The Daily Bruin

Our 25Live calendar system is up and ready to take requests. This system not only allows you to request a room but now equipment reservations will be done in 25Live for meetings, events and classes.

Here is the link to the system: 25live.georgefox.edu. Use your normal George Fox login to access the system.

IT will be providing training over the next few weeks. To reserve your place in a class, e-mail pparks@georgefox.edu. Space is limited to 20 people per session.

Here is a schedule of training sessions on the Newberg campus:

Friday, Aug. 9, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Stevens 307: Room and Equipment Reservations
Learn how to enter a room request, do searches and reserve equipment with a room or for a class.

Thursday, Aug. 15, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Stevens 307: Room Reservations
Learn how to enter a room request, do searches for events, locations and resources and request equipment with your room request. Practice time available between 2:30 and 3 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 15, 3-4 p.m., Stevens 307: Equipment Reservations
Learn how to request equipment only for a classroom. This is a new process so we recommend this class if you reserve equipment for a class. Practice time available between 4 and 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 16, 2-3 p.m., Stevens 307: Equipment Reservations
Learn how to request equipment only for a classroom. This is a new process so we recommend this class if you reserve equipment for a class. Practice time available between 3 and 3:30 p.m.

Our 25Live calendar system is up and ready to take requests. This system not only allows you to request a room but now equipment reservations will be done in 25Live for meetings, events and classes.

Here is the link to the system: 25live.georgefox.edu. Use your normal George Fox login to access the system.

IT will be providing training over the next few weeks. To reserve your place in a class, e-mail pparks@georgefox.edu. Space is limited to 10 people without a laptop and until the room is full with those who have a laptop.

Our “Room and Equipment Reservations” training at the Portland Center will be Wednesday, Aug. 7, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in PDS 160, where you will learn how to enter a room request, do searches and reserve equipment with a room or for a class.

The university welcomes Kelsey Bennett as an accounting specialist II in financial affairs/human resources. While a student at George Fox, Kelsey worked as an accounting clerk work-study student in 2012 and 2013. She also worked at the university as a business tutor and tutoring lab director in 2011-12. She graduated from George Fox this past May with bachelor’s degrees in both accounting and finance. Kelsey recently moved to Newberg from Gresham and attends Newberg Foursquare Church.

Leah Blake joined the university in July as a computer support specialist at the Portland Center. She comes to George Fox from the Yamhill-Carlton School District, where, for eight years, she supervised and tutored students as they completed online schoolwork. Before that she was a computer technician for Grandhaven Elementary School in McMinnville for two years. She also worked as a contract specialist for the federal prison in Sheridan, Ore., in the 1990s. Leah earned an associates of applied science degree from Chemeketa Community College in 2006. She lives in Yamhill with her husband Jim. The couple has six children – Jimmy (20), Donovan (20), Garrett (17), Dylan (16), Derek (14) and Victoria (14) – and attends Yamhill Christian Church.

The undergraduate admissions office welcomes George Fox alumna Keisha Gordon as a visit coordinator. After graduating from the university with a degree in organizational communication in the spring of 2012, she joined Chehalem Youth and Family Services last September as a mentoring hub program manager, overseeing training sessions and group activities. Keisha also served as an assistant coach for the George Fox women’s basketball team – for whom she played from 2009 to 2012 – during the 2012-13 season. She lives in Dundee with her sister Tashawna, who will be a junior at George Fox this fall. Keisha attends Newberg Foursquare Church.

Laura Hartley joined the university this summer as the new dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Laura comes to George Fox from Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa., where she worked for the past seven years. At Eastern, she served as associate dean of the Templeton Honors College (2007-2013, acting dean between 2008-2010), director of University General Education (2010-2013) and associate professor of language and culture (2006-2013). She taught at Eastern in the undergraduate departments of Communication Studies and Anthropology and in the Master of Education in Multicultural Education program. Prior to Eastern, Laura worked for Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., as a grants officer/staff writer (1998-2004) and as an assistant to the president for special projects (1998). She also taught for seven years in Lesley’s Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations program. Other teaching experience includes the Olin Center for International Study and Northeastern University in Boston and Michigan State University. Laura holds PhD and master’s degrees in linguistics from Michigan State (1998 and 1996, respectively) and a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Wheaton College (1991). She lives in Newberg with her husband Ben, an associate professor of Christian mission at Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University and an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church, and her children Luke (15) and Tess (12).

