Save the date! On Tuesday, May 28, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Hoover lobby we will celebrate Brenda Burg’s 13 years of service to George Fox University! Come wish your colleague well as she transitions to new adventures outside the university.
Don’t forget to join us for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Stoffer Family Stadium this afternoon (Monday) at 4 p.m.
The stadium will serve as future home of the university’s revived football program – set to kick off in 2014 after a 45-year hiatus – and the track and field team. It will be built on campus where the current track facility is located.
The groundbreaking ceremony will include a ceremonial groundbreaking, a time to honor the donors who helped make the project possible, and details on how the stadium will impact not only the university’s football and track and field programs, but athletics for the entire George Fox community.
To date, more than $5.3 million of the $7.2 million project has been raised. Crews began work on the complex – which will include the synthetic-turf Lemmons Family Field, grandstand facilities and the Duke Athletic Center (home to a training facility, a locker room, offices and classrooms) – this spring, with construction due to be completed in time for football’s kickoff in September of 2014.
To R.S.V.P. for the groundbreaking ceremony, e-mail Jan Lefebvre at jlefebvre@georgefox.edu.
Earlier this week there was an e-nnouncement explaining how to create a PO using your 2013-14 budget but, just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, I want to clarify a couple of important pieces of information about using your FY14 budget.
Failure to comply will cause charges to be applied to this year’s budget. If you have any questions, please contact Andy Dunn at adunn@georgefox.edu.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, May 28, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.
The Department of Art & Design is pleased to present “Revealing Containment,†a show of thrown ceramic work created by Joscelyn Silberbach during her year as Artist in Residence at George Fox.
Joscelyn, a recent studio art graduate of Linfield College, spent the last year working on traditional functional ware, concentrating her final season on the bottle. This show is a culmination of Josie’s study. Please join us Friday, May 17, at 5 p.m. in the Minthorne Gallery for the opening.
The university community is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Stoffer Family Stadium this Monday, May 20, at 4 p.m.
The stadium will serve as future home of the university’s revived football program – set to kick off in 2014 after a 45-year hiatus – and the track and field team. It will be built on campus where the current track facility is located.
The groundbreaking ceremony will include a ceremonial groundbreaking, a time to honor the donors who helped make the project possible, and details on how the stadium will impact not only the university’s football and track and field programs, but athletics for the entire George Fox community.
To date, more than $5.3 million of the $7.2 million project has been raised. Crews began work on the complex – which will include the synthetic-turf Lemmons Family Field, grandstand facilities and the Duke Athletic Center (home to a training facility, a locker room, offices and classrooms) – this spring, with construction due to be completed in time for football’s kickoff in September of 2014.
To R.S.V.P. for the groundbreaking ceremony, e-mail Jan Lefebvre at jlefebvre@georgefox.edu.
If you’re starting to prepare purchase orders against your 2013-14 preliminary budget, there are two vital steps that you need to do in order to have the charges apply to the proper year. You must use Bud Ref 2014 and your Budget Date must be 7/1/13. Below is the routing you take to find these fields when creating a requisition.
If you have questions or are unable to enter/change the required fields, please contact Andy Dunn (adunn@georgefox.edu or ext. 2162) for assistance.
There is a change in the courier schedule for the summer break (May through August).
There will be no courier service on university-scheduled holidays.
Questions? Contact Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.
A preliminary 2013-14 budget will be loaded into PeopleSoft and available on Monday, May 13. This budget is a placeholder, not yet final and is subject to change. This will allow departments to begin the purchase order process for fiscal year 2013-14 and to review the preliminary budget for their cost centers.
Questions or requested changes to this budget should be directed to your budget managers.
The textbook annex for the BlueZone Store will be closed Monday through Wednesday, May 13-15. We will be moving textbooks to our new annex location at 1109 E. Hancock St.
Our main store will be open during the move. If you need to purchase textbooks, please use our website at gfubookstore.com.
If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, we recommend that you back up your Spring 2013 grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. See the instructions here for backing up grades.
If your course site is set to weekly format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to Settings > Course administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the course start date, and change it to the first day of your summer course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.â€
Prepare for Summer and Fall 2013
Use your new, empty Summer and Fall 2013 sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.
Your Summer and Fall 2013 sites are unavailable (hidden) to students. When you are ready to make a site available, go to Settings > Course administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the “Availability†section and select “This course is available to students†from the drop-down menu. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.â€
If you have course content to move from old FoxTALE to new FoxTALE, please contact the Service Desk. Please note that old FoxTALE will no longer be available after Aug. 31, 2013.
Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Wednesday, May 8.
Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.
