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Mail Services is pleased to announce that the U.S. Postal Service will be on campus next Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 27-28, for passport applications and/or renewals. This event is open to students, employees and families. Visit the Executive Dining Room between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday and between 10 a.m. and noon Wednesday.

Details will be posted later this week on the Mail Services web page.

BlueZone shirts are now available in the Bruin Bookstore! The shirts are $4 for students with ID, and $5 for everyone else. BlueZone is a way for the Bruin community to show its support for one another. Get your BlueZone on!

Reminder:  Turn in May Serve Applications and references by Wednesday, October 21 at 4:00 p.m.  Applications can be dropped off at the Office of Spiritual Life, located on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian Street.

Email Andrea Crenshaw at acrensha@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, has been designated “A Day Unplugged” during the university’s “Week of Living Light,” sponsored by members of Lisa McMinn’s social change class. Remember to turn off the lights as you leave a room, unplug your appliances or computer/cell phone chargers if you aren’t using them, and consider ways you can contribute to reducing energy demands and live more sustainably. Check out 350.org for more ideas.

Paul Otto (History) presented “Henry Hudson, the Munsees, and the Wampum Revolution” at a conference, “Henry Hudson, New Netherland, & Atlantic History,” at State University of New York at New Paltz on Sept. 25. He also published “Intercultural Relations between Natives and Europeans in New Netherland” in Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations, 1609-2009 (Albany: SUNY Press, 2009). Finally, Paul also published museum exhibition catalog entries on Wampum and Munsee Indians in Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009).

Jim Steele (School of Business) led a concurrent session titled “Tipping the Career Ladder: Is Up the Only Way?” at the Northwest Human Resource Management Association conference at the Portland Convention Center on Sept. 30. The workshop was part of a special track for HR professionals in transition. The conference was attended by about 600 HR professionals from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.

Jeff Duerr (Biology) and his wife Suzanne welcomed a baby girl, Trillium Elizabeth Duerr, on Sept. 24. Born at Providence Newberg Medical Center, she was 7 pounds, 5 ounces and 21 inches long. She joins two older sisters, Tabitha (4) and Brigitte (2).

Oct. 21        Teresa Arnold, Helen Morse
Oct. 22        Randy Pitts
Oct. 23        Andy Baker
Oct. 24        Ryan Dougherty, Dixie Downey
Oct. 26        Linda Sartwell
Oct. 27        Bruce Arnold
Oct. 28        Ellen Wirtz
Oct. 29        Roger Nam, Rusty St. Cyr
Oct. 30        Janis Sanford
Nov. 1        David Johnstone

The deadline for serve trip applications has been extended until Friday October 23rd.

If you are still interested in applying for a winter serve trip please pick up an application in the SUB.

If you have questions please contact Alexis Powell at apowell06@georgefox.edu

Eloise Hockett (Education) will present a session titled “Taking a Step Backwards in Course Planning” at a Faculty Teaching Forum scheduled from 12:40 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Cap and Gown A (note the different location than on the academic calendar). The session will explore an effective adult learning methodology in planning courses and curriculum. Come and learn about the four “I’s.”

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch. Please have your lunch ready so we can begin the conversation at noon.

All faculty — full time, part time, and adjunct — are invited to attend Faculty Teaching Forums (FTFs). Video podcasts of FTFs will be available on iTunesU.

Bring your lunch and join the George Fox women’s walking club in Hoover 102 from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22. Bethany Goldman, assistant professor of HHP and director of the athletic training education program, will share about the benefits of walking and other excellent fitness information.

The walking club, begun for the threefold purpose of “fitness, friendship and fun,” invites the university’s women, including wives of GFU employees, to join a walking group. Choose a time that fits your schedule or start a new one. You are also encouraged to bring a friend!

The club meets at 6 a.m., noon and 5:30 p.m. on the George Fox track. There is also an 8:30 a.m. session on the track at North Valley Friends Church.

Journalist and author Elizabeth Grossman will discuss trash, recyling and the promise of Green Chemistry as part of the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture series from 4:40 to 5:35 p.m. and from 7 to 7:55 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in Hoover 105.

Elizabeth has been published in numerous publications and has two recent books: High Tech Trash and Chasing Molecules. Both these books will be available to those who are interested.

