The Daily Bruin

The Office of Financial Affairs has updated the following forms:

• Check Request Form – This form has been changed to make it easier for you to communicate to us which fund-cost center-account combination is to be charged.

• Rush Check Request Justification – This form has been eliminated and replaced with the “RUSH Check Request” form. This new form combines the check request and rush justification forms into one form so that it will no longer be required to submit both forms for a rush check. Please be aware that the policies for issuing rush checks have not changed. The new form will be subject to the same approvals as the old form and should be used only in critical situations where an exception to the normal payment policy is justified.

Please visit the Financial Affairs webpage soon to download the new forms from the Common Forms page.

Due to Valerie Rogers’ transfer to the Department of Advanced Integrated Marketing, there is an opening for an administrative assistant II position in communication arts/English. This .56FTE (30 hours per week, nine months per year) position is currently open to internal applicants (employees). Temporary employees may also apply, but external applications are not being accepted.

If you would like a copy of the job description, please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu. To apply, please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources no later than Monday, Aug. 29, at 5 p.m. The link to the transfer request form can be found here.

Installation of the new scoreboards in Miller Gymnasium has been moved up to Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 22-23. The gym’s center court will be closed both days; the other two courts will remain open for use.

President Robin Baker invites the university community to visit his blog to catch up on what he’s been up to and what’s on his mind. You can read it at this link.

Miller Gymnasium’s center court will be closed all day on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 29-30, for the installation of the new scoreboards. The other two courts will remain open for use.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. The Office of Marketing Communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Friday, Aug. 26. The login user ID is “gfubc” and password is “gfu123.”

Contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) if you have any questions.

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

Orders are due by Thursday, Sept. 1.

Women faculty and staff interested in joining the 2011-12 Women’s Leadership Development Institute cohort are invited to apply. Applications are available at this link (must be on campus to access) and must be returned to Box #6255 by Sept. 1. The new cohort will commence at a retreat Sept. 29-30, and 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.

Even though only a limited number can be accepted, please feel encouraged to apply.

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.