The Daily Bruin

Fiscal-year-end 2015/2016 is quickly approaching, and the finance department would appreciate your help in ensuring a smooth and timely year-end close. Please review and note the following deadlines for accounts payable requests:

1. Submission of the following FY2015/2016 requests must be received by the finance department on or before July 8, 2016:

• Check Requests
• Invoices
• Expense Reimbursement Requests
• Petty Cash Logs for expenses through June 30, 2016, only

2. All Cash Advance Requests for FY2015/2016 expenses must be received by the finance department on or before June 13, 2016.

Please refer to the “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures” page on the finance department website for additional details.

Please contact Jennifer Klapp (jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170) with any year-end accounts payable questions.

Thank you!
The Finance Team

If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, back up your 2016 Spring grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. See the instructions here for backing up grades. You will want to keep an archive of your course grades that cover the last five years.

Use your new, empty 2016 Summer (or Fall) sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

2016 Summer sites are currently hidden from student view. When you are ready, you can share the site with your students. Here is a quick guide on how to make the courses available: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible to Students.

If your course site is set to Weekly format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to Administration> Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the Course start date, and change it to the first day of your 2016 Summer course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.”

Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for guides, resources and the new features coming in the Aug. 19, 2016, FoxTALE Upgrade.

For questions or assistance using FoxTALE please contact the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

We will be hosting our second and final candy buffet today (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Bruin Den. We still have a wide variety of candy and will have boxes available for you to fill with your favorites for a low flat rate!

Drop by and see us anytime between 11 and 2. We look forward to seeing you and wish you well during finals week! The proceeds from this event will go toward financing a serve trip and Juniors Abroad trip for students Valentina Kucher and Courtney DuMond.

Contact Courtney (cdumond13@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Today (Tuesday) is the day! Bring your department colleagues for the final all-employee lunch of the year! Lunch is served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Cost is $3.

International Student Services will be hosting a garage sale this summer to raise money for an international student emergency fund. If you can donate to this cause, please bring your old or new items to the International Student Services office at 1110 E. Meridian St., any time between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Also, if you need us to pick up the item, we can do that as well. Just let us know.

Questions? Contact Alex Pia at ext. 2643 or apia@georgefox.edu.

Please join us for a farewell open house for Joyce Engberg to celebrate her time with the College of Engineering before she moves to Bend, Ore.

When: Wednesday April 27
Time: 2-3:30 p.m. (drop in)
Where: Wood-Mar 201

Summer hours for the Wheeler Fitness Center are as follows:

• Monday-Friday: 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• Saturday: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• Closed Sundays

There is a correction to the finals week hours posted by Bon Appetit: The hours of operation for our final board meal of the semester on Saturday, April 30, will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Need a space to relax during finals week? Come tonight (Tuesday) at 9 p.m. to the Pavilion for an evening of community and worship around the fire as we celebrate this semester and this year.

There will not be chapel credit for this event, as it will be past the cutoff, but we hope to see you there and enjoy the space with you.

For those of us who were not at George Fox in 1965 when Heacock Commons and the current dining room was built, have you ever wondered what one of the first meals might have been? Have you ever thought how much lunch might have cost? Have you ever heard of the “Quaker Inn Cafe”? If the answer to any of these is yes, join us tomorrow (Wednesday) for our “1965 Throwback Lunch” and you’ll discover what you missed 51 years ago!

We’ve rented a juke box spinning ’60s platters and will be featuring favorites like chicken a la king, bologna and egg salad sandwiches, spaghetti and meatballs, fruit cocktail and much, much more – all for the throwback price of $1.25 for all staff, faculty and commuters.

Bring your appetite and we’ll see you in Klages on Wednesday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Contact Denny Lawrence (dlawrence@georgefox.edu) or Lisa Miles (lmiles@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

We will be hosting our second and final candy buffet tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Bruin Den. We still have a wide variety of candy and will have boxes available for you to fill with your favorites for a low flat rate!

