The Daily Bruin

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting set for this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

In his latest blog entry about his Juniors Abroad trip to England and Ireland, President Robin Baker shares about his group’s visit to the Warner Brothers Studio where the Harry Potter movies were filmed. You can read it here.

In February of this past spring semester, our installation of Turnitin started experiencing an issue in processing student file submissions in the standard FoxTALE assignment activity. All files appeared as “pending” and did not produce an originality report.

We have continued to work with Turnitin to resolve the issues affecting the originality reports in the regular FoxTALE assignments. We are starting to see that submissions made weeks ago are now beginning to process. Students are receiving email confirmations from Turnitin on those submissions. We apologize for any confusion this may be causing you or your students.

We are continuing to test with Turnitin through this week to confirm that submission processing is restored. We will send another update when we are confident that the issue is resolved and testing is concluded.

If you have questions, please contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

Fiscal-year-end 2015/2016 is quickly approaching, and the finance department would appreciate your help in ensuring a smooth and timely year-end close. Please review and note the following deadlines for accounts payable requests:

1. Submission of the following FY2015/2016 requests must be received by the finance department on or before July 8, 2016:

• Check Requests
• Invoices
• Expense Reimbursement Requests
• Petty Cash Logs for expenses through June 30, 2016, only

2. All Cash Advance Requests for FY2015/2016 expenses must be received by the finance department on or before June 13, 2016.

Please refer to the “Fiscal Year-End Deadlines & Procedures” page on the finance department website for additional details.

Please contact Jennifer Klapp (jklapp@georgefox.edu or ext. 2170) with any year-end accounts payable questions.

Thank you!
The Finance Team

In his latest blog piece about his Juniors Abroad trip to England and Ireland, President Robin Baker reflects on the legacies of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien – and how visits to their old haunts at Oxford always inspire him. You can read it here.

The university community is invited to an all-employee meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, May 26, in Hoover 105. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.

The Oregon Writing Project Collaborative at George Fox University is pleased to be offering several Young Writers Camps for third- through 12th-grade students. This organization, part of the College of Education, has offered these camps for years at its previous location and is thrilled to be launching them through George Fox.

Topics include Oregon Battle of the Books, Superheroes for a Cause, Creative Nonfiction, and Code/Create/Compose. Please feel free to pass this along to those who might benefit from this experience.

Questions? Contact Andrea Byerley at abyerley@georgefox.edu.

President Robin Baker is winding down his Juniors Abroad trip to Ireland and England. Before returning home, his group had the opportunity to attend Evensong services. You can read about his impressions of the experience here.

It’s been a busy spring and commencement season. Think about the assistance you have received from colleagues. Who do you want to nominate for Employee of the Month as a way of complimenting their good work?

Think quickly – the nominations are due today (Monday) at 5 p.m. Send to Lisa Burton via email at lburton@georgefox.edu.

Sandy Gidding has moved on from the bookstore, so as a reminder to all academic administrators and faculty, any questions or concerns regarding textbooks should be directed to Mary Shumway at 1478txt@follett.com or mshumway@georgefox.edu.

You can also email Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Thank you

Eleven staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Program Director, Theologia (GFU Summer Theology Institute), part time
• Video Producer, Marketing Communications
• Technical Director, Department of English and Theatre
• Financial Aid Counselor
• Records Specialist, Registrar
• Administrative Assistant, School of Physical Therapy
• Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
• Groundskeeper III/Irrigation Technician
• MBA and DBA Program Coordinator, College of Business
• Associate Director of Annual Giving
• Portland Facilities Coordinator

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Invite your university guests that need WiFi access to use the new Bruin-Guest wireless network. Their mobile devices (phones, tablets and laptops) can get Internet access with a pass-code sent to their phone via text or to an email address. Simply connect and register on the Bruin-Guest wireless network.

George Fox students, faculty and staff should continue to use the Bruin-Secure wireless network. The older foxpublic wireless network will be turned off this Monday, May 23.

Visit the IT WiFi webpage for more information or contact the IT Service Desk with 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 submit your request at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department (optional); and the chart of accounts budget to be charged. The next order will be placed on Tuesday, May 24.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

President Robin Baker’s Juniors Abroad trip to Ireland and England continued with a visit to Portsmouth, England, to see the HMS Victory and the memorials to its vice admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson. You can read about it here.

If you know someone you believe deserves special recognition for “above and beyond” kind of work, please send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by this Monday, May 23, with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that 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 Visa gift card at our all-community meeting later this month.

Congratulations to Stephen Howell, our April Employee of the Month!

It has been reported that there is an individual who is phishing for information and trying to sell toner over the phone. If you receive this call, please do the following:

1. Try and get his name, company name and phone number, then try and send him directly to Richard Silver.
2. If that approach does not work, tell him that Print Services takes care of toner needs.
3. Do not give out any information regarding your printer, copier or printing needs for your department.

If you have any questions concerning this incident, please feel free to contact Richard at 503-554-2551 or rsilver@georgefox.edu.

End-of-the-fiscal-year deposits to be included in this year’s budget must be in finance no later than July 1, 2016. Checks dated prior to June 30 must be deposited in the current fiscal year.

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 vacation during the July 4 holiday, please send your deposits over before you leave. If you should have any questions about deposits, please contact Heather Groenlund at ext. 2173.

Final petty cash reconciliations for this fiscal year are due in finance no later than July 8, 2016. Please remember to submit all receipts, cash and reconciliation reports before this deadline. If you will be taking vacation over the July 4 holiday, please plan ahead and send these over before you leave. If you have questions about petty cash protocols, please contact Jen Klapp at ext. 2170.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, May 18, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

During this maintenance update, Spring 2016 course sites will be hidden to students (current semester course sites will be unaffected and remain visible to students). If you want to make any of those course sites visible to students after this update, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. In the “General” section, look for the “Visible” setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”

Questions? Email servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

– Your Educational Technology Team

Learn to make those gorgeous hanging baskets that grace our quad area. You will learn this valuable lesson on how these beauties are assembled and help us in the process.

Join us tomorrow (Tuesday) starting at 9 a.m. The session will last approximately four hours. You are welcome to join in the class at any time.

We’ll meet in the Plant Services Building at 1101 Villa Road. Please contact the plant services office at 503-554-2010 for more information.

Staff: There are still funds left in the Professional Development Fund! If you have attended a job-related seminar or training since July 1, 2015, or have one scheduled before June 30, please go to the Staff Development Committee website to download the application.

Please include a copy of your proof of payment for your training and the complete Chart of Accounts numbers for your department. Funds are dispersed on a first-come, first-served basis until the funds run out, so don’t delay! Only one training per person per fiscal year should be submitted for potential reimbursement.

Submit all applications to Nadine Kincaid at Box 6095.