The Daily Bruin

The university will close Monday, July 5, to observe the Independence Day holiday. All offices, bookstores and libraries will be closed.

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 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

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.

Following are guidelines regarding this weekend’s e-mail conversion, scheduled to begin Friday night and be completed by Tuesday, June 1:

• The conversion process may take all three days for your e-mail to be converted.
• Begin sending and receiving in mail.georgefox,edu Friday after 7 p.m. (PDT)
• Your George Fox e-mail address will remain the same

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

If you have always forwarded your George Fox e-mail, you need to update your forwarding. You can forward your georgefox e-mail to any non-GFU e-mail account you wish (including your non-GFU Gmail). Here are step-by-step instructions to forward your e-mail from the new system:

• Go to mail.georgefox.edu and login to your George Fox Gmail account. In the upper right hand corner of the screen, click on “Settings.”
• In the settings menu, click on “Forwarding” and “POP/IMAP.”
• In the Forwarding and POP/IMAP menu, select “Forward a copy of incoming mail to.” A box will pop up asking for your forwarding address.
• After you enter your forwarding address and click next, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to your forwarding address. Check your e-mail at the address to which you are forwarding and you will receive a confirmation e-mail. Click on the link provided to confirm the request.
• You will then be directed to a Gmail page confirming that your George Fox Gmail account will now be forwarded to another e-mail address.
• See Forwarding Your George Fox E-mail for instructions with illustrations.

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

What would you do with seven times more space in your inbox? George Fox e-mail will deliver that and more in early June. You can find more information on this transition at the E-Mail Conversion website.

What is changing? When will this happen? Why are we changing? Find out more on the E-Mail Conversion FAQ page.

The university’s offices and libraries will be closed on Friday, April 2, to observe Good Friday. The Newberg library will be closed Friday and Sunday but will be open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday. The Portland Center library will be closed Friday through Sunday.

It’s tax season again! There are some tax code changes that may impact you or your family. This year, you may use the cost of textbooks and course materials as a tax credit. For complete information, please visit textbookaid.org.

MyGFU will be unavailable on Thursday, Feb 4, from 6 p.m. to midnight for scheduled software updates. This impacts all campuses and individuals. During the downtime, students and faculty can find links to technology resources on the IT website under User Resources.

Students: georgefox.edu/offices/inst_technology/resources/student_resources.html

Faculty: georgefox.edu/offices/inst_technology/resources/faculty_resources.html

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) Tuesday, Feb. 9, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you are wanting to brush up your professional job search tools, our Optimal Resume system might be what you need.  Sign up at www.georgefox.optimalresume.com for a small fee and receive access to resume, cover letter, e-portfolio and website builders, along with online interview practice and skills assessment.  Clicking on the review center will send your documents/tools to the GFU Career Center staff where they will be reviewed for you.  Take advantage of this incredible resource to set you up for success in your job search.

For anyone interested in events/opportunities/conversation regarding the Friends/Quaker church, please accept this open invitation to join QuakeSpace, a Google group administered by the undergraduate Friends Center at George Fox. Send an e-mail to Jamie Johnson (jejohnson@georgefox.edu) to be added, and join the 100 other people in the group.

George Fox University libraries now provide access to thousands of electronic books through Foxtrax, the library’s online catalog. Our most recent acquisition is a collection of 45,000 leased titles from e-brary, a company that has partnered with 350 publishers to provide access to published books in electronic format.

For additional information about ebrary and other available e-books, please go to the library’s ebook site.

The Wireless access key has been changed for the Boise, Portland and Salem campuses.  The new key can be found on the front page of mygfu.georgefox.edu or by asking at the front desk at the affected campuses.

Those at the Portland Campus are strongly encouraged to connect to the “foxwifi” network rather than the “foxguest” network.  Foxwifi is more secure and will soon offer extra features (such as printing from your laptop computer).  For help connecting to foxwifi please visit the IT office in the Information Commons.

The university will close Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 23-25, for the Christmas holiday. It will also be closed on Friday, Jan. 1, for New Year’s Day. All offices, bookstores and libraries will be closed on those days.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) Monday, Dec. 21, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.