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Interested in learning more about the new e-mail system? Used to the basics but want to know more? IT has scheduled several training sessions from June through September. Check out the schedule and sign up on the R.S.V.P. form.

Basic training

• Monday, June 21, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT, Portland Center Room 210
• Monday, Aug. 16, 2-3:30 p.m. PDT, Hoover 105

Groups Training

• Monday, July 12, 10-11 a.m. PDT, Webinar
• Monday, Sept. 20, 2-3:30 p.m. PDT, VAC 117
• Tuesday, Sept. 21, 10-11:30 a.m. PDT, Portland Center 210

Calendar Training

• Tuesday, July 13, 10-11:30 a.m. PDT, Hoover 105

For more information about the transition, including FAQ and Quick Guides, visit the website at georgefox.edu/email-conversion.

Thanks to 131 donors who gave gifts to the Austin Sports Complex ranging from $5 to $25,000 since Oct. 16, 2009, we have raised the $250,000 needed by June 30 to match the gift by an anonymous donor. Among those who gave were graduating seniors, George Fox employees, alumni, board members and other friends of the university.

To date, we have raised nearly $2.1 million toward our $6.5 million fundraising goal for Phase I of the Austin Sports Complex. This is a three-year effort, and we hope to raise another third of our goal (approximately $2.5 million) in 2010-11.

Phase I calls for the development of 11 of the 23 acres of land through construction of a synthetic turf soccer field, a multi-use synthetic turf field, and a multi-use field building. Progress on the project is well underway. The general contractor, The Saunders Co., is overseeing the installation of the first synthetic Astro Turf GameDay Grass MT45 field this week, so it will be ready for soccer this fall.

For more information or to participate in the campaign, visit the Austin Sports Complex page.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for June Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s contribution(s) to the university, its students, and/or its employees in the past 30 days or so (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, June 18. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner of both the May and June Employee of the Month awards will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Wednesday, June 23, and each will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Please join us for the university’s annual golf tournament at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha, Ore., Thursday, July 15. The event will benefit student scholarships and the Bruin Athletic Association.

This year, we’re offering an employees-only special: Register between now and June 30 and get a special registration price of $150. This deal is not available through online registration. To register at this price, please contact Ronecca Dockter at ext. 2116 or rdockter@georgefox.edu, or drop by the University Fund Office, 211 N. Center.

Registration includes greens fees, a golf cart, a $50 gift certificate to the Nike Mobile Golf Shop, a boxed lunch, dinner and a gift package. Additional information is available at golf.georgefox.edu.

The George Fox University Boise Center is pleased to announce a formal partnership with the College of Western Idaho (CWI). This partnership simplifies processes so that CWI students can enroll directly into degree-completion programs at George Fox. Students will have an opportunity to work with admissions counselors from each institution in order to plan for the completion of their bachelor’s degrees early in their college careers.

As part of the partnership, George Fox will make available classroom space that is unused by George Fox students during the day. Scheduling for the use of classroom space is expected to begin in fall 2010.

The employee of the month award is being continued through the summer months, so we are soliciting nominations for the June award. As always, your nomination should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s recent contributions (past 30 days or so) to the university, its students, and/or its employees (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, June 18, via e-mail to Peggy Kilburg. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the recipient from the nominations submitted. Both the May and June winners will be announced at the community meeting on Wednesday, June 23, and each will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

There is currently an opening for a 12.5-hour-per-week/nine-month science outreach coordinator, a position formerly held by Amy Ocker. The job is currently being advertised only to employees. Please e-mail Peggy Kilburg (HR) to obtain a copy of the job description and transfer request if you are interested in applying. A completed transfer request, cover letter and resume must be submitted to HR no later than Tuesday, June 15, at 5 p.m. to be considered for this position.

The Bruin Bookstore, textbook annex and its online store will close to conduct the annual year-end inventory process starting at noon on Monday, June 28. To guarantee project accuracy, we are not able to conduct any business during this closure. Phone calls, voice mail messages and e-mails will not be responded to until this procedure is completed. There also will not be any money on hand to make change. Please plan ahead to get all your Bruin necessities before June 28. We truly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

The bookstore will reopen starting at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6, after the July 4 holiday weekend. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Bookstore!

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, June 8, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– IT

If you have not already done so, please submit your May time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) this week. (Staff, do not write any hours for the Memorial Day holiday, May 31, unless you worked that day.)

