The Daily Bruin

The Academic Resource Center is gearing up to provide the same excellent services with a few changes to better serve students.

• Check out our new home in the former Audio/Visual Room in the library basement (turn right at the bottom of the stairs).
• Students can use their GFU login information to access the online schedule at arcschedule.georgefox.edu; from there, students can schedule and cancel their own ARC appointments.
• Other ways to schedule an appointment: email the_arc@georgefox.edu, call 503-554-2327, or stop by the ARC.
• Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/GFU-ARC; “Like” the page to get insights on college success, learning strategies, academic tips and ARC news.

Next week (Sept. 3) we will begin our regular hours: 1-10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and noon to 4 p.m. on Fridays. As always, we’re available for writing consultations, academic coaching, and help with learning strategies.

Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu, 503-554-2314) if you have any questions.

Grocery Outlet is hosting a George Fox Day for students and employees each week! Every Wednesday, all day, you receive a 5-percent discount on your purchase when you present your GFU ID card.

It’s now under two weeks until our 14th annual Serve Day! On Wednesday, Sept. 5, we will send out about 1,700 employees and students to serve 84 sites in Newberg and the surrounding area.

Employees have received their Serve Day assignments. If you have any questions about your assignment, let Meredith Dougherty or Kendra Philips know by e-mailing serveday@georgefox.edu.

Those students who live on campus will receive their assignments from their RA. Additional information is available in living areas and in chapel.

Interested in getting in better shape? Space is available for students and employees in the Core Flexibility and Fitness (HHPA 185 ST) class this semester.

The class is offered on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Wheeler Gymnasium and there is plenty of room for those interested.

Questions about the class? Contact Steve Grant at sgrant@georgefox.edu.

If you have not sent Mail Services the list of student employees for your department, please submit it as soon as possible. They will not be allowed to pick up packages for your employees unless they have been authorized by you and entered into the Mail Services tracking system.

Call ext. 2556 and ask for Pam, if you have questions.

Thank you.

Don’t forget to let iGFU.georgefox.edu help you kickoff the new semester. We have a new option for how faculty can display photos of all their students in a class if you are on a large screen device like a computer or iPad.

On your course roster page select the “Photos” option at the top to display all of your students’ photos. A good way to learn their names. And remember, if you see an icon associated with an iGFU service, tap it to see what it may provide.

Come on over to your friendly neighborhood Grocery Outlet this Sunday, Aug. 26, for George Fox Night! Hours are 8 to 11 p.m.

There will be prizes, games, Magic Cart, Spin the Wheel of Bargains, free hot dogs and sodas. All George Fox students and employees receive 5 percent discount on your purchase when you show your ID.

Here are a few friendly fall reminders for faculty using FoxTALE!

Make your course sites available (visible) to students
Your fall 2012 course sites were created as unavailable (hidden) to students. When you’re ready for students to see your course site:

1. In your course site, go to Settings > Course Administration > Edit settings
2. Change the Availability setting to “This course is available to students,” and scroll to the bottom to save changes.

Have you updated your profile and photo in the new FoxTALE?
Sorry, we were not able to transfer your profile and photo from the old FoxTALE to the new FoxTALE.

For information on updating your profile, see this quick guide. For information on updating your photo, see this quick guide.

Serve Day is coming on Wednesday, Sept. 5! If you are planning to purchase a meal, please complete this form so we know how much food to prepare.

Breakfast and dinner are provided for all employees; all meals are provided for team leaders and committee members. Dinner is available for purchase for families of employees; bring a blanket and enjoy a picnic on the quad after a wonderful day of service.

Staff, faculty and summer work-study students: The lost and found is stuffed full, and if you have misplaced items this summer, you will need to come to the security house by 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, to check for your lost items.

Any items not reclaimed by their owner will be donated to charitable causes on Friday afternoon so that we can start the academic year with an empty lost and found.