It’s time to submit nominations for Support Staff and Administrator of the Year awards for the 2012-13 year. Since this program was established in 1994 to recognize George Fox administrative and support staff members for their contributions, 46 employees have received this honor.
There are two separate awards: Support Staff Member of the Year and Administrative Staff Member of the Year. Each recipient will be honored with a plaque and a check in the amount of $500 at our first community meeting for 2013-14 in August. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, May 31.
The executive team will make the selections from nominations received and recommendations of an ad hoc committee that includes last year’s awardees.
Please send your nomination to Peggy Kilburg at pkilburg@georgefox.edu according to the following guidelines:
1. Nominations may be made from a list of support staff and administrators (contact Melodee Powers for the complete list). Those on the list meet the following eligibility criteria:
2. All George Fox employees may make nominations.
3. More than one person in each category may be nominated; however, a separate e-mail should be sent for each nomination.
Questions you may want to consider as you make your nomination:
I hope you will take some time to consider your colleagues’ contributions and nominate any you believe are deserving of this award.
– Peggy Kilburg, HR
The university will host two commencement ceremonies this Saturday, May 4. This year, the ceremony for graduate, seminary and adult degree programs is scheduled for 10 a.m., while the undergraduate ceremony is set for 3 p.m. Both will take place in Miller Gymnasium in the Wheeler Sports Center. A live streaming of the undergraduate ceremony will be shown in Bauman Auditorium.
John Davis, a business and real estate attorney who also serves as a state representative (District 26) in the Oregon State House of Representatives, will speak in both ceremonies. Audience seating begins an hour before each ceremony.
Commencement can be viewed live at this link 15 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony.
Also on Saturday, undergraduate department receptions are scheduled at 1 p.m.
For a complete guide to commencement events, visit this page.
The Science Outreach Program will again be offering the ever-popular Forensics Science Camp for grades 3-5. Classes will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 24-27. We’ll meet in EHS 103 and other labs. Check out this website for details, and I hope to see the kids you know and love there!
– Teresa Arnold (tarnold@georgefox.edu)
Please join us in honoring Martha Iancu, who is retiring this spring after 24 years of service to George Fox University. The farewell reception will be tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. in Minthorn 200.
Please drop in and wish Martha well!
It’s time to submit nominations for Support Staff and Administrator of the Year awards for the 2012-13 year. Since this program was established in 1994 to recognize George Fox administrative and support staff members for their contributions, 46 employees have received this honor.
There are two separate awards: Support Staff Member of the Year and Administrative Staff Member of the Year. Each recipient will be honored with a plaque and a check in the amount of $500 at our first community meeting for 2013-14 in August. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, May 31.
The executive team will make the selections from nominations received and recommendations of an ad hoc committee that includes last year’s awardees.
Please send your nomination to Peggy Kilburg at pkilburg@georgefox.edu according to the following guidelines:
1. Nominations may be made from a list of support staff and administrators (contact Melodee Powers for the complete list). Those on the list meet the following eligibility criteria:
2. All George Fox employees may make nominations.
3. More than one person in each category may be nominated; however, a separate e-mail should be sent for each nomination.
Questions you may want to consider as you make your nomination:
I hope you will take some time to consider your colleagues’ contributions and nominate any you believe are deserving of this award.
– Peggy Kilburg, HR
The fourth annual Leadership Institute for Group Discernment will be held at Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries May 20-23. The event is designed to help church leaders lead in consensus- and discernment-oriented ways.
A limited number of scholarships are available for George Fox students (saving $300) and faculty/staff (saving $150). Contact Jan Wood at this link for more information.
The seminar can also be taken for academic credit (graduate or undergraduate for 1-4 hours, RELI 285 or 485; PSTD 585. Contact Paul Anderson for more details or if you have questions.
Please plan now for the institution-wide stationery order taken at the beginning of the fall semester. The collective order helps keep costs low – the higher the volume, the lower the cost. Consequently, it is most economical to overestimate needs and store a small surplus.
I will be accepting orders from now through Monday, Aug. 26, when orders are due.
For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterheadâ€) through the university’s print services.
Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.
The Staff Development Committee has budgeted funds for use by support staff members to attend seminars that will enhance their job skills and professional development. The Professional Development Fund will cover a portion of the seminar fee as follows: Up to 50 percent of the total cost, with a maximum of $75. For seminars over $500, reimbursement is $100.
Each support staff member is limited to one use of this fund per fiscal year. Funds are available until used up, so apply as early as possible. Funds may be requested for seminars you will attend or have already attended in this fiscal year. Funds may also be requested for seminars you are registered for in the coming fiscal year.
If you have questions, please contact Barbi Doran, Staff Development Committee vice chair, at bdoran@georgefox.edu or visit our website at sdc.georgefox.edu.
