The Daily Bruin

George Fox will host the Oregon Symphony for its 32nd appearance in Bauman Auditorium on Friday, Jan. 4, at 8 p.m. The concert is a gift from George Fox honorary board member Ken Austin, cofounder of A-dec, with his late wife Joan Austin.

A limited number of tickets have been provided for George Fox half-time and full-time employees.

Tickets are limited to two per employee on a first-come, first-served basis in the Event Services office (1109 E. Hancock). Reservations may be taken for Portland Center employees only. On Wednesday, Dec. 19, remaining tickets (limited to two per person) will be available to those who sign up on the wait list.

If you find you are not able to attend, please return your tickets for another employee’s use.

Questions? Please contact Michelle Dawson at mdawson@georgefox.edu or ext. 2029.

As the semester closes, library digital learning and IT would like to share a few reminders with faculty:

• Faculty will want to keep an archive of the gradebooks for all courses taught for the past five years. If you use the FoxTALE gradebook in your 2018 Fall course sites, you can export each gradebook into a spreadsheet that can be saved outside of FoxTALE. The guide, Downloading the Gradebook, includes a video demonstration on the process.
• You will want to use your new 2019 Spring course sites to teach your spring-term courses since students are automatically enrolling in these sites. If you would like to import content from another course site, the guide, Importing Course Content, includes a video demonstration and step-by-step instructions.
• 2019 Spring sites are currently hidden from students. When you are ready, you can give students access to your courses. The guide, Making the Course Visible, demonstrates how to make a course available.
• You may need to adjust the course start and end dates in each of your course sites. This will assure that your courses are listed correctly in the Dashboard (e.g., courses move from “Future” tab to “In Progress” tab on Jan. 14). The guide, Adjusting Course Start and End Dates, demonstrates how to make this adjustment.
• Note: Adjusting the course start date does not make the course accessible to students. Only the setting “Course Visibility” enables students to enter the course.

As we move into the season of inclement weather, you are invited to join us for a web conference for ideas on how to conduct a class using a Zoom web conference. We are offering two opportunities for this session. You can receive one clock hour of professional development for participation in this web conference.

You can register for one of these sessions using the form Faculty Sign-up for Development Events.

• Tuesday, Dec. 18, noon to 1 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 18, 4 to 5 p.m.

We hope you find this information helpful. If you would like more information, we encourage you to contact digitallearning@georgefox.edu or servicedesk@georgefox.edu

Complimentary tickets are available to the 2019 Build, Remodel & Landscape Show coming up Jan. 4-6 at the Oregon Convention Center. Employees can pick up two tickets each ($12 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.

In-store pick-up is now available at georgefoxshop.com. Buy or rent your spring textbooks and select in-store pick-up as your shipping method. Be sure to stock up on all your spring supplies, too!
Your textbooks and supplies will be available for pick-up when you arrive in the spring.

You can also shop at the Bruin Store. We will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this week (Dec. 17-21) and we will be closed Dec. 24 to Jan. 1.

Thank you and Go Bruins!

George Fox is a private college, so if students can pay to enroll, they can certainly pay for their books, right? Not necessarily. Click this link to see stories of undergraduate students who would have benefited from help buying course materials.

For some students, purchasing textbooks can make the difference between a college education and dropping out of college. The Textbook Assistance Fund  has been created to provide assistance to undergraduate students who cannot purchase required textbooks or course materials due to financial hardship.

We invite you to donate to the Textbook Assistance Fund.  One faculty member contributed a portion of royalties, turning income from book sales into funds that enable students to acquire textbooks. See the invitation to contribute if you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the fund.

Contact Cheri Hampton (champton@georgefox.edu) if you have questions about the Textbook Assistance Fund.

The Finance office will be closed from Dec. 22 through Jan 1. Deposits that need to have a December 2018 date must be deposited no later than noon on Friday, Dec. 21. If it arrives later, it will go into a deposit for January 2019. Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to go to the bank.

