The Daily Bruin

Have you wondered how you would be notified in the event of an emergency on the Newberg campus?

The answer is FOXALERT.

FOXALERT is a communication service from Blackboard Connect Inc., to deliver emergency information to students and staff.

GFU has implemented the service to provide us with the ability to reach students and staff members with information and updates during unforeseen events or emergencies, within minutes, through phone calls, e-mails and/or text messages.

In the unlikely event of an emergency you would be potentially notified through three different methods:

1. Cell phone
2. E-mail
3. Text message

HOWEVER, for either of these methods to work YOU must enter your personal contact information in your MYGFU account.
Here’s how you do it!

–       Login to your MYGFU account
–       Click on SELF SERVICE
–       Click on CAMPUS PERSONAL INFORMATION
–       Click on PHONE NUMBERS
–       On the PHONE TYPE pick list, choose the phone type you are registering.
–       Type in your contact information
–       Click SAVE
–       If you need to add a number, first click on ADD A PHONE NUMBER
–       Make sure you click SAVE after each change.

When contacted by PHONE the number you will see is: 503-554-2007.

Your safety is very important to us.  Thank you for your participation!

If you have questions please contact Jere Witherspoon – jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Thanks for your attention to this matter and please enter the requested information into MYGFU as soon as possible BUT NO LATER THAN Friday, September 16th, 2011.

If you did not receive a coupon booklet from Serve Day yesterday you may pick one up at the information desk located on the first floor of Stevens. There is a limited supply so you may get one while they last.

Staff, faculty and students: There is still time to register for the C-CERT Campus Emergency Responder training beginning next Wednesday, Sept. 14. Classes will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in Hoover 210, and you must be pre-registered by Monday, Sept. 12, in order to attend this weekly training that concludes with a training activity on Saturday, Oct. 29.

Please register at this link by Monday: http://gfuccertfall2011.eventbrite.com.

The Staff Development Committee has budgeted funds for use by support staff members to attend seminars that will enhance their job skills and professional development. The Professional Development Fund will cover a portion of the seminar fee as follows: Up to 50 percent of the total cost, with a maximum of $75. For seminars over $500, reimbursement is $100.

Each support staff member is limited to one use of this fund per fiscal year. Funds are available until used up, so apply as early as possible. If you have questions, please contact Barbi Doran, Staff Development Committee chair, at ext. 2099 or visit our website at sdc.georgefox.edu.

Staff and faculty: Security Services spent the summer preparing Emergency Response Guides for each classroom on campus, and they have now all been installed. Please look for this bright yellow guide in your classroom and familiarize yourselves with the nearest exits, location of fire extinguishers and pull boxes, and what to do for various types of emergencies before you need the information!

There is also a floor plan on the last page of each guide indicating the location of nearest exits, pull stations, etc. Addresses for the building are on the front cover so you can give that to emergency personnel when you call 911. Please remember to also call security if you’ve called 911 from a cell phone so we can assist you with the emergency.

Please take a few moments to point out exit routes and other pertinent information to the students in your classroom at the beginning of each semester. Security personnel would be happy to answer any questions you might have at ext. 2090.

Applications are available now for the annual SCORR conference. It is open to any undergraduate student, and we encourage all who are interested to apply.

This year we are gathering a team of students who will be awarded partial scholarships and participate in diversity events, including going to Biola University in California. See the SCORR 2011 website for more details.

Pick up an application in Student Life or Spiritual Life. If you have questions, contact Shelley Yonemura at syonemura@georgefox.edu.

University men are welcome to a men’s group barbecue at the amphitheater at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. We will spend time eating great (free) food, hanging out, and worshipping with guys from all over campus! Come prepared to relax and have a great time.

Learn more here.

The Bruin Bookstore will be closed on Wednesday, Sept. 7, for Serve Day. We will reopen on Thursday, Sept. 8.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Sept. 20, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Serve Day is tomorrow! Here are a few reminders about the day:

• If you haven’t gotten an assignment, e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu
• Bring a water bottle, hat and wear sunscreen
• Meet on the quad for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and worship at 8:30 a.m.

Because the spiritual life e-mail wasn’t working last week, we ask that you resubmit student worker chapel exemption lists. If you have students in your department who are working for you during the chapel hour or who are in an internship on Mondays and Wednesdays, please send spiritual life (spirituallife@georgefox.edu) the list of those students along with their ID number. Exemptions must be processed by Friday, Sept. 23.

Students with an internship on Mondays or Wednesdays or who work during the chapel hour are eligible for partial chapel credit exemption. If you have questions about the chapel policy, check out our spiritual life website.

The George Fox men’s soccer team will host Trinity Lutheran for a match at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, at the Austin Sports Complex.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox athletics website at gfubruins.com.

The university’s campuses in Portland, Salem, Boise and Redmond will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, for the Labor Day holiday. The Newberg campus will be open and will instead take a mid-semester holiday on Friday, Oct. 14.

The university’s courier will not be going to Portland or Salem on Monday (Sept. 5) as normal, as both of those campuses are closed for Labor Day.

The courier will go to Portland and Salem on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Thanks!
University Mail Services

Are you a graphic designer and want $50? Submit a T-shirt design that incorporates “George Fox” or “Be Known” to Andrea Heath (aheath@georgefox.edu) by Friday, Sept. 30, for a chance to earn $50.

The winning design will be printed on 400 T-shirts for prospective high school students at fall and spring Bruin Preview. The admissions office will choose the winning design by Friday, Oct. 7.

Serve Day is next Wednesday! The entire university community will unite together for our 13th annual Serve Day, participating in a variety of service opportunities in Newberg and the surrounding area.

Here’s the schedule:

7:30-8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast begins/bag your own lunch (provided by Bon Appétit)
8:20 a.m. – Kick-off celebration on the quad lawn
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes on lawn (commuters meet in front of Bauman) and depart for service site
Lunch – Eat with your group at the service site
3-4 p.m. (approximate) – Participants return to campus
4 p.m. – Church Connection Fair and Volunteer Fair begin
4:30 p.m. – Campus celebration, games, activities fair begin
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Dinner

The cost of breakfast and the evening dinner is covered for all members of the university community (excluding family members). If you would like to invite family or friends to the community celebration and would like to purchase dinner tickets, please fill out this form. If you are not a team leader and would like to purchase a lunch, please fill out this form (gluten-free lunches are available by request on the morning of Serve Day).

If you have any questions, please contact your team leader or e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu.

Marketing Communications will host a staff/faculty portrait session from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Cap and Gown Room. These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use.

Please call or e-mail Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2125) to let us know what time you are planning to come. You can still come without prior notice.

It’s our first Movie on the Lawn of the semester! Join us for a showing of Cool Runnings on Friday, Sept. 2, between 9 and 11 p.m. in the amphitheater. Snow cones, popcorn and candy will be available.

Questions? Contact Stephanie Grosse at sgrosse10@georgefox.edu.

August is now behind us, so please submit your August time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) this week. Be sure it is complete, accurate and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108.

If your supervisor is not available to sign your time sheet by Tuesday, Sept. 6, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed. Links to the time-off report and the August time sheet can be found at this link.

Please nominate a colleague that would be deserving of this month’s Employee of the Month award by submitting your nomination via e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Monday, Sept. 19. It should be a summary of this person’s recent contributions and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 gift card to The Allison at our next community meeting.