The Daily Bruin

IT is offering two webinars during the first week of January:

• FoxTALE Introduction, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 9-10 a.m.
• FoxTALE Assignments, Thursday, Jan. 5, 4-4:30 p.m.

Join IT throughout the spring for 30-minute webinars on FoxTALE, FoxFiles and Google Docs. View the schedule and sign up at this link. Information on how to join each webinar will be delivered via e-mail 24 hours prior to the webinar. We’ll continue to add webinars and post additional announcements.

Questions? Contact Sheila Abercrombie at sabercro@georgefox.edu.

Faculty members: As you enter final grades for fall 2011, please note the following change. If you enter an “F” grade for a student, this student’s name will be populated in a row at the bottom of your grade roster. You will be asked to select one of three “F Grade Attendance Reasons”: Never Attended, Attended Until Term Completed, and Attended Until (for this option you will need to enter the student’s last date of attendance in your class).

This feature replaces the FSA grade that has been used for students who stopped attending but are still listed on the grade roster. If you have questions, please contact your enrollment counselor.

Scholarship Manager-the 2012-13 George Fox donor-funded scholarship application site is now open! Start your application today to be considered for a 2012-13 donor-funded scholarship. The deadline is Feb. 17 at 5 p.m.

Go to MyGFU > Under Student Resources, click on “2012 Newberg UG Scholarships” > on the welcome page under the “Current George Fox Students” heading, click on “Returning Student Donor Funded Scholarship Application” to get started.

Just a reminder that the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closed starting Monday, Dec. 19, for Christmas break.

The Bruin Den will reopen Jan. 3-6 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will resume normal hours on Jan. 9. The Villa Cafe will also reopen on Monday, Jan. 9.

We want to thank the entire George Fox community for a wonderful year, and we wish you all a very special and blessed Christmas as you celebrate this season with family and friends.

– Bon Appetit staff

Please return your mailbox key by 5:00 today – Friday, Dec. 16, – to avoid a $15.00 fine for a non-returned mailbox key.

Also, be sure Mail Services has your forwarding address.

If you have questions, please email Linda at lsartwel@georgefox.edu

Thanks!

Please retrurn your mailbox key by 5:00 today – Friday Dec. 16– to avoid a $15.00 key fine for a non-returned key.

When you come back to GFU, you will be issued a new campus mailbox.

If you have questions, please email Linda at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Thanks!

Incoming packages, including textbooks, that come to Mail Services during the Christmas break will be kept for you at Mail Services.  Your letter mail will be put into your campus mailbox.  Thanks!  Mail Services

As a reminder, the university has free tickets to the 2012 Build, Remodel & Landscape Show, scheduled Jan. 6-8 at the Oregon Convention Center. The event is an opportunity to get started on your home improvement plans.

The show will feature displays and exhibits by kitchen and bath remodelers; window, siding and roofing companies; landscaping consultants; and many other vendors. Hours of the show are Friday, noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Newberg employees, please stop by the Information Desk in Stevens Center to pick up your free tickets (normally $6 each); limit two per employee. Portland and Salem employees, you can request yours by phone or e-mail by contacting Barbi Doran (ext. 2099 or bdoran@georgefox.edu), and we will send them to you in campus mail (please note that Barbi is the contact person).

More than 200 students will receive undergraduate and graduate diplomas at the university’s midyear commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 17, in the Wheeler Sports Center. Seating begins at 1 p.m., and the ceremony will start at 2 p.m.

Tickets are not required; however, seating is limited to 10 guests per graduate. At 1:45 p.m., a live broadcast of the ceremony will be available to watch at this link.

Chris Skaggs, who graduated from George Fox with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1999, will serve as commencement speaker. He is a 12-year veteran of the Web and mobile software industry and founder of Soma Games, a video gaming company with a Christian worldview.

Still need a Christmas tree? Performing Arts is making available some noble trees from last week’s Christmas concert. Feel free to drop by the front of Bauman Auditorium and pick one up.

Questions? Contact Debbie Hawblitzel at ext. 2620 or dhawblit@georgefox.edu.

Temporary employees and supervisors of temps: Time sheets should be submitted on the 16th as always (for hours worked from Nov. 16 – Dec. 15), but this month it is especially critical that these time sheets reach HR before noon on Monday, Dec. 19. This is due to the shortened payroll processing time as a result of the three Christmas holidays (Dec. 23, 26 and 27).

As always, information should be complete, accurate and legible – and the time sheet should be signed by the employee and the supervisor. They can be sent to HR at Box 6108 on Friday or dropped off Monday morning.

