrawing
Going on off-campus study trip?
If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
Yeah! Keep your mailbox key. Mail Services will keep and store any packages you receive over the break – until you come back in January. Your mail will be in your mailbox when you return in January.
If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
Have a great Christmas season! See you in January!
The service window at Mail Services (North Street Annex) will be open on the following dates over the Christmas break:
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on all open days listed above.
Mail Services will be closed:
Access to student mailboxes
Mail that arrives after Dec. 20 will be held at Mail Services’ North Street Annex from Dec. 21 through Jan. 3. You can stop and ask for it on the open dates. Packages can be picked up during the regular window hours on those open dates.
Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.
Still looking for a Christmas tree? Christmas trees are available for $5 each!
The music department is selling the trees that were on the outside, by the doors of Bauman Auditorium, for the Christmas Concert. If you would like one, contact Debbie Hawblitzel at ext. 2620 or e-mail her at dhawblit@georgefox.edu.
Drop by the library’s annual wassail party today (Monday) between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Please take a break and join us in the MLRC multi-purpose room for homemade cookies, wassail and coffee.
Our treat to you!
– Library staff
You already make a difference in the lives of George Fox students through your daily investment of time and talent. Would you also consider investing in students through your treasure?
The end of the year is quickly approaching. Gifts from George Fox employees make it possible for students to receive tremendous opportunities for spiritual formation, vocational development and character growth.
To see videos and students’ testimonies of how these types of opportunities at George Fox deepen their relationship with God and prepare them for exceptional life outcomes as world changers please go to giving.georgefox.edu.
For an easy way to give via payroll deduction, please follow this link.
If you want to receive 2013 tax credit, please make sure your donation meets the following deadlines:
Many thanks to those who have already responded! You make such a difference in students’ lives.
If you have any questions, please contact Lynn Andrews, vice president for advancement strategy and donor relations, at landrews@georgefox.edu.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Use your new, empty 2014 Spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.
2014 Spring sites are currently hidden from students. When you are ready, you can share the sites with your students. Here is a quick guide on how to make the courses available: FoxTALE: Making Courses Available (Visible) to Students. After our Dec. 31 FoxTALE upgrade, this path will change. Here are the new instructions: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible (Available) to Students.
If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, we recommend that you back up your 2013 Fall grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. See the instructions here for backing up grades. You will want to keep an archive of your course grades that cover the last five years.
If your course site is set to “Weekly” format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to Settings > Course administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the Course start date and change it to the first day of your summer course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.†After the Dec. 31 upgrade the path will be Administration > Edit Settings > Scroll down to Course start date.
Contact Kandie Comfort at kcomfort@georgefox.edu if you have questions.
Our next FoxTALE upgrade occurs Tuesday, Dec. 31, between 6 and 10 a.m. Pacific Time. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Several new features and procedures will be available after this upgrade, and a particular new procedure to take note of is how to make your course visible to students. Find out more at this link.
Full details of the upgrade are at this this FoxTALE for Faculty link.
W-2 consent needed from all (including student employees)
If you have not yet given consent to receive your W-2 online, please do so now before we order forms for printing. It takes just a minute to log into MyGFU and go to “Self Service,” “Payroll and Compensation,” “W-2 Consent” and check the box. Help us go green today!
Update your personal data in MyGFU
While you’re in MyGFU, please verify that your address, social security number, and any other personal information is up to date before we issue W-2s. From “Self Service,” open the “Campus Personal Information” screen and verify/update your information. If there is a change or misspelling in your primary name, please contact HR at hr@georgefox.edu.
As you are cleaning out your dorms and offices before Christmas break, it would be greatly appreciated if you would bring back to Bon Appetit any dishware you may have “accidentally” taken out of the building with you this past semester.
We have some bus tubs set up just outside the dish room for your convenience in returning dishes.
Thank you!
Don’t forget to come celebrate with the English department as we showcase the work of our seniors tonight (Monday)!
Take a welcome break from studying to support your friends and classmates, who will be sharing works of poetry, creative non-fiction, literary criticism, and more. English majors and minors are particularly encouraged to attend.
The showcase will be held in Hoover 105 at 7 p.m. Any questions? Contact Abigail Rine at arine@georgefox.edu.
1. Lei Tian, Miaomiao Cao, Yajin Cao
ltian13@georgefox.edu mcao13@georgefox.edu ycao13@georgefox.edu
We need go to Boltbus station in Portalnd on Dec.23 and we need someone pick us up come back to Georgefox on 27th. Thanks!
Please note: Students are also encouraged to post their ride requests on the “community bulletin board†located outside of the Blue Zone store.
DISCLAIMER: Student Life does not accept any responsibility for this service beyond making connections on The Daily Bruin. Students must accept full responsibility for all actions and results resulting from connecting with other students regarding ride sharing.
Residents at Friendsview Retirement Center have requested help from George Fox students to decorate their wheelchairs for Christmas.
Take a break from studying at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, to help with the festivities. Decorating begins at 2:30 p.m. and will last about an hour. There will be Christmas music and fellowship with the elderly  in our community.
If you are interesting in helping, meet in the Bruin Den at 2:15 p.m.
For more information, please contact Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.
Join ASC in the Stevens Lobby at 9:30 p.m. tonight (Dec. 13) to watch and interact with Buddy The Elf!
If you haven’t seen the movie before, you’re in for a treat. Even if you have seen the movie, you’re in for a treat. We’ll experience and journey through the movie with Buddy The Elf. The viewing of this movie will include possible interactive activities like: Chugging soda as fast as possible and try to burp louder and longer than Buddy, eating marshmellows, and more.
You’re not going to want to miss this fun event.
For more information, please contact David Shin at yshin10@georgefox.edu.
Remember that, due to the holidays this month, we must have all payroll documents in the HR office by the end of the day today (Friday, Dec. 13). That includes November time sheets for regular employees, November/December time sheets for temporary or part-time employees, check requests, and benefit changes.
Be sure all documents are complete and signed. You may fax to 503-554-2186 or e-mail to Katie Sol at ksol@georgefox.edu.
Thank you!
– HR
ALL Juniors Abroad documents are due Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The only way to secure your spot on your trip is to make sure you have all documents turned in on time. Turn documents in to Lynn Scott in Lemmons 9.
For more information, please contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.
Applications to go on a Semester Abroad trip are due Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Make sure all documents are turned in to Lynn Scott in Lemmons 9.
For more information, please contact Lynn Scott at lscott@georgefox.edu.