Drop by and see us anytime between 11 and 2. We look forward to seeing you and wish you well during finals week! The proceeds from this event will go toward financing a serve trip and Juniors Abroad trip for students Valentina Kucher and Courtney DuMond.

Contact Courtney (cdumond13@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Join us for a going-away party to celebrate 19 years of faculty service by Debbie Berhó. This open-house-style reception is being held in Minthorn 200 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today (Tuesday). Join us and wish Debbie well on her new venture!

Questions? Contact Penny Martin (pmartin@georgefox.edu).

It will be an exciting summer as we open the new dining hall, Canyon Commons! This facility will feature a large dining hall area (seating up to 555), three conference/meeting rooms (holding from 80 to 90 each that can also be combined to create a larger space), the president’s dining room (seating up to 20), and an espresso cafe (seating up to 60).

In May, construction will also begin on the remodeling of the former dining hall, servery, kitchen and Cap and Gown Room into space for the College of Engineering, which means that the Bruin Den and Bruin Bites will be impacted. Following are important dates to keep in mind in terms of meal service venues for the summer:

• Groovy Bruin Food Truck: Available adjacent to the library from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning on May 2 until the Bruin Den reopens (approximately June 13)
• Canyon Commons Dining Hall: Days and hours will vary throughout the summer depending on the conference schedule.
• Canyon Commons Espresso Cafe: We’re anticipating that the new café will be open for service beginning June 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday
• Roberts Center/Villa Cafe: The last day of operation for the Roberts Center/Villa Cafe will be Friday, May 27.
• Bruin Den: Closed from May 2 to approximately June 13, after which it will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday

Thank you for your flexibility, patience and understanding as we transition to a new facility! Questions regarding food service can be directed to Denny Lawrence (dlawrenc@georgefox.edu), resident district manager with Bon Appetit Management Company, or Brad Lau (blau@georgefox.edu), vice president for student life.

Left in George Fox van #16 (we’re pretty sure): A red soft-sided case with jumper cables, flashers and first aid items. Have you seen it? If so, the women’s golf program would love to have it back. It has sentimental value. Please return to the main athletic office in Wheeler.

Thank you

Do you like free lunch? Are you a nice person? Do you like interacting with people? If any of these apply to you, we have a job for you!

Each year, the music department hosts the OSAA High School State Choir Competition, and we are currently needing volunteers to help keep the competition running smoothly. Jobs include door monitors, guides and assistants for some of the judges.

The competition is May 5-7, which is the Thursday, Friday and Saturday the week after graduation. Since it’s after school, this would be most ideal for students staying on campus for May Term or living nearby for the summer. Volunteers are needed all three days, and shifts go from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., from noon to 5 p.m., or all day.

Please contact Natalie Marquette at nmarquette12@georgefox.edu if you are interested!

We have made changes to the George Fox University budget and transaction reports in PeopleSoft. The report menu has changed and there are more reports to choose from. Please go here for more information about navigating the new report menu.

Questions? Please call Melodee Powers at ext. 2175.

Thanks,
The Finance Team

You are invited to attend the final all-employee lunch of the semester tomorrow (Tuesday) in the Cap and Gown Room. Lunch is available between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. at a cost of $3. See you there!

Please join us this Friday, April 29, at 7 p.m. for the Baccalaureate Service of the 2016 graduating class. This service will be a time of worship and commissioning for our graduates.

Graduates, families, friends and employees are all warmly invited to be a part of this significant worship and commissioning service. The service will be held in Bauman Auditorium. Translation in Mandarin, Spanish and ASL will be provided. Attire is business casual.

Questions? Contact Jamie Noling-Auth at jnolingauth@georgefox.edu.

Need a space to relax during finals week? Come tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 9 p.m. to the Pavilion for an evening of community and worship around the fire as we celebrate this semester and this year.

There will not be chapel credit for this event, as it will be past the cutoff, but we hope to see you there and enjoy the space with you.

Well-loved tennis balls, good for practice or your dog’s enjoyment, are available in Wheeler Sports Center office. Bring your own bag please.