The Daily Bruin

The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering FoxTALE sessions for faculty during the week of Jan. 4, 2010.

FoxTALE Introduction – This session begins with logging in to FoxTALE and assumes no prior experience with FoxTALE. Learn to upload class files such as syllabi, set up discussion forums, and add assignments.

• Newberg – Wednesday, Jan. 6, 9 a.m. – noon,  Hoover 211 Computer Lab
• Portland – Thursday, Jan. 7, 9 a.m. – noon, PDS 210
• Online – Tuesday, Jan. 5, 9 – 10:30 a.m., iVocalize

FoxTALE Grade Book – This session reviews FoxTALE grade book features and describes how to set up different grading schemes.

• Newberg – Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1 – 2:30 p.m., Hoover 211 Computer Lab
• Portland – Thursday, Jan. 7, 1 – 2:30 p.m., PDS 210

FoxTALE Open Lab Time – A time for faculty to ask questions one-on-one. Come and go as you like.

• Newberg – Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2:30 – 4 p.m., Hoover 211 Computer Lab
• Portland – Thursday, Jan. 7, 2:30 – 4 p.m., PDS 210

If you plan to attend any of these sessions, please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie and indicate which session.

International Student Services is looking for families who would be interested in hosting two international students Jan. 5-10. These students will be starting their first semester at George Fox this spring and will be attending orientation during this time. A stipend will be provided to help defray some of the costs.

If you are interested in hosting students, please contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu) or Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu). If you know of others who might be interested, please let us know so we may contact them.

Be sure to turn in your requests for library course reserves no later than Wednesday, Jan. 6, if you wish to have them processed before second semester starts. The form can be found on the library website.

Requests are processed in the order they are received and can take up to five days to complete. We would appreciate your help by getting your requests submitted promptly, as the beginning of the semester tends to get backed up. If you have any questions, feel free to call the library circulation desk at ext. 2410 or e-mail mlrcreserves@gmail.com.

Water will be shut off to the Villa Academic Complex starting Monday, Dec. 21, and will be off for the entire day. Please make sure to tell your departments so that they can plan accordingly, and use adjacent restroom facilities.

In order to replace a sewer line, water will be shut off between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, through Wednesday, Dec. 23, in the following buildings: MLRC, Minthorn and North Street Annex. Water will be off for approximately three days. Please use adjacent buildings for restrooms.

Thank you,
Plant Services

PGE is coordinating an electric service improvement, replacing decayed and damaged overhead conductors. In order to complete the project, electric service will be interrupted on Carlton Way and East Hancock Street east of River Street between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23. This service may disrupt traffic flow. PGE will provide flaggers during the work.

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

The Bruin Bookstore would like to congratulate the following graduating seniors for being door prize winners at the fall Exodus event.

• Xianouang Zhou won a Camelbak Bottle

• Shannon Hallman won a stainless steel thermos

• Tyler Billings won a $15 Subway gift card

• Linsey Wages won a $25 movie pass gift card

• Aaron Swank won a GFU hooded sweatshirt

• Stephanie McGann won an engraved wooden frame

And the grand prize winner was:

• Rochelle Miller, who won an iPod Touch

Congratulations seniors and good luck!

Please help support Chehalem Youth and Family Services by picking up a gift tag on the Giving Tree in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium and purchase a gift for a teenage boy or girl. You may leave the unwrapped gift with tag attached under the tree – or bring them to the Office of University Relations (Pennington House). Gift cards are easy and convenient if you are unsure of what to purchase.

Questions? Contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121 or dochsner@georgefox.edu.

Midyear commencement is set to take place at 2 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 19, in Miller Gymnasium on the Newberg campus. Please visit the university’s commencement site to get details, including hooding ceremonies and luncheon information.

The music department is selling poinsettias from the Christmas concert for $5 each. You can pick them up and pay for them at the music office (Ross 201) between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 18.

The music department wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

An all-employee meeting is set from 3:40 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, in Hoover 105.

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.

Marketing Communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may now submit and view your name tag requests.

Provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions. The next order will be placed Monday, Jan. 4, 2010.

Marketing Communications has changed how we process business card orders. The new and improved method allows you to place your order at any time directly from B&B Print Source at eorder.bbprintsource.net/avnet/avlogin.asp.

The login user ID is “gfubc” and the password is “gfu123.”

Please contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) to walk you through the process the first time.

Student supervisors, please be sure to collect your student employee’s time sheets before they leave for winter break. Please submit these time sheets to Human Resources right away. If students will be working over the winter break, turn time sheets in when they are done for the month.

While we would like the time sheets as early as possible, all December time sheets must be turned in to Human Resources by Tuesday, Jan. 4, by noon. Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number is legible on each one. Also, don’t forget to sign them and be sure the students did as well. (If the student is not available to sign it, please send it without the signature, and HR will contact the student.)

Please do not send students to HR to sign their time sheets. Federal Work Study regulations require that students delivering their own time sheets must have them in a sealed envelope.

Note about new students: If you have hired students for December, please hand-deliver their paperwork right away. We need to set up students in the system before the time sheets arrive. If you have hired students to start in January, please submit their paperwork as soon as possible. Thanks very much.

Thanks,
HR

Signs and permanent exterior displays on the George Fox campus need to be approved by marketing communications in order to ensure that the university presents a consistent, professional image to external and internal audiences. In accordance with this policy (Employee Handbook 2.15), campus lamppost banners also need to be created or approved by Marcom prior to printing.

The banners will need to meet a high standard of quality and visual appeal, and be consistent with the university’s visual identity system. Banner materials, whether vinyl or fabric, should be opaque enough for lettering to not be clearly visible on the backside.

For further information or help, please submit a job request on the Marcom webpage or contact Tamara Cissna, director of brand management.

Now is a great time to request new spring 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 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.

The last lost and found tables of the semester will be set up from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the Bruin Den. Any items not recovered by the owners will be donated to charitable causes after this date, so be sure to stop by if you are missing an item!

Join the university in saying farewell to Ron and Carolyn Stansell at a retirement reception from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, in the Duke Atrium of the Stevens Center. Ron has served as professor of religion with a missions emphasis for the past 25 years. Carolyn worked in Student Financial Services for seven years and then, together with Ron, led students in our South American Studies Program for the past five years. They will retire this spring upon returning from Bolivia.

Celebrate with us their years of dedication and valuable contributions to George Fox.

Check out the new website for ASC. It includes a school calendar, quick link to university sports, information on ASC members and more. Visit it at asc.georgefox.edu.