The Daily Bruin

This is a reminder that an all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Google Groups has replaced group e-mail and listservs that we have had in the past. IT will offer a training session on how to administrate Groups in our new mail system. This is a webinar session that you can join from any computer on Monday, July 12, between 10 and 11 a.m. PDT.

Space is still available, so sign up on the R.S.V.P. form. For details on what this session covers, see Google Groups Documentation.

Before July 12, visit the iVocalize support website and go through the four sections available on the Getting Started page. Be sure to run the system requirements test available on this page. If you need assistance, contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or ext. 2569.

The login information for the training session will be sent to you via e-mail prior to the event. For more information about the transition, including FAQ and Quick Guides, visit georgefox.edu/email-conversion.

IT is offering a training session on how to get the most out of Google Calendar. Join us from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 13, in Hoover 105.

Space is still available, so sign up using our R.S.V.P. form. For details on what this session covers, see Google Calendar Documentation.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

George Fox is pleased to welcome a visiting research professor from South Korea this coming school year. To prepare for he and his family’s arrival on July 6, furniture is needed.

The following is needed immediately:

• One double/full/or queen bed (with mattress, preferably)
• Dining room table and chairs
• Couch
• Chairs
• Bookshelves
• Coffee table
• Desks

If you are able to donate and/or loan (for one year) any furnishings, we would be very grateful. Please e-mail or call Melanie Newell, coordinator for the Center for Global Studies/Center for Peace and Justice, at ext. 2686 or 971-570-2408 (cell).

Thank you.

The university will close Monday, July 5, to observe the Independence Day holiday. All offices, bookstores and libraries will be closed.

Print Services is proud to announce a reduction in the prices for color copies. We recently acquired a Xerox DC252 graphics quality color copier that includes a densitometer to assist in the calibration between our computer and the copier itself. Prices for an average size page will start at 20 cents per side, with the large sizes starting at 40 cents per side.

Call us at ext. 2550. You may also visit us on the university website or on Facebook.

– Print Services

With June now behind us, please think about a colleague who would be deserving of the July Employee of the Month award. 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) – what was done, who was impacted, etc. – and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, July 16, 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 all-employee meeting (date not yet set) and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Student supervisors: Payday is Thursday, July 15, so please submit your students’ June time sheets to HR right away — by Friday, July 2, at 5 p.m. Meeting this deadline is crucial since the following Monday is a holiday.

Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number are legible on each one. Also, don’t forget to sign them and be sure the students did as well. Please do not send students to HR to sign their time sheets.

Thanks very much.
HR

For anyone attending Danya Ochsner’s retirement party at the Edwards House on Tuesday, June 29, please feel free to park in the Newberg Friends Church parking lot. The event runs from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

The university community is invited to an open house reception to honor Danya Ochsner (University Relations) on Tuesday, June 29, at the Edwards House, 402 S. College St. Join us between 4 and 5:30 p.m. as we wish Dayna well in retirement. She is leaving George Fox after 22 years of service.

As part of the Strategic Plan, the board of trustees requested that the university look into the possibility of outsourcing bookstore services as it did with dining services years ago. There were two primary reasons given for the request. First, the textbook market has been going through rapid changes in recent years with the emergence of digital texts, online purchasing, textbook rentals and the increasing demand for used textbooks. Keeping up with these changes can be costly to both students and the university. Second, more students are choosing to buy their textbooks and supplies through businesses other than our bookstore, thus putting the university at financial risk as it deals with inventory that goes unsold.

After a lengthy review process of four companies (including our own bookstore), the board’s Finance Committee unanimously voted to outsource the university’s bookstore services to Validis, a company that currently manages 277 bookstores (125 of which are colleges, many similar to George Fox), beginning Oct. 1, 2010. A Bookstore Review Committee of 10 people, including faculty, staff and a student representative, which conducted several interviews with universities using Validis, unanimously agreed that, if the university were to outsource, Validis would be their choice.