Saurra Heide joined the university this summer as associate director of clinical practices in the School of Education, where she will manage teacher candidate and practicum placements, matching candidate and school needs; coordinate communication between K-12 schools and the School of Education; and support strategic partnership development and grant management. She worked previously for the Greater Albany Public School District at Central Elementary School, where she taught second- through fourth-grade classes since 2007. Additionally, she facilitated the Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports program and coordinated the Talented and Gifted program. Before that, she was a part-time music and fourth-grade teacher in Albany, Ore., in the mid-2000s. She also gained teaching experience as a student teacher in the Sherwood School District in 2005-06. Saurra completed George Fox’s Master of Education program in 2009 and also earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the university in 2006, during which time she was student orientation director (2004-06). Saurra lives in Wilsonville with her husband Michael, a 2005 George Fox alumnus, and attends Grace Chapel in Wilsonville.

The university’s doctor of physical therapy program welcomed Jeff Houck this summer to work as director of research and as a professor of physical therapy. For the past 14 years he has served as a professor (2012-present), associate professor (2006-12) and assistant professor (1999-2004) in the Department of Physical Therapy at Ithaca College. Previously, he taught human anatomy at the University of Iowa from 1996 to 1998. Concurrently, he has taught and collaborated on various research projects with the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Rochester. Jeff earned a PhD in physical therapy from the University of Iowa in 1999 and also holds a master’s degree in the discipline from the same school, as well as a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. He just purchased a house in Newberg and has two children, Mercedes and Cosmo, who are attending college in New York and California.

The university welcomes Sarah Taylor to work as an area coordinator this fall. She worked most recently at Wheaton College in Illinois, where she was a residence hall director from 2006 to 2010. Prior to that, she was a graduate resident advisor at Wheaton (2004-06) and both an assistant residence director and an assistant director of leadership development at Gordon College in Massachusetts (2002-04). Sarah earned a master’s degree in Christian formation and ministry from Wheaton College Graduate School in 2006, and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Gordon College in 2001. She lives on campus in Le Shana Hall with her husband Dan and their two daughters, Maggie (4) and Lucie (2).

Heidi Thomason has returned to George Fox to work as the associate director of student accounts. For the past 10 years she has served as the creative arts department director for GodSong Church in Newberg. She worked at the university previously from 2004 to 2008 as a financial aid counselor. Before that, Heidi was the worship pastor for the First Assembly of God Church in St. Paul (1999 to 2003) and a patient survey supervisor and project manager for Providence Health System for six years in the 1990s. She earned a bachelor’s degree in social and behavioral studies from George Fox in 2007. Heidi lives in Newberg with her husband Ron, and they have two grown daughters and a son-in-law. She attends Northside Community Church.

Sheila Abercrombie (Institutional Research) left George Fox in July and is now working for an IT department at a community college near her home in North Carolina.

Andrew Bradford (Admissions) left the university in June to work in sales and marketing at OmniGuard Security in Tigard, Ore.

Denise DeCicco (Student Financial Services) retired from the university in June after working at George Fox for 14 years.

Sarah Jobson (Student Life) has left George Fox to take the assistant director of residence life position at Northwest University in Kirkland, Wash.

Sara Kelm (Enrollment Specialist/Portland Center) left George Fox to pursue a master’s degree in English at Baylor University.

Joel Perez (Student Life) left the university in late July to take the position of dean of students and community life at Seattle Pacific University. Joel had worked at George Fox for seven years.

Cathy Peterson (Library) left George Fox in early August in order to move closer to family.

Josiah Philipsen (Technology Specialist) left George Fox in June and is now working for Miller Technologies in McMinnville.

Carol Sherwood (Nursing) is leaving George Fox in mid-August.

Sara Sundquist (HR) left the university in June.

Tim Goodfellow has been promoted to the position of executive director of IT. The university conducted a national search for a CIO this spring but did not find a candidate who provided a strong match with the position and with George Fox. Tim will be recruiting to backfill his current position as he works on the structure of the IT organization.

Taylor Martin is now the assistant director of athletic recruiting, and Emma Glennen has moved from being visit coordinator in admissions to a position as an undergraduate admissions counselor.

Holly Kirby is the new administrative assistant for the physical therapy program.