The evening chapel session scheduled for 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, has been moved from Klages Dining Room to Hoover 105. The chapel will feature guest speaker Mike Foster.

Also, on Tuesday at 9 p.m., there will be a men’s Q&A in Lemmons 8 and a women’s Q&A in Hoover 105. Finally, Bill Buhrow (Health and Counseling Services) will be speaking in chapel on Wednesday.

In the last few weeks, several of your guest lecturers/visitors/volunteers have been ticketed for parking in the wrong lot, not having a permit, etc. If you have a person who comes to campus on a regular basis, we can make up a visitor permit for them so they don’t have to check in with us every time they are on campus. Otherwise, please have your guests check in with Security Services upon arrival at campus so we can give them a map and visitor permit and show them where to park.

We are also glad to have their permits ready ahead of time if you e-mail us their name and license plate number. We can also e-mail you a template for a customized visitor permit, and you can e-mail it to your guests along with a link to the campus parking brochure. Then, they can arrive on campus with their permit printed out and displayed on their dashboard.

Please help us to make your guests’ time here on campus as welcoming and pleasant as possible.

Thanks!
Security Services

Would you like to carry a flag representing your cultural heritage in the Oct. 26 chapel to open Cultural Celebration Week? If so, please e-mail or call Dianna McIntyre (ext. 2649) or Alex Pia (ext. 2643) no later than Monday, Oct. 19. All you do is show up to chapel a few minutes early, carry your flag across the stage, and say the name of the country your flag represents into a microphone. If you volunteer, we will contact you the week before Cultural Celebration Week with details.

Who may carry a flag? Anyone who is from another country, lived in another country, was a missionary in another country, or has a cultural heritage from another country. It is a great way to show pride in your culture!

This is a last call for those who wish to share their culture by having a booth at the Cultural Fair, scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS. Contact Dianna McIntyre (ext. 2649) or Alex Pia (ext. 2643) by Oct. 20 to reserve your booth.

Ways to share your culture might include music, dance, videos, pictures, crafts, games, and, of course, the all-time favorite, food. So come join the fun! (We can reimburse you up to $30 for expenses if you give us your receipts.)

For those attending next Tuesday’s staff conference, please do not use any perfumes or fragrances, as some members of our staff have allergic reactions to these scents. Also, specialty coffees will be available for purchase in the morning at the church’s coffee shop. Prices range from $1.25 to $3.50.

The conference is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Family Life Church in Newberg.

Come bring your family to a Halloween carnival on the Newberg campus, scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31. There will be games, face painting, a cider press and plenty of candy. Come enjoy some time together in a fun and safe environment this Halloween! Activities will be in the Stevens Center, Hoover and EHS.

Students on direct deposit can now view (and print) their pay statements each month through PeopleSoft by following these simple steps:

1.  Log in to MyGFU.  If you haven’t already added the login address to your favorites, this would be a good time to stop and do that.
2.  Open “Self Service” and click on “Payroll and Compensation.”  You will see a list of your pay statements that have been processed in PeopleSoft with some basic information included in each of the columns.
3.  Click on the pay date in the far left column labeled “Check Date” to open your statement as a PDF file. You can then print it if you want a hard copy, save the PDF file to another folder, or just refer to it again in the future in PeopleSoft.

Please note: If you have difficulty getting the self-service system to function correctly, you may need to change pop-up settings. For help, please contact the IT Service Desk at ext. 2569.

Students who are not on direct deposit will receive their paychecks through campus mail.  However, all student employees are strongly encouraged to sign up for direct deposit.  The University saves time and natural resources by providing pay statements through the self service function, you have access to your information anytime, and you can skip the drive to the bank.

Questions: Contact Melodee Powers at mpowers@georgefox.edu

The Bruin Bookstore recently received several new styles of clothing. Come check out the new sweatshirts and T-shirts while supplies last.

The Department of Visual Arts will host a guest speaker, photographer Dave Studarus, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Hoover 105. The campus community is invited to attend and see samples of Dave’s work.

A native of Los Angeles, Studarus has photographed several celebrities and been contracted to do shoots for clients that include Variety, Sony Records, Universal Records, Motorola and several others. Samples of his work can be viewed at davidstudarus.com.