The Daily Bruin

Hello New and Returning Students!

If you haven’t done so already it is time to make your meal plan selection.

Information about meal plans can be found on the Meal Plan Options page.

Please read this information carefully.

If you have any questions, please contact me, Jere Witherspoon.

E-mail: jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu
Phone: 503-554-2316

Also, please sign up for E-nnouncements. This is one of the best ways to get information.

I trust you all had a great summer. Looking forward to seeing you all again. It’s pretty boring on campus without you. 🙂

Jere

The Bruin Den has reopened with hours of service weekdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. until classes start on Aug. 29. At that time we will resume our normal 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. schedule. The Villa Cafe will reopen on Aug. 29.

How to address information security concerns in this digital age will be addressed by George Guntermann of Salem during the Tuesday, Aug. 23, Newberg meeting for the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Guntermann is principal of Peace of Mind consulting in Salem. He is a certified information security compliance advisor to businesses and individuals that want to protect their identities and financial security from the rampant criminal activity that now exists both locally and internationally. He also heads Peace Eagle Ministries, which seeks to partner with Native American Christian ministries throughout the United States.

He will bring information on the existing threats to information security, current governmental requirements for businesses and organizations to secure the private information of customers and employees, and some steps businesses can take to help themselves.

Coffee, tea and pastries will be available at the meeting, which is free for newly renewed Chamber members who R.S.V.P. at cccnw.net. A $5 donation is suggested from non-members and guests who R.S.V.P.

For full information, go to the Chamber’s website or call 503-928-8354.

The IT Service Desk will have times of limited staffing the week of Aug. 15-19 to provide training to summer students for the upcoming year. Here are the times of limited staffing:

Monday: 10 a.m. to noon
Tuesday: 10 a.m. to noon
Wednesday: 2-4 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to noon
Friday: 2-4 p.m.

If you cannot reach the Service Desk during the times of limited staffing we are helping other customers. Please try again after our students and staff have returned. The Service Desk will be fully staffed the rest of the day to serve you.

Thank you in advance for your patience and consideration.

Work on the EHS and Wood-Mar fire alarm system will continue on Monday, Aug. 15, and possibly Tuesday, Aug. 16. Employees who work in these buildings will be able to enter via card access. Others needing access should call ext. 2140. Everyone entering either building must sign in at Academic Affairs (Wood-Mar 204).

Thank you.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Aug. 16, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The “foxguest” wireless access key will be changed at the Boise, Portland and Salem centers and on the Newberg campus on Monday, Aug. 15. The new key can be found on the front page of mygfu.georgefox.edu or by contacting the IT Service Desk.

Those at the Portland Center and on the Newberg campus are strongly encouraged to connect to the “foxwifi” network rather than the “foxguest” network. Foxwifi is more secure. For help connecting to foxwifi, please contact the IT Service Desk.

The Bruin Bookstore needs two temporary workers to help with textbook receiving, stocking, and prep for fall semester. The job begins on Monday, Aug. 15, and ends on Friday, Sept. 2.

If you are interested, please click this link to apply. Search by Zip code 97132 for the position. Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

Join the George Fox community for our annual meeting on Friday, Aug. 19. Following is the schedule:

8 a.m. Breakfast – Klages Dining Hall
8:45 a.m. Worship and Devotional – Bauman Auditorium
9:10-11:30 a.m. Community Meeting – Bauman Auditorium

All employees half time and above are requested to attend.

Students-in order to have your parking permit ready for you when school starts, you MUST register your vehicle by Friday, August 12th. If you register after that date, you will most likely not have a parking permit waiting for you at Mail Services when school starts.

If you are planning on living off-campus, and have not notified Housing, your parking permit will NOT be issued until that is done. Please contact housing@georgefox.edu and let them know of your intent to live off-campus. Once you have been granted off-campus status, then your parking permit will be issued if you have registered on myGFU. As of Thursday, Aug. 11th, approximately 500+ commuters need to either register their vehicles or alert housing.

