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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.

Our George Fox calendar (also known as R25 WebViewer) software will soon be getting a new look and name as 25Live. Watch for more information the first of August.

Note that the current calendar (calendar.georgefox.edu) and scheduling software will be unavailable the week of July 29. If you have events to schedule for that week, please submit a request to Event Services by Thursday, July 25.

This year we have a phenomenally large group of incoming students. They are very excited and already setting up unofficial BBQs and gatherings to build community. In order to house this class, we are allowing returning students who desire to live off campus to do so (even if they do not qualify under our current policy). Unfortunately, some of those who desire to live off campus are encountering challenges in finding a place to rent.

If you happen to have a location that you would like to rent to a GFU student (or students), please let us know and we will post it on BruinBoards and add it to our list of available off-campus housing.

Please e-mail the notice to housing@georgefox.edu with “For Rent” in the subject line. Or, if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail that address as well.

Financial Affairs must receive your FY12-13 transactions no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, July 19. This includes:

• Expense reimbursements
• Receipts for cash advances
• Petty cash reimbursements
• Credit card documentation for June charges
• Error correction requests
• Interdepartmental charges
• June invoices that have not been submitted
• June deposits

Transactions received after July 19 will be included in the current (FY13-14) year.

Please help us welcome our Summer Visit Day prospective students and guests this Friday, July 19, 2013, by parking somewhere other than the Stevens and Hoover parking lots. This will allow them to park close to the event’s check-in location.

Thank you!
The Undergraduate Admissions Office