The Daily Bruin

Sign and submit your November time sheet to your supervisor!

The last day of November was yesterday, Wednesday, Nov 30. Make sure you turned in your November time sheets to your supervisor at the end of your last shift of the month. You cannot be paid without your supervisor’s signature. Be sure your name and ID number is typed or printed legibly at the top, it is complete and accurate, and you have signed it. Pay day is on Thursday, Dec. 15.

If you forget to turn in your time sheet on time, you may not get paid on the 15th.  

Thank you!
– Human Resources

Becoming a teacher? Please contact Beth Molzahn in grad admissions to learn your next step toward an Initial Teaching License via the Master of Arts in Teaching program right here at George Fox! E-mail: bmolzahn@georgefox.edu or phone: 503.554.2264.

We always appreciate receiving time sheets and time-off reports in a timely fashion, but we are especially anxious to receive these as early in December as possible. This will ensure having plenty of time for processing and data entry in spite of extra vacation and holiday time off.

Would you please take a few minutes to submit your November time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) to your supervisor right away? As always, please be sure it is complete, accurate and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108. (If your supervisor is not available to sign it, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed.) Go to this HR link for these documents.

A tip to help you remember to do this each month: Set a recurring appointment on your calendar for the first business day of each month with a brief notation, “Turn in Timesheet.” That gives you one less thing to have to remember, allowing you to save your brain space for other important stuff.

Thank you,
– HR

If you are planning to return to George Fox next semester, please pay special attention to this message about meal plans for the spring 2012 semester.

Starting Jan. 1, 2012, students, who are eligible to do so may change their meal plans in their MyGFU account. (Yes, this is a change from the original message.)

Detailed information about meal plans can be found at this website.

Student Life suggests that EVERYONE confirm their meal plan to be certain that you have the meal plan that you are expecting.

You can change your meal plan and confirm which meal plan you have in your MyGFU account – STUDENT RESOURCES – UNIVERSITY FORMS.

The 21, 14, 10, 10 +Flex, 7 and No Meal Plan all roll over from the fall to the spring semesters.

The 35 Block and the All Flex Plan do NOT roll over. These convert to the No Meal Plan. If you want to renew the All Flex or 35 Block Plan you must add these meal plans to your account in MyGFU.

Please Note: All changes must be processed no later than Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. However, students can always add a meal plan through out the semester by contacting Jere Witherspoon in the student life office.

Accommodations to the meal plan are provided only through documented medical conditions.

All questions about the meal plans should be directed to Jere Witherspoon.

And now, an essay about the meal plan benefits by Dave Johnstone, associate dean of residence life:

The best part of a meal plan has nothing to do with the quality or nutrition of the food. The attractive part of eating on a meal plan is the opportunity to frequently connect with peers and classmates. Sharing a meal, conversation around the table, debriefing the day or anticipating what might unfold is really the gem of being on a meal plan. Historically and culturally communities have been built around food. I am not sure why it works, but sharing a meal is one of most significant ways to build a relationship, hence it strengthens our community. That in itself is a major benefit for being on the meal plan.

Student supervisors: Pay day for student employees is Thursday, Dec. 15. For us to meet this deadline we need your students’ November time sheets by Monday, Dec. 5, by 3 p.m. If you are on the Newberg campus, please hand-deliver the time sheets. If you send them with a student, make sure you place them in a sealed envelope. Any time sheets received after this deadline may not get paid on the 15th.

Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number is legible on each one. Also, don’t forget to sign them and be sure the students did as well. Please do not send students to HR to sign their time sheets.

Thanks so much for helping us get our students paid in a timely manner!

– HR

Don’t forget the all-employee meeting scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. Also please note that the Thursday, Dec. 15, meeting has been canceled.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at this stream site. A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

The university’s engineering program will host its annual engine competition on Thursday, Dec. 8, when freshmen students showcase the projects they’ve built at the eighth annual “Wobble-Off” at 3:30 p.m. in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS.

The demonstration will feature a variety of oscillating steam/air-operated engines. The event is the culmination of the students’ first-year studies in engineering design, solid modeling and machining.

The engines will compete in a variety of categories, including maximum speed, minimum vibration, maximum coast, cost efficiency and creativity/craftsmanship. All are welcome.

Questions? Contact Kristin Bontrager at kbontrager@georgefox.edu.

The International Club is hosting a fundraiser to support women trapped in Kolkata’s sex trade. Freeset is a fair trade business offering employment to these women. They make quality jute bags and organic cotton T-shirts, but their real business is freedom!

We are working with Freeset to support the women and to raise funds for our club. The Indian bags we are selling are eco-friendly and would make great gifts for Christmas. The price of these bags will range from $8 to $15. We encourage you to come and check out the bags before they are all sold out!

Drop by our table in the Bruin Den between 10:30 a.m. and noon and from 4:30 to 7 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 2.

