The Daily Bruin

Don’t forget to let iGFU.georgefox.edu help you kickoff the new semester. We have a new option for how faculty can display photos of all their students in a class if you are on a large screen device like a computer or iPad.

On your course roster page select the “Photos” option at the top to display all of your students’ photos. A good way to learn their names. And remember, if you see an icon associated with an iGFU service, tap it to see what it may provide.

Here are a few friendly fall reminders for faculty using FoxTALE!

Make your course sites available (visible) to students
Your fall 2012 course sites were created as unavailable (hidden) to students. When you’re ready for students to see your course site:

1. In your course site, go to Settings > Course Administration > Edit settings
2. Change the Availability setting to “This course is available to students,” and scroll to the bottom to save changes.

Have you updated your profile and photo in the new FoxTALE?
Sorry, we were not able to transfer your profile and photo from the old FoxTALE to the new FoxTALE.

For information on updating your profile, see this quick guide. For information on updating your photo, see this quick guide.

Lost all the sites on your FoxTALE home page? Never fear! Just log onto foxtale19.georgefox.edu to access them. We upgraded FoxTALE on Monday, Aug 20. The address foxtale.georgefox.edu now points to a new environment for 2012-13 and beyond.

Your old sites will be available in foxtale19.georgefox.edu for a year. Questions? Contact the Service Desk.

George Fox’s Center for Peace & Justice has invited artist/musician Aaron Strumpel to be part of the in-residence program and act as the artist practitioner in-residence for the fall semester.

We’ve had a last-minute housing cancellation and need to procure a place for Aaron for the semester in order to welcome him to George Fox. We are asking for donated housing if at all possible for the duration of his stay (he is donating his time to the university), but we will also seek to meet minimal overhead costs as needed.

The ideal living situation would be a space with enough privacy where Aaron could practice his music late at night without disturbing neighbors (or those in the house). Please pass this request to friends and family whom you think might be willing to help host this talented and wonderful musician in Newberg.

For more information, please e-mail Clint Baldwin (cbaldwin@georgefox.edu) or Melanie Newell (mnewell@georgefox.edu) or call 503-554-2686.

Click here to see Aaron’s GFU Center for Peace & Justice in-residence page.

This 40-hours-per-week/10-month position is being announced as “internal only,” available to current employees at this time. Temporary employees may apply as well. Please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu to request a copy of the job description.

To apply, please submit a letter, resume and transfer request (available on the HR jobs web page) to hr@georgefox.edu or drop these materials off in HR. The position will close at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27.

The university community is invited to celebrate the launch of George Fox’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program at a special ceremony from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at the Villa Academic Complex.

The event will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony and will allow visitors to tour the physical therapy facility. The program’s first cohort of 32 students will begin classes that morning. If you plan to attend, R.S.V.P to Mary Monahan at mmonahan@georgefox.edu or ext. 2134.

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 name tag requests at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions. The next order will be placed Wednesday, Aug. 22.

It’s time to order university stationery. For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. Please continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterhead”) through the university’s Print Services.

Orders are due by Wednesday, Aug. 29.

The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Monday, Aug. 20. If you have not done so already, you will need to create a new “Individual Account” on the form before you can submit your order.

Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) in marketing communications if you have any questions.

Don’t forget: All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend the all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 17, in Klages Dining Hall. Breakfast will be served as part of the meeting.

For those at the university’s regional sites (Boise and Redmond), please note: The meeting will be taped and be available for viewing in MyGFU in the days following the meeting. There will not be stream service available. Portland and Salem employees are encouraged to attend in person.

Someone dropped two flat rate priority envelopes into the U.S. Mail stream last week with a return address of George Fox University. The person printed the labels off – probably using Click N Ship – using the USPS Web site. However, the person did not pay for the postage online or any other way.

The two envelopes came back to the return address – George Fox University – wanting postage to be paid.

One envelope was addressed to Michael Glatfelter of San Diego, Calif., and the other envelope was addressed to Ron Reid of Seminole, Okla. Each envelope contains a check with a return address of International Myeloma Society out of Rochester, Minn.

These envelopes – including the checks – will not be mailed until the postage has been paid. If you recognize this information, please contact Mail Services at ext. 2555 or lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks!

