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The university is transitioning our anti-virus software from Avast to FortiClient. This will result in better coverage and fewer software conflicts. This will apply to work-study systems as well, and the rollout of this process began yesterday (Tuesday).

FortiClient has been in use as George Fox’s VPN software on laptops, and we have now expanded its services by including their anti-virus protection for all George Fox machines. This means that the former anti-virus software is no longer active, and you will need Forticlient installed or upgraded on your computer in order to be protected.

There are two steps that need to be taken for this to happen:

1. Installation or upgrade of Forticlient
2. Removal of previous Antivirus software (Avast or Sophos)

In most cases, IT will be able to push FortiClient directly onto your Windows PC remotely. If your system has a previous version of FortiClient it will likely require a reboot. Here are instructions for installing and rebooting the system at your convenience: Forticlient – PC Instructions.

After FortiClient is installed, the previous antivirus application should be removed. You can uninstall the old software from Settings/Apps. If you need assistance with uninstalling Avast or Sophos, contact the Service Desk.

This process has already been done for Apple products, but if you have questions about your Mac or were not contacted, please contact the Service Desk.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to give us a call at 503-554-2569, option 2.

The university is transitioning our anti-virus software from Avast to FortiClient. This will result in better coverage and fewer software conflicts. This will apply to work-study systems as well, and the rollout of this process will begin today (Tuesday, Jan. 22).

FortiClient has been in use as George Fox’s VPN software on laptops, and we have now expanded its services by including their anti-virus protection for all George Fox machines. This means that the former anti-virus software is no longer active, and you will need Forticlient installed or upgraded on your computer in order to be protected.

There are two steps that need to be taken for this to happen:

1. Installation or upgrade of Forticlient
2. Removal of previous Antivirus software (Avast or Sophos)

In most cases, IT will be able to push FortiClient directly onto your Windows PC remotely. If your system has a previous version of FortiClient it will likely require a reboot.

After FortiClient is installed, the previous antivirus application should be removed. You can uninstall the old software from Settings/Apps. If you need assistance with uninstalling Avast or Sophos, contact the Service Desk.

This process has already been done for Apple products, but if you have questions about your Mac or were not contacted, please contact the Service Desk.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to give us a call at 503-554-2569, option 2.

Please take note: The January all-employee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 24, in Canyon Commons, has been canceled.

We will meet again in the same venue from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28.

The Office for Spiritual Life is looking for post-college Life Group leaders for our six-week spring Life Groups (the weeks of Feb. 11 through March 22). Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship.

Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes at the time and location of your choosing. Participants will select the group they wish to participate in based on the details that leaders provide.

We welcome our employees, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group. Our spring leader meeting will take place on Thursday, Jan. 31, from noon to 1:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided.

For more information and to sign up, visit this webpage or contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Be sure to join us for the staff lunch tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon in Canyon Commons 101-102. We’d love to have you join us for fellowship and a delicious meal! The cost is $3 (cash, check, debit or credit).

If you forgot to RSVP last week, you can still do so at this link. See you there!

The university’s offices and libraries will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, to observe the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

On the Newberg campus, the Hadlock Student Center will be open from noon to 11 p.m. that day, and the Bruin Store will be open from noon to 2 p.m. In-store pick-up orders can be retrieved during those hours in the store (no longer in the FoxHole).

Please take note: The January all-employee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 24, in Canyon Commons, has been canceled.

We will meet again in the same venue from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28.

Join us for this month’s staff lunch on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at noon in Canyon Commons 101-102. We’d love to have you join us for fellowship and a delicious meal! The cost is $3 (cash, check, debit or credit).

Please RSVP by 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, at this link. See you there!

Complimentary tickets are available to the 2019 Portland Remodeling Show coming up Jan. 25-27 at the Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Employees can pick up two tickets each ($8 total value) at the Information Services desk in the Stevens Center.

We have a limited supply, so please request/pick them up only if you are reasonably certain you will attend.

Portland and Salem employees can request tickets by emailing Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.

Join us for this month’s staff lunch on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at noon in Canyon Commons 101-102. We’d love to have you join us for fellowship and a delicious meal! The cost is $3 (cash, check, debit or credit).

Please RSVP by 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, at this link. See you there!

The Office for Spiritual Life is looking for post-college Life Group leaders for our six-week spring Life Groups (the weeks of Feb. 11 through March 22). Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship.

Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes at the time and location of your choosing. Participants will select the group they wish to participate in based on the details that leaders provide.

We welcome our employees, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our wonderful local churches to consider leading a group. Our spring leader meeting will take place on Thursday, Jan. 31, from noon to 1:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided.

