Below are the all-employee meeting dates for the coming academic year. All are scheduled in Hoover 105 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. except the Jan. 26 meeting, scheduled in Bauman Auditorium.
Please fill out this survey for Serve Day so that the Serve Day committee knows how much food to prepare for the day. All meals are covered for Serve Day team leaders and committee members. Extra meals may be purchased for family members on Serve Day.
If you would like to purchase a lunch for Serve Day, please fill out this survey. Breakfast and dinner are provided for all employees, and lunch can be purchased for an extra fee. If you are a team leader or committee member, your lunch is complimentary and you do not need to fill out this form.
On Serve Day (Sept. 8), we will be making laundry soap for Love INC. to distribute to the community. If you have empty liquid laundry soap containers or empty milk containers, please drop them off at the Office of Spiritual Life (Sheridan Street House).
Thank you,
Serve Day Committee
Please fill out this survey for Serve Day so that the Serve Day committee knows how much food to prepare for the day. All meals are covered for Serve Day team leaders and committee members. Extra meals may be purchased for family members on Serve Day.
On Serve Day (Sept. 8), we will be making laundry soap for Love INC. to distribute to the community. If you have empty liquid laundry soap containers or empty milk containers, please drop them off at the Office of Spiritual Life (Sheridan Street House).
Thank you,
Serve Day Committee
As a result of our latest redesign, the majority of pages on the university website have been redesigned, giving them a new, professional and consistent look. When browsing the website, it’s possible that your web browser isn’t actually showing you the most recent page. If a page doesn’t look like it has changed, or looks broken in some way, you might need to force your web browser to download the newest version. This process is called clearing your cache.
This is an easy task to accomplish and depends on what operating system and browser your computer is using.
On a PC
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox: hold down the control button and press “F5.”
On a Mac
Mozilla Firefox: hold down command, shift, and press “r.”
Safari: Go to the Safari menu and choose the “Empty Cache” option.
This will force the page to update and remove any old content that the web browser may have been showing you.
Applications for the Women’s Leadership Development Cohort are now available, and the WLDI committee welcomes you to apply. If you are interested in participating in the 2010 cohort, or want to encourage someone to apply, please see the WLDI Cohort Application Packet for more information. You will find four documents related to this opportunity: a memo providing information about the program, an application, and two recommendation forms.
The application and recommendation forms must be submitted to the WLDI Committee, Campus Box #6049, by Wednesday, Sept. 15. If you have questions, please contact Sheri Philips at sphilips@georgefox.edu or ext. 2114.
The Office of Spiritual Life and Center for Peace and Justice are excited to be hosting David and Lenuta Chronic for fall semester as missional practitioners-in-residence. The Chronics work as country directors in Romania for World Made Flesh, a nonprofit organization existing to serve among the most vulnerable of the world’s poor.
An immediate need has materialized for a car for the duration (or even a portion) of their stay, Aug. 30 through Dec. 15. If you or anyone you know would be willing to donate a car for David and Lenuta to use while at George Fox, it would be greatly appreciated.
Please contact the Office of Spiritual Life if this is something you are able to do: spirituallife@georgefox.edu or ext. 2320.
Many thanks,
Office of Spiritual Life
Print Services is taking requests from all persons wanting to learn or refresh their skills on the departmental Canon and Ricoh copiers. These training sessions are set for Thursday, Aug. 26. The time for each will be assigned as the requests arrive in Print Services. Newberg appointments will be scheduled for the morning and early afternoon, with Portland appointments being scheduled for late afternoon.
Training sessions for the new Xerox Color Qubes are being scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 25. The trainer estimates that each session should take no more than 45 minutes, but he will answer all questions. The times and locations are: MLRC first floor at 9 a.m.; Stevens Center second floor mezzanine at 10:30 a.m.; Hoover second floor at 1 p.m.; VAC lobby at 2:30 p.m.; and Print Services at 4 p.m.
Please call ext. 2550 to make your requests.
We will be opening the Bruin Den on Wednesday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you’ve been brown-bagging all week or missing our smoothies, please come in an join us for lunch. We will again be closed on Thursday and Friday and will reopen on Monday, Aug. 23.
George Fox has formed a new partnership with Staples Advantage as its office supply provider. To demonstrate what Staples Advantage offers, three informational training sessions are scheduled between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, in the Cap and Gown Room.
Three Web order platform training sessions are planned at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., so schedule your attendance to participate in one of the three sessions. You will learn about:
Stop by for light refreshments and pick up some free product samples. For more information, contact Cherie Peck at 503-731-6231 or cherie.peck@staples.com.
Don’t forget the fall all-employee community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 20. Attendance is required.
Breakfast will be served in Klages Dining Room from 8 to 8:35 a.m. The meeting will follow in Bauman Auditorium, starting with worship at 8:45 a.m. led by Bill Jolliff.
For those at the university’s regional sites in Redmond and Boise (Salem and Portland employees are expected to attend the meeting in person), the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the event will be available in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.
George Fox is expecting 56 new international students this fall, and they start arriving on campus this week. Because of the housing crunch, we are not able to put students into campus housing as soon as they arrive. So, we are looking for families who would be willing to have two international students stay in their home.
Students will need housing the nights of Aug. 17 or 18 to Aug. 26. Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and pick up students at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to help defray some of the costs.
Please call Dianna McIntyre (ext. 2649 or dmcintyre@georgefox.edu) or Alex Pia (ext. 2643 or apia@georgefox.edu) if you are able to host some students. If you know of others who might be interested, please let us know so we may contact them.
Following the all-campus meeting this Friday morning, come over to Klages Dining Hall to celebrate the 100th year of the university’s support organization, the GFU Auxiliary. Lunch tickets are $15 and must be purchased from the office of university relations by 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16. A portion of ticket sales will help fund the auxiliary’s endowed student scholarship fund.
We have new football T-shirts at the Bruin Bookstore. Come in and check out the selection. Only $15.99. You can see pictures of the variety on our Facebook page:Â facebook.com/bruinbookstore.
If you are going to purchase any meals on Serve Day (breakfast and dinner are included for all employees), please fill out this survey so we can plan accordingly.
Join IT for an introduction to FoxTALE, the university Learning Management System (LMS) used by instructors and students to provide options for online classroom interaction. This seminar assumes no prior FoxTALE experience and begins with logging in to FoxTALE. Learn to develop your course site, upload course files such as syllabi, set up an online discussion forum, and set up assignments.
You can sign up at this link for sessions on Wednesday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon in Hoover 211 in Newberg, or Friday, Aug. 20, from 2 to 5 p.m. in PDS 210 (Portland Center).
Visit Faculty FoxTALE Quick Guides for more information.
Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing Communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly from B&B Print Source by Monday Aug. 23.
The login user ID is “gfubc†and the password is “gfu123.” Please save the username and password for future reference. Contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) if you have any questions.
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 now submit and view your name tag requests.
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 Thursday, Aug. 19.
IT is offering training sessions to help you get started on our new e-mail system and Google applications.
Interested in learning more about the new e-mail system? Sign up for a Monday, Aug. 16, session from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. Want to learn how to create, edit, and share Google Docs? Sign up for a Wednesday, Aug. 18, session from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Hoover 209. To sign up for either session, visit this link.
Visit Google Apps Help and E-Mail Quick Guides for more information.
