The Daily Bruin

Welcome to The Daily Bruin! Formerly known as “E-nnouncements,” The Daily Bruin will keep you abreast of news and events at George Fox University.

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Due to challenges presented by this fall semester starting on Labor Day, we are changing the way we set fall semester start and end dates. Beginning fall 2014, fall semesters will start on the last Monday in August.

This means our fall 2014 start and end dates are changing.

Here are the updated 2014-2015 semester dates:

• Aug. 25, 2014 – First day of fall semester
• Dec. 12, 2014 – Last day of fall semester
• Dec. 13, 2014 – Midyear Commencement (four-week Christmas break)
• Jan. 12, 2015 – First day of spring semester
• May 1, 2015 – Last day of spring semester
• May 2, 2015 – Spring Commencement
• May 4, 2015 – First day of summer semester
• Aug. 21, 2015 – Last day of summer semester

Urban Outreach would like to invite any George Fox community members who have a heart for the homeless to join us in our ministry. We have weekly trips to Portland and Salem. We provide the outlet, but this ministry really is based on your participation.

For more information, contact Steven Ching (sching10@georgefox.edu) or David Ween (dween12@georgefox.edu).

What is the church “doing right” with younger generations? A one-day forum, hosted by George Fox University and Western Seminary, will address the question on Saturday, Oct. 19, in Portland.

The “ReGeneration Forum,” featuring Scot McKnight, Amena Brown, John Mark Comer, Sarah Thomas Baldwin, Dan Kimball and others, will focus on the practical ways churches are effectively reaching out to younger generations and keeping them engaged in the mission of God. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Imago Dei Community, 1302 S.E. Ankeny St., in Portland.

“Instead of looking at the sad statistics and reasons why millenials are leaving the church, the ReGeneration Forum will look at what God is doing positively in churches,” said Kimball, an adjunct professor at George Fox and the author of They Like Jesus but Not the Church. “We’ll share the amazing things God is doing in churches that are seeing new generations put faith in Jesus and reverse the negative trends out there.”

The day will feature main presentations from theologians and practitioners, followed by sharing from college students and forum interaction with a panel and attendees. Among those in attendance will be church leaders, theologians, artists and students.

To learn more about the schedule, speakers and registration, visit regenerationproject.org.

Don’t forget to register for Dirk Barram’s presentation, “The Leader in All of Us; High Calling, High Risk,” scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Portland Center. There is no cost to attend, and coffee and tea will be provided.

All of us have leadership qualities within us. What do they look like? How are they manifested in our actions? Why might this fact be both important, yet carry risk? Why is it seemingly undervalued? These and other questions will be discussed at the session, the latest College of Business Fall Speaker Series Event.

Dirk, dean of the College of Business, is in his 27th year at George Fox. He worked at Hewlett–Packard in Palo Alto, Calif., as a division training and development manager prior to coming to the university. Since coming to George Fox, he has served in a number of administrative capacities, including vice president for academic affairs (1992-1998) and undergraduate chair of the Department of Business and Economics (2002-2010).

To R.S.V.P. or to learn more, go to this page. Please sign up by Friday, Sept. 27. More information is also available by contacting Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

All of us have leadership qualities within us. What do they look like? How are they manifested in our actions? Why might this fact be both important, yet carry risk? Why is it seemingly undervalued?

These and other questions will be discussed at the School of Business’ Fall Speaker Series Event, “The Leader in All of Us; High Calling, High Risk,” featuring Dirk Barram, dean of George Fox’s business school. The presentation is scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Portland Center.

Dirk is in his 27th year at George Fox. He worked at Hewlett–Packard in Palo Alto, Calif., as a division training and development manager prior to coming to the university. Since coming to George Fox, Dirk has served in a number of administrative capacities, including vice president for Academic Affairs (1992-1998) and undergraduate chair of the Department of Business and Economics (2002-2010).

There is no fee to attend the Oct. 4 event, and coffee and tea will be provided. To R.S.V.P. or to learn more, go to this page. Please sign up by Friday, Sept. 27. More information is also available by contacting Darla Norgren at dnorgren@georgefox.edu.

Got warts? The Health Center offers free wart removal clinics every other Tuesday. We are scheduling appointments for Sept. 24. Please call us at 503-554-2340 if you would like to get started!

The BlueZone Store will be closed today (Wednesday) during Serve Day. We’ll be open regular hours (8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) on Thursday and Friday.

