The Daily Bruin

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, July 22, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

You may have noticed that Google is constantly working to improve its products. There are new features and changes that come out almost weekly, and we are working hard in IT to keep up with these new changes.

One way you can learn about them is to subscribe to our TechTips forum. Receive in your e-mail updates, hints and tips relevant to George Fox University-supported software, including Microsoft Office, Windows 7, Google Apps, Keynote and PowerPoint, Apple OS, iOS features and more related to George Fox systems.

Check out the latest update: Google has combined the storage capacity between Gmail and Drive and we now have a combined capacity of 30GB. Subscribe to TechTips and you can review all of our past posts to find information that is helpful to you.

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 27, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and the Portland Center also will be closed.

Something new has been added to Google+ Hangouts. If you’re a regular user of Google+ and Hangouts, you’ll want to know how these new changes affect you. IT has put together a short guide to get you started so you can make the necessary updates and continue to use the Hangouts feature with as little inconvenience as possible.

One of the new features is that Hangouts and Chat are now synced across devices, and you can switch from one device to another within the same Hangout and/or Chat. Check out our guide at this link.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, May 28, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, March 25, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

This is a reminder that the George Fox University Day of Prayer is Saturday, March 9. In preparation, the spiritual life office is gathering personal prayer requests from faculty, administrators, staff, students and their families.

Please send your prayer request to spirituallife@georgefox.edu by Tuesday, March 5. Write your prayer request in the way that you would like it to read for the Day of Prayer (please include your name in the request unless you would like it to be unnamed).

Send any questions to Kayin Griffith at kgriffith@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox University Day of Prayer is Saturday, March 9. In preparation, the spiritual life office is gathering personal prayer requests from faculty, administrators, staff, students and their families.

Please send your prayer request to spirituallife@georgefox.edu by Tuesday, March 5. Write your prayer request in the way that you would like it to read for the Day of Prayer (please include your name in the request unless you would like it to be unnamed).

Send any questions to Kayin Griffith at kgriffith@georgefox.edu.

All George Fox financial aid counselors will be away at the Oregon Association of Financial Aid Administrators Conference Wednesday, Feb. 6, through Friday, Feb. 8.

Please e-mail your counselor in their absence or call the SFS main line (503-554-2230) if you have an urgent matter to discuss. We will do our best to assist you while counselors are away from campus.

All George Fox financial aid counselors will be away at the Oregon Association of Financial Aid Administrators conference Wednesday, Feb. 6, through Friday, Feb. 8. They will be back to serve students and their families Monday, Feb. 11.

This conference provides important updates to federal regulations as well as valuable training on aid administration. Please e-mail your counselor in their absence or call the SFS main line (503-554-2231) if you have an urgent matter to discuss. We will do our best to assist you.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Jan. 29, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to noon (Pacific Time) on Monday, Jan. 7, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

The financial aid staff will be off campus working on Monday, Dec. 17, so we’ll be unable to meet with students or take phone calls. Please stop by or call again on Tuesday. Thank you for your patience.

To provide students and families with updates and important information for December, Student Financial Services has posted online the most recent version of our newsletter. Please visit this link to read the SFS News archives. The most recent edition is “December 2012.”

You can also sign up to automatically receive future newsletters.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, Dec. 17, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, Nov. 26, for scheduled maintenance.

FoxTALE will also be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, Dec. 17, and from 8 a.m. to noon (Pacific Time) on Monday, Jan. 7. We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you are finishing your degree this semester and have taken a Federal Stafford Loan and/or Federal Teach Grant during your time here at Fox, you are required to complete Exit Counseling. If you have not already done so, You can take care of this right away to avoid any last-minute rush before graduation.

Please have your FAFSA PIN # ready and go to nslds.ed.gov and complete one or both of the exit counseling sessions there. Student Financial Services will receive a confirmation that you’ve completed it.

Thank you!
Student Financial Services

The board of trustees recently strongly affirmed and approved the “Theology of Racial and Ethnic Diversity Statement.” The statement can be found at this link on the website.

The Newberg campus will be closed Friday, Oct. 12, for the mid-semester holiday. All offices, the BlueZone Store, Mail Services, and the library will be closed.

If you are finishing your degree this semester and have taken a Federal Stafford loan and/or Federal Teach Grant during your time here at Fox, you are required to complete Exit Counseling. You can take care of this right away to avoid any last-minute rush before graduation.

Please have your FAFSA PIN # ready and go to nslds.ed.gov and complete one or both of the exit counseling sessions there. Student Financial Services will receive a confirmation that you’ve completed it.

Thank you!

– Student Financial Services