If you are taking extra time off during the Christmas/New Year holiday, please send your deposits over BEFORE you leave.

If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173.

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

The university’s offices will be closed on Monday, Dec. 24, through Tuesday, Jan. 1, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays.

Libraries (including the Murdock Library 24/7 space) on the Newberg and Portland campuses will be closed Dec. 22 through Jan. 1. The libraries will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. the week of Dec. 17 and will reopen on Jan. 2 with the same 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours.

The Bruin Store will also be closed. You are still free to purchase items online at georgefoxshop.com.

As the fall term ends and we prepare for 2019 spring term, you are invited to participate in labs where you can prepare FoxTALE course sites and develop contingency plans in the event of inclement weather.

You can join colleagues, and our library’s digital learning community, to share strategies on how to set up online discussions and create assignments in FoxTALE, as well as how to conduct a class using a Zoom web conference.

Zoom Web Conference Sessions (login anytime during the open-mic web conference session)

• Tuesday, Dec. 18, noon to 1 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 18, 4 to 5 p.m.

Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The Bruin Store will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today (Saturday) for commencement. If you are a graduate, be sure to bring your Bruin Store coupon with you when you shop!

Below are our hours for the remainder of Christmas break:

• Dec. 17-21: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Dec. 24-Jan. 1: Closed
• Jan. 2-11: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

We will resume our normal semester hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Jan. 14.

Email Michael Simmons at 1478mgr@follett.com for more information.

Don’t forget to join your colleagues at the all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this afternoon (Thursday) in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160).

George Fox is a private college, so if students can pay to enroll, they can certainly pay for their books, right? Not necessarily. Click this link to see stories of undergraduate students who would have benefited from help buying course materials.

For some students, purchasing textbooks can make the difference between a college education and dropping out of college. The Textbook Assistance Fund  has been created to provide assistance to undergraduate students who cannot purchase required textbooks or course materials due to financial hardship.

We invite you to donate to the Textbook Assistance Fund.  One faculty member contributed a portion of royalties, turning income from book sales into funds that enable students to acquire textbooks. See the invitation to contribute if you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the fund.

Contact Cheri Hampton (champton@georgefox.edu) if you have questions about the Textbook Assistance Fund.

The Finance office will be closed from Dec. 22 through Jan 1. Deposits that need to have a December 2018 date must be deposited no later than noon on Friday, Dec. 21. If it arrives later, it will go into a deposit for January 2019. Please look around your desks and file cabinets to see if there are any lingering items that need to go to the bank.

If you are taking extra time off during the Christmas/New Year holiday, please send your deposits over BEFORE you leave.

If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173.

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Do you know someone who has had a recent success who deserves special recognition at the December all-employee meeting? Please take a moment to share the success of your colleague using this form.

Mark your calendar for this week’s all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Canyon Commons (with live streaming in PDS 160).

Have questions about the “shout-out” process? Contact Darby Thiessen (dthiessen@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2188).

For those of you who will be working during the holiday shutdown period of Dec. 22–Jan. 1, the Finance Department would like to remind you that our dropbox is available during this time. The slot for the dropbox is located directly to the left of the front door of the Finance Department building.

The dropbox will be checked periodically during the holiday shutdown. Please feel free to use the dropbox for any correspondence, invoices, check requests, deposits, expense reimbursement requests, etc. However, please be sure to have all paperwork in some type of envelope so nothing is lost, misplaced or mixed in with someone else’s paperwork. A sealed envelope for deposits is required.

Please call Jennifer Klapp with any questions at ext. 2170.

Thank you!
– Finance Department

As the fall term ends and we prepare for the 2019 spring term, you are invited to participate in labs where you can prepare FoxTALE course sites and develop contingency plans in the event of inclement weather.

You can join colleagues, and our library’s digital learning community, to share strategies on how to set up online discussions and create assignments in FoxTALE, as well as how to conduct a class using a Zoom web conference.

