The Daily Bruin

If you ordered a Commuter Life T-shirt, they are in! You can  pick them up in the FoxHole today (Thursday) between 9 and 11 a.m. Please remember to bring $10 exact cash to pick up your shirt. We cannot accept card, check or make change.

If you would like a shirt, but didn’t order one, we have a few extras that you can buy for $10. Just come to the FoxHole today during the two-hour time window above. We will fulfill as many orders as we can while supplies last.

Contact Kristi Welker (kwelker@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Newberg Curves, a locally owned, women-only gym, has offered to waive 100 percent of its enrollment fee for George Fox employees and students.

The business has scheduled an open house for George Fox community members today (Thursday). Swing by between 6 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. or from 4 to 7 p.m. to take advantage of this offer! Curves is located at 110 N. Everest Road.

Contact Theresa Schierman (tschierman@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Seniors in the health and human performance, exercise science and athletic training education majors will present their senior research projects from 8 to 10 a.m. today (Thursday) in the Wheeler Sports Center’s Room 208. All are invited to come for part or all of the presentations.

Contact Byron Shenk (bshenk@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Please take one to three minutes to take the George Fox Cafés Survey for a chance to win a free coffee.

Thanks for your feedback!
– April Rose (aprilr10@georgefox.edu)

Cafés Survey

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The Office for Spiritual Life has become aware of a need in the Newberg School District with regard to the upcoming holiday break. Forty-eight percent of students in the Newberg School District participate in the free lunch program, and 168 of the students experience homelessness.

Over the winter break, these children and families will have difficulty getting the meals that they need. The spiritual life office is collecting monetary donations and gift cards to local grocery stores and restaurants to aid our neighbors during the Christmas holiday. The last day to submit gift cards and/or donations to the Office for Spiritual Life is tomorrow (Thursday). A donation box will be available at the all-employee meeting.

Contact Kearsten McCoy (kmccoy@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Thank you!

The Office for Spiritual Life has become aware of a need in the Newberg School District with regard to the upcoming holiday break. Forty-eight percent of students in the Newberg School District participate in the free lunch program, and 168 of the students experience homelessness.

Over the winter break, these children and families will have difficulty getting the meals that they need. The spiritual life office is collecting monetary donations and gift cards to local grocery stores and restaurants to aid our neighbors during the Christmas holiday. The last day to submit gift cards and/or donations to the Office for Spiritual Life is today (Wednesday).

Contact Kearsten McCoy (kmccoy@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Our goal at the Academic Resource Center is to continually expand and improve the resources we offer to students and professors. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey for professors about your experiences and how we can best serve the George Fox community.

Thank you!
– Maddie Lowen (mlowen@georgefox.edu)

ARC Survey

Need a pick-me-up before your finals? Come get a Krispy Kreme donut and some hot chocolate sold by the university’s theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega. They will be on sale in the Bruin Den and Canyon Commons from 9 a.m. to noon today (Wednesday).

For $3, you can get a cup of hot cocoa with a delicious donut and support the theatre department’s journey to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February. Plus, it’s Krispy Kreme. I mean, c’mon.

Got questions? Contact me, Brooke Larson, at blarson15@georgefox.edu.

Here are a couple of Employee Empowerment items to make note of  …

December Deadlines

• 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 Thursday, Dec. 14, in order to be effective for December.
• Any benefit change and/or enrollment forms are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, in order to be effective for December’s payroll.
• Temporary employee time cards should be filled out through Dec. 13 and returned to Employee Empowerment by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15.

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 Employee Empowerment at ee@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2180.

Your ASC Central Committee has worked hard to represent your concerns and provide activities that serve your needs this semester, and we would like your input on how we have done.  Please take five to seven minutes to complete the survey linked below.

All responses will be kept confidential. As an incentive to participate, if you would like to be entered in a drawing for one of 10 $10 Amazon gift cards, you will have an opportunity to enter your email address at the end of the survey.

ASC Satisfaction Survey

Thanks for your participation.

Employee Empowerment would appreciate feedback on your experiences as a working parent welcoming a new child. If you would like your voice to be heard as we evaluate our policies designed to support our working parents, take 10 minutes to respond.

Please respond by Friday, Dec. 15. Thank you!

Survey: Welcoming a New Child

Need a pick-me-up during finals week? Come get a Krispy Kreme donut and some hot chocolate sold by the university’s theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega. They will be on sale in the Bruin Den and Canyon Commons from 9 a.m. to noon today (Wednesday).

For $3, you can get a cup of hot cocoa with a delicious donut and support the theatre department’s journey to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February.

Got questions? Contact Brooke Larson blarson15@georgefox.edu.

While most student concerns and complaints can and should be resolved informally, there is a formal general complaint procedure described in the “Support for Students” section of the Undergraduate Student Handbook as well as on the Graduate/DPS Policies page of the website.

Note that these procedures cover complaints of a general nature and do not supersede specific policies involving special cases such as grade appeals, sexual harassment, etc., which are covered elsewhere in the Student Handbook, catalog or Graduate/DPS Policies.

For more information, contact the student life department (studentlife@georgefox.edu).

Commuters: There will be grab n’ go breakfast items in the FoxHole today (Wednesday) between 7:30 and 9 a.m. while supplies last. These items are a quick way to grab breakfast while studying or before taking an exam. Best of luck on your exams this week!

Contact Kristi Welker (kwelker@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

If you ordered a Commuter Life T-shirt, they are in! You can  pick them up in the FoxHole during the following times. Please remember to bring $10 exact cash to pick up your shirt. We cannot accept card, check or make change.

• Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 2 to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 14, from 9 to 11 a.m.

If you would like a shirt, but didn’t order one, we have a few extras that you can buy for $10. Just come to the FoxHole during the above-mentioned times. We will fulfill as many orders as we can while supplies last.

Contact Kristi Welker (kwelker@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Celebrate the Christmas season with a handmade card by your fellow George Fox art students. The Letterpress class will be hosting a print sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Canyon Commons.

The sale will feature hand-printed posters, cards and decorations to fund students’ trip to the Southern Graphics Council Print Conference.

Contact Mick Hangland-Skill (mhanglandskill15@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Newberg Curves, a locally owned, women-only gym, has offered to waive 100 percent of its enrollment fee for George Fox employees and students.

The business has scheduled an open house for George Fox community members on Thursday, Dec. 14. Swing by between 6 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. or from 4 to 7 p.m. to take advantage of this offer! Curves is located at 110 N. Everest Road.

Contact Theresa Schierman (tschierman@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Students: Just a reminder that finals week is not a “free pass” week to park in staff parking or wherever you choose. You still need to park where your parking permit indicates through Saturday.

Thank you in advance for promptly moving your cars if they aren’t where they are supposed to be!

Please take one to three minutes to take the George Fox Cafés Survey for a chance to win a free coffee.

Thanks for your feedback!
– April Rose (aprilr10@georgefox.edu)

Cafés Survey

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Do you know someone who deserves special recognition for awesome work at our next all-employee meeting (Thursday, Dec. 14)? Please send an email to Employee Empowerment (ee@georgefox.edu) by end of day today (Tuesday) with a short summary (two to three sentences) of their recent success!

You are also welcome to come to the meeting early and add additional “shout-outs” to the board.

The meeting is set from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Canyon Commons. A live stream will be shown in Portland Center’s Room 160.

Questions? Contact Darby Thiessen (dthiessen@georgefox.edu).