The Daily Bruin

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!

The academic affairs office has an abundance of five-tab and eight-tab notebook dividers available on a first-come, first-served basis. We also have sheet protectors (clear, non-glare), used hanging folders (8.5″ X 11″) and used manila file folders available.

Please contact Karlyn Fleming at kfleming@georgefox.edu or ext. 2141 if interested. We will gladly send these to your campus box.

Thank you!

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Wednesday), beginning at 3:30 p.m. in VAC 117 (please note new location). At the meeting, the VP’s will share information regarding the recent restructuring.

For those at the university’s regional sites, 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.” It is the bottom link in that section. The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings and include a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link.

Videos from previously recorded meetings will be added to this page in the days following. Please bookmark the page for quick access each month.

I wanted to thank all of you for working with me during this interim time with room reservations. It has been fun to work with you throughout the past few weeks. However, we have hired a new site coordinator, and she will be handling room reservations from now on. Her name is Emily Maynard, and you can contact her by e-mail (emaynard@georgefox.edu) or phone (ext. 6164)

Emily will be handling any room reservations, but I will still be handling the technology request. Please remember to get all room reservations and technology requests in by 1 p.m. the prior business day that it is needed.

Again, thank you for working with me.

Josiah Philipsen

Faculty: Please go to our store website (gfubookstore.com) and check to make sure your textbooks are listed correctly for each of your courses. This is what students use to purchase books. Please help me catch any mistakes before it’s too late to fix them. Any missing courses means I don’t have an order from you and need those A.S.A.P.

E-mail me at sgidding@georgefox.edu with any questions or changes. Thanks for your help.

– Sandy Gidding

If you didn’t get a chance to attend Tamara Cissna’s farewell reception last week, you still have the opportunity to wish her well. A “memory book” has been created for her. If you are interested in writing a note of farewell or encouragement in the book, it will be available to sign at the front desk in the marketing communications office in the River Street House through Friday, July 20.

Next week, if you are interested in having the book circulated in your department, contact Janelle Olivarez (jolivarez@georgefox.edu) to arrange for pick-up. The book will eventually be shipped to Tamara in Indiana, where she will work as the associate vice president of marketing communication at Earlham College.

Don’t forget to drop by Tamara Cissna’s farewell reception this afternoon (Friday) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Pennington House courtyard.

Tamara has managed the George Fox creative services team for nine years and is moving to Indiana to become associate vice president of marketing and communication at Earlham College.

President Baker recently returned from a trip to China, where he met with parents, students and higher education partners. When you get a chance, be sure to check out his reflections on the trip by visiting his blog site.

His entries include thoughts on the meaning of a “moral education,” what it was like visiting with a current student and her family, and the story of an interesting incident in a Chinese department store.

The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Please place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Friday, July 13. If you haven’t already created an account, you will need to do so before submitting your order.

If you have questions, contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Friday, July 20, will be the financial affairs office’s cutoff date for entering fiscal year 2012 revenue and/or expenses. Please submit appropriate paperwork as soon as possible for any revenues earned or expenses incurred prior to the end of FY2012 (June 30, 2012).

Please remember that these revenues and/or expenses must be included as fiscal year 2012 entries and may not be deferred to fiscal year 2013.

Thank you so much your cooperation as we wrap up FY2012 and prepare for our yearly audit. If you have any questions, please contact the financial affairs office at ext. 2160.

The all-employee meeting scheduled for this month has been moved from July 12 to Wednesday, July 25, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in VAC 117 (please note new location). At the meeting, the VP’s will share information regarding the recent restructuring.

For those at the university’s regional sites, 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.” It is the bottom link in that section. The link will take you to all the information relating to community meetings and include a live-stream link (the password changes each meeting) and a chat room link.

Videos from previously recorded meetings will be added to this page in the days following. Please bookmark the page for quick access each month.