As always, please be sure it is complete, accurate and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108. If your supervisor is not available to sign it, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed.

Here is the URL address to the HR page that contains the links to these documents:

georgefox.edu/offices/hr/forms.html

Three e-mail conversion training sessions are scheduled on June 1-2. The sessions are designed to help you:

• Set up features in the web-based client
• Use the web-based mail and calendar
• Set up the mail account in Outlook or Apple Mail

Sessions are scheduled Tuesday, June 1, in Portland Center’s PDS 210 (10 to 11:30 a.m.) and online from 1 to 2:30 p.m. On Wednesday, June 2, a session is scheduled in Stevens 207on the Newberg campus from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Sign up at the e-mail conversion training schedule page. If you have a laptop, bring it to this training so that you can set up your e-mail during the session.

Questions? Contact the e-mail conversion team at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2569.

Three e-mail conversion training sessions are scheduled on June 1-2. The sessions are designed to help you:

• Set up features in the web-based client
• Use the web-based mail and calendar
• Set up the mail account in Outlook or Apple Mail

Sessions are scheduled Tuesday, June 1, in Portland Center’s PDS 210 (10 to 11:30 a.m.) and online from 1 to 2:30 p.m. On Wednesday, June 2, a session is scheduled in Stevens 207 on the Newberg campus from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Sign up at the e-mail conversion training schedule page. If you have a laptop, bring it to this training so that you can set up your e-mail during the session.

Questions? Contact the e-mail conversion team at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2569.

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 31, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and at the Portland and Salem centers also will be closed.

The university’s e-mail conversion to Gmail is scheduled from 5 p.m. Friday, May 28, through 7 a.m. Tuesday, June 1. The conversion process may take all three days for your e-mail to be converted. After 7 p.m. (PDT) Friday, you can begin sending and receiving mail at mail.georgefox.edu. Your George Fox e-mail address will remain the same.

Go to georgefox.edu/email-conversion for detailed information.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:40 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, May 27, in Hoover 105. The main focus of the meeting will be to provide the latest enrollment projections and present plans for accommodating a large incoming freshman class.

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.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

The e-mail conversion team is hosting an informational meeting on Thursday, May 20, from 11 a.m. to noon (PDT) that will be video streamed to all sites. We will meet in Stevens 207 in Newberg, as well as in Portland, Boise, Salem and Redmond (rooms TBA). If you are not able to attend the meeting at one of the centers, you can join us remotely by clicking this link. You can submit questions during the session via our chat room link.

Why an information meeting? We want to provide a short demo of the new system and answer questions you may have prior to the conversion. We will have information on demand at georgefox.edu/email-conversion. See the complete Training Schedule at this link.

Not able to attend the informational meeting? You’ll find links to Google’s resources at this IT link on the university website.

The university’s Bruin Bookstore is offering the “No Hassle Buyback” program online at store.georgefox.edu. The service is available 24/7 and every day of the year.

All students need to do is follow these simple instructions:

• Click on the “Textbooks” tab and then the “Sell Books” tab.
• You will be prompted with a link to the “Sell Textbooks” area.
• At this point, either log in to your account or create an account.
• In the “Add Your Books” area, simply type in your ISBN numbers to receive a price quote on each book.
• Select to go ahead and sell them or remove them from the list.
• The system will gather further customer information.
• Finally, the system will provide a printable shipping label.
• Box up your unwanted books, attach the shipping label to it, and drop it off at the appropriate shipping facility.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) Tuesday, May 18, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– IT

The WLDI (Women’s Leadership Development Initiative Committee) hosted a panel session on the Newberg campus on Wednesday, April 14. Panelists Patrick Allen, Linda Samek, Dirk Barram and Clyde Thomas spoke with attendees about their experiences coaching and leading alongside leaders who are women.

The discussion is available online to all employees at georgefox.edu/womens-leadership. Topics include mixed gender leadership teams, leadership qualities, and steps women can take to advance into leadership opportunities.

This Web page is only available internally.

Avoid the August rush! Now is a great time to request new summer or fall course sites, archive and reset courses, and export grades to a spreadsheet for safekeeping. For new course sites, contact the IT Service Desk and include the course number and name and also whether you want content from your existing course site copied to the new site.

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