There will be no courier service on Friday, Aug. 19, due to all-employee meeting that morning. Regular service to the Portland and Salem campuses will resume on Monday, Aug. 22. Questions or concerns? Contact Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.
The IT Service Desk will have times of limited staffing the week of Aug. 15-19 to provide training to summer students for the upcoming year. Here are the times of limited staffing:
Monday: 10 a.m. to noon
Tuesday: 10 a.m. to noon
Wednesday: 2-4 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to noon
Friday: 2-4 p.m.
If you cannot reach the Service Desk during the times of limited staffing we are helping other customers. Please try again after our students and staff have returned. The Service Desk will be fully staffed the rest of the day to serve you.
Thank you in advance for your patience and consideration.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Aug. 16, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The “foxguest” wireless access key will be changed at the Boise, Portland and Salem centers and on the Newberg campus on Monday, Aug. 15. The new key can be found on the front page of mygfu.georgefox.edu or by contacting the IT Service Desk.
Those at the Portland Center and on the Newberg campus are strongly encouraged to connect to the “foxwifi†network rather than the “foxguest†network. Foxwifi is more secure. For help connecting to foxwifi, please contact the IT Service Desk.
The Bruin Bookstore needs two temporary workers to help with textbook receiving, stocking, and prep for fall semester. The job begins on Monday, Aug. 15, and ends on Friday, Sept. 2.
If you are interested, please click this link to apply. Search by Zip code 97132 for the position. Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.
Join the George Fox community for our annual meeting on Friday, Aug. 19. Following is the schedule:
8 a.m. Breakfast – Klages Dining Hall
8:45 a.m. Worship and Devotional – Bauman Auditorium
9:10-11:30 a.m. Community Meeting – Bauman Auditorium
All employees half time and above are requested to attend.
Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Monday, Aug. 15, if you would like to nominate a colleague for August Employee of the Month with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.
The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting on Friday, Aug. 19.
The university’s 13th annual Serve Day is Wednesday, Sept. 7. If you would like to help, please check with your supervisor and then e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu with any special requests, limitations, and if you are able to drive.
Thanks!
Join IT for an introduction to FoxTALE, the university Learning Management System (LMS) used by instructors and students to include digital resources and provide options for online classroom interaction. This seminar assumes no prior FoxTALE experience and begins with logging in to FoxTALE. Learn to develop your course site, upload course files such as syllabi, set up an online discussion forum, and set up assignments.
You can sign up at this link for sessions on Wednesday, Aug. 17, from 9 a.m. to noon in Stevens 307 in Newberg, or Thursday, Aug. 25, from 9 to 10 a.m. (Pacific) in an online webinar. (New regular faculty participating in New Faculty Orientation Aug. 16-18 will have a separate seminar as part of NFO.)
Visit Faculty FoxTALE Quick Guides for more information on using FoxTALE.
Join IT throughout the fall for 30-minute webinars on FoxTALE, FoxFiles, Google Docs, Polling, and Social Media. View the schedule, and sign up at this link. Information on how to join each webinar will be delivered via e-mail 24 hours prior to the webinar.
As of Aug. 1, women faculty and staff have the opportunity to apply for participation in the 2011-12 Women’s Leadership Development Institute cohort that will commence at a retreat planned for Sept. 29-30. Applications will be available at this link. Please return all applications to Campus Box #6255 by Sept. 1. Sheri Philips will continue to give leadership to the program.
The university’s first Women’s Leadership Development cohort concluded at a celebration for the program mentors and mentees in May. After attending the kick-off retreat in October, each cohort mentee met monthly with her mentor from October to May and attended five required leadership skills sessions.
Cohort mentees read several texts during the program and shared their learning on a WLDI Foxtale site. Mentees last year included Melissa Terry, Kathy Weiss, Audrey Williamson, Shelley Yonemura, Sondra Creason, Angela Wilson Henry and Brenda Burg.
Even though only a limited number can be accepted, please feel encouraged to apply.
We are already a few days into August, so please think about a colleague that would be deserving of this month’s Employee of the Month award.  Please submit your nomination by Monday, August 15, via email to Peggy Kilburg. It should be a summary of this person’s recent contributions (past 30 days or so) — what was done, who was impacted, etc. — and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.