Many thanks,
HR

The university has free tickets to the 2012 Build, Remodel & Landscape Show, scheduled Jan. 6-8 at the Oregon Convention Center. The event is an opportunity to get started on your home improvement plans (and you wondered what you would do with all of your free time after the holiday season . . .).

The show will feature displays and exhibits by kitchen and bath remodelers; window, siding and roofing companies; landscaping consultants; and many other vendors. Hours of the show are Friday, noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Newberg employees, please stop by the Information Desk in Stevens Center to pick up your free tickets (normally $6 each); limit two per employee. Portland and Salem employees, you can request yours by phone or e-mail (pkilburg@georgefox.edu), and we will send them to you in campus mail.

– HR

On-campus students: If you are flying home for Christmas break, and not driving, you will need to leave your car keys with security so we can move your car in case of emergency, or for any work done on the parking lots. We will tell you where to park, and will keep your keys in our safe.

If it is after office hours, please call ext. 2090 to arrange a time with the officer on duty to leave your car keys.

Please remove ALL valuables from your vehicle, but also remember that GFU is NOT responsible for any items left in your vehicle, or for your vehicle.

Students: Please come to the security office to check for your missing items before you leave for Christmas break! Any items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes before the spring semester starts!

Looking for student employment? Want a fun resumé-building job? Are you an outgoing person who loves talking with others? Look no further! We have a job for you!

The Telephone Outreach Team is looking for three new team members to join us starting in February. Telephone Outreach Team members serve as ambassadors of George Fox by establishing and maintaining a connection to the university with its constituents (alumni, parents and friends of George Fox).

We are located in Coyote Place, which is one mile off campus, and reliable transportation rain or shine is required!

Apply through Bruin Careers and look for position ID #457: Telephone Outreach Team member. EXTENDED deadline to apply is Jan. 9.

If you have any questions, please contact Mandria Montplaisir, director of annual giving, at mmontplaisir@georgefox.edu.

The end of the year is quickly approaching!

Gifts from George Fox employees make it possible for students to receive tremendous opportunities for spiritual formation, vocational development and character growth.

To see videos and students’ testimonies of how these types of opportunities at George Fox deepen their relationship with God and prepare them to transform culture, please go to giving.georgefox.edu.

For an easy way to give via payroll deduction, please follow this link.

If you want to receive 2011 tax credit, please make sure your donation meets the following deadlines:

• Checks must be postmarked no later than Dec. 31.
• Online donations must be processed no later than Dec. 31 at midnight (Pacific time).
• Credit card payments must be processed in our office no later than Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. (Pacific time). To reach us on Dec. 30, please call Kristi Hagen at 503-554-2111.

Many thanks to those who have already responded! You make such a difference in students’ lives.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

If you have any questions, please contact Mandria Montplaisir, director of annual giving, at mmontplaisir@georgefox.edu.

Staff and students: Here is a list of helpful links to check road conditions before you start out on that trip home or to visit friends and relatives for Christmas:

• California: dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cgi
• Washington: wsdot.com/traffic/
• Oregon: tripcheck.com/Pages/RCmap.asp?curRegion=0&mainNav=RoadConditions
• Idaho: 511.idaho.gov/default.asp?display=cams

Security Services wishes you a safe trip and a wonderful Christmas break!

Just a reminder … The Bruin Bookstore’s web address has changed. You can find us online at gfubookstore.com.

Still need a ride to the PDX airport, bus or train station?

Last call for students looking for a ride to/from GFU over Christmas break.  The transportation connect will close at the end of the day today, Thursday December 15.

For info about getting a ride, please go here:  For more info go here.

Friday is the last chance to submit your best photos for our contest. Enter our senior business capstone photo contest and help support a great cause!

Cards of Hope is being organized to create photo greeting cards to support The Garden of Hope, which works to protect vulnerable and at-risk children and teenage women from abuse and exploitation in Thailand. You can help Cards of Hope by sending in your best picture of places, nature and local landmarks.

The best submission will receive a grand prize of $30 cash!

How to Enter
Each entry consists of a single image and the required information: your name, telephone number, e-mail address and photo location. There is a limit of six entries per person. Photographs must be in digital JPEG or JPG format. E-mail your entry to cardsofhopegfu@gmail.com.

All rights to use of the photo are waived with submission for the contest and a chance at the prize. See terms and details in the information section of our Facebook page.

Questions? Contact Hilary Sarjent at cardsofhopegfu@gmail.com.