For more information and to sign up, visit this webpage or contact the Office for Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Please join us to learn about estate planning on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at noon in Canyon Commons 103. The estate planning workshop will review the five documents everyone should have in place for a tax-efficient and loving estate plan.

Gene Christian, a recognized regional estate planning leader and George Fox alumnus, will present this workshop and be available for those who would like to confidentially discuss their estate plans.

A light lunch of soup and salad will be served, and there is no cost to you for either the workshop or the lunch. Please RSVP to Karlyn Fleming no later than tomorrow (Jan. 15) at kfleming@georgefox.edu or ext. 2115.

Space is limited, so please reserve your place early!

The fall all-community meeting date has been set! Be sure to mark your calendars for Monday, Aug. 19. More details will be forthcoming as the event draws closer.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), George Fox University Libraries will host David Rawson, former U.S. ambassador to Rwanda and currently a visiting scholar in our College of Business, to present his collection of primary sources from the Rwandan genocide, civil war and peace talks.

The event will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Special Collections Room on the second floor of the Murdock Library. This event will serve as the inaugural “Fox Unboxed” event, in which archival collections are being brought “out of the box!”

More information is available here.

Please join us to learn about estate planning on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at noon in Canyon Commons 103. The estate planning workshop will review the five documents everyone should have in place for a tax-efficient and loving estate plan.

Gene Christian, a recognized regional estate planning leader and George Fox alumnus, will present this workshop and be available for those who would like to confidentially discuss their estate plans.

A light lunch of soup and salad will be served, and there is no cost to you for either the workshop or the lunch. Please RSVP to Karlyn Fleming no later than Jan. 15 at kfleming@georgefox.edu or ext. 2115.

Space is limited, so please reserve your place early!

We are sharing a few resources that we hope will help you prepare your FoxTALE course sites. The guide, FoxTALE Course Life Cycle, includes video demonstrations and instructions on how to import content into your 2019 Spring course sites, make your course sites visible to students, and more.

FoxTALE was upgraded during our break. You may be interested to know that …

• Faculty and students can easily make short audio and video recordings (maximum of two minutes) in forum postings. The feature is built into the FoxTALE text editor. See a demonstration of this here.
• On the Dashboard, each course listed in the In Progress, Future, and Past tabs will display a small image. You have the option of replacing the generic image with your own. See a demonstration of this at Dashboard Course Listing Images. You can find images at UnSplash.com, which is a repository of photography under Creative Commons licensing.

You will find additional guides on this FoxTALE for Faculty page and Digital Learning page. We invite you to join us for web conferences being offered on the Faculty Development Spring Offerings Form.

We hope this information helps as you make final preparations in your courses.

– Your Digital Learning Team

Join the university community in saying farewell to Patrick Kelley, who is leaving George Fox this month after nine years of service to the university. A reception for Patrick is set from 2 to 4 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Portland Center.

On Tuesday, Jan. 15, George Fox University Libraries will host David Rawson, former U.S. ambassador to Rwanda and currently a visiting scholar in our College of Business, to present his collection of primary sources from the Rwandan genocide, civil war and peace talks.

The event will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Special Collections Room on the second floor of the Murdock Library. This event will serve as the inaugural “Fox Unboxed” event, in which archival collections are being brought “out of the box!”

More information is available here.

Starting this week, the Office of Mail Services is increasing the courier delivery service to five days. The courier will pick up daily at 11:30 a.m. Therefore, anything that needs to go to the Portland Center has to be brought to Mail Services no later than 10:30 a.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu.

Have you changed vehicles lately or gotten license plates on a new car? If you have changes in your vehicle registration since you originally registered in 2015, and you haven’t notified Campus Public Safety of the changes, please email Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) with your current vehicle information. She can then override the system to get your registration up-to-date or check to see that what you have listed is still current.

Info needed: make, model, year, color, license plate, state and VIN number. Also, if you’ve moved or changed phone numbers recently, that needs to be updated as well.

If you are finding that you are switching cars frequently with your spouse, but only have the one gratis parking permit, it is easy to purchase a dedicated permit for each vehicle! Just bring $5 cash to the Campus Public Safety office and we can easily issue a new permit to your other car.

And, just a reminder that your staff permit is for your use only, not for your student’s use who attends here! They must register for their own permit unless you drive them to and from school each and every day.

Portland employees: If you are at the Newberg campus frequently, please go ahead and register your vehicle on MyGFU so you won’t be ticketed for non-registration. Thank you!

Have a vehicle situation that is out-of-the-box? Just call 503-554-2090 or write Nadine and we will talk through the options and find the best solution.