The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner, along with July’s recipient, will be honored and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our all employee/community meeting on Friday morning, August 19.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Aug. 16, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
In the coming weeks IT will be making changes to security settings on Windows workstations. These changes are designed to provide better protection from malicious attacks. These changes should be transparent for Windows XP users. With Windows 7, users may now see notifications when important system resources are accessed.
Please contact the IT Service Desk if you have questions.
IT will begin pushing out an update to Windows 7 on Wednesday, August 3. You will be prompted to reboot your computer when the update has installed successfully. If you are not running Windows 7 this update will have no impact on you.
Please contact the IT Service Desk if you have any questions about this.
There is an opening for a student employee position in the Portland Center Library: 20 hours per week
Duties include:
Pulling books for Summit and student requests, checking books in and out, shelving books.
Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Must be able to work Saturdays.
For an application please contact Mikell Benham at 503-554-6130 or benhamm@georgefox.edu
The Portland Center building, Library, and Kam’s Coffeehouse will be closed the following Saturdays:
July 30, Aug. 6, 13, 20, & 27 as well as Sept. 3 (for Labor Day weekend)
The Portland Center reception and front offices will retain regular weekday operating hours in August, Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Library will also retain regular weekday operating hours, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Kam’s Coffeehouse will change its hours for August to Monday-Thursday, 7:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Friday 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
If you have any questions about hours or need clarification, please email Janis Sanford, Portland Center Site Supervisor.
The Staff Development Committee invites you to join us for our kickoff event of “Let’s Learn Together” on Tuesday, Aug. 2 from 12-1 p.m. on the Newberg campus in Stevens 307 and at the Portland Center in room 155. We have an IT specialist teaching Excel tips, tricks, and shortcuts.
Space is limited so please click here (https://spreadsheets.google.
The 2011-12 parking brochure is now available on the George Fox University website. Check it out here:
http://www.georgefox.edu/
A copy will also be included with your parking permit.
Security Services now has a Facebook page, so “like” the page to stay apprised of important information about parking, personal safety, timely notices, articles, videos, and some fun contests.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/George-Fox-University-Security-Services/211123705601566
In October of 2010 the Provost’s Council approved a set of assumptions by which semester start and end dates will be consistently set, effective fall 2011. Â These calendar assumptions are as follows:
Semester Start and End Dates
Mid-Year Commencement – on the Saturday on or between December 15-21
End of Fall Semester – Friday preceding Mid-Year Commencement
Start of Fall Semester – Monday 16 weeks prior to the End of Fall Semester (may be Labor Day)
Start of Spring Semester – Second Monday in January
End of Spring Semester – Friday 16 weeks following Start of Spring Semester
Start of Summer Semester/May Term – Monday following End of Spring Semester
End of May Term – Friday three weeks after start of May Term
End of Summer Semester – Friday 16 weeks following Start of Summer Semester
Spring Break Dates are scheduled as follows:
Oregon – Week that ends with the last Friday in March
Idaho – Week that begins with the last Monday in March
5 Year Semester Dates Based on the Above Assumptions:
2011-12
Fall Semester: 8/29/2011 – 12/16/2011
Spring Semester: 1/9/2012 – 4/27/2012
Summer Semester: 4/30/2012 – 8/17/2012
2012-13
Fall Semester: 8/27/2012 – 12/14/2012
Spring Semester: 1/14/2013 – 5/3/2013
Summer Semester: 5/6/2013 – 8/23/2013
2013-14
Fall Semester: 9/2/2013 – 12/20/2013
Spring Semester: 1/13/2014 – 5/2/2014
Summer Semester: 5/5/2014 – 8/22/2014
2014-15
Fall Semester: 9/1/2014 – 12/19/2014
Spring Semester: 1/12/2015 – 5/1/2015
Summer Semester: 5/4/2015 – 8/21/2015
2015-16
Fall Semester: 8/31/2015 – 12/18/2015
Spring Semester: 1/11/2016 – 4/29/2016
Summer Semester: 5/2/2016 – 8/19/2016
Provided by Melissa Thomas, Registrar
