The Daily Bruin

The Fitness Center is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on all days that Newberg campus classes are in session with the exception of class times. If it’s necessary for you to work out during a class session, please e-mail the instructor to gain permission to do so. Class times are: Monday through Wednesday, 7:40-10:30 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Thursday from 7:25 to 9:55 a.m. and 1:40 to 2:30 p.m. Here’s to a happy and healthy 2010!

Be sure to check out the brand new Crescent website at georgefox.edu/crescent. It’s also on Twitter: gfucrescent. Thank you for reading!

Due to the campus being closed on Monday, Jan. 18, both the Bruin Den and the Villa Cafe will not be open and will resume normal hours of service on Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Bon Appetit will also be changing meal hours in Klages for meal-plan students to the following:

Saturday & Sunday:
Continental Breakfast: 8-10 a.m.
Brunch: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Monday:
Breakfast: 8-10 a.m.
Lunch: 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Dinner: 4:30 – 7 p.m.

The Fitness Center, gym, racquetball courts, etc. will be closed from 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, until 6 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

More than 120 George Fox students and employees have signed up to attend the MLK Day of Service scheduled for Monday, Jan. 18. The participant list for the event is full.

If you have signed up already, you should be getting an e-mail by Thursday evening, Jan 14. Please contact Shelley Yonemura at ext. 2318 or at  syonemur@georgefox.edu if you don’t receive an e-mail.

This is a historical event, with 11 universities and four nonprofits coming together in unity for the first time to serve with the vision Martin Luther King had for a “beloved community”.

As a new semester begins, consider using IT’s WiFi enabled Classroom Responseware solution from TurningPoint Technologies: rwpoll.com. Contact IT for an account. And don’t forget all the uses that our George Fox-enabled Google accounts can provide you. Read about these accounts on the IT site.

George Fox University libraries now provide access to thousands of electronic books through Foxtrax, the library’s online catalog. Our most recent acquisition is a collection of 45,000 leased titles from e-brary, a company that has partnered with 350 publishers to provide access to published books in electronic format.

For additional information about ebrary and other available e-books, please go to the library’s ebook site.

Faculty and adjunct faculty, if your status has changed to adjunct faculty, or you are on contract for all or part of 2010 as an adjunct, you will need an updated parking permit.

Please bring your expired permit to the security office as soon as possible, and we can review your vehicle registration and issue a new permit on the spot. If it is more convenient to do it via campus mail, please send your expired permit to box 6095, and e-mail nkincaid@georgefox.edu with the make, model, color, year, and license plate number of the vehicle(s) you drive, and include a box number so we can mail your new permit.

Please call ext. 2090 if you have any questions.

Thanks!
– Security Services

Want to learn more about making healthy food choices?

Beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, the university invites the community to Food Meet 2010 in the Hoover Academic Building, where attendees can learn about sustainable food, meet local farmers and taste healthy, delicious food from community businesses committed to sustainable, local products. In addition, segments of the recent film Food, Inc. will be shown. The film takes a startling look at what’s happening to our food before it lands on our plate.

Great local food – everything from cupcakes and chocolate to fresh goat cheese – will be available to sample. There will also be many booths where guest vendors and organizations will be demonstrating ways to grow, buy and prepare healthy food.

A $2 admission will go to organizations seeking to promote local, ethical, healthy and delicious ways of eating. More information and the R.S.V.P. are available at georgefox.edu/green/food-meet-2010. Questions? Contact Corey Beals at ext. 2661 or cbeals@georgefox.edu.

Come to the George Fox’s Missions Fair and talk to representatives of mission organizations from all around the globe! This is the perfect event if you want to plug yourself into a short- or long-term ministry opportunity overseas or in the United States.

The fair runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Cap and Gown Room.

C.S. Lewis Academy and George Fox are cosponsoring an “Internet Safety Seminar for Parents” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus.

Led by Detective Todd Baltzell of the Newberg-Dundee Police Department, the event will cover:

• Internet crimes

• How predators lure children

• What kids are doing on the Internet

• The dangers of social networking

• What you can do to protect your kids

For more information, contact C.S. Lewis Academy at 503-538-0114.

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

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.

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.

Please send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg in HR if you would like to nominate a support staff member or administrator for Employee of the Month for January. 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, Jan. 22. 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, Jan. 28, and will receive a $100 gift card to The Allison.

Saturday, Jan. 2, 4 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Puget Sound, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Jan. 2, 6 p.m. – Men’s Basketball vs. Puget Sound, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Monday, Jan. 4, 6 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Pacific, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Monday, Jan. 4, 8 p.m. – Men’s Basketball vs. Pacific, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

The Bruin basketball teams open Northwest Conference play this Saturday and Monday. Please note the different tip-off times (two hours earlier than usual) on Saturday. For more information, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the university’s athletics web site at gfubruins.com.

Help George Fox University honor its 15th class of inductees at the Sports Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Klages Dining Hall. Reception is at 3 p.m. and dinner at 3:30 p.m.

The 2010 inductees are:

• Jai Cook Men’s Soccer (1991-94)
• Mark Tyler, Baseball (1996-99)
• Mark Halland, Track & Field (1973-74)
• Manfred Tschan Men’s Soccer Coach (1988-2007)
• Bob Dexter, Meritorious Service
• 1998 Volleyball Team

Dinner: $25 for adults, $12 for 12 and under

R.S.V.P.: E-mail Patty Findley or call ext. 2910