The Daily Bruin

Do you have unused office supplies that you don’t know what to do with? Did you get more than you needed or ordered the wrong item and it’s now sitting on a shelf collecting dust?

To be better stewards of university resources, we would like to put those unused items to use. On Monday, March 22, bring your excess items to Stevens 101 between 9 a.m. and noon. We will sort and arrange these items, and on Tuesday, March 23, and Wednesday, March 24, between 1 and 4 p.m., you can come back and “shop” for items for your department.

Here are the guidelines:

• All items must be either new or in good condition. Please, no junk.

• No one will be getting department credit back for donated items. They will just go to help the university departments as a whole.

• All items that you select to take are for university use only. They cannot be for you personally.

If you have questions, please contact either Kathi Becker (ext. 2166) or Karon Bell (ext. 2162).

Following are Fitness Center hours for spring break.

Closed: Friday, March 19, at 5 p.m. through Sunday, March 21.

Open: March 22-25, 6 to 8 a.m.; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; 4 to 7 p.m.

Closed: March 26-28

The Fitness Center will be locked between sessions.

You’re invited to the International Justice Mission chapter’s weekly meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in Hoover 206. Join us as we prayerfully respond to injustice as a community and further the fight against sex trafficking and human trafficking locally and abroad.

The university now has a subscription to the online version of “Birds of North America.” You can access it from the library’s website.

Scroll down to the “Birds of North America” link, halfway down the page under Environmental Resources. This can be accessed from off-campus by entering your ID number for the bar code. Enjoy!

Would you like to be well-equipped to effectively manage your career plans throughout college and after? Consider taking Career Services’ online, one-credit career courses in the fall or spring of 2010-11. These GEED courses – 214, 216 and 218 – can be found under General Education as you register.

Imagine being more confident about your mission, selecting a major, locating and succeeding at an internship, or beating out the competition in finding employment or getting into grad school. These classes will help you with all of the above. Contact Career Services with questions at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Wednesday, March 17, at 4 p.m., a Crescent reporter is going to interview Invisible Children representatives on KFOX. Invisible Children is a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as child soldiers.

Tune in at kfoxradio.georgefox.edu.

There will be no Shalom this week. Enjoy your spring break.

ASC invites you to the Spring Carnival, scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the Wheeler Sports Center gym. Kick off your spring break, ’50s style. Prizes include a 32-inch TV, a Bluetooth device, a Flip Video camera, and more. So, come eat food and have fun.

Don’t forget: An all-employee meeting is set from 3:40 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in Hoover 105. As part of the meeting, President Robin Baker will give a report of the March 12-13 board of trustees meeting.

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.

Wednesday, March. 17, 3 p.m. – Baseball vs. Corban, Morse Field
Friday, March 19, 1 p.m. – Women’s Golf in Phoenix Invitational, Westbrook Village GC, Peoria, Ariz. (GFU hosting)
Saturday, March 20, 1 p.m. – Women’s Golf in Phoenix Invitational, Westbrook Village GC, Peoria, Ariz. (GFU hosting)

The George Fox-Corban baseball was originally scheduled for Salem but was shifted to Morse Field due to wet, unplayable conditions on Corban’s Warrior Field. The Bruins will return the game on April 14.

For more information, visit gfubruins.com or call the sports information office at ext. 2926.

Nominations for Support Staff Member of the Year and Administrative Staff Member of the Year for 2009 are due in HR on Monday, March 22.

If you have any colleagues you believe are deserving of this award, please take a few minutes to submit a nomination by describing each person’s unique, “above and beyond” contributions to George Fox, its students, and/or its employees in the past year. 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?

Other questions to also consider: How has this person encouraged or helped you, other employees, or students in the past year? What is it about this person’s job performance that impresses you? How has this person demonstrated Christian commitment, loyalty to George Fox, and leadership skills at the university and the broader community in the past year?

Nominations can be submitted via e-mail (hr@georgefox.edu), fax or hard copy, but they must arrive in HR by 5 p.m. on Monday.

The university’s diversity committee would like to invite you to a feedback session to be held prior to the Thursday, March 18, all-employee meeting. Join us at 3 p.m. in Hoover 105 to offer insights and ask any questions you might have pertaining to the Blueprint for Diversity. For those on the Portland, Boise, Salem and Redmond campuses, we will have the technology in place to facilitate comments and questions via the chat room.

The committee has been hard at work re-conceptualizing the Blueprint, and this past weekend, the board of trustees approved the conceptual framework of the document. We have already been meeting with several groups to gather feedback about the Blueprint and to provide ideas into how to put the Blueprint into action as we move forward.

Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) if you would like a copy of the Blueprint.

Please join the women of George Fox for pizza and a movie on Tuesday, March 30, in Hoover 105. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., and the movie Lars and the Real Girl begins at 6:30 p.m. Please R.S.V.P. to Lori Allen at allen.redpants@gmail.com by Monday, March 29. Thank you and see you there!

A George Fox surplus inventory sale will take place in the back section of the Villa Academic Complex on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 23-24, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. both days. Some items available for purchase will be: lighting fixtures, laminate, desks, student tablet desks, bookshelf units, couches, chairs, office chairs, office supplies, soap dispensers, sound panel doors, cubicle panels and more. Cash or checks only.

You’ve got questions, and we’ve got answers! Members of Security Services will be available in the Bruin Den on Wednesday, March 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to answer your security questions – everything from parking to personal safety to how to work for Security Services. Please stop by and meet us, and bring your security-related questions.

See you then!

– Security Services

Chloe Lee, a doctoral student in clinical psychology and Career Services’ graduate assistant, will cover the topic “How to get into grad school” in an extensive and concise overview from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, in the Career Services Center (Stevens 220). It will include a timeline of dates, tips for interviews, application essays, obtaining references, choosing the right school, and more.

An R.S.V.P. is required. Please e-mail Christee Wise at cwise@georgefox.edu before 11 a.m. if you plan to attend. There is no cost, and pizza will be provided. We hope you are able to join us.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Gary Tandy (English) will present “Responding Effectively and Efficiently to Student Writing” at a Faculty Teaching Forum session from noon to 1:20 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the Cap and Gown Room.

Since grading papers and essay exams is one of the most time-consuming and challenging tasks for teachers, this session will provide guidelines and suggestions for both the process and product of responding to student writing. Questions to be addressed include: “How can I make my grading process more efficient?”, “How can I use grading rubrics effectively?” and “What grammatical and mechanical errors should I mark?”

To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16. Everyone is welcome to attend the session, whether bringing a lunch or reserving a lunch.

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

On Monday, April 12, several from the George Fox community are headed to the Rose Garden to watch the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly the Seattle SuperSonics) at 7 p.m. Put on a George Fox T-shirt or hat and bring your family and friends to the game. It will be a great way to connect with other alumni, parents, employees, students and friends. As a member of the George Fox community, you can purchase $15 discounted tickets, saving $4 per ticket.

Click on this link for more information and to order tickets. Contact Alumni Relations at ext. 2131 or alumni@georgefox.edu with questions.

The university’s science departments will host an open house on Tuesday, March 16. George Fox employees and their families are invited to a fun-filled evening full of science interactive displays, thrilling demonstrations and a child-friendly dinner.

The open house will run from 5 to 7 p.m. in EHS and Wood-Mar. We hope you can come!

After the Wednesday, March 17, chapel, a talk-back session with representatives from the organization Invisible Children will take place from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Bring your lunch, your friends, yourself and any questions you might have.

You won’t want to miss this great opportunity to learn more about Invisible Children, a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as child soldiers.