The Daily Bruin

With Belinda Pilcher’s upcoming departure, we have an opening for Executive Assistant II to provide administrative support to President Robin Baker.

This position has been posted on our website.  You can go to:  jobs.georgefox.edu and click on the support staff jobs link to see the full position announcement. 

This position will be open to internal applicants at least through Jan. 4.  Please contact Human Resources to request a Transfer Request form if you are interested in applying for this position. 

Ever wonder about racial issues?

Or how to deal with them as a part of God’s kingdom?

On our journey together to build the Kingdom of God, we encounter many challenges in understanding ourselves and our society. SCORR is the Student Congress On Racial Reconciliation to be held at Biola University Feb. 8 – 10, 2008.  

During this enlightening conference, we will be able to dive in to honest discussion with other Christian College students, tacking the race issue, while also having some “unrelated” fun with them as well!

If this interests you, please contact Burel Ford at bford@georgefox.edu for more information.

You can also check out their site for more details: http://studentlife.biola.edu/diversity/scorr/.

Did you know that graduate students can charge books to their student account?

Date restrictions apply so don’t delay! Visit this link to find out when and how.

http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/stu_fin_srv/book_vouchers.html

With Belinda Pilcher’s upcoming departure, we have an opening for Executive Assistant II to provide administrative support to President Robin Baker.
This position has been posted on our website.  You can go to:  jobs.georgefox.edu and click on the support staff jobs link to see the full position announcement.  This position will be open to internal applicants at least through January 4th.  Please contact Human Resources to request a Transfer Request form if you are interested in applying for this position.

All undergraduate students are required to confirm enrollment before classes begin each semester. Returning students can confirm online via the My Data tab in Bruindata starting Jan.2, 2008, through 5 p.m., Jan. 6, 2008. Returning undergraduates who do not complete this process online must do so in person at the Stevens Center from 2-5 p.m., Sunday, January 6.New students will be required to confirm in person on January 6, 2008, as listed on the orientation schedule.Suggested times for in-person confirmation:

A-G: 2-3 p.m.

After nine and a half years at George Fox, Belinda Pilcher (President’s Office) will be leaving to accept an office manager position at Riverspirit Wellness Center, an acupuncture and nutritional care facility in Newberg. She joined the university in 1998 as an administrative assistant in the Humanities office (later Writing/Literature and Communication Arts) and has served as executive assistant to the president since June 2003. Her service to the university is very much appreciated, and she will be missed. Her last day will be Friday, Jan. 4.

Please join Belinda and other colleagues from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in the Stevens Center lobby for a farewell reception.

– Human Resources

Ever wonder about racial issues?

Or how to deal with them as a part of God’s kingdom?

On our journey together to build the Kingdom of God, we encounter many challenges in understanding ourselves and our society. SCORR is the Student Congress On Racial Reconciliation held at Biola University from Feb. 8 to 10.

During this enlightening conference,we will be able to dive in to honest discussion with other Christian College students, tackling the race issue, while also having some “unrelated” fun with them as well!

The cost is $350.

If this interests you, please contact Burel Ford at bford@georgefox.edu by Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008.

Check out studentlife.biola.edu/diversity/scorr/ for more details.

Students,

Please remove all perishable food items from the refrigerator by the second floor student lounge no later than 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21.

All food that is unmarked and perishable will be thrown out at that time.

If you have any questions, please email Janis Sanford, Portland Center Asst. Director/Office Manager at jsanford@georgefox.edu.

If you have any perishable items in the employee kitchen refrigerator or the refrigerators by the student lounge at the Portland Center, please clean them out by Friday, Dec. 21 at 4:30 p.m.
Any perishable food left in the refrigerators at that time will be thrown out.

Also, if your department has items in the freezers, please take the time to mark the food. Any unmarked food will be thrown out as well.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email Janis Sanford, Assistant Director/Office Manager at jsanford@georgefox.edu

Would you like to attend a super Christian conference in balmy Southern California while it rains in Oregon in February?

If so, you can attend the Student Congress On Racial Reconciliation at Biola University on Feb. 8-10 in La Mirada, Calif. The cost will be $325 per person and is worth every dime. You will have a lot of fun, have fellowship with students from other schools as well as those from George Fox, and learn a lot. Please contact Burel Ford by Jan. 11 at 503-554-2318 or bford@georgefox.edu.

George Fox’s Newberg, Portland, Boise, Redmond, and Salem sites will close for the Christmas holiday Monday, Dec. 24, through Wednesday, Dec. 26. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 27-28, are not paid holidays, so those taking them off need to use vacation time.