Validis comes to this agreement with an outstanding reputation for student service and employee satisfaction. They have the highest employee retention rate in the bookstore management industry and have agreed to employ all of our current bookstore staff with comparable salaries and benefits. And the university will continue to provide tuition-remission benefits to those bookstore employees currently using them.

The Validis administrators overseeing the agreement with the university were also Christians and have agreed to encourage bookstore staff to continue to function as Christian mentors. It is the university’s hope and expectation that the Validis relationship will be similar to our work with Bon Appetit, and our reference checks on the company seem to confirm that this will be the case.

Validis has also agreed to commit funding for bookstore renovations, as well as funding toward a new student center, which is the next major building project planned for the university.

The board and President Baker are grateful for the service of the bookstore staff and believe the new partnership will help to serve the growing needs of the university community.

The university is seeking an executive assistant I to work 30 hours per week for 10 months (August-May). The individual will assist the dean of instruction and others in the academic affairs office beginning Aug. 1. This .62FTE position is currently open only to internal applicants (employees). Please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu to obtain a copy of the job description and transfer request if you are interested in this opening.

To apply, you will need to submit the completed transfer request, cover letter and resume to Human Resources no later than Tuesday, June 29.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

The Bruin Bookstore and its online store will close down business to conduct its annual year-end inventory process starting at noon next Monday, June 28. To strive for accuracy, we are not able to conduct any business during this closure. Phone calls, voice mail messages and e-mails will not be responded to until this procedure is completed. There also will not be any money on hand to make change. Please plan ahead to get all your Bruin necessities before June 28. We truly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

The bookstore will reopen starting at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6, after the July 4 holiday weekend. Thank you for supporting your Bruin Bookstore!

The university is seeking to fill this 30-hour-per week/10-month (August-May) position to assist the dean of instruction and others in the academic affairs office beginning Aug. 1. This .62FTE position is currently open only to internal applicants (employees). Please e-mail hr@georgefox.edu to obtain a copy of the job description and transfer request if you are interested in this opening.

To apply, you will need to submit the completed transfer request, cover letter and resume to Human Resources no later than Tuesday, June 29.

IT will be upgrading the FoxFiles software on Tuesday, June 22, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., PDT. There will be no impact to any of your documents since this is a software upgrade; however, documents will not be available during the upgrade. FoxTALE course documents and media located in FoxFiles will be temporarily unavailable during this window of time as well.

Contact the IT service desk if you have any questions.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, June 24, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Interested in learning more about the new e-mail system? Used to the basics but want to know more? IT has scheduled several training sessions from June through September. Check out the schedule and sign up on the R.S.V.P. form.

Basic training

• Monday, June 21, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT, Portland Center Room 210
• Monday, Aug. 16, 2-3:30 p.m. PDT, Hoover 105

Groups Training

• Monday, July 12, 10-11 a.m. PDT, Webinar
• Monday, Sept. 20, 2-3:30 p.m. PDT, VAC 117
• Tuesday, Sept. 21, 10-11:30 a.m. PDT, Portland Center 210

Calendar Training

• Tuesday, July 13, 10-11:30 a.m. PDT, Hoover 105

For more information about the transition, including FAQ and Quick Guides, visit the website at georgefox.edu/email-conversion.

Thanks to 131 donors who gave gifts to the Austin Sports Complex ranging from $5 to $25,000 since Oct. 16, 2009, we have raised the $250,000 needed by June 30 to match the gift by an anonymous donor. Among those who gave were graduating seniors, George Fox employees, alumni, board members and other friends of the university.

To date, we have raised nearly $2.1 million toward our $6.5 million fundraising goal for Phase I of the Austin Sports Complex. This is a three-year effort, and we hope to raise another third of our goal (approximately $2.5 million) in 2010-11.

Phase I calls for the development of 11 of the 23 acres of land through construction of a synthetic turf soccer field, a multi-use synthetic turf field, and a multi-use field building. Progress on the project is well underway. The general contractor, The Saunders Co., is overseeing the installation of the first synthetic Astro Turf GameDay Grass MT45 field this week, so it will be ready for soccer this fall.

For more information or to participate in the campaign, visit the Austin Sports Complex page.