The Daily Bruin

Bruindata will be down for maintenance between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. Aug. 19-20.

The university community is invited to learn how to apply foundational biblical principles to basic business concepts at a three-day intensive course.

What: Biblical Entrepreneurship 1 (BE 1)
When: Sept. 17-18, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Sept.19, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: George Fox University Portland Center

Online registration is available, and more information is posted on the course flier and website. Those who register by Sept. 4 receive a $25 discount.

The Portland Center also will host a one-hour session on biblical entrepreneurship from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4. It will include a 30-minute presentation by Wende Jones, a BE-certified teacher, a panel discussion, and an audience Q&A with the panel.

Also, you are invited to hear about biblical entrepreneurship directly from course founder Patrice Tsague on Wednesday, Sept. 16, when he speaks at the monthly Northwest Christian Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Hayden’s Lakefront Grill, 8187 S.W. Tualatin-Sherwood Road, in Tualatin.


All university employees are requested to attend an all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 21.

Activities will begin at 8 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the campus quad to commemorate the recent Klages Dining Hall remodeling project. A breakfast buffet in the dining room will follow. At 9 a.m., the all-community meeting will begin with worship in Bauman Auditorium.

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.

Also, employees at remote sites can interact via a chat room, available at https://edtech.campfirenow.com/32af4.

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

Due to the Annual Library Meeting on Wednesday, August 19, the Portland Center Library will be closed all day.  We hope this doe not prove to be too great an inconvenience for any of you.

The university’s library will be migrating its catalog and related software to a new server on Thursday, Aug. 13. Foxtrax and library databases will be unavailable from 8 a.m. until Thursday evening.

You are invited to attend the closing event for the PeopleSoft “Catch the Wave” project. We have completed the initial phase of the project as an institution and want to take time together to pause and celebrate our success. There are still more PeopleSoft tasks ahead, but we want to recognize everyone’s effort and hard work. Members of Oracle PeopleSoft and MIS consulting will be joining us.

Please join us from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Hoover 105.

Ice cream and snacks will be provided. Also, Aug. 12 is approved as Hawaiian shirt day. Wear your Hawaiian shirts!

IT has begun a multiphase wireless upgrade over the next few years. On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Newberg campus wireless access points will change names. The reconfiguration of the wireless devices will take several hours and will begin at 7 a.m. The current wireless access points names GFU-NEWBERG will be replaced with FOXWIFI. You will no longer need a WEP key to connect; rather, you can sign in using your university login. Specific instructions will be sent to your mailbox early next week.

This will not impact the other campuses at this time.

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!