The University Store is hosting a back-to-school sale. Save 10 percent on all school and art supplies (excludes computer product) through Friday, Sept. 12. Check out the store’s new shipment of select $19.99 sweatshirts and $9.99 T-shirts while supplies last. Store hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Security Office will be open from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30. Come in for free bike registration and other parking registration assistance.
All Newberg students and new staff/faculty need to register your vehicle(s) on Bruindata BEFORE coming to campus. We will do our best to have your parking permits ready for you to pick up at Mail Services next week.
Please call 503-554-2090 if you have any questions.
The Graduate Department of Counseling is holding an open house on Friday, Sept. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. with a short program at 2:30 p.m. The George Fox community is invited to attend along with alumni and community professionals. Please join us at the Portland North Building as we celebrate our new clinic, building, and department chair.
For more information: Contact Janelle Freitag
University Mail Services will be open from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 30 for package pick-up.
There will be no letter delivery that day. Package pick-up only.
Please help us to welcome our incoming class of students on Thursday by giving up your normal parking spaces in the Hoover, Wood-Mar and Stevens lots. Please park in the Bauman lot, or on the campus side of Meridian and on North Street.
Thank you in advance for your willingness to be servants to our students and their families.
George Fox University employees are invited to join the George Fox Auxiliary membership. During the academic year, the Auxiliary hosts five informational lunches, each featuring George Fox departments and programs. In addition, the Auxiliary raises $5,000 for student scholarships through the Auxiliary holiday bazaar held the first full weekend each November.
Membership is $5 for the year. Lunches are held at noon in the Cap & Gown Room and cost $7.50 per person. This year’s lunches will be held on September 5, 2008, October 24, 2008, December 5, 2008, February 6, 2009 and April 17, 2009.
To join, please enclose your name, address, phone and email along with your $5 payment (checks made to the GFU Auxiliary) and send to campus box 6177. Questions? Contact Norman and Margaret Winters at 503-537-7006.
Burel Ford (Multicultural Services) has accepted a position as director of the Multicultural Student Center at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, Ariz. Please join us in giving Burel a proper George Fox farewell on Monday, Sept. 1, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Office of Student Life on the third floor of the Stevens Center.
Security has collected a large amount of lost and found items over the summer and needs to make room for incoming lost and found items this fall. If you lost something this summer, please come to the security office before Monday, Sept. 1, to retrieve your lost items. After that date, all unclaimed items will be donated to charitable organizations.
Thanks,
Security Services
Plant Services will be in training for PeopleSoft this Thursday and Friday, Aug. 21-22. The office will be open but will be operating with limited staff. We will try to answer phones and check e-mail.
– Plant Services
This is a final reminder that the University Store is conducting its annual laser printer cleaning event on Aug. 27-28. If you want your office laser printer cleaned, please e-mail Andy Dunn (University Store) the following information:
Andy must receive your request no later than Aug. 25.
Marketing Communications is currently collecting orders for name tags. Please submit your 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 titles/departments include: Dean of Students/Office of Student Life, Admissions Counselor/Undergraduate Admissions. Supervisors should determine a standard for his or her area and attempt to remain consistent.
The next order will be placed Friday, Sept. 12. Communications will verify your request and the information provided and place your order with all others.
Marketing Communications is now collecting orders for business cards. Orders are due Monday, Aug. 25. Please place your orders through your department’s administrative assistant. Expected delivery is the beginning of October.
If you have not already done so, please submit your July time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) right away. Please be sure it is complete, accurate and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108. The link on the HR website for these documents is: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/forms.html.
If your supervisor is not available to sign it, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed. And one last reminder for completing time sheets: Do not write any hours on the date marked holiday (July 4) unless you worked the holiday.
Thank you.
– Human Resources
The Office of Human Resources will be closed Aug. 18-22 for PeopleSoft implementation work. We will check e-mail and voice mail as much as we can between sessions, but there likely will be delays in responding to our customers. We regret the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience as we attend to this necessary training and testing to ensure a successful conversion to PeopleSoft.
The office will reopen on Monday, Aug. 25.
– Human Resources
The IT Service Desk will have a student employee in the Murdock Learning Resource Center each weekday, Monday through Thursday, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and during library hours on Saturday and Sunday. The IT Service Desk in the Stevens Center will be closing at 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The policy for requesting equipment or technical help has not changed. Please visit it.georgefox.edu for details.
The room formerly known as the CAI lab (Stevens Center) will now be a classroom. The Murdock Learning Resource Center (Newberg library) will have an “info commons” outfitted with new furniture and six iMac computers that will be an alternate place students can use for online research and printing. Other computer lab areas are the same as in past years.
The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering FoxTALE workshops in August for faculty and other interested employees.
On the Newberg campus:
FoxTALE Introduction – Friday, Aug. 22, 9 a.m. – noon, Hoover 211
FoxTALE Open Lab Time – Friday, Aug. 22, 1-4 p.m., Hoover 211
FoxTALE Introduction – Monday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. – noon, Hoover 211
FoxTALE Quizzes and Grades – Tuesday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m. – noon, Hoover 211
At the Portland Center:
FoxTALE Introduction – Monday, Aug. 25, 1-4 p.m., PDS 210
Please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) at sabercrombie@georgefox.edu if you would like to attend any of these workshops. FoxTALE documentation is located on the IT website.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, for server maintenance and preparation for the fall semester. Please note that your online course(s) will be unavailable during this time.
Calendar (R25), Goldmine, and Blackberry service will be down for security upgrades from 6 to 7 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 18.
Foxserve, the network file sharing system that includes the “K” drive, will be down for security updates from 6 to 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