Welcome Weekend begins today (Thursday)! Check-in for new students will take place at the residence halls. In the quad will be an information tent, community fair, wireless assistance, mail key pick-up, and a ticket tent selling meal tickets, Mystery Bus Tour tickets and “High Hopes” T-shirts.

If possible, please do not park in the Stevens lot. We would like to reserve this area for people making their way to the quad.

To see the schedules and more information about the weekend, please go to welcome.georgefox.edu.

Thank you!

Lost all the sites on your FoxTALE home page? Never fear! Just log onto foxtale19.georgefox.edu to access them. We upgraded FoxTALE on Monday, Aug 20. The address foxtale.georgefox.edu now points to a new environment for 2012-13 and beyond.

Your old sites will be available in foxtale19.georgefox.edu for a year. Questions? Contact the Service Desk.

The library is pleased to deliver library materials for participating faculty to their offices. All library material must be signed for by the faculty member or persons designated as their signers.

If you have used this service in the past or you are signing up for the first time, please click on this link and fill out the form. Questions? Contact Gina Braden at rbraden@georgefox.edu.

George Fox’s Center for Peace & Justice has invited artist/musician Aaron Strumpel to be part of the in-residence program and act as the artist practitioner in-residence for the fall semester.

We’ve had a last-minute housing cancellation and need to procure a place for Aaron for the semester in order to welcome him to George Fox. We are asking for donated housing if at all possible for the duration of his stay (he is donating his time to the university), but we will also seek to meet minimal overhead costs as needed.

The ideal living situation would be a space with enough privacy where Aaron could practice his music late at night without disturbing neighbors (or those in the house). Please pass this request to friends and family whom you think might be willing to help host this talented and wonderful musician in Newberg.

For more information, please e-mail Clint Baldwin (cbaldwin@georgefox.edu) or Melanie Newell (mnewell@georgefox.edu) or call 503-554-2686.

Click here to see Aaron’s GFU Center for Peace & Justice in-residence page.

This 40-hours-per-week/10-month position is being announced as “internal only,” available to current employees at this time. Temporary employees may apply as well. Please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu to request a copy of the job description.

To apply, please submit a letter, resume and transfer request (available on the HR jobs web page) to hr@georgefox.edu or drop these materials off in HR. The position will close at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27.

The university community is invited to celebrate the launch of George Fox’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program at a special ceremony from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at the Villa Academic Complex.

The event will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony and will allow visitors to tour the physical therapy facility. The program’s first cohort of 32 students will begin classes that morning. If you plan to attend, R.S.V.P to Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu or ext. 2134.

Effective listening will be the topic as alumna Anna Briggs of V2A (Vision to Action) Solutions, a Lake Oswego business consulting and coaching firm, speaks at the Tuesday, Aug. 28, monthly Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Briggs works with her husband, Larry, at V2A Solutions. She says her goal of becoming the best listener possible starts and ends as a wife and the mother of five young adults, two stepsons and two daughters-in-law.

Over the course of the last 25 years of staying home to raise her children, Briggs has been a volunteer facilitator with the Pregnancy Resource Center and The Dougy Center in Portland for grieving children; a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) Mentor Mom; and has volunteered in her community at large. Briggs holds a bachelor ’s degree in social and behavioral science from George Fox and is currently working to obtain her professional coaching credentials through Western Seminary.

Coffee, tea and pastries will be available at the meeting, which is free for Chamber members who R.S.V.P. at cccnw.net. A $5 donation is suggested from non-members and guests who R.S.V.P.

For more information, go to the above website or call 503-928-8354.

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 name tag requests at this link.

Be sure to 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 Wednesday, Aug. 22.

It’s time to order university stationery. For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. Please continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s Print Services.

Orders are due by Wednesday, Aug. 29.

The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Monday, Aug. 20. If you have not done so already, you will need to create a new “Individual Account” on the form before you can submit your order.

Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) in marketing communications if you have any questions.