The Daily Bruin

 One credit courses are offered online for you to manage your professional career plans:
GEED 214-Want to be decided about a major that fits your calling?
GEED 216-Want to locate and be successful in an internship?
GEED 218-Want to be more prepared and confident to do a job search that gets results?

Go to General Education in the course listings and sign up.  Contact us in Career Services www.careers.georgefox.edu at x. 2330 with questions.  We take your future very seriously.

Starting Monday, Jan. 11, we will be making a few changes in both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe, reflecting our continued desire to be more environmentally sensitive on campus.

Our first change will be to replace the clear plastic cups and lids typically used for smoothies and other iced drinks with ones produced with PLA, a corn-based biodegradable, thermoplastic, aliphatic polyester derived from renewable resources such as corn starch. PLA stands for “polylactic acid.”

Secondly, we will replace our clear plastic take-out containers with Bio-Plus EARTH take-out boxes. They are endorsed by the Green Restaurant Association because they are made from 100 percent recycled paperboard using a minimum of 35 percent or more post-consumer recycled paper content. We will start offering them for both hot foods and the salad bar option for those who want a take-out container.

Both of these products are fully compostible for those who actively participate in a composting program. If you have any questions regarding these items, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

– Bon Appetit

Undergrad Dependent Students:  If you are planning to be married in 2010, please make an appointment with your Financial Aid Counselor PRIOR to filing the FAFSA for 2010-2011.  It may be beneficial for you to wait to file until after you are married.  A review with your counselor will help you make a decision that could help you with next years funding.  Your counselors are:
Chris Schlarbaum (503-554-2234) A-G
Marla Sweningson (503-554-2294) H-O
Terri Crawford   (503-554-2231) P-Z

The School of Business is hosting Derek Ridenour, channel development manager for Mentor Graphics, as its winter speaker series guest from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport, located off I-5 at the Durham exit in Tualatin.

Ridenour will speak on “Analyzing complex data: Bridging the gap between data and good decisions.” Following is a synopsis: “Today’s business world is increasingly complex and competitive. Every decision matters; the interconnectedness of our lives and businesses support this claim. Learn critical methods for gathering data, ethically selecting data, and displaying complex data to contribute to good decision making.”

R.S.V.P. to georgefox.edu/business/events.html. The registration fee is $20.

Please be aware that the U.S. Census will be starting soon, so please remember that census representatives always have a badge, handheld device, and canvas bag stating “Census Bureau.” For more tips, please go to census.gov and check the information under phishing and scams.

– Security Services

The Tilikum Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries is looking for 34 amazing individuals to serve on this year’s summer staff (June 1 to Aug. 21). A summer at Tilikum offers you an incredible opportunity and experience that will push you to grow in community, Christian living and service.

For more information, go to camptilikum.org.

Come audition for the annual Lip Sync! Audition sign-ups are outside the ASC offices, and are scheduled Jan. 22nd all day. So get a group together and plan an amazing lip sync to win the cash prizes!

Lip Sync will be held on February 4th at 7pm in Bauman. If you aren’t auditioning, be sure to come and support the performers!

For more information contact Sarah Cadd.

Students…find additional funding for next year! The online application is now open for 2010-11 donor-funded GFU scholarships.

To apply, sign on to your mygfu account. Under Student Resources, you will see “2010 Newberg UG Scholarships”. Clicking on this site will take you to the sign-in page. Read information and instructions carefully.

The site will automatically close on March 1, 2010 at 5:00 pm.

For more information contact your student financial services representative.

Tired of cooking at home? Join us this week in the Bruin Den as we reopen from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will resume our normal hours on Monday, Jan. 11, in the Bruin Den and the Villa Cafe.

Please take a few minutes to submit your December time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) to your supervisor right away. As always, please be sure it is complete (including your ID number), 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.)

The link on the HR website for the staff time sheet is georgefox.edu/offices/hr/TimesheetDec09.xls. The administrator time-off report is at  georgefox.edu/offices/hr/Timeoffreport.doc.

A tip to help you remember to do this each month: Set a recurring appointment on your Outlook calendar for the first business day of each month with a brief notation, “Turn in time sheet.” That gives you one less thing to have to remember.