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend the all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 17, in Klages Dining Hall. Breakfast will be served as part of the meeting.

For those at the university’s regional sites (Boise and Redmond), the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” Portland and Salem employees are encouraged to attend in person.

The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings, and it includes a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link. Videos of previously recorded meetings are also available on the same page. They are listed in date order, and a username and password is provided which will give you access.

Many of you may remember Virginia Pongratz. She worked for the university for 27 years in the financial affairs office and retired about 10 years ago. Her family felt it would be fitting to host a memorial service for her on campus and has extended an invitation to the George Fox community to attend.

The service will be held beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, in Bauman Auditorium.

Josiah Philipsen will have limited availability Aug. 14-27 due to preparation for student orientations and faculty conference. His hours will be posted on his door in the Portland Center Information Commons.

If you expect to need tech assistance, please try to schedule an appointment with him by e-mail: jphilipsen@georgefox.edu.

If you need immediate assistance during the day and Josiah is not available, try the Newberg service desk at 503.554.2569. The student I.T. support hours will remain Monday-Thursday, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Portland Center Information Commons in the library is now set up with new computers. We have 20 HP computers running Windows 7 available for students, staff and faculty.

The hours for the Information Commons area will be:

Monday to Thursday: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (starting Sept. 8)

Donations of clothing for the Corbett-Furgal family are being accepted at the Plant Services office in Newberg. A recent house fire destroyed most of their clothing and shoes.

Here are the sizes needed:

• Women’s size 2 & 4
• Ladies size 1 jeans, size small shirts
• Men’s size large and medium shirts
• Men’s jeans, pants, shorts etc.-size 30×34
• Men’s jeans, pants, shorts etc- 34×29 or 30
• Men’s jeans, pants, Carhartt  etc – 34×34 (David really misses his Carhartts)
• Women’s shoes – size 7 or 8
• Men’s shoes – Size 9 & Size 9 ½ and Size 10

Contact: Debby O’Kelley, dokelley@georgefox.edu

The new FoxTALE environment will adopt our regular FoxTALE address (foxtale.georgefox.edu) on the morning of Monday, August 20th.

Until that time, please log in to foxtale22.georgefox.edu to see your 2012-2013 FoxTALE sites if you have not already done so. If you still have content that needs to be moved from the current (soon-to-be-old) FoxTALE to the new FoxTALE, please follow these instructions to mark those courses with MOVE ME.

What are the browser addresses?

• Prior to the morning of Monday, August 20, 2012:
  • Current FoxTALE 1.9: foxtale.georgefox.edu
  • New FoxTALE 2.2: foxtale22.georgefox.edu
• After the morning of Monday, August 20, 2012:
  • Current FoxTALE 2.2: foxtale.georgefox.edu
  • Old FoxTALE 1.9 (available until August 30, 2013): foxtale19.georgefox.edu

How can I learn more about the upgrade?
See the information page. Read release notes, sign up for a webinar, or watch a screencast.

Questions? Please contact the Service Desk.

It’s official: The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education has granted the university’s physical therapy program candidacy status. This means we are permitted to begin the program this fall.

An all-employee meeting was held on Friday, at which President Robin Baker spoke about the Aug. 2 accreditation visit and program director Tyler Cuddeford introduced the PT staff. If you would like to view the meeting, it will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section.

The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings, and it includes a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link. Videos of previously recorded meetings are also available on the same page. They are listed in date order, and a username and password is provided which will give you access.

Mail Services has two books (The Other Wes Moore) that were dropped in the outgoing mail slot yesterday requiring postage to be applied. There is a return of 414 N. Meridian St., Newberg, OR 97132, but no name of the sender. The cost center listed for the postage – 119250 – was not a valid cost center.

Unknown sender: please contact Mail Services, ext. 2555, with a valid cost center if you wish the books to be mailed.

Thank you.
– Mail Services

This week Student Financial Services sent out important updates and alerts through the “SFS News,” our communication tool to students and families. Did you know that you do not need to be a student to subscribe?

If you have not signed up yet, please don’t delay. Go now to this link to both sign up and view previously sent SFS alerts and reminders. Click on the icon “Get Email Updates” to enroll and scroll down to “View Archived Newsletters” to see past and our most recent versions. It’s important!