An article co-written by Jeff Vargason (Chemistry), “How Does Atomic Structure Affect Electron Clouds? A Guided-Inquiry NMR Laboratory for General Chemistry,” was featured on the cover of the July 9 issue of Journal of Chemical Education. Jeff wrote the article with Michael Everest, a former George Fox faculty member who now teaches chemistry at Westmont College.

Kevin Jones (Communication) presented his article “Apologies and Apodiorizo: Transforming Rhetorical Situations with Sex Scandal Rhetoric” at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric annual conference at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, June 1-3. Kevin was one of three Americans invited to present at the conference, which is the largest gathering of Canadian academics.

Aug. 6              Kent Yinger
Aug. 9              Shelley Yonemura
Aug. 12            Cary Griffith, Ken Ingram
Aug. 13            Kathy Heininge, Nate Peach
Aug. 14            Jenny Zaganiacz
Aug. 16            Gary Sehorn, Seth Sikkema
Aug. 17            Blair Cash, Jerrie Nelson
Aug. 19            Jim Foster, Anna Philipsen

The School of Education (soon to be “College of Education”) will be hosting a group of Chinese educators from Chengdu from Sept. 22 through Oct. 12. While they will be staying most of the time in a motel, they have also specifically requested that we provide a home-stay experience. The dates of the home stays will be Saturday, Oct. 5, through Wednesday, Oct. 9 (four nights). This will allow them some time to be included in their host family’s weekend activities.

Ideally, two or more would be placed per home, but some could be placed individually, as space allows. Host families are asked to provide sleeping accommodations and meals (except lunch on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). They will also need transportation to and from campus on weekdays. Each host family will be given $100 per guest to help defray costs.

If you are interested in hosting one or more guests from Chengdu, or have questions, please contact Sondra Creason at screason@georgefox.edu by Monday, Aug. 26. Please feel free to forward this information to others who may also be interested.

IT will be performing an upgrade to the network core this Wednesday, Aug. 7, from 5 to 7 a.m. During this time, all connections to and from the Newberg campus internal network will be unavailable. This includes all wired and wireless connections to servers, the Internet, etc. External services such as georgefox.edu, MyGFU, and FoxTALE will remain available.

The university is expecting approximately 55 new international students this fall. Our desire is to bless their lives, not only with a quality education, but also to introduce them to caring people who are a reflection of the reality of Jesus Christ within them.

Rather than house these students in empty dorm rooms during orientation, we are looking for about 25 families who would be willing to have up to two international students stay in their home the nights of Aug. 21-28. Students will be engaged in orientation all day Aug. 23 and Aug. 26-28. They would be free to be with the families the entire weekend of Aug. 24-25.

Families are asked to provide breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided on campus during orientation. We also ask families to provide transportation to George Fox between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and pick students up at approximately 5 p.m. Host families will receive a stipend to help defray some of the costs of meals and transportation.

Our students’ feedback is that staying with a host family is a very meaningful experience for newly arrived, uncertain and anxious students beginning their new life in the U.S. We also recognize the impact of this experience is not confined to the students’ lives only. Our host families attest of the great blessing these gracious international students have been to them, too. Often relationships developed with host families continue throughout the time the students are at George Fox and into the future.

If you are interested in serving as a host family, please contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu, 503-554-2649) or Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu, 503-554-2643). If you know of others who might be interested, please let us know so we may contact them.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Friday, Aug. 9.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

The university is hosting a blood drive on the Newberg campus from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, in Room 117 of the Villa Academic Complex. Donations are needed and greatly appreciated! You can sign up by clicking this link and entering the sponsor code “GeorgeFox.”

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail Andrea Riley at ariley12@georgefox.edu.

FoxTALE will be upgraded from Moodle version 2.2 to version 2.4 from Sunday, Aug. 25, at 8 a.m. to Monday, Aug. 26, at 8 a.m., to stay in alignment with updates at moodle.org. FoxTALE will not be available during this time. No preparation is required by faculty. (Please note: We have changed the schedule for this event).

Here are some of the highlights of the new version:

• All icons will change. See the mapping from old to new icons (http://goo.gl/WxzRw).
• Assignments will be enhanced and have a new look and feel. There is only one type of assignment with many customizable features. See the new assignment features (http://goo.gl/nKbMA).
• Existing assignments will be automatically converted to the new format. No action is required.
• Drag and drop files from your computer onto your course home page. The files will be added as resources.