The university also will close for the New Year’s holiday Monday, Dec. 31, and Tuesday, Jan. 1. Undergraduate classes resume Monday, Jan. 7, while some graduate programs resume classes the first week of January. For Newberg and Portland library hours during the holiday break, visit library.georgefox.edu.

As of Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 the cost for renting university vans will be increased to $.50 per mile.

Miller Gymnasium will be completely closed from Thursday 12/20-Wednesday 12/26 for painting.

Miller Gymnasium will be completely closed from Thursday, Dec. 20, through Wednesday, Dec. 26, for painting.

The University Bookstore will host a price-matching program during the first week of classes, Jan. 7-11. Price matching is held at the textbook annex in the basement of the library. Here are the details:

Price-Match Program Guidelines

• Price-matching program runs during the first week of each semester only

• The online price must include shipping cost

• Book must be in stock and state they are available for shipment

• ISBN’s must match (we can only match a price on identical items)

• Pricing can only be compared new to new and used to used. Used online prices cannot be compared with new bookstore prices.

• The store only can match pricing with online stores, not clubs like Books-a-Million or auction sites like eBay or half.com

• Only United States-based online stores

The University Store will be receiving large shipments of textbooks during the next three weeks. Please do not park in the library loading dock or along the service road (between the tennis courts and Edwards dorm), as trucks need the space to back into the dock. We are sometimes charged extra fees if trucks are not able to use the loading dock or are delayed by us having to find drivers to move their vehicles. Thanks for your help with this during our busy time.

– University Store

Graduate students leave a lasting impact on their communities by completing Service Learning Projects during their MBA and MAOL programs. George Fox students have worked with more than 70 local nonprofit organizations and the list continues to grow. Final presentations to the organizations are now complete and the projects have been outstanding. Members of the groups are often moved beyond words at the depth and scope of the work completed. One group has been asked to present their findings to the Idaho Legislature in the New Year. Below is a brief overview of the projects completed by the M10 cohort.

Advocates for Inclusion: Students assisted the organization in clarification of their identity by establishing a mission, vision, and values statements. They also developed a marketing plan to identify potential sponsors and provided recommendations for increasing the awareness of the organization.

St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center: Students performed a nursing recruiting strategy research project. Research included local students graduating in the field of nursing, Canadian nursing students, and a selected group of Schools of Nursing. Students made recommendations as to how St. Alphonsus can recruit and keep quality nurses.

Community Alzheimer’s Respite and Enrichment (C.A.R.E. Club): Students performed a comprehensive analysis of the organization’s budget, staffing and benefits, industry comparison, and board of directors. A Standard Operating Procedures and CARE Club promotional PowerPoint was crafted and delivered for marketing and training purposes.

Idaho Community Review: Students reviewed the current practices and business model of the Idaho Community Review organization to enhance the post review process for follow-up. The Idaho Community Review strengthens rural Idaho by connecting communities with professionals who can assist in specified areas to provide communities with analysis and feedback for improvement opportunities.

Please let Beth Schafer, assistant professor of management and service learning project coordinator, know of any organizations you think we should consider adding to our list.

To prepare for next semester:

1. Download fall grades into an Excel spreadsheet or text file as a backup. (Go to Grades under Administration.)

2. Back up your course and reset the course to clear out students, students’ uploaded files, and forum postings. Here are instructions.

3. Discontinue the use of the activity type “Journal.” Instead, create Online Text Assignments to replace all old Journal activities. Journals have been made obsolete by Moodle and are painfully slow in the current version. We will be discontinuing their use on January 14.

4. Request new courses from the Service Desk.

Employees are invited to attend an all-campus meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, in Hoover 105 (please note location change). The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates, be involved in planning processes, and dialogue with President Robin Baker. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

A message from IT and the Center for Teaching and Learning

To prepare for next semester:

1. Download fall grades into an Excel spreadsheet or text file as a backup. (Go to Grades under Administration.)

2. Back up your course and reset the course to clear out students, students’ uploaded files, and forum postings. Here are instructions.

3. Discontinue the use of the activity type “Journal.” Instead, create Online Text Assignments to replace all old Journal activities. Journals have been made obsolete by Moodle and are painfully slow in the current version. We will be discontinuing their use on January 14.

4. Request new courses from the Service Desk.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering an introductory FoxTALE workshop on Thursday, January 3, 9am – noon, in the CAI Lab, third floor of Stevens. Open lab time is also offered January 3, 1 – 4pm, in the CAI Lab. Please RSVP to Sheila Abercrombie if you would like to attend the morning class.