If you still need any textbooks, now is the time to purchase them. Beginning next week, we will be returning unsold books to publishers.

To see if we have a book you need, go to gfubookstore.com and search by course schedule. A designation of “In Store” (under the pricing) means we have copies here at the Textbook Annex. Come on over (or order online) and we’ll be glad to help you.

Don’t wait until reading is assigned to purchase your books or you may find yourself without one when you need it.

Interested in becoming a Young Life leader? The Chehalem Valley has active Young Life, Wyldlife, and Capernum groups and we are looking for more interested leaders!

Join us for fun, food and information this Tuesday, Sept. 10, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pavilion/Fire pit in the canyon!

Questions? Contact Melanie Hulbert at mhulbert@georgefox.edu.

The university has just implemented a new pass-through process for Bruin Careers. Click here to go directly to the Bruin Careers site. Once there, log in with your Bruin Careers username and password. If you haven’t set up an account before, click where it says “click here to register.”

Make sure that your username and password are the same as your George Fox e-mail and password. Now, whenever you log onto MyGFU you will click directly into Bruin Careers without needing to log on.

Please e-mail careers@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2330 if you have any questions!

Web Development is still looking for feedback on the new redesign we launched this week. If you haven’t already, we would love to hear what you think of the new design.

The form can be found at this link. It will be closing on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at which point we will evaluate feedback and plan changes to the template accordingly.

Thank you for your participation.

Having trouble logging into Bruin Careers? We just implemented a new pass-through process!

Click here to go directly to the Bruin Careers site. Once there, log in with your Bruin Careers username and password. If you haven’t set up an account before, click on “click here to register.”

Make sure that your username and password are the same as your George Fox e-mail and password. Now, whenever you log onto MyGFU you will click directly into Bruin Careers without needing to log on.

Please e-mail careers@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2330 if you have any questions.

On Monday, Aug. 26, the password for Foxpublic WiFi will be changed. To access the new password, log into MyGFU and it will be listed on the home page. If you currently use Foxwifi, there is nothing you need to do.

IT highly recommends all employees and students use Foxwifi, as it provides better security and performance. Instructions for connecting to Foxwifi can be found on this IT webpage.

If you’ve visited the George Fox website yesterday, you may have noticed things have changed. While most of the content of the site has stayed the same, the new design will both freshen up the look and feel of the site, and introduce some key new features:

• Responsive Design – Instead of a mobile-specific website, the new site uses a framework that allows content to be reformatted for multiple devices. That means that one webpage can work for both desktop, tablet and mobile phone visitors.
• School Colors – The site now uses Navy Blue and Old Gold more, to better reinforce university branding.
• Font Usage – We have better font usage throughout the site, which makes text-heavy pages look cleaner, and gives a more professional presentation.
• More Flexible Template – The new design allows for much more power in our designers hands, meaning as we redesign pages in the future, we’ll be able to do more with less effort.

We’d love to have feedback from the university community about the new design. As we move forward with more designs in the future, your input will be critical into how we move forward.

Please fill out our web survey form and let us know what you think. Or, if you would prefer to interact directly with us, e-mail webmaster@georgefox.edu.

Thanks,
The Web Development Team

As previously announced, the George Fox calendar software (calendar.georgefox.edu) will be down this week (July 29-Aug. 2) for an upgrade. Be watching for an announcement about accessing the new 25Live calendar.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, July 22, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Just a reminder: The location of the BlueZone Store Textbook Annex has changed over the summer. The new textbook annex is located at 1109 E. Hancock St., in Newberg.

The best way to get your textbooks is by logging on to our website at gfubookstore.com and ordering them online. Have them shipped directly to your home. It’s always free shipping.

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

As of today (Monday), the financial aid office is relocating to the second floor of the Stevens Center (STV 220), next to admissions. All staff contact information remains the same. You are invited to stop by and see our new home.

You may have noticed that Google is constantly working to improve its products. There are new features and changes that come out almost weekly, and we are working hard in IT to keep up with these new changes.

One way you can learn about them is to subscribe to our TechTips forum. Receive in your e-mail updates, hints and tips relevant to George Fox University-supported software, including Microsoft Office, Windows 7, Google Apps, Keynote and PowerPoint, Apple OS, iOS features and more related to George Fox systems.

Check out the latest update: Google has combined the storage capacity between Gmail and Drive and we now have a combined capacity of 30GB. Subscribe to TechTips and you can review all of our past posts to find information that is helpful to you.