Contact Kaleb Olsen (olsenk10@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Come down to the Foxhole, grab a cup of coffee, and get to know students from different cultures at an international coffee house event on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

We have games, food, music and more. Questions? Contact Kaleb Olsen at olsenk10@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder that the end of the semester is rapidly approaching and it is time to return the textbook(s) you rented from the Bruin Bookstore.

The bookstore will be conducting textbook buyback from Dec. 12  through Dec. 16. Bring in any textbooks you purchased for your classes this semester or others that you did not sell back in the past and get cash back.

If you have any questions, please contact the Bruin Bookstore Textbook Department.

Sandy Gidding, Textbook Manager
Bruin Bookstore
sgidding@georgefox.edu
503-554-2540

University administrators, faculty and staff:

Please take just a few minutes to help our Energy Systems class by taking this short survey. The results will help us determine the carbon footprint that George Fox leaves on the environment every year.

The survey is available at this link.

Thanks,
Kristin Bontrager (kbontrager@georgefox.edu)

Students from an Intro to Video class need some actors for their short film, entitled Oil & Wine. It is a parable of the Good Samaritan.

The following characters are needed for a shoot this weekend:

• Riley: Homeless man around age 20 who is attacked and left for dead
• Jasper: Angry homeless man
• Boss: Angry homeless man
• Gabriel: Hispanic male, read/speak Spanish, around age 18, who helps Riley
• Danilo: Hispanic male, read/speak Spanish, around age 20, who helps Riley
• Alma: Hispanic female, read/speaks Spanish, around late 40s, who cares for Riley
• Camila: Hispanic female, read/speaks Spanish, around 19, who cares for Riley

We will be filming this weekend and would need all actors’ schedules to be open and flexible; some characters will be needed longer than others. Food will be provided.

For more information or if you are interested in any of the parts, please e-mail Onjalai Flake at oflake11@georgefox.edu or call 503-935-3812.

Scholarship Competition is coming up in February! On Friday, February 10 from 4- 5 p.m., there is an activities fair for prospective students to learn about activities available to them on campus.

If you would like your student group or organization to be represented, please e-mail Rebecca Muller at rmuller10@georgefox.edu. Any student group or organization is eligible to participate.

Thank you to all who contributed to a successful Operation Christmas Child campaign! The George Fox and Newberg Friends communities packed 1,274 shoe boxes, including around 900 boxes at the campus packing party on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Thank you again! Please pray for the children who will soon receive the boxes.

– Jessi Fink (jfink09@georgefox.edu)

The university theatre program’s Alpha Psi Omega program will present a New Playwrights Festival this weekend!

Come to Wood-Mar Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, to enjoy new plays written, directed and performed by George Fox students. Donations will be gratefully accepted at the door to help send students to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Fort Collins, Colo., in February.

Thanks for your support of our theatre students! Questions? Contact Hannah Irish at hannahelizabeth89@gmail.com.

ASC and Bruin Heritage Society are teaming up to bring you a night of Christmas festivities on campus on Saturday, Dec. 3!

• 7 p.m. – Christmas on the quad – Join your friends for caroling by candlelight while enjoying the campus lights.
• 8 p.m. – Christmas cookies and cocoa – Come to the Bruin Den for some tasty cookies and cocoa.
• 8:30 p.m. – Christmas movie night in the Bon – There is nothing like A Christmas Story to get you in the mood for the holidays.

There will be a recruiter from The Oaks Camp and Conference Center in the SUB today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Oaks is located in a secluded valley at the edge of the Angeles National Forest 65 miles north of Los Angeles. The camp hosts a summer ministry to hundreds of inner-city kids who come from World Impact’s five California city ministries. You can learn more at their website.

Are you interested in a career of service, advocacy, community development and relationships? Then consider majoring in social work!

Come learn more and color a Christmas picture on Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Bruin Den.

Are you already a social work major? Come hang out with those that share your passions and color a picture. One winner will be selected from among the colored pictures and will win a prize!

This year, 1,274 shoe boxes were packed for Operation Christmas Child! Thank you to everyone who packed a shoe box, came to the packing party, or participated in any other way!

The winners of the campus competition and their prizes are:

• Women’s Dorm Floor: Coffin 3 East – Sweetest Thing Cupcake party
• Men’s Dorm Floor: Coffin 1 West – Abby’s pizza party
• Houses/Apartments Area: East (Le Shana and Lewis Apartments and Kershner, Gail, and Wilder House) – Jem 100 Ice Cream Party
• Commuter: Mike Gush – Coffee Cat gift card

Great job to the winners and to everyone who participated!

Thank you again! And please pray for the children who will receive the boxes!

– Jessi (jfink09@georgefox.edu)

Kevin T. Jones (Communication Arts) presented a paper, “Using Aristotle to Teach Speech Fundamentals: Giving a Speech about a Speech,” at the National Communication Association annual convention Nov. 17-20 in New Orleans. The paper was one of only 20 papers accepted from across the United States for a “Great Ideas for Teaching Speech” panel at the convention. The paper demonstrated how to teach undergraduates to engage in a Neo-Aristotelian study using one of the top 100 speeches of the 20th century.