The Daily Bruin

Are you leaving the country for the break or traveling outside the U.S.? Has it been a while since you changed your account password?

The IT department recommends that you change your password before heading to a foreign time zone or an area where internet and phone service is less accessible.

Should you need any assistance, the Service Desk will be available from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday over the break. The university will be closed Dec. 25-27 and Jan. 1.

Questions? Contact Piper Parks (pparks@georgefox.edu).

There is a new museum exhibit in the Hoover-Hatfield Library (Hoover 104) highlighting historic items and pictures from our baseball, cheer, football, volleyball and men’s basketball teams from the 1920s to early 1970s. Feel free to stop by (when there are not meetings or classes in session) to view the exhibit.

As a reminder, there are historic Christmas and New Year’s cards as well as other historic objects in cases on the first floor of the Stevens Center. In the museum cases in Canyon Commons, there is a small exhibit on how students spent their free time in the early 20th century.

If you have questions about any of these exhibits, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).

There is a new museum exhibit in the Hoover-Hatfield Library (Hoover 104) highlighting historic items and pictures from our baseball, cheer, football, volleyball and men’s basketball teams from the 1920s to early 1970s. Feel free to stop by (when there are not meetings or classes in session) to view the exhibit.

As a reminder, there are historic Christmas and New Year’s cards as well as other historic objects in cases on the first floor of the Stevens Center. In the museum cases in Canyon Commons, there is a small exhibit on how students spent their free time in the early 20th century.

If you have questions about any of these exhibits, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).

Below are the Bruin Store hours for commencement and Christmas break …

• Midyear Commencement (Saturday, Dec. 16): 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Dec. 18 to Jan. 5: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Closed Dec. 25-27

It’s never too early to order your textbooks! Rent and purchase your spring textbooks now at georgefoxshop.com. In-store pick-up will be available starting Saturday, Dec. 16.

Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

There is a new museum exhibit in the Hoover-Hatfield Library (Hoover 104) highlighting historic items and pictures from our baseball, cheer, football, volleyball and men’s basketball teams from the 1920s to early 1970s. Feel free to stop by (when there are not meetings or classes in session) to view the exhibit.

As a reminder, there are historic Christmas and New Year’s cards as well as other historic objects in cases on the first floor of the Stevens Center. In the museum cases in Canyon Commons, there is a small exhibit on how students spent their free time in the early 20th century.

If you have questions about any of these exhibits, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).

In an effort to increase overall security and the stability of FoxTALE, we will introduce a late-December upgrade to our maintenance schedule, which currently includes our August upgrade and bi-monthly updates.

A December upgrade will bring our security to the highest level and resolve issues. In addition, December upgrades will make the introduction of new features a bit more incremental.

Our December 2017 upgrade is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 28, from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time.

See the new features here: FoxTALE New Features for Spring 2018.

Top new features …

• New Course Overview and Course End Dates Video
• New FoxTALE Archive Site
• Fix: Assignment Grading Page Reboot

The Schedule of Development Events has been updated for Spring 2018, with offerings starting on Jan. 2. See the schedule here.

Questions? Contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

– Your Education Technology Team

Below are the Bruin Store hours for commencement and Christmas break …

• Midyear Commencement (Saturday, Dec. 16): 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Dec. 18 to Jan. 5: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Closed Dec. 25-27

It’s never too early to order your textbooks! Rent and purchase your spring textbooks now at georgefoxshop.com. In-store pick-up will be available starting Saturday, Dec. 16.

Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The Wheeler Fitness Center will have different hours over Christmas break (Dec. 17 through Jan. 7). We look forward to seeing you there between bites of Christmas cookies and hot chocolate binging!

Sunday: Closed
Monday-Friday: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Closed: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

Normal hours will resume Monday, Jan. 8. Contact Katherine McCombs (kmccombs16@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Mail Services will be open during normal campus operation hours over the Christmas break. Print Services will be closed only during the week of Christmas (Dec. 25-29).

Make plans to attend the all-employee meeting this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Canyon Commons. The event will also be live-streamed in Room 160 at the Portland Center.

Last call for the lost and found! Please be sure to stop by the security office one last time to check for your lost items before leaving for Christmas break. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes Friday afternoon, so don’t delay!

Contact Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Below are the Bruin Store hours for commencement and Christmas break …

• Midyear Commencement (Saturday, Dec. 16): 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Dec. 18 to Jan. 5: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Closed Dec. 25-29

It’s never too early to order your textbooks! Rent and purchase your spring textbooks now at georgefoxshop.com. In-store pick-up will be available starting Saturday, Dec. 16.

Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Newberg Curves, a locally owned, women-only gym, has offered to waive 100 percent of its enrollment fee for George Fox employees and students.

The business has scheduled an open house for George Fox community members today (Thursday). Swing by between 6 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. or from 4 to 7 p.m. to take advantage of this offer! Curves is located at 110 N. Everest Road.

Contact Theresa Schierman (tschierman@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Seniors in the health and human performance, exercise science and athletic training education majors will present their senior research projects from 8 to 10 a.m. today (Thursday) in the Wheeler Sports Center’s Room 208. All are invited to come for part or all of the presentations.

Contact Byron Shenk (bshenk@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Please take one to three minutes to take the George Fox Cafés Survey for a chance to win a free coffee.

Thanks for your feedback!
– April Rose (aprilr10@georgefox.edu)

Cafés Survey

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The Office for Spiritual Life has become aware of a need in the Newberg School District with regard to the upcoming holiday break. Forty-eight percent of students in the Newberg School District participate in the free lunch program, and 168 of the students experience homelessness.

Over the winter break, these children and families will have difficulty getting the meals that they need. The spiritual life office is collecting monetary donations and gift cards to local grocery stores and restaurants to aid our neighbors during the Christmas holiday. The last day to submit gift cards and/or donations to the Office for Spiritual Life is tomorrow (Thursday). A donation box will be available at the all-employee meeting.

Contact Kearsten McCoy (kmccoy@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Our goal at the Academic Resource Center is to continually expand and improve the resources we offer to students and professors. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey for professors about your experiences and how we can best serve the George Fox community.

Thank you!
– Maddie Lowen (mlowen@georgefox.edu)

ARC Survey

Here are a couple of Employee Empowerment items to make note of  …

December Deadlines

• All payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14, in order to be effective for December.
• Any benefit change and/or enrollment forms are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, in order to be effective for December’s payroll.
• Temporary employee time cards should be filled out through Dec. 13 and returned to Employee Empowerment by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15.

Updating Your Personal Information and Consent for W-2

• Make sure your mailing address is correct for year-end reporting. You can check it and update if necessary in MyGFU > Self-Service > Campus Personal Info.
• You can also elect to have your W-2 available via MyGFU rather than mailed. To sign up or check to see if you already have, go to MyGFU > Self-Service > Payroll and Compensation > W-2/W-2c Consent.

Questions? Contact Employee Empowerment at ee@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2180.

Employee Empowerment would appreciate feedback on your experiences as a working parent welcoming a new child. If you would like your voice to be heard as we evaluate our policies designed to support our working parents, take 10 minutes to respond.

Please respond by Friday, Dec. 15. Thank you!

Survey: Welcoming a New Child

Need a pick-me-up during finals week? Come get a Krispy Kreme donut and some hot chocolate sold by the university’s theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega. They will be on sale in the Bruin Den and Canyon Commons from 9 a.m. to noon today (Wednesday).

For $3, you can get a cup of hot cocoa with a delicious donut and support the theatre department’s journey to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February.

Got questions? Contact Brooke Larson blarson15@georgefox.edu.