The Daily Bruin

An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Monday, March 28, in Bauman Auditorium (please note the location change). The meeting was originally scheduled for March 31 but has been moved up three days.

The agenda will include an update from President Robin Baker, who will provide details on the recent board meeting. For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. 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.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, March 24, if you would like to nominate a colleague for March Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include a concise but specific summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced at the community meeting on Monday, March 28, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing Communications will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Thursday, March 17.

The login user ID is “gfubc” and password is “gfu123” (please save for future reference). Contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) if you have any questions.

All women employees – faculty, administrators and staff – are invited to a Women’s Leadership Development Team event:

Brown Bag Lunch with Dr. Andrea Cook
Wednesday, March 16
Cap and Gown Rooms, Newberg Campus
Noon – 1:15 p.m.

Dr. Cook is the president of Warner Pacific College and is credited with driving the college to embrace its identity as an urban campus dedicated to serving the city of Portland. Prior to serving at Warner Pacific, Andrea held administrative roles at Judson Baptist College, the University of Oregon, George Fox University and Goshen College. Her stint at George Fox University began in 1987 and spanned 15 years, culminating in the role of vice president for enrollment services from 1993 to 2002.

Please don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a significant leader in Christian higher education as she shares her leadership journey.

The Women’s Leadership Development committee invites all women employees on the Newberg campus to join us for this event as we continue exploring leadership development. Please bring your own lunch to this event.

The event will be live-streamed for all other university sites at noon Pacific Standard Time.

Questions? Contact Sheri Philips at sphilips@georgefox.edu.

Fourteen of the 15 golden tickets that were tucked inside the staff appreciation million-dollar chocolate bars have been redeemed! Here is a list of the winners:

Chris Young (Boise), Sara Kelm, Jean Miller (Portland), Becky Greenwood (Salem), Lois Hutchinson, Tony Pruitt, Piper Parks, Gina Braden, Larry Mennenga, Cathy Peterson, Alan Thurston, Jesse Dillow, Jane Sweet and Sandy Cherachanko (Newberg).

All winners received a pair of movie tickets to Regal Cinemas.

There is still one golden ticket out there. If you haven’t already, please check inside the foil wrapping of your million-dollar chocolate bar to see if there is a ticket hiding inside. You just might be a winner!

If you have a child aged 23-26 whom you would like to add to your medical/dental insurance coverage, now is the time to enroll them (deadline is March 18). The Health Care Reform law allows dependents to be covered regardless of student or marital status, even if they have other coverage at their own employer.

To add your child, you must complete the enrollment form for Pioneer or Kaiser (available on this web page). We cannot add your child based on an e-mail or phone request. By enrolling your child, you are committing to this coverage for one year (through March 31, 2012) unless your child becomes eligible for other coverage through their own or a spouse’s employer (and then you will only be allowed to stop their coverage if you tell us within 30 days of the other coverage start date).

Questions? Contact Lisa Burton in HR.

Please complete the LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey. If you have already filled out the survey, thank you! If not, please take about six minutes to go to this link and help us by taking the survey.

Only you can tell us how well we are serving your library needs. You also will have the opportunity to win prizes.

If you plan to nominate anyone for the Administrative Staff Member of the Year and/or Support Staff Member of the Year awards, please submit your nomination no later than Monday, March 21. A form can be used but is not required.

Simply state why you think the person is deserving of the award – his or her contributions to the university, its students, and its employees. Indicate what was done, who was impacted, and how this impact was and can be observed. In other words, what makes this person stand out in your mind? Winners will each receive a plaque and a $500 check at the employee recognition event on May 2. Please send nominations to Peggy Kilburg via e-mail or to Box 6108.

Please go to this site if you would like to read more about these awards, see the list of eligible employees and previous winners, or to download and use the nomination form.

Finally, apologies to Jonathan Morell and Erin Cruthirds, who were inadvertently left off the list of eligible employees attached to the e-mail sent on Feb. 24.

Flexible Spending Online Enrollment: Thank you for trying something new! We have improved the instructions for enrolling online and posted them on the benefits web page. Before you start, open the instructions posted here. Also, some have found that it’s easiest to enroll using Internet Explorer (Firefox can freeze at the end).

Emergency Travel Assistance: Because of our switch to Regence as our life and disability insurance carrier, employees who are eligible for life insurance (.75 FTE or above for at least one year) also receive free emergency travel assistance with Medex starting April 1. Review or print details from the life insurance section of this web page.

Remember, open enrollment election forms and any changes are due in HR on March 18. Contact Lisa Burton with questions at 503-554-2183.

If you know of someone whose recent contributions make him or her worthy of being named March Employee of the Month, please take a few minutes to send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg that includes a specific summary of the person’s contributions (past 30 days or so) and any other relevant information about the person.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 25. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient, and the winner will receive a certificate and a $100 gift card at our next community meeting.

Would you please take a few minutes to submit your February 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.)

Click this link for staff time sheets and download this page for administrator time-off reports.

A tip to help you remember to do this each month: Set a recurring appointment on your Outlook or Google 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.