Library Study Room Meetings (walk in anytime during the lab time)

• Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1 to 3 p.m., Murdock Library Study Room 103
• Thursday, Dec. 13, 1 to 3 p.m., Portland Center Library Study Room 131

Zoom Web Conference Sessions (login anytime during the open-mic web conference session)

• Tuesday, Dec. 18, noon to 1 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 18, 4 to 5 p.m.

Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

George Fox will host the Oregon Symphony for its 32nd appearance in Bauman Auditorium on Friday, Jan. 4, at 8 p.m. The concert is a gift from George Fox honorary board member Ken Austin, cofounder of A-dec, with his late wife Joan Austin.

A limited number of tickets have been provided for George Fox half-time and full-time employees.

Tickets are limited to two per employee on a first-come, first-served basis starting tomorrow (Thursday) in the Event Services office (1109 E. Hancock). Reservations may be taken for Portland Center employees only.
On Wednesday, Dec. 19, remaining tickets (limited to two per person) will be available to those who sign up on the wait list.

If you find you are not able to attend, please return your tickets for another employee’s use.

Questions? Please contact Michelle Dawson at mdawson@georgefox.edu or ext. 2029.

The Bruin Store is hosting a surprise December three-day sale Dec. 11-13 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shop in-store and online at georgefoxshop.com to save.

In-store discounts include 25 percent off of …

• Nike apparel
• Champion apparel
• League apparel
• Gear for Sports apparel
• Drinkware (emblematic only)
• Hats (excludes cold-weather headwear)

Online discounts include (apparel and gifts) …

• 20 percent off one item
• 25 percent off two items
• 30 percent off three or more items

There have been a few phishing attempts that have been circulating through George Fox emails. These attempts can come in various forms, and they are sent to try to gain access to either your email account or to confidential information. So that you don’t fall victim to these attempts, please review the guidelines below.

If you feel you’ve received a suspicious email, check the following:

• The sender’s address. If it is unrecognizable or something similar to, but not exactly, the sender’s normal email address, it could be an attempt. Please note that a similar email address does not mean the original email address has been compromised; this is called a spoofing account.

Examples of email addresses used in recent phishing attempts: rbaker@my.com and mshelton.georgefox.edu@gmail.com.

• Any link or odd instructions. If the email directs you to click on a link (even something familiar such as iTunes, etc.) or input sensitive information, it could be an attempt to get your password or other important information. Verify with the sender personally if you are suspicious.

If you feel that you have received some sort of phishing attempt:

1. Email the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu.
2. Mark the email as “spam” in your Gmail inbox, which will then make Google aware of the issue.
3. Request that anyone who has been emailed via the attempt also mark it as “spam” in their inbox.
4. If you did not click on any links or reply, you do not need to do anything further.
5. If you did click on a link or send a reply with sensitive information, you’ll want to change your password as soon as you can in MyGFU (this will automatically update your email password). Then go through the Settings in your Gmail account to look for anything amiss, such as an unfamiliar forwarding address or vacation-responder that you never created.

Feel free to call the Service Desk at 503-545-2569 and press “2” if you would like help walking through these steps.

As the fall term ends and we prepare for the 2019 spring term, you are invited to participate in labs where you can prepare FoxTALE course sites and develop contingency plans in the event of inclement weather.

You can join colleagues, and our library’s digital learning community, to share strategies on how to set up online discussions and create assignments in FoxTALE, as well as how to conduct a class using a Zoom web conference.

Library Study Room Meetings (walk in anytime during the lab time)

• Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1 to 3 p.m., Murdock Library Study Room 103
• Thursday, Dec. 13, 1 to 3 p.m., Portland Center Library Study Room 131

Zoom Web Conference Sessions (login anytime during the open-mic web conference session)

• Tuesday, Dec. 18, noon to 1 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 18, 4 to 5 p.m.

Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Due to the Christmas holiday break, we will have fewer days to process the December payroll. Please have all payroll items (check requests, temp time sheets, contracts, etc.) turned in to Employee Empowerment by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14.

Contact Beth Hampton (bhampton@georgefox.edu) with any questions.