The Daily Bruin

In February of this past spring semester, our installation of Turnitin started experiencing an issue in processing student file submissions in the standard FoxTALE assignment activity. All files appeared as “pending” and did not produce an originality report.

We have continued to work with Turnitin to resolve the issues affecting the originality reports in the regular FoxTALE assignments. We are starting to see that submissions made weeks ago are now beginning to process. Students are receiving email confirmations from Turnitin on those submissions. We apologize for any confusion this may be causing you or your students.

We are continuing to test with Turnitin through this week to confirm that submission processing is restored. We will send another update when we are confident that the issue is resolved and testing is concluded.

If you have questions, please contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

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

In his latest blog piece about his Juniors Abroad trip to England and Ireland, President Robin Baker reflects on the legacies of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien – and how visits to their old haunts at Oxford always inspire him. You can read it here.

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, May 26, in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

The Oregon Writing Project Collaborative at George Fox University is pleased to be offering several Young Writers Camps for third- through 12th-grade students. This organization, part of the College of Education, has offered these camps for years at its previous location and is thrilled to be launching them through George Fox.

Topics include Oregon Battle of the Books, Superheroes for a Cause, Creative Nonfiction, and Code/Create/Compose. Please feel free to pass this along to those who might benefit from this experience.

Questions? Contact Andrea Byerley at abyerley@georgefox.edu.

President Robin Baker is winding down his Juniors Abroad trip to Ireland and England. Before returning home, his group had the opportunity to attend Evensong services. You can read about his impressions of the experience here.

Invite your university guests that need WiFi access to use the new Bruin-Guest wireless network. Their mobile devices (phones, tablets and laptops) can get Internet access with a pass-code sent to their phone via text or to an email address. Simply connect and register on the Bruin-Guest wireless network.

George Fox students, faculty and staff should continue to use the Bruin-Secure wireless network. The older foxpublic wireless network will be turned off this Monday, May 23.

Visit the IT WiFi webpage for more information or contact the IT Service Desk with questions.

It’s been a busy spring and commencement season. Think about the assistance you have received from colleagues. Who do you want to nominate for Employee of the Month as a way of complimenting their good work?

Think quickly – the nominations are due today (Monday) at 5 p.m. Send to Lisa Burton via email at lburton@georgefox.edu.

Sandy Gidding has moved on from the bookstore, so as a reminder to all academic administrators and faculty, any questions or concerns regarding textbooks should be directed to Mary Shumway at 1478txt@follett.com or mshumway@georgefox.edu.

You can also email Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Thank you

We will have weekly community garden gatherings each Wednesday throughout the summer. You are welcome to join as a consistent member for the summer ($10 per student, $15 per adult), or come check it out and see if you want to be involved. We work together, so you don’t have to know what you’re doing.

We share a potluck meal together each Wednesday night, so if you can, bring some dishes to eat off of, and some food to share.

Email Cherice Bock (cbock@georgefox.edu) to be put on the list to hear about events, and/or join our Facebook page.

Eleven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Program Director, Theologia (GFU Summer Theology Institute), part time
• Video Producer, Marketing Communications
• Technical Director, Department of English and Theatre
• Financial Aid Counselor
• Records Specialist, Registrar
• Administrative Assistant, School of Physical Therapy
• Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
• Groundskeeper III/Irrigation Technician
• MBA and DBA Program Coordinator, College of Business
• Associate Director of Annual Giving
• Portland Facilities Coordinator

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Invite your university guests that need WiFi access to use the new Bruin-Guest wireless network. Their mobile devices (phones, tablets and laptops) can get Internet access with a pass-code sent to their phone via text or to an email address. Simply connect and register on the Bruin-Guest wireless network.

George Fox students, faculty and staff should continue to use the Bruin-Secure wireless network. The older foxpublic wireless network will be turned off this Monday, May 23.

Visit the IT WiFi webpage for more information or contact the IT Service Desk with questions.

Starting the fall 2016 semester, new meal plan options will be available to students. Please check out the Meal Plan Options page for detailed information about the new meal plans and our meal plan policies.

The meal plan form will be available in MyGFU, in “University Forms,” starting Wednesday, June 15. You must select your meal plan no later than June 27, 2016.

Students living on campus in the fall who do not select their meal plan by June 27 will have the lowest meal plan they are eligible for applied to their account by student life. Students living off campus who do not choose a meal plan by June 27 will be given the “No Meal Plan.”

However, students who are eligible to do so may make changes to their meal plan until Friday, Sept. 9.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office if you have any questions regarding the meal plan. She can be reached at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316.

We will have weekly community garden gatherings each Wednesday throughout the summer. You are welcome to join as a consistent member for the summer ($10 per student, $15 per adult), or come check it out and see if you want to be involved. We work together, so you don’t have to know what you’re doing.

We share a potluck meal together each Wednesday night, so if you can, bring some dishes to eat off of, and some food to share.

Email Cherice Bock (cbock@georgefox.edu) to be put on the list to hear about events, and/or join our Facebook page.

Invite your university guests that need WiFi access to use the new Bruin-Guest wireless network. Their mobile devices (phones, tablets and laptops) can get Internet access with a pass-code sent to their phone via text or to an email address. Simply connect and register on the Bruin-Guest wireless network.

George Fox students, faculty and staff should continue to use the Bruin-Secure wireless network. The older foxpublic wireless network will be turned off this Monday, May 23.

Visit the IT WiFi webpage for more information or contact the IT Service Desk with questions.

International studies has a limited number of free tickets to hear TIME magazine columnist and author Rana Foroohar speak at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m.

Foroohar is author of the book Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business. Her TIME column “The Curious Capitalist” covers global economic and political issues. The event is part of an international speaker series hosted by the World Affairs Council of Oregon.

Please email Gina Miller (gmiller@georgefox.edu) if you are interested in a ticket. Visit this link for more information about the speaker.

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 submit your request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department (optional); and the chart of accounts budget to be charged. The next order will be placed on Tuesday, May 24.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

President Robin Baker’s Juniors Abroad trip to Ireland and England continued with a visit to Portsmouth, England, to see the HMS Victory and the memorials to its vice admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson. You can read about it here.

International studies has a limited number of free tickets to hear TIME magazine columnist and author Rana Foroohar speak at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Thursday, May 19, at 7 p.m.

Foroohar is author of the book Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business. Her TIME column “The Curious Capitalist” covers global economic and political issues. The event is part of an international speaker series hosted by the World Affairs Council of Oregon.

Please email Gina Miller (gmiller@georgefox.edu) if you are interested in a ticket. Visit this link for more information about the speaker.

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