The Daily Bruin

There will be no courier service to Portland or Salem on Monday, Sept. 6. We will deliver to both Salem and Portland centers on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

IT is offering video quick guides for using George Fox Google Mail. In addition to printable documentation, we now have short video clips that show you how to get the most out of your e-mail.

These videos get you started with the basics and then some. Watch them on the IT website. More advanced content is coming soon.

To pay online, you may need to “enable cookies.” To do this in Safari, point your cursor to “Safari” (top left side of the menu bar). Then select “preferences” and “security” and last choose to “accept cookies always.” For other applications, contact the help desk for assistance. 503-554-2569.

Looking for a job or internship?  Check out BruinCareers, a new online career center and job posting system. BruinCareers will allow you to:
• Search and apply for positions directly through the system
• Create job search agents to alert them when new positions matching their criteria enter the system
• Sign up for Career Services events

Click on “BruinCareers” under Career Services Resources in “mygfu” to create an account. (On-campus jobs are still located in JobConnect, also in mygfu.) Questions? Contact Career Services, 1st floor of Stevens, careers@georgefox.edu or x2330.

Don’t forget to turn in your August timesheets to your supervisor at the end of your shift. Remember that summer employment ends on August 29th.  Be sure your name is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it.  Payday is on Wednesday, September 15th.  Thank you!
– Human Resources

To pay your bill online, simply go to your student center and remain on the student center tab. Then scroll down to “Account Inquiry“ and from there, “Make a Payment”. You can choose to pay directly from your savings or checking account and no fees are charged! If you want to pay by credit card, however, there is a 2.75% convenience fee. Questions? Please email studentaccounts@georgefox.edu. Thanks!

Students who registered after fall bills were printed and mailed in July or who are expecting an updated bill will need to access their student account charges through their student service center. Everything you need…account transactions, pending aid and payment due dates are all accessible online. And now, you can even pay online and give permissions to others to pay online! (See yesterday’s E-nnouncement.)

You can now create a parent or authorized user PIN# so that others who are paying your bill can access our new payment services. This means that those you authorize can see your current balance due and make payment! Please be aware that if you have transactions or aid pending you will need to calculate the amount they should pay.

Traditional Undergraduates will find our Payment Estimator helpful for this: http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/forms.html (scroll down to bottom of page).

The GFU Portland Center building and offices will be CLOSED on Friday, Aug. 20 until noon.

All employees will be attending the Annual All-Employee meeting in Newberg, but will return at noon to open the building and offices.

First-generation college alumni students are needed for a doctoral research project. (Participants do not need to be George Fox alumni.) Each participant will receive a $10 gift certificate to Starbucks for a 55-minute interview.

If you are interested in this project, please e-mail Joel Perez at jperez@georgefox.edu or phone him at ext. 2305.

Thank you.

Registration is still open for the university’s fourth Motorcycle Rally, scheduled Saturday, Aug. 14. The event features both a long (185-215 miles) and short (110-115 miles) ride, with the former traveling through the coast range and the latter winding through the hills and valleys of Yamhill County.

The event also features a motorcycle show and barbecue dinner on the Newberg campus that evening. For schedule and price details, visit the event website or contact Alumni Relations at ext. 2131. The registration deadline is Monday, Aug. 9.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, July 27, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– IT

The university is again hosting Selah, a one-day seminar for women, on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The theme of his year’s event is “It’s time to Simplify. Discover the biblical truth that less is more.”

Keynote speakers will be Vicki Norris, president of Restoring Order, and university pastor Sarah Thomas Baldwin. Online registration and complete details are now available at selah.georgefox.edu.

Get $10 off your registration and a free T-shirt when you volunteer for Selah! If interested, please contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at alorenz@georgefox.edu or ext. 2134.

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

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.

Please drop by the Bruin Bookstore’s Genesis sidewalk sale June 17-19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Selected Bruin merchandise is 20 to 75 percent off.

The Bruin Bookstore, textbook annex and its online store will close to conduct the annual year-end inventory process starting at noon on Monday, June 28. To guarantee project 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!

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, June 8, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

– IT

All university offices in Newberg and at regional sites will be closed on Monday, May 31, to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Libraries in Newberg and at the Portland and Salem centers also will be closed.