Also, sign up for one of the FoxTALE labs we are hosting Wednesday, Aug. 28, in Newberg and Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Portland Center.

Old FoxTALE available until Aug. 31: This is a reminder that old FoxTALE (foxtale19.georgefox.edu) will be available until Aug. 31. If you have additional course sites that need to be copied from old FoxTALE to new (current) FoxTALE, please contact the IT Service Desk.

If you have any questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Serve Day 2013 is just around the corner, and we are inviting you to be involved. As an employee at the Portland Center, we hope that you have heard of Serve Day and what it is all about. Even still, please take a few moments to read about our purpose and passion for this day.

• What is Serve Day? On the second Wednesday of each school year, the George Fox campus closes and all employees and students go out into Newberg and the surrounding areas to help at specific service sites. This year it will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

• Our Goals: Ultimately, we want to model a Christ-centered community and believe through service we can do that. We hope that Serve Day will be the beginning of lasting relationships between the Newberg and George Fox communities.

• Who: In past Serve Days we typically serve at about 80 sites. These include nonprofit organizations, schools, churches and individual homes.

• How: Projects can range from spending time with residents at care homes, visiting with troubled youth, collecting cans for a food drive, and much more.

• When: Wednesday, Sept. 11. Our groups of volunteers will assemble at 8:30 a.m. to meet a representative from the organization. The starting time on the project will be determined by how long it takes the group to get to the site. We will finish the Serve Day with a celebration on our campus at 4 p.m.

Since you are not a Newberg employee, this day is completely optional. If you would like to be a part of this year’s Serve Day, we would love to have you. Please check with your supervisor and then e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu to let us know if you are going to participate so we can assign you to a location.

Thank you!

Now is a great time for staff and faculty to update their vehicle registration before the fall semester begins! To do so, log on to myGFU and select “Self Service.” Next, click on “University Forms” and the “Vehicle Registration” link should pop up in the middle of the page. After you’ve clicked on that, you can see the vehicles that are currently registered to you. If you no longer have a vehicle, just click on the minus sign to the right of the vehicle info and it will be deleted. To add another vehicle(s), click on the “add another vehicle” box and input the information. The last step is to e-mail Nadine Kincaid with your vehicle changes so your parking permit can be taken off a previous vehicle and reassigned to the new one.

You can purchase an additional permit for just $5 cash at the Security office. Finally, if your permit is taped/stapled/glued together, just bring the pieces to the Security office and we can get you a new one on the spot! Portland Center employees should register their vehicles if they visit the Newberg campus frequently. If you come just once a semester or so, then please come and get a temporary permit at the Security office when you arrive on campus. If you have any questions, call us at ext. 2090 or e-mail Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu).

Students who have registered their vehicles on MYGFU as of this week will have their parking permits waiting for them to sign for at Mail Services when they return to campus.

If you want to have YOURS awaiting you at Mail Services, you will need to register your vehicle on MYGFU this week! Security Services cannot guarantee that your permit will be processed and ready for you by Sept. 1, 2013 if you do not register your vehicle right away.

Please remember that even if you are NOT bringing a car to campus, you must go on MYGFU to indicate that you are not registering a vehicle. Failure to either register a vehicle, or register as not bringing a car to campus by the Add/Drop date of September 13, 2013 will result in a non-refundable charge of $40 for a parking permit being assigned to your account.

Complete instructions on how to register your vehicle are on Security Services website: security.georgefox.edu.

If your questions aren’t answered there, please don’t hesitate to contact Security Services at: 503-554-2090 or e-mail Nadine Kincaid at: nkincaid@georgefox.edu. We can’t wait to see you back on campus!

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.

Packages for new and returning students are arriving daily at Mail Services. We will be holding these packages until your arrival at school. If you are in the area, please stop by Mail Services and pick them up, as our shelves are getting full. We are open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. If you have questions, please email lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks,

University Mail Services

The Bruin Den will be closed Aug. 3-18. It will reopen Monday, Aug. 19 with summer hours, 8 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

The Villa Café will be closed from July 27 until the fall semester begins. Thanks for the great summer, and we will see you in the fall!

There will be no core flexibility class next week (July 29 – Aug. 2) while the instructor is on vacation.