The Daily Bruin

An all-employee meeting is set from 3:45 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.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.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s contribution(s) to the university, its students, and/or its employees in the past 30 days or so (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination for October by this Friday, Oct. 16. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee(s) of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner(s) will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22.

As announced in June, PeopleSoft works on a calendar year to track support staff and administrators’ vacation carryover balances. If a balance of more than one year of vacation accrual remains after December time sheets and time-off reports are processed (in January), the employee will lose the portion that exceeds one year’s accrual.

Here is the link — georgefox.edu/offices/hr/EmployeeBenefits/beneforms.html — to the charts you can use along with your September pay statement to determine your accrual rates and how much you may need to use by Dec. 31.

Questions? Contact Human Resources.

Business cards may now be ordered directly from B&B Print Source at eorder.bbprintsource.net/avnet/avlogin.asp. The login user ID is “gfubc” and the password is “gfu123.”

Please submit your order no later than Friday, Oct. 16.

Please contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) to walk you through the process the first time.

The Newberg campus will be closed Friday, Oct. 9, for the mid-semester holiday. All offices, the Bruin Bookstore and the library will be closed.

Business cards may now be ordered directly from B&B Print Source at eorder.bbprintsource.net/avnet/avlogin.asp. The login user ID is “gfubc” and the password is “gfu123.” Please contact Danette Newkirk (Marketing Communications) to walk you through the process the first time.

Business card orders will be printed quarterly (September, December, March and June).

Funds for independent student research at George Fox are available through the Richter Scholars Program. Applications for the program are now being accepted. All George Fox graduate and undergraduate students are eligible.

The program supplies funds for research in collaboration with a faculty member. Applications are due in Hoover 110 by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1. Visit georgefox.edu/academics/richter/index.html for more information.

As announced in June, PeopleSoft works on a calendar year to track support staff and administrators’ vacation carryover balances, rather than on a fiscal year as it did with IFAS. As a result of this change, employees did not lose any vacation after June 30 if they carried balances into July that were greater than one year’s accrual. This change resulted in all staff and administrators having an extra six months (July-December 2009) to use any extra vacation.

If a balance of more than one year of vacation accrual remains after December time sheets and time-off reports are processed (in January), the employee will lose the portion that exceeds one year’s accrual.

To determine your accrual rates and how much you may need to use by Dec. 31, HR has prepared a chart and instructions for support staff and one for administrators to be used along with the information on your Sept. 30 pay statement. It also provides useful information about the balances on your monthly pay statements. To learn more, visit georgefox.edu/offices/hr/EmployeeBenefits/beneforms.html.

If you have any questions after you have reviewed your vacation balance, please contact HR for assistance.

Michael Bevis (English Language Institute) and Thomas Peng (China and East Asia Programs) will lead a Faculty Teaching Forum addressing the educational environment of our international student population. With the increasing number of international students on campus, questions arise about how to effectively engage international students in the educational process without overextending faculty resources. Join the ongoing conversation about how to support international students in their academic endeavors.

The session is scheduled from noon to 1:20 p.m.  Thursday, Oct. 8, in Cap & Gown A (note the different location than on academic calendar).

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6. 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.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for Employee of the Month for October.  Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s  recent contributions (past 30 days or so) to the university, its students, and/or its employees (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, Oct. 16. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee(s) of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner(s) will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison Inn & Spa, including its restaurant, Jory.

George Fox partners with three organizations which allow employee dependents to apply for tuition exchange with a variety of educational institutions. Please note that this is not the same as tuition remission. If you have questions about tuition remission, please contact Human Resources.

If you have a dependent interested in applying for tuition exchange at another university, please thoroughly read information at the following address: georgefox.edu/resources_for/employees/tuitionexchange.pdf.

Applications are submitted by the Office of Academic Affairs, on behalf of the student, between October and early spring. Tuition exchange award decisions are usually made in February or March. To apply, please send the following information to Karlyn Fleming (kfleming@georgefox.edu):

• Dependent’s name

• Dependent’s mailing address

• Last four digits of dependent’s SSN

• Dependent’s telephone number

• Which colleges/universities your dependent would like tuition exchange application sent to

• What year in college your dependent will be in fall 2010 (freshman, sophomore, etc.)

Thank you.

The Writing Center (formerly known as The Portland Writing Center) now has e-mail and website addresses to match its new name.  Students wishing to use the center’s writing consultation services should check the appointment schedule at the website, wc.georgefox.edu, then e-mail to schedule an appointment at wc@georgefox.edu.

Order Bruin Directories for your department now with our easy online form at bit.ly/bd09-10. No orders will be taken after Oct. 2. Directories cost $4 each. Please submit one order for your entire department. Questions? E-mail Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu.

George Fox has purchased licenses for the Turning Technologies classroom response system. This system enables you to have your students respond to a your question via their laptops, iTouches, or data-enabled cell phones. (This system is an Internet-enabled “clicker.”)

To begin, contact Russ Devore or Greg Smith for an account.

Read more about the response system on the IT website.

The all-employee meeting set for this Thursday, Sept. 24, will begin 15 minutes earlier than originally scheduled, at 3:45 p.m. Snacks will be served beforehand for attendees to enjoy during the meeting. It will convene in Hoover 105 until 5 p.m.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

In addition, a chat room has been set up to allow for interaction. A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Order Bruin Directories for your department now with our easy online form at bit.ly/bd09-10. The price has not been set yet, but directories should be about $4 each. Please submit one order for your entire department. Questions? E-mail Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu.

Employees are invited to attend an all-employee meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in Hoover 105. The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Caitlin Corning (History) will share pedagogical reasons she incorporates technology into her courses at a Faculty Teaching Forum from 12:40 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, in Cap and Gown A (note the different location than on the academic calendar). Caitlin will also demonstrate some of the educational technology she uses. Participants will have opportunity to discuss how and why they use (or don’t use) various technologies for their courses.

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21. 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.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (HR) if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for Employee of the Month. Your e-mail should include the person’s name, job title, a concise but specific summary of this person’s contribution(s) to the university, its students, and/or its employees in the past 30 days or so (what was done, who was impacted, etc.), and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

Please submit your nomination by Friday, Sept 18. The President’s Executive Leadership Team will then select the Employee(s) of the Month from the nominations submitted. The winner(s) will be announced at the all-employee meeting on Thursday, Sept 24, and will receive a $100 gift certificate to the Jory Restaurant at the new Allison Inn & Spa in Newberg.