The Daily Bruin

Use your new, empty Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

Your Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 sites are unavailable (hidden) to students. When you are ready to make a site available, go to Settings > Course administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the “Availability” section and select “This course is available to students” from the drop-down menu. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.”

If you have course content to move from old FoxTALE to new FoxTALE, please contact the Service Desk before Aug. 20 so that assignments in those courses can be converted in the Aug. 25 upgrade. Please note that old FoxTALE will no longer be available after Aug. 31, 2013.

You can create assignments before the upgrade. Assignments in courses that go through the upgrade will be automatically converted to the new format. No further action is required.

Metacourses Used Only for Special Cases
To folks who have been using FoxTALE for several years … Remember the good ol’ days when courses were set up with templates and metacourses? Well, those days are behind us now, and the process has simplified. Here is an overview of a course life cycle that we’ve been using since Fall 2012.

New course sites are created for each semester, and content can be imported (video) from one semester to the next. Metacourses may still be used in special cases where you want to use one FoxTALE site for multiple sections of the same class. If you still use metacourses, contact the Service Desk for assistance with setting them up.

Plant services has had an unusually busy summer. We are still in the process of completing multiple building and remodeling projects, as well as numerous office moves. As a result we have accumulated more than 700 open work requests. We are working hard to catch up but must complete student housing requests first.

Thank you for your patience during this very busy time.

Now would be a great time to update your vehicle registrations on MyGFU! Please delete any vehicles you no longer own by using the minus button to the right of that listing. Click on “Add additional vehicles” to bring up a fresh row of boxes to input new vehicle information. Once you’ve done that, please notify Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu so she can re-assign your parking permit to your new vehicle.

Permit info
If your current permit is in tatters, bring the shards to the security office and we can get a new one issued to you on the spot. Do you drive several cars to campus and forget to switch your permit from car to car? Additional staff/adjunct permits are available for $5 cash at the security office. It only takes a minute, and it would be great to do that before the semester starts, as the line is often out the door the first few weeks of school.

Parking challenges
Due to the very large incoming class and the construction in the Bauman lot, parking will be challenging for the first few weeks. Please either look at our parking brochure on the security services website, or come to the security office for your own copy and we’ll make suggestions for additional places to park during the craziness of the first few weeks of school. And if you live in Newberg, we’d love it if you could walk/bike/carpool/take the bus to school during Welcome Weekend and the first few weeks of the semester!

Info for adjuncts
Adjuncts: If you haven’t been on contract since fall of 2012, your parking permit has expired. Adjunct parking permits are issued for a calendar year, not an academic year. So, please check your parking permits, and if it expired last December 2012, please come to the security office between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and we can issue a new one on the spot.

If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to call security at ext. 2090.

Tuesday/Thursday summer yoga classes will continue at 8 a.m. in Minthorn Hall until classes start on Monday, Sept. 2. The only exception is that there will be no class on Thursday, Aug. 22.

Please mark you calendar for one of the Welcome Weekend overview meetings taking place next week. We will go over all of the changes in the schedule and will bring everyone up to speed about this year’s activities. We need everyone’s help in making every new student, family member and guest feel welcome.

Please join us either Monday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. or Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 9 a.m. in Hoover 105. We look forward to seeing you there!

Questions? Contact Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu.

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend the all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) in Klages Dining Hall on the Newberg campus. Breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow from 8:40 to 11 a.m.

See you there!

We are still looking for 14 families who would be willing to host new international students during their orientation, Aug. 21-28. If you are able to host one or more students for all or part of this time, please contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu) or Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu).

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.

Thank you for your willingness to consider this opportunity.

Security services would love to make you aware of another excellent resource on iGFU. After you log on to iGFU on your smart phone, computer or tablet, select “University Resources.” One option is “Emergency Procedures,” and after you click on that, you can choose the emergency and  read some concise information on what to do.

This is extremely helpful if you aren’t in your office or classroom and are unable to view the Emergency Response Guides hanging on the walls. Be sure to check it out before you need it, and also familiarize yourself with the Emergency Response Guides posted around campus, as they contain more detailed information.

PGE has scheduled a power shut-down for MLRC, Heacock Commons, Wheeler and Edwards Residence Hall for today (Wednesday) from approximately 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thank you for your patience while they are working to hook up the Duke Athletic Center.

The first George Fox Auxiliary meeting of the new academic year is set for this Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 6 p.m. in the Klages Dining Room. The program will feature Provost Linda Samek, who will be introducing new faculty members.

Cost of the dinner is $10.50 (remaining meals throughout the year will be Friday lunches and cost $8.50).

Please R.S.V.P. to Judy Woolsey at 503-538-7314 if you plan to attend.

Because of the scheduled power outage for today (Wednesday), the BlueZone Store and Annex will be open from 1 to 4:30 p.m. We will resume our regular 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. schedule on Thursday.

We are holding all packages until you arrive on campus – not just for 5 business days, as some have read in the MailTracker email. The next sentence in that email reads: EXECPTION: no packages will be returned during university holidays or summer breaks.

Mail Services is open Monday through Friday; 8:00 am – 4:30pm.

For more information, please contact Mail Services.

North Street Annex
503-554-2555
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Believe it or not, in less than three weeks our largest incoming class, of nearly 800 students, will step foot onto our campus. Not to mention almost 1,200 of their family and guests. We want to roll out the welcome mat and make them feel at home from the start. We need your help to make this happen. If you are interested, please click on the below link and sign up as a Welcome Weekend volunteer.

Welcome Weekend Volunteer

Regardless of whether you can physically serve or not, please pray for the Orientation Team, administration, student leaders and all of the faculty and staff who will help make this event possible. Let’s not forget the incoming students and their families as they make one of their biggest transitions of their life.

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie St. Cyr at sstcyr@georgefox.edu or Onjalai Flake at oflake11@georgefox.edu.

Because of the scheduled power outage on Wednesday, Aug. 14, the Murdock Learning Resource Center on the Newberg campus will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. that day. We will resume our regular 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule on Thursday.

All employees, half time and above, are requested to attend the all-community meeting scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 16, in Klages Dining Hall on the Newberg campus. Breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m., with the program to follow from 8:40 to 11 a.m.

See you there!

PGE has scheduled a power shut-down for MLRC, Commons, Wheeler and Edwards Residence Hall for Wednesday, Aug. 14, from approximately 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thank you for your patience while they are working to hook up the Duke Athletic Center.

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.