The university’s library will be migrating its catalog and related software to a new server on Thursday, Aug. 13. Foxtrax and library databases will be unavailable from 8 a.m. until Thursday evening.
Access to Mail Services will be limited because of street maintenance scheduled through Thursday, Aug. 13.
Here are the details:
Please reference the e-announcement from Plant Services regarding the street and parking lot closures. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to be fully accessible next Friday, Aug. 14.
If you have any questions or concerns, contact Linda Sartwell at ext. 2555 or Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.
You are invited to attend the closing event for the PeopleSoft “Catch the Wave” project. We have completed the initial phase of the project as an institution and want to take time together to pause and celebrate our success. There are still more PeopleSoft tasks ahead, but we want to recognize everyone’s effort and hard work. Members of Oracle PeopleSoft and MIS consulting will be joining us.
Please join us from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Hoover 105.
Ice cream and snacks will be provided. Also, Aug. 12 is approved as Hawaiian shirt day. Wear your Hawaiian shirts!
IT has begun a multiphase wireless upgrade over the next few years. On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Newberg campus wireless access points will change names. The reconfiguration of the wireless devices will take several hours and will begin at 7 a.m. The current wireless access points names GFU-NEWBERG will be replaced with FOXWIFI. You will no longer need a WEP key to connect; rather, you can sign in using your university login. Specific instructions will be sent to your mailbox early next week.
This will not impact the other campuses at this time.
Next week the following parking lots and Carlton Way will be closed for seal coating and re-striping:
All or parts may of these areas may be closed for cleaning this week.
Pedestrians, please beware of wet tar. If you walk through it, please do not track it into a building.
Questions? Contact Dan Schutter (Plant Services) at ext. 2014.
Alumni Relations invites the university community to George Fox University Night at PGE Park on Friday, Aug. 28, when the Portland Beavers take on the Tacoma Rainiers for a 7:05 p.m. Pacific Coast League baseball game (gates open at 6 p.m.).
Put on a George Fox T-shirt or hat and bring your family and friends to the game. It will be a great way to connect with other George Fox alumni, parents, employees and friends. As a member of the George Fox community, you can purchase discounted tickets in a field-level reserved section, saving $3.50 per ticket.
Highlights will include:
We hope you will join us as the Bruins cheer for the Beavers! Visit Ticketmaster to order tickets online. The Special Offer Code is GEORGE FOX. You can also order tickets by contacting Katie Hoffner at 503-553-5404 or khoffner@pgepark.com.
Tickets can be picked up at the will call window at PGE Park. Offer not valid at the PGE Park Box Office. Deadline to order tickets is 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27.
Contact Alumni Relations at ext. 2131 or alumni@georgefox.edu with questions.
Some needed maintenance will be done to the site calendar.georgefox.edu between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 4-5. The website will be unavailable during this maintenance window.
During the month of July, 20 new Ricoh copy machines have come to the Newberg and Portland campuses. They look and operate almost the same as the Canons they replaced. All Mac users that use a new Ricoh to print to will need to call IT to let them know who and where you are so that you can be properly attached to the copier.
Use of these machines is very much like the old ones, which will allow you to start using them. In-depth training for scanning, faxing, printing and copying will be taking place over the next few weeks. Please check with the office personnel in your area to find your date and time.
The university will host a retirement celebration for Jack Harris (Plant Services) from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, in Klages Dining Hall. Come say farewell to Jack, whose future plans include taking a trip to Israel with his wife.
Just a reminder that the Bruin Den will be closed starting Monday, Aug. 3, through Friday, Aug. 14. During this time, Plant Services will be replacing the carpet in the Bruin Den area and making many much-needed repairs throughout the area.
In addition, we’d like to invite the campus for an end-of-July summer barbecue on Friday, July 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For $5, it’s the best deal in town! The menu includes:
The Center for Teaching and Learning is sponsoring FoxTALE and Google Docs open lab time for faculty from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Hoover 211. Faculty can come for individual help with FoxTALE or Google Docs. IT reps will be on hand to answer questions.
The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering a FoxTALE introduction seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Hoover 211. (New regular faculty participating in New Faculty Orientation Aug 18-20 will have a separate seminar as part of NFO.) Please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) if you plan to attend.
Employees are invited to attend an all-employee meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, in Wood-Mar Auditorium (please note location change). The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.
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.
A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
IT will be installing an update for FoxTALE from 6 to 7 a.m. (PST) on Monday, Aug. 3. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time. The update includes a few new gradebook features, with details forthcoming. Faculty are encouraged to export grades to a spreadsheet for archiving prior to the update.
Register now for Selah 2009! The conference theme is “Reimagine — Embracing change, trusting God and moving forward” and features speakers Sarah Thomas Baldwin (Spiritual Life), Linda Lucas and Bo Stern. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, in Bauman Auditorium.
For speaker bios and more information on the seminar, visit selah.georgefox.edu. If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at alorenz@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2134. We hope to see you there!
The Office of Marketing Communications is now collecting orders for business cards. Orders are due Wednesday, July 29. Please place your orders through your department’s administrative assistant. Expect delivery in mid-August.
Please submit your order using our online form.
If you supervise student employees, please review the updated procedures for 2009-10 posted on the supervisor web page. The procedures document and the new offer letter for 2009-10 also will be sent directly to supervisors by e-mail.
Some of the highlights:
The mail courier to Salem will be going on Thursdays only for the next four weeks. Normal two-times-a-week service will resume on Monday, Aug 17. The Portland courier will still be operating five days, Monday through Friday. Questions? Call Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) at ext. 2556.
Avoid the August rush. Now is a great time to request new fall 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.
See the FoxTALE Quick Guides website for documentation on archiving and resetting courses to prepare for a new semester.
The Marketing Communications office 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 online. 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 Tuesday, August 4.
