The Daily Bruin

IT will be staffed and available over the Christmas break. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 29 and 30, computer hardware repair services will be limited so our staff can enjoy the holidays with their families and be ready to serve you in the new year.

Newberg hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the days the university is open for business during the break. We will close for lunch from noon to 1 p.m. until Monday, Jan. 4.

Questions? Contact Josh Nauman at jnauman@georgefox.edu.

At 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9, George Fox will host the Oregon Symphony for its 29th appearance in Bauman Auditorium. The concert is free to George Fox employees – a gift from George Fox honorary board member Ken Austin, who cofounded A-dec with his late wife Joan.

The university has been provided with a limited number of tickets for its employees. These tickets are separate from those to be issued by the Newberg Area Chamber of Commerce to the general public.

George Fox employees (halftime and over) may pick up their tickets – limit two per employee – on a first-come, first-served basis starting Thursday, Dec. 17, at 9 a.m. in the advancement office, located at 215 N. Meridian St. (across the street from the SpiL House). Phone reservations (503-554-2134) will not be taken except for employees at the Portland Center.

On Monday, Jan. 4, beginning at 9 a.m., any remaining tickets (again, a limit of two per person) will be available – also on a first-come, first-served basis – to those who sign up on a waiting list. If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use.

Questions? Contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

Following are Christmas break hours for University Mail Services, located in the North Street Annex:

• Open: Dec. 21-23 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.); Dec. 29-30 (8 a.m. to 1 p.m.); Jan. 4-8 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
• Closed: Dec. 24-28; Dec. 29-30 (1 to 4:30 p.m.); Dec. 31 and Jan. 1

Christmas break hours for University Print Services:

• Open: Dec. 21-23 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.); Jan. 4-8 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
• Closed: Dec. 24 – Jan. 1

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, back up your 2015 fall grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. Here are instructions for backing up grades. You will want to keep an archive of your course grades that cover the last five years.

Use your new, empty 2016 spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the quick guide here: FoxTALE Import Course Content.

The 2016 spring sites are currently hidden from student view. When you are ready, you can share the sites with your students. Here is a quick guide on how to make the courses available: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible to Students.

If your course site is set to “Weekly” format, your course might show incorrect dates. To adjust the dates, go to Administration>Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the course start date and change it to the first day of your 2016 spring course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Save changes.”

Visit the Schedule of Events page to see webinars and open labs offered for December and spring semester starting the week of Jan. 4.

Your Educational Technology Team
servicedesk@georgefox.edu

With the holidays quickly approaching, the finance department would like to bring to your attention the schedule for processing check requests and expense reimbursements to accommodate the short holiday weeks.

Please click this link to view the holiday check run schedule posted on the “Forms” page of the finance department’s website. Please check this webpage periodically for any changes to the current schedule. If you have questions, contact Jen Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu.

Please note that the finance department will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1, so no checks will be available from accounts payable during this time.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

– The Finance Department

At 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9, George Fox will host the Oregon Symphony for its 29th appearance in Bauman Auditorium. The concert is free to George Fox employees – a gift from George Fox honorary board member Ken Austin, who cofounded A-dec with his late wife Joan.

The university has been provided with a limited number of tickets for its employees. These tickets are separate from those to be issued by the Newberg Area Chamber of Commerce to the general public.

George Fox employees (halftime and over) may pick up their tickets – limit two per employee – on a first-come, first-served basis starting Thursday, Dec. 17, at 9 a.m. in the advancement office. Phone reservations (503-554-2134) will not be taken except for employees at the Portland Center.

On Monday, Jan. 4, beginning at 9 a.m., any remaining tickets (again, a limit of two per person) will be available – also on a first-come, first-served basis – to those who sign up on a waiting list. If you find you will not be able to attend the concert, please return your tickets for another employee to use.

Questions? Contact Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

With the holidays quickly approaching, the finance department would like to bring to your attention the schedule for processing check requests and expense reimbursements to accommodate the short holiday weeks.

Please click this link to view the holiday check run schedule posted on the “Forms” page of the finance department’s website. Please check this webpage periodically for any changes to the current schedule. If you have questions, contact Jen Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu.

Please note that the finance department will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1, so no checks will be available from accounts payable during this time.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

– The Finance Department

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

• Carpenter, Temporary
• Associate Vice President of Human Resources
• Head Women’s Volleyball Coach
• Director of Financial Aid
• Associate Registrar
• Accounting Specialist II – General Ledger
• Enrollment Specialist

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.

If you have tickets for this weekend’s Christmas Concert and will be unable to use them, please inform Debbie Hawblitzel (dhawblit@georgefox.edu) as soon as possible so those tickets can be released for others to attend. All three performances are nearly sold out.