A word about the late campus opening of Feb. 24: If you were scheduled to work, record the hours that you would have worked had the campus opened as usual. This includes temporary employees and student employees. If you were not able to get to campus by 10 a.m. or at all, you should use vacation for the time you missed after 10 a.m.

If you were on vacation or took a sick day on Feb. 24, you should record the full day off as vacation or sick leave.

For more information about campus closure policy, visit the university’s website.

The LibQUAL+® Lite Library Survey is now available online. Please take a moment to fill out the George Fox libraries’ survey about the quality of our service. Click this link to access the survey. To learn more about it, visit this page on the library site.

The survey is available any time of the day or night through Friday, March 18, and you can enter to win prizes!

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 7 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, March 1, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Do you anticipate receiving a five-, 10-, 15-, 20-, 25-, 30-, or 35-year service award this spring? If so, please check to be sure your name is included in one of the lists below.

Awards will be presented on Monday, May 2, to employees, half time and above. If your name is not included in one of these lists but you believe you should receive an award, or if your name is on the list and you don’t think you should receive an award this year, contact Peggy Kilburg (HR) by e-mail and include any information you think may be helpful. (If you are a rehire, your previous benefits-eligible experience at George Fox counts toward your service award.)

Your help is most appreciated to ensure that the right employees are honored at this event. Only service at half time or above is used in determining your years of service.

• To receive a five-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 2005 and Sept. 1, 2006
• To receive a 10-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 2000 and Sept. 1, 2001
• To receive a 15-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1995 and Sept. 1, 1996
• To receive a 20-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1990 and Sept. 1, 1991
• To receive a 25-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1985 and Sept. 1, 1986
• To receive a 30-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1980 and Sept. 1, 1981
• To receive a 35-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1975 and Sept. 1, 1976

Five-Year: Rebecca Addleman, Vetta Berokoff, Robert Bredemeier, Tatiana Cevallos, Kelly Chang, Michelle Cox, Gloria Doherty, Jeannine Graham, Carla Hagen, Esther King, David Manock, Lisa McMinn, Mark McMinn, Devorah Overbay, Jim Steele, Jeff Vargason, Gina Worley, Lindsay Peterson, Dinah Steig, Brenda Graf, Melodee Powers, Joel Perez, Sherri Moore-Harrison, Gordon Aarness, Jan Amerson, Erin Macy, Paul Jenness, Mary Jo McCloskey, Melissa Gilbert, Dee Small, Jen Overstreet, Greg Allen, Kathy Weiss, Judy Deale, Lisa Burton, Joanne Wiitala, Lindsey Wallgren, Janelle Olivarez, Jerry Young

10-Year: Ed Gierok, Michael Everest, Mark Hall, Eloise Hockett, Sue O’Donnell, Laura Simmons, Brent Weaver, Kent Yinger, Andrea MacLeod, Mike Goins, Nate McIntyre, Trini Marquez, Alex Rolfe, Debbie Cash, Amber Russell, John Libemday, Paul Corbett-Furgal, Arden Butler

15-Year: Dennis Littlefield, Caitlin Corning, Beth Molzahn Daniel Sweeney, Jere Witherspoon, John Heitz, Mark Pothoff, Alan Kluge, Kathi Becker, Gary Buhler, Kathleen Jones, Kathy Grant

20-Year: Larry Osborn, Doug Campbell, Alex Pia, Byron Shenk, Bob Buckler, Rodger Bufford, Howard Macy, Linda Sartwell, Brooke McGillivray, Jeff VandenHoek, Fred Smith

25-Year: Dirk Barram, Jan Lefebvre

30-Year: Dave Adrian

35-Year: Craig Taylor

It’s time to place your order for stationery items with the updated GFU logo. Since only the new logo items are authorized for external use as of July 1, the replacement order will be submitted this spring to accommodate those who are off contract during the summer months and to ensure all departments have supplies on hand in the fall.

Please submit your replacement stationery orders at this link no later than March 15. The fall order may not be received until late October.

An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Hoover 105. Following the meeting, there will be a farewell reception for Jim Fleming (IT) in the Stevens Center atrium.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. 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.

Staff Appreciation Day is fast approaching and, on that day, marvelous surprises await you!

All staff will receive a “scrumdiddlyumptious treat” delivered by Oompa Loompas (your Staff Development Committee). Fifteen lucky winners will receive a Golden Ticket with their treat, with instructions to claim an even bigger prize. Life has never been sweeter!

Who will be the first to find a Golden Ticket?

“A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.” -  Willy Wonka

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg by Thursday, Feb. 17, if you would like to nominate a colleague for February Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include a concise but specific summary of this person’s contributions and/or outstanding performance in the past 30 days or so.

The winner will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

George Fox staff: You are one in a million! And, if you are lucky, you will be one in 15! Watch for your sweet opportunity next Tuesday.

Interested in learning some tips on how to organize your Web-based Google Mail? IT is offering this session two times on Thursday, Feb. 24.

• 10-11 a.m. in Hoover 211. You can bring your laptop and work on your Mail settings during our session.
• 5-6 p.m. Webinar (from any computer that has access to the Internet)

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