The Daily Bruin

Alumni Relations invites the university community to George Fox University Night at PGE Park on Friday, Aug. 28, when the Portland Beavers take on the Tacoma Rainiers for a 7:05 p.m. Pacific Coast League baseball game (gates open at 6 p.m.).

Put on a George Fox T-shirt or hat and bring your family and friends to the game. It will be a great way to connect with other George Fox alumni, parents, employees and friends. As a member of the George Fox community, you can purchase discounted tickets in a field-level reserved section, saving $3.50 per ticket.

Highlights will include:

• President Robin Baker throwing out the first pitch
• Private and complimentary ice cream social on the boardwalk after the seventh-inning stretch
• Discounted food items and much more

We hope you will join us as the Bruins cheer for the Beavers! Visit Ticketmaster to order tickets online. The Special Offer Code is GEORGE FOX. You can also order tickets by contacting Katie Hoffner at 503-553-5404 or khoffner@pgepark.com.

Tickets can be picked up at the will call window at PGE Park. Offer not valid at the PGE Park Box Office. Deadline to order tickets is 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27.

Contact Alumni Relations at ext. 2131 or alumni@georgefox.edu with questions.

Some needed maintenance will be done to the site calendar.georgefox.edu between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 4-5. The website will be unavailable during this maintenance window.

During the month of July, 20 new Ricoh copy machines have come to the Newberg and Portland campuses. They look and operate almost the same as the Canons they replaced. All Mac users that use a new Ricoh to print to will need to call IT to let them know who and where you are so that you can be properly attached to the copier.

Use of these machines is very much like the old ones, which will allow you to start using them. In-depth training for scanning, faxing, printing and copying will be taking place over the next few weeks. Please check with the office personnel in your area to find your date and time.

The first floor restrooms near the main office in the south building are being remodeled for the next two weeks. They are projected to be finished by August 12. All other restrooms in the building are available in the meantime.

The coffee house opening has been delayed to the end of August. Our goal is to have it completed and ready to open by the start of the semester.

Thank you for your patience as we see these projects take shape.

The Portland Center buildings and Library will be closed on all Saturdays in August and the first Saturday in September.

August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 for summer break and September 5 for Labor Day weekend.

All offices will have regular office hours during the week.

Please email Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor with questions.

Portland Center Bookstore Special Hours:

August 3 – 7

Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday: Closed

We will resume regular store hours on Monday, August 10, 2009

The university will host a retirement celebration for Jack Harris (Plant Services) from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, in Klages Dining Hall. Come say farewell to Jack, whose future plans include taking a trip to Israel with his wife.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is sponsoring FoxTALE and Google Docs open lab time for faculty from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Hoover 211. Faculty can come for individual help with FoxTALE or Google Docs. IT reps will be on hand to answer questions.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering a FoxTALE introduction seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Hoover 211. (New regular faculty participating in New Faculty Orientation Aug 18-20 will have a separate seminar as part of NFO.) Please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) if you plan to attend.

Employees are invited to attend an all-employee meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, in Wood-Mar Auditorium (please note location change). The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

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.

A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

IT will be installing an update for FoxTALE from 6 to 7 a.m. (PST) on Monday, Aug. 3. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time. The update includes a few new gradebook features, with details forthcoming. Faculty are encouraged to export grades to a spreadsheet for archiving prior to the update.

Serve Day 2009 is quickly approaching on September 9. If you would like to be a part of this year’s Serve Day we would love to have you.

You must have your supervisor’s approval to participate. Email serveday@georgefox.edu to let us know if you are going to participate so we can assign you to a location. Thank you!

Register now for Selah 2009! The conference theme is “Reimagine — Embracing change, trusting God and moving forward” and features speakers Sarah Thomas Baldwin (Spiritual Life), Linda Lucas and Bo Stern. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, in Bauman Auditorium.

For speaker bios and more information on the seminar, visit selah.georgefox.edu. If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at alorenz@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2134. We hope to see you there!

The Office of Marketing Communications is now collecting orders for business cards. Orders are due Wednesday, July 29. Please place your orders through your department’s administrative assistant. Expect delivery in mid-August.

Please submit your order using our online form.

If you supervise student employees, please review the updated procedures for 2009-10 posted on the supervisor web page. The procedures document and the new offer letter for 2009-10 also will be sent directly to supervisors by e-mail.

Some of the highlights:

• Student payday is now the 15th of the month

• Students are now eligible for direct deposit

• Pay statements will be available on MyGFU just like employees are

• Time sheet deadlines are still the same

• Updated student offer letter must be used

• Don’t miss out on all the details — check out the website!

The mail courier to Salem will be going on Thursdays only for the next four weeks. Normal two-times-a-week service will resume on Monday, Aug 17. The Portland courier will still be operating five days, Monday through Friday. Questions? Call Sherrie Frost (Mail Services) at ext. 2556.

Avoid the August rush. Now is a great time to request new fall course sites, archive and reset courses, and export grades for safekeeping. For new course sites, contact the IT Service Desk and include the course number and name.

See the FoxTALE Quick Guides website for documentation on archiving and resetting courses to prepare for a new semester.

Students: Please do NOT prop open external doors in the evenings. We have had several instances of finding the doors propped open lately.

Why do we have the doors locked at 7:15 p.m.? In the last year we’ve had three occasions in the late evening of prowlers looking for items to steal. One of the occurrences left significant damage to many offices and gained access to secure areas.

We lock the doors in the evening to help provide you with safety and security. Please help us in maintaining it.

The Marketing Communications office is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may now submit and view your name tag requests online. Provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed, title or department, and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions.

The next order will be placed Tuesday, August 4.

The Portland Center’s next “Brown Bag” Lunch & Learn topic: Tips on how to get the most out of your Mac.

Presenter:  Russ Devore

Thursday, July 16, noon to 1 p.m. in Room 210.