Thank you

We are undergraduate students doing a group research project for our gender communication class, and we need information from professors/employees. Your answers are 100 percent anonymous, and the results from the survey will be for comparison with another survey that we have sent out.

Here is the survey link:
Ethnography Survey

Thank you and Merry Christmas,
Sydney Beadle (sbeadle13@georgefox.edu) and MaryAnn Ellis

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Don’t forget to join us for the Portland Center wassail party! Stop by the lobby between 2 and 6 p.m. today (Thursday) for Christmas treats, hot beverages, and a good dose of holiday cheer!

For our community musicians, please play your favorite Christmas music on our piano in the lobby. It’s open anytime! We would love to hear the ivories!

Questions? Contact Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

The Portland Writing Center at the Portland Center is seeking one new writing consultant beginning spring 2016 and one new consultant beginning summer 2016. Candidates are those who are enthusiastic about helping fellow graduate and adult degree students understand the components of effective writing.

Portland Writing Center consultants are current adult degree-completion and graduate students who work four to eight hours per week meeting with students in face-to-face or online sessions at the Portland Writing Center. Writing consultant duties include helping students with the following:

• Thinking through ideas for a writing assignment
• Considering writing choices with regard to audience, focus, purpose, cohesion and organization
• Developing ideas with specific evidence
• Improving research strategies
• Applying proper documentation and formatting, and
• Understanding basic grammar and mechanics

Click here for a consultant job description, and click here for a consultant application. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. For more information, contact Jennie Harrop, Portland Writing Center director, at 503-554-6024 or jharrop@georgefox.edu.

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

During the meeting we will be using Poll Everywhere as part of a presentation. Please come with your phone or tablet enabled for text, or your device that can connect to the Internet.

Just a reminder that all employees and their families are invited to join Robin and Ruth Baker for the Bakers’ annual Christmas Open House from 5 to 8 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Edwards House (402 S. College St.).

Light appetizers and holiday sweets will be served as we celebrate together.

Questions? Contact Missy Terry at ext. 2101 or terrym@georgefox.edu.

Join us for a FoxTALE Gradebook open lab hosted by your educational technology team. Come to work on your FoxTALE Gradebook or to get your 2016 spring courses ready. Sessions are scheduled on the following dates:

• Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1-3 p.m. in PDS 220 (Portland)
• Thursday, Dec. 17, 1-3 p.m. in MLRC 018 (Newberg)

Visit the Schedule of Events page to RSVP and view more events scheduled for Jan. 4-7 and spring semester.

– Your Educational Technology Team (servicedesk@georgefox.edu)

The December payday is Wednesday, Dec. 30. Both Thursday, Dec. 31, and Friday, Jan. 1, are holidays this year.

Reminder: Please have all payroll items turned in to human resources by noon on Thursday, Dec. 17.

Thank you,
Katie Sol, Human Resources (ksol@georgefox.edu)

With the holidays quickly approaching, the finance department would like to bring to your attention the schedule for processing check requests and expense reimbursements to accommodate the short holiday weeks.

Please click this link to view the holiday check run schedule posted on the “Forms” page of the finance department’s website. Please check this webpage periodically for any changes to the current schedule. If you have questions, contact Jen Klapp at jklapp@georgefox.edu.

Please note that the finance department will be closed from Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1, so no checks will be available from accounts payable during this time.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

– The Finance Department

Due to the Christmas holiday break we will have three fewer days to process December payroll. Please have all payroll items turned in to human resources by noon on Thursday, Dec. 17. Payday will be on Thursday, Dec. 31.

Payroll Reminders:

• If you have had a change of address, please be sure that it is up to date in MyGFU. Click on “Self Service” and update in “Campus Personal Information” by Jan. 8 to ensure that we have your correct address for W-2 processing.
• Remember that one year’s worth of vacation accrual can be rolled over into the next year. Dec. 31 is the date by which you must “use it or lose it.” Here is the link to the staff and administrator accrual tables.

Thank you,
Katie Sol, Human Resources
ksol@georgefox.edu

Be sure to join us tomorrow (Thursday) from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Stevens Center (Duke) Atrium to celebrate and bid a fond farewell to our very own James Oshiro, director of financial aid.

He has accepted a position at Hawaii Pacific University on the beautiful Island of Oahu. This is an incredible opportunity for him and his family, so please join us as we say “Aloha” and “Mahalo” to James for nine years of service to the university! Refreshments will be served.

President Robin Baker has posted a blog piece in which he reflects on Christmas and the challenge of keeping Christ at the center of the season despite cultural trends that run counter to that tradition. You can read the piece here.