The university’s offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 23, as well as Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 26-27, in observance of Christmas. In addition, offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 2, in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday.
Libraries on the Newberg and Portland campuses will be closed on those days as well.
The Office for Spiritual and Intercultural Life is looking for leaders for next semester’s Lent (Spring) Life Groups. Life Groups begin the week of Feb. 12 and culminate the week of March 19 (six weeks). Leaders may host Life Groups on campus, at a nearby coffee shop or in their homes.
Interested? Please use this link to apply by Monday, Jan. 16. Contact Kearsten McCoy (kmccoy@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
Adjuncts: Your parking permits all expire on Dec. 31, and we will be switching you over to staff permits which do not expire. In order to get your new parking permit, you will need to come to the security office with your old permit and the DMV registration paper if you have a different vehicle than what you had previously registered. We will then revoke your old permit and issue a new one to you on the spot.
It is a quick process, so please be sure to do this before the spring semester begins! Our office hours are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. during Christmas break.
Questions? Call 503-554-2090 or e-mail Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu. Thanks to those of you who have already completed the process!
Do you know that if you don’t sign up for Student Account Direct Deposit your refunds, including financial aid refunds, will be delayed? Please sign up now!
Also, any student who has previously received refund checks via their campus box, we are no longer able to send checks to your campus box so please sign up for Direct Deposit.
There are two steps to sign up. Go to your Student Center in MyGFU to access an easy link via your “To Do List.” If your “To Do List” is not updated after 48 hours, look for help at this link or stop by our office.
Here’s the summary of our snow days (so far!) this month.
Staff who are eligible for benefits may be paid for hours that they were scheduled to work during time that the campus was closed. Here are detailed instructions for each box of the time sheet:
If you were required to work during the closure, you’re eligible to take the same number of hours off in the next 30 days, so work that out with your supervisor. When you take the time off, record those hours in the bottom box and write to the side that these are “snow hours†and we’ll pay them without charging vacation time.
Please contact Katie Sol at 503-554-2181 with your questions.
If you used the FoxTALE grade book for any of your FoxTALE course sites, back up your 2016 Fall grade book to a spreadsheet that is saved outside of FoxTALE. See the instructions here for backing up grades. You will want to keep an archive of your course grades that cover the last five years.
Use your new, empty 2017 Spring sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.
2017 Spring sites are currently hidden from student view. When you are ready, you can share the sites with your students. Here is a quick guide on how to make the courses visible: FoxTALE Making Courses Visible to Students.
If your course site is set to Weekly format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to Administration> Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the course start date and change it to the first day of your 2017 spring course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.â€
Several webinars and open labs are offered Jan. 3-6. See the schedule and sign up here.
Questions? Contact servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.
– Your Education Technology Team
Mail and Print Services will be closing early Thursday, Dec. 23, at 3:30 p.m. Print Services will be closed the week between Christmas and New Year’s, while Mail Services and the courier service will operate on their normal schedule (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) during that time frame.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Richard Silver at 503-554-2551.
With the holidays quickly approaching, the finance department would like to bring to your attention the schedule for processing check requests and expense reimbursement requests to accommodate the short holiday weeks.
Please refer to the Forms page on the finance department website to view the Accounts Payable Holiday Payment Processing Schedule.
Happy Holidays!
– The Finance Team
Since the winter weather forced the cancellation of last week’s meeting, an all-employee meeting is set this week from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21, in Canyon Commons. The event will be live-streamed at the Portland Center in Room 160.
The Office for Spiritual and Intercultural Life is looking for leaders for next semester’s Lent (Spring) Life Groups. Life Groups begin the week of Feb. 12 and culminate the week of March 19 (six weeks). Leaders may host Life Groups on campus, at a nearby coffee shop or in their homes.
Interested? Please use this link to apply by Monday, Jan. 16. Contact Kearsten McCoy (kmccoy@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
The Bruin Store will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today (Saturday) for midyear commencement. Congratulations to all our graduates!
The Oregon Historical Society is featuring a special anniversary exhibit titled, “Vision, Mission, Values: 125 Years of George Fox University.†As the oldest Christian institution in Oregon, we have a lot of history to share!
The exhibit highlights key individuals who shaped our story, special places and unique artifacts from campus life over the past 125 years. It is open now and runs through Feb. 5.
The Oregon Historical Society is located at 1200 S.W. Park Ave., in Portland. More information is available at this link.
A couple of HR items to make note of …
December
All payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16.
Updating Your Personal Information and Consent for W-2
Make sure your mailing address is correct for year-end reporting. You can check it, and update if necessary in MyGFU > Self-Service > Campus Personal Info.
You can also elect to have your W-2 available via MyGFU rather than mailed. To sign up or check to see if you already have, go to MyGFU > Self-Service > Payroll and Compensation > W-2/W-2c Consent.
Questions? Contact Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu.
Please be sure to log into your time sheet to lock your December hours, before you head out of town. Failure to lock your time sheet will cause a delay in your January payroll. Be safe and enjoy your time off!
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kasondra Silva at ksilva@georgefox.edu.
The Wheeler Fitness Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today (Friday) due to weather conditions and the start of break. Stay safe!
Christmas break hours start tomorrow:
Want some extra cash this Christmas break? Sell your textbooks back to the Bruin Store and get cash today! We are buying back textbooks from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today (Friday).
Also, go to georgefoxshop.com to order your spring textbooks now. Just choose the in-store pick-up option and we’ll have them ready for when you arrive back on campus in January.
Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
Go Bruins!
Despite the wintry weather today, the Bruin Store is still open for business. Swing by if you wish to sell back your textbooks! We are buying back textbooks from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Also, go to georgefoxshop.com to order your spring textbooks now. Just choose the in-store pick-up option and we’ll have them ready for when you arrive back on campus in January.
Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.
Go Bruins!
Don’t forget to join your friends in MLK Day of Service in Portland!
MLK Day of Service is a day we are able to live into this vision Dr. King had for serving and justice. Though one day of service is never enough to fully celebrate him or what he stood for, we hope you are able to join us for this day of service and recognition of Dr. King.
MLK Day of Service takes place on Monday, Jan. 16. You can register and find more information about what the day will look like here.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Please be sure to log into your time sheet to lock your December hours, before you head out of town. Failure to lock your time sheet will cause a delay in your January payroll. Be safe and enjoy your time off!
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kasondra Silva at ksilva@georgefox.edu.
Please consider taking your bikes home for Christmas break and then bringing them back at spring break when the weather will be a bit more amenable for riding. If that is not possible, then please store your bike in your dorm room/apartment during Christmas break to make it less tempting for potential thieves!
Thank you,
Security Services