Even if you are NOT planning on bringing a vehicle to campus, you still must register that intent on myGFU.

Thank you for your prompt attention to completing these required items by Friday, Aug. 12.

If you have questions, please contact the Security Department at (503) 554-2090.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Monday, Aug. 15, if you would like to nominate a colleague for August Employee of the Month with a summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced and presented with a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting on Friday, Aug. 19.

The Event Services office will be closed this Thursday and Friday, Aug. 11-12, to facilitate the transition from summer to school year. We’ll return calls on Monday. Thank you for your patience. It’s been a full and busy summer!

The university’s 13th annual Serve Day is Wednesday, Sept. 7. If you would like to help, please check with your supervisor and then e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu with any special requests, limitations, and if you are able to drive.

Thanks!

Bobbi DeVore (Advancement) is leaving the university this week.

Andrea Byerley (Registrar’s Office) and her husband Andy welcomed a baby girl, Lydia Grace, on June 6. Lydia, born at Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital in Clackamas, weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 ¾ inches long. She joins an older sister, Eliana.

Jim Steele (Business) has been selected to join the board of directors for the Human Resources Certification Institute, beginning in 2012. The HR Certification Institute, established in 1976, is an internationally recognized certifying organization for the human resource profession. More than 115,000 HR professionals worldwide hold the HR Certification Institute’s credentials. Steele has been a member of the organization’s examination forms review panel for the Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) certification since 2007. He also serves on two board committees for Lightspeed Technologies Inc., a Tualatin technology firm specializing in classroom audio systems.

Aug. 9         Shelley Yonemura, Robert Fisher
Aug. 12       Cary Griffith, Bonnie Nakashimada, Joel Perez
Aug. 13       Kathy Heininge
Aug. 16       Gary Sehorn, Seth Sikkema
Aug. 17       Blair Cash, Jerrie Nelson
Aug. 18       Dennis Littlefield, Trini Marquez
Aug. 19       Jim Foster, Anna Philipsen
Aug. 20       Jenna Parisi, Dee Small, Mandee Wilmot
Aug. 21       Mary Olson, Creagh Schoen
Aug. 22       Tim Wheeler

Join IT for an introduction to FoxTALE, the university Learning Management System (LMS) used by instructors and students to include digital resources and provide options for online classroom interaction. This seminar assumes no prior FoxTALE experience and begins with logging in to FoxTALE. Learn to develop your course site, upload course files such as syllabi, set up an online discussion forum, and set up assignments.

You can sign up at this link for sessions on Wednesday, Aug. 17, from 9 a.m. to noon in Stevens 307 in Newberg, or Thursday, Aug. 25, from 9 to 10 a.m. (Pacific) in an online webinar. (New regular faculty participating in New Faculty Orientation Aug. 16-18 will have a separate seminar as part of NFO.)

Visit Faculty FoxTALE Quick Guides for more information on using FoxTALE.

Join IT throughout the fall for 30-minute webinars on FoxTALE, FoxFiles, Google Docs, Polling, and Social Media. 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.

As of Aug. 1, women faculty and staff have the opportunity to apply for participation in the 2011-12 Women’s Leadership Development Institute cohort that will commence at a retreat planned for Sept. 29-30. Applications will be available at this link. Please return all applications to Campus Box #6255 by Sept. 1. Sheri Philips will continue to give leadership to the program.

The university’s first Women’s Leadership Development cohort concluded at a celebration for the program mentors and mentees in May. After attending the kick-off retreat in October, each cohort mentee met monthly with her mentor from October to May and attended five required leadership skills sessions.

Cohort mentees read several texts during the program and shared their learning on a WLDI Foxtale site. Mentees last year included Melissa Terry, Kathy Weiss, Audrey Williamson, Shelley Yonemura, Sondra Creason, Angela Wilson Henry and Brenda Burg.

Even though only a limited number can be accepted, please feel encouraged to apply.