The Daily Bruin

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.

Don’t forget: All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend the all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 17, in Klages Dining Hall. Breakfast will be served as part of the meeting.

For those at the university’s regional sites (Boise and Redmond), please note: The meeting will be taped and be available for viewing in MyGFU in the days following the meeting. There will not be stream service available. Portland and Salem employees are encouraged to attend in person.

Someone dropped two flat rate priority envelopes into the U.S. Mail stream last week with a return address of George Fox University. The person printed the labels off – probably using Click N Ship – using the USPS Web site. However, the person did not pay for the postage online or any other way.

The two envelopes came back to the return address – George Fox University – wanting postage to be paid.

One envelope was addressed to Michael Glatfelter of San Diego, Calif., and the other envelope was addressed to Ron Reid of Seminole, Okla. Each envelope contains a check with a return address of International Myeloma Society out of Rochester, Minn.

These envelopes – including the checks – will not be mailed until the postage has been paid. If you recognize this information, please contact Mail Services at ext. 2555 or lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks!

Please join us as we go over the Welcome Weekend schedule tomorrow morning (Wednesday) at 9 a.m. in Hoover 105. We will be communicating some exciting changes to the program. We feel this is important because every member of this community has the potential to make a positive impact on a new student’s transition to Fox.

Help us welcome the class of 2016 by being in the “know”! Questions? Contact Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please submit requests for course reserve material as soon as possible. Materials are processed in the order received and can take up to five days to complete.

For all requests, please fill out and submit this form. If you have any questions, please contact Gina Braden at ext. 2425 or rbraden@georgefox.edu.

Information regarding student campus mailboxes: All new and returning student campus mailboxes are now “open.” Mail is being put into their mailboxes. All summer forwarding of mail and packages has stopped.

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend the all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 17, in Klages Dining Hall. Breakfast will be served as part of the meeting.

For those at the university’s regional sites (Boise and Redmond), the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” Portland and Salem employees are encouraged to attend in person.

The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings, and it includes a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link. Videos of previously recorded meetings are also available on the same page. They are listed in date order, and a username and password is provided which will give you access.

The university’s new faculty members for this fall will be introduced at a special dinner, hosted by the George Fox Auxiliary, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, in Klages Dining Hall. The cost is $10 per person.

Reservations can by made by contacting Judy Woolsey at 503-538-7314 by Thursday, Aug. 16. The program will include the introduction of new faculty by Provost Patrick Allen.

Many of you may remember Virginia Pongratz. She worked for the university for 27 years in the financial affairs office and retired about 10 years ago. Her family felt it would be fitting to host a memorial service for her on campus and has extended an invitation to the George Fox community to attend.

The service will be held beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, in Bauman Auditorium.

Alumni and Parent Relations has been busy cleaning out storage closets and have random entertainment and decor items up for grabs. (Random: Think golden reindeer, square mirrors, plant urns, Christmas platters and more).

If this sounds interesting, come by the basement of the Coffin Residence Hall between 10 a.m. and noon on Thursday, Aug. 9, and help yourself.

The university is expecting approximately 70 new international students this fall. They will be arriving on Aug. 15 to begin the international student orientation.

Rather than house these students in empty dorm rooms during orientation, we would like their first impressions to be with families who would be willing open their homes and show them the love of Christ. The home stays will be the nights of Aug. 16-22. Students will be in orientation during the days but would be free to be with the families the entire weekend of Aug. 18-19.

Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus during orientation. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and pick students up at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to offset the costs of meals and transportation.

If you are interested in serving as a host family, please contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu). If you know of others who might be interested, please let us know so we may contact them.

Thank you for your willingness to consider this opportunity.

Donations of clothing for the Corbett-Furgal family are being accepted at the Plant Services office in Newberg. A recent house fire destroyed most of their clothing and shoes.

Here are the sizes needed:

• Women’s size 2 & 4
• Ladies size 1 jeans, size small shirts
• Men’s size large and medium shirts
• Men’s jeans, pants, shorts etc.-size 30×34
• Men’s jeans, pants, shorts etc- 34×29 or 30
• Men’s jeans, pants, Carhartt  etc – 34×34 (David really misses his Carhartts)
• Women’s shoes – size 7 or 8
• Men’s shoes – Size 9 & Size 9 ½ and Size 10

Contact: Debby O’Kelley, dokelley@georgefox.edu

The new FoxTALE environment will adopt our regular FoxTALE address (foxtale.georgefox.edu) on the morning of Monday, August 20th.

Until that time, please log in to foxtale22.georgefox.edu to see your 2012-2013 FoxTALE sites if you have not already done so. If you still have content that needs to be moved from the current (soon-to-be-old) FoxTALE to the new FoxTALE, please follow these instructions to mark those courses with MOVE ME.

What are the browser addresses?

• Prior to the morning of Monday, August 20, 2012:
  • Current FoxTALE 1.9: foxtale.georgefox.edu
  • New FoxTALE 2.2: foxtale22.georgefox.edu
• After the morning of Monday, August 20, 2012:
  • Current FoxTALE 2.2: foxtale.georgefox.edu
  • Old FoxTALE 1.9 (available until August 30, 2013): foxtale19.georgefox.edu

How can I learn more about the upgrade?
See the information page. Read release notes, sign up for a webinar, or watch a screencast.

Questions? Please contact the Service Desk.

It’s official: The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education has granted the university’s physical therapy program candidacy status. This means we are permitted to begin the program this fall.

An all-employee meeting was held on Friday, at which President Robin Baker spoke about the Aug. 2 accreditation visit and program director Tyler Cuddeford introduced the PT staff. If you would like to view the meeting, it will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section.

The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings, and it includes a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link. Videos of previously recorded meetings are also available on the same page. They are listed in date order, and a username and password is provided which will give you access.

If you would like a hand in helping to save a life, please sign up to donate at an American Red Cross blood drive scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, in the Villa Academic Complex.

To schedule your appointment or for more info, go to redcrossblood.org (sponsor code: GeorgeFox), or e-mail jice09@georgefox.edu or mchau09@georgefox.edu and we’ll get you signed up.

If you can’t, spread the word! We’re trying to get at least 40 donors. Thanks so much for your help!