The Daily Bruin

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.com/a/georgefox.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdhR3FRQnJvT2NkMjU0S2FhanFKbHc6MQ to register for the event.  Please bring your lunch and your questions.

The 2011-12 parking brochure is now available on the George Fox University website. Check it out here:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/security/parking/parking_map.pdf

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.  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

Plant Services will be having a sale on surplus items from campus. Items for sale will include furniture, binders, office supplies, etc. The sale will be held at Plant Services on Friday, Aug. 5 from 8 a.m.  to noon.  More details coming soon.

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

Starting Aug. 1, women faculty and staff will 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.

All “Art Advantage” brand art supplies are marked down 40 to 70 percent off retail pricing in the Bruin Bookstore. Lots of selection!

The store is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

A media production specialist position is currently open only to internal applicants (employees). Please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu to ask for a copy of the job description. To apply, please submit a completed transfer request, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, July 29. The transfer request form is available here.

Qualified, temporary employees are welcome to apply but should submit a George Fox employment application with the cover letter and resume rather than the transfer request form.

The Tilikum Retreat Center is sponsoring a father/daughter retreat Aug. 5-7. Come spend a weekend in the beautiful Chehalem Valley enjoying time strengthening your father/daughter relationship.

Brad Lau (Student Life) will speak on the topic “A Time To Build” and will address four core values that fathers should pass along to their daughters, enabling them to become the young women God has intended for them to be. Attendees can also enjoy the “Big Swing,” the “Little Zipline,” archery, a water slide, swimming and boating. A fishing derby is also planned.

New this year will be the “Big Zipline,” which starts on a platform 70 feet in a tree and zips 700 feet across the lake. As with all Tilikum retreats, the food service staff will offer the center’s home cooking.

To sign up or learn more, visit this link or call 503-538-2763.

Let’s Learn Together, an informational series sponsored by the Staff Development Committee, will kick off Tuesday, Aug. 2, from noon to 1 p.m. This first session of the year will focus on “Excel: Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts” and feature an IT specialist from George Fox. Watch your staff announcements for location and other information.

Questions? Contact Jan Lefebvre at jlefebvre@georgefox.edu.

Before moving forward with renting five canoes for our second annual Floatabout training, the spiritual life staff is checking to see if there might be any canoes available for borrowing (or even renting at a much-discounted price!) from within our Fox community. We would be looking to borrow them for our four-day float Aug. 16-19 on the Willamette River Trail from Buena Vista Park to Roger’s Landing in Newberg.

Floatabout is becoming our “preseason” training for our student chaplains and chapel leadership team, primarily for listening to God through solitude and community, in order to prepare for a year of ministry to our student community at George Fox.

If you can help us, contact Rusty St. Cyr at rstcyr@georgefox.edu.

The one-day-a-week courier service to the Salem campus is changing from Thursdays to Mondays for the rest of the summer break. The same service to the Portland Center will remain the same: every weekday Monday through Friday.

Questions? Call Mail Services at ext. 2555.

Now that we have started a new fiscal year, please make sure you are using the correct Budget Reference (Bud Ref) date when creating requisitions in PeopleSoft. You need to enter 2012 as the Bud Ref in order to have the funds taken out of your new 2011-2012 budget.

If you are entering a requisition and you don’t know where to find the Bud Ref, please call Andy Dunn at ext. 2162 or Kathi Becker at ext. 2166.

With June now behind us and a new fiscal year just underway, please think about a colleague who would be deserving of the first Employee of the Month award for 2011-12. As always, your nomination should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s recent contributions (past 30 days or so), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Wednesday, July 27, via e-mail to Peggy Kilburg. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the recipient from the nominations submitted. The winner will be announced at our next community meeting (date not yet set but probably in early August) and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Beginning today and using the heading “Benefit in Brief,” HR will highlight a benefit or two each month throughout 2011-12 with the goal of educating or just reminding employees about the various benefits the university provides to us.

July’s Benefit in Brief

There are two types of paid time off that employees don’t often use or think about: bereavement leave and time off for jury duty. Both of these are included as benefits for regular employees who work half time or above.

• Up to five days of sick leave may be taken for bereavement upon the death of an immediate family member: spouse, child/stepchild, parent, step-parent, parent-in-law, sibling, step-sibling, sibling-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, grandparent or grandchild. For those times when employees lose loved ones who are not family members, they should arrange with their supervisors to either use vacation time or make up the time missed from work.

• Employees are paid for time to serve on jury duty as long as they turn in any pay received from the court (excluding pay for mileage). Employees are expected to be at work for any part of their shifts that they are not required to actively serve. Administrators and staff should note time away for jury duty on their time-off reports and time sheets.

Information about bereavement leave and time off for jury duty can be found in the Employee Handbook on pages 43 and 44.

The deadline for ordering rental regalia for convocation chapel is approaching. Friday, July 8, is the deadline for ordering faculty regalia. Please notify your colleagues regarding the deadline.

The form for ordering can be found at this link. Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.